 Anyone getting off to a slow start would be eliminated and sent home in just two or three days, such as happened to the entire Hungarian squad of Lajos Portisch, Gyula Sax, Zoltán Ribli, József Pintér and Peter Leko.Those who did not win cleanly in the initial two games of each round found fatigue a great problem, due to having to give up their rest days.The benefit over the old double round-robin format, was that it opened up the potential for an unexpected winner and this made it exciting for the spectators.