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The 1970 Interzonal was held in Palma de Mallorca from November 9-December 12, and was the last Interzonal held as a one-section round robin. With the tournament swelling to 24 players and further expansion on the way, future changes were inevitable. The following players vied for six slots in the candidates matches to be held in 1971: William G Addison, Miroslav Filip, Robert James Fischer, Efim Geller, Svetozar Gligoric, Vlastimil Hort, Robert Huebner, Borislav Ivkov, Eleazar Jimenez Zerquera, Bent Larsen, Milan Matulovic, Henrique Mecking, Dragoljub Minic, Renato Naranja, Oscar Panno, Lev Polugaevsky, Lajos Portisch, Samuel Reshevsky, Jorge Alberto Rubinetti, Vasily Smyslov, Duncan Suttles, Mark Taimanov, Wolfgang Uhlmann, Tudev Ujtumen..

Ujtumen from Mongolia, about as outside as an outsider could get, actually held the lead by himself after round 3. However, reality and Robert J. Fischer set in, as the American quickly soared to a dominating position. The other contenders didn't worry about it too much; after all, you only had to finish in the top six to qualify for the Candidates, and there was even a seventh spot open for a reserve. So they played it safe, while Fischer kept working hard.

At the quarter pole following round 6, Fischer had 5.5 points and a 1.5 point lead on Geller, Gligoric, Larson, Panno, and Ujtumen. But then came a bad stretch: he managed to draw lost positions in round 7 and 8, but Larsen didn't let him off the hook in round 9. By now the lead had vanished, as Geller joined Fischer at the top with 6.5.

That led to the critical round 12 encounter between the leaders, Geller holding a half-point lead and playing the White pieces. Any normal grandmaster, when Geller offered an early draw, would have accepted to get an easy half-point closer to qualification. Fischer, hungry for a win after five rounds without one, refused.

Geller played inaccurately and lost a pawn, reaching a difficult rook ending. Eventually, a hallucination and a final mistake sealed his fate, and Fischer took the lead. The rest was a matter of technique: Fischer won two more in a row, took a couple of draws for a breather, then started his famous streak with full points in his last seven games.

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Robert James Fischer vs Milan Matulovic
Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970), Palma de Mallorca ESP, rd 7, Nov-18
Sicilian Defense: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack. Fianchetto Variation (B31)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg7 6. e5 Nd5 7. Qc4 Nc7 8. Bc6 dc6 9. Qc5 Qd3 10. Qe3 Bf5 11. Qd3 Bd3 12. Kd1 Ne6 13. Ne1 Nf4 14. Nd3 Nd3 15. f4 Bh6 16. Kc2 Nc1 17. Re1 O-O-O 18. Kc1 Bf4 19. g3 Bh6 20. Kc2 Rd5 21. b4 b6 22. a4 a5 23. ba5 ba5 24. Re4 Rhd8 25. d4 c5 26. Kd3 cd4 27. cd4 Bg7 28. Ke3 Bh6 29. Kd3 Bg7 30. Kc4 f5 31. Nc3 e6 32. Rh4 g5 33. Rh7 Rd4 34. Kb5 Be5 35. Rc1 Rb4 36. Ka5 Rc4 37. Ne2 Rd5 38. Kb6 Rdc5 39. Rc4 Rc4 40. h4 Rc2 41. hg5 Re2 42. g6 Rb2 43. Ka6 Rb4 44. g7 Bg7 45. Rg7 Ra4 46. Kb5 Rd4 47. Re7 Re4 48. Kc5 Kd8 49. Ra7 Ke8 50. Kd6 Kf8 51. Rb7 Re3 52. Ra7 Re1 53. Rb7 Re4 54. Ra7 Re2 55. Rb7 Re3 56. Ra7 Kg8 57. Rb7 Re1 58. Re7 Re3 59. Re6 Rg3 60. Ke5

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