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European Junior Championship 1973/74 Groningen, the Netherlands, 26 December 1973 - 4 January 1974 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ———————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Makarichev 20 2390 ● ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 2 Pintér 20 ---- ½ ● 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 7 3 Kuligowski 18 ---- 0 1 ● 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 4 Inkiov 17 ---- ½ 0 0 ● ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 5 Mestel 16 2270 0 0 ½ ½ ● ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 4½ 6 Bjarnason 19 ---- 1 0 1 ½ ½ ● ½ 0 0 ½ 4 7 Mack 19 ---- 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ 4 8 Urzica 21 2265 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ● ½ ½ 3½ 9 Koopman 19 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ● ½ 2½ 10 Goormachtigh 18 ---- 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● 2½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— This was the 3rd official European Junior Championship. Nine rounds in 10 days, starting on Wednesday 26 December. Rest day 1 January. Participants were the top 10 finishers of the European Junior Championship Preliminary (1973) tournament. Makarichev won on tiebreak score (½ a point more in the Preliminary) ahead of Pinter, both with 7/9. Photo: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gck7XYk... There was also a Final-B tournament (consisting of nos 11-20 from the Preliminary), won by Slavoljub Marjanovic, a Final-C, won by Roland Ott, and a Final-D, won by Stephen Swanson. Sources Olimpbase (https://web.archive.org/web/2023061...) Belgian Chess History (https://www.belgianchesshistory.be/...) *FIDE rating list July 1973 (https://web.archive.org/web/2023120...) Magyar Sakkélet, 2/1974, pp. 25-27 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten) Previous: European Junior Championship (1972/73). Next: European Junior Championship (1974/75)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Mack vs A Urzica   ½-½ 21 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 2. S Makarichev vs S Bjarnason   0-1 29 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 C05 French, Tarrasch 3. H Koopman vs J Goormachtigh   ½-½ 40 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 4. V Inkiov vs J Pinter   0-1 74 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 5. J Mestel vs A Kuligowski   ½-½ 15 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 C55 Two Knights Defense 6. A Urzica vs V Inkiov   ½-½ 29 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 C00 French Defense 7. A Kuligowski vs H Koopman   1-0 35 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 8. S Bjarnason vs J Pinter   0-1 44 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 9. J Goormachtigh vs P Mack   ½-½ 25 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 D87 Grunfeld, Exchange 10. S Makarichev vs J Mestel   1-0 41 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 A34 English, Symmetrical 11. P Mack vs A Kuligowski   ½-½ 43 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 A43 Old Benoni 12. J Mestel vs S Bjarnason   ½-½ 36 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 C05 French, Tarrasch 13. J Pinter vs A Urzica   1-0 40 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 B33 Sicilian 14. V Inkiov vs J Goormachtigh   1-0 46 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 A61 Benoni 15. H Koopman vs S Makarichev   0-1 30 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 C12 French, McCutcheon 16. S Bjarnason vs A Urzica   0-1 41 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 D97 Grunfeld, Russian 17. S Makarichev vs P Mack   1-0 41 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 A10 English 18. J Mestel vs H Koopman   1-0 21 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 B06 Robatsch 19. J Goormachtigh vs J Pinter   0-1 25 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 20. A Kuligowski vs V Inkiov   1-0 67 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 21. P Mack vs J Mestel   ½-½ 17 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 A00 Uncommon Opening 22. A Urzica vs J Goormachtigh   ½-½ 66 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 23. V Inkiov vs S Makarichev   ½-½ 29 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 B56 Sicilian 24. J Pinter vs A Kuligowski   0-1 38 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 25. H Koopman vs S Bjarnason   1-0 39 1973 European Junior Championship 1973/74 C16 French, Winawer  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Mar-08-25    Tabanus: If Urzica was 21, was he not too old for this? 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