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Szirak Tournament

Vladimir Tukmakov8.5/13(+5 -1 =7)[games]
Jozsef Pinter8.5/13(+6 -2 =5)[games]
Andras Adorjan7.5/13(+5 -3 =5)[games]
Gyula Sax7.5/13(+4 -2 =7)[games]
Anatoly Vaisser7/13(+4 -3 =6)[games]
Kiril Georgiev7/13(+2 -1 =10)[games]
Andronico Yap7/13(+6 -5 =2)[games]
Wolfgang Uhlmann6.5/13(+4 -4 =5)[games]
Josef Klinger6.5/13(+6 -6 =1)[games]
Rainer Knaak6.5/13(+4 -4 =5)[games]
Jozsef Horvath6/13(+3 -4 =6)[games]
Tamas Utasi5/13(+3 -6 =4)[games]
Pal Petran4.5/13(+2 -6 =5)[games]
Stefan Djuric3/13(+1 -8 =4)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Szirak (1985)

The 1st Hungaroil-Honvéd international chess tournament was held from 6 (Round 1) to 19 (Round 13) October 1985 in Szirák, Nógrád County, Hungary, in Hotel Kastély (Castle Hotel), an old castle that had been taken over and renovated by the main tournament sponsor, the Hungarian Hydrocarbon Research and Development Institute. The institute and Bp. Honvéd were running the show, sponsored by various oil companies and the Mátraaljai Állami Gazdaság state farm. A total of 14 players from seven different countries had been invited, but, at a late date, some of them backed out. Evgeny Sveshnikov, Amador Rodriguez Cespedes, Jonathan Speelman and Ivan Farago had to be replaced by lesser mortals (Yap, Djuric, Utasi, Petrán). The expectations were still high, but the tournament was played during the middle of the Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match (1985), and Round 7 was on the same day as Round 1 of the Montpellier Candidates (1985). As the result, the tournament received little attention outside of Hungary.

The event was officially opened on Saturday 5 October by György Sándor, the president of Bp. Honvéd, after which FIDE president Florencio Campomanes welcomed the participants. There were speeches by State Secretary István Buda, president of the Hungarian Chess Association Sándor Szerényi, and some local politicians and others. Among the familiar faces in the audience were those of Gedeon Barcza and Zsuzsa Veroci. Play had been set to start right after the ceremony, but had to be postponed by one day, apparently because of the late withdrawals. The seven chess tables were set up in the hotel's lounge, while the spectators in the restaurant could follow the action both on demonstration tables and closed-circuit TV monitors. The start on Sunday implied there could be only one rest day (which turned out to be on Monday 14 October, after Round 8). Campomanes, who together with Andronico Yap came from the world championship match in Moscow, praised the arrangement on a press conference he was holding before Round 1.

Pinter was leading by a whole point after Round 11, but he then lost to Yap. After Round 12, Pinter had 8, Tukmakov and Adorjan 7.5. In Round 13, the giant killer Yap won again, now against Adorjan, whilst Tukmakov defeated Klinger. Pinter tried to defeat Knaak, but after nine hours and 82 moves (the game was probably finished on Sunday 20 October) it was a draw. At the closing ceremony, Szerényi thanked the participants and congratulated the winners. He was particularly happy with the fighting spirit. After the presentation of the winners and award of prizes, the arbiter presented the special prizes. The prize for best foreigner went to Tukmakov. Pinter, Yap and Klinger were prized for their % of decisive games, and Pinter also received a holiday with his family at the castle hotel. The prize for best game was given to Uhlmann for Tukmakov vs Uhlmann, 1985. Best combination prize: Klinger, for K Georgiev vs J Klinger, 1985. Utasi received a special prize for T Utasi vs Uhlmann, 1985.

Hotel Kastély, Szirak, Hungary, 6-19 October 1985

Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 =1 Tukmakov 39 2565 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 8½ =1 Pinter 31 2565 ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ =3 Adorjan 35 2535 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 7½ =3 Sax 34 2535 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 7½ =5 Vaisser 36 2515 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 7 =5 Georgiev 19 2550 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 =5 Yap 24 2425 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ * 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7 =8 Uhlmann 50 2515 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 6½ =8 Klinger 18 2460 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 * ½ 0 0 1 1 6½ =8 Knaak 32 2525 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 11 Horvath 21 2520 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 * ½ ½ 1 6 12 Utasi 22 2485 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ * ½ 0 5 13 Petran 39 2440 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 4½ 14 Djuric 30 2485 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 3

Tournament category: XI (2509). Chief arbiter: Tibor Florian

Tournament book: Andras Ozsvath (ed.), "Hungaroil" nemzetközi sakk nagymesterverseny. (Hungarian Hydrogen Research Institute), Budapest 1985. 28 pp. (https://www.antikvarium.hu/foto/hun...)

Sources

FIDE rating list July 1985 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022100...)
Nógrád, 3 October 1985, p. 7 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
Nógrád, 4 October 1985, p. 1 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
Nógrád, 7 October 1985, p. 1 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
Nógrád, 8 October 1985, p. 7 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
Nógrád, 15 October 1985, p. 7 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
Nógrád, 21 October 1985, p. 7 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
Video of Hotel Kastély in 2012 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLd...)

Next edition: Szirak (1986)

Original collection: Game Collection: Szirak 1985 by User: Tabanus. Round dates are from the newspaper Nógrád.

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Yap vs T Utasi  1-0481985SzirakA04 Reti Opening
2. Knaak vs Adorjan 1-0211985SzirakE45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation
3. Adorjan vs J Horvath  1-0351985SzirakA35 English, Symmetrical
4. J Klinger vs A Yap  1-0551985SzirakB42 Sicilian, Kan
5. Tukmakov vs P Petran  1-0391985SzirakE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
6. J Pinter vs Sax  1-0391985SzirakE15 Queen's Indian
7. Uhlmann vs A Vaisser  1-0481985SzirakA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
8. Tukmakov vs Knaak  1-0661985SzirakE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
9. Adorjan vs S Djuric  1-0381985SzirakD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
10. K Georgiev vs A Vaisser  1-0341985SzirakE17 Queen's Indian
11. P Petran vs A Yap  1-0541985SzirakA61 Benoni
12. T Utasi vs Sax 1-0381985SzirakE46 Nimzo-Indian
13. S Djuric vs T Utasi  1-0411985SzirakD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
14. Sax vs J Klinger  1-0541985SzirakC11 French
15. A Yap vs Knaak  1-0421985SzirakE60 King's Indian Defense
16. T Utasi vs Uhlmann  1-0611985SzirakE60 King's Indian Defense
17. J Klinger vs S Djuric  1-0411985SzirakC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
18. A Vaisser vs T Utasi  1-0501985SzirakE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
19. P Petran vs S Djuric  1-0771985SzirakD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
20. Knaak vs J Horvath  1-0301985SzirakE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
21. Sax vs Knaak  1-0741985SzirakC02 French, Advance
22. Adorjan vs T Utasi  1-0341985SzirakA14 English
23. J Pinter vs J Klinger  1-0611985SzirakE15 Queen's Indian
24. J Klinger vs Adorjan  1-0281985SzirakB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
25. Knaak vs S Djuric  1-0541985SzirakE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29  PGN Download
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