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Hoogovens (1973) Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 16 January - 3 February 1973 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 GM Tal 36 2625 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 10½ 2 IM Balashov 23 2560 ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 10 3 GM Vasiukov 39 2575 ½ ½ • ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 9 =4 GM Hort 29 2600 ½ ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 8½ =4 IM Planinc 28 2520 0 1 0 1 • 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 8½ =6 Enklaar 29 2410 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 • ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 8 =6 GM Andersson 21 2535 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ • 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 8 =6 IM Ribli 21 2505 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 • 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8 =6 IM Ljubojevic 22 2550 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8 =10 GM Najdorf 62 2540 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ • ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7½ =10 GM Szabo 55 2555 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 7½ 12 IM Langeweg 35 2425 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 • ½ 0 1 ½ 6½ =13 GM Donner 45 2470 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 1 6 =13 IM Zuidema 30 2430 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ • ½ ½ 6 15 IM Ree 28 2480 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ • ½ 5 16 IM Hartoch 25 2430 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • 3 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Fifteen rounds in 19 days, starting on Tuesday 16 January (120 games). Rest days 20, 24, 28 January & 2 February. Tal won with 10.5/15. Photo (Tal with trophy): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... Photo (Ludek Pachman & Najdorf): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... Sources Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...) Perpetual Check website (https://www.perpetualcheck.com/show...) *FIDE rating list July 1972 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022101...) Jaque 16, 1 April 1973, pp. 6-8 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...) Shakhmatny Bulletin, 6/1973, pp. 178-181 (https://publ.lib.ru/ARCHIVES/SH/''S... ) Magyar Sakkélet, 3/1973, pp. 49-51 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Tidskrift för Schack, 3/1973, pp. 67, 77 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1973...) Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten) Previous: Hoogovens (1972). Next: Hoogovens (1974). See also Hoogovens-B (1973)  page 3 of 5; games 51-75 of 120  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. C Zuidema vs Ljubojevic   ½-½ 36 1973 Hoogovens B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 52. B Enklaar vs Najdorf   ½-½ 44 1973 Hoogovens B22 Sicilian, Alapin 53. Szabo vs Vasiukov   ½-½ 40 1973 Hoogovens A58 Benko Gambit 54. Tal vs J H Donner 1-0 25 1973 Hoogovens A35 English, Symmetrical 55. R Hartoch vs H Ree   ½-½ 18 1973 Hoogovens B27 Sicilian 56. Ribli vs K Langeweg   ½-½ 41 1973 Hoogovens A04 Reti Opening 57. Andersson vs Szabo   1-0 46 1973 Hoogovens E91 King's Indian 58. Hort vs Balashov   ½-½ 19 1973 Hoogovens B23 Sicilian, Closed 59. Ljubojevic vs A Planinc   ½-½ 41 1973 Hoogovens E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 60. Najdorf vs Tal   ½-½ 19 1973 Hoogovens E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 61. Vasiukov vs Ribli   0-1 40 1973 Hoogovens B06 Robatsch 62. R Hartoch vs C Zuidema   ½-½ 40 1973 Hoogovens D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 63. K Langeweg vs B Enklaar   ½-½ 72 1973 Hoogovens A04 Reti Opening 64. H Ree vs J H Donner 1-0 29 1973 Hoogovens E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System 65. Balashov vs Ljubojevic   ½-½ 16 1973 Hoogovens A43 Old Benoni 66. Szabo vs Hort 0-1 57 1973 Hoogovens E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 67. J H Donner vs Najdorf ½-½ 22 1973 Hoogovens A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 68. Tal vs K Langeweg   1-0 30 1973 Hoogovens B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 69. A Planinc vs R Hartoch 1-0 25 1973 Hoogovens A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 70. B Enklaar vs Vasiukov   0-1 38 1973 Hoogovens E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 71. Ribli vs Andersson   1-0 51 1973 Hoogovens D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 72. C Zuidema vs H Ree   ½-½ 21 1973 Hoogovens B32 Sicilian 73. R Hartoch vs Balashov   0-1 37 1973 Hoogovens A13 English 74. Hort vs Ribli   ½-½ 11 1973 Hoogovens B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 75. Ljubojevic vs Szabo   ½-½ 42 1973 Hoogovens C44 King's Pawn Game  page 3 of 5; games 51-75 of 120    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Nov-17-22    generror: Tal's obituary in The Independent mentions the following story (see https://www.independent.co.uk/news/... or archived at https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Wy... ): "He smoked and drank at a level that would have been inadvisable even for a man of robust health. Thanks to Tal's efforts, the Hastings hotel at which he celebrated the 1975 New Year was drunk dry of brandy. I remember him vying for first place with another Soviet grandmaster in a tournament in Holland. On the night before the final round they began buying each other drinks and lining up the empties on the table. When I left them at around 2am, Tal had the remains of 11 drained brandies, his rival had 11 empty rum-and-cokes. They continued for another two hours. At 8.30 in the morning, Tal trotted downstairs to start the last round looking fresh and relaxed. He won easily to take first prize, while his drinking companion was happy with a quick draw." This seems to be this tournament: Before the last game, Tal and Balashov were both tied. In the final round, Balashov drew in 10 moves (Ribli vs Balashov, 1973), while Tal won in 39 moves (Tal vs C Zuidema, 1973). Nov-17-22    perfidious: The morning in 1988 when we had a blitz session, after breakfast, Tal clutched a bottle of vodka in one hand while chain-smoking. Nov-17-22    generror: Oh boy... Anyway, guess drinking actually helped him win this tournament :) Nov-18-22    Olavi: In The Life and Games of Mihail Tal he writes that both of them played for a win in the last round, only he was successful. Well if that's the case Ribli convinced Balashov of the futility of the effort pretty quickly... NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. 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