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Amsterdam IBM Tournament
Lubomir Kavalek10.5/15(+8 -2 =5)[games]
David Bronstein10/15(+5 -0 =10)[games]
Hans Ree8.5/15(+3 -1 =11)[games]
Levente Lengyel8.5/15(+4 -2 =9)[games]
Kick Langeweg8.5/15(+4 -2 =9)[games]
Dragoljub Ciric8.5/15(+5 -3 =7)[games]
Leonid Shamkovich8.5/15(+5 -3 =7)[games]
Borislav Ivkov8/15(+4 -3 =8)[games]
Jan Hein Donner8/15(+2 -1 =12)[games]
Alexander Kotov7.5/15(+5 -5 =5)[games]
Drazen Marovic7.5/15(+3 -3 =9)[games]
Istvan Bilek7/15(+2 -3 =10)[games]
Hans Bouwmeester6/15(+1 -4 =10)[games]
Alexander Jongsma5/15(+1 -6 =8)[games]
Frans Kuijpers4.5/15(+1 -7 =7)[games]
Coenraad Zuidema3.5/15(+0 -8 =7)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Amsterdam IBM (1968)

"Once again the annual Grandmaster tournament in Amsterdam, held under the sponsorship of the giant IBM Corporation, boasted a strong field: nine International Grandmasters, six International Masters and one local Candidate-Master (Jongsma). The recent winner of the Czech Championship, L. Kavalek, led the tournament all the way and finished a half-point ahead of the second-place winner, D. Bronstein of the Soviet Union. In their individual game, Kavalek tried too hard for the win, and sacrificed heavy material for a would-be mating attack, only to arrive at a lost endgame. Kavalek's style, as shown by his score of eight wins, two losses and five draws, is the avoidance of drawish tactics - he plays always for the win, and consequently sometimes loses. Bronstein, on the other hand, once known for his aggressive and enterprising (albeit eccentric) play, has recently placed the accent more on the eccentric, and while losing very infrequently, he wins fewer games than he could. It will be remembered that Bronstein, in the 1950s, was a leading contender for the World Championship and drew his title match with Botvinnik." (Chess Life)

"I began my escape from the communist Czechoslovakia 42 years ago, on Sunday, September 1, 1968. According to Wikipedia, I bought several crates of vodka with my winnings at the Akiba Rubinstein Memorial in the Polish spa of Polanica Zdroj, bribed the border guards and drove to West Germany. At that time, I was supposed to play the first board on the Czechoslovakian team at the Lugano Olympiad, having won the strongest national championship in history ahead of Smejkal, Hort, Filip, Pachman, Jansa, Janata and others. During the sommer I added a first place finish at the IBM tournament in Amsterdam ahead of David Bronstein and I was just in the middle of the race with the former world champion Vassily Smyslov in Poland, when the Soviet and other Warsaw pact armies invaded my country on August 21. During the next ten days it became clear to me that I had to go west. I played a few simultaneous exhibitions in Poland, the last one in Wroclaw." (Kavalek)

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 16 July - 3 August 1968

               Age  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————
  1 Kavalek     24  • 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 10½
  2 Bronstein   44  1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 10
 =3 Ree         23  0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½  8½
 =3 Lengyel     35  0 ½ ½ • ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1  8½
 =3 Langeweg    31  0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1  8½
 =3 Ciric       32  ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1  8½
 =3 Shamkovich  45  ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1  8½
 =8 Ivkov       34  1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 • ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1  8
 =8 Donner      41  0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½  8
=10 Kotov       54  ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ • 0 1 ½ 1 0 1  7½
=10 Marovic     30  0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ 1 1 ½  7½
 12 Bilek       35  ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1  7
 13 Bouwmeester 38  ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½  6
 14 Jongsma     30  0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ • 1 ½  5
 15 Kuijpers    27  0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 • ½  4½
 16 Zuidema     25  0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ •  3½
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————
This was the 8th tournament sponsored by IBM. Fifteen rounds in 19 days, starting on Tuesday 16 July. Rest days 21, 25, 28 July and 2 August. There were eight prizes from ƒ 2,500 (Dutch guilders) to ƒ 1,000, and non-prize winners received ƒ 100 per point. Arbiter: Harry de Graaf. Kavalek won the event with 10.5/15.

Photo (Kotov vs Kavalek): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...
Photo (Shamkovich vs Ree): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...

Sources
Dutchbase (https://maxeuwe.nl/files-dutchbase/...)
Eric Delaire website (https://web.archive.org/web/2008042...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 7/1968, p. 197 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1968...)
Chess Life, 11/1968, pp. 398-399 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Magyar Sakkélet, 9/1968, pp. 174, 177 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Kavalek, Chess Puzzles: A Vodka Escape (https://en.chessbase.com/post/kaval...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

Previous: Amsterdam IBM (1967). Next: Amsterdam IBM (1969). See also Amsterdam IBM-B (1968)

 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Jongsma vs Bronstein ½-½411968Amsterdam IBMB10 Caro-Kann
2. Ivkov vs C Zuidema 1-0231968Amsterdam IBMA22 English
3. F Kuijpers vs Kotov  1-0331968Amsterdam IBMB06 Robatsch
4. Kavalek vs D Ciric  ½-½161968Amsterdam IBMD14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
5. K Langeweg vs H Bouwmeester  ½-½231968Amsterdam IBMA13 English
6. Lengyel vs I Bilek  ½-½201968Amsterdam IBME17 Queen's Indian
7. J H Donner vs D Marovic  ½-½181968Amsterdam IBMD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. Shamkovich vs H Ree  ½-½591968Amsterdam IBME52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6
9. Ivkov vs Kavalek  1-0421968Amsterdam IBME62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
10. D Ciric vs F Kuijpers  1-0301968Amsterdam IBMC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
11. C Zuidema vs Bronstein ½-½231968Amsterdam IBMC07 French, Tarrasch
12. Kotov vs K Langeweg  ½-½301968Amsterdam IBMA17 English
13. H Ree vs J H Donner  ½-½381968Amsterdam IBMC02 French, Advance
14. H Bouwmeester vs Shamkovich  0-1401968Amsterdam IBME41 Nimzo-Indian
15. D Marovic vs Lengyel  ½-½311968Amsterdam IBME39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
16. I Bilek vs A Jongsma  ½-½341968Amsterdam IBMA00 Uncommon Opening
17. F Kuijpers vs Ivkov  0-1501968Amsterdam IBMC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
18. Bronstein vs I Bilek  ½-½191968Amsterdam IBMB06 Robatsch
19. Shamkovich vs Kotov  ½-½871968Amsterdam IBMB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
20. Kavalek vs C Zuidema  1-0611968Amsterdam IBMD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
21. J H Donner vs H Bouwmeester  1-0201968Amsterdam IBME54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
22. Lengyel vs H Ree  ½-½191968Amsterdam IBMD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
23. A Jongsma vs D Marovic  0-1341968Amsterdam IBMA15 English
24. K Langeweg vs D Ciric  ½-½131968Amsterdam IBMA12 English with b3
25. D Marovic vs Bronstein  ½-½411968Amsterdam IBME69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  PGN Download
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