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Niemeyer Juniors (1967) Groningen, the Netherlands, 2-9 January 1967 Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 —————————————————————————————————————— 1 Steinberg 14 ● 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6 2 Whiteley 19 0 ● 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 =3 Rooze 19 ½ 0 ● ½ 0 ½ 1 1 3½ =3 Timman 15 ½ ½ ½ ● 1 0 0 1 3½ =3 Vadász 18 0 ½ 1 0 ● ½ ½ 1 3½ =3 Westermeier 19 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ● 1 ½ 3½ =7 Pedersen 19 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ● 0 2 =7 Rooth 19 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ● 2 —————————————————————————————————————— Seven rounds in eight days, starting on Monday 2 January (28 games). Rest day 8 January. Participants were the top two players from each of four 4-player preliminary groups (27-31 December 1966). Young Steinberg (who was assisted by Anatoly Lutikov) won with 6/7. There was also a B tournament for places 9-16. Photo (Steinberg): https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EkOhkXW... Sources ChessBites (for 15 games not in CG from before) OlimpBase (https://olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/niem...) Belgian Chess History (https://www.belgianchesshistory.be/...) Skakbladet, 3/1967, pp. 43-44 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...) Magyar Sakkélet, 2/1967, p. 39 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Schakend Nederland, February 1967, pp. 93-95 (https://schaken.nl/schakend-nederla...) Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten) Previous: Niemeyer Juniors (1965/66). Next: Niemeyer Juniors (1968)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Vadasz vs P Roth   1-0 62 1967 Niemeyer Juniors A61 Benoni 2. J Rooze vs A Westermeier   ½-½ 19 1967 Niemeyer Juniors B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 3. M Steinberg vs Timman   ½-½ 51 1967 Niemeyer Juniors D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 4. S Pedersen vs A Whiteley   ½-½ 41 1967 Niemeyer Juniors A07 King's Indian Attack 5. Timman vs S Pedersen   0-1 33 1967 Niemeyer Juniors A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 6. A Westermeier vs P Roth   ½-½ 31 1967 Niemeyer Juniors B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 7. A Whiteley vs L Vadasz   ½-½ 41 1967 Niemeyer Juniors A55 Old Indian, Main line 8. J Rooze vs M Steinberg   ½-½ 46 1967 Niemeyer Juniors C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 9. M Steinberg vs A Westermeier   1-0 46 1967 Niemeyer Juniors D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5 10. S Pedersen vs J Rooze   0-1 40 1967 Niemeyer Juniors A07 King's Indian Attack 11. P Roth vs A Whiteley   ½-½ 34 1967 Niemeyer Juniors C18 French, Winawer 12. L Vadasz vs Timman   0-1 33 1967 Niemeyer Juniors A06 Reti Opening 13. J Rooze vs L Vadasz   0-1 36 1967 Niemeyer Juniors B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 14. M Steinberg vs S Pedersen   1-0 41 1967 Niemeyer Juniors E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 15. Timman vs P Roth   1-0 31 1967 Niemeyer Juniors A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation 16. A Westermeier vs A Whiteley   0-1 50 1967 Niemeyer Juniors C17 French, Winawer, Advance 17. S Pedersen vs A Westermeier   0-1 38 1967 Niemeyer Juniors A07 King's Indian Attack 18. P Roth vs J Rooze   0-1 25 1967 Niemeyer Juniors B23 Sicilian, Closed 19. A Whiteley vs Timman   ½-½ 37 1967 Niemeyer Juniors D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 20. L Vadasz vs M Steinberg   0-1 40 1967 Niemeyer Juniors D02 Queen's Pawn Game 21. S Pedersen vs L Vadasz   ½-½ 72 1967 Niemeyer Juniors A06 Reti Opening 22. A Westermeier vs Timman   1-0 45 1967 Niemeyer Juniors B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 23. M Steinberg vs P Roth   1-0 38 1967 Niemeyer Juniors E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 24. J Rooze vs A Whiteley   0-1 38 1967 Niemeyer Juniors C05 French, Tarrasch 25. Timman vs J Rooze   ½-½ 16 1967 Niemeyer Juniors E17 Queen's Indian  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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