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Groningen (1994) "Zoltán Almási, who proved his skills from tournament to tournament in 1994, and could have spent the Christmas holidays with a well-deserved rest, sat down one day (!) after the Moscow Olympiad (1994) at the chess table in Groningen, the Netherlands, at the traditional FIDE category 15 tournament, where he achieved one of the most outstanding Hungarian successes of recent years. .. At the closing ceremony, the Englishman Hodgson praised Zoli's play and thanked for the excellent tournament organization. ... FIDE has already issued a certificate: our young hope is in 25th place in FIDEs April world ranking list with a so-called moving value of 2634.10!" (Sakkélet, transl.) Groningen, the Netherlands, 19-30 December 1994 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Almási 18 2620 • ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 8 2 Yusupov 34 2655 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 =3 Van Wely 22 2560 0 0 • 1 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 6 =3 Sokolov 26 2625 0 ½ 0 • 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6 =3 Tiviakov 21 2640 ½ ½ 0 0 • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6 =3 Beliavsky 41 2640 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ • 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 6 =7 Georgiev 29 2615 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 • 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 5½ =7 Gulko 47 2590 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ 1 ½ 0 5½ 9 Miles 39 2600 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 5 10 Azmaiparashvili 34 2625 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ • 0 1 4 =11 Van der Wiel 35 2555 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 • 0 3½ =11 Hodgson 31 2590 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 • 3½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Eleven rounds in 12 days, starting on Monday 19 December (66 games). Rest day 25 December. Sokolov replaced Jun Xie. Almasi won with 8/11. Sources TWIC 13 (https://web.archive.org/web/2020020...) *FIDE rating list July 1994 (https://web.archive.org/web/2023042...) Sakkélet, 4/1995, pp. 98-100 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Tidskrift för Schack, 3/1995, pp. 154-158 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1995...) Jaque 393, pp. 18-24 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...) Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten) Previous: Groningen PCA Qualifiers (1993). Next: Groningen (1995)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. K Georgiev vs Azmaiparashvili   0-1 74 1994 Groningen A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 2. Van der Wiel vs A Beliavsky   ½-½ 38 1994 Groningen C45 Scotch Game 3. Tiviakov vs I Sokolov 0-1 43 1994 Groningen C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 4. Z Almasi vs Hodgson   1-0 38 1994 Groningen B06 Robatsch 5. Van Wely vs Miles   ½-½ 20 1994 Groningen D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted 6. Gulko vs A Yusupov   ½-½ 22 1994 Groningen A35 English, Symmetrical 7. Azmaiparashvili vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 18 1994 Groningen D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. A Beliavsky vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 26 1994 Groningen E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 9. Miles vs Van der Wiel   ½-½ 21 1994 Groningen E73 King's Indian 10. Hodgson vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 43 1994 Groningen A45 Queen's Pawn Game 11. A Yusupov vs Van Wely   1-0 39 1994 Groningen D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 12. K Georgiev vs Gulko 1-0 61 1994 Groningen B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 13. Gulko vs Azmaiparashvili   1-0 64 1994 Groningen B07 Pirc 14. Van der Wiel vs A Yusupov   ½-½ 22 1994 Groningen C42 Petrov Defense 15. Tiviakov vs A Beliavsky   ½-½ 33 1994 Groningen C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 16. I Sokolov vs Hodgson   1-0 36 1994 Groningen E60 King's Indian Defense 17. Van Wely vs K Georgiev   0-1 59 1994 Groningen A57 Benko Gambit 18. Z Almasi vs Miles   0-1 30 1994 Groningen B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 19. Gulko vs Van Wely 1-0 39 1994 Groningen E92 King's Indian 20. Azmaiparashvili vs Hodgson   1-0 33 1994 Groningen D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. A Beliavsky vs I Sokolov 1-0 23 1994 Groningen D85 Grunfeld 22. A Yusupov vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 28 1994 Groningen E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 23. K Georgiev vs Van der Wiel   ½-½ 27 1994 Groningen B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 24. Miles vs Tiviakov   0-1 43 1994 Groningen E17 Queen's Indian 25. Tiviakov vs A Yusupov   ½-½ 28 1994 Groningen C43 Petrov, Modern Attack  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    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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