Budapest Centenary 1973

Geller wins the centenary tournament without a loss
August 1973 · Budapest, Hungary
Geller won with 10½/15

Efim Geller won with 10½/15. All 120 games of the 16-player single round robin are here, and they match the published final scores.

The complete field

The tournament brought 16 players together in a single round robin. Every pair met once, 120 games in all.

The crosstable used here calls the event Budapest Tungsram. Its 16 players and 120 games are the same tournament, listed on this site as Budapest Centenary.

The result

Efim Geller won with 10½/15. Anatoly Karpov finished second on 9½. András Adorján, Rafael Vaganian, and Vlastimil Hort formed the next group on 8½.

Geller went through unbeaten, +6 =9 −0.

The games

All 120 games are here: 43 decisive and 77 drawn. Games are listed by round. The standings worked out from these games match the historical table.

Final standings

10½/15
Geller won with 10½/15
# Player Score Record Games
1 Geller, Efim P 10½/15 +6 -0 =9
2 Karpov, Anatoly 9½/15 +4 -0 =11
=3 Hort, Vlastimil 8½/15 +5 -3 =7
=3 Adorjan, Andras 8½/15 +4 -2 =9
=3 Szabo, Laszlo 8½/15 +3 -1 =11
=3 Vaganian, Rafael A 8½/15 +3 -1 =11
=7 Antoshin, Vladimir S 8/15 +4 -3 =8
=7 Bilek, Istvan 8/15 +1 -0 =14
9 Csom, Istvan 7½/15 +2 -2 =11
10 Ribli, Zoltan 7/15 +1 -2 =12
11 Ciocaltea, Victor 6½/15 +1 -3 =11
=12 Sax, Gyula 6/15 +3 -6 =6
=12 Velimirovic, Dragoljub 6/15 +3 -6 =6
=12 Hecht, Hans Joachim 6/15 +2 -5 =8
=15 Lengyel, Levente 5½/15 +1 -5 =9
=15 Forintos, Gyozo Victor 5½/15 +0 -4 =11

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678910111213141516
1 Geller, Efim P ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½
2 Karpov, Anatoly ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½
3 Hort, Vlastimil ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 ½ ½
4 Adorjan, Andras 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1
5 Szabo, Laszlo 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½
6 Vaganian, Rafael A ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
7 Antoshin, Vladimir S ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1
8 Bilek, Istvan ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
9 Csom, Istvan 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½
10 Ribli, Zoltan ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½
11 Ciocaltea, Victor ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½
12 Sax, Gyula 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1
13 Velimirovic, Dragoljub ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½
14 Hecht, Hans Joachim 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1
15 Lengyel, Levente 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½
16 Forintos, Gyozo Victor ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½

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