FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1975-1978

[ Competition summary || European zonal A | European zonal B1 | European zonal B2 | European zonal C | European zonal D | Soviet zonal | US zonal | Canadian zonal |
| Caribbean-Central American zonal 1 | Caribbean-Central American zonal 2 | South American zonal | West Asian zonal | Asian Pacific zonal | Mediterranean-African zonal ||
|| Biel interzonal | Manila interzonal || Candidates QF | Candidates SF | Candidates F || WCh match ]

Candidates' matches :: quarterfinals

 





Ciocco (Italy), 28th February - 2nd April 1977
name Elo flag pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
GM Kortschnoj, Viktor 2645 FID ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½
GM Petrosian, Tigran 2645 URS ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½



Luzern (Switzerland), 26th February - 2nd April 1977
name Elo flag pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
GM Polugaevsky, Lev 2620 URS ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
GM Mecking, Henrique 2635 BRA ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½



Rotterdam (Netherlands), 26th February - 26th March 1977
name Elo flag pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
GM Larsen, Bent 2615 DEN 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0
GM Portisch, Lajos 2625 HUN 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1



Reykjavik (Iceland), 27th February - 19th April 1977
name Elo flag pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 P1.1 P1.2 P2.1 P2.2
GM Spassky, Boris 2610 URS ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
GM Hort, Vlastimil 2620 CSR ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½







Information

Candidates' matches :: quarterfinals
Dates: February - March 1977
Players participating: 8 (incl. 8 GMs)
Eligible: Loser of 1975 World Championship match (1): Fischer (quit chess)
Loser of Moscow 1974 candidates' final (1): Korchnoi
From Biel 1976 interzonal (3): Larsen, Petrosian, Portisch
From Manila 1976 interzonal (3): Mecking, Hort, Polugaevsky
Replacements (1): Spassky (highest ranked player from previous candidates' cycle)
Games played: 50
Competition format: 12-game match. First to score 6½ point wins. If tied 6-6, two game play-offs are repeated until someone breaks a tie.
Tie-breaks: none
Other websites: Polugaevsky-Mecking
Korchnoi-Petrosian
Hort-Spasski
Larsen-Portisch
PGN game file: wc1978-candqf.pgn