| 21st Spanish Team Chess Championship: Alicante 1977 |
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| 21st Spanish Team Chess Championship (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Date: | 18th - 27th September 1977 |
| City: | Alicante (Valencia province) |
| Venue: | Apartotel Meliá |
| Organizers: | C.A. Peret Alicante |
| Tournament Director: | Mr. José M. González |
| Teams participating: | 10 (top 8 from previous year and two qualifiers) |
| Players participating: | 56 (incl. 2 GMs and 2 IMs) |
| Games played: | 180 |
| Competition format: | Four board round robin. |
| Final order decided by: | 1. Game points; 2. Match points |
| Time control: | N/A |
| Downloadable game file: | 77spain.zip |
| Sources: | Mundo Deportivo, la Vanguardia, ABC (.png) |
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All teams came with strongest line-ups except ex-national champions Schweppes who were missing top three boards (Díez del Corral, Torán, Calvo). Canaries team led by GM Larsen won as expected, but they suffered heaviest defeat ever in round 2, losing to Terrasa 3½-½. Pomés' win over Larsen on top board was awarded beauty prize. Terrasa were well shaped but did not manage to pick the title; they lost tournament lead in round 5 losing to Schweppes 3-1. Third place went to Olot, with their second board Colombian IM Castro scoring impeccable 8½/9. That weakened Condal team was relegated along with Espanyol, was little, if any, surprise. |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Larsen, Bent | |
CANR | 7½ | 9 | 83.3 |
| 2. | IM Medina García, Antonio Ángel | |
OLOT | 5½ | 9 | 61.1 |
| 3. | Cabrera Guerra, Sergio | |
CDLP | 3 | 5 | 60.0 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | IM Castro Rojas, Óscar Humberto |  |
OLOT | 7½ | 8 | 93.8 |
| 2. | Ochoa de Echagüen Estibález, Javier | |
UGAB | 6 | 9 | 66.7 |
| 3. | Mora Amella, Joan | |
TRSA | 5½ | 9 | 61.1 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | Visier Segovia, Fernando | |
CANR | 6½ | 9 | 72.2 |
| 2. | Simón Padrós, Emili | |
TRSA | 4½ | 7 | 64.3 |
| 3. | Rubio Purriños, Hugo | |
SWMD | 5 | 9 | 55.6 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | Mateu i Palau, Xavier | |
TRSA | 6½ | 9 | 72.2 |
| 2. | Indeguy González, Enrique | |
SWMD | 3½ | 5 | 70.0 |
| 3. | García Padrón, José | |
CANR | 5½ | 9 | 61.1 |