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🏆 Amsterdam IBM (1981)

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"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]

Player: Lajos Portisch

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H Ree vs Portisch  ½-½421981Amsterdam IBMA78 Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6
2. Portisch vs Smyslov 0-1411981Amsterdam IBMD18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
3. K Langeweg vs Portisch  0-1271981Amsterdam IBME12 Queen's Indian
4. Portisch vs Kavalek 1-0281981Amsterdam IBMA22 English
5. Ljubojevic vs Portisch  ½-½201981Amsterdam IBMC45 Scotch Game
6. Portisch vs Miles 1-0331981Amsterdam IBME41 Nimzo-Indian
7. Polugaevsky vs Portisch  ½-½421981Amsterdam IBME04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
8. Karpov vs Portisch  ½-½481981Amsterdam IBME39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
9. Portisch vs Timman  ½-½201981Amsterdam IBMA22 English
10. Hort vs Portisch  ½-½141981Amsterdam IBMC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
11. Portisch vs J H Donner 1-0371981Amsterdam IBME88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-09-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  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.
Oct-09-22  Chessius the Messius: Ljubo kept it precisely at 23,5454545 moves per game.

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