Hoogovens (1969) |
Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 14 January - 1 February 1969 Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
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=1 Botvinnik 57 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½
=1 Geller 43 ½ • 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 10½
=3 Portisch 31 ½ 0 • 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 10
=3 Keres 53 ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 10
5 Ólafsson 34 ½ 0 1 ½ • ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 9½
6 Benkö 40 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9
7 Ciric 33 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 8½
=8 Donner 41 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 7½
=8 Doda 37 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 7½
10 Kavalek 25 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 7
11 Lombardy 31 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 1 1 0 ½ 6½
12 Ostojic 30 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 • 1 ½ 1 1 5½
=13 Medina Garcia 49 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 • 0 ½ 1 5
=13 Langeweg 31 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 • 1 1 5
15 Van Scheltinga 54 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 • 1 4½
16 Ree 24 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 • 3½
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Fifteen rounds in 19 days, starting on Tuesday 14 January (120 games). Rest days 18, 22, 26 & 31 January. Botvinnik and Geller shared the victory with 10.5/15. This was Botvinnik's last tournament win. He retired from tournament play a year later.Photo (Langeweg vs Botvinnik): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/... Sources
Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
Friðrik Ólafsson website (https://skaksogufelagid.is/1969-31-...)
Chess Life, 4/1969, pp. 133-135 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Chess Review, 5/1969, pp. 155-157 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Shakhmatny Bulletin, 4/1969, pp. 224-228 (https://publ.lib.ru/ARCHIVES/SH/''S... )
Magyar Sakkélet, 3/1969, pp. 43-45 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 3/1969, p. 72 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1969...)
Skakbladet, 3/1969, pp. 44-46 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)
Previous: Hoogovens (1968). Next: Hoogovens (1970). See also Hoogovens-B (1969)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. P Ostojic vs Botvinnik |
  | 0-1 | 61 | 1969 | Hoogovens | C05 French, Tarrasch |
2. Geller vs Portisch |
  | 1-0 | 42 | 1969 | Hoogovens | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
3. J H Donner vs Keres |
| ½-½ | 13 | 1969 | Hoogovens | D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
4. A Medina Garcia vs Lombardy |
| 0-1 | 32 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A07 King's Indian Attack |
5. Benko vs Z Doda |
 | 0-1 | 49 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A15 English |
6. F Olafsson vs Kavalek |
 | 1-0 | 22 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A05 Reti Opening |
7. H Ree vs K Langeweg |
 | 0-1 | 29 | 1969 | Hoogovens | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
8. T van Scheltinga vs D Ciric |
| 0-1 | 33 | 1969 | Hoogovens | D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
9. Botvinnik vs H Ree |
  | 1-0 | 40 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A22 English |
10. Benko vs Geller |
 | 1-0 | 43 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A37 English, Symmetrical |
11. Keres vs T van Scheltinga |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1969 | Hoogovens | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
12. Z Doda vs Lombardy |
| ½-½ | 43 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
13. Portisch vs F Olafsson |
 | 0-1 | 41 | 1969 | Hoogovens | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
14. D Ciric vs A Medina Garcia |
| ½-½ | 46 | 1969 | Hoogovens | C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense |
15. Kavalek vs P Ostojic |
 | 0-1 | 25 | 1969 | Hoogovens | D54 Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation |
16. K Langeweg vs J H Donner |
 | 0-1 | 32 | 1969 | Hoogovens | E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line |
17. J H Donner vs Botvinnik |
 | ½-½ | 43 | 1969 | Hoogovens | D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line |
18. Geller vs Z Doda |
 | 1-0 | 40 | 1969 | Hoogovens | B44 Sicilian |
19. A Medina Garcia vs Keres |
| ½-½ | 56 | 1969 | Hoogovens | C71 Ruy Lopez |
20. Lombardy vs D Ciric |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1969 | Hoogovens | B20 Sicilian |
21. P Ostojic vs Portisch |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1969 | Hoogovens | B42 Sicilian, Kan |
22. F Olafsson vs Benko |
| ½-½ | 24 | 1969 | Hoogovens | B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack |
23. H Ree vs Kavalek |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A00 Uncommon Opening |
24. T van Scheltinga vs K Langeweg |
| 0-1 | 43 | 1969 | Hoogovens | A04 Reti Opening |
25. Botvinnik vs T van Scheltinga |
  | 1-0 | 35 | 1969 | Hoogovens | E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 |
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