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Tilburg Interpolis (1978) The 2nd Interpolis international tournament, held in Tilburg, the Netherlands in September 1978, was a Category XIV event (Elo average 2592). Twelve GMs competed in the round robin format. Chief arbiter: Constant Orbaan. The event was somewhat overshadowed by the concurrent Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Match (1978) in Baguio, Philippines. Tilburg, the Netherlands, 1-14 September 1978 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Portisch 41 2630 • ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 7 2 Timman 26 2585 ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 6½ =3 Dzindzichashvili 34 2550 ½ ½ • 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 =3 Hübner 29 2595 0 ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 6 =3 Miles 23 2565 0 ½ 1 ½ • 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6 =6 Browne 29 2550 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 • 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 5½ =6 Hort 34 2620 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 • ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5½ =6 Spassky 41 2630 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • 0 1 1 ½ 5½ 9 Larsen 43 2620 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 • ½ ½ ½ 5 =10 Ljubojevic 28 2605 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ • ½ 1 4½ =10 Sosonko 35 2575 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ 4½ 12 Ribli 27 2585 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ • 4 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Eleven rounds in 14 days, starting on Friday 1 September (66 games). Rest days 4, 8 & 13 September. Portisch won with 7/11. Photo (Timman vs Portisch): https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/ond... Photo (Spassky): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... Sources Game Collection: Tilburg 1978 (by User: EmperorAtahualpa) *FIDE rating list January 1978 (https://web.archive.org/web/2023121...) Jaque 83, November 1978, pp. 37-39 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...) Tidskrift för Schack, 10/1978, pp. 331-332 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1978...) Magyar Sakkélet, 12/1978, pp. 274-275 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten) Previous (and first): Tilburg Interpolis (1977). Next: Tilburg Interpolis (1979)  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Huebner vs Miles   ½-½ 12 1978 Tilburg Interpolis A34 English, Symmetrical 27. Spassky vs Portisch   ½-½ 17 1978 Tilburg Interpolis B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 28. Ljubojevic vs Timman 0-1 26 1978 Tilburg Interpolis B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 29. Dzindzichashvili vs Hort   ½-½ 13 1978 Tilburg Interpolis D29 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 30. Ribli vs Larsen   ½-½ 41 1978 Tilburg Interpolis E09 Catalan, Closed 31. Spassky vs Ribli   ½-½ 19 1978 Tilburg Interpolis B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 32. Hort vs Huebner   ½-½ 19 1978 Tilburg Interpolis B32 Sicilian 33. Portisch vs Browne 1-0 36 1978 Tilburg Interpolis E46 Nimzo-Indian 34. Miles vs Sosonko   1-0 57 1978 Tilburg Interpolis E10 Queen's Pawn Game 35. Timman vs Dzindzichashvili   ½-½ 23 1978 Tilburg Interpolis B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 36. Larsen vs Ljubojevic   ½-½ 87 1978 Tilburg Interpolis A21 English 37. Ribli vs Portisch   ½-½ 13 1978 Tilburg Interpolis D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 38. Sosonko vs Hort   ½-½ 14 1978 Tilburg Interpolis D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 39. Ljubojevic vs Spassky 0-1 43 1978 Tilburg Interpolis C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 40. Huebner vs Timman   ½-½ 23 1978 Tilburg Interpolis A15 English 41. Dzindzichashvili vs Larsen   ½-½ 81 1978 Tilburg Interpolis C60 Ruy Lopez 42. Browne vs Miles 1-0 28 1978 Tilburg Interpolis A10 English 43. Timman vs Sosonko   ½-½ 23 1978 Tilburg Interpolis B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 44. Larsen vs Huebner   0-1 30 1978 Tilburg Interpolis A38 English, Symmetrical 45. Ribli vs Ljubojevic   0-1 33 1978 Tilburg Interpolis A34 English, Symmetrical 46. Portisch vs Miles 1-0 61 1978 Tilburg Interpolis D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted 47. Hort vs Browne   0-1 39 1978 Tilburg Interpolis A34 English, Symmetrical 48. Spassky vs Dzindzichashvili   ½-½ 13 1978 Tilburg Interpolis B12 Caro-Kann Defense 49. Browne vs Timman   ½-½ 21 1978 Tilburg Interpolis B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 50. Ljubojevic vs Portisch 1-0 50 1978 Tilburg Interpolis B18 Caro-Kann, Classical  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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