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Hoogovens Tournament

Lev Polugaevsky11.5/15(+8 -0 =7)[games]
Laszlo Szabo11/15(+7 -0 =8)[games]
Istvan Bilek10.5/15(+6 -0 =9)[games]
Borislav Ivkov10/15(+5 -0 =10)[games]
Iivo Nei8.5/15(+4 -2 =9)[games]
Kick Langeweg8/15(+4 -3 =8)[games]
Miroslav Filip7.5/15(+1 -1 =13)[games]
Jan Hein Donner7/15(+4 -5 =6)[games]
Carel van den Berg7/15(+3 -4 =8)[games]
Mato Damjanovic6.5/15(+4 -6 =5)[games]
Moshe Czerniak6/15(+3 -6 =6)[games]
Milko Bobotsov6/15(+1 -4 =10)[games]
Frans Kuijpers6/15(+3 -6 =6)[games]
Arovah Bachtiar5.5/15(+3 -7 =5)[games]
Theo van Scheltinga5/15(+2 -7 =6)[games]
Heinz Lehmann4/15(+0 -7 =8)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hoogovens (1966)

Beverwijk, the Netherlands, 12-30 January 1966

Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 GM Polugaevsky 31 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 11½ 2 GM Szabo 48 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 11 3 GM Bilek 33 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 10½ 4 GM Ivkov 32 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 10 5 IM Nei 34 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 8½ 6 IM Langeweg 28 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 8 7 GM Filip 37 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 7½ =8 GM Donner 38 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 7 =8 IM Van den Berg 41 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ • 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 10 GM Damjanovic 38 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 • 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 6½ =11 IM Czerniak 55 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 • ½ 0 0 1 ½ 6 =11 GM Bobotsov 34 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 =11 IM Kuijpers 24 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ • ½ 0 ½ 6 14 Bachtiar 31 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ • 0 1 5½ 15 IM Van Scheltinga 51 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 • ½ 5 16 Lehmann 44 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • 4 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Fifteen rounds in 19 days, starting on Wednesday 12 January (120 games). Rest days 16, 20, 24 & 28 January. Polugaevsky won with 11.5/15.

Photo (Donner vs Czerniak): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/...

Sources

Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
Perpetual Check website (https://www.perpetualcheck.com/show...)
Skakbladet, 3/1966, pp. 38-39, 43-44 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Shakhmatny Bulletin, 4/1966, pp. 113-114 (https://publ.lib.ru/ARCHIVES/SH/''S... )
Magyar Sakkélet, 3/1966, pp. 33-36 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

Previous: Hoogovens (1965). Next (and last in Beverwijk): Hoogovens (1967). See also Hoogovens-B (1966)

 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. I Bilek vs Szabo  ½-½211966HoogovensB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
2. Ivkov vs H Lehmann  1-0551966HoogovensC04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
3. Polugaevsky vs I Nei 1-0401966HoogovensB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
4. T van Scheltinga vs Filip ½-½221966HoogovensD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
5. F Kuijpers vs Bobotsov  ½-½171966HoogovensB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
6. A Bachtiar vs C van den Berg  ½-½441966HoogovensD18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
7. M Damjanovic vs K Langeweg  ½-½371966HoogovensB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
8. J H Donner vs M Czerniak  ½-½361966HoogovensA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
9. M Czerniak vs I Bilek  0-1621966HoogovensA45 Queen's Pawn Game
10. A Bachtiar vs Ivkov  ½-½311966HoogovensE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
11. Szabo vs Polugaevsky  ½-½201966HoogovensE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
12. Filip vs M Damjanovic  1-0461966HoogovensA35 English, Symmetrical
13. Bobotsov vs J H Donner  ½-½221966HoogovensD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
14. H Lehmann vs F Kuijpers  ½-½721966HoogovensA15 English
15. I Nei vs T van Scheltinga  ½-½501966HoogovensD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
16. C van den Berg vs K Langeweg 1-0171966HoogovensC96 Ruy Lopez, Closed
17. I Bilek vs Bobotsov  ½-½191966HoogovensA04 Reti Opening
18. Ivkov vs C van den Berg 1-0321966HoogovensB44 Sicilian
19. Polugaevsky vs M Czerniak  1-0211966HoogovensA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
20. T van Scheltinga vs Szabo  ½-½351966HoogovensD95 Grunfeld
21. K Langeweg vs Filip  ½-½421966HoogovensD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
22. F Kuijpers vs A Bachtiar  ½-½621966HoogovensB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
23. M Damjanovic vs I Nei  ½-½151966HoogovensC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
24. J H Donner vs H Lehmann  1-0411966HoogovensD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
25. H Lehmann vs I Bilek  ½-½241966HoogovensE91 King's Indian
 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  PGN Download
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