FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1966-1969

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Interzonal play-off :: Los Angeles 1968

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Crosstable

pos. name flag 1 2 3 pts + = -
1.-3. GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman USA ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 0 8 0
1.-3. GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 4 1 6 1
1.-3. GM Stein, Leonid URS ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 4 1 6 1

Three players shared 6th place in 1967 Sousse interzonal. Reshevsky qualified by better tie-break in the main tournament.






Round by round results


1st round — 18th February 1968
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR ½ - ½ URS GM Stein, Leonid
GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman USA BYE  
1.-2. Hort, Stein — ½; 3. Reshevsky — 0;




2nd round — 19th February 1968
GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman USA ½ - ½ CSR GM Hort, Vlastimil
GM Stein, Leonid URS BYE  
1. Hort — 1; 2.-3. Reshevsky, Stein — ½;




3rd round — 20th February 1968
GM Stein, Leonid URS ½ - ½ USA GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR BYE  
1.-3. Reshevsky, Hort, Stein — 1;




4th round — 21st February 1968
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR ½ - ½ USA GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
GM Stein, Leonid URS BYE  
1.-2. Reshevsky, Hort — 1½; 3. Stein — 1;




5th round — 22nd February 1968
GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman USA ½ - ½ URS GM Stein, Leonid
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR BYE  
1. Reshevsky — 2; 2.-3. Hort, Stein — 1½;




6th round — 24th February 1968
GM Stein, Leonid URS 1 - 0 CSR GM Hort, Vlastimil
GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman USA BYE  
1. Stein — 2½; 2. Reshevsky — 2; 3. Hort — 1½;




7th round — 25th February 1968
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR ½ - ½ URS GM Stein, Leonid
GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman USA BYE  
1. Stein — 3; 2.-3. Reshevsky, Hort — 2;




8th round — 26th February 1968
GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman USA ½ - ½ CSR GM Hort, Vlastimil
GM Stein, Leonid URS BYE  
1. Stein — 3; 2.-3. Reshevsky, Hort — 2½;




9th round — 27th February 1968
GM Stein, Leonid URS ½ - ½ USA GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR BYE  
1. Stein — 3½; 2. Reshevsky — 3; 3. Hort — 2½;




10th round — 28th February 1968
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR ½ - ½ USA GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
GM Stein, Leonid URS BYE  
1.-2. Reshevsky, Stein — 3½; 3. Hort — 3;




11th round — 29th February 1968
GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman USA ½ - ½ URS GM Stein, Leonid
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR BYE  
1.-2. Reshevsky, Stein — 4; 3. Hort — 3;




12th round — 2nd March 1968
GM Stein, Leonid URS 0 - 1 CSR GM Hort, Vlastimil
GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman USA BYE  
1.-3. Reshevsky, Hort, Stein — 4;








Information

Interzonal play-off
Dates: 18th February - 2nd March 1968
City: Los Angeles (United States)
Venue: Steiner Chess Club
Organizers: FIDE, Mr. Gregor Piatigorsky
Tournament Director: Mr. Isaac Kashdan (USA)
Chief Arbiter: Mr. Isaac Kashdan (USA)
Arbiters: Mr. James Tarjan (USA)
Players participating: 3 (incl. 3 GMs)
Games played: 12
Competition format: Quadruple Round Robin
Tie-breaks: none
Time control:
Website: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=84879
PGN game file: wc1969-izplayoff.pgn