Hoogovens (1968) |
Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 10-28 January 1968 Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
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1 GM Korchnoi 36 • 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 12
=2 GM Portisch 30 1 • 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 9
=2 GM Hort 24 ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 9
=2 GM Tal 31 0 ½ ½ • ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 9
5 GM Gheorghiu 23 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8½
=6 GM Ciric 32 0 0 ½ 1 ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 8
=6 GM Matanovic 37 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8
=8 GM Ivkov 34 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 7½
=8 Ree 23 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 7½
=10 GM Padevsky 34 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7
=10 GM Donner 40 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7
=10 GM Bobotsov 36 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 1 7
13 IM Karaklajic 41 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ 6½
14 GM Rossolimo 57 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 • ½ 1 6
15 IM Langeweg 30 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ 5
16 IM Van Geet 35 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ • 3
————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Fifteen rounds in 19 days, starting on Wednesday 10 January (120 games). Rest days 14, 18, 22 & 26 January. Korchnoi won with 12/15. Ree earned his final IM norm.Photo (Korchnoi vs Ree): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... Sources
Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
Perpetual Check website (https://www.perpetualcheck.com/show...)
Chess Life, 5/1968, pp. 157-159 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Shakhmatny Bulletin, 4/1968, pp. 107-111 (https://publ.lib.ru/ARCHIVES/SH/''S... )
Tidskrift för Schack, 3/1968, pp. 73-74, 81-84 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1968...)
Magyar Sakkélet, 3/1968, pp. 49-50, 56-57 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Chess Review, 4/1968, pp. 104-105, 119-121 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Chess Review, 7/1968, pp. 205-207 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)
Previous (and last in Beverwijk): Hoogovens (1967). Next: Hoogovens (1969). See also Hoogovens-B (1968)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Rossolimo vs Hort |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1968 | Hoogovens | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
2. Ivkov vs A Matanovic |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1968 | Hoogovens | E17 Queen's Indian |
3. Korchnoi vs N Padevsky |
  | 1-0 | 106 | 1968 | Hoogovens | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
4. J H Donner vs Portisch |
  | 1-0 | 34 | 1968 | Hoogovens | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
5. Tal vs Gheorghiu |
 | ½-½ | 12 | 1968 | Hoogovens | B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation |
6. Bobotsov vs H Ree |
| ½-½ | 22 | 1968 | Hoogovens | D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
7. D Ciric vs D van Geet |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1968 | Hoogovens | C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical |
8. N Karaklajic vs K Langeweg |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1968 | Hoogovens | B44 Sicilian |
9. Hort vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1968 | Hoogovens | A07 King's Indian Attack |
10. Bobotsov vs Ivkov |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1968 | Hoogovens | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
11. A Matanovic vs Korchnoi |
  | 0-1 | 66 | 1968 | Hoogovens | C07 French, Tarrasch |
12. Portisch vs D Ciric |
| 1-0 | 62 | 1968 | Hoogovens | D35 Queen's Gambit Declined |
13. Gheorghiu vs J H Donner |
| 1-0 | 52 | 1968 | Hoogovens | B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack |
14. K Langeweg vs Rossolimo |
| ½-½ | 87 | 1968 | Hoogovens | A25 English |
15. N Padevsky vs N Karaklajic |
| ½-½ | 16 | 1968 | Hoogovens | C07 French, Tarrasch |
16. H Ree vs D van Geet |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1968 | Hoogovens | B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening |
17. J H Donner vs Hort |
 | ½-½ | 20 | 1968 | Hoogovens | D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
18. Ivkov vs H Ree |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1968 | Hoogovens | B44 Sicilian |
19. Korchnoi vs Bobotsov |
  | 1-0 | 43 | 1968 | Hoogovens | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
20. D van Geet vs Portisch |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1968 | Hoogovens | A00 Uncommon Opening |
21. Rossolimo vs N Padevsky |
| ½-½ | 24 | 1968 | Hoogovens | B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack |
22. Tal vs K Langeweg |
 | 1-0 | 41 | 1968 | Hoogovens | C82 Ruy Lopez, Open |
23. D Ciric vs Gheorghiu |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1968 | Hoogovens | B32 Sicilian |
24. N Karaklajic vs A Matanovic |
| ½-½ | 16 | 1968 | Hoogovens | C07 French, Tarrasch |
25. Hort vs D Ciric |
| ½-½ | 77 | 1968 | Hoogovens | D30 Queen's Gambit Declined |
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