"The IBM company's tournament series, which has a significant history and long traditions, has — according to the news — ended with this one. As a farewell, the organizers invited top grandmasters who were prominent figures in IBM tournaments in recent years. The Elo average was 2572 (category 13), so this event can rightly be considered one of the great chess events of the year. The event was won by Jan Timman — quickly forgetting his weaker performance in Moscow — the pride of the Dutch. He was in ... [more]
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Player: Lajos Portisch
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Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. H Ree vs Portisch |
| ½-½ | 42 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | A78 Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6 |
2. Portisch vs Smyslov |
  | 0-1 | 41 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch |
3. K Langeweg vs Portisch |
| 0-1 | 27 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E12 Queen's Indian |
4. Portisch vs Kavalek |
  | 1-0 | 28 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | A22 English |
5. Ljubojevic vs Portisch |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | C45 Scotch Game |
6. Portisch vs Miles |
 | 1-0 | 33 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
7. Polugaevsky vs Portisch |
| ½-½ | 42 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 |
8. Karpov vs Portisch |
| ½-½ | 48 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation |
9. Portisch vs Timman |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | A22 English |
10. Hort vs Portisch |
| ½-½ | 14 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
11. Portisch vs J H Donner |
 | 1-0 | 37 | 1981 | Amsterdam IBM | E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 |
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Oct-09-22
 | | Eggman: After starting off the tournament with two consecutive losses, Ljubojevic goes on to score a win and eight draws, the draws all being less than 25 moves, three of them less than 20 moves. This is something I don't miss about chess from the pre-internet era. |
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Oct-09-22 | | Chessius the Messius: Ljubo kept it precisely at 23,5454545 moves per game. |
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