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Hoogovens Tournament

Gideon Stahlberg6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Herman Pilnik6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Roman Toran5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Francesco Scafarelli5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Hans Bouwmeester4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Aleksandar Matanovic4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Haije Kramer4/9(+1 -2 =6)[games]
Theo van Scheltinga4/9(+3 -4 =2)[games]
Frits Roessel3/9(+1 -4 =4)[games]
Constant Orbaan1.5/9(+1 -7 =1)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hoogovens (1956)

Beverwijk, the Netherlands, 5-15 January 1956

Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Ståhlberg 47 • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ 2 Pilnik 42 ½ • ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 =3 Toran 24 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 5½ =3 Scafarelli 22 ½ 0 ½ • ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ =5 Bouwmeester 26 0 1 ½ ½ • 0 ½ 0 1 1 4½ =5 Matanovic 25 0 ½ 1 0 1 • ½ ½ 0 1 4½ =7 Kramer 38 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • 0 1 ½ 4 =7 Van Scheltinga 41 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 • ½ 1 4 9 Roessel 18 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ • 0 3 10 Orbaan 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 • 1½ —————————————————————————————————————————————

Nine rounds in 11 days, starting on Thursday 5 January (45 games). Rest days 9 & 13 January. Ståhlberg with 6.5/9.

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Sources

Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 1/1956, pp. 3, 17-20 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1956...)
Skakbladet, 3/1956, pp. 39, 42-43 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

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 page 1 of 1; 19 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. F Scafarelli vs H Kramer  ½-½221956HoogovensE16 Queen's Indian
2. T van Scheltinga vs F Roessel  ½-½401956HoogovensA56 Benoni Defense
3. Pilnik vs R Toran  ½-½411956HoogovensC78 Ruy Lopez
4. H Bouwmeester vs F Scafarelli  ½-½311956HoogovensB73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
5. H Kramer vs Stahlberg  ½-½161956HoogovensA15 English
6. F Scafarelli vs F Roessel  ½-½751956HoogovensE60 King's Indian Defense
7. A Matanovic vs H Kramer  ½-½201956HoogovensB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
8. F Roessel vs Stahlberg  ½-½411956HoogovensA46 Queen's Pawn Game
9. H Kramer vs H Bouwmeester  ½-½181956HoogovensC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
10. Stahlberg vs Pilnik  ½-½361956HoogovensE73 King's Indian
11. R Toran vs H Bouwmeester  ½-½171956HoogovensB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
12. Pilnik vs A Matanovic  ½-½401956HoogovensC78 Ruy Lopez
13. F Scafarelli vs R Toran  ½-½181956HoogovensA15 English
14. H Kramer vs Pilnik  ½-½391956HoogovensA15 English
15. A Matanovic vs T van Scheltinga  ½-½411956HoogovensC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
16. F Scafarelli vs Stahlberg  ½-½141956HoogovensD40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
17. R Toran vs F Roessel  ½-½121956HoogovensE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
18. H Kramer vs C Orbaan  ½-½451956HoogovensA12 English with b3
19. Stahlberg vs R Toran  ½-½141956HoogovensD64 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
 page 1 of 1; 19 games  PGN Download 
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