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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Hoogovens Tournament

Jan Hein Donner12/17(+9 -2 =6)[games]
David Bronstein11.5/17(+7 -1 =9)[games]
Borislav Ivkov11/17(+6 -1 =10)[games]
Herman Pilnik11/17(+9 -4 =4)[games]
Bruno Parma11/17(+6 -1 =10)[games]
Aleksandar Matanovic10/17(+4 -1 =12)[games]
Yuri Averbakh9.5/17(+5 -3 =9)[games]
Gideon Stahlberg9/17(+4 -3 =10)[games]
Karl Robatsch8.5/17(+3 -3 =11)[games]
Carel van den Berg8/17(+5 -6 =6)[games]
Petar Trifunovic8/17(+0 -1 =16)[games]
Hiong Liong Tan7.5/17(+4 -6 =7)[games]
Alberic O'Kelly de Galway7.5/17(+3 -5 =9)[games]
Borislav Milic7/17(+3 -6 =8)[games]
Kick Langeweg6.5/17(+4 -8 =5)[games]
Theo van Scheltinga6.5/17(+3 -7 =7)[games]
Vasja Pirc5/17(+0 -7 =10)[games]
Erno Gereben3.5/17(+1 -11 =5)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hoogovens (1963)

Beverwijk, the Netherlands, 8-27 January 1963

Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 GM Donner 35 • ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 12 2 GM Bronstein 38 ½ • ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½ =3 IM Parma 21 1 ½ • 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 11 =3 GM Pilnik 49 0 1 1 • 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 11 =3 GM Ivkov 29 ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 11 6 GM Matanovic 32 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 10 7 GM Averbakh 40 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 9½ 8 GM Ståhlberg 55 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 9 9 GM Robatsch 34 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 8½ =10 GM Trifunovic 52 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 8 =10 Van den Berg 38 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ • 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8 =12 Tan 24 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 • ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 7½ =12 GM O'Kelly 51 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 7½ 14 IM Milic 37 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ • 0 1 ½ ½ 7 =15 IM Van Scheltinga 48 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 • 0 ½ 1 6½ =15 IM Langeweg 25 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 • 1 1 6½ 17 GM Pirc 55 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ 5 18 IM Gereben 55 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ • 3½ ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Seventeen rounds in 20 days, starting on Tuesday 8 January (153 games). Rest days 11, 17 & 22 January. Donner won with 12/17.

Chess News photos: https://en.chessbase.com/post/wijk-...

Sources
Chess-Results (https://archive.chess-results.com/t...)
Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
Belgian Chess History (https://www.belgianchesshistory.be/...)
Perpetual Check website (https://www.perpetualcheck.com/show...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 3/1963, pp. 73, 80 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1963...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

Previous: Hoogovens (1962). Next: Hoogovens (1964). See also Hoogovens-B1 (1963) and Hoogovens-B2 (1963)

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. K Langeweg vs Stahlberg  0-1171963HoogovensA10 English
2. B Milic vs Averbakh  0-1601963HoogovensB07 Pirc
3. Pilnik vs J H Donner  0-1721963HoogovensA57 Benko Gambit
4. T van Scheltinga vs C van den Berg  0-1401963HoogovensA04 Reti Opening
5. Robatsch vs H L Tan  0-1661963HoogovensC73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
6. E Gereben vs K Langeweg 0-1541963HoogovensA43 Old Benoni
7. C van den Berg vs A Matanovic  0-1371963HoogovensB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
8. K Langeweg vs B Milic  0-1341963HoogovensA10 English
9. Bronstein vs Pilnik 0-1751963HoogovensE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
10. E Gereben vs J H Donner  0-1331963HoogovensE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
11. T van Scheltinga vs A Matanovic  0-1591963HoogovensE38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
12. E Gereben vs C van den Berg  0-1361963HoogovensA07 King's Indian Attack
13. H L Tan vs Ivkov  0-1411963HoogovensA90 Dutch
14. Pirc vs K Langeweg  0-1251963HoogovensA04 Reti Opening
15. E Gereben vs T van Scheltinga  0-1681963HoogovensD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
16. B Milic vs Bronstein 0-1381963HoogovensA04 Reti Opening
17. Robatsch vs Parma  0-1421963HoogovensB70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
18. O'Kelly vs Ivkov  0-1281963HoogovensE88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
19. K Langeweg vs Bronstein 0-1301963HoogovensA13 English
20. E Gereben vs Pilnik  0-1351963HoogovensE73 King's Indian
21. Averbakh vs C van den Berg  0-1561963HoogovensE12 Queen's Indian
22. O'Kelly vs J H Donner  0-1381963HoogovensD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
23. Parma vs Pilnik  0-1441963HoogovensC81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack
24. Pirc vs Bronstein  0-1521963HoogovensA00 Uncommon Opening
25. H L Tan vs J H Donner  0-1351963HoogovensB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29  PGN Download
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