| Amsterdam Optiebeurs (1988) |
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Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 13-28 May 1988 Age Elo* 01 02 03 04
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1 Kasparov 25 2750 ●●●● ½1½1 ½½1½ 1½11 9
2 Karpov 37 2715 ½0½0 ●●●● ½½½½ 11½1 6½
3 Timman 36 2675 ½½0½ ½½½½ ●●●● 10½½ 5½
4 V d Wiel 28 2555 0½00 00½0 01½½ ●●●● 3
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This event in Barbizon Palace Hotel was sponsored by the "Optiebeurs" or European Options Exchange (EOE), who celebrated its 10 years existence. Quadruple round-robin, 12 rounds in 16 days, starting on Friday 13 May. Rest days 16, 20, 21 & 25 May (24 games). Organizer: Yvette Nagel. Chief arbiter: Constant Orbaan. First prize: 30,000 Dutch guilders. In the St. Nicholas church next to the hotel, Hans Ree, Gert Ligterink and Jeroen Piket analyzed the games of the rounds. Kasparov won with 9/12.Photo (Timman vs Kasparov): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... Sources
Wikipedia article: Optiebeurs-toernooi
Dutchbase (https://maxeuwe.nl/files-dutchbase/...)
*FIDE rating list January 1988 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...)
Sakkélet, 7/1988, pp. 197-199 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Skakbladet, 9/1988, pp. 175-177 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Jaque 241, 1 June 1988, pp. 290-293 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Jaque 242, 15 June 1988, pp. 322-327 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)
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