Skopje Solidarity 1967

Fischer wins at Skopje
1967 · Skopje, Yugoslavia
Fischer won with 13½/17

Bobby Fischer won the 1967 Skopje Solidarity tournament with 13½/17. Milan Matulović and Efim Geller shared second on 13, only half a point behind him.

A three-player contest

Fischer's 13½ secured sole first, but Matulović and Geller remained within half a point throughout the final table. Ratmir Kholmov was fourth on 11½.

A narrow Skopje race

Eighteen players contested a complete seventeen-round single round-robin. Only two points separated Fischer from fourth-placed Kholmov.

Every board preserved

All 153 games survive, nine to each round, and the standings show the narrow margin at the top.

Final standings

13½/17
Fischer won with 13½/17
# Player Score Record Games
1 Fischer, Robert James 13½/17 +12 -2 =3
=2 Matulovic, Milan 13/17 +11 -2 =4
=2 Geller, Efim P 13/17 +9 -0 =8
4 Kholmov, Ratmir D 11½/17 +7 -1 =9
5 Bukic, Enver 9½/17 +5 -3 =9
6 Maric, Rudolf 9/17 +4 -3 =10
=7 Damjanovic, Mato 8½/17 +5 -5 =7
=7 Knezevic, Milorad 8½/17 +3 -3 =11
=7 Minic, Dragoljub 8½/17 +3 -3 =11
=7 Popov, Luben 8½/17 +3 -3 =11
=11 Dely, Peter 8/17 +6 -7 =4
=11 Sofrevski, Jovan 8/17 +2 -3 =12
=13 Janosevic, Dragoljub 7½/17 +6 -8 =3
=13 Soos, Bela 7½/17 +4 -6 =7
=15 Ilievski, Borce 6/17 +2 -7 =8
=15 Nicevski, Risto 6/17 +2 -7 =8
17 Panov, Vladimir 4/17 +2 -11 =4
18 Danov, Kiril 2½/17 +2 -14 =1

Cross Table

Rank Player 123456789101112131415161718
1 Fischer, Robert James 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1
2 Matulovic, Milan 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1
3 Geller, Efim P 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1
4 Kholmov, Ratmir D 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1
5 Bukic, Enver 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
6 Maric, Rudolf 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1
7 Damjanovic, Mato 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1
8 Knezevic, Milorad ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
9 Minic, Dragoljub 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1
10 Popov, Luben ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½
11 Dely, Peter 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
12 Sofrevski, Jovan 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0
13 Janosevic, Dragoljub 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 1
14 Soos, Bela 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 1
15 Ilievski, Borce ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1
16 Nicevski, Risto 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1
17 Panov, Vladimir 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0
18 Danov, Kiril 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

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