Rovinj/Zagreb, Round 16: Fischer draws against Kortschnoi

by Klaus Besenthal
4/25/2020 – After 15 of 17 rounds Bobby Fischer was certain to win the 2. Tournament of Peace but he still had to fight in round 16 when Viktor Kortschnoi put pressure on him. But after a long and tenacious defense the game ended in a draw. But some of the players seemed to be tired after the long tournament and committed uncharacteristic blunders.
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2. Tournament of Peace, Round 16

Viktor Kortschnoi wanted to win against Fischer but though he was better he was never winning and could not overcome Fischer's precise and tenacious defense.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Be3 0-0 9.0-0 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.Nxb5 Ba6 12.c4 Bxb5 13.cxb5 Nxe4 14.Qg4 Nf6 15.Qe2 Nd7 16.Qe3 Bf6 17.Bxa7 Qa5 18.b6 Bd8 19.Rad1 Nxb6 20.Bxb6 Bxb6 21.Qd2 d5 22.Qxa5 Rxa5 23.Rc1 Bd4 24.Rc2 g5 25.Rd1 Be5 26.Re1 Bd6 27.Rc6 Rd8 28.Rec1 Be5 29.R1c2 Rb8 30.g3 Rab5 31.Kf1 R5b6 32.R6c5 Kg7 33.Re2 Kf6 34.Rcc2 h5 35.Re3 h4 36.Rce2 Bd6 37.Rf3+ Kg7 38.Rc3 Rb4 39.Kg2 R8b7 40.Rc6 R4b6 41.Rxb6 Rxb6 42.Bd1 Kf6 43.Rd2 Be5 44.b3 Ke7 45.g4 Kd6 46.Rc2 Rb8 47.h3 Bd4 48.Be2 Bc5 49.Rc3 Bb4 50.Rc2 Ba5 51.Kf1 Rb4 52.Rc8 Bb6 53.Rc3 Rf4 54.Rf3 Rxf3 55.Bxf3 Kc5 56.Bd1 Kd4 57.Bc2 Bc5 58.Ke2 Ba3 59.Bh7 Kc3 60.Bb1 Bc5 61.Bh7 e5 62.f3 ½–½
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After a slow start into the tournament former World Champion Vassily Smyslov is getting more and more into shape. In round 16 he played a fine game against Wolfgang Uhlmann from East Germany, and with one round to go he still shares second and third place with Vlastimil Hort.

 
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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.e3 0-0 7.Nf3 d6 8.Be2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.0-0 Bf5 11.Nxf5 gxf5 12.Qd3 Qd7 13.f4 Nb4 14.Qd2 Na6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.e4 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 fxe4 18.f5 Kh7 19.Rf4 e5 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Rxe4 e5 22.Rd1 Qf5 23.Qe3 Nc5 24.Rg4 1–0
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Vassily Smyslov | Photo: Dutch National Archive

The tournament was long and the players get tired and blunder more often. Vlastimil Hort is the only player in the field who has not lost a single game so far and in round 16 he had an easy win after Risto Nicevski blundered.

 
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1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.0-0 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Qf4 Be7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Rd1 d6 11.b3 Qb8 12.Bb2 Ne5 13.Ba3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 a6 16.Bb4 Rc8 17.Rac1 Ra7 18.Rc2 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Rdc1 d5 21.Bxe7 Rxe7 22.Nxd5 1–0
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Vlastimil Hort

Walter Browne also seemed to be tired. Everything was fine in his game against former World Champion Tigran Petrosian but with two blunders in a row Browne threw the game away.

 
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ngf3 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.Qe2 Nc7 10.0-0 Be7 11.Re1 h6 12.Nf1 Qc8 13.Ng3 Qa6 14.Qe3 g6 15.b3 c4 16.bxc4 dxc4 17.a4 Nd5 18.Qd2 b5 19.Ba3 Bxa3 20.Rxa3 N7b6 21.Ne4 Nxa4 22.Rea1 Kf8 23.Nc5 Qc6 24.Nxa4 bxa4 25.Rxa4 Kg7 26.Ra6 Qb7 27.h4 Rhb8 28.R6a4 Qc7 29.Nh2 h5 30.Nf1 Rb3 31.Ne3 Nxe3 32.Qxe3 a5 33.Qf3 Ra7 34.g3 Kg8 35.Kg2 Ra6 36.R1a2 Rb1 37.Qe2 Qb7+ 38.f3 Rab6 39.Rc2 R6b2 40.Rxc4 Rxc2 0–1
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Browne,W-Petrosian,T-0–11970C05Rovinj/Zagreb16

Results of round 16

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

Standings after round 16

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 ½   ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 12.5 / 16
2 Vassily V Smyslov ½   ½ ½ ½ 0 ½   1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 10.5 / 16
3 Vlastimil Hort ½ ½   ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½   1 1 10.5 / 16
4 Tigran V Petrosian   ½ ½   ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 10.0 / 16
5 Viktor Lvovich Kortschnoj ½ ½ ½ ½   ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 1   1 ½ ½ 1 1 10.0 / 16
6 Svetozar Gligoric 0 1 ½ 1 ½   ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½   1 1 1 10.0 / 16
7 Dragoljub Minic 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½   ½ ½   1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 8.5 / 16
8 Vlatko Kovacevic 1   0 0 0 ½ ½   ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 8.0 / 16
9 Borislav Ivkov ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½   ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½   1 8.0 / 16
10 Mario Bertok 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½   0 ½   ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8.0 / 16
11 Wolfgang Uhlmann 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½     ½ 1 1 1 1 0 7.5 / 16
12 Bojan Kurajica 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½     ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6.5 / 16
13 Bruno Parma 0 ½ ½ 0   ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½   ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6.5 / 16
14 Walter Shawn Browne ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½   ½ 1 1   6.5 / 16
15 Theodor Ghitescu 0 ½ ½ ½ ½   ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½   ½ 0 ½ 6.5 / 16
16 Drazen Marovic 0 0   ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½   0 ½ 5.5 / 16
17 Mijo Udovcic 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0   ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1   1 5.5 / 16
18 Risto Nicevski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½   ½ ½ 0   3.5 / 16

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Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.

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