Interzonal Tournament 1979

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:World_Chess_Championship
gptkbp:broadcasts Philippine television
gptkbp:chess_opening gptkb:Sicilian_Defense
gptkbp:closing_ceremony July 20, 1979
gptkbp:cultural_impact increased interest in chess in the Philippines
gptkbp:current_club 64 squares
16 per player
gptkbp:events positional play
King and pawn endgame
gptkbp:final_standings direct encounters
Karpov, Korchnoi, Tal, Spassky, Portisch, Petrosian, Timman, others.
gptkbp:followed_by Interzonal Tournament 1982
gptkbp:format round-robin
gptkbp:game_community inspired future generations of players.
global chess players
gptkbp:held_in gptkb:1979
gptkbp:historical_context Cold War era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Interzonal Tournament 1979
gptkbp:legacy part of Karpov's rise to World Champion
gptkbp:location gptkb:Baguio_City
gptkbp:media_coverage international chess magazines
gptkbp:notable_games Karpov vs Korchnoi, Karpov vs Tal.
gptkbp:notable_player gptkb:Mikhail_Tal
gptkb:Lajos_Portisch
gptkb:Boris_Spassky
gptkb:Tigran_Petrosian
gptkb:Jan_Timman
gptkbp:notable_quote " Chess is a war over the board." -Karpov.
gptkbp:opening_ceremony July 1, 1979
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:Philippine_Chess_Federation
gptkbp:participants gptkb:16
gptkbp:preceded_by Interzonal Tournament 1976
gptkbp:rating Elo rating system
gptkbp:rounds gptkb:14
gptkbp:runner_up gptkb:Viktor_Korchnoi
gptkbp:setting_time 2 hours for 40 moves
gptkbp:significance qualifying event for World Chess Championship
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:FIDE
gptkbp:strategy control of the center
forks and pins
gptkbp:third_place 9.5
10.5
9.0
gptkbp:venue gptkb:Baguio_Convention_Center
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Anatoly_Karpov
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Korchnoi_vs_Tal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7