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Published by Master Chess Publications, London, 1978
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 38+[1 ad] pages unpaginated with diagrams and table. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's stapled wrappers. (Lusis: 1789) First edition. The small town of Bugojno in central Yugoslavia (now Bosnia) hosted five strong tournaments between 1978 and 1986. This tournament, however, was the first one. It was a Category 14 event that featured players of the old guard like Svetozar Gligoric, Borislav Ivkov and Robert E Byrne and pitted them against a younger generation that included Jan H Timman, Anthony J. Miles and Robert Huebner. The tournament ran from the 26th of February to the 16th of March and in the sixteen player field Anatoly Karpov and Boris Spassky emerged as the joint winners. For Spassky it was a victory to rank alongside wins such as the USSR Championship (1961), the USSR Zonal (1964) and the Second Piatigorsky Cup (1966). For Karpov it was an excellent dress rehearsal in his only other showing in 1978 before facing Korchnoi to defend the World Title in September. Timman came in a point behind the leaders. Ljubomir Ljubojevic and Mikhail Tal shared fourth with 8.5. Sixth was share as well with Vlastimil Hort and Bent Larsen with 8. Shared eight was Yuri S Balashov and Robert Huebner. Sole tenth was Anthony J. Miles with a score of 7. Borislav Ivkov and Lajos Portisch eleventh; while Milan Vukic and Robert Byrne shared thirteen. The last place finishers also shared Enver Bukic and Gligoric. Condition: Corners bumped, light edge wear, bookseller's sticker to title else a very good copy.