Hoogovens (1968) |
Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 10-28 January 1968 Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
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1 GM Korchnoi 36 • 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 12
=2 GM Portisch 30 1 • 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 9
=2 GM Hort 24 ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 9
=2 GM Tal 31 0 ½ ½ • ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 9
5 GM Gheorghiu 23 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8½
=6 GM Ciric 32 0 0 ½ 1 ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 8
=6 GM Matanovic 37 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8
=8 GM Ivkov 34 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 7½
=8 Ree 23 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 7½
=10 GM Padevsky 34 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7
=10 GM Donner 40 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7
=10 GM Bobotsov 36 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 1 7
13 IM Karaklajic 41 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ 6½
14 GM Rossolimo 57 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 • ½ 1 6
15 IM Langeweg 30 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ 5
16 IM Van Geet 35 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ • 3
————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Fifteen rounds in 19 days, starting on Wednesday 10 January (120 games). Rest days 14, 18, 22 & 26 January. Korchnoi won with 12/15. Ree earned his final IM norm.Photo (Korchnoi vs Ree): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... Sources
Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
Perpetual Check website (https://www.perpetualcheck.com/show...)
Chess Life, 5/1968, pp. 157-159 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Shakhmatny Bulletin, 4/1968, pp. 107-111 (https://publ.lib.ru/ARCHIVES/SH/''S... )
Tidskrift för Schack, 3/1968, pp. 73-74, 81-84 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1968...)
Magyar Sakkélet, 3/1968, pp. 49-50, 56-57 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Chess Review, 4/1968, pp. 104-105, 119-121 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Chess Review, 7/1968, pp. 205-207 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)
Previous (and last in Beverwijk): Hoogovens (1967). Next: Hoogovens (1969). See also Hoogovens-B (1968)
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Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. A Matanovic vs Korchnoi |
  | 0-1 | 66 | 1968 | Hoogovens | C07 French, Tarrasch |
2. Ivkov vs Korchnoi |
  | 0-1 | 60 | 1968 | Hoogovens | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
3. H Ree vs Portisch |
| 0-1 | 27 | 1968 | Hoogovens | A07 King's Indian Attack |
4. Bobotsov vs Tal |
 | 0-1 | 67 | 1968 | Hoogovens | E81 King's Indian, Samisch |
5. Rossolimo vs Korchnoi |
  | 0-1 | 37 | 1968 | Hoogovens | C07 French, Tarrasch |
6. N Karaklajic vs H Ree |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1968 | Hoogovens | B45 Sicilian, Taimanov |
7. N Padevsky vs Portisch |
 | 0-1 | 42 | 1968 | Hoogovens | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
8. Bobotsov vs D Ciric |
| 0-1 | 59 | 1968 | Hoogovens | D53 Queen's Gambit Declined |
9. D van Geet vs Bobotsov |
 | 0-1 | 35 | 1968 | Hoogovens | A00 Uncommon Opening |
10. Rossolimo vs Tal |
| 0-1 | 32 | 1968 | Hoogovens | B25 Sicilian, Closed |
11. D van Geet vs Korchnoi |
  | 0-1 | 32 | 1968 | Hoogovens | B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical |
12. Portisch vs Ivkov |
 | 0-1 | 40 | 1968 | Hoogovens | E81 King's Indian, Samisch |
13. Korchnoi vs Portisch |
  | 0-1 | 32 | 1968 | Hoogovens | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
14. H Ree vs N Padevsky |
| 0-1 | 56 | 1968 | Hoogovens | A13 English |
15. D van Geet vs Rossolimo |
| 0-1 | 39 | 1968 | Hoogovens | C01 French, Exchange |
16. K Langeweg vs Bobotsov |
| 0-1 | 26 | 1968 | Hoogovens | A37 English, Symmetrical |
17. J H Donner vs D Ciric |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1968 | Hoogovens | E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line |
18. D Ciric vs H Ree |
| 0-1 | 58 | 1968 | Hoogovens | B32 Sicilian |
19. D van Geet vs J H Donner |
| 0-1 | 26 | 1968 | Hoogovens | A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack |
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