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Tilburg Interpolis Tournament

Lajos Portisch7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Jan Timman6.5/11(+2 -0 =9)[games]
Roman Dzindzichashvili6/11(+2 -1 =8)[games]
Robert Huebner6/11(+3 -2 =6)[games]
Tony Miles6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
Walter Browne5.5/11(+3 -3 =5)[games]
Vlastimil Hort5.5/11(+2 -2 =7)[games]
Boris Spassky5.5/11(+2 -2 =7)[games]
Bent Larsen5/11(+2 -3 =6)[games]
Ljubomir Ljubojevic4.5/11(+2 -4 =5)[games]
Gennadi Sosonko4.5/11(+1 -3 =7)[games]
Zoltan Ribli4/11(+1 -4 =6)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
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)

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 page 3 of 3; games 51-66 of 66  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. Sosonko vs Larsen  ½-½601978Tilburg InterpolisA55 Old Indian, Main line
52. Huebner vs Spassky 1-0551978Tilburg InterpolisA14 English
53. Miles vs Hort  0-1491978Tilburg InterpolisE12 Queen's Indian
54. Dzindzichashvili vs Ribli  1-0421978Tilburg InterpolisA36 English
55. Timman vs Miles  ½-½261978Tilburg InterpolisC62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
56. Ribli vs Huebner  ½-½241978Tilburg InterpolisE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
57. Larsen vs Browne  ½-½591978Tilburg InterpolisA00 Uncommon Opening
58. Ljubojevic vs Dzindzichashvili  ½-½191978Tilburg InterpolisB10 Caro-Kann
59. Spassky vs Sosonko  1-0251978Tilburg InterpolisB20 Sicilian
60. Portisch vs Hort  ½-½111978Tilburg InterpolisA16 English
61. Hort vs Timman  ½-½131978Tilburg InterpolisE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
62. Dzindzichashvili vs Portisch  ½-½131978Tilburg InterpolisA36 English
63. Sosonko vs Ribli  ½-½131978Tilburg InterpolisC42 Petrov Defense
64. Huebner vs Ljubojevic 1-0411978Tilburg InterpolisA21 English
65. Browne vs Spassky  ½-½401978Tilburg InterpolisE17 Queen's Indian
66. Miles vs Larsen 1-0431978Tilburg InterpolisE12 Queen's Indian
 page 3 of 3; games 51-66 of 66  PGN Download
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