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🏆 Amsterdam IBM (1981)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
"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: Lubomir Kavalek

 page 1 of 1; 11 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Kavalek vs Ljubojevic 1-0401981Amsterdam IBME16 Queen's Indian
2. Miles vs Kavalek  ½-½141981Amsterdam IBMA15 English
3. Kavalek vs Polugaevsky  ½-½161981Amsterdam IBME12 Queen's Indian
4. Portisch vs Kavalek 1-0281981Amsterdam IBMA22 English
5. Kavalek vs Timman  ½-½151981Amsterdam IBMB08 Pirc, Classical
6. Hort vs Kavalek  ½-½181981Amsterdam IBMD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
7. Kavalek vs J H Donner  1-0361981Amsterdam IBMD54 Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation
8. H Ree vs Kavalek  ½-½411981Amsterdam IBME16 Queen's Indian
9. Kavalek vs Smyslov  ½-½501981Amsterdam IBMC42 Petrov Defense
10. K Langeweg vs Kavalek 0-1201981Amsterdam IBME17 Queen's Indian
11. Kavalek vs Karpov  ½-½171981Amsterdam IBMA06 Reti Opening
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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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