Amsterdam m1 Amsterdam NED· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 11 | 2504 | 10 |
| IBMAmsterdam II· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 12 | 2426 | 10 |
URS Ch sf Chelyabinsk RUS· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 19 | 2414 | 27 |
Moscow RUS Moscow RUS· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 33 | 2485 | 25 |
Caorle Caorle ITA· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 11 | 2221 | 6 |
Caorle zt Caorle ITA· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 18 | 2419 | 32 |
| Uzhgorod ch URS sfUzhgorod ch URS sf· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 14 | 2424 | 19 |
| URS Ch sfUzhgorod· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 17 | 2454 | 20 |
IBM Amsterdam NED· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 23 | 2518 | 167 |
IBM-B Amsterdam NED· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 13 | 2403 | 57 |
Caorle zt Caorle ITA Caorle zt Caorle ITA· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 17 | 2406 | 91 |
IBM-B 12th Amsterdam NED· May 29 – 31, 1972 | May 29 – 31, 1972 | Classical | 10 | 2416 | 9 |
| West Asian ChTeheran· May 16 – 27, 1972 | May 16 – 27, 1972 | Classical | 10 | 2210 | 44 |
Montreal Closed Montreal CAN· May 12 – 26, 1972 | May 12 – 26, 1972 | Classical | 4 | 2295 | 7 |
| Clare Benedict ttClare Benedict tt· May 23, 1972 | May 23, 1972 | Classical | 8 | 2436 | 5 |
Vienna tt Vienna AUT· May 23, 1972 | May 23, 1972 | Classical | 17 | 2183 | 12 |
Ontario Open Hamilton CAN· May 20 – 22, 1972 | May 20 – 22, 1972 | Classical | 12 | 2379 | 7 |
Clare Benedict tt Vienna AUT· May 21 – 22, 1972 | May 21 – 22, 1972 | Classical | 33 | 2392 | 37 |
EU Ch Railways USIC 8th Varna BUL· May 16 – 21, 1972 | May 16 – 21, 1972 | Classical | 29 | 2157 | 21 |
| West Midlands Zonal· Mar 5 – May 20, 1972 | Mar 5 – May 20, 1972 | Classical | 7 | 2128 | 6 |
British Columbia Ch Vancouver BC CAN· May 18, 1972 | May 18, 1972 | Classical | 7 | 2275 | 14 |
Montreal East End Open Montreal CAN· May 13 – 14, 1972 | May 13 – 14, 1972 | Classical | 8 | 1682 | 7 |
N. Vancouver Island Open Nanaimo CAN· May 6 – 7, 1972 | May 6 – 7, 1972 | Classical | 8 | 2051 | 6 |
FRG Ch Oberursel GER· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 18 | 2150 | 17 |
8. Sudamerica zt Sao Paulo BRA· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 19 | 2362 | 29 |
| FRG Ch OberurselFRG-ch Oberursel· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 30 | 2220 | 48 |
Sao Paulo zt Sao Paulo BRA· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 23 | 2355 | 167 |
Puget Sound Open Seattle, WA USA· Apr 29 – 30, 1972 | Apr 29 – 30, 1972 | Classical | 6 | 2277 | 5 |
Vrnjacka Banja zt Vrnjacka Banja SRB· Mar 31 – Apr 22, 1972 | Mar 31 – Apr 22, 1972 | Classical | 19 | 2441 | 90 |
Vrnjacka Banja Vrnjacka Banja SRB· Apr 4 – 20, 1972 | Apr 4 – 20, 1972 | Classical | 12 | 2437 | 15 |
IBCA-ol blind 4. fin-B Pula CRO· Apr 12 – 18, 1972 | Apr 12 – 18, 1972 | Classical | 37 | 2019 | 109 |
IBCA-ol blind 4. fin-A Pula CRO· Apr 12 – 18, 1972 | Apr 12 – 18, 1972 | Classical | 38 | 2055 | 79 |
IBCA-ol blind 4. fin-C Pula CRO· Apr 12 – 18, 1972 | Apr 12 – 18, 1972 | Classical | 25 | 2032 | 51 |
| 1. division 1971-72· Mar 5 – Apr 16, 1972 | Mar 5 – Apr 16, 1972 | Classical | 11 | 2003 | 8 |
It Norwich junior Norwich ENG· Mar 28 – Apr 13, 1972 | Mar 28 – Apr 13, 1972 | Classical | 10 | 2289 | 10 |
Norwich junior Norwich ENG· Mar 28 – Apr 13, 1972 | Mar 28 – Apr 13, 1972 | Classical | 17 | 2316 | 100 |
IBCA-ol blind 4. prel-B Pula CRO· Apr 6 – 10, 1972 | Apr 6 – 10, 1972 | Classical | 28 | 2044 | 52 |
| Norwich junior· Mar 28 – Apr 10, 1972 | Mar 28 – Apr 10, 1972 | Classical | 8 | 2323 | 9 |
IBCA-ol blind 4. prel-A Pula CRO· Apr 6 – 10, 1972 | Apr 6 – 10, 1972 | Classical | 27 | 2053 | 50 |
IBCA-ol blind 4. prel-C Pula CRO· Apr 6 – 10, 1972 | Apr 6 – 10, 1972 | Classical | 21 | 2075 | 33 |
Birmingham Premier Birmingham ENG· Mar 26 – Apr 9, 1972 | Mar 26 – Apr 9, 1972 | Classical | 7 | 2336 | 6 |
Birmingham Birmingham ENG· Mar 25 – Apr 9, 1972 | Mar 25 – Apr 9, 1972 | Classical | 12 | 2317 | 44 |
Medellin Fabricato 1st Medellin COL· Mar 25 – Apr 8, 1972 | Mar 25 – Apr 8, 1972 | Classical | 10 | 2274 | 45 |
| Icelandic Chess ChamIcelandic Chess Cham· Apr 3, 1972 | Apr 3, 1972 | Classical | 6 | 2344 | 5 |
Toronto Open Toronto CAN· Apr 2, 1972 | Apr 2, 1972 | Classical | 9 | 2226 | 5 |
| Toronto OpenToronto Open· Mar 31 – Apr 2, 1972 | Mar 31 – Apr 2, 1972 | Classical | 6 | 1827 | 5 |
| OWL-EM DetmoldOWL-EM Detmold· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 11 | 2137 | 36 |
Riga Ch Riga LAT· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 9 | 1789 | 7 |
NED Ch Leeuwarden ch-NED· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 8 | 2301 | 7 |
Teeside it Teesside ENG· 1972 | 1972 | Classical | 17 | 2458 | 69 |