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Amsterdam IBM Tournament

Lubomir Kavalek10.5/15(+8 -2 =5)[games]
David Bronstein10/15(+5 -0 =10)[games]
Hans Ree8.5/15(+3 -1 =11)[games]
Levente Lengyel8.5/15(+4 -2 =9)[games]
Kick Langeweg8.5/15(+4 -2 =9)[games]
Dragoljub Ciric8.5/15(+5 -3 =7)[games]
Leonid Shamkovich8.5/15(+5 -3 =7)[games]
Borislav Ivkov8/15(+4 -3 =8)[games]
Jan Hein Donner8/15(+2 -1 =12)[games]
Alexander Kotov7.5/15(+5 -5 =5)[games]
Drazen Marovic7.5/15(+3 -3 =9)[games]
Istvan Bilek7/15(+2 -3 =10)[games]
Hans Bouwmeester6/15(+1 -4 =10)[games]
Alexander Jongsma5/15(+1 -6 =8)[games]
Frans Kuijpers4.5/15(+1 -7 =7)[games]
Coenraad Zuidema3.5/15(+0 -8 =7)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Amsterdam IBM (1968)

"Once again the annual Grandmaster tournament in Amsterdam, held under the sponsorship of the giant IBM Corporation, boasted a strong field: nine International Grandmasters, six International Masters and one local Candidate-Master (Jongsma). The recent winner of the Czech Championship, L. Kavalek, led the tournament all the way and finished a half-point ahead of the second-place winner, D. Bronstein of the Soviet Union. In their individual game, Kavalek tried too hard for the win, and sacrificed heavy material for a would-be mating attack, only to arrive at a lost endgame. Kavalek's style, as shown by his score of eight wins, two losses and five draws, is the avoidance of drawish tactics - he plays always for the win, and consequently sometimes loses. Bronstein, on the other hand, once known for his aggressive and enterprising (albeit eccentric) play, has recently placed the accent more on the eccentric, and while losing very infrequently, he wins fewer games than he could. It will be remembered that Bronstein, in the 1950s, was a leading contender for the World Championship and drew his title match with Botvinnik." (Chess Life)

"I began my escape from the communist Czechoslovakia 42 years ago, on Sunday, September 1, 1968. According to Wikipedia, I bought several crates of vodka with my winnings at the Akiba Rubinstein Memorial in the Polish spa of Polanica Zdroj, bribed the border guards and drove to West Germany. At that time, I was supposed to play the first board on the Czechoslovakian team at the Lugano Olympiad, having won the strongest national championship in history ahead of Smejkal, Hort, Filip, Pachman, Jansa, Janata and others. During the sommer I added a first place finish at the IBM tournament in Amsterdam ahead of David Bronstein and I was just in the middle of the race with the former world champion Vassily Smyslov in Poland, when the Soviet and other Warsaw pact armies invaded my country on August 21. During the next ten days it became clear to me that I had to go west. I played a few simultaneous exhibitions in Poland, the last one in Wroclaw." (Kavalek)

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 16 July - 3 August 1968

Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Kavalek 24 • 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 10½ 2 Bronstein 44 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 10 =3 Ree 23 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 8½ =3 Lengyel 35 0 ½ ½ • ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 8½ =3 Langeweg 31 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 8½ =3 Ciric 32 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 8½ =3 Shamkovich 45 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ =8 Ivkov 34 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 • ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 =8 Donner 41 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 8 =10 Kotov 54 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ • 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 7½ =10 Marovic 30 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 7½ 12 Bilek 35 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 7 13 Bouwmeester 38 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 6 14 Jongsma 30 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ • 1 ½ 5 15 Kuijpers 27 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 • ½ 4½ 16 Zuidema 25 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • 3½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————

This was the 8th tournament sponsored by IBM. Fifteen rounds in 19 days, starting on Tuesday 16 July. Rest days 21, 25, 28 July and 2 August. There were eight prizes from ƒ 2,500 (Dutch guilders) to ƒ 1,000, and non-prize winners received ƒ 100 per point. Arbiter: Harry de Graaf. Kavalek won the event with 10.5/15.

Photo (Kotov vs Kavalek): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...
Photo (Shamkovich vs Ree): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...

Sources
Dutchbase (https://maxeuwe.nl/files-dutchbase/...)
Eric Delaire website (https://web.archive.org/web/2008042...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 7/1968, p. 197 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1968...)
Chess Life, 11/1968, pp. 398-399 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Magyar Sakkélet, 9/1968, pp. 174, 177 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Kavalek, Chess Puzzles: A Vodka Escape (https://en.chessbase.com/post/kaval...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

Previous: Amsterdam IBM (1967). Next: Amsterdam IBM (1969). See also Amsterdam IBM-B (1968)

 page 3 of 5; games 51-75 of 120  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. Shamkovich vs F Kuijpers 1-0711968Amsterdam IBMC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
52. K Langeweg vs C Zuidema  1-0271968Amsterdam IBMA15 English
53. J H Donner vs Kavalek  0-1341968Amsterdam IBME62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
54. I Bilek vs H Bouwmeester  ½-½161968Amsterdam IBMA07 King's Indian Attack
55. A Jongsma vs D Ciric  0-1401968Amsterdam IBMB50 Sicilian
56. D Marovic vs H Ree  0-1351968Amsterdam IBME31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line
57. Ivkov vs A Jongsma  ½-½141968Amsterdam IBMA23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation
58. F Kuijpers vs J H Donner  ½-½291968Amsterdam IBMC07 French, Tarrasch
59. D Ciric vs Bronstein  ½-½141968Amsterdam IBMB08 Pirc, Classical
60. Kotov vs I Bilek  1-0531968Amsterdam IBMB06 Robatsch
61. C Zuidema vs H Ree  ½-½481968Amsterdam IBMB32 Sicilian
62. Kavalek vs Lengyel  1-0481968Amsterdam IBMC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
63. H Bouwmeester vs D Marovic  ½-½211968Amsterdam IBME96 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, Main line
64. K Langeweg vs Shamkovich  1-0441968Amsterdam IBMD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
65. Bronstein vs Ivkov ½-½291968Amsterdam IBMC53 Giuoco Piano
66. Shamkovich vs C Zuidema  1-0571968Amsterdam IBMC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
67. Lengyel vs F Kuijpers  ½-½461968Amsterdam IBMA14 English
68. D Marovic vs Kotov  1-0301968Amsterdam IBMA40 Queen's Pawn Game
69. H Ree vs H Bouwmeester  ½-½341968Amsterdam IBMC18 French, Winawer
70. A Jongsma vs Kavalek  0-1631968Amsterdam IBME61 King's Indian
71. I Bilek vs D Ciric  1-0411968Amsterdam IBMA17 English
72. J H Donner vs K Langeweg  ½-½211968Amsterdam IBME54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
73. Kavalek vs Bronstein 0-1411968Amsterdam IBMC16 French, Winawer
74. Ivkov vs I Bilek  ½-½431968Amsterdam IBMA40 Queen's Pawn Game
75. Shamkovich vs J H Donner  ½-½261968Amsterdam IBMB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
 page 3 of 5; games 51-75 of 120  PGN Download
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