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Tilburg Interpolis Tournament

Anatoly Karpov7.5/11(+5 -1 =5)[games]
Lajos Portisch7/11(+3 -0 =8)[games]
Jan Timman6.5/11(+3 -1 =7)[games]
Gennadi Sosonko6/11(+1 -0 =10)[games]
Boris Spassky6/11(+3 -2 =6)[games]
Mikhail Tal5.5/11(+1 -1 =9)[games]
Vlastimil Hort5/11(+0 -1 =10)[games]
Bent Larsen5/11(+3 -4 =4)[games]
Ulf Andersson4.5/11(+0 -2 =9)[games]
Zoltan Ribli4.5/11(+1 -3 =7)[games]
Robert Huebner4.5/11(+1 -3 =7)[games]
Lubomir Kavalek4/11(+0 -3 =8)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Tilburg Interpolis (1980)

The 4th Interpolis tournament was a Category XV event (Elo average 2619). Twelve GMs including world champion Karpov and former world champion Spassky competed in an all-play-all format. The top five players received 6,000, 4,000, 3,000, 2,000 and 1,000 Dutch guilders. In addition there were bonuses of 1,000 guilders for each win, 400 for each draw and 250 for each loss. Total prize fund: 85,000 guilders. Chief arbiter: Constant Orbaan.

Tilburg, the Netherlands, 19 September - 2 October 1980

Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Karpov 29 2725 • ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 7½ 2 Portisch 43 2655 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 7 3 Timman 28 2600 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ =4 Sosonko 37 2545 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ + ½ ½ 6 =4 Spassky 43 2615 0 ½ ½ ½ • 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 6 6 Tal 43 2705 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ =7 Hort 36 2595 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 =7 Larsen 45 2585 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 • ½ 0 1 ½ 5 =9 Andersson 29 2590 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 4½ =9 Ribli 29 2610 0 ½ ½ - 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ • ½ ½ 4½ =9 Hübner 31 2600 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • 1 4½ 12 Kavalek 37 2600 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 • 4 —————————————————————————————————————————————————

Eleven rounds in 14 days, starting on Friday 19 September. Ribli had to forfeit his final round game against Sosonko as his father had just died (66 - 1 = 65 games). Rest days 22, 26 September & 1 October. Karpov won again, with 7.5/11.

Photo (Karpov vs Spassky): https://dgriffinchess.wordpress.com...

Sources
Game Collection: Tilburg Interpolis 1980 (by User: suenteus po 147)
*FIDE rating list January 1980 (https://web.archive.org/web/2023041...)
Jaque 107, November 1980, pp. 2-4 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 8/1980, pp. 239, 258-260 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1980...)
Magyar Sakkélet, 12/1980, pp. 265-271 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
El Ajedrez, 11/1980, pp. 500-505 (http://www.historiadelajedrezespano...)
Chess Life, 8/1980, pp. 30-33 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Skakbladet, 1/1981, pp. 4-5 (http://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/1...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

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 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 65  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. Sosonko vs Kavalek  ½-½221980Tilburg InterpolisE98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
27. Tal vs Andersson ½-½591980Tilburg InterpolisE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
28. Hort vs Portisch  ½-½411980Tilburg InterpolisC45 Scotch Game
29. Larsen vs Timman  0-1551980Tilburg InterpolisA47 Queen's Indian
30. Karpov vs Huebner 1-0581980Tilburg InterpolisD85 Grunfeld
31. Kavalek vs Karpov  ½-½191980Tilburg InterpolisC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
32. Spassky vs Hort  ½-½141980Tilburg InterpolisE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
33. Ribli vs Timman  ½-½231980Tilburg InterpolisA35 English, Symmetrical
34. Andersson vs Sosonko  ½-½141980Tilburg InterpolisE12 Queen's Indian
35. Portisch vs Tal 1-0331980Tilburg InterpolisD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
36. Huebner vs Larsen  0-1811980Tilburg InterpolisB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
37. Larsen vs Kavalek  ½-½321980Tilburg InterpolisA48 King's Indian
38. Karpov vs Andersson 1-0811980Tilburg InterpolisE14 Queen's Indian
39. Sosonko vs Portisch  ½-½481980Tilburg InterpolisE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
40. Tal vs Spassky 1-0441980Tilburg InterpolisC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
41. Timman vs Huebner  1-0381980Tilburg InterpolisE16 Queen's Indian
42. Hort vs Ribli  ½-½301980Tilburg InterpolisE48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5
43. Ribli vs Huebner  ½-½241980Tilburg InterpolisD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
44. Andersson vs Larsen ½-½771980Tilburg InterpolisD02 Queen's Pawn Game
45. Kavalek vs Timman  0-1361980Tilburg InterpolisE88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
46. Spassky vs Sosonko  ½-½191980Tilburg InterpolisE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
47. Hort vs Tal  ½-½161980Tilburg InterpolisE15 Queen's Indian
48. Portisch vs Karpov ½-½251980Tilburg InterpolisE17 Queen's Indian
49. Timman vs Andersson  ½-½401980Tilburg InterpolisD03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation)
50. Larsen vs Portisch 0-1651980Tilburg InterpolisA46 Queen's Pawn Game
 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 65  PGN Download
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