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
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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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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Huebner vs Portisch |
  | 0-1 | 49 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
2. Kasparov vs Sosonko |
  | 1-0 | 29 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
3. Timman vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 31 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | C16 French, Winawer |
4. Andersson vs Miles |
 | 1-0 | 59 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | A30 English, Symmetrical |
5. Ljubojevic vs Larsen |
  | 1-0 | 60 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | B10 Caro-Kann |
6. Spassky vs A Beliavsky |
 | ½-½ | 26 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | C78 Ruy Lopez |
7. Petrosian vs Larsen |
| ½-½ | 72 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation |
8. Portisch vs Kasparov |
 | ½-½ | 41 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 |
9. Timman vs Spassky |
  | 1-0 | 86 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack |
10. Sosonko vs Andersson |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
11. Miles vs Ljubojevic |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
12. A Beliavsky vs Huebner |
  | 1-0 | 35 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | B97 Sicilian, Najdorf |
13. Ljubojevic vs Sosonko |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | A07 King's Indian Attack |
14. Spassky vs Petrosian |
 | ½-½ | 14 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | C16 French, Winawer |
15. Kasparov vs A Beliavsky |
| ½-½ | 39 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch |
16. Larsen vs Miles |
 | 1-0 | 40 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | E12 Queen's Indian |
17. Andersson vs Portisch |
  | 1-0 | 61 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | A20 English |
18. Huebner vs Timman |
 | ½-½ | 84 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
19. Timman vs Kasparov |
  | 1-0 | 40 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno |
20. Sosonko vs Larsen |
| 0-1 | 28 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | A55 Old Indian, Main line |
21. Spassky vs Huebner |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | B45 Sicilian, Taimanov |
22. A Beliavsky vs Andersson |
| ½-½ | 57 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
23. Portisch vs Ljubojevic |
  | 1-0 | 56 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | A25 English |
24. Petrosian vs Miles |
 | 1-0 | 63 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
25. Larsen vs Portisch |
  | 0-1 | 41 | 1981 | Tilburg Interpolis | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
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