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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Amsterdam IBM Tournament

Tigran Petrosian10/15(+6 -1 =8)[games]
Albin Planinc10/15(+7 -2 =6)[games]
Lubomir Kavalek9.5/15(+5 -1 =9)[games]
Boris Spassky9/15(+4 -1 =10)[games]
Laszlo Szabo8.5/15(+4 -2 =9)[games]
Drazen Marovic8/15(+4 -3 =8)[games]
Ulf Andersson7.5/15(+2 -2 =11)[games]
Zoltan Ribli7.5/15(+4 -4 =7)[games]
Jan Hein Donner7.5/15(+5 -5 =5)[games]
Jan Smejkal7.5/15(+4 -4 =7)[games]
Jan Timman7.5/15(+6 -6 =3)[games]
Hans Ree6/15(+1 -4 =10)[games]
Ivan Radulov6/15(+3 -6 =6)[games]
Miguel Quinteros5.5/15(+2 -6 =7)[games]
Bert Enklaar5.5/15(+2 -6 =7)[games]
Kick Langeweg4.5/15(+2 -8 =5)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Amsterdam IBM (1973)

The 13th IBM tournament took place in the main hall of the RAI building in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from July 17 (Round 1) to August 4 (Round 15), with rest days on July 21, 26, 29 and August 3. Round 6 started on the same day as Round 1 of the Petropolis Interzonal (1973). From the top ten players in the world, Boris Spassky (Elo rated as #4) and Tigran Petrosian (#7) participated. The other fourteen were Jan Smejkal (#16), Laszlo Szabo (#28), Lubomir Kavalek (#28), Ulf Andersson (#35), Ivan Radulov (#47), Zoltan Ribli (#51), Albin Planinc (#51), Miguel Quinteros (#56), Drazen Marovic (#100), and the Dutchmen Jan Hein Donner (#100), Jan Timman (#116), Bert Enklaar (#145), Hans Ree (#187) and Kick Langeweg (#221). Six players were perhaps more tired than the rest: Smejkal, Radulov and Quinteros who had played in the Leningrad Interzonal (1973), and Szabo, Andersson and Timman who had played in the 2nd AVRO (1973) tournament (12-29 June). Not counting Spassky, Petrosian, Szabo, Ribli and Planinc, who arrived straight from the European Team Championship (1973) in Bath, England (6-13 July). Spassky was surrounded by journalists, after he lost his world championship title to Robert James Fischer the previous year, but did not want to talk about his experiences in Iceland.

In addition to the main event (this page), there was also a masters' group (B-group) and several minor events. The opening ceremony took place in Hilton Hotel on July 16. The drawing of lots was conducted by mayor Ivo Samkalden, with the help of Petrosian, Spassky and Donner. Round 1 started in the presence of Ineke Bakker, FIDE's General Secretary and sort of first lady of chess. According to Harry Golombek, neither player made an auspicious start and it was Planinc who made the running. At the end of Round 9 he was leading with 7½ points, ahead of Petrosian 5½, Donner, Kavalek, Ribli, Spassky, Szabo and Timman all with 5. Spassky's position was explained by his loss to Donner (in Round 9). Petrosian beat Langeweg in the next round, while Planinc drew Kavalek. In Round 11, Petrosian beat Planinc, reducing Planinc's lead to half a point (Planinc 8, Petrosian 7½). Planinc slipped back further when, in Round 13, he lost to Quinteros, so that now both Petrosian and Planinc had 8½. They remained even until the end of the tournament.

The application of the Sonneborn-Berger system brought Petrosian the first place, but the prize money was equally shared. For Planinc, it was his greatest success since the Vidmar Memorial (1969). Kavalek secured third place by a draw with Szabo in the last round, whilst Spassky levered himself up to fourth by beating Timman. Spassky returned to form by winning the USSR Championship (1973) in October.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 17 July - 4 August 1973

Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 Petrosian 44 2640 • 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10 =1 Planinc 29 2525 0 • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 10 3 Kavalek 29 2565 ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 9½ 4 Spassky 36 2655 ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 9 5 Szabo 56 2565 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 8½ 6 Marovic 35 2480 1 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 8 =7 Andersson 22 2555 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7½ =7 Ribli 21 2525 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7½ =7 Donner 46 2480 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 • ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½ =7 Smejkal 27 2595 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ • 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ =7 Timman 21 2470 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 • 1 1 1 1 ½ 7½ =12 Ree 28 2440 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 • 0 1 ½ ½ 6 =12 Radulov 34 2530 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 • 1 ½ 1 6 =14 Quinteros 25 2520 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 5½ =14 Enklaar 29 2445 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 • 1 5½ 16 Langeweg 36 2430 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 • 4½ ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Tournament category: XII (2526). Chief arbiter: Piet Bakker.

The B-group was won by Vlastimil Jansa with 8½, ahead of Oleg Romanishin 7½, Hans-Joachim Hecht and Ole Jakobsen 7, Raymond Keene 6½, Gennadi Sosonko and Eugenio Torre 5½, Vladimir Kovacevic and Rob Hartoch 4½, Adrianus van den Berg and Eddie C Scholl 3½, and Robert Bellin 2½.

Tournament book: Dertiende IBM Schaaktoernooi 1973, ed. by Berend Jan Withuis. Toernooicomitee, Amsterdam. 216 pp.

Sources

Harry Golombek in The Times, 8 September 1973, p. 11
*FIDE rating list July 1973 (https://web.archive.org/web/2023120...)
De Telegraaf, 18 July 1973, p. 13 (https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/v...)
Max Pam in De Volkskrant, 17 July 1973, p. 8 (https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/v...)
Max Pam in De Volkskrant, 19 July 1973, p. 11 (https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/v...)
Dominic Lawson in Standpoint, July/August 2014 (https://web.archive.org/web/2014070...)
Alexander Jongsma in De Telegraaf, 27 July 1973, p. 17 (https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/v...)
Alexander Jongsma in De Telegraaf, 6 August 1973, p. IV (https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/v...)
Miguel Quinteros in Jaque 23 (November 1973), pp. 32-36 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Tim Krabbe in Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant, 6 August 1973, p. 10 (https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/issue...)

Original collections Game Collection: IBM Amsterdam 1973 by User: Tabanus Round dates (from Dutch newspapers): July 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, August 1, 2, 4.

Previous: Amsterdam IBM (1972). Next: Amsterdam IBM (1974). See also Amsterdam IBM-B (1973)

 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Petrosian vs Szabo 1-0331973Amsterdam IBMA34 English, Symmetrical
2. Timman vs B Enklaar  1-0321973Amsterdam IBMA05 Reti Opening
3. A Planinc vs Smejkal  ½-½371973Amsterdam IBMC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
4. Andersson vs H Ree  ½-½231973Amsterdam IBMA15 English
5. Kavalek vs Quinteros  ½-½161973Amsterdam IBMB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
6. K Langeweg vs J H Donner  0-1351973Amsterdam IBMA33 English, Symmetrical
7. D Marovic vs I Radulov  ½-½291973Amsterdam IBMD24 Queen's Gambit Accepted
8. Ribli vs Spassky  ½-½171973Amsterdam IBMB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
9. D Marovic vs Andersson 1-0561973Amsterdam IBME38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
10. Spassky vs Kavalek 1-0401973Amsterdam IBMA57 Benko Gambit
11. I Radulov vs Szabo  0-1421973Amsterdam IBMA07 King's Indian Attack
12. Smejkal vs Timman  1-0901973Amsterdam IBMB36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto
13. J H Donner vs A Planinc 0-1351973Amsterdam IBMA73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O
14. B Enklaar vs Ribli  0-1471973Amsterdam IBMB89 Sicilian
15. Quinteros vs Petrosian  ½-½161973Amsterdam IBMB06 Robatsch
16. H Ree vs K Langeweg  ½-½171973Amsterdam IBMA04 Reti Opening
17. Szabo vs Quinteros  0-1311973Amsterdam IBMB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
18. Timman vs J H Donner  0-1391973Amsterdam IBMB07 Pirc
19. A Planinc vs H Ree  ½-½431973Amsterdam IBMA00 Uncommon Opening
20. Ribli vs Smejkal 1-0401973Amsterdam IBME66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
21. Andersson vs I Radulov ½-½401973Amsterdam IBMA37 English, Symmetrical
22. Kavalek vs B Enklaar  ½-½651973Amsterdam IBMA07 King's Indian Attack
23. K Langeweg vs D Marovic  1-0231973Amsterdam IBMD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
24. Petrosian vs Spassky ½-½211973Amsterdam IBMD36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2
25. B Enklaar vs Petrosian 0-1511973Amsterdam IBMB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-02-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Quinteros had a unique route to finishing next to last: he was +2 =4 against the top six; =3 -2 against the five players who got an even score; and 6 losses out of 6 against those who got a minus score.

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