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 :: semifinals

 





Evian (France), 2nd July - 6th August 1977
name Elo flag pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
GM Kortschnoj, Viktor 2645 FID 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
GM Polugaevsky, Lev 2620 URS 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½



Geneve (Switzerland), 3rd July - 19th August 1977
name Elo flag pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
GM Spassky, Boris 2610 URS ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½
GM Portisch, Lajos 2625 HUN ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½







Information

Candidates' matches :: semifinals
Dates: July - August 1977
Players participating: 4 (incl. 4 GMs)
Eligible: Four winners of quarterfinals.
Games played: 28
Competition format: 16-game match. First to score 8½ point wins. If tied 8-8, two game play-offs are repeated until someone breaks a tie.
Tie-breaks: none
Other websites: Spassky-Portisch
Kortschnoj-Polugaevsky
PGN game file: wc1978-candsf.pgn