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Buesum (1969) The 2nd Adolf Anderssen Memorial tournament was played in the spa town Büsum, West Germany, 1-16 May 1969. Rest day: 8 May. Organizer: Herbert Eggert. Larsen beat Polugaevsky in Round 11, and won with 11/15. Mohrlok, Hecht and Hübner took IM norms. Gerusel had to beat Gligoric in the last round to become a GM, but lost instead. Szabo disappointed a little. Sämisch had good positions but lost all his games on time. A blitz tournament afterwards was won by Hübner. Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Larsen 34 • 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 11 2 Polugaevsky 34 0 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 10½ 3 Gerusel 31 0 ½ • 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 9½ 4 Gligoric 46 ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 9 =5 Zaitsev 33 ½ ½ 0 ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8½ =5 Ivkov 35 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8½ 7 Bobotsov 37 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 =8 Mohrlok 30 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 7½ =8 Hecht 30 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 • 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 7½ =8 Hübner 20 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ =8 Bilek 36 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½ =8 Szily 55 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ • ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 13 Ghitescu 35 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 7 14 Szabo 52 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 6 15 Kestler 30 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ • 1 4½ 16 Sämisch 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Main source: Bent Larsen's report in Skakbladet, 7/1969, pp. 155-158: http://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/1... 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Previous: Buesum (1968)  page 1 of 1; 20 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Szabo vs H Hecht   0-1 42 1969 Buesum A15 English 2. Saemisch vs I Bilek   0-1 40 1969 Buesum D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 3. H Kestler vs Gligoric   0-1 37 1969 Buesum E82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation 4. Bobotsov vs Larsen 0-1 15 1969 Buesum A17 English 5. Saemisch vs J Szily   0-1 48 1969 Buesum A56 Benoni Defense 6. H Kestler vs Bobotsov   0-1 28 1969 Buesum B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 7. Saemisch vs Szabo 0-1 22 1969 Buesum E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 8. Saemisch vs A Zaitsev   0-1 24 1969 Buesum D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 9. J Szily vs Huebner   0-1 40 1969 Buesum B83 Sicilian 10. Saemisch vs Ivkov 0-1 32 1969 Buesum A00 Uncommon Opening 11. Polugaevsky vs Larsen   0-1 44 1969 Buesum A17 English 12. J Szily vs M Gerusel   0-1 23 1969 Buesum B40 Sicilian 13. Saemisch vs Gligoric 0-1 23 1969 Buesum D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 14. M Gerusel vs Szabo   0-1 39 1969 Buesum E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 15. H Kestler vs Polugaevsky   0-1 39 1969 Buesum A21 English 16. D Mohrlok vs J Szily   0-1 46 1969 Buesum D02 Queen's Pawn Game 17. A Zaitsev vs M Gerusel   0-1 46 1969 Buesum D02 Queen's Pawn Game 18. H Hecht vs Polugaevsky   0-1 35 1969 Buesum B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 19. Saemisch vs Huebner 0-1 19 1969 Buesum B07 Pirc 20. H Kestler vs J Szily   0-1 40 1969 Buesum A14 English  page 1 of 1; 20 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jan-05-25    Mimzovich: Poor Samisch Jan-05-25    Olavi: He lost all his games on time in his next (and last) tournament too: Nordic Championship (1969) Why did he play in the Nordic championship? Titled outside players were invited to give norm possibilities, in Lidköping that unfortunately fell thrugh due to several last minute withdrawals. Jan-05-25    perfidious: Saemisch certainly was invited because he was a non-Swedish player with a title, thus fulfilling two preconditions; in his work <A Book of Chess>, Hugh Alexander discusses how, well past his best days, he received invitations from other countries for the same reason, but declined. Jan-05-25    Troller: Saemisch was a last-minute replacement for a Bulgarian player (Bulgaria had promised to send 2 GMs). He lost all his games on time. Larsen also joined the event less than a week before it started; in his own words he played well against the stronger opponents but was lucky in several games against weaker players who in some cases were happy to get a draw. Source: Skakbladet 1969, issue 7. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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