| Amsterdam IBM (1981) |
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"The IBM company's tournament series, which has a significant history and long traditions, has — according to the news — ended with this one. As a farewell, the organizers invited top grandmasters who were prominent figures in IBM tournaments in recent years. The Elo average was 2572 (category 13), so this event can rightly be considered one of the great chess events of the year. The event was won by Jan Timman — quickly forgetting his weaker performance in Moscow — the pride of the Dutch. He was in the lead throughout. To our delight, Grandmaster Portisch finished close behind, fighting back after a bad start. The same can be said of world champion Karpov. Both of them finished in 2nd-3rd place with victories in the last round. We have known Hort for a long time to be a reliable, experienced competitor, and he performed well this time too. Kavalek also played in good form, while the forever young ex-world champion Smyslov proved again after Moscow that he is "an old man, not an old man"! Ree's successful performance was a surprise, but Miles, Ljubojevic, and especially Polugaevsky's lagging behind were disappointing. The Soviet grandmaster did not win a single game!" (Sakkélet, transl.) Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 16-29 May 1981 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Timman 29 2620 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7½
=2 Portisch 44 2650 ½ • ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7
=2 Karpov 30 2690 ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 7
=4 Hort 37 2575 ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½
=4 Smyslov 60 2545 ½ 1 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½
=4 Kavalek 37 2550 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½
7 Ree 36 2485 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 6
=8 Ljubojevic 30 2605 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ 5
=8 Miles 26 2590 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • ½ 1 1 5
10 Polugaevsky 46 2620 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 4½
11 Donner 53 2475 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ • 1 2½
12 Langeweg 54 2455 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 • 2
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This was the 21st and last tournament sponsored by IBM. Eleven rounds in 14 days, starting on Saturday 16 May. Rest days 20, 24 & 28 May. First prize: 7,500 Dutch guilders. Chief arbiter: Constant Orbaan. Timman won with 7.5/11.Photo (Karpov vs Timman): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...
Photo (Hort, Karpov, Kavalek, Timman): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... Sources
Dutchbase (https://maxeuwe.nl/files-dutchbase/...)
Eric Delaire website (https://web.archive.org/web/2008042...)
Game Collection: Amsterdam IBM 1981 (by User: suenteus po 147)
*FIDE rating list January 1981 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022121...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 5/1981, pp. 129-133 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1981...)
New York Times, 23 June 1981, Section C, p. 12 (https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/23/...)
Magyar Sakkélet, 8/1981, pp. 184-187 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Jaque 115, July 1981, pp. 38-41 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)
Previous: Amsterdam IBM (1980) Next (with mainly the same organizers and new sponsor): Amsterdam OHRA (1982)
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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 26. K Langeweg vs Hort |
| ½-½ | 22 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 27. Ljubojevic vs Portisch |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | C45 Scotch Game |
| 28. Kavalek vs Timman |
| ½-½ | 15 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | B08 Pirc, Classical |
| 29. H Ree vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 31 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 30. Miles vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | A00 Uncommon Opening |
| 31. Hort vs Kavalek |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst |
| 32. H Ree vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 48 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto |
| 33. Portisch vs Miles |
 | 1-0 | 33 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 34. J H Donner vs K Langeweg |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 35. Karpov vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E17 Queen's Indian |
| 36. Timman vs Ljubojevic |
| ½-½ | 22 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 37. Kavalek vs J H Donner |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | D54 Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation |
| 38. K Langeweg vs H Ree |
| ½-½ | 13 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | A48 King's Indian |
| 39. Miles vs Timman |
| ½-½ | 44 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 40. Polugaevsky vs Portisch |
| ½-½ | 42 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 |
| 41. Smyslov vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 13 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 42. Ljubojevic vs Hort |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | C42 Petrov Defense |
| 43. Timman vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 59 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 44. Smyslov vs K Langeweg |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | B45 Sicilian, Taimanov |
| 45. H Ree vs Kavalek |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E16 Queen's Indian |
| 46. Hort vs Miles |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 47. Karpov vs Portisch |
| ½-½ | 48 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation |
| 48. J H Donner vs Ljubojevic |
| 0-1 | 29 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | D35 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 49. Kavalek vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 50 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | C42 Petrov Defense |
| 50. Miles vs J H Donner |
| 1-0 | 64 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
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Oct-09-22
 | | Eggman: After starting off the tournament with two consecutive losses, Ljubojevic goes on to score a win and eight draws, the draws all being less than 25 moves, three of them less than 20 moves. This is something I don't miss about chess from the pre-internet era. |
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| Oct-09-22 | | Chessius the Messius: Ljubo kept it precisely at 23,5454545 moves per game. |
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