Beersheba 1978

Korchnoi dominates Beersheba with 12/13
February 1978 · Beersheba, Israel
Korchnoi won with 12/13

Viktor Korchnoi won with 12/13. All 91 games of the 14-player single round robin are here, and they match the published final scores.

The complete field

The tournament brought 14 players together in a single round robin. Every pair met once, 91 games in all.

All 14 final scores match the published crosstable.

The result

Viktor Korchnoi won with 12/13. Yaacov Bleiman finished second on 8 and Michael Stean third on 7½; Korchnoi's winning margin was four points.

Korchnoi won eleven games and drew two without a loss. The tournament's 91 games included 60 decisive results and 31 draws.

The games

All 91 games are here: 60 decisive and 31 drawn. Games are listed by round. The standings worked out from these games match the historical table.

Final standings

12/13
Korchnoi won with 12/13
# Player Score Record Games
1 Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich 12/13 +11 -0 =2
2 Bleiman, Yaacov 8/13 +6 -3 =4
3 Stean, Michael F 7½/13 +4 -2 =7
=4 Murey, Jacob 7/13 +6 -5 =2
=4 Keene, Raymond 7/13 +3 -2 =8
=6 Lederman, Leon S 6½/13 +6 -6 =1
=6 Birnboim, Nathan 6½/13 +5 -5 =3
=6 Liberzon, Vladimir Mikhailovich 6½/13 +3 -3 =7
=6 Tatai, Stefano 6½/13 +2 -2 =9
=10 Kraidman, Yair 6/13 +4 -5 =4
=10 Veinger, Itzhak 6/13 +4 -5 =4
12 Kagan, Shimon 5/13 +3 -6 =4
13 Formanek, Edward W 4½/13 +2 -6 =5
14 Pasman, Michael 2/13 +1 -10 =2

Cross Table

Rank Player 1234567891011121314
1 Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Bleiman, Yaacov 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1
3 Stean, Michael F 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
4 Murey, Jacob ½ 0 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 0
5 Keene, Raymond ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
6 Lederman, Leon S 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
7 Birnboim, Nathan 0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½
8 Liberzon, Vladimir Mikhailovich 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1
9 Tatai, Stefano 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½
10 Kraidman, Yair 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1
11 Veinger, Itzhak 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1
12 Kagan, Shimon 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1
13 Formanek, Edward W 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1
14 Pasman, Michael 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.