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Hoogovens (1953) The 15th Hoogoven Schaaktournooi was held in Beverwijk, the Netherlands, 6-18 January 1953 - this time with 12 players, and two rest days: 9 and 16 January. Nicolas Rossolimo won with 9/11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ——————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Rossolimo • ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9 2 O'Kelly ½ • ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ =3 Toran ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7 =3 Kramer 0 ½ ½ • ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7 =3 Euwe 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7 =3 Donner 0 1 ½ 0 ½ • ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7 7 Füster ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ • ½ 1 1 1 1 6 8 Van Scheltinga 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ • ½ 1 1 1 5½ =9 Bouwmeester ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ • ½ 0 1 4 =9 Cortlever 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ • 1 1 4 =11 Trott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 • 0 1 =11 Heidenfeld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 • 1 ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Simone Bussers won the women's tournament ahead of Fenny Heemskerk. The Major (Hoofdgroep) tournament was jointly won by J. Donk and Lutz Klaeger with 6.5/9. The junior tournament was won by Manfred Heilemann. Round dates Round 01: Tuesday 6 January Round 02: Wednesday 7 January Round 03: Thursday 8 January ----------- Round 04: Saturday 10 January Round 05: Sunday 11 January Round 06: Monday 12 January Round 07: Tuesday 13 January Round 08: Wednesday 14 January Round 09: Thursday 15 January ----------- Round 10: Saturday 17 January (1:30 pm) Round 11: Sunday 18 January (10 am) Sources Belgian Chess History: https://www.belgianchesshistory.be/... Perpetual Check website: https://www.perpetualcheck.com/show... IJmuider Courant (January 1953 issues) at https://nha.courant.nu Previous: Hoogovens (1952). Next: Hoogovens (1954)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 26  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. H Bouwmeester vs T van Scheltinga   ½-½ 29 1953 Hoogovens D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 2. O'Kelly vs Euwe   ½-½ 15 1953 Hoogovens D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 3. Rossolimo vs R Toran   ½-½ 25 1953 Hoogovens B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 4. Euwe vs N Cortlever   ½-½ 30 1953 Hoogovens B83 Sicilian 5. H Kramer vs R Toran   ½-½ 18 1953 Hoogovens A48 King's Indian 6. H Bouwmeester vs Rossolimo   ½-½ 26 1953 Hoogovens B50 Sicilian 7. T van Scheltinga vs Euwe   ½-½ 32 1953 Hoogovens E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 8. R Toran vs H Bouwmeester   ½-½ 33 1953 Hoogovens E14 Queen's Indian 9. H Kramer vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 45 1953 Hoogovens E16 Queen's Indian 10. H Bouwmeester vs H Kramer   ½-½ 25 1953 Hoogovens E00 Queen's Pawn Game 11. J H Donner vs R Toran   ½-½ 20 1953 Hoogovens C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 12. G Fuster vs T van Scheltinga   ½-½ 40 1953 Hoogovens D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 13. H Bouwmeester vs J H Donner   ½-½ 57 1953 Hoogovens C53 Giuoco Piano 14. T van Scheltinga vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 73 1953 Hoogovens E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 15. N Cortlever vs H Kramer ½-½ 70 1953 Hoogovens C02 French, Advance 16. H Kramer vs T van Scheltinga   ½-½ 24 1953 Hoogovens D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. Rossolimo vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 25 1953 Hoogovens B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 18. R Toran vs G Fuster   ½-½ 48 1953 Hoogovens B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 19. G Fuster vs Rossolimo   ½-½ 44 1953 Hoogovens E61 King's Indian 20. Euwe vs R Toran   ½-½ 45 1953 Hoogovens D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O 21. O'Kelly vs R Toran   ½-½ 29 1953 Hoogovens D99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov 22. Euwe vs J H Donner   ½-½ 22 1953 Hoogovens D62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 23. R Toran vs N Cortlever   ½-½ 62 1953 Hoogovens C58 Two Knights 24. J H Donner vs G Fuster ½-½ 58 1953 Hoogovens B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 25. N Cortlever vs H Bouwmeester   ½-½ 36 1953 Hoogovens A04 Reti Opening  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 26    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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