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European Junior Championship Preliminary Tournament

Adam Kuligowski5.5/7(+4 -0 =3)[games]
Sergey Makarichev5/7(+3 -0 =4)[games]
Hendrik Koopman5/7(+3 -0 =4)[games]
Saevar Bjarnason4.5/7(+3 -1 =3)[games]
Peter Mack4.5/7(+2 -0 =5)[games]
Ventzislav Inkiov4.5/7(+3 -1 =3)[games]
Jonathan Mestel4.5/7(+3 -1 =3)[games]
Johan Goormachtigh4.5/7(+3 -1 =3)[games]
Aurel Urzica4.5/7(+4 -2 =1)[games]
Jozsef Pinter4.5/7(+3 -1 =3)[games]
Slavoljub Marjanovic4/7(+2 -1 =4)[games]
Jose Fraguela Gil4/7(+1 -0 =6)[games]
Pierluigi Passerotti4/7(+4 -3 =0)[games]
Meindert van der Linde3.5/7(+3 -3 =1)[games]
Tom Wedberg3.5/7(+2 -2 =3)[games]
Nigel Bloch3.5/7(+0 -0 =7)[games]
Aldo Anselmo3.5/7(+2 -2 =3)[games]
Nikolaos Gavrilakis3.5/7(+2 -2 =3)[games]
Ove Kroll3.5/7(+3 -3 =1)[games]
Petr Spacek3.5/7(+2 -2 =3)[games]
Roland Ott3.5/7(+2 -2 =3)[games]
Viggo Guddahl3/7(+2 -3 =2)[games]
Alois Hellmayr3/7(+2 -3 =2)[games]
Vladimiro Miranda3/7(+2 -3 =2)[games]
Jyrki Salonen3/7(+2 -3 =2)[games]
Jean-Jacques Hanau2.5/7(+2 -4 =1)[games]
Stephen Swanson2.5/7(+2 -4 =1)[games]
Rodney Nixon2.5/7(+2 -4 =1)[games]
Richard Smith2/7(+2 -5 =0)[games]
Feridun Oney2/7(+2 -5 =0)[games]
Geoffrey Pisani Bencini1/7(+1 -6 =0)[games]
Timothy Knight0.5/7(+0 -6 =1)[games]
* (32 players total; 0 player not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
European Junior Championship Preliminary (1973)

Groningen, the Netherlands, 17-24 December 1973

Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 01 Kuligowski 18 +18 +26 +14 +17 =02 =03 =08 5½ 02 Makarichev 20 +30 +04 =03 +19 =01 =07 =05 5 03 Koopman 19 +29 +09 =02 =05 +23 =01 =06 5 04 Bjarnason 19 +13 -02 +18 +08 =05 =06 =07 4½ 05 Mack 19 =15 +25 +06 =03 =04 =08 =02 4½ 06 Inkiov 17 +11 =17 -05 +13 +22 =04 =03 4½ 07 Mestel 16 =27 -08 +15 +20 +17 =02 =04 4½ 08 Goormachtigh 18 =28 +07 +29 -04 +26 =05 =01 4½ 09 Urzica 21 +10 -03 -11 +27 =15 +26 +14 4½ 10 Pinter 20 -09 +27 =16 +29 =12 =11 +15 4½ 11 Marjanovic 18 -06 =21 +09 =16 +14 =10 =12 4 12 Fraguela 20 =16 +20 =22 =14 =10 =23 =11 4 13 Passerotti 19 -04 -18 +31 -06 +28 +29 +23 4 14 Van der Linde 20 +21 +19 -01 =12 -11 +22 -09 3½ 15 Wedberg 20 =05 =16 -07 +30 =09 +19 -10 3½ 16 Bloch -- =12 =15 =10 =11 =19 =17 =22 3½ 17 Anselmo 20 +31 =06 +28 -01 -07 =16 =18 3½ 18 Gavrilakis 18 -01 +13 -04 =32 =20 +24 =17 3½ 19 Kroll 21 +22 -14 +24 -02 =16 -15 +30 3½ 20 Spacek 19 +24 -12 =26 -07 =18 =21 +27 3½ 21 Ott 20 -14 =11 -25 =24 +30 =20 +26 3½ 22 Guddahl 20 -19 +32 =12 +28 -06 -14 =16 3 23 Hellmayr 18 =25 -28 +27 +31 -03 =12 -13 3 24 Miranda 18 -20 +30 -19 =21 =25 -18 +29 3 25 Salonen 17 =23 -05 +21 -26 =24 -27 +31 3 26 Hanau 20 +32 -01 =20 +25 -08 -09 -21 2½ 27 Swanson -- =07 -10 -23 -09 +31 +25 -20 2½ 28 Nixon 18 =08 +23 -17 -22 -13 -30 +32 2½ 29 Smith -- -03 +31 -08 -10 +32 -13 -24 2 30 Oney 17 -02 -24 +32 -15 -21 +28 -19 2 31 Pisani Bencini 19 -17 -29 -13 -23 -27 +32 -25 1 32 Knight 18 -26 -22 -30 =18 -29 -31 -28 ½ —————————————————————————————————————————————————————

This was the start of the 3rd European Junior Championship. Swiss, seven rounds in eight days, starting on Monday 17 December. Rest day 21 December. The top 10 players qualified for the European Junior Championship (1973/74) (its "Final-A").

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)

 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 112  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Kuligowski vs N Gavrilakis 1-0451973European Junior Championship PreliminaryA75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4
2. R Nixon vs J Goormachtigh  ½-½411973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
3. J Pinter vs A Urzica  0-1391973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
4. G Bencini vs A Anselmo  0-1211973European Junior Championship PreliminaryD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
5. J Fraguela Gil vs N Bloch  ½-½251973European Junior Championship PreliminaryA70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
6. T Wedberg vs P Mack  ½-½581973European Junior Championship PreliminaryA07 King's Indian Attack
7. R Ott vs M van der Linde  0-1461973European Junior Championship PreliminaryA84 Dutch
8. H Koopman vs R Smith  1-0321973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB44 Sicilian
9. T Knight vs J Hanau  0-1501973European Junior Championship PreliminaryC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
10. P Passerotti vs S Bjarnason  0-1481973European Junior Championship PreliminaryC16 French, Winawer
11. V Inkiov vs Marjanovic  1-0371973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
12. J Salonen vs A Hellmayr  ½-½551973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB06 Robatsch
13. O Kroll vs V Guddahl 1-0311973European Junior Championship PreliminaryC26 Vienna
14. J Mestel vs S Swanson  ½-½521973European Junior Championship PreliminaryC55 Two Knights Defense
15. F Oney vs S Makarichev  0-1271973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB56 Sicilian
16. V Miranda vs P Spacek  0-1131973European Junior Championship PreliminaryA38 English, Symmetrical
17. J Hanau vs A Kuligowski  0-1321973European Junior Championship PreliminaryC02 French, Advance
18. A Hellmayr vs R Nixon  0-1341973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB27 Sicilian
19. A Anselmo vs V Inkiov  ½-½221973European Junior Championship PreliminaryB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
20. N Bloch vs T Wedberg  ½-½411973European Junior Championship PreliminaryA00 Uncommon Opening
21. N Gavrilakis vs P Passerotti  1-0301973European Junior Championship PreliminaryC56 Two Knights
22. J Goormachtigh vs J Mestel  1-0801973European Junior Championship PreliminaryD36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2
23. V Guddahl vs T Knight  1-0401973European Junior Championship PreliminaryA38 English, Symmetrical
24. P Mack vs J Salonen  1-0441973European Junior Championship PreliminaryE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
25. S Makarichev vs S Bjarnason  1-0411973European Junior Championship PreliminaryC05 French, Tarrasch
 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 112  PGN Download
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