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European Junior Championship 1971/72 "... the last round decided everything. Sax faced the Yugoslav Marjanovic, Borngässer Gorchakov. Moreover, the West German player gained an overwhelming advantage early on, ... and although he almost let his opponent go in a time crunch, Sax could not have any illusions for a moment that half a point would be enough to take the lead. In the end, after a six-hour struggle, both leaders won, but according to the competition regulations, the win went to Gyula Sax. ... In the tie for 3rd and 4th place, the bronze medal went to the Bulgarian Velikov. His coach, Master Kaikamdzorov, hopes that the success of the medical student from Sofia will be the beginning of a revival of Bulgarian chess. The majority of the young players have a vast theoretical knowledge and have acquired quite a lot of practical experience. They even take this to an extreme with constant blitz games, and they are already tired of official competition games. At the award ceremony, H. J. Slavekoorde, Secretary General of FIDE, highlighted the success of Hungarian youth chess, which has been repeated year after year since 1968, and conveyed to Gyula Sax the traditional invitation to the master group of this year's IBM and next year's Hoogovens competitions. He also announced that at the next FIDE congress — with the consent of President Euwe — they will propose that not only the winner of the Youth World Championship, but also the winner of the Youth European Championship automatically receive the international master title." (Magyar Sakkélet, transl.) Groningen, the Netherlands, 29 December 1971 - 7 January 1972 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ——————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Sax 20 2400 ● 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 7 2 Borngässer 20 2340 0 ● ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 7 3 Velikov 20 2330 ½ ½ ● ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 4 Kaiszauri 19 ---- 1 0 ½ ● ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 6 5 Marjanovic 17 ---- 0 0 0 ½ ● 0 1 1 1 1 4½ 6 Gorchakov 17 ---- 0 0 ½ 0 1 ● 0 ½ 1 1 4 7 Pujol Sans 19 ---- 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ● 0 ½ ½ 3½ 8 Øst-Hansen 19 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ● 1 ½ 3 9 Stean 18 ---- ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ● ½ 2 10 Natalucci 17 ---- 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ● 2 ——————————————————————————————————————————————— This was the 10th Niemeyer sponsored tournament and the first official European Junior Championship. Nine rounds in ten days, starting on Wednesday 29 December (45 games). Rest day: 2 January. Participants were the top 10 players from the European Junior Championship Preliminary (1971). Winning on tiebreak score ahead of Borngässer (both with 7/9), Sax was declared European Junior Champion. Velikov took bronze on tiebreak score. There was also a Final-B tournament (consisting of nos 11-20 from the Preliminary), won by Pertti Poutiainen, and a Final-C, won by Loukas Zotos. Sources Olimpbase (https://web.archive.org/web/2021101...) *FIDE rating list July 1971 (https://web.archive.org/web/2023120...) Magyar Sakkélet, 1/1972, pp. 23-25 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten) Previous: Niemeyer Juniors (1970/71). Next: European Junior Championship (1972/73)  page 1 of 1; 16 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Sax vs M Stean   ½-½ 27 1971 European Junior Championship 1971/72 B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. F Natalucci vs K Kaiszauri   ½-½ 34 1971 European Junior Championship 1971/72 C78 Ruy Lopez 3. J Ost-Hansen vs A Gorchakov   ½-½ 19 1971 European Junior Championship 1971/72 A00 Uncommon Opening 4. M Pujol Sans vs P Velikov   ½-½ 52 1971 European Junior Championship 1971/72 B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 5. F Natalucci vs M Stean   ½-½ 31 1972 European Junior Championship 1971/72 B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. M Pujol Sans vs K Kaiszauri   ½-½ 41 1972 European Junior Championship 1971/72 C48 Four Knights 7. P Velikov vs A Gorchakov   ½-½ 16 1972 European Junior Championship 1971/72 C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 8. K Kaiszauri vs P Velikov   ½-½ 43 1972 European Junior Championship 1971/72 B57 Sicilian 9. M Pujol Sans vs M Stean   ½-½ 25 1972 European Junior Championship 1971/72 B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 10. P Velikov vs Sax   ½-½ 27 1972 European Junior Championship 1971/72 B57 Sicilian 11. R Borngaesser vs M Pujol Sans   ½-½ 17 1972 European Junior Championship 1971/72 B32 Sicilian 12. K Kaiszauri vs Marjanovic   ½-½ 20 1972 European Junior Championship 1971/72 B23 Sicilian, Closed 13. F Natalucci vs J Ost-Hansen   ½-½ 40 1972 European Junior Championship 1971/72 C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 14. M Stean vs P Velikov   ½-½ 37 1972 European Junior Championship 1971/72 A37 English, Symmetrical 15. M Pujol Sans vs F Natalucci   ½-½ 69 1972 European Junior Championship 1971/72 B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. P Velikov vs R Borngaesser   ½-½ 17 1972 European Junior Championship 1971/72 C01 French, Exchange  page 1 of 1; 16 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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