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
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=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
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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)
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