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European Junior Championship Preliminary Tournament

Adam Kuligowski5.5/7(+4 -0 =3)[games]
Sergey Makarichev5/7(+3 -0 =4)[games]
Hendrik Koopman5/7(+3 -0 =4)[games]
Saevar Bjarnason4.5/7(+3 -1 =3)[games]
Peter Mack4.5/7(+2 -0 =5)[games]
Ventzislav Inkiov4.5/7(+3 -1 =3)[games]
Jonathan Mestel4.5/7(+3 -1 =3)[games]
Johan Goormachtigh4.5/7(+3 -1 =3)[games]
Aurel Urzica4.5/7(+4 -2 =1)[games]
Jozsef Pinter4.5/7(+3 -1 =3)[games]
Slavoljub Marjanovic4/7(+2 -1 =4)[games]
Jose Fraguela Gil4/7(+1 -0 =6)[games]
Pierluigi Passerotti4/7(+4 -3 =0)[games]
Meindert van der Linde3.5/7(+3 -3 =1)[games]
Tom Wedberg3.5/7(+2 -2 =3)[games]
Nigel Bloch3.5/7(+0 -0 =7)[games]
Aldo Anselmo3.5/7(+2 -2 =3)[games]
Nikolaos Gavrilakis3.5/7(+2 -2 =3)[games]
Ove Kroll3.5/7(+3 -3 =1)[games]
Petr Spacek3.5/7(+2 -2 =3)[games]
Roland Ott3.5/7(+2 -2 =3)[games]
Viggo Guddahl3/7(+2 -3 =2)[games]
Alois Hellmayr3/7(+2 -3 =2)[games]
Vladimiro Miranda3/7(+2 -3 =2)[games]
Jyrki Salonen3/7(+2 -3 =2)[games]
Jean-Jacques Hanau2.5/7(+2 -4 =1)[games]
Stephen Swanson2.5/7(+2 -4 =1)[games]
Rodney Nixon2.5/7(+2 -4 =1)[games]
Richard Smith2/7(+2 -5 =0)[games]
Feridun Oney2/7(+2 -5 =0)[games]
Geoffrey Pisani Bencini1/7(+1 -6 =0)[games]
Timothy Knight0.5/7(+0 -6 =1)[games]
* (32 players total; 0 player not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
European Junior Championship Preliminary (1973)

Groningen, the Netherlands, 17-24 December 1973

Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 01 Kuligowski 18 +18 +26 +14 +17 =02 =03 =08 5½ 02 Makarichev 20 +30 +04 =03 +19 =01 =07 =05 5 03 Koopman 19 +29 +09 =02 =05 +23 =01 =06 5 04 Bjarnason 19 +13 -02 +18 +08 =05 =06 =07 4½ 05 Mack 19 =15 +25 +06 =03 =04 =08 =02 4½ 06 Inkiov 17 +11 =17 -05 +13 +22 =04 =03 4½ 07 Mestel 16 =27 -08 +15 +20 +17 =02 =04 4½ 08 Goormachtigh 18 =28 +07 +29 -04 +26 =05 =01 4½ 09 Urzica 21 +10 -03 -11 +27 =15 +26 +14 4½ 10 Pinter 20 -09 +27 =16 +29 =12 =11 +15 4½ 11 Marjanovic 18 -06 =21 +09 =16 +14 =10 =12 4 12 Fraguela 20 =16 +20 =22 =14 =10 =23 =11 4 13 Passerotti 19 -04 -18 +31 -06 +28 +29 +23 4 14 Van der Linde 20 +21 +19 -01 =12 -11 +22 -09 3½ 15 Wedberg 20 =05 =16 -07 +30 =09 +19 -10 3½ 16 Bloch -- =12 =15 =10 =11 =19 =17 =22 3½ 17 Anselmo 20 +31 =06 +28 -01 -07 =16 =18 3½ 18 Gavrilakis 18 -01 +13 -04 =32 =20 +24 =17 3½ 19 Kroll 21 +22 -14 +24 -02 =16 -15 +30 3½ 20 Spacek 19 +24 -12 =26 -07 =18 =21 +27 3½ 21 Ott 20 -14 =11 -25 =24 +30 =20 +26 3½ 22 Guddahl 20 -19 +32 =12 +28 -06 -14 =16 3 23 Hellmayr 18 =25 -28 +27 +31 -03 =12 -13 3 24 Miranda 18 -20 +30 -19 =21 =25 -18 +29 3 25 Salonen 17 =23 -05 +21 -26 =24 -27 +31 3 26 Hanau 20 +32 -01 =20 +25 -08 -09 -21 2½ 27 Swanson -- =07 -10 -23 -09 +31 +25 -20 2½ 28 Nixon 18 =08 +23 -17 -22 -13 -30 +32 2½ 29 Smith -- -03 +31 -08 -10 +32 -13 -24 2 30 Oney 17 -02 -24 +32 -15 -21 +28 -19 2 31 Pisani Bencini 19 -17 -29 -13 -23 -27 +32 -25 1 32 Knight 18 -26 -22 -30 =18 -29 -31 -28 ½ —————————————————————————————————————————————————————

This was the start of the 3rd European Junior Championship. Swiss, seven rounds in eight days, starting on Monday 17 December. Rest day 21 December. The top 10 players qualified for the European Junior Championship (1973/74) (its "Final-A").

Sources
Olimpbase (https://web.archive.org/web/2023061...)
Belgian Chess History (https://www.belgianchesshistory.be/...)
*FIDE rating list July 1973 (https://web.archive.org/web/2023120...)
Magyar Sakkélet, 2/1974, pp. 25-27 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Miranda vs P Spacek  0-1131973European Junior Championship PreliminaryA38 English, Symmetrical
2. F Oney vs S Makarichev  0-1271973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB56 Sicilian
3. J Pinter vs A Urzica  0-1391973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
4. G Bencini vs A Anselmo  0-1211973European Junior Championship PreliminaryD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
5. R Ott vs M van der Linde  0-1461973European Junior Championship PreliminaryA84 Dutch
6. T Knight vs J Hanau  0-1501973European Junior Championship PreliminaryC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
7. P Passerotti vs S Bjarnason  0-1481973European Junior Championship PreliminaryC16 French, Winawer
8. J Hanau vs A Kuligowski  0-1321973European Junior Championship PreliminaryC02 French, Advance
9. A Urzica vs H Koopman  0-1321973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
10. S Swanson vs J Pinter  0-1441973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
11. P Spacek vs J Fraguela Gil  0-1531973European Junior Championship PreliminaryE61 King's Indian
12. A Hellmayr vs R Nixon  0-1341973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB27 Sicilian
13. R Nixon vs A Anselmo 0-1251973European Junior Championship PreliminaryA07 King's Indian Attack
14. V Inkiov vs P Mack  0-1421973European Junior Championship PreliminaryC02 French, Advance
15. S Swanson vs A Hellmayr  0-1901973European Junior Championship PreliminaryA02 Bird's Opening
16. G Bencini vs A Hellmayr  0-1261973European Junior Championship PreliminaryA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
17. R Smith vs J Pinter  0-1221973European Junior Championship PreliminaryD83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit
18. A Anselmo vs A Kuligowski  0-1371973European Junior Championship PreliminaryC15 French, Winawer
19. R Nixon vs P Passerotti  0-1431973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
20. A Anselmo vs J Mestel  0-1311973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB06 Robatsch
21. V Guddahl vs V Inkiov  0-1391973European Junior Championship PreliminaryA46 Queen's Pawn Game
22. A Hellmayr vs H Koopman  0-1311973European Junior Championship PreliminaryA07 King's Indian Attack
23. F Oney vs R Ott  0-1281973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB24 Sicilian, Closed
24. J Salonen vs S Swanson  0-1411973European Junior Championship PreliminaryA03 Bird's Opening
25. J Hanau vs A Urzica  0-1501973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB22 Sicilian, Alapin
 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  PGN Download
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