Birkitts Books presents ...Interzonal Chess Tournament Palma de Mallorca 1970 ISBN: 0900928379 Author: Robert Graham Wade; L.S. Blackstock Publisher: The Chess Player Release Date: 1970 Seller Category: Hobbies and Crafts Qty Available: 1 Condition: Used: Good Sku: 240505042 Notes: Minor shelf wear, light soiling to wraps, tops of pages have light foxing, binding tight, front endpage has ink underlining under the publisher's name, else pages clean and unmarked. Black and White Photo Portraits of Filip, Fischer, Ivkov, Jimenez, Hort, Gilgoric, Geller, Panno, Naranja, Minic, Mecking, Larsen, Rubenetti, Sutles, Reshevsky, Portisch, Polugajevskij, Ujtumen, Uhlmann, and Taimanow. The 1970 Interzonal was held in Palma de Mallorca from November 9-December 12, and was the last Interzonal held as a one-section round robin. With the tournament swelling to 24 players and further expansion on the way, future changes were inevitable. The following players vied for six slots in the candidates matches to be held in 1971: William G Addison, Miroslav Filip, Robert James Fischer, Efim Geller, Svetozar Gligoric, Vlastimil Hort, Robert Huebner, Borislav Ivkov, Eleazar Jimenez Zerquera, Bent Larsen, Milan Matulovic, Henrique Mecking, Dragoljub Minic, Renato Naranja, Oscar Panno, Lev Polugaevsky, Lajos Portisch, Samuel Reshevsky, Jorge Alberto Rubinetti, Vasily Smyslov, Duncan Suttles, Mark Taimanov, Wolfgang Uhlmann, Tudev Ujtumen. At the banquet, Fischer was awarded the Chess Oscar, and the draw was held for the quarterfinal pairings: Larsen - Uhlmann Candidates Quarterfinal (1971) Petrosian - Hübner Candidates Quarterfinal (1971) Korchnoi - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal (1971) Fischer - Taimanov Candidates Quarterfinal (1971) In case of withdrawals (which did not happen), the 7th place (and first reserve spot) between Portisch and Smyslov was decided at the Portoroz Candidates Reserve Playoff (1971). The Sousse Interzonal (1967) was the previous qualifier and the Petropolis Interzonal (1973) and Leningrad Interzonal (1973) were the next in the FIDE qualifier cycles.Don't forget to check out other great deals in our Store!!