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Tilburg Interpolis Tournament

Anatoly Karpov7.5/11(+5 -1 =5)[games]
Lajos Portisch7/11(+3 -0 =8)[games]
Jan Timman6.5/11(+3 -1 =7)[games]
Gennadi Sosonko6/11(+1 -0 =10)[games]
Boris Spassky6/11(+3 -2 =6)[games]
Mikhail Tal5.5/11(+1 -1 =9)[games]
Vlastimil Hort5/11(+0 -1 =10)[games]
Bent Larsen5/11(+3 -4 =4)[games]
Ulf Andersson4.5/11(+0 -2 =9)[games]
Zoltan Ribli4.5/11(+1 -3 =7)[games]
Robert Huebner4.5/11(+1 -3 =7)[games]
Lubomir Kavalek4/11(+0 -3 =8)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Tilburg Interpolis (1980)

The 4th Interpolis tournament was a Category XV event (Elo average 2619). Twelve GMs including world champion Karpov and former world champion Spassky competed in an all-play-all format. The top five players received 6,000, 4,000, 3,000, 2,000 and 1,000 Dutch guilders. In addition there were bonuses of 1,000 guilders for each win, 400 for each draw and 250 for each loss. Total prize fund: 85,000 guilders. Chief arbiter: Constant Orbaan.

Tilburg, the Netherlands, 19 September - 2 October 1980

Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Karpov 29 2725 • ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 7½ 2 Portisch 43 2655 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 7 3 Timman 28 2600 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ =4 Sosonko 37 2545 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ + ½ ½ 6 =4 Spassky 43 2615 0 ½ ½ ½ • 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 6 6 Tal 43 2705 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ =7 Hort 36 2595 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 =7 Larsen 45 2585 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 • ½ 0 1 ½ 5 =9 Andersson 29 2590 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 4½ =9 Ribli 29 2610 0 ½ ½ - 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ • ½ ½ 4½ =9 Hübner 31 2600 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • 1 4½ 12 Kavalek 37 2600 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 • 4 —————————————————————————————————————————————————

Eleven rounds in 14 days, starting on Friday 19 September. Ribli had to forfeit his final round game against Sosonko as his father had just died (66 - 1 = 65 games). Rest days 22, 26 September & 1 October. Karpov won again, with 7.5/11.

Photo (Karpov vs Spassky): https://dgriffinchess.wordpress.com...

Sources
Game Collection: Tilburg Interpolis 1980 (by User: suenteus po 147)
*FIDE rating list January 1980 (https://web.archive.org/web/2023041...)
Jaque 107, November 1980, pp. 2-4 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 8/1980, pp. 239, 258-260 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1980...)
Magyar Sakkélet, 12/1980, pp. 265-271 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
El Ajedrez, 11/1980, pp. 500-505 (http://www.historiadelajedrezespano...)
Chess Life, 8/1980, pp. 30-33 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Skakbladet, 1/1981, pp. 4-5 (http://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/1...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 65  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Spassky vs Huebner  ½-½631980Tilburg InterpolisA07 King's Indian Attack
2. Sosonko vs Karpov ½-½171980Tilburg InterpolisE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
3. Portisch vs Kavalek 1-0261980Tilburg InterpolisA04 Reti Opening
4. Hort vs Timman  ½-½201980Tilburg InterpolisB07 Pirc
5. Tal vs Larsen  ½-½371980Tilburg InterpolisB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
6. Andersson vs Ribli  ½-½241980Tilburg InterpolisE10 Queen's Pawn Game
7. Huebner vs Hort  ½-½151980Tilburg InterpolisA00 Uncommon Opening
8. Ribli vs Karpov 0-1251980Tilburg InterpolisA25 English
9. Timman vs Tal  ½-½301980Tilburg InterpolisA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
10. Andersson vs Portisch ½-½411980Tilburg InterpolisD13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
11. Kavalek vs Spassky ½-½161980Tilburg InterpolisB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
12. Larsen vs Sosonko  ½-½471980Tilburg InterpolisE07 Catalan, Closed
13. Tal vs Huebner  ½-½161980Tilburg InterpolisB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
14. Hort vs Kavalek  ½-½251980Tilburg InterpolisD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
15. Portisch vs Ribli  ½-½171980Tilburg InterpolisA17 English
16. Spassky vs Andersson 1-0311980Tilburg InterpolisB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
17. Karpov vs Larsen 0-1661980Tilburg InterpolisC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
18. Sosonko vs Timman  ½-½161980Tilburg InterpolisD99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov
19. Portisch vs Spassky  ½-½271980Tilburg InterpolisA25 English
20. Andersson vs Hort  ½-½351980Tilburg InterpolisA04 Reti Opening
21. Kavalek vs Tal  ½-½181980Tilburg InterpolisC42 Petrov Defense
22. Huebner vs Sosonko  ½-½481980Tilburg InterpolisB64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
23. Timman vs Karpov 0-1361980Tilburg InterpolisC42 Petrov Defense
24. Ribli vs Larsen  1-0561980Tilburg InterpolisA06 Reti Opening
25. Spassky vs Ribli 1-0271980Tilburg InterpolisE14 Queen's Indian
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 65  PGN Download
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