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Hoogovens (1979) Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 19 January - 1 February 1979 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 GM Polugaevsky 44 2625 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7½ =2 GM Miles 23 2560 ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ =2 GM Sosonko 35 2535 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6½ =2 GM Andersson 27 2560 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½ =5 GM Hübner 30 2595 ½ ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 6 =5 GM Hort 34 2600 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 =5 GM Timman 27 2625 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6 =8 GM Dzindzichashvili 34 2595 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 • 0 1 ½ 0 5 =8 IM Ree 34 2480 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ 0 ½ 5 10 GM Garcia Gonzalez 25 2490 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • 0 ½ 4 =11 IM Nikolac 46 2450 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 • 0 3½ =11 GM Gaprindashvili 37 2405 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 • 3½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Eleven rounds in 14 days, starting on Friday 19 January (66 games). Rest days 22, 26 & 31 January. Polugaevsky won with 7.5/11. Photo (Andersson vs Polugaevsky): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... Photo (Timman vs Gaprindashvili): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... Sources Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...) Perpetual Check website (https://www.perpetualcheck.com/show...) *FIDE rating list January 1979 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...) Magyar Sakkélet, 6/1979, p. 144 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Jaque 87, March 1979, pp. 2-4 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...) Skakbladet, 4/1979, p. 52 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...) Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten) Previous: Hoogovens (1978). Next: Hoogovens (1980)  page 1 of 1; 13 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Gaprindashvili vs J Nikolac 1-0 24 1979 Hoogovens B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 2. Polugaevsky vs N Gaprindashvili 1-0 35 1979 Hoogovens A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 3. N Gaprindashvili vs Dzindzichashvili 1-0 41 1979 Hoogovens B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 4. Andersson vs N Gaprindashvili 1-0 52 1979 Hoogovens A30 English, Symmetrical 5. Sosonko vs H Ree   1-0 39 1979 Hoogovens D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. H Ree vs Dzindzichashvili   1-0 40 1979 Hoogovens A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 7. Timman vs N Gaprindashvili   1-0 34 1979 Hoogovens A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 8. Huebner vs Hort 1-0 28 1979 Hoogovens B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 9. Miles vs J Nikolac 1-0 61 1979 Hoogovens C03 French, Tarrasch 10. Sosonko vs N Gaprindashvili   1-0 46 1979 Hoogovens A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 11. Hort vs N Gaprindashvili 1-0 40 1979 Hoogovens A59 Benko Gambit 12. Miles vs Timman   1-0 43 1979 Hoogovens E12 Queen's Indian 13. Polugaevsky vs G Garcia Gonzalez 1-0 32 1979 Hoogovens E15 Queen's Indian   REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jan-14-25    GrahamClayton: Timman's wife gave birth to a daughter during the tournament - his only two losses were after this event :-) Jan-14-25    perfidious: In a sense, therefore, it was the antithesis of GLC Chess Challenge (1986), an event won by Glenn Flear, who only appeared because Karpov, then Dorfman did not take part. Flear was married during the event, which John Nunn noted in his best games collection. As Nunn wryly commented in 1994: Flear had never had a result to compare to his win, but had not got married since either! NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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