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
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=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)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Geller vs Portisch |
  | 1-0 | 42 | 1969 | Hoogovens | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
2. F Olafsson vs Kavalek |
 | 1-0 | 22 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A05 Reti Opening |
3. Botvinnik vs H Ree |
  | 1-0 | 40 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A22 English |
4. Benko vs Geller |
 | 1-0 | 43 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A37 English, Symmetrical |
5. Keres vs T van Scheltinga |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1969 | Hoogovens | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
6. Geller vs Z Doda |
 | 1-0 | 40 | 1969 | Hoogovens | B44 Sicilian |
7. Benko vs P Ostojic |
| 1-0 | 33 | 1969 | Hoogovens | B08 Pirc, Classical |
8. K Langeweg vs A Medina Garcia |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1969 | Hoogovens | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
9. Botvinnik vs T van Scheltinga |
  | 1-0 | 35 | 1969 | Hoogovens | E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 |
10. Portisch vs H Ree |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A22 English |
11. Keres vs Lombardy |
 | 1-0 | 29 | 1969 | Hoogovens | B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 |
12. Geller vs F Olafsson |
  | 1-0 | 58 | 1969 | Hoogovens | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
13. Lombardy vs K Langeweg |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A00 Uncommon Opening |
14. T van Scheltinga vs Kavalek |
| 1-0 | 66 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A43 Old Benoni |
15. Geller vs H Ree |
 | 1-0 | 26 | 1969 | Hoogovens | B06 Robatsch |
16. Botvinnik vs Lombardy |
  | 1-0 | 41 | 1969 | Hoogovens | B32 Sicilian |
17. Kavalek vs A Medina Garcia |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A17 English |
18. F Olafsson vs P Ostojic |
| 1-0 | 33 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A04 Reti Opening |
19. Keres vs K Langeweg |
| 1-0 | 52 | 1969 | Hoogovens | B27 Sicilian |
20. F Olafsson vs J H Donner |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1969 | Hoogovens | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
21. Portisch vs Lombardy |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1969 | Hoogovens | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
22. Geller vs T van Scheltinga |
 | 1-0 | 30 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A14 English |
23. H Ree vs Z Doda |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A30 English, Symmetrical |
24. J H Donner vs P Ostojic |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1969 | Hoogovens | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
25. Keres vs Kavalek |
 | 1-0 | 20 | 1969 | Hoogovens | B50 Sicilian |
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