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1979 Rio de Janeiro - Interzonal Tournament

N°	FLAGS	NAME	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	TOTAL
01		Lajos Portisch		½	½	½	0	1	1	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	11.5/17
02		Tigran Petrosian	½		½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	11.5/17
03		Robert Hübner	½	½		½	1	½	1	1	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	11.5/17
04		Jan Timman	½	½	½		½	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	11.0/17
05		Jaime Sunye Neto	1	½	0	½		0	1	0	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	9.5/17
06		Borislav Ivkov	0	0	½	½	1		½	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	9.5/17
07		Yuri Balashov	0	½	0	1	0	½		½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	9.0/17
08		Eugenio Torre	1	½	0	0	1	0	½		0	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	9.0/17
09		Gyula Sax	0	0	½	0	1	½	0	1		½	½	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	9.0/17
10		Leonid Shamkovich	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	½		1	½	1	1	0	0	½	½	8.5/17
11		Jan Smejkal	½	½	1	0	0	½	½	½	½	0		½	1	0	½	1	1	½	8.5/17
12		Rafael Vaganian	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	½		0	1	1	1	½	1	8.0/17
13		Guillermo González	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	½	1	½	7.5/17
14		Drag. Velimirovic	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	1	0	0		1	1	1	1	7.5/17
15		Khosro Harandi	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	1	1	½	0	1	0		0	½	1	6.5/17
16		Luis M. Bronstein	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	1		½	1	6.0/17
17		Jean Hébert	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	½		0	4.5/17
18		Shimon Kagan	1	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	1		4.5/17
*		Henrique Mecking	-	-	-	-	-	½	-	-	-	-	½	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0/17

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World Chess Championship 1981

The 1981 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi in Meran, Italy from October 1 to November 19, 1981.
Karpov won.

Interzonals

Two Interzonal tournaments were held, one in Riga and the other in Rio de Janeiro. The Riga interzonal was won in dominant fashion by Tal while the one in Rio saw Portisch, Petrosian and Huebner sharing the first place between them.

Candidates matches

Results

The first player to win 6 games would be Champion.

Karpov won.

World Chess Championship 1981. (28 September 2011 at 16:40). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17 November 2011, at 09.00, from
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