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Groningen (1994) "Zoltán Almási, who proved his skills from tournament to tournament in 1994, and could have spent the Christmas holidays with a well-deserved rest, sat down one day (!) after the Moscow Olympiad (1994) at the chess table in Groningen, the Netherlands, at the traditional FIDE category 15 tournament, where he achieved one of the most outstanding Hungarian successes of recent years. .. At the closing ceremony, the Englishman Hodgson praised Zoli's play and thanked for the excellent tournament organization. ... FIDE has already issued a certificate: our young hope is in 25th place in FIDEs April world ranking list with a so-called moving value of 2634.10!" (Sakkélet, transl.) Groningen, the Netherlands, 19-30 December 1994 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Almási 18 2620 • ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 8 2 Yusupov 34 2655 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 =3 Van Wely 22 2560 0 0 • 1 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 6 =3 Sokolov 26 2625 0 ½ 0 • 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6 =3 Tiviakov 21 2640 ½ ½ 0 0 • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6 =3 Beliavsky 41 2640 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ • 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 6 =7 Georgiev 29 2615 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 • 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 5½ =7 Gulko 47 2590 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ 1 ½ 0 5½ 9 Miles 39 2600 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 5 10 Azmaiparashvili 34 2625 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ • 0 1 4 =11 Van der Wiel 35 2555 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 • 0 3½ =11 Hodgson 31 2590 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 • 3½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Eleven rounds in 12 days, starting on Monday 19 December (66 games). Rest day 25 December. Sokolov replaced Jun Xie. Almasi won with 8/11. Sources TWIC 13 (https://web.archive.org/web/2020020...) *FIDE rating list July 1994 (https://web.archive.org/web/2023042...) Sakkélet, 4/1995, pp. 98-100 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Tidskrift för Schack, 3/1995, pp. 154-158 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1995...) Jaque 393, pp. 18-24 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...) Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten) Previous: Groningen PCA Qualifiers (1993). Next: Groningen (1995)  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. I Sokolov vs Miles   1-0 36 1994 Groningen A00 Uncommon Opening 27. Van der Wiel vs Gulko   ½-½ 17 1994 Groningen B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 28. Z Almasi vs K Georgiev   1-0 45 1994 Groningen B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 29. Hodgson vs A Beliavsky 0-1 116 1994 Groningen A45 Queen's Pawn Game 30. Van Wely vs Azmaiparashvili   1-0 49 1994 Groningen A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 31. Miles vs Hodgson   ½-½ 21 1994 Groningen D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 32. A Yusupov vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 23 1994 Groningen D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 33. Azmaiparashvili vs A Beliavsky   1-0 47 1994 Groningen D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 34. Gulko vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 29 1994 Groningen A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 35. K Georgiev vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 27 1994 Groningen B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 36. Van Wely vs Van der Wiel   1-0 56 1994 Groningen E12 Queen's Indian 37. I Sokolov vs K Georgiev   ½-½ 51 1994 Groningen A60 Benoni Defense 38. Hodgson vs A Yusupov 0-1 47 1994 Groningen C02 French, Advance 39. Z Almasi vs Van Wely 1-0 33 1994 Groningen B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 40. A Beliavsky vs Miles   ½-½ 19 1994 Groningen D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 41. Tiviakov vs Gulko   ½-½ 38 1994 Groningen B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 42. Van der Wiel vs Azmaiparashvili 1-0 73 1994 Groningen B06 Robatsch 43. A Yusupov vs A Beliavsky   ½-½ 32 1994 Groningen E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 44. K Georgiev vs Hodgson   1-0 62 1994 Groningen D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 45. Van Wely vs Tiviakov   1-0 51 1994 Groningen E12 Queen's Indian 46. Van der Wiel vs Z Almasi   0-1 60 1994 Groningen C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 47. Gulko vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 54 1994 Groningen D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 48. Azmaiparashvili vs Miles ½-½ 65 1994 Groningen D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 49. Miles vs A Yusupov   ½-½ 35 1994 Groningen D00 Queen's Pawn Game 50. Z Almasi vs Azmaiparashvili   1-0 51 1994 Groningen B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 66    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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