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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Hoogovens Tournament
Gideon Stahlberg6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Herman Pilnik6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Roman Toran5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Francesco Scafarelli5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Hans Bouwmeester4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Aleksandar Matanovic4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Haije Kramer4/9(+1 -2 =6)[games]
Theo van Scheltinga4/9(+3 -4 =2)[games]
Frits Roessel3/9(+1 -4 =4)[games]
Constant Orbaan1.5/9(+1 -7 =1)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hoogovens (1956)

Beverwijk, the Netherlands, 5-15 January 1956

                 Age  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
—————————————————————————————————————————————
 1 Ståhlberg      47  • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1  6½
 2 Pilnik         42  ½ • ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1  6
=3 Toran          24  ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1  5½
=3 Scafarelli     22  ½ 0 ½ • ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1  5½
=5 Bouwmeester    26  0 1 ½ ½ • 0 ½ 0 1 1  4½
=5 Matanovic      25  0 ½ 1 0 1 • ½ ½ 0 1  4½
=7 Kramer         38  ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • 0 1 ½  4
=7 Van Scheltinga 41  0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 • ½ 1  4
 9 Roessel        18  ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ • 0  3
10 Orbaan         37  0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 •  1½
—————————————————————————————————————————————
Nine rounds in 11 days, starting on Thursday 5 January (45 games). Rest days 9 & 13 January. Ståhlberg with 6.5/9.

Photo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...

Sources

Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 1/1956, pp. 3, 17-20 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1956...)
Skakbladet, 3/1956, pp. 39, 42-43 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. T van Scheltinga vs F Roessel  ½-½401956HoogovensA56 Benoni Defense
2. Pilnik vs R Toran  ½-½411956HoogovensC78 Ruy Lopez
3. F Scafarelli vs H Kramer  ½-½221956HoogovensE16 Queen's Indian
4. Stahlberg vs A Matanovic 1-0411956HoogovensE75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
5. C Orbaan vs H Bouwmeester  0-1401956HoogovensB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
6. F Roessel vs C Orbaan  0-1301956HoogovensB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
7. Pilnik vs T van Scheltinga 1-0211956HoogovensC12 French, McCutcheon
8. H Kramer vs Stahlberg  ½-½161956HoogovensA15 English
9. R Toran vs A Matanovic  0-1421956HoogovensE15 Queen's Indian
10. H Bouwmeester vs F Scafarelli  ½-½311956HoogovensB73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
11. T van Scheltinga vs R Toran  0-1451956HoogovensE77 King's Indian
12. Stahlberg vs H Bouwmeester  1-0411956HoogovensE73 King's Indian
13. F Scafarelli vs F Roessel  ½-½751956HoogovensE60 King's Indian Defense
14. A Matanovic vs H Kramer  ½-½201956HoogovensB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
15. C Orbaan vs Pilnik 0-1321956HoogovensD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
16. T van Scheltinga vs C Orbaan  1-0251956HoogovensE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
17. H Bouwmeester vs A Matanovic  0-1351956HoogovensE66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
18. Pilnik vs F Scafarelli  1-0551956HoogovensB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
19. F Roessel vs Stahlberg  ½-½411956HoogovensA46 Queen's Pawn Game
20. R Toran vs H Kramer  1-0421956HoogovensB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
21. C Orbaan vs R Toran  0-1581956HoogovensA07 King's Indian Attack
22. F Scafarelli vs T van Scheltinga  1-0391956HoogovensD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
23. H Kramer vs H Bouwmeester  ½-½181956HoogovensC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
24. Stahlberg vs Pilnik  ½-½361956HoogovensE73 King's Indian
25. A Matanovic vs F Roessel 0-1281956HoogovensB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
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