Novi Sad 1979

Gheorghiu wins Novi Sad unbeaten
From 13 October 1979 · Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Gheorghiu won with 10/13

Florin Gheorghiu won with 10/13. 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

Florin Gheorghiu won with 10/13. Efim Geller and Evgeny Sveshnikov shared second on 9, one point behind the winner; Svetozar Gligorić followed on 8.

Gheorghiu scored +7 =6 −0. Across the complete table, 49 games were decisive and 42 were drawn.

The games

All 91 games are here: 49 decisive and 42 drawn. Games are listed by round. The standings worked out from these games match the historical table.

Final standings

10/13
Gheorghiu won with 10/13
# Player Score Record Games
1 Gheorghiu, Florin 10/13 +7 -0 =6
=2 Sveshnikov, Evgeny 9/13 +6 -1 =6
=2 Geller, Efim P 9/13 +5 -0 =8
4 Gligoric, Svetozar 8/13 +6 -3 =4
=5 Beliavsky, Alexander G 7½/13 +6 -4 =3
=5 Kurajica, Bojan 7½/13 +2 -0 =11
7 Knaak, Rainer 7/13 +4 -3 =6
8 Popovic, Petar 6½/13 +3 -3 =7
=9 Browne, Walter Shawn 6/13 +3 -4 =6
=9 Farago, Ivan 6/13 +3 -4 =6
11 Rajkovic, Dusan 5/13 +2 -5 =6
=12 Bojkovic, Slobodan 3½/13 +1 -7 =5
=12 Buljovcic, Ivan 3½/13 +0 -6 =7
14 Deze, Anton 2½/13 +1 -9 =3

Cross Table

Rank Player 1234567891011121314
1 Gheorghiu, Florin ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1
2 Sveshnikov, Evgeny ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1
3 Geller, Efim P ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½
4 Gligoric, Svetozar ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
5 Beliavsky, Alexander G 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1
6 Kurajica, Bojan ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
7 Knaak, Rainer ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
8 Popovic, Petar 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1
9 Browne, Walter Shawn 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1
10 Farago, Ivan ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1
11 Rajkovic, Dusan 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1
12 Bojkovic, Slobodan 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½
13 Buljovcic, Ivan 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0
14 Deze, Anton 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1

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