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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Hoogovens Tournament

Jan Hein Donner12/17(+9 -2 =6)[games]
David Bronstein11.5/17(+7 -1 =9)[games]
Bruno Parma11/17(+6 -1 =10)[games]
Borislav Ivkov11/17(+6 -1 =10)[games]
Herman Pilnik11/17(+9 -4 =4)[games]
Aleksandar Matanovic10/17(+4 -1 =12)[games]
Yuri Averbakh9.5/17(+5 -3 =9)[games]
Gideon Stahlberg9/17(+4 -3 =10)[games]
Karl Robatsch8.5/17(+3 -3 =11)[games]
Carel van den Berg8/17(+5 -6 =6)[games]
Petar Trifunovic8/17(+0 -1 =16)[games]
Hiong Liong Tan7.5/17(+4 -6 =7)[games]
Alberic O'Kelly de Galway7.5/17(+3 -5 =9)[games]
Borislav Milic7/17(+3 -6 =8)[games]
Theo van Scheltinga6.5/17(+3 -7 =7)[games]
Kick Langeweg6.5/17(+4 -8 =5)[games]
Vasja Pirc5/17(+0 -7 =10)[games]
Erno Gereben3.5/17(+1 -11 =5)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hoogovens (1963)

Beverwijk, the Netherlands, 8-27 January 1963

Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 GM Donner 35 • ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 12 2 GM Bronstein 38 ½ • ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½ =3 IM Parma 21 1 ½ • 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 11 =3 GM Pilnik 49 0 1 1 • 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 11 =3 GM Ivkov 29 ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 11 6 GM Matanovic 32 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 10 7 GM Averbakh 40 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 9½ 8 GM Ståhlberg 55 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 9 9 GM Robatsch 34 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 8½ =10 GM Trifunovic 52 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 8 =10 Van den Berg 38 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ • 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8 =12 Tan 24 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 • ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 7½ =12 GM O'Kelly 51 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 7½ 14 IM Milic 37 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ • 0 1 ½ ½ 7 =15 IM Van Scheltinga 48 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 • 0 ½ 1 6½ =15 IM Langeweg 25 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 • 1 1 6½ 17 GM Pirc 55 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ 5 18 IM Gereben 55 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ • 3½ ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Seventeen rounds in 20 days, starting on Tuesday 8 January (153 games). Rest days 11, 17 & 22 January. Donner won with 12/17.

Chess News photos: https://en.chessbase.com/post/wijk-...

Sources
Chess-Results (https://archive.chess-results.com/t...)
Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
Belgian Chess History (https://www.belgianchesshistory.be/...)
Perpetual Check website (https://www.perpetualcheck.com/show...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 3/1963, pp. 73, 80 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1963...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

Previous: Hoogovens (1962). Next: Hoogovens (1964). See also Hoogovens-B1 (1963) and Hoogovens-B2 (1963)

 page 5 of 7; games 101-125 of 153  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
101. A Matanovic vs Parma  ½-½311963HoogovensB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
102. Robatsch vs Averbakh  ½-½411963HoogovensB73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
103. C van den Berg vs K Langeweg  1-0231963HoogovensB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
104. J H Donner vs Pirc  1-0351963HoogovensA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
105. Pilnik vs Stahlberg  1-0421963HoogovensC11 French
106. P Trifunovic vs E Gereben  ½-½391963HoogovensA31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
107. H L Tan vs O'Kelly  ½-½281963HoogovensC85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD)
108. T van Scheltinga vs B Milic  1-0501963HoogovensA44 Old Benoni Defense
109. Pirc vs Bronstein  0-1521963HoogovensA00 Uncommon Opening
110. Ivkov vs C van den Berg  1-0421963HoogovensC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
111. Parma vs Pilnik  0-1441963HoogovensC81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack
112. K Langeweg vs Robatsch  ½-½351963HoogovensA07 King's Indian Attack
113. Averbakh vs T van Scheltinga  ½-½461963HoogovensD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
114. Stahlberg vs P Trifunovic  ½-½121963HoogovensD14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
115. O'Kelly vs J H Donner  0-1381963HoogovensD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
116. B Milic vs A Matanovic  ½-½281963HoogovensB95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6
117. E Gereben vs H L Tan  1-0411963HoogovensA57 Benko Gambit
118. Bronstein vs O'Kelly 1-0301963HoogovensA07 King's Indian Attack
119. Robatsch vs Ivkov  ½-½431963HoogovensA07 King's Indian Attack
120. P Trifunovic vs Parma ½-½271963HoogovensB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
121. C van den Berg vs Pirc  ½-½341963HoogovensA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
122. Pilnik vs B Milic 1-0351963HoogovensB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
123. A Matanovic vs Averbakh  ½-½261963HoogovensC96 Ruy Lopez, Closed
124. H L Tan vs J H Donner  0-1351963HoogovensB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
125. E Gereben vs Stahlberg  0-1621963HoogovensA80 Dutch
 page 5 of 7; games 101-125 of 153  PGN Download
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