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Hoogovens Tournament

Mikhail Botvinnik10.5/15(+6 -0 =9)[games]
Efim Geller10.5/15(+7 -1 =7)[games]
Lajos Portisch10/15(+7 -2 =6)[games]
Paul Keres10/15(+6 -1 =8)[games]
Fridrik Olafsson9.5/15(+6 -2 =7)[games]
Pal Benko9/15(+5 -2 =8)[games]
Dragoljub Ciric8.5/15(+4 -2 =9)[games]
Jan Hein Donner7.5/15(+4 -4 =7)[games]
Zbigniew Doda7.5/15(+4 -4 =7)[games]
Lubomir Kavalek7/15(+3 -4 =8)[games]
William Lombardy6.5/15(+3 -5 =7)[games]
Predrag Ostojic5.5/15(+4 -8 =3)[games]
Antonio Medina Garcia5/15(+2 -7 =6)[games]
Kick Langeweg5/15(+3 -8 =4)[games]
Theo van Scheltinga4.5/15(+3 -9 =3)[games]
Hans Ree3.5/15(+2 -10 =3)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hoogovens (1969)

Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 14 January - 1 February 1969

Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 Botvinnik 57 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½ =1 Geller 43 ½ • 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 10½ =3 Portisch 31 ½ 0 • 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 10 =3 Keres 53 ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 10 5 Ólafsson 34 ½ 0 1 ½ • ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 9½ 6 Benkö 40 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9 7 Ciric 33 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 8½ =8 Donner 41 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 7½ =8 Doda 37 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 7½ 10 Kavalek 25 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 7 11 Lombardy 31 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 1 1 0 ½ 6½ 12 Ostojic 30 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 • 1 ½ 1 1 5½ =13 Medina Garcia 49 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 • 0 ½ 1 5 =13 Langeweg 31 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 • 1 1 5 15 Van Scheltinga 54 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 • 1 4½ 16 Ree 24 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 • 3½ ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Fifteen rounds in 19 days, starting on Tuesday 14 January (120 games). Rest days 18, 22, 26 & 31 January. Botvinnik and Geller shared the victory with 10.5/15. This was Botvinnik's last tournament win. He retired from tournament play a year later.

Photo (Langeweg vs Botvinnik): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/...

Sources
Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
Friðrik Ólafsson website (https://skaksogufelagid.is/1969-31-...)
Chess Life, 4/1969, pp. 133-135 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Chess Review, 5/1969, pp. 155-157 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Shakhmatny Bulletin, 4/1969, pp. 224-228 (https://publ.lib.ru/ARCHIVES/SH/''S... )
Magyar Sakkélet, 3/1969, pp. 43-45 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 3/1969, p. 72 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1969...)
Skakbladet, 3/1969, pp. 44-46 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

Previous: Hoogovens (1968). Next: Hoogovens (1970). See also Hoogovens-B (1969)

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 51  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J H Donner vs Keres  ½-½131969HoogovensD25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
2. Z Doda vs Lombardy  ½-½431969HoogovensA46 Queen's Pawn Game
3. D Ciric vs A Medina Garcia  ½-½461969HoogovensC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
4. H Ree vs Kavalek  ½-½251969HoogovensA00 Uncommon Opening
5. A Medina Garcia vs Keres  ½-½561969HoogovensC71 Ruy Lopez
6. J H Donner vs Botvinnik ½-½431969HoogovensD79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line
7. F Olafsson vs Benko  ½-½241969HoogovensB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
8. Z Doda vs D Ciric  ½-½111969HoogovensD14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
9. Kavalek vs J H Donner ½-½511969HoogovensB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
10. P Ostojic vs Geller  ½-½321969HoogovensC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
11. D Ciric vs Keres  ½-½181969HoogovensC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
12. Portisch vs T van Scheltinga  ½-½311969HoogovensE08 Catalan, Closed
13. Benko vs J H Donner  ½-½261969HoogovensA07 King's Indian Attack
14. D Ciric vs Botvinnik  ½-½461969HoogovensB08 Pirc, Classical
15. H Ree vs F Olafsson  ½-½401969HoogovensE82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation
16. Lombardy vs Kavalek  ½-½271969HoogovensA00 Uncommon Opening
17. Botvinnik vs Keres ½-½121969HoogovensD41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
18. Kavalek vs D Ciric  ½-½681969HoogovensA07 King's Indian Attack
19. Z Doda vs K Langeweg ½-½451969HoogovensA04 Reti Opening
20. Benko vs A Medina Garcia ½-½611969HoogovensA07 King's Indian Attack
21. A Medina Garcia vs Geller  ½-½411969HoogovensA07 King's Indian Attack
22. T van Scheltinga vs F Olafsson  ½-½491969HoogovensE91 King's Indian
23. D Ciric vs Portisch ½-½151969HoogovensB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
24. Lombardy vs Benko  ½-½151969HoogovensE28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation
25. Benko vs D Ciric  ½-½281969HoogovensD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 51  PGN Download
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