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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 —————————————————————————————————————————————————— 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) Previous: Tilburg Interpolis (1978). Next: Tilburg Interpolis (1980)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   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  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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