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Groningen Tournament

Zoltan Almasi8/11(+6 -1 =4)[games]
Artur Yusupov7/11(+3 -0 =8)[games]
Loek van Wely6/11(+5 -4 =2)[games]
Ivan Sokolov6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
Sergei Tiviakov6/11(+3 -2 =6)[games]
Alexander Beliavsky6/11(+3 -2 =6)[games]
Kiril Georgiev5.5/11(+3 -3 =5)[games]
Boris Gulko5.5/11(+2 -2 =7)[games]
Tony Miles5/11(+1 -2 =8)[games]
Zurab Azmaiparashvili4/11(+3 -6 =2)[games]
John van der Wiel3.5/11(+1 -5 =5)[games]
Julian Hodgson3.5/11(+2 -6 =3)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Groningen (1994)

"Zoltán Almási, who proved his skills from tournament to tournament in 1994, and could have spent the Christmas holidays with a well-deserved rest, sat down one day (!) after the Moscow Olympiad (1994) at the chess table in Groningen, the Netherlands, at the traditional FIDE category 15 tournament, where he achieved one of the most outstanding Hungarian successes of recent years. .. At the closing ceremony, the Englishman Hodgson praised Zoli's play and thanked for the excellent tournament organization. ... FIDE has already issued a certificate: our young hope is in 25th place in FIDEs April world ranking list with a so-called moving value of 2634.10!" (Sakkélet, transl.)

Groningen, the Netherlands, 19-30 December 1994

Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Almási 18 2620 • ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 8 2 Yusupov 34 2655 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 =3 Van Wely 22 2560 0 0 • 1 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 6 =3 Sokolov 26 2625 0 ½ 0 • 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6 =3 Tiviakov 21 2640 ½ ½ 0 0 • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6 =3 Beliavsky 41 2640 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ • 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 6 =7 Georgiev 29 2615 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 • 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 5½ =7 Gulko 47 2590 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ 1 ½ 0 5½ 9 Miles 39 2600 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 5 10 Azmaiparashvili 34 2625 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ • 0 1 4 =11 Van der Wiel 35 2555 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 • 0 3½ =11 Hodgson 31 2590 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 • 3½ ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Eleven rounds in 12 days, starting on Monday 19 December (66 games). Rest day 25 December. Sokolov replaced Jun Xie. Almasi won with 8/11.

Sources
TWIC 13 (https://web.archive.org/web/2020020...)
*FIDE rating list July 1994 (https://web.archive.org/web/2023042...)
Sakkélet, 4/1995, pp. 98-100 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 3/1995, pp. 154-158 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1995...)
Jaque 393, pp. 18-24 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

Previous: Groningen PCA Qualifiers (1993). Next: Groningen (1995)

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Van der Wiel vs A Beliavsky  ½-½381994GroningenC45 Scotch Game
2. Van Wely vs Miles  ½-½201994GroningenD21 Queen's Gambit Accepted
3. Gulko vs A Yusupov  ½-½221994GroningenA35 English, Symmetrical
4. Miles vs Van der Wiel  ½-½211994GroningenE73 King's Indian
5. Hodgson vs Tiviakov  ½-½431994GroningenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
6. A Beliavsky vs Z Almasi  ½-½261994GroningenE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
7. Azmaiparashvili vs I Sokolov  ½-½181994GroningenD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
8. Tiviakov vs A Beliavsky  ½-½331994GroningenC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
9. Van der Wiel vs A Yusupov  ½-½221994GroningenC42 Petrov Defense
10. K Georgiev vs Van der Wiel  ½-½271994GroningenB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
11. A Yusupov vs Z Almasi  ½-½281994GroningenE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
12. Van der Wiel vs Gulko  ½-½171994GroningenB11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
13. Tiviakov vs A Yusupov  ½-½281994GroningenC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
14. K Georgiev vs Tiviakov  ½-½271994GroningenB36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto
15. Miles vs Hodgson  ½-½211994GroningenD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
16. Gulko vs Z Almasi  ½-½291994GroningenA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
17. A Yusupov vs I Sokolov  ½-½231994GroningenD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
18. A Beliavsky vs Miles  ½-½191994GroningenD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
19. I Sokolov vs K Georgiev  ½-½511994GroningenA60 Benoni Defense
20. Tiviakov vs Gulko  ½-½381994GroningenB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
21. Azmaiparashvili vs Miles ½-½651994GroningenD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
22. A Yusupov vs A Beliavsky  ½-½321994GroningenE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
23. Gulko vs I Sokolov  ½-½541994GroningenD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
24. Miles vs A Yusupov  ½-½351994GroningenD00 Queen's Pawn Game
25. Z Almasi vs Tiviakov  ½-½161994GroningenB32 Sicilian
 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  PGN Download
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