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Hoogovens (1981) Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 16 January - 1 February 1981 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 Sosonko 37 2595 • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8 =1 Timman 29 2620 0 • 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8 =3 Sveshnikov 30 2535 ½ 1 • ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 7 =3 Taimanov 54 2500 ½ 0 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 5 Browne 32 2555 ½ ½ 0 0 • ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ =6 Sax 29 2560 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 =6 Gheorghiu 36 2545 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 =6 Andersson 29 2610 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 ½ 1 1 6 9 Ree 36 2485 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 1 ½ ½ 5½ 10 Miles 25 2590 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 • ½ ½ ½ 5 =11 Torre 29 2550 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ • 0 1 4½ =11 Unzicker 55 2515 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 • 0 4½ 13 Langeweg 43 2455 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 • 4 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Adorjan 30 2545 - 0 - ½ 0 - - - - - - - - ½ ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Thirteen rounds in 17 days, starting on Friday 16 January. Adorjan was ill and played Rounds 1 & 3 before he had to withdraw during his Round 4 game (vs Browne). His games were annulled and the tournament continued with one bye each round (13 x 6 = 78 + 3 = 81 games). Rest days 19, 22, 26 & 31 January. Sosonko and Timman shared the victory with 8/12. Photo (Timman & Sosonko): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... Hoogovens Group B (1981) was won by John van der Wiel with 7/9. Sources Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...) *FIDE rating list January 1981 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022100...) Magyar Sakkélet, 5/1981, p. 103 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Tidskrift för Schack, 2/1981, pp. 33, 58-59 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1981...) El Ajedrez 15, March 1981, pp. 98-104 (http://www.historiadelajedrezespano...) Jaque 112, April 1981, pp. 2-6 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...) Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten) Previous: Hoogovens (1980). Next: Hoogovens (1982). See also Hoogovens Group B (1981)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 48  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Unzicker vs H Ree   ½-½ 18 1981 Hoogovens E60 King's Indian Defense 2. Sveshnikov vs Sosonko   ½-½ 34 1981 Hoogovens E08 Catalan, Closed 3. Miles vs Taimanov   ½-½ 24 1981 Hoogovens E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 4. K Langeweg vs Gheorghiu   ½-½ 14 1981 Hoogovens A56 Benoni Defense 5. Sosonko vs Unzicker   ½-½ 17 1981 Hoogovens D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. Taimanov vs Andersson   ½-½ 16 1981 Hoogovens E15 Queen's Indian 7. Browne vs Miles   ½-½ 10 1981 Hoogovens E15 Queen's Indian 8. H Ree vs Sax   ½-½ 36 1981 Hoogovens E82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation 9. Adorjan vs Taimanov   ½-½ 20 1981 Hoogovens E17 Queen's Indian 10. Sax vs Sosonko ½-½ 21 1981 Hoogovens B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 11. Miles vs K Langeweg   ½-½ 30 1981 Hoogovens A15 English 12. Gheorghiu vs H Ree   ½-½ 32 1981 Hoogovens D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. Sveshnikov vs E Torre   ½-½ 27 1981 Hoogovens C02 French, Advance 14. Andersson vs Browne   ½-½ 25 1981 Hoogovens A30 English, Symmetrical 15. Andersson vs E Torre ½-½ 26 1981 Hoogovens A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 16. Timman vs Sax   ½-½ 49 1981 Hoogovens A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 17. Taimanov vs Sveshnikov   ½-½ 34 1981 Hoogovens A13 English 18. K Langeweg vs H Ree   ½-½ 23 1981 Hoogovens D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 19. Sax vs E Torre   ½-½ 45 1981 Hoogovens C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 20. Gheorghiu vs Timman   ½-½ 16 1981 Hoogovens E15 Queen's Indian 21. H Ree vs Sosonko   ½-½ 13 1981 Hoogovens E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 22. Browne vs Unzicker   ½-½ 61 1981 Hoogovens D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. Timman vs H Ree   ½-½ 62 1981 Hoogovens D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 24. Taimanov vs Sax   ½-½ 24 1981 Hoogovens A04 Reti Opening 25. Miles vs Sveshnikov   ½-½ 26 1981 Hoogovens A00 Uncommon Opening  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 48    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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