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Initiated by IBM employee Willem Wolthuis and others, the IBM tournaments in Amsterdam ran from 1961 to 1981. The event in 1972 was the twelfth in the series. (1) Of the sixteen invited players, ten were GMs, including the Soviet favorites Korchnoi and Polugaevsky. After the introductory speeches by Max Euwe, Johan Zwanepol and others, drawing of lots took place on 29 May in the Alpha Hotel. (2) The European Cup soccer trophy had been brought there by 11 Ajax juniors, and the players drew numbered miniature football shoes out from it. (3) Play started the next day in the RAI Congress Centre. (4) Time of play was 1-6 pm, except for 31 May, due to the European Cup soccer final between Ajax and Inter. The time for eventual resumptions was set to 8-10 pm. (5) Tournament director: Willem Wolthuis. Constant Orbaan was arbiter. (6) The tournament started one day later than Las Palmas (1972). RAI Congrescentrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 30 May - 17 June 1972 Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts Prizes (6)
1 GM Polugaevsky 2640 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 12 3500
2 GM Korchnoi 2670 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 11 2500
3 GM Uhlmann 2570 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 9½ 2000
4 GM Szabo 2525 ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 9 1750
=5 IM Langeweg 2425 0 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 8½ 1400
=5 GM Ljubojevic 2510 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8½ 1400
=7 GM Donner 2500 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 ?
=7 IM Ree 2430 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 8 ?
=7 IM Timman 2445 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 ?
=10 GM Ivkov 2560 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7 700
=10 IM Malich 2450 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 7 700
12 GM Robatsch 2460 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 6 600
13 GM Browne 2500 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 0 ½ 5 500
14 GM Padevsky 2460 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 * 1 ½ 4½ 450
=15 Enklaar <2200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * 0 4 400
=15 IM Hartoch 2400 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * 4 400
Category: 10 (GM norm 9 points, IM norm 7,5 points). Alongside the GM tournament there was a Masters tournament, won by Artur Hennings, on tiebreak from Drazen Marovic and Gyula Sax. Hennings thus qualified to play in the IBM Amsterdam (1973) GM tournament. (7) Tournament book: Toernooiboek twaalfde IBM schaaktoernooi 29 mei t/m 24 juni 1972, ed. by Berry Withuis (Toernooicomité, Amsterdam 1972. 175 p.). This introduction is mainly based on the daily reports in the Dutch newspapers (available at http://kranten.delpher.nl/). 1) IBM and Chess, by Bill Wall, posted 2014 at https://web.archive.org/web/2017052...
2) Opened April 1971: https://web.archive.org/web/2016070....
3) De Tijd, 30 May 1972, p. 19.
4) Opened 1961: Wikipedia article: Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre.
5) De Waarheid, 30 May 1972, p. 3.
6) Withuis' tournament book, p. 9. Prizes are in Dutch guilders.
7) Bernard Cafferty in CHESS magazine, July 1972, pp. 298-299. Original collection: Game Collection: IBM Amsterdam 1972 by User: Tabanus. Thanks to User: Paint My Dragon for information from CHESS, and to User: sneaky pete for information from the tournament book. *FIDE Rating List July 1971: https://web.archive.org/web/2023120.... Previous: Amsterdam IBM (1971). Next: Amsterdam IBM (1973). See also Amsterdam IBM-B (1972)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 26. Polugaevsky vs K Langeweg |
 | 1-0 | 50 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A04 Reti Opening |
| 27. Korchnoi vs H Ree |
 | 1-0 | 27 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto |
| 28. Robatsch vs R Hartoch |
| 1-0 | 48 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | B08 Pirc, Classical |
| 29. K Langeweg vs Robatsch |
| 1-0 | 46 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A00 Uncommon Opening |
| 30. Szabo vs Browne |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | B96 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 31. Polugaevsky vs B Enklaar |
| 1-0 | 44 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | D56 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 32. Korchnoi vs R Hartoch |
| 1-0 | 46 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A56 Benoni Defense |
| 33. B Malich vs Browne |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A60 Benoni Defense |
| 34. H Ree vs B Malich |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation |
| 35. J H Donner vs B Enklaar |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A79 Benoni, Classical, 11.f3 |
| 36. Ivkov vs R Hartoch |
| 1-0 | 46 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A04 Reti Opening |
| 37. B Malich vs Timman |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A37 English, Symmetrical |
| 38. Korchnoi vs Ljubojevic |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 39. Uhlmann vs B Malich |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst |
| 40. K Langeweg vs Ivkov |
| 1-0 | 32 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A04 Reti Opening |
| 41. Szabo vs J H Donner |
| 1-0 | 61 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack |
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| Nov-23-19 | | Ilkka Salonen: No doubt IBM rendered support to chess also. Nowadays, I feel that TCEC policy of drawn openings reflects indifference to truth which has many connotations. It is as if they are artificially trying to cling to treir edge towards human players too. |
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Nov-23-19
 | | HeMateMe: What's Feng Hso doing these days? Team Feng was the brains behind the IBM Deep Blue project that defeated Gary Kasparov. I guess he has a lower profile these days, but is still a project manager. Feng himself was rated 2400, a strong player, but said "I go at it now and then [the Deep Blue computer] but can't make a dent in it." |
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| Aug-27-24 | | Granny O Doul: As I remember, Murray Campbell was the only real chess player among the Deep Blue tech guys. Hsu may have been the frontal lobe, but I'd think the other programmers and the grandmaster consultants at least were in the cranium somewhere. |
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