| Amsterdam IBM (1972) |
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Initiated by IBM employee Willem Wolthuis and others, the IBM tournaments in Amsterdam ran from 1961 to 1981. The event in 1972 was the twelfth in the series. (1) Of the sixteen invited players, ten were GMs, including the Soviet favorites Korchnoi and Polugaevsky. After the introductory speeches by Max Euwe, Johan Zwanepol and others, drawing of lots took place on 29 May in the Alpha Hotel. (2) The European Cup soccer trophy had been brought there by 11 Ajax juniors, and the players drew numbered miniature football shoes out from it. (3) Play started the next day in the RAI Congress Centre. (4) Time of play was 1-6 pm, except for 31 May, due to the European Cup soccer final between Ajax and Inter. The time for eventual resumptions was set to 8-10 pm. (5) Tournament director: Willem Wolthuis. Constant Orbaan was arbiter. (6) The tournament started one day later than Las Palmas (1972). RAI Congrescentrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 30 May - 17 June 1972 Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts Prizes (6)
1 GM Polugaevsky 2640 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 12 3500
2 GM Korchnoi 2670 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 11 2500
3 GM Uhlmann 2570 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 9½ 2000
4 GM Szabo 2525 ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 9 1750
=5 IM Langeweg 2425 0 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 8½ 1400
=5 GM Ljubojevic 2510 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8½ 1400
=7 GM Donner 2500 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 ?
=7 IM Ree 2430 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 8 ?
=7 IM Timman 2445 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 ?
=10 GM Ivkov 2560 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7 700
=10 IM Malich 2450 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 7 700
12 GM Robatsch 2460 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 6 600
13 GM Browne 2500 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 0 ½ 5 500
14 GM Padevsky 2460 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 * 1 ½ 4½ 450
=15 Enklaar <2200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * 0 4 400
=15 IM Hartoch 2400 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * 4 400
Category: 10 (GM norm 9 points, IM norm 7,5 points). Alongside the GM tournament there was a Masters tournament, won by Artur Hennings, on tiebreak from Drazen Marovic and Gyula Sax. Hennings thus qualified to play in the IBM Amsterdam (1973) GM tournament. (7) Tournament book: Toernooiboek twaalfde IBM schaaktoernooi 29 mei t/m 24 juni 1972, ed. by Berry Withuis (Toernooicomité, Amsterdam 1972. 175 p.). This introduction is mainly based on the daily reports in the Dutch newspapers (available at http://kranten.delpher.nl/). 1) IBM and Chess, by Bill Wall, posted 2014 at https://web.archive.org/web/2017052...
2) Opened April 1971: https://web.archive.org/web/2016070....
3) De Tijd, 30 May 1972, p. 19.
4) Opened 1961: Wikipedia article: Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre.
5) De Waarheid, 30 May 1972, p. 3.
6) Withuis' tournament book, p. 9. Prizes are in Dutch guilders.
7) Bernard Cafferty in CHESS magazine, July 1972, pp. 298-299. Original collection: Game Collection: IBM Amsterdam 1972 by User: Tabanus. Thanks to User: Paint My Dragon for information from CHESS, and to User: sneaky pete for information from the tournament book. *FIDE Rating List July 1971: https://web.archive.org/web/2023120.... Previous: Amsterdam IBM (1971). Next: Amsterdam IBM (1973). See also Amsterdam IBM-B (1972)
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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Robatsch vs Timman |
 | 1-0 | 63 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | B08 Pirc, Classical |
| 2. Polugaevsky vs B Malich |
 | 1-0 | 38 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A04 Reti Opening |
| 3. N Padevsky vs B Enklaar |
| 1-0 | 52 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 4. Szabo vs N Padevsky |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A15 English |
| 5. Polugaevsky vs Robatsch |
| 1-0 | 50 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A15 English |
| 6. N Padevsky vs Browne |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
| 7. Timman vs N Padevsky |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack |
| 8. Ljubojevic vs R Hartoch |
| 1-0 | 60 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack |
| 9. Korchnoi vs Robatsch |
| 1-0 | 23 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A10 English |
| 10. Uhlmann vs Szabo |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A16 English |
| 11. K Langeweg vs Ljubojevic |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A05 Reti Opening |
| 12. R Hartoch vs B Enklaar |
| 1-0 | 59 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A15 English |
| 13. Szabo vs R Hartoch |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A32 English, Symmetrical Variation |
| 14. Polugaevsky vs Ivkov |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A14 English |
| 15. B Enklaar vs K Langeweg |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
| 16. Robatsch vs N Padevsky |
| 1-0 | 75 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 17. Ljubojevic vs B Enklaar |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | C00 French Defense |
| 18. K Langeweg vs Szabo |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A04 Reti Opening |
| 19. Browne vs K Langeweg |
| 1-0 | 72 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
| 20. Timman vs R Hartoch |
| 1-0 | 50 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | B06 Robatsch |
| 21. Polugaevsky vs Uhlmann |
| 1-0 | 31 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line |
| 22. Korchnoi vs N Padevsky |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A17 English |
| 23. J H Donner vs Ivkov |
| 1-0 | 45 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | E73 King's Indian |
| 24. Uhlmann vs Robatsch |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | A34 English, Symmetrical |
| 25. H Ree vs J H Donner |
| 1-0 | 45 | 1972 | Amsterdam IBM | E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 |
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| Nov-23-19 | | Ilkka Salonen: No doubt IBM rendered support to chess also. Nowadays, I feel that TCEC policy of drawn openings reflects indifference to truth which has many connotations. It is as if they are artificially trying to cling to treir edge towards human players too. |
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Nov-23-19
 | | HeMateMe: What's Feng Hso doing these days? Team Feng was the brains behind the IBM Deep Blue project that defeated Gary Kasparov. I guess he has a lower profile these days, but is still a project manager. Feng himself was rated 2400, a strong player, but said "I go at it now and then [the Deep Blue computer] but can't make a dent in it." |
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| Aug-27-24 | | Granny O Doul: As I remember, Murray Campbell was the only real chess player among the Deep Blue tech guys. Hsu may have been the frontal lobe, but I'd think the other programmers and the grandmaster consultants at least were in the cranium somewhere. |
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