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Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 14-27 January 1977 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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=1 GM Geller 51 2590 • ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8
=1 GM Sosonko 33 2530 ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 8
3 GM Timman 25 2590 ½ ½ • ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7½
4 GM Kurajica 29 2530 0 ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7
5 GM Ólafsson 42 2560 ½ 0 1 ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6
=6 GM Miles 21 2555 1 ½ 0 0 ½ • ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 5
=6 IM Böhm 27 2445 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • 0 0 ½ 1 1 5
=6 GM Kavalek 33 2545 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 • 1 ½ ½ ½ 5
=6 IM Nikolac 44 2475 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 • 1 ½ 1 5
10 GM Sigurjónsson 29 2520 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ 4
11 Ligterink 27 2430 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 3
12 GM Barczay 40 2470 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • 2½
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Eleven rounds in 14 days, starting on Friday 14 January (66 games). Rest days 17, 21 & 26 January. Geller & Sosonko shared the victory with 8/11.Photo (Geller vs Timman): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...
Photo (Sosonko vs Miles): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... Sources
Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
Friðrik Ólafsson website (https://skaksogufelagid.is/1977-39-...)
Perpetual Check website (https://www.perpetualcheck.com/show...)
*FIDE rating list January 1977 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022102...)
Shakhmatny Bulletin, 5/1977, pp. 153-155 (https://publ.lib.ru/ARCHIVES/SH/''S... )
Ajedrez 6000 68, March 1977, pp. 88-90 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
New York Times, 9 March 1977, p. 68 (https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/09/...)
Jaque 63, March 1977, pp. 2-7 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)
Previous: Hoogovens (1976). Next: Hoogovens (1978). See also Hoogovens-B (1977)
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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Kavalek vs B Kurajica |
| 0-1 | 44 | 1977 | Hoogovens | D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst |
| 2. L Barczay vs H Bohm |
| 0-1 | 45 | 1977 | Hoogovens | B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern |
| 3. G Ligterink vs Geller |
 | 0-1 | 25 | 1977 | Hoogovens | B97 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 4. J Nikolac vs Kavalek |
| 0-1 | 41 | 1977 | Hoogovens | E92 King's Indian |
| 5. G Sigurjonsson vs J Nikolac |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1977 | Hoogovens | C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense |
| 6. L Barczay vs Sosonko |
| 0-1 | 26 | 1977 | Hoogovens | B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack |
| 7. H Bohm vs J Nikolac |
| 0-1 | 43 | 1977 | Hoogovens | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 8. Kavalek vs Geller |
| 0-1 | 24 | 1977 | Hoogovens | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 9. G Sigurjonsson vs Miles |
| 0-1 | 30 | 1977 | Hoogovens | B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack |
| 10. J Nikolac vs Timman |
| 0-1 | 74 | 1977 | Hoogovens | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 11. H Bohm vs Timman |
| 0-1 | 39 | 1977 | Hoogovens | B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 |
| 12. Miles vs J Nikolac |
| 0-1 | 55 | 1977 | Hoogovens | A28 English |
| 13. L Barczay vs Timman |
| 0-1 | 38 | 1977 | Hoogovens | A04 Reti Opening |
| 14. J Nikolac vs Geller |
| 0-1 | 73 | 1977 | Hoogovens | D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst |
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