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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 4 of 5; games 76-100 of 120  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
76. F Kuijpers vs A Jongsma 0-1171968Amsterdam IBMB35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4
77. Kotov vs H Ree 0-1391968Amsterdam IBME43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
78. D Ciric vs D Marovic  1-0431968Amsterdam IBMB02 Alekhine's Defense
79. C Zuidema vs H Bouwmeester  ½-½131968Amsterdam IBMC07 French, Tarrasch
80. K Langeweg vs Lengyel  ½-½251968Amsterdam IBMD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
81. I Bilek vs Kavalek  ½-½141968Amsterdam IBMC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
82. Bronstein vs F Kuijpers  1-0591968Amsterdam IBMD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
83. D Marovic vs Ivkov  ½-½171968Amsterdam IBMD25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
84. H Bouwmeester vs Kotov  ½-½751968Amsterdam IBMA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
85. H Ree vs D Ciric  ½-½191968Amsterdam IBMB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
86. A Jongsma vs K Langeweg  0-1321968Amsterdam IBMA07 King's Indian Attack
87. J H Donner vs C Zuidema  ½-½651968Amsterdam IBME45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation
88. Lengyel vs Shamkovich  1-0411968Amsterdam IBME11 Bogo-Indian Defense
89. Ivkov vs H Ree  0-1451968Amsterdam IBMA22 English
90. F Kuijpers vs I Bilek  ½-½251968Amsterdam IBMB72 Sicilian, Dragon
91. K Langeweg vs Bronstein  ½-½191968Amsterdam IBME62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
92. C Zuidema vs Kotov  0-1361968Amsterdam IBMB06 Robatsch
93. D Ciric vs H Bouwmeester  1-0341968Amsterdam IBMC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
94. J H Donner vs Lengyel  ½-½191968Amsterdam IBME56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6
95. Shamkovich vs A Jongsma  1-0471968Amsterdam IBMB33 Sicilian
96. Kavalek vs D Marovic  1-0341968Amsterdam IBMC11 French
97. Bronstein vs Shamkovich 1-0411968Amsterdam IBMA27 English, Three Knights System
98. H Bouwmeester vs Ivkov  ½-½411968Amsterdam IBMA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
99. D Marovic vs F Kuijpers  1-0541968Amsterdam IBMD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
100. Kotov vs D Ciric  1-0821968Amsterdam IBMA57 Benko Gambit
 page 4 of 5; games 76-100 of 120  PGN Download
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