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2nd AVRO (1973) The second AVRO tournament in June 1973 was held to commemorate 50 years' existence of sponsor AVRO (a broadcasting society) and 100 years of organizer KNSB (the Royal Dutch Chess Association). The same formula (eight players, double rounds) was used as in AVRO (1938), but only one location in Hilversum, where AVRO is settled, was used. Of the players in 1938, only Paul Keres and Samuel Reshevsky were still active. They may have been invited, but if so they declined as they had to play a few weeks later in the Petropolis Interzonal (1973). The Leningrad Interzonal (1973), also played in June, made it impossible for some other strong players to participate. The tournament took the form of a trial of strength between the older generation (Szabó, who had won in Hastings (1938/39), Geller, Ivkov and Polugaevsky) and the young whippersnappers (Andersson, Ljubojevic, Sax and Timman). The older players won. Polugaevsky who with 2645 was equal third (with Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian) on the July 1972 ELO list, made blunders against Sax and Timman in the first cycle which he could not overcome. He would recover a month later in Petropolis, qualifying for the 1974 Candidates after a playoff. Hilversum, Netherlands, 12-29 June 1973 =1 Geller ** 01 ˝˝ ˝˝ 1˝ 1˝ 1˝ 11 9˝ =1 Szabo 10 ** 1˝ ˝˝ ˝1 1˝ ˝1 1˝ 9˝ 3 Ljubojevic ˝˝ 0˝ ** ˝1 ˝1 ˝˝ ˝˝ 11 8˝ 4 Andersson ˝˝ ˝˝ ˝0 ** ˝˝ ˝˝ ˝˝ ˝˝ 6˝ =5 Sax 0˝ ˝0 ˝0 ˝˝ ** ˝˝ 10 ˝1 6 =5 Ivkov 0˝ 0˝ ˝˝ ˝˝ ˝˝ ** 0˝ 1˝ 6 =5 Polugaevsky 0˝ ˝0 ˝˝ ˝˝ 01 1˝ ** 0˝ 6 8 Timman 00 0˝ 00 ˝˝ ˝0 0˝ 1˝ ** 4 Original collection: Game Collection: Hilversum 1973 - the second AVRO tournament, by User: sneaky pete.  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Szabo vs Geller 1-0 40 1973 2nd AVRO B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 2. Ljubojevic vs Ivkov   ½-½ 33 1973 2nd AVRO C71 Ruy Lopez 3. Timman vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 23 1973 2nd AVRO C07 French, Tarrasch 4. Sax vs Polugaevsky 1-0 55 1973 2nd AVRO B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 5. Polugaevsky vs Ivkov   1-0 58 1973 2nd AVRO A14 English 6. Sax vs Szabo   ½-½ 13 1973 2nd AVRO A07 King's Indian Attack 7. Geller vs Timman 1-0 76 1973 2nd AVRO B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 8. Ulf Andersson vs Ljubojevic   ½-½ 29 1973 2nd AVRO A15 English 9. Ivkov vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 29 1973 2nd AVRO E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 10. Szabo vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 18 1973 2nd AVRO E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 11. Timman vs Sax   ½-½ 25 1973 2nd AVRO B27 Sicilian 12. Ljubojevic vs Geller   ½-½ 27 1973 2nd AVRO C44 King's Pawn Game 13. Polugaevsky vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 21 1973 2nd AVRO B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 14. Szabo vs Timman   1-0 34 1973 2nd AVRO E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 15. Sax vs Ljubojevic   ½-½ 25 1973 2nd AVRO C03 French, Tarrasch 16. Geller vs Ivkov 1-0 34 1973 2nd AVRO B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 17. Ljubojevic vs Szabo   0-1 40 1973 2nd AVRO A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 18. Ivkov vs Sax   ½-½ 24 1973 2nd AVRO B83 Sicilian 19. Ulf Andersson vs Geller   ½-½ 20 1973 2nd AVRO A10 English 20. Timman vs Polugaevsky 1-0 15 1973 2nd AVRO B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Sax vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 34 1973 2nd AVRO C07 French, Tarrasch 22. Polugaevsky vs Geller   0-1 62 1973 2nd AVRO E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 23. Timman vs Ljubojevic 0-1 38 1973 2nd AVRO B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 24. Szabo vs Ivkov 1-0 74 1973 2nd AVRO B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 25. Geller vs Sax   1-0 38 1973 2nd AVRO E97 King's Indian  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   TIP: You can make the above ads go away by registering a free account! May-08-15    perfidious: Over forty years on, it is more than slightly surprising to view the crosstable of this event and see Polugaevsky finishing minus. May-09-15    RookFile: Agreed, perfidious. I guess he just had a bad tournament. Imagine if Keres or Reshevsky had shown up for this. That would have been really something. May-09-15    keypusher: Before now I thought of this tournament as <Hilversum 1973>, because that's how it was generally identified in cites to this theoretical classic. Timman vs Geller, 1973 Nice to know that it was a second AVRO tournament. NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, totally anonymous, and 100% free--plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community! If you already have an account, you should login now. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. 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