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
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=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)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
26. Geller vs Lombardy |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1969 | Hoogovens | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
27. Z Doda vs Botvinnik |
| ½-½ | 26 | 1969 | Hoogovens | E61 King's Indian |
28. K Langeweg vs Portisch |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A37 English, Symmetrical |
29. Keres vs Benko |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1969 | Hoogovens | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
30. Lombardy vs F Olafsson |
| ½-½ | 22 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A13 English |
31. J H Donner vs Z Doda |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1969 | Hoogovens | E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line |
32. Botvinnik vs Kavalek |
 | ½-½ | 43 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A10 English |
33. Portisch vs Botvinnik |
 | ½-½ | 88 | 1969 | Hoogovens | D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation |
34. Z Doda vs Kavalek |
| ½-½ | 15 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A37 English, Symmetrical |
35. F Olafsson vs D Ciric |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A13 English |
36. Geller vs Keres |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A13 English |
37. Kavalek vs Portisch |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1969 | Hoogovens | C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer |
38. Lombardy vs H Ree |
| ½-½ | 50 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A25 English |
39. Keres vs F Olafsson |
| ½-½ | 14 | 1969 | Hoogovens | B06 Robatsch |
40. K Langeweg vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 56 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 |
41. Botvinnik vs Benko |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1969 | Hoogovens | B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto |
42. J H Donner vs Lombardy |
| ½-½ | 43 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A55 Old Indian, Main line |
43. P Ostojic vs Keres |
 | ½-½ | 111 | 1969 | Hoogovens | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
44. Geller vs Botvinnik |
| ½-½ | 22 | 1969 | Hoogovens | C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line |
45. T van Scheltinga vs A Medina Garcia |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A07 King's Indian Attack |
46. Portisch vs Benko |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1969 | Hoogovens | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
47. Kavalek vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1969 | Hoogovens | C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense |
48. Botvinnik vs F Olafsson |
| ½-½ | 13 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A13 English |
49. D Ciric vs J H Donner |
| ½-½ | 14 | 1969 | Hoogovens | C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line |
50. K Langeweg vs P Ostojic |
| ½-½ | 11 | 1969 | Hoogovens | E14 Queen's Indian |
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