1979 Rio de Janeiro Interzonal
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
September 23, 1979 to October 20, 1979
Category XI (average rating 2501 - 2525)
17 rounds
Round robin tournament
Winners: Tigran V. Petrosian, Robert Huebner, Lajos Portisch
September 23, 1979 to October 20, 1979
Category XI (average rating 2501 - 2525)
17 rounds
Round robin tournament
Winners: Tigran V. Petrosian, Robert Huebner, Lajos Portisch
| Place | Player | Score | W | L | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Robert Huebner | 11.5 / 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 1. | Tigran V. Petrosian | 11.5 / 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 1. | Lajos Portisch | 11.5 / 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 4. | Jan H Timman | 11.0 / 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 5. | Borislav Ivkov | 9.5 / 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 5. | Jaime Sunye Neto | 9.5 / 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 7. | Yuri S Balashov | 9.0 / 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 7. | Gyula Sax | 9.0 / 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 7. | Eugenio Torre | 9.0 / 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 10. | Jan Smejkal | 8.5 / 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 10. | Player not found | 8.5 / 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 12. | Rafael A Vaganian | 8.0 / 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 13. | Dragoljub Velimirovic | 7.5 / 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| 13. | Player not found | 7.5 / 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 15. | Khosro Harandi | 6.5 / 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| 16. | Luis Marcos Bronstein | 6.0 / 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| 17. | Jean Hebert | 4.5 / 17 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 17. | Shimon Kagan | 4.5 / 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 |