World Chess Championship 1969 - 1967 Interzonal

1967 Interzonal

The 1967 Interzonal Tournament was played in Sousse, Tunisia in October and November. Bobby Fischer was leading the tournament with seven wins and three draws in ten rounds, however he abandoned the event over a dispute with the organisers. Because Fischer withdrew before he had played half his games, the results of his games were not included in his opponents' totals. Bent Larsen went on to win ahead of Viktor Korchnoi, Efim Geller, and Svetozar Gligorić, who shared second place.

Boris Spassky and Mikhail Tal were seeded into the Candidates matches as finalists of the previous tournament, and the top 6 finishers in the Interzonal would join them. Larsen, Korchnoi, Geller, Gligorić, and Lajos Portisch took the top five places. There was a three-way tie for sixth place among Sammy Reshevsky, Vlastimil Hort, and Leonid Stein, who played a round-robin playoff to determine the final place in the Candidates matches. The spot eventually went to Reshevsky, who drew all his eight games in the playoff. All three players ended up with 4 points, but Reshevsky had the best tie break score from the main tournament.

1967 Interzonal Tournament

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Total	Tie break
1	Bent Larsen (Denmark)	-	0	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	15½
2	Viktor Korchnoi (Soviet Union)	1	-	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	14	136.00
3	Efim Geller (Soviet Union)	½	½	-	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	14	135.75
4	Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia)	½	½	½	-	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	14	135.00
5	Lajos Portisch (Hungary)	1	0	½	½	-	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	13½
6	Samuel Reshevsky (United States)	0	½	1	½	½	-	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	½	13	129.75
7	Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia)	0	½	0	½	½	½	-	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	13	120.25
8	Leonid Stein (Soviet Union)	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	-	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	13	117.00
9	Milan Matulović (Yugoslavia)	0	1	0	½	1	0	½	½	-	0	1	1	½	1	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	12½
10	Aleksandar Matanović (Yugoslavia)	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	-	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	½	12
11	Borislav Ivkov (Yugoslavia)	0	1	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	-	0	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	11	103.50
12	Henrique Mecking (Brazil)	0	1	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	1	-	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	11	102.50
13	Aivars Gipslis (Soviet Union)	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	-	½	0	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	10	93.75
14	Lubomir Kavalek (Czechoslovakia)	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	-	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	10	90.00
15	Duncan Suttles (Canada)	1	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	0	0	1	½	-	½	1	0	½	1	½	1	9½
16	István Bilek (Hungary)	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	-	½	½	1	0	1	1	9
17	László Barczay (Hungary)	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	-	½	1	½	½	1	8
18	Robert Byrne (United States)	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	½	-	1	½	½	0	7½
19	Miguel Cuéllar (Colombia)	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	0	-	0	1	1	6½	61.00
20	Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren (Mongolia)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	½	½	0	0	1	½	½	1	-	0	1	6½	54.50
21	Ortvin Sarapu (New Zealand)	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	1	-	½	4
22	Slim Bouaziz (Tunisia)	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	-	3½

1967 Los Angeles playoff

		1	2	3	Total
1	Samuel Reshevsky (United States)	-	====	====	4
2	Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia)	====	-	=0=1	4
3	Leonid Stein (Soviet Union)	====	=1=0	-	4