Biel GM 1979

Korchnoi turns Biel into a runaway
1979 · Biel, Switzerland
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. Heinz Wirthensohn finished second on 7½; Wolfgang Unzicker, Dragutin Šahović, and Charles Partos were another half-point back on 7.

Korchnoi scored eleven wins and two draws without a loss, finishing 4½ points clear of second place in a 13-game schedule.

The games

All 91 games are here: 46 decisive and 45 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 Wirthensohn, Heinz 7½/13 +3 -1 =9
=3 Partos, Charles 7/13 +4 -3 =6
=3 Sahovic, Dragutin 7/13 +3 -2 =8
=3 Unzicker, Wolfgang 7/13 +3 -2 =8
=6 Hartoch, Robert G 6½/13 +3 -3 =7
=6 Schauwecker, Meinrad 6½/13 +3 -3 =7
=6 Toth, Bela 6½/13 +3 -3 =7
=6 Hug, Werner 6½/13 +2 -2 =9
=10 Cuartas, Carlos Enrique 5½/13 +3 -5 =5
=10 Kaenel, Hansjuerg 5½/13 +3 -5 =5
12 Huss, Andreas 5/13 +2 -5 =6
13 Janosevic, Dragoljub 4½/13 +2 -6 =5
14 Hammer, Peter 4/13 +1 -6 =6

Cross Table

Rank Player 1234567891011121314
1 Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Wirthensohn, Heinz 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
3 Partos, Charles 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1
4 Sahovic, Dragutin 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1
5 Unzicker, Wolfgang ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½
6 Hartoch, Robert G 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½
7 Schauwecker, Meinrad 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1
8 Toth, Bela ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½
9 Hug, Werner 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½
10 Cuartas, Carlos Enrique 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1
11 Kaenel, Hansjuerg 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0
12 Huss, Andreas 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½
13 Janosevic, Dragoljub 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½
14 Hammer, Peter 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½

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