Rovinj, Round 10: Fischer wins top encounter

by Klaus Besenthal
4/19/2020 – After his surprising loss against Vlatko Kovacevic in round 8 of the Tournament of Peace in Rovinj/Zagreb Bobby Fischer is back on track. After a draw against Vassily Smyslov in round 9 he convincingly defeated Svetozar Gligoric, his closest rival, in round 10 and now leads with 8.0/10. Gligoric, Vlastimil Hort, Viktor Kortschnoi and Tigran Petrosian are all one and half point behind and share places two to five with 6½/10.
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Tournament of Peace, Round 10

The top encounter of round 10 turned out to be rather one-sided. Svetozar Gligoric had been closely trailing Fischer throughout the entire tournament, but in their direct encounter Gligoric was convincingly outplayed by the American.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bb7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.b3 Nb6 16.a4 c5 17.d5 c4 18.b4 Bc8 19.Be3 Bd7 20.a5 Nc8 21.Qd2 Nh7 22.Kh2 Be7 23.Nf5 Bg5 24.Nxg5 hxg5 25.g4 g6 26.Ng3 f6 27.Rh1 Rf8 28.Kg2 Rf7 29.f3 Nf8 30.h4 gxh4 31.Rxh4 Rh7 32.Rah1 Rxh4 33.Rxh4 g5 34.Rh6 Kg7 35.Rxf6 1–0
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Fischer,R-Gligoric,S-1–01970C93Rovinj/Zagreb10

Svetozar Gligoric and Bobby Fischer | Photo: Sindik

Walter Browne played with Black against Borislav Ivkov and was completely winning but then blundered and lost.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 g6 8.Nd2 Bg7 9.e4 0-0 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.0-0 Nd7 12.Nc4 Nb6 13.Qe2 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Qb6 15.Na4 Qb4 16.Qc2 Nc7 17.Nc3 Rfb8 18.a3 Qc4 19.Bg5 Kf8 20.Qd2 Nb5 21.Bh6 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Rb3 23.Rfc1 Qxe4 24.Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.c4 Ra4 26.g3 Qd3 27.Qg5 f6 28.Qg4 Qxd5 29.Qd7 Rxc4 30.Qxe7+ Kh6 31.Rxc4 Qxc4 32.Qxd6 Rxa3 33.Qd2+ Qf4 34.Qxf4+ 1–0
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Ivkov,B-Browne,W-1–01970A58Rovinj/Zagreb10

The game of former World Champion Vassily Smyslov against Bojan Kurajica was amazingly similar to Fischer's game against Gligoric: in both games the queenside was completely blocked and White won on the kingside after some patient maneuvering with king and rooks.

 
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1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.d4 0-0 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.b3 b5 9.c5 Ne4 10.Nbd2 f5 11.Bb2 a5 12.a3 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Qe8 14.b4 a4 15.Rad1 Qh5 16.Qe3 Qg6 17.Bc1 h6 18.Kh1 Qf7 19.h4 Bd8 20.Bh3 Bc7 21.Rg1 Qe7 22.Bb2 Bd8 23.Rg2 Ra7 24.Rdg1 Qe8 25.g4 f4 26.Qd3 g5 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Rh2 Kg7 29.Bf1 Qg6 30.Qxg6+ Kxg6 31.Kg2 Rg8 32.Rgh1 Kf7 33.Rh7+ Rg7 34.Rh8 Ke7 35.e3 fxe3 36.fxe3 Rc7 37.Bd3 e5 38.dxe5 Nf8 39.e6 Ke8 40.Bxg7 Rxg7 41.Nd4 Bf6 42.Rf1 1–0
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Smyslov,V-Kurajica,B-1–01970E08Rovinj/Zagreb10

Vassily Smyslov | Photo: Dutch National Archive

Mijo Udovcic cherished wild attacking plans against his young countryman Vlatko Kovacevic but these dreams quickly turned out to be illusions – and the blunder which finally cost Udovcic the game somehow was a fitting end of the game.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Bg2 b5 8.Qc6 Ra7 9.a4 Bb7 10.Qc2 c5 11.0-0 Qa8 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nbd2 0-0 14.Nb3 Be4 15.Qd1 Bb6 16.a5 Bd8 17.Be3 Rc7 18.Ne1 Bxg2 19.Nxg2 Nd5 20.Bd4 e5 21.Be3 Bf6 22.Qd3 e4 23.Qxe4 Bxb2 24.Rad1 N7f6 25.Qb1 Be5 26.Qf5 Re8 27.Rd3 Nc3 28.Re1 g6 29.Qg5 Rd7 30.Rxd7 Nxd7 31.Nf4 Bf6 32.Qh6 Ne5 33.Bd4 Nf3+ 34.exf3 Rxe1+ 35.Kg2 Qd8 36.Bxf6 Qxf6 37.Nh5 Qe5 38.Nf4 Ne2 39.h4 Rg1+ 40.Kh2 0–1
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Udovcic,M-Kovacevic,V-0–11970E03Rovinj/Zagreb10

Results of round 10

Ghitescu ½-½ Hort
Kortschnoj ½-½ Marovic
Fischer 1-0 Gligoric
Ivkov 1-0 Browne
Parma ½-½ Nicevski
Bertok ½-½ Uhlmann
Smyslov 1-0 Kurajica
Minic ½-½ Petrosian
Udovcic 0-1 Kovacevic

Standings after round 10

Rk. Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pts.
1 Robert James Fischer       1   ½   0   1 1 ½   1   1 1 1 8.0 / 10
2 Tigran V Petrosian     ½ 0     ½ 1   ½ ½       1 1 ½ 1 6.5 / 10
3 Viktor Lvovich Kortschnoj   ½     ½ ½     1   0 1 1 ½     ½ 1 6.5 / 10
4 Svetozar Gligoric 0 1     ½ 1   ½ ½ ½     ½       1 1 6.5 / 10
5 Vlastimil Hort     ½ ½     ½ 1   ½ ½ 1   ½ 1 ½     6.5 / 10
6 Vassily V Smyslov ½   ½ 0     ½       ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½     5.5 / 10
7 Mario Bertok   ½     ½ ½     ½ ½   ½ ½ ½     ½ 1 5.5 / 10
8 Vlatko Kovacevic 1 0   ½ 0       0 1     ½   1   ½ ½ 5.0 / 10
9 Walter Shawn Browne     0 ½     ½ 1   0 ½ 0     1 ½ 1   5.0 / 10
10 Wolfgang Uhlmann 0 ½   ½ ½   ½ 0 1           1   1 0 5.0 / 10
11 Dragoljub Minic 0 ½ 1   ½ ½     ½     ½ ½ ½   ½     5.0 / 10
12 Borislav Ivkov ½   0   0 0 ½   1   ½   ½ ½   1     4.5 / 10
13 Bojan Kurajica     0 ½   0 ½ ½     ½ ½   ½ ½ ½     4.0 / 10
14 Theodor Ghitescu 0   ½   ½ ½ ½       ½ ½ ½   0 ½     4.0 / 10
15 Mijo Udovcic   0     0 ½   0 0 0     ½ 1     1 1 4.0 / 10
16 Bruno Parma 0 0     ½ ½     ½   ½ 0 ½ ½       ½ 3.5 / 10
17 Drazen Marovic 0 ½ ½ 0     ½ ½ 0 0         0     ½ 2.5 / 10
18 Risto Nicevski 0 0 0 0     0 ½   1         0 ½ ½   2.5 / 10

Games of rounds 1-10

 
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1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Be2 0-0 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.0-0 Nc6 10.b3 Bf6 11.Be3 d5 12.c5 Nc8 13.h3 Be6 14.Bb5 N8e7 15.Bg5 Bxg5 16.Nxg5 Nf5 17.Nf3 f6 18.Re1 Qd7 19.b4 Nfe7 20.Ba4 a6 21.Rb1 Bf7 22.b5 axb5 23.Bxb5 Ng6 24.Qd2 Rfe8 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Bd3 Na5 27.Rb5 Qd8 28.h4 Ne7 29.Qf4 Qd7 30.Nd2 Bg6 31.Bxg6 hxg6 32.Rb1 Nec6 33.Nb5 Rc8 34.a4 Qf5 35.Qxf5 gxf5 36.f4 Kf7 37.Kf2 Ne7 1–0
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Browne,W-Marovic,D-1–01970B05Rovinj/Zagreb1
Ghitescu,T-Udovcic,M-0–11970B06Rovinj/Zagreb1
Hort,V-Uhlmann,W-½–½1970C15Rovinj/Zagreb1
Ivkov,B-Bertok,M-½–½1970D58Rovinj/Zagreb1
Kurajica,B-Kovacevic,V-½–½1970B15Rovinj/Zagreb1
Minic,D-Kortschnoj,V-1–01970C04Rovinj/Zagreb1
Parma,B-Fischer,R-0–11970B97Rovinj/Zagreb1
Petrosian,T-Nicevski,R-1–01970E91Rovinj/Zagreb1
Smyslov,V-Gligoric,S-0–11970E61Rovinj/Zagreb1
Bertok,M-Ghitescu,T-½–½1970C85Rovinj/Zagreb2
Fischer,R-Nicevski,R-1–01970B80Rovinj/Zagreb2
Gligoric,S-Kurajica,B-½–½1970D58Rovinj/Zagreb2
Kortschnoj,V-Ivkov,B-1–01970D34Rovinj/Zagreb2
Kovacevic,V-Hort,V-0–11970E95Rovinj/Zagreb2
Marovic,D-Petrosian,T-½–½1970E41Rovinj/Zagreb2
Parma,B-Minic,D-½–½1970C67Rovinj/Zagreb2
Udovcic,M-Smyslov,V-½–½1970D77Rovinj/Zagreb2
Uhlmann,W-Browne,W-1–01970A35Rovinj/Zagreb2
Browne,W-Kovacevic,V-1–01970B15Rovinj/Zagreb3
Ghitescu,T-Kortschnoj,V-½–½1970D88Rovinj/Zagreb3
Hort,V-Gligoric,S-½–½1970C93Rovinj/Zagreb3
Ivkov,B-Parma,B-1–01970A33Rovinj/Zagreb3
Kurajica,B-Udovcic,M-½–½1970B81Rovinj/Zagreb3
Minic,D-Fischer,R-0–11970B99Rovinj/Zagreb3
Nicevski,R-Marovic,D-½–½1970C19Rovinj/Zagreb3
Petrosian,T-Uhlmann,W-½–½1970E89Rovinj/Zagreb3
Smyslov,V-Bertok,M-½–½1970A38Rovinj/Zagreb3
Bertok,M-Kurajica,B-½–½1970B13Rovinj/Zagreb4
Fischer,R-Marovic,D-1–01970B10Rovinj/Zagreb4
Gligoric,S-Browne,W-½–½1970A59Rovinj/Zagreb4
Kortschnoj,V-Smyslov,V-½–½1970C93Rovinj/Zagreb4
Kovacevic,V-Petrosian,T-0–11970A53Rovinj/Zagreb4
Minic,D-Ivkov,B-½–½1970C98Rovinj/Zagreb4
Parma,B-Ghitescu,T-½–½1970C87Rovinj/Zagreb4
Udovcic,M-Hort,V-0–11970D94Rovinj/Zagreb4
Uhlmann,W-Nicevski,R-0–11970E74Rovinj/Zagreb4
Browne,W-Udovcic,M-1–01970B88Rovinj/Zagreb5
Ghitescu,T-Minic,D-½–½1970A65Rovinj/Zagreb5
Hort,V-Bertok,M-½–½1970A56Rovinj/Zagreb5
Ivkov,B-Fischer,R-½–½1970B14Rovinj/Zagreb5
Kurajica,B-Kortschnoj,V-0–11970B70Rovinj/Zagreb5
Marovic,D-Uhlmann,W-0–11970E62Rovinj/Zagreb5
Nicevski,R-Kovacevic,V-½–½1970B32Rovinj/Zagreb5
Petrosian,T-Gligoric,S-0–11970E97Rovinj/Zagreb5
Smyslov,V-Parma,B-½–½1970E06Rovinj/Zagreb5
Bertok,M-Browne,W-½–½1970D47Rovinj/Zagreb6
Fischer,R-Uhlmann,W-1–01970C15Rovinj/Zagreb6
Gligoric,S-Nicevski,R-1–01970A69Rovinj/Zagreb6
Ivkov,B-Ghitescu,T-½–½1970D38Rovinj/Zagreb6
Kortschnoj,V-Hort,V-½–½1970B10Rovinj/Zagreb6
Kovacevic,V-Marovic,D-½–½1970B06Rovinj/Zagreb6
Minic,D-Smyslov,V-½–½1970C97Rovinj/Zagreb6
Parma,B-Kurajica,B-½–½1970B49Rovinj/Zagreb6
Udovcic,M-Petrosian,T-0–11970A04Rovinj/Zagreb6
Browne,W-Kortschnoj,V-0–11970B44Rovinj/Zagreb7
Ghitescu,T-Fischer,R-0–11970E82Rovinj/Zagreb7
Hort,V-Parma,B-½–½1970E11Rovinj/Zagreb7
Kurajica,B-Minic,D-½–½1970B47Rovinj/Zagreb7
Marovic,D-Gligoric,S-0–11970D78Rovinj/Zagreb7
Nicevski,R-Udovcic,M-0–11970B08Rovinj/Zagreb7
Petrosian,T-Bertok,M-½–½1970E14Rovinj/Zagreb7
Smyslov,V-Ivkov,B-1–01970E61Rovinj/Zagreb7
Uhlmann,W-Kovacevic,V-0–11970D38Rovinj/Zagreb7
Bertok,M-Nicevski,R-1–01970D40Rovinj/Zagreb8
Fischer,R-Kovacevic,V-0–11970C15Rovinj/Zagreb8
Ghitescu,T-Smyslov,V-½–½1970E16Rovinj/Zagreb8
Gligoric,S-Uhlmann,W-½–½1970D90Rovinj/Zagreb8
Ivkov,B-Kurajica,B-½–½1970D37Rovinj/Zagreb8
Kortschnoj,V-Petrosian,T-½–½1970E19Rovinj/Zagreb8
Minic,D-Hort,V-½–½1970B07Rovinj/Zagreb8
Parma,B-Browne,W-½–½1970B99Rovinj/Zagreb8
Udovcic,M-Marovic,D-1–01970C04Rovinj/Zagreb8
Browne,W-Minic,D-½–½1970B92Rovinj/Zagreb9
Hort,V-Ivkov,B-1–01970E46Rovinj/Zagreb9
Kovacevic,V-Gligoric,S-½–½1970B20Rovinj/Zagreb9
Kurajica,B-Ghitescu,T-½–½1970B50Rovinj/Zagreb9
Marovic,D-Bertok,M-½–½1970A94Rovinj/Zagreb9
Nicevski,R-Kortschnoj,V-0–11970B88Rovinj/Zagreb9
Petrosian,T-Parma,B-1–01970E06Rovinj/Zagreb9
Smyslov,V-Fischer,R-½–½1970B26Rovinj/Zagreb9
Uhlmann,W-Udovcic,M-1–01970E74Rovinj/Zagreb9
Bertok,M-Uhlmann,W-½–½1970E74Rovinj/Zagreb10
Fischer,R-Gligoric,S-1–01970C93Rovinj/Zagreb10
Ghitescu,T-Hort,V-½–½1970E12Rovinj/Zagreb10
Ivkov,B-Browne,W-1–01970A58Rovinj/Zagreb10
Kortschnoj,V-Marovic,D-½–½1970E94Rovinj/Zagreb10
Minic,D-Petrosian,T-½–½1970C95Rovinj/Zagreb10
Parma,B-Nicevski,R-½–½1970B28Rovinj/Zagreb10
Smyslov,V-Kurajica,B-1–01970E08Rovinj/Zagreb10
Udovcic,M-Kovacevic,V-0–11970E03Rovinj/Zagreb10

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