"Judit Polgar's first appearance in the Netherlands was at the OHRA tournament in 1989 in Amsterdam. In the open group (there was also a crown group with six players) she won in the first round against Hans Ree as a thirteen-year-old girl. The media turned out en masse. De Volkskrant put her on the front page for that victory and again after the eighth round, after she had achieved a grandmaster norm. The NOS journal was present when she missed the tournament victory in the last round. Together with Gelfand she came third, behind Azmaiparashvili and Psakhis. Judit writes about it in her book 'How I beat Fischer's record' (2012), part 1 of her trilogy 'Judit Polgar Teaches Chess'. After a number of good results she was initially invited to the crown group, but her father wisely judged that that was too ambitious. ... It was Judit's first visit to the Netherlands, accompanied by her mother. Judit felt that one disadvantage of her rapid Elo rise was that she was no longer invited with her entire family. The organisers were now more interested in her as a top chess player than in the three sisters." (Schaaksite.nl, transl.)
"People who visited the playing hall on the final day of the OHRA tournament were treated to a quite curious sight. On the arcade on the second floor of the Amsterdam Crest Hotel stood a long queue of people waiting. (…) Until then, scenes like these had only occurred during the Timman-Jussupow match in Tilburg (…) This time, a small, thirteen-year-old girl was the centre of attention." (MEC website)
Crest Hotel, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 31 July - 10 August 1989
Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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01 GM Azmaiparashvili 29 2575 =06 +20 +09 =14 -04 =03 +10 +05 +08 6½
02 GM Psakhis 30 2565 -12 +18 =17 +16 =15 +08 +20 =03 +04 6½
03 IM Gelfand 21 2590 +22 +05 +14 +04 -08 =01 +17 =02 -07 6
04 IM Polgar 13 2555 +18 +16 +08 -03 +01 -05 +14 +06 -02 6
05 GM Illescas 23 2510 +21 -03 +26 =15 +06 +04 =08 -01 =10 5½
06 IM Nijboer 24 2475 =01 -09 +21 +22 -05 +12 +13 -04 +15 5½
07 IM Van der Sterren 33 2515 -08 =11 +25 -10 =12 =22 +21 +20 +03 5½
08 FM Finegold 19 2375 +07 +24 -04 +13 +03 -02 =05 =17 -01 5
09 IM Hansen 20 2525 =25 +06 -01 =12 =20 -13 =16 +23 +17 5
10 Van Wely 16 2320 =15 =17 =16 +07 =13 =14 -01 +19 =05 5
11 FM Vanheste 25 2410 -24 =07 =22 =19 =16 +18 =15 =13 =14 4½
12 IM Blatny 21 2470 +02 -14 =24 =09 =07 -06 +22 -15 +21 4½
13 GM Sosonko 46 2540 =20 +25 =15 -08 =10 +09 -06 =11 =16 4½
14 GM Hulak 38 2550 +23 +12 -03 =01 =17 =10 -04 =16 =11 4½
15 GM Rodriguez 32 2505 =10 +19 =13 =05 =02 -17 =11 +12 -06 4½
16 GM Mohr 21 2485 +26 -04 =10 -02 =11 +23 =09 =14 =13 4½
17 GM Bagirov 52 2475 =19 =10 =02 +24 =14 +15 -03 =08 -09 4½
18 GM Ree 44 2460 -04 -02 =23 -21 +26 -11 +25 +22 =20 4
19 Garcia Callejo 32 2300 =17 -15 =20 =11 -23 =24 +26 -10 +25 4
20 GM Mednis 52 2430 =13 -01 =19 +26 =09 +21 -02 -07 =18 4
21 FM Visser 26 2335 -05 =22 -06 +18 +24 -20 -07 +26 -12 3½
22 IM Douven 28 2475 -03 =21 =11 -06 +25 =07 -12 -18 =23 3
23 IM Cifuentes 31 2470 -14 -26 =18 =25 +19 -16 =24 -09 =22 3
24 IM Kuijf 29 2530 +11 -08 =12 -17 -21 =19 =23 -25 =26 3
25 FM Peelen 23 2385 =09 -13 -07 =23 -22 +26 -18 +24 -19 3
26 FM Crisan 27 2315 -16 +23 -05 -20 -18 -25 -19 -21 =24 1½
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Nine-round Swiss with 26 invited players, starting on Monday 31 July (117 games). Rest days 4 & 9 August. Chief arbiter: Geurt Gijssen. Azmaiparashvili and Psakhis shared 1st place with 6.5/9. Gelfand took his 3rd and Polgar her 1st GM norm. IM norms: Vanheste, Van Wely and Finegold.Photo (Polgar): https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EkIhZDm...
Sources
Dutchbase (https://maxeuwe.nl/files-dutchbase/...)
MEC website (https://maxeuwe.nl/de-sterkste-scha...)
Schaaksite.nl (https://www.schaaksite.nl/2018/12/2...)
*FIDE rating list July 1989 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...)
Amador Rodriguez website (https://amadorgm.com/torneo/115/ohr...)
Skakbladet, 10/1989, pp. 217, 219 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Jaque 270, 1 October 1989, pp. 610-613 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Chess Life, 12/1989, pp. 12-14 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Sakkélet, 9/1989, p. 273 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)
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