FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1972-1975

[ Competition summary || European zonal 1 | European zonal 2 | European zonal 3 | Soviet zonal | US zonal | Canadian zonal | Central American zonal | South American zonal | West Asian zonal | South-East Asian zonal ||
|| Leningrad interzonal | Petropolis interzonal || Candidates QF | Candidates SF | Candidates F || WCh match ]

Candidates' matches :: quarterfinals

 





Moscow (Soviet Union), 17th January - 3rd February 1974
name Elo flag Wins 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
GM Polugaevsky, Lev 2625 URS 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0
GM Karpov, Anatoly 2660 URS 3 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1



Palma de Mallorca (Spain), 18th January - 17th February 1974
name Elo flag Wins 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 P1.1 P1.2 13
GM Petrosian, Tigran 2640 URS 3 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1
GM Portisch, Lajos 2650 HUN 2 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0



San Juan (Puerto Rico), 14th - 28th January 1974
name Elo flag Wins 1 2 3 4 5 6
GM Byrne, Robert 2605 USA 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0
GM Spassky, Boris 2655 URS 3 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1



Augusta (United States), 16th January - 13th February 1974
name Elo flag Wins 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 P1.1 P1.2 13
GM Korchnoi, Viktor 2650 URS 3 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1
GM Mecking, Henrique 2575 BRA 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0







Information

Candidates' matches :: quarterfinals
Dates: January - February 1974
Players participating: 8 (incl. 8 GMs)
Eligible: Loser of 1972 World Championship match (1): Spassky
Loser of Buenos Aires 1971 candidates' final (1): Petrosian
From Leningrad 1973 interzonal (3): Karpov, Korchnoi, Byrne
From PetrĂ³polis 1973 interzonal (3): Mecking, Portisch, Polugaevsky
Games played: 40
Competition format: First to win 3 games, draws not counting.
Tie-breaks: none
Other websites: Polugaevsky-Karpov
Korchnoi-Mecking
Byrne-Spasski
Petrosian-Portisch
PGN game file: wc1975-candqf.pgn