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Tilburg Interpolis Tournament

Alexander Beliavsky7.5/11(+5 -1 =5)[games]
Tigran Petrosian7/11(+3 -0 =8)[games]
Lajos Portisch6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Jan Timman6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Ljubomir Ljubojevic6/11(+2 -1 =8)[games]
Ulf Andersson5.5/11(+2 -2 =7)[games]
Boris Spassky5.5/11(+1 -1 =9)[games]
Garry Kasparov5.5/11(+3 -3 =5)[games]
Gennadi Sosonko4.5/11(+2 -4 =5)[games]
Bent Larsen4.5/11(+3 -5 =3)[games]
Robert Huebner4/11(+1 -4 =6)[games]
Tony Miles3/11(+0 -5 =6)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Tilburg Interpolis (1981)

The 5th Interpolis tournament was a Category XV event (Elo average 2608). Twelve GMs incl. former world champions Petrosian and Spassky competed in the all-play-all format, from 1-6 pm and 8-10 pm. Total prize fund: 85,000 Dutch guilders, with 6,000 guilders to the winner. Chief arbiter: Constant Orbaan.

Tilburg, the Netherlands, 2-15 October 1981

Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 —————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Beliavsky 27 2615 • ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ 2 Petrosian 52 2585 ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 7 =3 Portisch 44 2620 1 ½ • ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 6½ =3 Timman 29 2630 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 6½ 5 Ljubojevic 30 2590 ½ ½ 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6 =6 Andersson 30 2600 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ • ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 5½ =6 Spassky 44 2630 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ =6 Kasparov 18 2630 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 • 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½ =9 Sosonko 38 2585 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 • 0 ½ ½ 4½ =9 Larsen 46 2610 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 • 0 1 4½ 11 Hübner 32 2640 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 • ½ 4 12 Miles 26 2565 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • 3 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————

Eleven rounds in 14 days, starting on Friday 2 October. Rest days 5, 9 & 14 October. Beliavsky won with 7.5/11.

Photo (Kasparov): https://i0.wp.com/www.blog.konikows...

Sources
*FIDE rating list July 1981 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022120...)
Game Collection: Tilburg Interpolis 1981 (by User: suenteus po 147)
Jaque 119, December 1981, pp. 13-15 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 8/1981, pp. 245-247 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1981...)
Magyar Sakkélet, 12/1981, pp. 282-283 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Huebner vs Portisch 0-1491981Tilburg InterpolisC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
2. Kasparov vs Sosonko 1-0291981Tilburg InterpolisD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
3. Timman vs Petrosian  ½-½311981Tilburg InterpolisC16 French, Winawer
4. Andersson vs Miles 1-0591981Tilburg InterpolisA30 English, Symmetrical
5. Ljubojevic vs Larsen 1-0601981Tilburg InterpolisB10 Caro-Kann
6. Spassky vs A Beliavsky ½-½261981Tilburg InterpolisC78 Ruy Lopez
7. Petrosian vs Larsen  ½-½721981Tilburg InterpolisE39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
8. Portisch vs Kasparov ½-½411981Tilburg InterpolisA75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4
9. Timman vs Spassky 1-0861981Tilburg InterpolisB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
10. Sosonko vs Andersson  ½-½181981Tilburg InterpolisE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
11. Miles vs Ljubojevic  ½-½251981Tilburg InterpolisD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. A Beliavsky vs Huebner 1-0351981Tilburg InterpolisB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
13. Ljubojevic vs Sosonko  ½-½231981Tilburg InterpolisA07 King's Indian Attack
14. Spassky vs Petrosian ½-½141981Tilburg InterpolisC16 French, Winawer
15. Kasparov vs A Beliavsky  ½-½391981Tilburg InterpolisD18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
16. Larsen vs Miles 1-0401981Tilburg InterpolisE12 Queen's Indian
17. Andersson vs Portisch 1-0611981Tilburg InterpolisA20 English
18. Huebner vs Timman ½-½841981Tilburg InterpolisE41 Nimzo-Indian
19. Timman vs Kasparov 1-0401981Tilburg InterpolisE66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
20. Sosonko vs Larsen  0-1281981Tilburg InterpolisA55 Old Indian, Main line
21. Spassky vs Huebner  ½-½231981Tilburg InterpolisB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
22. A Beliavsky vs Andersson  ½-½571981Tilburg InterpolisE54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
23. Portisch vs Ljubojevic 1-0561981Tilburg InterpolisA25 English
24. Petrosian vs Miles 1-0631981Tilburg InterpolisE41 Nimzo-Indian
25. Larsen vs Portisch 0-1411981Tilburg InterpolisB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  PGN Download
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