Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Bandhigyadan xoogga leh waxay u muuqdeen inay si wanaagsan ugu soo dhowaanayaan 1976 Biel Interzonal, laakiin, isagoo wajahaysa 16 Grandmasters oo xoog leh oo ka mid ah 19 ka soo horjeeda, oo ay ku jiraan horyaalkii hore ee adduunka Tigran Petrosian iyo Mikhail Tal, wuxuu dhaliyay 8.5/19 oo niyad jab ah oo ah kaalinta 16-aad. Magaalada Haifa 1976
ciyaartii ugu danbeysay ee uu u safto qaranka Argentine wuxuu sameeyay 4.5/7 oo ah 4.