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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Hoogovens Tournament

Gennadi Sosonko8/12(+4 -0 =8)[games]
Jan Timman8/12(+6 -2 =4)[games]
Evgeny Sveshnikov7/12(+3 -1 =8)[games]
Mark Taimanov7/12(+3 -1 =8)[games]
Walter Browne6.5/12(+3 -2 =7)[games]
Gyula Sax6/12(+1 -1 =10)[games]
Florin Gheorghiu6/12(+2 -2 =8)[games]
Ulf Andersson6/12(+2 -2 =8)[games]
Hans Ree5.5/12(+2 -3 =7)[games]
Tony Miles5/12(+1 -3 =8)[games]
Eugenio Torre4.5/12(+1 -4 =7)[games]
Wolfgang Unzicker4.5/12(+1 -4 =7)[games]
Kick Langeweg4/12(+2 -6 =4)[games]
Andras Adorjan0.5/3(+0 -2 =1)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hoogovens (1981)

Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 16 January - 1 February 1981

Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 Sosonko 37 2595 • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8 =1 Timman 29 2620 0 • 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8 =3 Sveshnikov 30 2535 ½ 1 • ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 7 =3 Taimanov 54 2500 ½ 0 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 5 Browne 32 2555 ½ ½ 0 0 • ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ =6 Sax 29 2560 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 =6 Gheorghiu 36 2545 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 =6 Andersson 29 2610 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 ½ 1 1 6 9 Ree 36 2485 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 1 ½ ½ 5½ 10 Miles 25 2590 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 • ½ ½ ½ 5 =11 Torre 29 2550 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ • 0 1 4½ =11 Unzicker 55 2515 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 • 0 4½ 13 Langeweg 43 2455 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 • 4 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Adorjan 30 2545 - 0 - ½ 0 - - - - - - - - ½ —————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Thirteen rounds in 17 days, starting on Friday 16 January. Adorjan was ill and played Rounds 1 & 3 before he had to withdraw during his Round 4 game (vs Browne). His games were annulled and the tournament continued with one bye each round (13 x 6 = 78 + 3 = 81 games). Rest days 19, 22, 26 & 31 January. Sosonko and Timman shared the victory with 8/12.

Photo (Timman & Sosonko): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...

Hoogovens Group B (1981) was won by John van der Wiel with 7/9.

Sources
Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
*FIDE rating list January 1981 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022100...)
Magyar Sakkélet, 5/1981, p. 103 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 2/1981, pp. 33, 58-59 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1981...)
El Ajedrez 15, March 1981, pp. 98-104 (http://www.historiadelajedrezespano...)
Jaque 112, April 1981, pp. 2-6 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

Previous: Hoogovens (1980). Next: Hoogovens (1982). See also Hoogovens Group B (1981)

 page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 81  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. Sosonko vs Gheorghiu  1-0381981HoogovensE15 Queen's Indian
27. K Langeweg vs H Ree  ½-½231981HoogovensD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
28. Gheorghiu vs Timman  ½-½161981HoogovensE15 Queen's Indian
29. Unzicker vs Taimanov  0-1531981HoogovensB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
30. Sveshnikov vs Browne 1-0571981HoogovensB22 Sicilian, Alapin
31. H Ree vs Sosonko  ½-½131981HoogovensE33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
32. Sax vs E Torre  ½-½451981HoogovensC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
33. Andersson vs K Langeweg 1-0361981HoogovensA30 English, Symmetrical
34. Taimanov vs Sax  ½-½241981HoogovensA04 Reti Opening
35. Browne vs Unzicker  ½-½611981HoogovensD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
36. Miles vs Sveshnikov  ½-½261981HoogovensA00 Uncommon Opening
37. Timman vs H Ree  ½-½621981HoogovensD76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
38. E Torre vs Gheorghiu  0-1861981HoogovensE14 Queen's Indian
39. K Langeweg vs Sosonko  0-1231981HoogovensE12 Queen's Indian
40. Sax vs Browne ½-½421981HoogovensB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
41. Gheorghiu vs Taimanov  ½-½211981HoogovensA33 English, Symmetrical
42. H Ree vs E Torre  1-0471981HoogovensA43 Old Benoni
43. Sosonko vs Timman  1-0421981HoogovensD99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov
44. Sveshnikov vs Andersson  ½-½241981HoogovensB22 Sicilian, Alapin
45. Unzicker vs Miles  ½-½331981HoogovensE15 Queen's Indian
46. E Torre vs Sosonko  ½-½421981HoogovensB72 Sicilian, Dragon
47. K Langeweg vs Timman  0-1371981HoogovensD85 Grunfeld
48. Andersson vs Unzicker  1-0501981HoogovensA13 English
49. Browne vs Gheorghiu  1-0391981HoogovensE12 Queen's Indian
50. Miles vs Sax ½-½841981HoogovensA57 Benko Gambit
 page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 81  PGN Download
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