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Hoogovens (1975) The 37th Annual Hoogovens Chess Tournament was a Category XII event, held in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands in 1975. Nine grandmasters and seven masters competed in a round robin format in the prestigious A event. The participants were (in order of Elo): Lajos Portisch (2635), Robert Huebner (2615), Efim Geller (2600), Vlastimil Hort (2600), Jan Smejkal (2600), Svetozar Gligoric (2575), Semyon Furman (2560), Lubomir Kavalek (2555), Walter Shawn Browne (2550), Jan Timman (2510), Jan Hein Donner (2485), Hans Ree (2470), Gennady Sosonko (2470), Luben Popov (2460), Franciscus Kuijpers (2445), and Kick Langeweg (2410). The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts 1 Portisch • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 10½ 2 Hort 0 • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10 3 Smejkal ½ 0 • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 9½ 4 Kavalek ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 9 =5 Sosonko ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 8½ =5 Huebner ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8½ =5 Gligoric 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ =8 Timman ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ • ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 8 =8 Geller ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8 =8 Browne ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 11 Furman ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ 0 1 7 12 Langeweg ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 1 ½ ½ 6½ 13 Ree 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ 1 5½ 14 Donner 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • 1 ½ 5 15 Kuijpers 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 • ½ 4 16 Popov 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • 3½ Original collection: Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1975, by User: suenteus po 147. Previous: Hoogovens (1974). Next: Hoogovens (1976). See also Hoogovens-B (1975)  page 1 of 1; 18 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Popov vs Kavalek 0-1 35 1975 Hoogovens A26 English 2. F Kuijpers vs Browne 0-1 57 1975 Hoogovens B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 3. Gligoric vs Portisch 0-1 57 1975 Hoogovens E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 4. K Langeweg vs Hort 0-1 41 1975 Hoogovens A15 English 5. F Kuijpers vs Smejkal   0-1 74 1975 Hoogovens B32 Sicilian 6. L Popov vs Sosonko   0-1 32 1975 Hoogovens D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 7. L Popov vs Portisch   0-1 61 1975 Hoogovens E15 Queen's Indian 8. J H Donner vs Smejkal 0-1 71 1975 Hoogovens D71 Neo-Grunfeld 9. Timman vs L Popov   0-1 41 1975 Hoogovens B40 Sicilian 10. Geller vs Huebner   0-1 40 1975 Hoogovens B42 Sicilian, Kan 11. H Ree vs Gligoric 0-1 40 1975 Hoogovens E97 King's Indian 12. L Popov vs Hort   0-1 50 1975 Hoogovens A79 Benoni, Classical, 11.f3 13. Browne vs Hort 0-1 40 1975 Hoogovens B08 Pirc, Classical 14. Smejkal vs Hort   0-1 42 1975 Hoogovens A63 Benoni, Fianchetto, 9...Nbd7 15. Sosonko vs Geller 0-1 29 1975 Hoogovens A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 16. L Popov vs Gligoric   0-1 33 1975 Hoogovens A10 English 17. Hort vs Portisch 0-1 86 1975 Hoogovens E10 Queen's Pawn Game 18. Furman vs Browne 0-1 56 1975 Hoogovens E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1  page 1 of 1; 18 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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