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| ROUND ORDER | PLAYERS | RESULT | MOVES | OPENINGS | ROUND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979.04.11 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
1-0 | 32 | King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation | ROUND 1 |
| 1979.04.11 |
Huebner, Robert
vs
Karpov, Anatoly
|
1/2-1/2 | 17 | Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line | ROUND 1 |
| 1979.04.12 |
Hort, Vlastimil
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
1/2-1/2 | 20 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense | ROUND 2 |
| 1979.04.13 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
|
1/2-1/2 | 31 | Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation | ROUND 3 |
| 1979.04.14 |
Huebner, Robert
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
1/2-1/2 | 16 | Benoni Defense: Fianchetto Variation | ROUND 4 |
| 1979.04.16 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Larsen, Bent
|
1-0 | 22 | Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Classical Variation | ROUND 5 |
| 1979.04.18 |
Portisch, Lajos
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
1/2-1/2 | 21 | Queen's Indian Defense | ROUND 6 |
| 1979.04.19 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Karpov, Anatoly
|
1/2-1/2 | 13 | French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System | ROUND 7 |
| 1979.04.20 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Kavalek, Lubomir
|
1-0 | 46 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6 | ROUND 8 |
| 1979.04.21 |
Timman, Jan H
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
1/2-1/2 | 38 | English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1979.04.24 |
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
0-1 | 22 | Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 | ROUND 10 |
| 1979.04.25 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Hort, Vlastimil
|
1/2-1/2 | 58 | Pirc Defense: Classical Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1979.04.27 |
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
1/2-1/2 | 22 | Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Normal Variation | ROUND 12 |
| 1979.04.28 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Huebner, Robert
|
1-0 | 41 | Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Spassky Variation | ROUND 13 |
| 1979.04.29 |
Larsen, Bent
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
1/2-1/2 | 31 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line | ROUND 14 |
| 1979.05.01 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Portisch, Lajos
|
1-0 | 39 | French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System | ROUND 15 |
| 1979.05.02 |
Karpov, Anatoly
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
1/2-1/2 | 32 | English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined | ROUND 16 |
| 1979.05.03 |
Kavalek, Lubomir
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
1/2-1/2 | 22 | Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell Attack | ROUND 17 |
| 1979.05.06 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Timman, Jan H
|
1/2-1/2 | 15 | English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense | ROUND 18 |