List of the most important chess tournaments (1970–1979)

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This is a partial list of the list of the most important chess tournaments , which covers the period 1970 to 1979.

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year place winner 2nd place 3rd place
1969/1970 Hastings Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ) Wolfgang Unzicker ( FRG ) Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia )
1970 Budapest Paul Keres ( USSR ) László Szabó ( Hungary ) Boris Ivkov ( Yugoslavia ), Alexei Suetin ( USSR )
Wijk aan Zee Mark Taimanow ( USSR ) Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ) Boris Ivkov ( Yugoslavia )
Lugano Bent Larsen ( Denmark ) Friðrik Ólafsson ( Iceland ) Wolfgang Unzicker ( FRG ), Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia )
Suffer Boris Spassky ( USSR ) Jan Hein Donner ( Netherlands ) Michail Botvinnik ( USSR ), Bent Larsen ( Denmark )
Rovinj / Zagreb Bobby Fischer ( USA ) Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ), Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ), Wassili Smyslow ( USSR ), Viktor Kortschnoi ( USSR )
Skopje Yevgeny Wasjukow ( USSR ), Mark Taimanow ( USSR ) Florin Gheorghiu ( Romania )
Caracas Lubomir Kavalek ( USA ) Oscar Panno ( Argentina ), Leonid Stein ( USSR )
Amsterdam Lev Polugajewski ( USSR ), Boris Spassky ( USSR ) Wolfgang Uhlmann ( GDR )
Buenos Aires Bobby Fischer ( USA ) Volodymyr Tukmakov ( USSR ) Oscar Panno ( Argentina )
Vinkovci Bent Larsen ( Denmark ) David Bronstein ( USSR ), Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ), Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia )
Palma de Mallorca ( final table ) Bobby Fischer ( USA ) Bent Larsen ( Denmark ), Efim Geller ( USSR ), Robert Hübner ( FRG )
1970/1971 Hastings Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ) Wolfgang Uhlmann ( GDR ), Peter Markland ( England ), Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ), Nikolai Krogius ( USSR ), Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia )
1971 Wijk aan Zee Viktor Korchnoi ( USSR ) Boris Ivkov ( Yugoslavia ), Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ), Tigran Petrosjan ( USSR ), Friðrik Ólafsson ( Iceland )
Tallinn Paul Keres ( USSR ), Michail Tal ( USSR ) David Bronstein ( USSR ), Leonid Stein ( USSR )
Havana Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ) Efim Geller ( USSR ) Georgi Tringow ( Bulgaria )
Sarajevo David Bronstein ( USSR ), Milan Matulović ( Yugoslavia ), Milko Bobozow ( Bulgaria )
Mar del Plata Lev Polugayevsky ( USSR ) Oscar Panno ( Argentina ), Volodymyr Sawon ( USSR )
Vrnjačka Banja Rafael Vaganian ( USSR ) Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ) Leonid Stein ( USSR )
Netanya Lubomir Kavalek ( USA ), Bruno Parma ( Yugoslavia ) Samuel Reshevsky ( USA )
Parnu Leonid Stein ( USSR ) Paul Keres ( USSR ), Michail Tal ( USSR )
Amsterdam Vasily Smyslow ( USSR ) Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ), Paul Keres ( USSR ), Walter Browne ( USA )
Gothenburg Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ), Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ) Boris Spassky ( USSR )
Berlin Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ) Jan Hein Donner ( Netherlands ) Heikki Westerinen ( Finland )
Vršac Henrique da Costa Mecking ( Brazil ) Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ) Boris Ivkov ( Yugoslavia )
Moscow ( final table ) Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ), Leonid Stein ( USSR ) Vasily Smyslow ( USSR )
Palma de Mallorca Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ), Oscar Panno ( Argentina ) Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ), Samuel Reshevsky ( USA )
1971/1972 Hastings Viktor Korchnoi ( USSR ), Anatoli Karpow ( USSR ) Henrique da Costa Mecking ( Brazil ), Robert Byrne ( USA )
1972 Wijk aan Zee Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ) Arturo Pomar Salamanca ( Spain ), Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia )
Stockton-on-teas Bent Larsen ( Denmark ) Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ) Lajos Portisch ( Hungary )
Las Palmas Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ) Vasily Smyslow ( USSR ), Bent Larsen ( Denmark )
Amsterdam Lev Polugayevsky ( USSR ) Viktor Korchnoi ( USSR ) Wolfgang Uhlmann ( GDR )
Zagreb Leonid Stein ( USSR ) Mato Damjanović ( Yugoslavia ), Dražen Marović ( Yugoslavia ), Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia )
Caorle (zone tournament) Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ), Boris Ivkov ( Yugoslavia ) Győző Forintos ( Hungary )
Helsinki (zone tournament) Ivan Radulow ( Bulgaria ) Florin Gheorghiu ( Romania ) Hans-Joachim Hecht ( FRG )
Sukhumi Mikhail Tal ( USSR ) Volodymyr Zavon ( USSR ) Mark Taimanow ( USSR )
Kislovodsk Lev Polugayevsky ( USSR ) Leonid Stein ( USSR ) Efim Geller ( USSR )
Palma de Mallorca Oscar Panno ( Argentina ), Jan Smejkal ( Czechoslovakia ), Viktor Kortschnoi ( USSR )
San Antonio Anatoli Karpow ( USSR ), Tigran Petrosjan ( USSR ), Lajos Portisch ( Hungary )
1972/1973 Hastings Bent Larsen ( Denmark ) Wolfgang Uhlmann ( GDR ) William Hartston ( England )
1973 Wijk aan Zee Mikhail Tal ( USSR ) Yuri Balashov ( USSR ) Yevgeny Vasyukov ( USSR )
Budapest Efim Geller ( USSR ) Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) András Adorján ( Hungary ), Rafael Vaganian ( USSR ), Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ), László Szabó ( Hungary )
Tallinn Mikhail Tal ( USSR ) Lev Polugayevsky ( USSR ) Yuri Balaschow ( USSR ), David Bronstein ( USSR ), Paul Keres ( USSR ), Boris Spasski ( USSR )
Ljubljana / Portorož Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ) Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ), Miguel Quinteros ( Argentina ), Jan Smejkal ( Czechoslovakia )
Las Palmas Tigran Petrosyan ( USSR ), Leonid Stein ( USSR ) Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ), Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ), Oscar Panno ( Argentina ), Zoltán Ribli ( Hungary )
Lanzarote Lubomir Kavalek ( USA ) Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ) Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia )
Luhačovice Jan Smejkal ( Czechoslovakia ), András Adorján ( Hungary ) Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia )
Dortmund Hans-Joachim Hecht ( FRG ), Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ), Boris Spasski ( USSR )
Leningrad (interzonal tournament) Viktor Korchnoi ( USSR ), Anatoli Karpow ( USSR ) Robert Byrne ( USA )
Hilversum László Szabó ( Hungary ), Efim Geller ( USSR ) Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia )
Amsterdam Tigran Petrosjan ( USSR ), Albin Planinc ( Yugoslavia ) Lubomir Kavalek ( USA )
Petrópolis (interzonal tournament) Henrique da Costa Mecking ( Brazil ) Efim Geller ( USSR ), Lev Polugajewski ( USSR ), Lajos Portisch ( Hungary )
Sochi Mikhail Tal ( USSR ) Boris Spassky ( USSR ) Nikolai Krogius ( USSR ), Jan Smejkal ( Czechoslovakia )
Manila Bent Larsen ( Denmark ) Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ) Lubomir Kavalek ( USA )
Bauang Lubomir Kavalek ( USA ) Boris Ivkov ( Yugoslavia ), Miguel Quinteros ( Argentina )
Madrid Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) Volodymyr Tukmakov ( USSR ) Semjon Furman ( USSR )
Dubna Mikhail Tal ( USSR ), Ratmir Kholmow ( USSR ) Rafael Vaganian ( USSR )
1973 / 1974 Hastings Michail Tal ( USSR ), László Szabó ( Hungary ), Hennadij Kusmin ( USSR ), Jan Timman ( Netherlands )
1974 Wijk aan Zee Walter Browne ( USA ) Jan Hein Donner ( Netherlands ) Milan Matulović ( Yugoslavia ), Hans-Joachim Hecht ( FRG ), Albin Planinc ( Yugoslavia )
Torremolinos Eugenio Torre ( Philippines ), Florin Gheorghiu ( Romania ) William Lombardy ( USA ), Heikki Westerinen ( Finland )
Reykjavík Vasily Smyslow ( USSR ) Győző Forintos ( Hungary ) David Bronstein ( USSR ), Dragoljub Velimirović ( Yugoslavia )
Camaguey Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ) Eduard Gufeld ( USSR ) Jewgeni Wasjukow ( USSR ), Rainer Knaak ( GDR )
Las Palmas Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ) Alexander Beliavsky ( USSR ), Friðrik Ólafsson ( Iceland )
Solingen Lev Polugajewski ( USSR ), Lubomir Kavalek ( USA ) Boris Spassky ( USSR ), Bojan Kurajica ( Yugoslavia )
Amsterdam Boris Ivkov ( Yugoslavia ), Volodymyr Tukmakow ( USSR ), Vlastimil Jansa ( Czechoslovakia )
Montilla Ivan Radulow ( Bulgaria ) Lubomir Kavalek ( USA ), Helmut Pfleger ( FRG )
Hall Mikhail Tal ( USSR ) Rainer Knaak ( GDR ) Jan Smejkal ( Czechoslovakia )
Manila Yevgeny Vasyukov ( USSR ) Tigran Petrosyan ( USSR ) Bent Larsen ( Denmark )
1974/1975 Hastings Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ) Guðmundur Sigurjónsson ( Iceland ), Rafael Vaganian ( USSR )
1975 Wijk aan Zee Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ) Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ) Jan Smejkal ( Czechoslovakia )
Orense Bent Larsen ( Denmark ), Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ), Ulf Andersson ( Sweden )
Tallinn Paul Keres ( USSR ) Friðrik Ólafsson ( Iceland ), Boris Spasski ( USSR )
Budapest Lev Polugajewski ( USSR ), Zoltán Ribli ( Hungary ) Jan Smejkal ( Czechoslovakia )
Cienfuegos Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ) Yuri Balashov ( USSR ), Yevgeny Wasjukow ( USSR )
Las Palmas Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ) Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ), Henrique da Costa Mecking ( Brazil ), Michail Tal ( USSR )
Ljubljana / Portorož Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ) Zoltán Ribli ( Hungary ), Semjon Furman ( USSR ), Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia )
Amsterdam Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ) Hans Böhm ( Netherlands ), Sergej Makaritschew ( USSR ), László Szabó ( Hungary ), Jan Smejkal ( Czechoslovakia )
Milan Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ) Tigran Petrosjan ( USSR ), Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia )
Stockton-on-teas Efim Geller ( USSR ) Vasily Smyslow ( USSR ) David Bronstein ( USSR ), Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ), Robert Huebner ( FRG )
London Tony Miles ( England ) András Adorján ( Hungary ), Jan Timman ( Netherlands )
Szolnok Vasily Smyslow ( USSR ) László Bárczay ( Hungary ) Heikki Westerinen ( Finland )
Reykjavík (zone tournament) Zoltán Ribli ( Hungary ) Bruno Parma ( Yugoslavia ), Vladimir Liberson ( Israel )
Vilnius (zonal tournament) Yuri Balaschow ( USSR ), Boris Gulko ( USSR ), Vitaly Tseschkowski ( USSR ), Volodymyr Savon ( USSR )
Manila Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ) Lew Polugajewski ( USSR ), Henrique da Costa Mecking ( Brazil ), Bent Larsen ( Denmark ), Helmut Pfleger ( FRG )
Moscow Efim Geller ( USSR ) Boris Spassky ( USSR ) Rafael Vaganian ( USSR ), Viktor Korchnoi ( USSR ), Ratmir Cholmow ( USSR )
1975/1976 Hastings David Bronstein ( USSR ), Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ), Wolfgang Uhlmann ( GDR )
1976 Wijk aan Zee Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ), Friðrik Ólafsson ( Iceland ) Bojan Kurajica ( Yugoslavia ), Mikhail Valley ( USSR )
Skopje Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) Wolfgang Uhlmann ( GDR ) Jan Timman ( Netherlands )
Vinkovci Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ), Gyula Sax ( Hungary ) Lev Polugajewski ( USSR ), Georgi Tringow ( Bulgaria )
Lone Pine Tigran Petrosyan ( USSR ) Larry Christiansen ( USA ), Wassili Smyslow ( USSR ), Oscar Panno ( Argentina ), Miguel Najdorf ( Argentina ), Miguel Quinteros ( Argentina ), Tony Miles ( England ), Kenneth Rogoff ( USA ), Győző Forintos ( Hungary ), Walter Browne ( USA )
Manila (Interzonal Tournament) Henrique da Costa Mecking ( Brazil ) Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ), Lev Polugajewski ( USSR )
Yerevan Oleg Romanshin ( USSR ) Boris Gulko ( USSR ) Volodymyr Zavon ( USSR )
Las Palmas Efim Geller ( USSR ) Bent Larsen ( Denmark ) Robert Byrne ( USA ), Robert Hübner ( FRG )
Amsterdam Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) Walter Browne ( USA ) Friðrik Ólafsson ( Iceland ), Jan Timman ( Netherlands )
Manila Eugenio Torre ( Philippines ) Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia )
Montilla Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) Lubomir Kavalek ( USA ), Ricardo Calvo Mínguez ( Spain ), Michael Stean ( England )
Novi Sad Jan Smejkal ( Czechoslovakia ) Dragoljub Velimirović ( Yugoslavia ) Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia )
Amsterdam Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ), Tony Miles ( England ) Gyula Sax ( Hungary )
Biel (interzonal tournament) Bent Larsen ( Denmark ) Tigran Petrosjan ( USSR ), Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ), Michail Tal ( USSR )
Reykjavík Friðrik Ólafsson ( Iceland ), Jan Timman ( Netherlands ) Miguel Najdorf ( Argentina ), Volodymyr Tukmakow ( USSR )
Hall Yuri Balashov ( USSR ) Włodzimierz Schmidt ( Poland ) Burkhard Malich ( GDR )
Sochi Lev Polugayevsky ( USSR ), Evgeny Svezhnikov ( USSR ) Vitaly Tseschkowski ( USSR )
Banja Luka Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ) Milan Vukić ( Yugoslavia ) Enver Bukić ( Yugoslavia ), Vladimir Bagirow ( USSR ), Bruno Parma ( Yugoslavia )
1976/1977 Hastings Oleg Romanshin ( USSR ) Shimon Kagan ( Israel ) James Edward Tarjan ( USA )
1977 Wijk aan Zee Efim Geller ( USSR ), Gennadi Sosonko ( Netherlands ) Jan Timman ( Netherlands )
Belgrade Milan Matulović ( Yugoslavia ), Jan Smejkal ( Czechoslovakia ) Ulf Andersson ( Sweden )
Tallinn Mikhail Tal ( USSR ) Oleg Romanshin ( USSR ) Aivars Gipslis ( USSR )
Bad Lauterberg Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) Jan Timman ( Netherlands ) Semjon Furman ( USSR )
Geneva Bent Larsen ( Denmark ) Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ) Roman Dzindzichashvili ( USA ), Gennadi Sosonko ( Netherlands )
Vrbas Wolfgang Uhlmann ( GDR ) Zoltán Ribli ( Hungary ), Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia )
Las Palmas Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) Bent Larsen ( Denmark ) Jan Timman ( Netherlands )
Ljubljana / Portorož Bent Larsen ( Denmark ) Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ), Volodymyr Sawon ( USSR )
Leningrad Oleg Romanischin ( USSR ), Mikhail Tal ( USSR ) Vasily Smyslow ( USSR )
Budapest David Bronstein ( USSR ) Aivars Gipslis ( USSR ), Gyula Sax ( Hungary )
Montilla Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ) Lubomir Kavalek ( USA ) Michael Stean ( England )
Sochi Mikhail Tal ( USSR ) Efim Geller ( USSR ), Alexei Suetin ( USSR )
Tilburg Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) Tony Miles ( England ) Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ), Lubomir Kavalek ( USA ), Robert Huebner ( FRG )
London Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ) Jonathan Mestel ( England ), Miguel Quinteros ( Argentina ), Michael Stean ( England )
1977/1978 Hastings Roman Dzindzichashvili ( USA ) Tigran Petrosjan ( USSR ), Gyula Sax ( Hungary )
1978 Wijk aan Zee Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ) Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ) Ulf Andersson ( Sweden )
Reykjavík Walter Browne ( USA ) Tony Miles ( England ) Bent Larsen ( Denmark ), Friðrik Ólafsson ( Iceland ), William Lombardy ( USA ), Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia )
Bugojno Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ), Boris Spassky ( USSR ) Jan Timman ( Netherlands )
Las Palmas Gyula Sax ( Hungary ), Volodymyr Tukmakow ( USSR ) Friðrik Ólafsson ( Iceland )
Nikšić Boris Gulko ( USSR ), Jan Timman ( Netherlands ) Rafael Vaganian ( USSR )
Amsterdam Jan Timman ( Netherlands ) Zoltán Ribli ( Hungary ), Roman Dzindzichashvili ( USA ), Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ), Helmut Pfleger ( FRG )
Vilnius Volodymyr Tukmakov ( USSR ) Tigran Petrosyan ( USSR ) Boris Gulko ( USSR )
Tilburg Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ) Jan Timman ( Netherlands ) Roman Dzindzichashvili ( USA ), Robert Hübner ( FRG ), Tony Miles ( England )
Buenos Aires Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ) Rafael Vaganian ( USSR ), Oscar Panno ( Argentina ), Vasily Smyslow ( USSR )
Amsterdam (zone tournament) Jan Timman ( Netherlands ), Tony Miles ( England ) Michael Stean ( England )
Hall Wolfgang Uhlmann ( GDR ), Iván Faragó ( Hungary ), Rainer Knaak ( GDR )
1978/1979 Hastings Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ) Alexander Kochiev ( USSR ), Evgeni Wasjukow ( USSR ), István Csom ( Hungary ), Jonathan Speelman ( England )
1979 Warsaw (zone tournament) Zoltán Ribli ( Hungary ) Gyula Sax ( Hungary ), Jan Smejkal ( Czechoslovakia ), Florin Gheorghiu ( Romania ), András Adorján ( Hungary )
Wijk aan Zee Lev Polugayevsky ( USSR ) Tony Miles ( England ), Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ), Gennadi Sosonko ( Netherlands )
São Paulo Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ), Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ) Florin Gheorghiu ( Romania ), Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ), Anatoli Lein ( USA )
Munich Boris Spasski ( USSR ), Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ), Juri Balaschow ( USSR ), Robert Huebner ( FRG )
Tallinn Tigran Petrosyan ( USSR ) Mikhail Tal ( USSR ), Rafael Vaganian ( USSR )
Banja Luka Garry Kasparov ( USSR ) Jan Smejkal ( Czechoslovakia ), Ulf Andersson ( Sweden )
Montréal Mikhail Tal ( USSR ), Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) Lajos Portisch ( Hungary )
Johannesburg Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ) Wolfgang Unzicker ( FRG ) Tony Miles ( England )
Waddinxveen Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) Lubomir Kavalek ( USA ) Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia )
Bled / Portorož Jan Timman ( Netherlands ) Bent Larsen ( Denmark ), Zoltán Ribli ( Hungary )
Amsterdam Vlastimil Hort ( Czechoslovakia ), Gyula Sax ( Hungary ) Jan Smejkal ( Czechoslovakia ), Ulf Andersson ( Sweden )
Buenos Aires Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ), Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Yugoslavia ) Walter Browne ( USA )
Riga (interzonal tournament) Mikhail Tal ( USSR ), Lev Polugajewski ( USSR ) Zoltán Ribli ( Hungary ), András Adorján ( Hungary )
Rio de Janeiro (interzonal tournament) Lajos Portisch ( Hungary ), Tigran Petrosjan ( USSR ), Robert Huebner ( FRG )
Novi Sad Florin Gheorghiu ( Romania ) Efim Geller ( USSR ), Yevgeny Svezhnikov ( USSR )
Tilburg Anatoly Karpov ( USSR ) Oleg Romanshin ( USSR ) Lajos Portisch ( Hungary )
Buenos Aires Bent Larsen ( Denmark ) Boris Spasski ( USSR ), Tony Miles ( England ), Ulf Andersson ( Sweden ), Miguel Najdorf ( Argentina )