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Hoogovens (1981) Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 16 January - 1 February 1981 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 Sosonko 37 2595 • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8 =1 Timman 29 2620 0 • 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8 =3 Sveshnikov 30 2535 ½ 1 • ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 7 =3 Taimanov 54 2500 ½ 0 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 5 Browne 32 2555 ½ ½ 0 0 • ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ =6 Sax 29 2560 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 =6 Gheorghiu 36 2545 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 =6 Andersson 29 2610 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 ½ 1 1 6 9 Ree 36 2485 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 1 ½ ½ 5½ 10 Miles 25 2590 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 • ½ ½ ½ 5 =11 Torre 29 2550 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ • 0 1 4½ =11 Unzicker 55 2515 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 • 0 4½ 13 Langeweg 43 2455 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 • 4 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Adorjan 30 2545 - 0 - ½ 0 - - - - - - - - ½ ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Thirteen rounds in 17 days, starting on Friday 16 January. Adorjan was ill and played Rounds 1 & 3 before he had to withdraw during his Round 4 game (vs Browne). His games were annulled and the tournament continued with one bye each round (13 x 6 = 78 + 3 = 81 games). Rest days 19, 22, 26 & 31 January. Sosonko and Timman shared the victory with 8/12. Photo (Timman & Sosonko): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... Hoogovens Group B (1981) was won by John van der Wiel with 7/9. Sources Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...) *FIDE rating list January 1981 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022100...) Magyar Sakkélet, 5/1981, p. 103 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Tidskrift för Schack, 2/1981, pp. 33, 58-59 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1981...) El Ajedrez 15, March 1981, pp. 98-104 (http://www.historiadelajedrezespano...) Jaque 112, April 1981, pp. 2-6 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...) Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten) Previous: Hoogovens (1980). Next: Hoogovens (1982). See also Hoogovens Group B (1981)  page 2 of 2; games 26-48 of 48  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Sveshnikov vs Andersson   ½-½ 24 1981 Hoogovens B22 Sicilian, Alapin 27. Sax vs Browne ½-½ 42 1981 Hoogovens B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 28. Gheorghiu vs Taimanov   ½-½ 21 1981 Hoogovens A33 English, Symmetrical 29. Unzicker vs Miles   ½-½ 33 1981 Hoogovens E15 Queen's Indian 30. Miles vs Sax ½-½ 84 1981 Hoogovens A57 Benko Gambit 31. E Torre vs Sosonko   ½-½ 42 1981 Hoogovens B72 Sicilian, Dragon 32. Gheorghiu vs Miles   ½-½ 11 1981 Hoogovens B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 33. Sosonko vs Taimanov   ½-½ 15 1981 Hoogovens E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 34. Sax vs Andersson   ½-½ 14 1981 Hoogovens B15 Caro-Kann 35. Sveshnikov vs Unzicker   ½-½ 13 1981 Hoogovens A04 Reti Opening 36. Andersson vs Gheorghiu   ½-½ 16 1981 Hoogovens A36 English 37. Browne vs Sosonko   ½-½ 13 1981 Hoogovens D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 38. H Ree vs Andersson   ½-½ 36 1981 Hoogovens E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 39. Timman vs Browne   ½-½ 49 1981 Hoogovens E15 Queen's Indian 40. E Torre vs Taimanov   ½-½ 40 1981 Hoogovens B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 41. Sax vs Sveshnikov   ½-½ 29 1981 Hoogovens A07 King's Indian Attack 42. K Langeweg vs Taimanov   ½-½ 24 1981 Hoogovens E15 Queen's Indian 43. Browne vs E Torre   ½-½ 13 1981 Hoogovens A09 Reti Opening 44. Andersson vs Sosonko   ½-½ 11 1981 Hoogovens A30 English, Symmetrical 45. Sveshnikov vs Gheorghiu   ½-½ 20 1981 Hoogovens B50 Sicilian 46. Unzicker vs Sax   ½-½ 26 1981 Hoogovens B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 47. E Torre vs Miles ½-½ 8 1981 Hoogovens E15 Queen's Indian 48. Gheorghiu vs Unzicker   ½-½ 55 1981 Hoogovens E17 Queen's Indian  page 2 of 2; games 26-48 of 48    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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