1979 Riga Interzonal
Location: Riga, USSR
September 05, 1979 to September 29, 1979
Category XII (average rating 2526 - 2550)
17 rounds
Round robin tournament
Winner: Mikhail Tal
September 05, 1979 to September 29, 1979
Category XII (average rating 2526 - 2550)
17 rounds
Round robin tournament
Winner: Mikhail Tal
| Place | Player | Score | W | L | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mikhail Tal | 14.0 / 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| 2. | Lev Polugaevsky | 11.5 / 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| 3. | Andras Adorjan | 11.0 / 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 |
| 3. | Zoltan Ribli | 11.0 / 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 |
| 5. | Florin Gheorghiu | 10.5 / 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 5. | Oleg M Romanishin | 10.5 / 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 7. | Bent Larsen | 10.0 / 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 8. | Gennadi P Kuzmin | 9.0 / 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 8. | Anthony J. Miles | 9.0 / 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 8. | Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 9.0 / 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 11. | James Tarjan | 8.0 / 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 12. | Yehuda Gruenfeld | 7.5 / 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 13. | Ljubomir Ljubojevic | 6.5 / 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 14. | Slim Bouaziz | 5.5 / 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| 14. | Edmar Mednis | 5.5 / 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 14. | Herman C. Van Riemsdijk | 5.5 / 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 17. | Francisco R.T. Trois | 5.0 / 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| 18. | Player not found | 4.0 / 17 | 2 | 11 | 4 |