Zagreb 1965 (Tournament of Peace)

The first Tournament of Peace
April 1965 · Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Ivkov and Uhlmann shared first on 13½/19
Event Index 190 GAMES

The inaugural Turnir mira — the Tournament of Peace — assembled twenty grandmasters in Zagreb for a single round-robin. Borislav Ivkov and Wolfgang Uhlmann shared first on 13½/19, finishing ahead of reigning World Champion Tigran Petrosian; because the title was shared, the prize sculpture meant for a lone winner went to no one.

Turnir mira

The city of Zagreb and its leading players founded the Tournament of Peace in 1965, staging it as a contribution to the United Nations' Year of International Cooperation, declared for the twentieth anniversary of the UN's founding. The result was a formidable twenty-player, single round-robin of nineteen rounds — 190 games — headed by reigning World Champion Tigran Petrosian.

The field mixed the world elite with strong Yugoslav hosts: alongside Petrosian came Lajos Portisch, David Bronstein, Bent Larsen, Bruno Parma, and the Zagreb players Dražen Marović, Dragoljub Minić, Mato Damjanović, Mijo Udovčić, and Mario Bertok.

A shared crown

Borislav Ivkov and Wolfgang Uhlmann pulled clear together, each finishing on 13½/19 to share first place, one of the best results of Ivkov's career. Petrosian was third on 12½, a point behind. Portisch, on 12, beat the players above him but drew too often against the bottom half to challenge for first, and Bruno Parma, the only player not to lose a game, could finish no higher than fifth on 12.

A sculpture, the "Horseman of Peace," had been commissioned for the champion. Because Ivkov and Uhlmann tied at the top, neither man received it.

A lasting fixture

This first Tournament of Peace became a regular Zagreb event, and its name and its idea of chess as international goodwill outlasted 1965, returning in later decades.

Final standings

13½/19
Ivkov and Uhlmann shared first on 13½/19
# Player Score Record
=1 Ivkov, Borislav 13½/19 +9 -1 =9 games
=1 Uhlmann, Wolfgang 13½/19 +9 -1 =9 games
3 Petrosian, Tigran V 12½/19 +7 -1 =11 games
=4 Portisch, Lajos 12/19 +6 -1 =12 games
=4 Parma, Bruno 12/19 +5 -0 =14 games
6 Bronstein, David Ionovich 11½/19 +5 -1 =13 games
7 Larsen, Bent 10½/19 +8 -6 =5 games
=8 Padevsky, Nikola Bochev 9½/19 +5 -5 =9 games
=8 Matanovic, Aleksandar 9½/19 +4 -4 =11 games
=8 Filip, Miroslav 9½/19 +2 -2 =15 games
=11 Antoshin, Vladimir S 9/19 +3 -4 =12 games
=11 Marovic, Drazen 9/19 +2 -3 =14 games
=11 Minic, Dragoljub 9/19 +2 -3 =14 games
=14 Damjanovic, Mato 8½/19 +5 -7 =7 games
=14 Bisguier, Arthur Bernard 8½/19 +3 -5 =11 games
=14 Gipslis, Aivars P 8½/19 +3 -5 =11 games
=14 Gligoric, Svetozar 8½/19 +3 -5 =11 games
18 Udovcic, Mijo 6/19 +2 -9 =8 games
19 Golombek, Harry 5/19 +1 -10 =8 games
20 Bertok, Mario 4/19 +0 -11 =8 games

Cross Table

Player 1234567891011121314151617181920
1 Ivkov, Borislav ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1
2 Uhlmann, Wolfgang ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1
3 Petrosian, Tigran V ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1
4 Portisch, Lajos 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½
5 Parma, Bruno ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1
6 Bronstein, David Ionovich 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1
7 Larsen, Bent 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1
8 Padevsky, Nikola Bochev ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½
9 Matanovic, Aleksandar ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
10 Filip, Miroslav ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½
11 Antoshin, Vladimir S 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
12 Marovic, Drazen ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1
13 Minic, Dragoljub 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
14 Damjanovic, Mato 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1
15 Bisguier, Arthur Bernard 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½
16 Gipslis, Aivars P ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½
17 Gligoric, Svetozar 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½
18 Udovcic, Mijo ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 1
19 Golombek, Harry 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½
20 Bertok, Mario 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½

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

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