Tilburg Interpolis (1979) |
Sponsored by the insurance company Interpolis, the 3rd Interpolis tournament was held in Tilburg, the Netherlands in November 1979. It was a Category XV event (Elo average 2605). Twelve GMs including world champion Karpov and former world champions Spassky and Smyslov competed in the all-play-all format. Rounds started at 1 pm, in a room isolated from the public. From 2 pm the public had access to a demonstration room, where top Dutch players discussed the games on six wall boards. 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. And even 400 for each draw and 250 for each loss. Chief arbiter: Constant Orbaan. Tilburg, the Netherlands, 2-15 November 1979 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Karpov 28 2705 • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½
2 Romanishin 27 2560 ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7
3 Portisch 42 2640 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 6½
4 Sax 28 2590 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6
=5 Sosonko 36 2535 0 1 ½ ½ • 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 5½
=5 Larsen 44 2620 0 ½ 0 1 0 • ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 5½
=5 Spassky 42 2640 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½
=5 Timman 27 2625 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 5½
=9 Hübner 31 2595 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ • ½ ½ 1 5
=9 Hort 35 2600 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 5
11 Kavalek 36 2590 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ 4½
12 Smyslov 58 2560 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ • 2½
—————————————————————————————————————————————————— Eleven rounds in 14 days, starting on Friday 2 November (66 games). Rest days 5, 9 & 14 November. Karpov won with 7.5/11.Photo (Karpov): https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gbcysb0...
Sources
Game Collection: Tilburg Interpolis 1979 (by User: suenteus po 147)
*FIDE rating list January 1979 (https://web.archive.org/web/2023112...)
Jaque 97, January 1980, pp. 36-37 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 10/1979, pp. 303, 331-334 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1979...)
Magyar Sakkélet, 2/1980, pp. 25-29 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
El Ajedrez, 1/1980, pp. 22-29 (http://www.historiadelajedrezespano...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Huebner vs Smyslov |
  | 1-0 | 30 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
2. Hort vs Romanishin |
 | 0-1 | 40 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation |
3. Timman vs Sax |
| 0-1 | 41 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation |
4. Kavalek vs Larsen |
 | 0-1 | 39 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation |
5. Spassky vs Portisch |
 | ½-½ | 19 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | B97 Sicilian, Najdorf |
6. Karpov vs Sosonko |
  | 1-0 | 30 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack |
7. Portisch vs Hort |
 | ½-½ | 58 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 |
8. Larsen vs Spassky |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | A26 English |
9. Smyslov vs Sosonko |
| ½-½ | 43 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
10. Romanishin vs Timman |
| 1-0 | 76 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | B50 Sicilian |
11. Huebner vs Kavalek |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense |
12. Sax vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 53 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | C47 Four Knights |
13. Spassky vs Huebner |
  | 1-0 | 30 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | D86 Grunfeld, Exchange |
14. Sosonko vs Sax |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | D97 Grunfeld, Russian |
15. Kavalek vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | C42 Petrov Defense |
16. Timman vs Portisch |
 | 1-0 | 41 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | A30 English, Symmetrical |
17. Karpov vs Romanishin |
| ½-½ | 34 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | E00 Queen's Pawn Game |
18. Hort vs Larsen |
| 0-1 | 61 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | A55 Old Indian, Main line |
19. Huebner vs Hort |
 | ½-½ | 57 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern |
20. Kavalek vs Spassky |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer |
21. Portisch vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | A14 English |
22. Smyslov vs Sax |
 | 0-1 | 54 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 |
23. Romanishin vs Sosonko |
| 0-1 | 66 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical |
24. Larsen vs Timman |
| 1-0 | 64 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | A10 English |
25. Hort vs Kavalek |
| ½-½ | 13 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation |
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