Interzonal tournament Szirák 1987

The interzonal tournament Szirák 1987 was held in July and August 1987 as a round-robin tournament with 18 participants in Szirák . It was organized by the World Chess Federation FIDE and was intended to identify three participants in the candidate matches for the 1990 World Chess Championship .

Closing table

	Attendees	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points
01	Valery Salov		½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	12½
02	Jóhann Hjartarson	½		½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	12½
03	Lajos Portisch	½	½		½	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	½	½	½	12
04	John Nunn	½	½	½		½	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	12
05	Alexander Beliavsky	0	½	0	½		½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	11
06	Ulf Andersson	0	½	½	1	½		½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	10½
07	Ljubomir Ljubojević	½	0	1	0	½	½		½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	10
08	Larry Christiansen	0	0	0	½	½	0	½		½	1	½	1	1	0	1	½	1	1	9
09	Joel Benjamin	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	½		0	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	8½
10	Miodrag Todorčević	1	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	1		1	0	½	0	1	1	1	1	8½
11	Mihail Marin	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	0		1	½	½	1	½	½	1	7½
12	Dragoljub Velimirović	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	1	0		1	½	1	0	1	1	7½
13	András Adorján	0	1	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	0		1	½	½	1	½	7th
14th	Gilberto Milos	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	½	½	0		½	1	0	1	7th
15th	Glenn Flear	0	0	½	1	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½		½	1	1	6th
16	Jesús de la Villa	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	0	½		0	1	5½
17th	Slim Bouaziz	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	1		½	4½
18th	Denis Allan	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½		1½

Playoff for 3rd place

For the third qualification place a playoff was required, which was held in Budapest in September and October 1987 . Portisch prevailed against Nunn 4-2. The Hungarian won the first two games, the other four ended in a draw.

Web links

• Table on mark-weeks.com