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Hoogovens Tournament

Jan Hein Donner5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Max Euwe5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Hans Bouwmeester5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Aleksandar Matanovic5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Gideon Stahlberg5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Alberic O'Kelly de Galway4.5/9(+1 -1 =7)[games]
Herman Pilnik4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Theo van Scheltinga4/9(+1 -2 =6)[games]
Borislav Milic4/9(+1 -2 =6)[games]
Vasja Pirc2.5/9(+0 -4 =5)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hoogovens (1958)

Beverwijk, the Netherlands, 9-19 January 1958

Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 Donner 30 • ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5½ =1 Euwe 56 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 5½ =3 Bouwmeester 28 0 ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 =3 Matanovic 27 0 ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 =3 Ståhlberg 49 ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 6 O'Kelly 46 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ =7 Pilnik 44 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ • 1 0 ½ 4 =7 Van Scheltinga 43 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ 1 4 =7 Milic 32 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ • ½ 4 10 Pirc 50 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ • 2½ —————————————————————————————————————————————

Nine rounds in 11 days, starting on Thursday 9 January (45 games). Rest days 13 & 17 January. Donner and Euwe shared the victory with 5.5/9.

Photo (Donner vs Euwe): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...

Sources
Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
Belgian Chess History website (https://www.belgianchesshistory.be/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 2/1958, pp. 34, 54-55 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1958...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

Previous: Hoogovens (1957). Next: Hoogovens (1959)

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J H Donner vs Euwe  ½-½281958HoogovensE12 Queen's Indian
2. T van Scheltinga vs H Bouwmeester  0-1261958HoogovensE51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
3. Stahlberg vs Pilnik  1-0591958HoogovensA56 Benoni Defense
4. A Matanovic vs B Milic  1-0411958HoogovensC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
5. O'Kelly vs Pirc  ½-½411958HoogovensA43 Old Benoni
6. Euwe vs Stahlberg  ½-½371958HoogovensD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. Pirc vs H Bouwmeester  ½-½221958HoogovensA15 English
8. Pilnik vs T van Scheltinga  1-0421958HoogovensA07 King's Indian Attack
9. O'Kelly vs A Matanovic  ½-½161958HoogovensE45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation
10. B Milic vs J H Donner ½-½431958HoogovensB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
11. A Matanovic vs Pirc  ½-½241958HoogovensB07 Pirc
12. Stahlberg vs B Milic  ½-½201958HoogovensA04 Reti Opening
13. J H Donner vs O'Kelly  ½-½141958HoogovensE43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
14. H Bouwmeester vs Pilnik  ½-½471958HoogovensA21 English
15. T van Scheltinga vs Euwe  ½-½561958HoogovensE97 King's Indian
16. O'Kelly vs Stahlberg  ½-½181958HoogovensD79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line
17. Pirc vs Pilnik  ½-½261958HoogovensA21 English
18. B Milic vs T van Scheltinga  ½-½251958HoogovensB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
19. A Matanovic vs J H Donner  0-1401958HoogovensB10 Caro-Kann
20. Euwe vs H Bouwmeester  ½-½311958HoogovensE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
21. Stahlberg vs A Matanovic  0-1411958HoogovensE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
22. T van Scheltinga vs O'Kelly  ½-½311958HoogovensE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
23. J H Donner vs Pirc  1-0511958HoogovensA55 Old Indian, Main line
24. H Bouwmeester vs B Milic  ½-½131958HoogovensE20 Nimzo-Indian
25. Pilnik vs Euwe  0-1401958HoogovensB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-07-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Euwe and Donner finished equal first, as Donner booked a win over Bouwmeester in the eighth round in the missing game to take the lead, then lost the last round.
Aug-07-22  Retireborn: Here is the missing game from Megabase 2021:

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Bouwmeester, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Na3 Bg7 6. Nxc4 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Ne4 10. Qa4 Nxc5 11. Qa3 Na6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 Rd8 15. Be3 Be6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Na5 Bd5 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Bxa6 Qb6 20. b3 e6 21. Bc4 a5 22. h3 Qb7 23. Bf1 Bf8 24. Qa4 Qb4 25. Qxb4 axb4 26. Rd2 Ra5 27. Bf4 Rda8 28. Rcc2 Be4 29. Rb2 Rc8 30. f3 g5 31. Be5 Bg6 32. Bc4 Be7 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. g4 Ke8 35. Ke1 Kf8 36. Rf2 Ke8 37. Rbd2 Kf8 38. Kd1 Ke8 39. Kc1 Kf8 40. Rfe2 Ra7 41. Kd1 Ra5 42. Rh2 Ra7 43. Rhg2 Ra5 44. Rge2 Ra7 45. d5 exd5 46. Bxd5 Rd7 47. Bc4 Rcd8 48. Rxd7 Rxd7+ 49. Rd2 Rxd2+ 50. Kxd2 f6 51. Bd4 h5 52. Bd3 Be8 53. Ke3 h4 54. f4 Bc6 55. Bf1 Ke8 56. Bb6 Kd7 57. fxg5 fxg5 58. Kd4 Bb7 59. Ke5 Ke8 60. Kf5 Kf7 61. Bc4+ Kg7 62. Bd4+ Kf8 63. Bf6 Be4+ 64. Kxg5 1-0

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