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Hoogovens Tournament

Viktor Korchnoi12/15(+10 -1 =4)[games]
Lajos Portisch9/15(+6 -3 =6)[games]
Vlastimil Hort9/15(+3 -0 =12)[games]
Mikhail Tal9/15(+5 -2 =8)[games]
Florin Gheorghiu8.5/15(+2 -0 =13)[games]
Dragoljub Ciric8/15(+4 -3 =8)[games]
Aleksandar Matanovic8/15(+2 -1 =12)[games]
Borislav Ivkov7.5/15(+2 -2 =11)[games]
Hans Ree7.5/15(+4 -4 =7)[games]
Nikola Padevsky7/15(+1 -2 =12)[games]
Jan Hein Donner7/15(+3 -4 =8)[games]
Milko Bobotsov7/15(+2 -3 =10)[games]
Nikola Karaklajic6.5/15(+2 -4 =9)[games]
Nicolas Rossolimo6/15(+2 -5 =8)[games]
Kick Langeweg5/15(+0 -5 =10)[games]
Dirk van Geet3/15(+0 -9 =6)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
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 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 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)

 page 1 of 1; 19 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Matanovic vs Korchnoi 0-1661968HoogovensC07 French, Tarrasch
2. Ivkov vs Korchnoi 0-1601968HoogovensE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
3. H Ree vs Portisch  0-1271968HoogovensA07 King's Indian Attack
4. Bobotsov vs Tal 0-1671968HoogovensE81 King's Indian, Samisch
5. Rossolimo vs Korchnoi 0-1371968HoogovensC07 French, Tarrasch
6. N Karaklajic vs H Ree  0-1401968HoogovensB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
7. N Padevsky vs Portisch 0-1421968HoogovensC75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
8. Bobotsov vs D Ciric  0-1591968HoogovensD53 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. D van Geet vs Bobotsov 0-1351968HoogovensA00 Uncommon Opening
10. Rossolimo vs Tal  0-1321968HoogovensB25 Sicilian, Closed
11. D van Geet vs Korchnoi 0-1321968HoogovensB74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
12. Portisch vs Ivkov 0-1401968HoogovensE81 King's Indian, Samisch
13. Korchnoi vs Portisch 0-1321968HoogovensC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
14. H Ree vs N Padevsky  0-1561968HoogovensA13 English
15. D van Geet vs Rossolimo  0-1391968HoogovensC01 French, Exchange
16. K Langeweg vs Bobotsov  0-1261968HoogovensA37 English, Symmetrical
17. J H Donner vs D Ciric  0-1401968HoogovensE75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
18. D Ciric vs H Ree  0-1581968HoogovensB32 Sicilian
19. D van Geet vs J H Donner  0-1261968HoogovensA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
 page 1 of 1; 19 games  PGN Download 
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