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| ROUND ORDER | PLAYERS | RESULT | MOVES | OPENINGS | ROUND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979.09.11 |
Bouaziz, Slim
vs
Miles, Anthony John
|
0-1 | 49 | Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation | ROUND 6 |
| 1979.09.11 |
Romanishin, Oleg M
vs
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
|
1/2-1/2 | 71 | Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Exchange Variation | ROUND 6 |
| 1979.09.11 |
Larsen, Bent
vs
Trois, Francisco R Torres
|
1/2-1/2 | 41 | King's Indian Attack | ROUND 6 |
| 1979.09.11 |
Adorjan, Andras
vs
Polugaevsky, Lev
|
1/2-1/2 | 11 | English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights, Fianchetto Variation | ROUND 6 |
| 1979.09.14 |
Trois, Francisco R Torres
vs
Gruenfeld, Yehuda
|
1/2-1/2 | 42 | English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense | ROUND 7 |
| 1979.09.14 |
Mednis, Edmar John
vs
Adorjan, Andras
|
0-1 | 77 | English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights, Fianchetto Variation | ROUND 7 |
| 1979.09.14 |
Miles, Anthony John
vs
Tarjan, James Edward
|
1/2-1/2 | 26 | English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined | ROUND 7 |
| 1979.09.14 |
Rodriguez, Ruben
vs
Bouaziz, Slim
|
0-1 | 43 | Benoni Defense: Taimanov Variation | ROUND 7 |
| 1979.09.14 |
Ribli, Zoltan
vs
Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius
|
1/2-1/2 | 42 | English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation | ROUND 7 |
| 1979.09.14 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Larsen, Bent
|
1/2-1/2 | 51 | Caro-Kann Defense: Finnish Variation | ROUND 7 |
| 1979.09.14 |
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
vs
Kuzmin, Gennadi P
|
1/2-1/2 | 32 | Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense | ROUND 7 |
| 1979.09.14 |
Gheorghiu, Florin
vs
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
|
1-0 | 33 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Three Knights System | ROUND 7 |
| 1979.09.14 |
Polugaevsky, Lev
vs
Romanishin, Oleg M
|
1-0 | 44 | English Opening: Symmetrical Variation | ROUND 7 |
| 1979.09.15 |
Tarjan, James Edward
vs
Rodriguez, Ruben
|
1-0 | 40 | King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense | ROUND 8 |
| 1979.09.15 |
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
vs
Trois, Francisco R Torres
|
1-0 | 51 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Yates Variation | ROUND 8 |
| 1979.09.15 |
Bouaziz, Slim
vs
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
|
0-1 | 45 | Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line | ROUND 8 |
| 1979.09.15 |
Gruenfeld, Yehuda
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
1/2-1/2 | 29 | Ruy Lopez: Open, Classical Defense | ROUND 8 |
| 1979.09.15 |
Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius
vs
Gheorghiu, Florin
|
0-1 | 61 | Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line | ROUND 8 |
| 1979.09.15 |
Adorjan, Andras
vs
Romanishin, Oleg M
|
0-1 | 75 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation | ROUND 8 |
| 1979.09.15 |
Mednis, Edmar John
vs
Ribli, Zoltan
|
1/2-1/2 | 29 | English Opening: Agincourt Defense | ROUND 8 |
| 1979.09.15 |
Larsen, Bent
vs
Miles, Anthony John
|
1-0 | 49 | English Opening | ROUND 8 |
| 1979.09.15 |
Kuzmin, Gennadi P
vs
Polugaevsky, Lev
|
0-1 | 54 | English Opening: Symmetrical Variation | ROUND 8 |
| 1979.09.16 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
|
1-0 | 57 | Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1979.09.16 |
Gheorghiu, Florin
vs
Mednis, Edmar John
|
1-0 | 56 | English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1979.09.16 |
Romanishin, Oleg M
vs
Kuzmin, Gennadi P
|
0-1 | 47 | Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack, Leonhardt Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1979.09.16 |
Polugaevsky, Lev
vs
Bouaziz, Slim
|
1-0 | 49 | Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense | ROUND 9 |
| 1979.09.16 |
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
vs
Tarjan, James Edward
|
0-1 | 51 | Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Amsterdam Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1979.09.16 |
Rodriguez, Ruben
vs
Larsen, Bent
|
0-1 | 61 | Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1979.09.16 |
Miles, Anthony John
vs
Gruenfeld, Yehuda
|
1/2-1/2 | 42 | Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line | ROUND 9 |
| 1979.09.16 |
Trois, Francisco R Torres
vs
Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius
|
1/2-1/2 | 16 | Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1979.09.16 |
Ribli, Zoltan
vs
Adorjan, Andras
|
1/2-1/2 | 10 | Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1979.09.18 |
Larsen, Bent
vs
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
|
1/2-1/2 | 36 | English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation | ROUND 10 |
| 1979.09.18 |
Tarjan, James Edward
vs
Polugaevsky, Lev
|
1/2-1/2 | 45 | Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation | ROUND 10 |
| 1979.09.18 |
Ribli, Zoltan
vs
Gheorghiu, Florin
|
1-0 | 44 | Benoni Defense | ROUND 10 |
| 1979.09.18 |
Gruenfeld, Yehuda
vs
Rodriguez, Ruben
|
1-0 | 29 | Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Keres Attack | ROUND 10 |
| 1979.09.18 |
Bouaziz, Slim
vs
Romanishin, Oleg M
|
1/2-1/2 | 44 | French Defense: Paulsen Variation | ROUND 10 |
| 1979.09.18 |
Mednis, Edmar John
vs
Trois, Francisco R Torres
|
1/2-1/2 | 61 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Yates Variation | ROUND 10 |
| 1979.09.18 |
Adorjan, Andras
vs
Kuzmin, Gennadi P
|
1/2-1/2 | 85 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation | ROUND 10 |
| 1979.09.18 |
Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
1/2-1/2 | 44 | Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Keres Attack | ROUND 10 |
| 1979.09.18 |
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
vs
Miles, Anthony John
|
0-1 | 60 | Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Main Line | ROUND 10 |
| 1979.09.19 |
Rodriguez, Ruben
vs
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
|
1-0 | 51 | English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1979.09.19 |
Kuzmin, Gennadi P
vs
Bouaziz, Slim
|
1-0 | 71 | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Pterodactyl Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1979.09.19 |
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
vs
Gruenfeld, Yehuda
|
1/2-1/2 | 33 | Sicilian Defense: Closed | ROUND 11 |
| 1979.09.19 |
Gheorghiu, Florin
vs
Adorjan, Andras
|
1-0 | 57 | Queen's Indian Defense | ROUND 11 |
| 1979.09.19 |
Polugaevsky, Lev
vs
Larsen, Bent
|
1-0 | 39 | Slav Defense: Alapin Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1979.09.19 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Mednis, Edmar John
|
1-0 | 52 | Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack | ROUND 11 |
| 1979.09.19 |
Romanishin, Oleg M
vs
Tarjan, James Edward
|
1-0 | 34 | English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined | ROUND 11 |
| 1979.09.19 |
Miles, Anthony John
vs
Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius
|
1-0 | 57 | English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1979.09.19 |
Trois, Francisco R Torres
vs
Ribli, Zoltan
|
0-1 | 38 | King's Pawn Game: Maróczy Defense | ROUND 11 |
| 1979.09.20 |
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
vs
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
|
1/2-1/2 | 27 | Sicilian Defense: Open | ROUND 12 |