Amsterdam IBM (1975) |
"The Dutch organizers usually look for top players, or at least players with fighting spirit. Their selection for this year's grandmaster group at the 15th IBM tournament was extremely successful, for I have not seen such interesting chess played at the IBM in years. Ljubomir Ljubojevic, the main contender for first prize, was expected to create fireworks. So was Jan Timman. Laszlo Szabo could easily have kept up the sharp pace; and I did not intend to remain in the shadows. Both Jan Smejkal and Robert Huebner, players with a fine positional feeling, good technique, and a belief in active defense, were expected to bring more objectivity to the battles. Wolfgang Uhlmann could have played either way, while the less-known Soviet players, Razuvaev and Makarichev, and the Dane Hamman, were expected to add an exotic flavor to the tournament because of their unfamiliarity. Gena Sosonko, Vlastimil Jansa, and Florin Gheorghiu are generally difficult to beat because of their solid routine. Hans Ree ... Well, he can play well and he can play badly, apparently depending on the weather. And Vladimir Raicevic and Hans Bohm were classed as tailenders. Someone at the opening ceremony even asked who they were. ... Ljubomir Ljubojevic, try as he might, could not score the way he wanted to in the first ten rounds. He lost a few and won a few and had a score of 50%. But in the last five rounds he scored a fantastic 4½ points (winning the last three) and moved from seventh place to clear first. Now the IBM tournament has been added to the first prize he won earlier this year at the strong Las Palmas tournament. IBM was Category 11, with an average rating of 2510. What makes Ljubojevic so successful? To begin with, from his games one can see that he does not study the openings very much; he is, however, a master of improvisation, always trying to create extraordinary positions where his feeling lor sharp tactical solutions dominates the play. He likes to take risks and lets nothing stand in his way; in fact, in this respect he goes further than "common sense" would allow. He has been compared to the young Tal, and takes the same tactical path as his Yugoslavian colleagues, Velimirovic and Planinc." (Kavalek in Chess Life) Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 8-26 July 1975 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Ljubojevic 24 2615 • ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 9½
=2 Böhm 25 2300 ½ • 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 9
=2 Makarichev 21 2440 1 0 • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ 9
=2 Smejkal 29 2600 ½ 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 9
=2 Szabó 58 2545 ½ ½ ½ ½ • 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 9
=6 Razuvaev 29 2515 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 8
=6 Kavalek 31 2555 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ • 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8
8 Hübner 26 2615 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 7½
=9 Sosonko 32 2470 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 7
=9 Uhlmann 40 2535 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 • ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 7
=9 Gheorghiu 31 2540 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7
=9 Jansa 32 2540 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 1 ½ 7
=9 Timman 23 2510 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ • 1 1 ½ 7
14 Raicevic 26 2440 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 • 1 ½ 6½
15 Hamann 34 2485 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 • 1 5
16 Ree 30 2470 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 • 4½
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— This was the 15th tournament sponsored by IBM. Fifteen rounds in 19 days, starting on Tuesday 8 July. Rest days 12, 17, 20 & 25 July. First prize: 4,000 Dutch guilders. Chief arbiter: Piet Bakker. Ljubojevic won with 9.5/15. Böhm and Makarichev took GM norms.Photo (10 players): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...
Photo (Böhm & Ljubojevic): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... Sources
Dutchbase (https://maxeuwe.nl/files-dutchbase/...)
Eric Delaire website (https://web.archive.org/web/2008042...)
*FIDE rating list January 1975 (https://web.archive.org/web/2023121...)
Skakbladet, 9/1975, pp. 235-239 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Jaque 46, October 1975, pp. 18-23 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Shakhmatny Bulletin, 11/1975, pp. 345-348 (https://publ.lib.ru/ARCHIVES/SH/''S... )
Chess Life & Review, 11/1975, pp. 734-738 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Magyar Sakkélet, 10/1975, pp. 217-218 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)
Previous: Amsterdam IBM (1974). Next: Amsterdam IBM (1976). See also Amsterdam IBM-B (1975)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Kavalek vs V Raicevic |
| 1-0 | 47 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 |
2. Razuvaev vs H Ree |
 | 1-0 | 27 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
3. Kavalek vs Szabo |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | B07 Pirc |
4. Sosonko vs Timman |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | D99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov |
5. Szabo vs V Raicevic |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | D51 Queen's Gambit Declined |
6. S Hamann vs H Ree |
| 1-0 | 32 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | C66 Ruy Lopez |
7. H Ree vs Uhlmann |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | A36 English |
8. Jansa vs S Hamann |
| 1-0 | 72 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
9. Ljubojevic vs H Ree |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | B57 Sicilian |
10. Huebner vs Kavalek |
 | 1-0 | 33 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | E82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation |
11. H Bohm vs S Makarichev |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | A84 Dutch |
12. Szabo vs Timman |
 | 1-0 | 34 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line |
13. Smejkal vs Jansa |
 | 1-0 | 40 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | A04 Reti Opening |
14. H Bohm vs H Ree |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | A56 Benoni Defense |
15. Uhlmann vs Kavalek |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | A35 English, Symmetrical |
16. Razuvaev vs Szabo |
| 1-0 | 29 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
17. Timman vs Razuvaev |
 | 1-0 | 51 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
18. Jansa vs H Bohm |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern |
19. Szabo vs Huebner |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | B08 Pirc, Classical |
20. Kavalek vs Ljubojevic |
 | 1-0 | 28 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense |
21. Huebner vs Timman |
 | 1-0 | 38 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | B25 Sicilian, Closed |
22. Timman vs S Hamann |
 | 1-0 | 29 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line |
23. Smejkal vs Gheorghiu |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | A04 Reti Opening |
24. S Makarichev vs Huebner |
| 1-0 | 45 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line |
25. H Bohm vs V Raicevic |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1975 | Amsterdam IBM | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
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