Madrid International 1973

Karpov completes an undefeated 11/15 in Madrid
From 26 November 1973 · Madrid, Spain
Karpov won with 11/15

Anatoly Karpov won with 11/15. 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.

All 16 final scores match the published crosstable.

The result

Anatoly Karpov won with 11/15. Vladimir Tukmakov finished second on 10½, half a point behind Karpov, with Semyon Furman third on 10.

Karpov's +7 =8 −0 record was undefeated. The tournament produced 63 decisive games and 57 draws.

The games

All 120 games are here: 63 decisive and 57 drawn. Games are listed by round. The standings worked out from these games match the historical table.

Final standings

11/15
Karpov won with 11/15
# Player Score Record Games
1 Karpov, Anatoly 11/15 +7 -0 =8
2 Tukmakov, Vladimir B 10½/15 +7 -1 =7
3 Furman, Semen Abramovich 10/15 +6 -1 =8
=4 Uhlmann, Wolfgang 9½/15 +6 -2 =7
=4 Hort, Vlastimil 9½/15 +4 -0 =11
=6 Andersson, Ulf 9/15 +5 -2 =8
=6 Portisch, Lajos 9/15 +5 -2 =8
=8 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 8½/15 +5 -3 =7
=8 Browne, Walter Shawn 8½/15 +4 -2 =9
10 Planinc, Albin 6½/15 +4 -6 =5
11 Panno, Oscar 6/15 +2 -5 =8
=12 Calvo Minguez, Ricardo 5/15 +2 -7 =6
=12 Kaplan, Julio P 5/15 +2 -7 =6
=12 Pomar Salamanca, Arturo 5/15 +2 -7 =6
15 Garcia Martinez, Silvino 4/15 +1 -8 =6
16 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel 3/15 +1 -10 =4

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678910111213141516
1 Karpov, Anatoly ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½
2 Tukmakov, Vladimir B ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1
3 Furman, Semen Abramovich ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1
4 Uhlmann, Wolfgang 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1
5 Hort, Vlastimil ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
6 Andersson, Ulf 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1
7 Portisch, Lajos ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1
8 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1
9 Browne, Walter Shawn ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0
10 Planinc, Albin 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 1
11 Panno, Oscar ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½
12 Calvo Minguez, Ricardo 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½
13 Kaplan, Julio P 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1
14 Pomar Salamanca, Arturo 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1
15 Garcia Martinez, Silvino 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½
16 Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½

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