Tournament of Peace in Rovinj/Zagreb, Round 17: Live

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4/26/2020 – Today, the 2. Tournament of Peace comes to an end. Before the 17th and last round tournament winner Bobby Fischer leads with 12.5/16 (+10, =5, -1) and is two points ahead of Vassily Smyslov and Vlastimil Hort who share second and third place with 10.5/16 each. In the final round Fischer will play against Tigran Petrosian who might want to end the tournament with a win against Fischer. Transmission of round 17 starts at 17:00 CEST (15.00 UTC, 11:00 EDT).
No other World Champion was more infamous both inside and outside the chess world than Bobby Fischer. On this DVD, a team of experts shows you the winning techniques and strategies employed by the 11th World Champion.

Grandmaster Dorian Rogozenco delves into Fischer’s openings, and retraces the development of his repertoire. What variations did Fischer play, and what sources did he use to arm himself against the best Soviet players? Mihail Marin explains Fischer’s particular style and his special strategic talent in annotated games against Spassky, Taimanov and other greats. Karsten Müller is not just a leading international endgame expert, but also a true Fischer connoisseur.

18 players start in the 2. Tournament of Peace in Rovinj/Zagreb. The first part of the tournament is played in Rovinj, the final rounds will be played in Zagreb.

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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