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🏆 Oegstgeest (1970)

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Leidsch Schaakgenootschap (LSG, Leiden Chess Club), an attempt was made in 1970 to stage a match between former world champion and honorary member of the LSG, Dr. M. M. Botvinnik, and the would-be world champion ... [more] Player: Boris Spassky  page 1 of 1; 12 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Larsen vs Spassky ½-½ 34 1970 Oegstgeest A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 2. Spassky vs J H Donner 1-0 26 1970 Oegstgeest C11 French 3. Botvinnik vs Spassky ½-½ 25 1970 Oegstgeest D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. Spassky vs Larsen   ½-½ 41 1970 Oegstgeest B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 5. J H Donner vs Spassky   ½-½ 24 1970 Oegstgeest A61 Benoni 6. Spassky vs Botvinnik ½-½ 65 1970 Oegstgeest B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 7. Larsen vs Spassky 0-1 24 1970 Oegstgeest D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 8. Spassky vs J H Donner   ½-½ 68 1970 Oegstgeest B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 9. Botvinnik vs Spassky ½-½ 29 1970 Oegstgeest A26 English 10. Spassky vs Larsen   ½-½ 36 1970 Oegstgeest A80 Dutch 11. J H Donner vs Spassky   ½-½ 31 1970 Oegstgeest E41 Nimzo-Indian 12. Spassky vs Botvinnik ½-½ 20 1970 Oegstgeest B18 Caro-Kann, Classical   REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Spassky wins | Spassky loses   Jun-05-13    Maatalkko: Curious tournament. This was the best performance rating of Donner's career. Only Larsen and Botvinnik really fought it out in this event. Oct-13-15    thegoodanarchist: LOL right. Spassky was +2 with 10!? draws Jan-31-17    offramp: If you are going to have a match-tournament, where each player plays the other 4 times, I think you need 6 or more players with two of them being local players. If all 4 are very strong players there might be a load of draws. Jan-31-17    offramp: Donner startled everyone. He was known as "The Poltergeist of Oegstgeest." Jun-27-17    WorstPlayerEver: Except Donner they probably took it as a snabble. Donner was a bit of a jester. Sep-27-17    Chessmeout: Imagine if Fischer & Botvinnik played... Too bad it didn't happen. Sep-27-17    WannaBe: Donner feasted in this tournament! Ok, maybe I should (better) move along now and not post anymore. (Here, this page, at least)... Sep-28-17    Magpye: Botvinnik's last tournament? Sep-28-17    Arconax: <Magpye> He retired in 1970, so indeed it may have been. Sep-28-17    Magpye: <Arconax> Thank you. Apr-16-18    GrahamClayton: "tournament world champion Bent Larsen" Where and when did Larsen earn this title? Apr-16-18    Sally Simpson: "tournament world champion ." The title is informal and I presume awarded due to Larsen's successful playing career during the 60's where he notched up quite a few major tournament victories. He was also one of the very few top players to play in Open events all over the world which he usually won. see the bio Bent Larsen Jun-29-18    ewan14: Larsen also won the first '' chess Oscar '' Jul-26-19    diagonal: Pictures of this event by Anefo (via Wikimedia Commons), it takes a second or two to load it: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/... Nov-21-20    FSR: For some reason this was the last tournament of Botvinnik's life. Nov-21-20    MissScarlett: The reason being he died, I suppose. Nov-21-20    FSR: <MissScarlett> Botvinnik died in 1995. He probably could have played in a tournament or two between 1970 and then if he had so desired. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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