Lvov International 1981

Romanishin and Tal share the Lvov title
June 1981 · Lvov, USSR
Oleg Romanishin and Mikhail Tal shared first with 9/13.

Oleg Romanishin and Mikhail Tal shared first with 9/13. 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

Oleg Romanishin and Mikhail Tal shared first with 9/13. Arshak Petrosian placed third on 7½, a point and a half behind the two winners; Nukhim Rashkovsky and Iossif Dorfman followed on 7.

Romanishin scored +6 =6 −1 and Tal +5 =8 −0. Their equal points but different win totals still produced a historical shared first, which the archive headline preserves.

The games

All 91 games are here: 39 decisive and 52 drawn. Games are listed by round. The standings worked out from these games match the historical table.

Final standings

9/13
Oleg Romanishin and Mikhail Tal shared first with 9/13.
# Player Score Record Games
=1 Romanishin, Oleg M 9/13 +6 -1 =6
=1 Tal, Mikhail 9/13 +5 -0 =8
3 Petrosian, Arshak B 7½/13 +3 -1 =9
=4 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N 7/13 +3 -2 =8
=4 Dorfman, Josif D 7/13 +2 -1 =10
=6 Beliavsky, Alexander G 6½/13 +5 -5 =3
=6 Lerner, Konstantin Z 6½/13 +3 -3 =7
=6 Savon, Vladimir A 6½/13 +1 -1 =11
=9 Meduna, Eduard 6/13 +3 -4 =6
=9 Buturin, Vladimir 6/13 +2 -3 =8
=9 Ghinda, Mihail Viorel 6/13 +2 -3 =8
12 Cabrilo, Goran 5/13 +1 -4 =8
=13 Flesch, Janos 4½/13 +2 -6 =5
=13 Mascarinas, Rico 4½/13 +1 -5 =7

Cross Table

Rank Player 1234567891011121314
1 Romanishin, Oleg M ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1
2 Tal, Mikhail ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1
3 Petrosian, Arshak B ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½
4 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
5 Dorfman, Josif D 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½
6 Beliavsky, Alexander G 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
7 Lerner, Konstantin Z 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½
8 Savon, Vladimir A 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
9 Meduna, Eduard ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0
10 Buturin, Vladimir 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½
11 Ghinda, Mihail Viorel ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1
12 Cabrilo, Goran ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
13 Flesch, Janos 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
14 Mascarinas, Rico 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0

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