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🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 San Antonio 1972
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#SanAntonio1972
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🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 San Antonio 1972
🔹 19 November – 10 December
♦️ USA - Texas, San Antonio - 1972
CHAMPION: Lajos Portisch, 10.5/15 (+7 -1 =7)
🔹 The San Antonio Church's Fried Chicken Inc. First International Chess Tournament was a chess competition held in San Antonio, Texas, from November 19 to December 11, 1972. All games finished in September 10.Sponsored by fast food franchise Church's Chicken as a marketing strategy to promote the company and an attempt to capitalize on the rise of the game’s popularity in the U.S, the tournament was regarded at the time the strongest chess tournament held in the country since 1924. The list of players invited included famous names like former world champion Tigran Petrosian, regular contenders to the world crown Svetozar Gligoric, Paul Keres and Bent Larsen, and some promising stars, among them Brazilian Henrique da Costa Mecking and future world champion Anatoly Karpov.
🔘 List of participants
▫️ Walter Browne
▫️ Donald Byrne
▫️ Mario Campos-Lopez
▫️ Larry Evans
▫️ Svetozar Gligoric
▫️ Vlastimil Hort
▫️ Julio Kaplan
▫️ Paul Keres
▫️ Anatoly Karpov
▫️ Bent Larsen
▫️ Henrique Mecking
▫️ Tigran Petrosian
▫️ Lajos Portisch
▫️ Anthony Saidy
▫️ Kenneth Smith
▫️ Duncan Suttles, whose result at the San Antonio chess tournament granted him his final Grandmaster norm
🔹 As a Category XII event (average rating of 2539), the San Antonio Church's Fried Chicken Inc. First International Chess Tournament was strong enough to be regarded at the time the most important chess competition to be held in american soil since New York 1924 (which attracted at the time elite players like Emanuel Lasker, Alexander Alekhine, José Raul Capablanca, Frank Marshall and Richard Réti, among many others). Newly crowned world champion Fischer and deposed champion Spassky were also invited, but declined entry.
The competition was held at the Hilton Palacio del Rio, where all the players also stayed. An open tournament was held alongside the main event, attracting 113 players. British player, arbiter and chess author Harry Golombek was charged with tournament direction.
A three-way tie between Tigran Petrosian, Lajos Portisch and Anatoly Karpov (all 10½ / 15), the tournament result confirmed both the favoritism of ex-world champion Petrosian and the expectations on some of the players from the new generation, specially Karpov, who would become world champion himself only three years later.
🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA
♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
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♦️ Review our selected game from San Antonio 1972 tournament👇
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🔹 San Antonio 1972
🔹 19 November – 10 December
♦️ USA - Texas, San Antonio - 1972
CHAMPION: Lajos Portisch, 10.5/15 (+7 -1 =7)
🔹 The San Antonio Church's Fried Chicken Inc. First International Chess Tournament was a chess competition held in San Antonio, Texas, from November 19 to December 11, 1972. All games finished in September 10.Sponsored by fast food franchise Church's Chicken as a marketing strategy to promote the company and an attempt to capitalize on the rise of the game’s popularity in the U.S, the tournament was regarded at the time the strongest chess tournament held in the country since 1924. The list of players invited included famous names like former world champion Tigran Petrosian, regular contenders to the world crown Svetozar Gligoric, Paul Keres and Bent Larsen, and some promising stars, among them Brazilian Henrique da Costa Mecking and future world champion Anatoly Karpov.
🔘 List of participants
▫️ Walter Browne
▫️ Donald Byrne
▫️ Mario Campos-Lopez
▫️ Larry Evans
▫️ Svetozar Gligoric
▫️ Vlastimil Hort
▫️ Julio Kaplan
▫️ Paul Keres
▫️ Anatoly Karpov
▫️ Bent Larsen
▫️ Henrique Mecking
▫️ Tigran Petrosian
▫️ Lajos Portisch
▫️ Anthony Saidy
▫️ Kenneth Smith
▫️ Duncan Suttles, whose result at the San Antonio chess tournament granted him his final Grandmaster norm
🔹 As a Category XII event (average rating of 2539), the San Antonio Church's Fried Chicken Inc. First International Chess Tournament was strong enough to be regarded at the time the most important chess competition to be held in american soil since New York 1924 (which attracted at the time elite players like Emanuel Lasker, Alexander Alekhine, José Raul Capablanca, Frank Marshall and Richard Réti, among many others). Newly crowned world champion Fischer and deposed champion Spassky were also invited, but declined entry.
The competition was held at the Hilton Palacio del Rio, where all the players also stayed. An open tournament was held alongside the main event, attracting 113 players. British player, arbiter and chess author Harry Golombek was charged with tournament direction.
A three-way tie between Tigran Petrosian, Lajos Portisch and Anatoly Karpov (all 10½ / 15), the tournament result confirmed both the favoritism of ex-world champion Petrosian and the expectations on some of the players from the new generation, specially Karpov, who would become world champion himself only three years later.
🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA
♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
♦️ Download "San Antonio 1972 Games Database" by PGN format👇
♦️ Review our selected game from San Antonio 1972 tournament👇
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#SanAntonio1972
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🔵 Our selected game from " San Antonio 1972 International Chess Tournament "
▪️ Lajos Portisch vs Paul Keres
▪️ San Antonio (1972), San Antonio, TX USA, rd 11, Dec-03
▪️ English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Hedgehog System (A17)
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▪️ Lajos Portisch vs Paul Keres
▪️ San Antonio (1972), San Antonio, TX USA, rd 11, Dec-03
▪️ English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Hedgehog System (A17)
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Replay the Pro-Biz Cup Round 4 game played on 10/12/2018 with computer analysis
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🔸Round 1
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🔸Round 1
⚪️Keymer,Vincent (2491)
⚫️Hoefelsauer,Thomas (2380)
🔸1-0
33.h3! [Since the black pieces are completely passive on the queenside, White decides to open up the kingside and launch an attack there.]
33...Kg6 [33...gxh3? 34.Rh2 Bd8 35.Rxh3 h4 36.Rb2 Bf6 37.Rbh2 Qg6 38.d5! Bxc3 39.Rxh4+ Kg7 40.dxe6 Bxe6 41.Rh7+ Kg8 42.Bxe6+ Qxe6 43.R2h6 Qd5 44.Qh5!+–]
34.Rh2 Qf7 35.Kf2 Rh8 36.Qb3! [△Rbh1]
36...Rh7 37.Rbh1 Rah8 38.Qb2 h4?! [38...Qe8! 39.Bb3 Bd8 40.b5 axb5 41.axb5 Bf6 42.b6!±]
39.hxg4 hxg3+ 40.Kxg3 fxg4 41.Qe2 Rh3+ 42.Rxh3 Rxh3+ 43.Rxh3 gxh3 44.Qg4+ Kh6 45.Qg5+ Kh7 46.Qh4+ [46.d5!! exd5 47.Qh4+ Kg6 48.Be2+–]
46...Kg6 47.Qxh3+– 1–0
33...Kg6 [33...gxh3? 34.Rh2 Bd8 35.Rxh3 h4 36.Rb2 Bf6 37.Rbh2 Qg6 38.d5! Bxc3 39.Rxh4+ Kg7 40.dxe6 Bxe6 41.Rh7+ Kg8 42.Bxe6+ Qxe6 43.R2h6 Qd5 44.Qh5!+–]
34.Rh2 Qf7 35.Kf2 Rh8 36.Qb3! [△Rbh1]
36...Rh7 37.Rbh1 Rah8 38.Qb2 h4?! [38...Qe8! 39.Bb3 Bd8 40.b5 axb5 41.axb5 Bf6 42.b6!±]
39.hxg4 hxg3+ 40.Kxg3 fxg4 41.Qe2 Rh3+ 42.Rxh3 Rxh3+ 43.Rxh3 gxh3 44.Qg4+ Kh6 45.Qg5+ Kh7 46.Qh4+ [46.d5!! exd5 47.Qh4+ Kg6 48.Be2+–]
46...Kg6 47.Qxh3+– 1–0
27.Bg4? [27.cxb5! The correct continuation that opens up the queenside to White's favor. 27...Bxb5 (27...axb5?? 28.Ra3 Qb8 29.Rxa8 Qxa8 30.Qxc7+–) 28.Rc3 Bxe2 29.Qxe2 Rf2 30.Qd1 Rb8 31.Ne2 Rg2 32.Rf3 Rf2 (32...Qb6?? 33.Rb3 Qa7 34.Rxb8 Qxb8 35.Qf1+–) 33.Rxf2 Qxf2 34.Ng4 Qb6 35.b3 Nh5 36.Rf1 Nf7 37.Qd3 Qb5 38.Qf3 Kh8 39.Nf6 Nf4 40.Nxf4 exf4 41.Rc1 Qa5 42.Qxf4 Ne5 43.Qf2 Rc8 (43...Qb6?? 44.Qxb6 cxb6 45.Rc7+–) ; 27.Ng4 Bxg4 28.Bxg4 Rf4 29.Bd1 bxc4 30.Qxc4 Nb7 31.Qxc7 Nc5 32.Qxa7 Rxa7 33.Rc3 a5 34.h5 gxh5 35.Bxh5 Nxh5 36.Nxh5 Nxe4 37.Re3 Nf2 38.Rc1 Rh4 39.Nf6+ Kf7 40.Rc6 Ng4 41.Nxg4 Rxg4 42.Rxd6 Rg1+ 43.Kc2 Rg2+ 44.Kc3 Rxg5±]
27...Rf2 28.Rd2 Rxh2 29.Bxd7 Rxh1+ 30.Nxh1 Nh5 31.Nf2 Nb7 32.cxb5 axb5 33.b4 Rf8 34.Bxb5 Qe3 35.Kb2 Rf3 36.Nd3 Ng3! [36...Qxe4 37.Qxc7 Rf7 38.Qc4+–]
37.Rf2 Qd4+ 38.Kb1 Nxe4?? [38...Rxd3 39.Bxd3 Qxb4+ 40.Ka1 Qe1+ 41.Kb2 Qb4+ 42.Ka1=]
39.Rxf3 Nc3+ 40.Kc1 Nxb5 41.Qc6 Qc3+ 42.Qxc3 Nxc3 43.Nf4 Nxa2+ 44.Kb2 Nxb4 45.Ne6 h5 46.Rb3 Nc5 47.Rxb4 Nxe6 48.dxe6 Kf8 49.Rb8+ 1–0
27...Rf2 28.Rd2 Rxh2 29.Bxd7 Rxh1+ 30.Nxh1 Nh5 31.Nf2 Nb7 32.cxb5 axb5 33.b4 Rf8 34.Bxb5 Qe3 35.Kb2 Rf3 36.Nd3 Ng3! [36...Qxe4 37.Qxc7 Rf7 38.Qc4+–]
37.Rf2 Qd4+ 38.Kb1 Nxe4?? [38...Rxd3 39.Bxd3 Qxb4+ 40.Ka1 Qe1+ 41.Kb2 Qb4+ 42.Ka1=]
39.Rxf3 Nc3+ 40.Kc1 Nxb5 41.Qc6 Qc3+ 42.Qxc3 Nxc3 43.Nf4 Nxa2+ 44.Kb2 Nxb4 45.Ne6 h5 46.Rb3 Nc5 47.Rxb4 Nxe6 48.dxe6 Kf8 49.Rb8+ 1–0