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Hoogovens (1979) Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 19 January - 1 February 1979 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 GM Polugaevsky 44 2625 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7½ =2 GM Miles 23 2560 ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ =2 GM Sosonko 35 2535 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6½ =2 GM Andersson 27 2560 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½ =5 GM Hübner 30 2595 ½ ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 6 =5 GM Hort 34 2600 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 =5 GM Timman 27 2625 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6 =8 GM Dzindzichashvili 34 2595 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 • 0 1 ½ 0 5 =8 IM Ree 34 2480 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ 0 ½ 5 10 GM Garcia Gonzalez 25 2490 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • 0 ½ 4 =11 IM Nikolac 46 2450 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 • 0 3½ =11 GM Gaprindashvili 37 2405 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 • 3½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Eleven rounds in 14 days, starting on Friday 19 January (66 games). Rest days 22, 26 & 31 January. Polugaevsky won with 7.5/11. Photo (Andersson vs Polugaevsky): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... Photo (Timman vs Gaprindashvili): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... Sources Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...) Perpetual Check website (https://www.perpetualcheck.com/show...) *FIDE rating list January 1979 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...) Magyar Sakkélet, 6/1979, p. 144 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Jaque 87, March 1979, pp. 2-4 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...) Skakbladet, 4/1979, p. 52 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...) Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten) Previous: Hoogovens (1978). Next: Hoogovens (1980)  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. G Garcia Gonzalez vs Huebner   ½-½ 24 1979 Hoogovens A33 English, Symmetrical 27. J Nikolac vs Andersson   0-1 56 1979 Hoogovens A07 King's Indian Attack 28. Hort vs Timman   ½-½ 16 1979 Hoogovens B30 Sicilian 29. Sosonko vs H Ree   1-0 39 1979 Hoogovens D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 30. Polugaevsky vs Dzindzichashvili   ½-½ 13 1979 Hoogovens E15 Queen's Indian 31. Huebner vs Hort 1-0 28 1979 Hoogovens B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 32. Timman vs N Gaprindashvili   1-0 34 1979 Hoogovens A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 33. Sosonko vs G Garcia Gonzalez   ½-½ 14 1979 Hoogovens E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 34. H Ree vs Dzindzichashvili   1-0 40 1979 Hoogovens A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 35. Miles vs J Nikolac 1-0 61 1979 Hoogovens C03 French, Tarrasch 36. Andersson vs Polugaevsky ½-½ 14 1979 Hoogovens A34 English, Symmetrical 37. Dzindzichashvili vs Andersson ½-½ 8 1979 Hoogovens A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 38. J Nikolac vs Timman 0-1 56 1979 Hoogovens A04 Reti Opening 39. N Gaprindashvili vs Huebner   0-1 40 1979 Hoogovens B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 40. Polugaevsky vs Miles   ½-½ 28 1979 Hoogovens D87 Grunfeld, Exchange 41. G Garcia Gonzalez vs H Ree   ½-½ 49 1979 Hoogovens D68 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical 42. Hort vs Sosonko   ½-½ 18 1979 Hoogovens E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 43. Timman vs Polugaevsky   0-1 57 1979 Hoogovens E16 Queen's Indian 44. G Garcia Gonzalez vs Hort   ½-½ 58 1979 Hoogovens A27 English, Three Knights System 45. Sosonko vs N Gaprindashvili   1-0 46 1979 Hoogovens A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 46. Miles vs Dzindzichashvili   ½-½ 17 1979 Hoogovens A53 Old Indian 47. H Ree vs Andersson   ½-½ 66 1979 Hoogovens E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 48. Huebner vs J Nikolac   ½-½ 61 1979 Hoogovens A21 English 49. Polugaevsky vs Huebner ½-½ 20 1979 Hoogovens D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 50. Hort vs H Ree   ½-½ 71 1979 Hoogovens C41 Philidor Defense  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jan-14-25    GrahamClayton: Timman's wife gave birth to a daughter during the tournament - his only two losses were after this event :-) Jan-14-25    perfidious: In a sense, therefore, it was the antithesis of GLC Chess Challenge (1986), an event won by Glenn Flear, who only appeared because Karpov, then Dorfman did not take part. 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