Niemeyer Juniors (1969) |
Groningen, the Netherlands, 1-10 January 1969 Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Maeder 20 • 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7
2 Vaganian 17 0 • 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 7
3 Ribli 17 0 0 • 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
4 Ghizdavu 19 0 ½ 0 • 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 5
5 Webb 19 1 0 0 0 • ½ 1 1 1 ½ 5
6 Andersson 17 0 0 0 0 ½ • ½ 1 1 1 4
7 Schaufelberger 21 0 0 0 1 0 ½ • 1 ½ 1 4
8 Atanasov 20 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 • 1 1 2½
9 Lombard 18 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 • 1 2
10 Turunen 18 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 • 1½
————————————————————————————————————————————— This 7th Niemeyer tournament, also named European Junior Cup, was now under the auspices of FIDE. Nine rounds in 10 days, starting on Wednesday 1 January (45 games). Rest day 5 January. Participants were the top 10 finishers from the Niemeyer Juniors Preliminary (1968) (23-31 December). Maeder won on Sonneborn-Berger score ahead of Vaganian and Ribli, all three with 7/9.There was also a B tournament for places 11-20. Photo (Maeder): https://chessfestival.nl/wp-content... Sources
OlimpBase (https://olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/niem...)
Dutchbase (https://maxeuwe.nl/files-dutchbase/...)
Belgian Chess History (https://www.belgianchesshistory.be/...)
Magyar Sakkélet, 2/1969, pp. 32-33 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Schakend Nederland, February 1969, pp. 85-86 (https://schaken.nl/schakend-nederla...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 2/1969, p. 37 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1969...)
Skakbladet, 3/1969, pp. 46-48 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. K Maeder vs D Ghizdavu |
| 1-0 | 57 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack |
2. E Turunen vs Andersson |
| 0-1 | 37 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
3. Vaganian vs A Lombard |
 | 1-0 | 40 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
4. H Schaufelberger vs S Webb |
| 0-1 | 22 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | D97 Grunfeld, Russian |
5. Ribli vs P Atanasov |
| 1-0 | 72 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
6. K Maeder vs Ribli |
 | 1-0 | 29 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | B32 Sicilian |
7. S Webb vs E Turunen |
| ½-½ | 28 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | D95 Grunfeld |
8. A Lombard vs H Schaufelberger |
| ½-½ | 14 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | C80 Ruy Lopez, Open |
9. D Ghizdavu vs Andersson |
 | 1-0 | 42 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | C77 Ruy Lopez |
10. P Atanasov vs Vaganian |
| ½-½ | 47 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | B02 Alekhine's Defense |
11. H Schaufelberger vs P Atanasov |
| 1-0 | 53 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | C45 Scotch Game |
12. E Turunen vs A Lombard |
| 0-1 | 33 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | B27 Sicilian |
13. Andersson vs S Webb |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | A07 King's Indian Attack |
14. Vaganian vs K Maeder |
| 0-1 | 62 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation |
15. Ribli vs D Ghizdavu |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | B56 Sicilian |
16. P Atanasov vs E Turunen |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
17. A Lombard vs Andersson |
| 0-1 | 50 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
18. K Maeder vs H Schaufelberger |
| 1-0 | 57 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | C43 Petrov, Modern Attack |
19. D Ghizdavu vs S Webb |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | A07 King's Indian Attack |
20. Ribli vs Vaganian |
 | 0-1 | 38 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
21. Vaganian vs D Ghizdavu |
| ½-½ | 49 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5 |
22. Andersson vs P Atanasov |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation |
23. E Turunen vs K Maeder |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
24. S Webb vs A Lombard |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 |
25. H Schaufelberger vs Ribli |
 | 0-1 | 23 | 1969 | Niemeyer Juniors | B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto |
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