World Chess Championship 1984 - 1982 Interzonals

1982 Interzonals

Three Interzonal tournaments were held. The top two finishers in each qualified. Zoltán Ribli won the Las Palmas Interzonal ahead of 62-year-old former World Champion Vasily Smyslov. Kasparov, aged 19 years old at the time, won the Moscow Interzonal by a convincing 1½ point margin ahead of Alexander Beliavsky. The Toluca Interzonal was won jointly by Lajos Portisch and Eugenio Torre.

July 1982 Interzonal, Las Palmas

		Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	Tie break
1	Zoltán Ribli (Hungary)	2580	-	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	9
2	Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union)	2565	0	-	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	8½
3	Mihai Suba (Romania)	2525	½	0	-	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	0	8
4	Vladimir Tukmakov (Soviet Union)	2555	0	1	1	-	1	½	½	0	1	½	0	½	½	1	7½	48.00
5	Tigran Petrosian (Soviet Union)	2605	½	½	½	0	-	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	7½	47.00
6	Jan Timman (Netherlands)	2600	½	½	0	½	0	-	½	1	1	½	0	½	½	1	6½	39.25
7	Bent Larsen (Denmark)	2595	0	½	0	½	½	½	-	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	6½	37.50
8	József Pintér (Hungary)	2550	½	½	0	1	½	0	1	-	0	½	½	½	½	½	6	39.25
9	Jonathan Mestel (England)	2540	½	0	½	0	½	0	1	1	-	0	1	½	0	1	6	36.00
10	Lev Psakhis (Soviet Union)	2615	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	1	-	½	½	½	1	6	35.00
11	Lars Karlsson (Sweden)	2505	½	0	0	1	½	1	0	½	0	½	-	½	½	½	5½	35.25
12	Slim Bouaziz (Tunisia)	2360	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	-	½	1	5½	32.75
13	Jaime Sunye Neto (Brazil)	2500	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	-	1	5½	31.25
14	Walter Browne (United States)	2590	½	0	1	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	-	3

September 1982 Interzonal, Moscow

		Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	Tie break
1	Garry Kasparov (Soviet Union)	2675	-	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	10
2	Alexander Beliavsky (Soviet Union)	2620	½	-	1	½	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	½	1	8½
3	Mikhail Tal (Soviet Union)	2610	½	0	-	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	8	48.00
4	Ulf Andersson (Sweden)	2610	½	½	½	-	0	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	8	47.50
5	Efim Geller (Soviet Union)	2565	½	0	½	1	-	½	½	0	1	1	½	½	1	½	7½	46.50
6	Guillermo Garcia Gonzales (Cuba)	2500	½	0	½	½	½	-	1	1	0	1	1	½	0	1	7½	45.25
7	Jacob Murey (Israel)	2500	0	1	0	0	½	0	-	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	6½
8	Gyula Sax (Hungary)	2560	0	1	½	½	1	0	0	-	½	½	0	½	½	1	6	37.50
9	Larry Christiansen (United States)	2505	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	-	0	½	½	1	1	6	34.25
10	Dragoljub Velimirović (Yugoslavia)	2495	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	-	½	1	1	½	5½
11	John van der Wiel (Netherlands)	2520	0	1	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	½	-	½	0	½	5	31.25
12	Florin Gheorghiu (Romania)	2535	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	-	1	½	5	29.25
13	Ruben Rodriguez (Philippines)	2415	0	½	0	½	0	1	0	½	0	0	1	0	-	1	4½
14	Miguel Quinteros (Argentina)	2520	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	-	3

Tal and Andersson contested a playoff in Malmö for a reserve spot for the Candidates Tournament. The match ended 3-3; Tal became first reserve because of his better tie break score in the main event, but eventually no reserves were needed.

1982 Interzonal, Toluca

		Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	Tie break
1	Lajos Portisch (Hungary)	2625	-	½	1	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	8½	51.75
2	Eugenio Torre (Philippines)	2535	½	-	½	0	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	8½	51.00
3	Boris Spassky (France)	2610	0	½	-	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	8
4	Igor Ivanov (Canada)	2505	½	1	½	-	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	0	1	7½	48.00
5	Artur Yusupov (Soviet Union)	2555	1	½	½	½	-	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	1	7½	46.00
6	Lev Polugaevsky (Soviet Union)	2610	½	0	½	½	½	-	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	7½	44.50
7	Yasser Seirawan (United States)	2595	1	0	½	½	½	0	-	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	7½	44.25
8	John Nunn (England)	2565	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	-	½	½	½	½	½	1	7
9	Yuri Balashov (Soviet Union)	2555	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	-	1	0	1	½	1	6½	38.00
10	András Adorján (Hungary)	2510	0	½	0	½	1	½	0	½	0	-	1	½	1	1	6½	36.75
11	Krunoslav Hulak (Yugoslavia)	2495	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	-	½	½	1	5½
12	Jorge Rubinetti (Argentina)	2415	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	-	½	0	4	27.00
13	Amador Rodriguez (Cuba)	2480	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	-	0	4	26.75
14	Bachar Kouatly (Lebanon)	2440	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-	2½