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Amsterdam IBM (1972) Initiated by IBM employee Willem Wolthuis and others, the IBM tournaments in Amsterdam ran from 1961 to 1981. The event in 1972 was the twelfth in the series. (1) Of the sixteen invited players, ten were GMs, including the Soviet favorites Korchnoi and Polugaevsky. After the introductory speeches by Max Euwe, Johan Zwanepol and others, drawing of lots took place on 29 May in the Alpha Hotel. (2) The European Cup soccer trophy had been brought there by 11 Ajax juniors, and the players drew numbered miniature football shoes out from it. (3) Play started the next day in the RAI Congress Centre. (4) Time of play was 1-6 pm, except for 31 May, due to the European Cup soccer final between Ajax and Inter. The time for eventual resumptions was set to 8-10 pm. (5) Tournament director: Willem Wolthuis. Constant Orbaan was arbiter. (6) The tournament started one day later than Las Palmas (1972). RAI Congrescentrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 30 May - 17 June 1972 Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts Prizes (6) 1 GM Polugaevsky 2640 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 12 3500 2 GM Korchnoi 2670 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 11 2500 3 GM Uhlmann 2570 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 9½ 2000 4 GM Szabo 2525 ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 9 1750 =5 IM Langeweg 2425 0 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 8½ 1400 =5 GM Ljubojevic 2510 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8½ 1400 =7 GM Donner 2500 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 ? =7 IM Ree 2430 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 8 ? =7 IM Timman 2445 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 ? =10 GM Ivkov 2560 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7 700 =10 IM Malich 2450 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 7 700 12 GM Robatsch 2460 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 6 600 13 GM Browne 2500 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 0 ½ 5 500 14 GM Padevsky 2460 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 * 1 ½ 4½ 450 =15 Enklaar <2200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * 0 4 400 =15 IM Hartoch 2400 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * 4 400 Category: 10 (GM norm 9 points, IM norm 7,5 points). Alongside the GM tournament there was a Masters tournament, won by Artur Hennings, on tiebreak from Gyula Sax and Drazen Marovic. Hennings thus qualified to play in the IBM Amsterdam (1973) GM tournament. (7) Tournament book: Toernooiboek twaalfde IBM schaaktoernooi 29 mei t/m 24 juni 1972, ed. by Berry Withuis (Toernooicomité, Amsterdam 1972. 175 p.). This introduction is mainly based on the daily reports in the Dutch newspapers (available at http://kranten.delpher.nl/). 1) IBM and Chess, by Bill Wall, posted 2014 at https://web.archive.org/web/2017052... 2) Opened April 1971: https://web.archive.org/web/2016070.... 3) De Tijd, 30 May 1972, p. 19. 4) Opened 1961: Wikipedia article: Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre. 5) De Waarheid, 30 May 1972, p. 3. 6) Withuis' tournament book, p. 9. Prizes are in Dutch guilders. 7) Bernard Cafferty in CHESS magazine, July 1972, pp. 298-299. Original collection: Game Collection: IBM Amsterdam 1972 by User: Tabanus. Thanks to User: Paint My Dragon for information from CHESS, and to User: sneaky pete for information from the tournament book. *FIDE Rating List July 1971: http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/Elo197....  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J H Donner vs Browne   ½-½ 57 1972 Amsterdam IBM A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 2. Ivkov vs Ljubojevic   ½-½ 20 1972 Amsterdam IBM A15 English 3. Korchnoi vs Szabo ½-½ 48 1972 Amsterdam IBM A28 English 4. Polugaevsky vs B Malich 1-0 38 1972 Amsterdam IBM A04 Reti Opening 5. Robatsch vs Timman 1-0 63 1972 Amsterdam IBM B08 Pirc, Classical 6. N Padevsky vs B Enklaar   1-0 52 1972 Amsterdam IBM B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 7. H Ree vs K Langeweg   ½-½ 26 1972 Amsterdam IBM A15 English 8. Uhlmann vs R Hartoch   ½-½ 32 1972 Amsterdam IBM A21 English 9. Browne vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 46 1972 Amsterdam IBM B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 10. B Enklaar vs Ivkov   ½-½ 57 1972 Amsterdam IBM A90 Dutch 11. Ljubojevic vs H Ree   ½-½ 21 1972 Amsterdam IBM C44 King's Pawn Game 12. Polugaevsky vs Robatsch 1-0 50 1972 Amsterdam IBM A15 English 13. Szabo vs N Padevsky 1-0 27 1972 Amsterdam IBM A15 English 14. Timman vs J H Donner   ½-½ 15 1972 Amsterdam IBM B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 15. K Langeweg vs Uhlmann   ½-½ 18 1972 Amsterdam IBM A12 English with b3 16. B Malich vs R Hartoch   ½-½ 30 1972 Amsterdam IBM A56 Benoni Defense 17. Ivkov vs Szabo   ½-½ 35 1972 Amsterdam IBM E91 King's Indian 18. Korchnoi vs Timman   ½-½ 46 1972 Amsterdam IBM E60 King's Indian Defense 19. Uhlmann vs Ljubojevic   ½-½ 22 1972 Amsterdam IBM A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 20. J H Donner vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 41 1972 Amsterdam IBM E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 21. R Hartoch vs K Langeweg   ½-½ 24 1972 Amsterdam IBM D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. N Padevsky vs Browne 1-0 40 1972 Amsterdam IBM B23 Sicilian, Closed 23. H Ree vs B Enklaar   ½-½ 17 1972 Amsterdam IBM A13 English 24. Robatsch vs B Malich   ½-½ 21 1972 Amsterdam IBM B83 Sicilian 25. Browne vs Ivkov   ½-½ 31 1972 Amsterdam IBM C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Nov-23-19    Ilkka Salonen: No doubt IBM rendered support to chess also. Nowadays, I feel that TCEC policy of drawn openings reflects indifference to truth which has many connotations. It is as if they are artificially trying to cling to treir edge towards human players too. Nov-23-19    HeMateMe: What's Feng Hso doing these days? Team Feng was the brains behind the IBM Deep Blue project that defeated Gary Kasparov. I guess he has a lower profile these days, but is still a project manager. Feng himself was rated 2400, a strong player, but said "I go at it now and then [the Deep Blue computer] but can't make a dent in it." NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. 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