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Hoogovens Tournament

Lev Polugaevsky11.5/15(+8 -0 =7)[games]
Laszlo Szabo11/15(+7 -0 =8)[games]
Istvan Bilek10.5/15(+6 -0 =9)[games]
Borislav Ivkov10/15(+5 -0 =10)[games]
Iivo Nei8.5/15(+4 -2 =9)[games]
Kick Langeweg8/15(+4 -3 =8)[games]
Miroslav Filip7.5/15(+1 -1 =13)[games]
Jan Hein Donner7/15(+4 -5 =6)[games]
Carel van den Berg7/15(+3 -4 =8)[games]
Mato Damjanovic6.5/15(+4 -6 =5)[games]
Moshe Czerniak6/15(+3 -6 =6)[games]
Milko Bobotsov6/15(+1 -4 =10)[games]
Frans Kuijpers6/15(+3 -6 =6)[games]
Arovah Bachtiar5.5/15(+3 -7 =5)[games]
Theo van Scheltinga5/15(+2 -7 =6)[games]
Heinz Lehmann4/15(+0 -7 =8)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hoogovens (1966)

Beverwijk, the Netherlands, 12-30 January 1966

Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 GM Polugaevsky 31 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 11½ 2 GM Szabo 48 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 11 3 GM Bilek 33 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 10½ 4 GM Ivkov 32 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 10 5 IM Nei 34 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 8½ 6 IM Langeweg 28 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 8 7 GM Filip 37 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 7½ =8 GM Donner 38 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 7 =8 IM Van den Berg 41 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ • 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 10 GM Damjanovic 38 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 • 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 6½ =11 IM Czerniak 55 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 • ½ 0 0 1 ½ 6 =11 GM Bobotsov 34 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 =11 IM Kuijpers 24 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ • ½ 0 ½ 6 14 Bachtiar 31 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ • 0 1 5½ 15 IM Van Scheltinga 51 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 • ½ 5 16 Lehmann 44 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • 4 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Fifteen rounds in 19 days, starting on Wednesday 12 January (120 games). Rest days 16, 20, 24 & 28 January. Polugaevsky won with 11.5/15.

Photo (Donner vs Czerniak): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/...

Sources

Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
Perpetual Check website (https://www.perpetualcheck.com/show...)
Skakbladet, 3/1966, pp. 38-39, 43-44 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Shakhmatny Bulletin, 4/1966, pp. 113-114 (https://publ.lib.ru/ARCHIVES/SH/''S... )
Magyar Sakkélet, 3/1966, pp. 33-36 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

Previous: Hoogovens (1965). Next (and last in Beverwijk): Hoogovens (1967). See also Hoogovens-B (1966)

 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 62  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. Polugaevsky vs Ivkov  ½-½421966HoogovensD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
27. I Nei vs Szabo  ½-½201966HoogovensE14 Queen's Indian
28. Filip vs M Czerniak  ½-½601966HoogovensD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
29. J H Donner vs C van den Berg  ½-½271966HoogovensD28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
30. Ivkov vs T van Scheltinga  ½-½601966HoogovensC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
31. C van den Berg vs Szabo  ½-½441966HoogovensC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
32. Bobotsov vs Filip  ½-½221966HoogovensD94 Grunfeld
33. M Czerniak vs I Nei  ½-½391966HoogovensB58 Sicilian
34. Filip vs H Lehmann  ½-½481966HoogovensA20 English
35. K Langeweg vs A Bachtiar  ½-½771966HoogovensE14 Queen's Indian
36. M Damjanovic vs Ivkov  ½-½161966HoogovensC45 Scotch Game
37. I Bilek vs Polugaevsky  ½-½141966HoogovensE15 Queen's Indian
38. Ivkov vs K Langeweg  ½-½181966HoogovensD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
39. H Lehmann vs I Nei  ½-½441966HoogovensD71 Neo-Grunfeld
40. Filip vs Ivkov  ½-½151966HoogovensD02 Queen's Pawn Game
41. M Czerniak vs Bobotsov  ½-½601966HoogovensB91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
42. Polugaevsky vs C van den Berg  ½-½281966HoogovensB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
43. C van den Berg vs Bobotsov  ½-½191966HoogovensB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
44. I Bilek vs M Damjanovic  ½-½261966HoogovensA07 King's Indian Attack
45. J H Donner vs K Langeweg  ½-½471966HoogovensE54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
46. H Lehmann vs M Czerniak  ½-½581966HoogovensA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
47. Polugaevsky vs T van Scheltinga ½-½251966HoogovensE08 Catalan, Closed
48. Ivkov vs I Nei  ½-½181966HoogovensD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
49. F Kuijpers vs Filip  ½-½241966HoogovensB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
50. Bobotsov vs H Lehmann  ½-½201966HoogovensD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 62  PGN Download
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