Buenos Aires (Clarin) 1980

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Buenos Aires (Clarin) 1980
Compiled by Tabanus

The event was sponsored by the newspaper Clarín and is also known as the 3rd Clarin Tournament, following Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1978) and Buenos Aires (Clarin) 1979. About 1,000 people1 attended the opening ceremony in Teatro Presidente Alvear1, 2 where also the tournament was held.3 Timman, Larsen, Karpov, Andersson, Hort and Kavalek had all played in Tilburg Interpolis (1980) which ended 2nd October. Category: 13. Prize money pot: 1,850,000 pesetas.4

Teatro Presidente Alvear, Buenos Aires, 15 Oct. - 3 Nov. 1980:

Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 Pts 1 GM Larsen 2585 * ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 9½ 2 GM Timman 2600 ½ * 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 9 3 GM Ljubojevic 2590 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8 =4 GM Karpov 2725 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7½ =4 GM Andersson 2590 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7½ =6 GM Najdorf 2510 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 =6 GM Hort 2595 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7 =8 GM Kavalek 2600 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 =8 GM Ólafsson 2545 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 6 =8 GM Balashov 2600 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 11 GM Quinteros 2515 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 5½ 12 GM Panno 2540 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 5 13 GM Browne 2540 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 4 14 IM Giardelli 2300 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 3

Carlos Guimard was Tournament Director.5 During and after the tournament the grandmasters held simultaneous exhibitions. The one held by Karpov after the tournament is mentioned here (try to read it): http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T3uK8_azX...

Pairings and round dates are from Clarin (thanks to User: Fusilli). The rounds were also covered in several Dutch newspapers (thanks to Timman), and in the Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo.

NOTES: 1El Mundo Deportivo 17 October 1980 p. 30. 2Wikipedia article: Teatro Presidente Alvear. 3El Mundo Deportivo 26 October 1980 p. 36. 4El Mundo Deportivo 29 October 1980 p. 35. 5Clarín 31 October p. 45: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T3uK8_azX...

Original collection: Game Collection: Buenos Aires (Clarin) 1980 by User: Tabanus.

Round 1 1980.10.15
Quinteros vs Timman, 1980
(A14) English, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Browne vs S Giardelli, 1980
(E12) Queen's Indian, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Andersson vs Kavalek, 1980
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 43 moves, 1-0
Ljubojevic vs Najdorf, 1980
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Balashov vs Panno, 1980
(B10) Caro-Kann, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
F Olafsson vs Larsen, 1980
(A10) English, 56 moves, 0-1
Hort vs Karpov, 1980
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 2 1980.10.16
Najdorf vs Panno, 1980
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
S Giardelli vs Balashov, 1980
(A26) English, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov vs Browne, 1980
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Timman vs Hort, 1980
(E15) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Larsen vs Quinteros, 1980
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kavalek vs F Olafsson, 1980
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 56 moves, 1-0
Ljubojevic vs Andersson, 1980
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 3 1980.10.17
Browne vs Timman, 1980
(D91) Grunfeld, 5.Bg5, 50 moves, 0-1
Andersson vs Najdorf, 1980
(E92) King's Indian, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hort vs Larsen, 1980
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 48 moves, 0-1
Panno vs S Giardelli, 1980
(A16) English, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Quinteros vs Kavalek, 1980
(A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 43 moves, 0-1
F Olafsson vs Ljubojevic, 1980
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Balashov vs Karpov, 1980
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 14 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 4 1980.10.20
Kavalek vs Hort, 1980
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 39 moves, 0-1
Timman vs Balashov, 1980
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 63 moves, 1-0
Ljubojevic vs Quinteros, 1980
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov vs Panno, 1980
(C42) Petrov Defense, 58 moves, 1-0
Larsen vs Browne, 1980
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 49 moves, 1-0
Andersson vs F Olafsson, 1980
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Najdorf vs S Giardelli, 1980
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 5 1980.10.21
F Olafsson vs Najdorf, 1980
(A15) English, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Quinteros vs Andersson, 1980
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hort vs Ljubojevic, 1980
(E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Browne vs Kavalek, 1980
(D79) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line, 31 moves, 0-1
Balashov vs Larsen, 1980
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 50 moves, 0-1
Panno vs Timman, 1980
(A04) Reti Opening, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
S Giardelli vs Karpov, 1980
(A25) English, 39 moves, 0-1
Round 6 1980.10.23
Najdorf vs Karpov, 1980
(A04) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Timman vs S Giardelli, 1980
(E16) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
Larsen vs Panno, 1980
(A15) English, 74 moves, 1-0
Kavalek vs Balashov, 1980
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 52 moves, 1-0
Ljubojevic vs Browne, 1980
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 49 moves, 1-0
Andersson vs Hort, 1980
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
F Olafsson vs Quinteros, 1980
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 7 1980.10.24
Quinteros vs Najdorf, 1980
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 105 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hort vs F Olafsson, 1980
(E17) Queen's Indian, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Browne vs Andersson, 1980
(E12) Queen's Indian, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Balashov vs Ljubojevic, 1980
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 0-1
Panno vs Kavalek, 1980
(A10) English, 42 moves, 1-0
S Giardelli vs Larsen, 1980
(A10) English, 49 moves, 0-1
Karpov vs Timman, 1980
(B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 60 moves, 0-1
Round 8 1980.10.27
Larsen vs Karpov, 1980
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Quinteros vs Hort, 1980
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kavalek vs S Giardelli, 1980
(E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0
Najdorf vs Timman, 1980
(A15) English, 43 moves, 1-0
Andersson vs Balashov, 1980
(D78) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ljubojevic vs Panno, 1980
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 25 moves, 1-0
F Olafsson vs Browne, 1980
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 9 1980.10.28
Timman vs Larsen, 1980
(A17) English, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
S Giardelli vs Ljubojevic, 1980
(A21) English, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov vs Kavalek, 1980
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
Panno vs Andersson, 1980
(E12) Queen's Indian, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hort vs Najdorf, 1980
(E17) Queen's Indian, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Browne vs Quinteros, 1980
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
Balashov vs F Olafsson, 1980
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 35 moves, 1-0
Round 10 1980.10.29
Najdorf vs Larsen, 1980
(E09) Catalan, Closed, 58 moves, 0-1
Kavalek vs Timman, 1980
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 57 moves, 0-1
Ljubojevic vs Karpov, 1980
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Andersson vs S Giardelli, 1980
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 38 moves, 1-0
F Olafsson vs Panno, 1980
(B83) Sicilian, 41 moves, 1-0
Quinteros vs Balashov, 1980
(A14) English, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hort vs Browne, 1980
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 11 1980.10.31
Larsen vs Kavalek, 1980
(A48) King's Indian, 66 moves, 1-0
S Giardelli vs F Olafsson, 1980
(A15) English, 51 moves, 0-1
Timman vs Ljubojevic, 1980
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 1-0
Browne vs Najdorf, 1980
(E12) Queen's Indian, 31 moves, 0-1
Karpov vs Andersson, 1980
(E14) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0
Balashov vs Hort, 1980
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Panno vs Quinteros, 1980
(A04) Reti Opening, 11 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 12 1980.11.01
Ljubojevic vs Larsen, 1980
(C74) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Andersson vs Timman, 1980
(A04) Reti Opening, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2
F Olafsson vs Karpov, 1980
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
Najdorf vs Kavalek, 1980
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 43 moves, 1-0
Quinteros vs S Giardelli, 1980
(A16) English, 41 moves, 1-0
Hort vs Panno, 1980
(E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
Browne vs Balashov, 1980
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1
Round 13 1980.11.03
Larsen vs Andersson, 1980
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 69 moves, 0-1
Timman vs F Olafsson, 1980
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0
Balashov vs Najdorf, 1980
(B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 27 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Quinteros, 1980
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0
Panno vs Browne, 1980
(A04) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kavalek vs Ljubojevic, 1980
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2
S Giardelli vs Hort, 1980
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 22 moves, 0-1
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