Bucharest 1975
For the 1975 international at Bucharest the home crowd finally had a champion of its own. Victor Ciocâltea — a Bucharest native and repeated Romanian champion — won with 10/14, finishing clear of the field ahead of a lone East German challenger.
◈A champion on home ground
Victor Ciocâltea was one of Romania's leading players for three decades — a multiple national champion, and internationally best remembered for defeating Bobby Fischer at the 1962 Varna Olympiad. In 1975, at the peak of a career that would bring him the grandmaster title in 1978, he took first place in his home city with 10 points from 14 games.
◈Knaak the clear runner-up
East Germany's Rainer Knaak was the closest pursuer, finishing alone in second on 9. Behind him a three-way tie for third on 8 brought together Charles Partos, Volf Vaisman and the Soviet grandmaster Anatoly Lutikov.
The rest was a broad international field — Czechoslovak, Bulgarian, Polish, Argentine and Cuban players among the Romanians — but Ciocâltea's steadiness gave the host nation a rare home win in the series.
◈Final Standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciocaltea, Victor | 10/14 | +6 -0 =8 | games → |
| 2 | Knaak, Rainer | 9/14 | +5 -1 =8 | games → |
| =3 | Partos, Charles | 8/14 | +5 -3 =6 | games → |
| =3 | Vaisman, Volodia | 8/14 | +5 -3 =6 | games → |
| 5 | Lutikov, Anatoly S | 8/14 | +3 -1 =10 | games → |
| 6 | Urzica, Aurel | 7½/14 | +4 -3 =7 | games → |
| 7 | Ungureanu, Emil | 7/14 | +5 -5 =4 | games → |
| 8 | Pribyl, Josef | 7/14 | +4 -4 =6 | games → |
| 9 | Minev, Nikolay Nikolaev | 7/14 | +3 -3 =8 | games → |
| =10 | Adamski, Jan | 7/14 | +2 -2 =10 | games → |
| =10 | Stanciu, Traian | 7/14 | +2 -2 =10 | games → |
| 12 | Honfi, Karoly | 6½/14 | +4 -5 =5 | games → |
| 13 | Garcia Palermo, Carlos H | 5½/14 | +2 -5 =7 | games → |
| 14 | Mititelu, Gheorghe | 4½/14 | +0 -5 =9 | games → |
| 15 | Barreras, Alberto | 3/14 | +0 -8 =6 | games → |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciocaltea, Victor | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 2 | Knaak, Rainer | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Partos, Charles | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 4 | Vaisman, Volodia | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 5 | Lutikov, Anatoly S | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 6 | Urzica, Aurel | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 7 | Ungureanu, Emil | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Pribyl, Josef | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 9 | Minev, Nikolay Nikolaev | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | Adamski, Jan | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 11 | Stanciu, Traian | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 12 | Honfi, Karoly | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 | Garcia Palermo, Carlos H | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 14 | Mititelu, Gheorghe | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 15 | Barreras, Alberto | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's per-game results against the column player (in round order). ● = same player.