FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1975-1978

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European zonal B1 :: Barcelona 1975

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Crosstable

pos. name Elo flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts + = -
1. IM Sosonko, Gennadi 2470 NED ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 4 3 0
2. GM Díez del Corral Rivas, Jesús 2515 ESP ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5 3 4 0
3. GM Pachman, Ludek 2510 GER ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 2 5 0
4. IM Keene, Raymond Dennis 2505 ENG ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4 2 4 1
5. IM Jakobsen, Ole 2435 DEN 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 2 3 2
6.-7. Hutchings, Stuart 2330 WLS 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 4
6.-7. Eslon, Jaan 2435 SWE 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 2 1 2 4
8. Janetschek, Karl 2355 AUT 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 3 4

Eastern Bloc chess federations did not allow the following players to participate in the act of protest against facist Franco's regime:
Uhlmann (GDR), Ermenkov (BUL), Smejkal (CSR), Adorján (HUN), Ciocaltea (ROM), Velimirović (YUG) and also Ornstein (Swedish Chess Fed. joined the boycott).

FIDE decided to arrange an extra zonal and award it two extra interzonal spots. See Aranđelovac 1976 zonal B2.






Round by round results


1st round — 7th October 1975
Eslon, Jaan SWE 2435 ½ - ½ 2505 ENG IM Keene, Raymond Dennis
IM Jakobsen, Ole DEN 2435 ½ - ½ 2355 AUT Janetschek, Karl
GM Pachman, Ludek GER 2510 ½ - ½ 2515 ESP GM Díez del Corral Rivas, Jesús
IM Sosonko, Gennadi NED 2470 1 - 0 2330 WLS Hutchings, Stuart
1. Sosonko — 1; 2.-7. Díez del Corral Rivas, Pachman, Keene, Jakobsen, Eslon, Janetschek — ½; 8. Hutchings — 0;




2nd round — 8th October 1975
Hutchings, Stuart WLS 2330 ½ - ½ 2515 ESP GM Díez del Corral Rivas, Jesús
Janetschek, Karl AUT 2355 ½ - ½ 2435 SWE Eslon, Jaan
IM Keene, Raymond Dennis ENG 2505 ½ - ½ 2510 GER GM Pachman, Ludek
IM Sosonko, Gennadi NED 2470 1 - 0 2435 DEN IM Jakobsen, Ole
1. Sosonko — 2; 2.-6. Díez del Corral Rivas, Pachman, Keene, Eslon, Janetschek — 1; 7.-8. Jakobsen, Hutchings — ½;




3rd round — 9th October 1975
GM Díez del Corral Rivas, Jesús ESP 2515 1 - 0 2505 ENG IM Keene, Raymond Dennis
Eslon, Jaan SWE 2435 0 - 1 2470 NED IM Sosonko, Gennadi
IM Jakobsen, Ole DEN 2435 1 - 0 2330 WLS Hutchings, Stuart
GM Pachman, Ludek GER 2510 ½ - ½ 2355 AUT Janetschek, Karl
1. Sosonko — 3; 2. Díez del Corral Rivas — 2; 3.-5. Pachman, Jakobsen, Janetschek — 1½; 6.-7. Keene, Eslon — 1; 8. Hutchings — ½;




4th round — 11th October 1975
Hutchings, Stuart WLS 2330 0 - 1 2505 ENG IM Keene, Raymond Dennis
IM Jakobsen, Ole DEN 2435 1 - 0 2435 SWE Eslon, Jaan
Janetschek, Karl AUT 2355 0 - 1 2515 ESP GM Díez del Corral Rivas, Jesús
IM Sosonko, Gennadi NED 2470 ½ - ½ 2510 GER GM Pachman, Ludek
1. Sosonko — 3½; 2. Díez del Corral Rivas — 3; 3. Jakobsen — 2½; 4.-5. Pachman, Keene — 2; 6. Janetschek — 1½; 7. Eslon — 1; 8. Hutchings — ½;




5th round — 12th October 1975
GM Díez del Corral Rivas, Jesús ESP 2515 ½ - ½ 2470 NED IM Sosonko, Gennadi
Eslon, Jaan SWE 2435 1 - 0 2330 WLS Hutchings, Stuart
IM Keene, Raymond Dennis ENG 2505 1 - 0 2355 AUT Janetschek, Karl
GM Pachman, Ludek GER 2510 1 - 0 2435 DEN IM Jakobsen, Ole
1. Sosonko — 4; 2. Díez del Corral Rivas — 3½; 3.-4. Pachman, Keene — 3; 5. Jakobsen — 2½; 6. Eslon — 2; 7. Janetschek — 1½; 8. Hutchings — ½;




6th round — 13th October 1975
Eslon, Jaan SWE 2435 0 - 1 2510 GER GM Pachman, Ludek
Hutchings, Stuart WLS 2330 1 - 0 2355 AUT Janetschek, Karl
IM Jakobsen, Ole DEN 2435 ½ - ½ 2515 ESP GM Díez del Corral Rivas, Jesús
IM Sosonko, Gennadi NED 2470 ½ - ½ 2505 ENG IM Keene, Raymond Dennis
1. Sosonko — 4½; 2.-3. Díez del Corral Rivas, Pachman — 4; 4. Keene — 3½; 5. Jakobsen — 3; 6. Eslon — 2; 7.-8. Hutchings, Janetschek — 1½;




7th round — 16th October 1975
GM Díez del Corral Rivas, Jesús ESP 2515 1 - 0 2435 SWE Eslon, Jaan
Janetschek, Karl AUT 2355 0 - 1 2470 NED IM Sosonko, Gennadi
IM Keene, Raymond Dennis ENG 2505 ½ - ½ 2435 DEN IM Jakobsen, Ole
GM Pachman, Ludek GER 2510 ½ - ½ 2330 WLS Hutchings, Stuart
1. Sosonko — 5½; 2. Díez del Corral Rivas — 5; 3. Pachman — 4½; 4. Keene — 4; 5. Jakobsen — 3½; 6.-7. Hutchings, Eslon — 2; 8. Janetschek — 1½;








Information

European zonal B1
Dates: 5th - 16th October 1975
City: Barcelona (Spain)
Venue: Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Pledad
Organizers: Federación Catalana de Ajedrez
Tournament Director: Mr. Jorge Puig (ESP)
Chief Arbiter: IA Juan Torquet (ESP)
Players participating: 8 (incl. 2 GMs, 3 IMs)
Games played: 28
Competition format: Round Robin
Tie-breaks: none
Time control:
PGN game file: wc1978-zonaleuropeb1.pgn