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Hoogovens (1975) The 37th Annual Hoogovens Chess Tournament was a Category XII event, held in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands in 1975. Nine grandmasters and seven masters competed in a round robin format in the prestigious A event. The participants were (in order of Elo): Lajos Portisch (2635), Robert Huebner (2615), Efim Geller (2600), Vlastimil Hort (2600), Jan Smejkal (2600), Svetozar Gligoric (2575), Semyon Furman (2560), Lubomir Kavalek (2555), Walter Shawn Browne (2550), Jan Timman (2510), Jan Hein Donner (2485), Hans Ree (2470), Gennady Sosonko (2470), Luben Popov (2460), Franciscus Kuijpers (2445), and Kick Langeweg (2410). The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts 1 Portisch • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 10½ 2 Hort 0 • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10 3 Smejkal ½ 0 • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 9½ 4 Kavalek ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 9 =5 Sosonko ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 8½ =5 Huebner ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8½ =5 Gligoric 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ =8 Timman ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ • ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 8 =8 Geller ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8 =8 Browne ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 11 Furman ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ 0 1 7 12 Langeweg ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 1 ½ ½ 6½ 13 Ree 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ 1 5½ 14 Donner 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • 1 ½ 5 15 Kuijpers 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 • ½ 4 16 Popov 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • 3½ Original collection: Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1975, by User: suenteus po 147. Previous: Hoogovens (1974). Next: Hoogovens (1976). See also Hoogovens-B (1975)  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Hort vs Geller   ½-½ 48 1975 Hoogovens E50 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3, without ...d5 2. Sosonko vs Furman   ½-½ 37 1975 Hoogovens E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 3. Timman vs K Langeweg 1-0 41 1975 Hoogovens B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 4. Smejkal vs Gligoric ½-½ 93 1975 Hoogovens C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 5. J H Donner vs F Kuijpers   1-0 44 1975 Hoogovens E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 6. Browne vs Huebner ½-½ 90 1975 Hoogovens C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 7. L Popov vs Kavalek 0-1 35 1975 Hoogovens A26 English 8. Portisch vs H Ree 1-0 40 1975 Hoogovens D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. F Kuijpers vs Browne 0-1 57 1975 Hoogovens B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 10. Kavalek vs Geller   ½-½ 25 1975 Hoogovens C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 11. K Langeweg vs Hort 0-1 41 1975 Hoogovens A15 English 12. Gligoric vs Portisch 0-1 57 1975 Hoogovens E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 13. Huebner vs Sosonko   ½-½ 18 1975 Hoogovens A00 Uncommon Opening 14. H Ree vs Timman   ½-½ 27 1975 Hoogovens D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 15. Furman vs Smejkal   ½-½ 40 1975 Hoogovens A17 English 16. L Popov vs J H Donner   ½-½ 16 1975 Hoogovens D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 17. Browne vs L Popov   1-0 66 1975 Hoogovens B42 Sicilian, Kan 18. Geller vs K Langeweg   ½-½ 25 1975 Hoogovens B83 Sicilian 19. Hort vs H Ree   ½-½ 30 1975 Hoogovens B68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7 20. Portisch vs Furman   ½-½ 41 1975 Hoogovens E17 Queen's Indian 21. Sosonko vs F Kuijpers   1-0 34 1975 Hoogovens E08 Catalan, Closed 22. Timman vs Gligoric   ½-½ 41 1975 Hoogovens A45 Queen's Pawn Game 23. Smejkal vs Huebner   1-0 38 1975 Hoogovens A04 Reti Opening 24. J H Donner vs Kavalek   ½-½ 16 1975 Hoogovens A57 Benko Gambit 25. J H Donner vs Browne   ½-½ 36 1975 Hoogovens A58 Benko Gambit  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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