Rovinj, Round 9: A professional approach

by Johannes Fischer
4/17/2020 – The Tournament of Peace in Rovinj/Zagreb is a round-robin with 18 players but if you want to finish at the top being too peaceful is the wrong strategy. After all, you need to score against the weaker players. In round 9 Viktor Kortschnoi (pictured), Tigran Petrosian and Vlastimil Hort, who all still have a chance to win the tournament did not play brilliancies but showed a professional approach to win their games. | Photo: Viktor Kortschnoi at the Chess Olympiad Leipzig 1960 (Archive)

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Tournament of Peace, Round 9

Particularly impressive was Kortschnoi's win against Risto Nicevski. Soon after the opening Kortschnoi had a slightly better position but he managed to put his opponent under continuous pressure until Nicevski cracked in the ending.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.f4 Qa5 9.0-0 d5 10.Kh1 dxe4 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.Bc4 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 0-0 15.Nxe4 Qd5 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Qxd5 cxd5 18.c3 Rab8 19.Rf2 Rb7 20.Be3 Rfb8 21.g4 Rxb2 22.Rxb2 Rxb2 23.g5 Bd8 24.Bxa7 h6 25.gxh6 g6 26.Bd4 Kh7 27.a4 Ba5 28.Bg7 Rb7 29.Rc1 Bc7 30.Rf1 Ra7 31.Be5 Kxh6 32.Ra1 Bxe5 33.fxe5 g5 34.Rf1 Kg6 35.Ra1 Kf5 36.Kg2 Kxe5 37.a5 Ke4 38.a6 Kd3 39.Ra3 Kc2 40.Kf3 Kb2 41.Ra5 Kxc3 42.Kg4 d4 43.Kxg5 d3 0–1
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Nicevski,R-Kortschnoj,V-0–11970B88Rovinj/Zagreb9

Tigran Petrosian opted for a quiet opening but after an inaccuracy by Parma he won pawn and had no trouble to convert.

 
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.0-0 Be7 5.c4 0-0 6.d4 c6 7.Nc3 b6 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.e4 dxc4 10.Nxc4 b5 11.Ne3 b4 12.Na4 Nbd7 13.b3 Ba6 14.Re1 Nb6 15.Nc5 Bxc5 16.dxc5 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 Nbd7 18.Bd2 Rfb8 19.Nc2 Nxc5 20.Nxb4 Bb7 21.e5 Nd5 22.Rac1 Nd7 23.Nxc6 Bxc6 24.Rxc6 Nxe5 25.Rc5 Rc8 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.Rxd5 f6 28.Bf4 Ng6 29.Be3 a6 30.Kg2 Ne5 31.h3 Rc2 32.Ra5 Rc6 33.Rd4 Re8 34.Re4 Kf7 35.Bd4 Nd3 36.Rxe8 Kxe8 37.Kf3 Re6 38.Be3 Ne5+ 39.Ke2 Nc6 40.Ra4 Kd7 41.Kd2 a5 42.Rc4 Kc7 43.a3 Kb7 44.Rc5 Rd6+ 45.Kc2 Re6 46.Rd5 Re7 47.Rb5+ Kc7 48.Kc3 Re6 49.h4 g6 50.Bf4+ Kc8 51.Rb6 1–0
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Petrosian,T-Parma,B-1–01970E06Rovinj/Zagreb9

For a long time Vlastimil Hort could not get any advantage but then his opponent blundered in a roughly even, dynamic position and Hort immediately seized his chance to win the game.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 c6 8.b4 Nbd7 9.c5 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Be2 Bf8 13.0-0 Bf5 14.Na4 b5 15.cxb6 axb6 16.Bd4 Nfd7 17.Nb2 Ng6 18.Bd3 Be4 19.Nh5 c5 20.Bc3 cxb4 21.axb4 Rxa1 22.Qxa1 Nh4 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Nc4 b5 25.Nd2 Nb6? Black overlooks a tactical shot for White. After 25...Qg5 26.Ng3 the position remains roughly equal. 26.Bxg7 Qg5 27.Nf6+! Kxg7 28.Nxe8+ Kg6 29.g3 Nf3+ 30.Nxf3 exf3 31.Qd4 Nc4 32.Rd1 Qf5 33.g4 Qe6 34.Nc7 1–0
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Hort,V-Ivkov,B-1–01970E46Rovinj/Zagreb9

After nine of 18 rounds Fischer leads with 7.0/9, followed by Svetozar Gligoric with 6½/9. Kortschnoi, Petrosian and Hort share third to fifth place with 6.0/9 each.

Standings after round 9

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               ½ 1 1   0   ½ 1 1 1 1 7.0 / 9
2 Svetozar Gligoric     1   ½ ½   1 ½   ½ ½         1 1 6.5 / 9
3 Tigran V Petrosian   0   ½     ½   ½     1 1     1 ½ 1 6.0 / 9
4 Viktor Lvovich Kortschnoj     ½   ½ 1   ½   0 1     1 ½     1 6.0 / 9
5 Vlastimil Hort   ½   ½     ½   ½ ½   1 1 1   ½     6.0 / 9
6 Walter Shawn Browne   ½   0     ½   0 ½   1 1     ½ 1   5.0 / 9
7 Mario Bertok     ½   ½ ½   ½     ½     ½ ½   ½ 1 5.0 / 9
8 Vassily V Smyslov ½ 0   ½     ½     ½     ½ 1 ½ ½     4.5 / 9
9 Wolfgang Uhlmann 0 ½ ½   ½ 1           0 1       1 0 4.5 / 9
10 Dragoljub Minic 0     1 ½ ½   ½     ½     ½ ½ ½     4.5 / 9
11 Bojan Kurajica   ½   0     ½     ½   ½ ½ ½ ½ ½     4.0 / 9
12 Vlatko Kovacevic 1 ½ 0   0 0     1   ½           ½ ½ 4.0 / 9
13 Mijo Udovcic     0   0 0   ½ 0   ½       1   1 1 4.0 / 9
14 Borislav Ivkov ½     0 0   ½ 0   ½ ½       ½ 1     3.5 / 9
15 Theodor Ghitescu 0     ½     ½ ½   ½ ½   0 ½   ½     3.5 / 9
16 Bruno Parma 0   0   ½ ½   ½   ½ ½     0 ½       3.0 / 9
17 Drazen Marovic 0 0 ½     0 ½   0     ½ 0         ½ 2.0 / 9
18 Risto Nicevski 0 0 0 0     0   1     ½ 0       ½   2.0 / 9

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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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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
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

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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