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Hoogovens Tournament

Mikhail Botvinnik10.5/15(+6 -0 =9)[games]
Efim Geller10.5/15(+7 -1 =7)[games]
Lajos Portisch10/15(+7 -2 =6)[games]
Paul Keres10/15(+6 -1 =8)[games]
Fridrik Olafsson9.5/15(+6 -2 =7)[games]
Pal Benko9/15(+5 -2 =8)[games]
Dragoljub Ciric8.5/15(+4 -2 =9)[games]
Jan Hein Donner7.5/15(+4 -4 =7)[games]
Zbigniew Doda7.5/15(+4 -4 =7)[games]
Lubomir Kavalek7/15(+3 -4 =8)[games]
William Lombardy6.5/15(+3 -5 =7)[games]
Predrag Ostojic5.5/15(+4 -8 =3)[games]
Antonio Medina Garcia5/15(+2 -7 =6)[games]
Kick Langeweg5/15(+3 -8 =4)[games]
Theo van Scheltinga4.5/15(+3 -9 =3)[games]
Hans Ree3.5/15(+2 -10 =3)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hoogovens (1969)

Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 14 January - 1 February 1969

Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 Botvinnik 57 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½ =1 Geller 43 ½ • 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 10½ =3 Portisch 31 ½ 0 • 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 10 =3 Keres 53 ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 10 5 Ólafsson 34 ½ 0 1 ½ • ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 9½ 6 Benkö 40 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9 7 Ciric 33 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 8½ =8 Donner 41 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 7½ =8 Doda 37 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 7½ 10 Kavalek 25 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 7 11 Lombardy 31 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 1 1 0 ½ 6½ 12 Ostojic 30 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 • 1 ½ 1 1 5½ =13 Medina Garcia 49 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 • 0 ½ 1 5 =13 Langeweg 31 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 • 1 1 5 15 Van Scheltinga 54 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 • 1 4½ 16 Ree 24 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 • 3½ ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Fifteen rounds in 19 days, starting on Tuesday 14 January (120 games). Rest days 18, 22, 26 & 31 January. Botvinnik and Geller shared the victory with 10.5/15. This was Botvinnik's last tournament win. He retired from tournament play a year later.

Photo (Langeweg vs Botvinnik): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/...

Sources
Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
Friðrik Ólafsson website (https://skaksogufelagid.is/1969-31-...)
Chess Life, 4/1969, pp. 133-135 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Chess Review, 5/1969, pp. 155-157 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Shakhmatny Bulletin, 4/1969, pp. 224-228 (https://publ.lib.ru/ARCHIVES/SH/''S... )
Magyar Sakkélet, 3/1969, pp. 43-45 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 3/1969, p. 72 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1969...)
Skakbladet, 3/1969, pp. 44-46 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

Previous: Hoogovens (1968). Next: Hoogovens (1970). See also Hoogovens-B (1969)

 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 51  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. Geller vs Lombardy  ½-½321969HoogovensD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
27. Z Doda vs Botvinnik  ½-½261969HoogovensE61 King's Indian
28. K Langeweg vs Portisch  ½-½301969HoogovensA37 English, Symmetrical
29. Keres vs Benko  ½-½211969HoogovensB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
30. Lombardy vs F Olafsson  ½-½221969HoogovensA13 English
31. J H Donner vs Z Doda  ½-½301969HoogovensE75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
32. Botvinnik vs Kavalek ½-½431969HoogovensA10 English
33. Portisch vs Botvinnik ½-½881969HoogovensD96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation
34. Z Doda vs Kavalek  ½-½151969HoogovensA37 English, Symmetrical
35. F Olafsson vs D Ciric  ½-½211969HoogovensA13 English
36. Geller vs Keres  ½-½181969HoogovensA13 English
37. Kavalek vs Portisch  ½-½171969HoogovensC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
38. Lombardy vs H Ree  ½-½501969HoogovensA25 English
39. Keres vs F Olafsson  ½-½141969HoogovensB06 Robatsch
40. K Langeweg vs Geller  ½-½561969HoogovensA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
41. Botvinnik vs Benko  ½-½171969HoogovensB36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto
42. J H Donner vs Lombardy  ½-½431969HoogovensA55 Old Indian, Main line
43. P Ostojic vs Keres ½-½1111969HoogovensC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
44. Geller vs Botvinnik  ½-½221969HoogovensC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
45. T van Scheltinga vs A Medina Garcia  ½-½321969HoogovensA07 King's Indian Attack
46. Portisch vs Benko  ½-½351969HoogovensE54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
47. Kavalek vs Geller  ½-½181969HoogovensC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
48. Botvinnik vs F Olafsson  ½-½131969HoogovensA13 English
49. D Ciric vs J H Donner  ½-½141969HoogovensC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
50. K Langeweg vs P Ostojic  ½-½111969HoogovensE14 Queen's Indian
 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 51  PGN Download
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