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Szirak Tournament

Vladimir Tukmakov8.5/13(+5 -1 =7)[games]
Jozsef Pinter8.5/13(+6 -2 =5)[games]
Andras Adorjan7.5/13(+5 -3 =5)[games]
Gyula Sax7.5/13(+4 -2 =7)[games]
Anatoly Vaisser7/13(+4 -3 =6)[games]
Kiril Georgiev7/13(+2 -1 =10)[games]
Andronico Yap7/13(+6 -5 =2)[games]
Wolfgang Uhlmann6.5/13(+4 -4 =5)[games]
Josef Klinger6.5/13(+6 -6 =1)[games]
Rainer Knaak6.5/13(+4 -4 =5)[games]
Jozsef Horvath6/13(+3 -4 =6)[games]
Tamas Utasi5/13(+3 -6 =4)[games]
Pal Petran4.5/13(+2 -6 =5)[games]
Stefan Djuric3/13(+1 -8 =4)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Szirak (1985)

The 1st Hungaroil-Honvéd international chess tournament was held from 6 (Round 1) to 19 (Round 13) October 1985 in Szirák, Nógrád County, Hungary, in Hotel Kastély (Castle Hotel), an old castle that had been taken over and renovated by the main tournament sponsor, the Hungarian Hydrocarbon Research and Development Institute. The institute and Bp. Honvéd were running the show, sponsored by various oil companies and the Mátraaljai Állami Gazdaság state farm. A total of 14 players from seven different countries had been invited, but, at a late date, some of them backed out. Evgeny Sveshnikov, Amador Rodriguez Cespedes, Jonathan Speelman and Ivan Farago had to be replaced by lesser mortals (Yap, Djuric, Utasi, Petrán). The expectations were still high, but the tournament was played during the middle of the Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match (1985), and Round 7 was on the same day as Round 1 of the Montpellier Candidates (1985). As the result, the tournament received little attention outside of Hungary.

The event was officially opened on Saturday 5 October by György Sándor, the president of Bp. Honvéd, after which FIDE president Florencio Campomanes welcomed the participants. There were speeches by State Secretary István Buda, president of the Hungarian Chess Association Sándor Szerényi, and some local politicians and others. Among the familiar faces in the audience were those of Gedeon Barcza and Zsuzsa Veroci. Play had been set to start right after the ceremony, but had to be postponed by one day, apparently because of the late withdrawals. The seven chess tables were set up in the hotel's lounge, while the spectators in the restaurant could follow the action both on demonstration tables and closed-circuit TV monitors. The start on Sunday implied there could be only one rest day (which turned out to be on Monday 14 October, after Round 8). Campomanes, who together with Andronico Yap came from the world championship match in Moscow, praised the arrangement on a press conference he was holding before Round 1.

Pinter was leading by a whole point after Round 11, but he then lost to Yap. After Round 12, Pinter had 8, Tukmakov and Adorjan 7.5. In Round 13, the giant killer Yap won again, now against Adorjan, whilst Tukmakov defeated Klinger. Pinter tried to defeat Knaak, but after nine hours and 82 moves (the game was probably finished on Sunday 20 October) it was a draw. At the closing ceremony, Szerényi thanked the participants and congratulated the winners. He was particularly happy with the fighting spirit. After the presentation of the winners and award of prizes, the arbiter presented the special prizes. The prize for best foreigner went to Tukmakov. Pinter, Yap and Klinger were prized for their % of decisive games, and Pinter also received a holiday with his family at the castle hotel. The prize for best game was given to Uhlmann for Tukmakov vs Uhlmann, 1985. Best combination prize: Klinger, for K Georgiev vs J Klinger, 1985. Utasi received a special prize for T Utasi vs Uhlmann, 1985.

Hotel Kastély, Szirak, Hungary, 6-19 October 1985

Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 =1 Tukmakov 39 2565 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 8½ =1 Pinter 31 2565 ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ =3 Adorjan 35 2535 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 7½ =3 Sax 34 2535 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 7½ =5 Vaisser 36 2515 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 7 =5 Georgiev 19 2550 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 =5 Yap 24 2425 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ * 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7 =8 Uhlmann 50 2515 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 6½ =8 Klinger 18 2460 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 * ½ 0 0 1 1 6½ =8 Knaak 32 2525 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 11 Horvath 21 2520 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 * ½ ½ 1 6 12 Utasi 22 2485 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ * ½ 0 5 13 Petran 39 2440 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 4½ 14 Djuric 30 2485 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 3

Tournament category: XI (2509). Chief arbiter: Tibor Florian

Tournament book: Andras Ozsvath (ed.), "Hungaroil" nemzetközi sakk nagymesterverseny. (Hungarian Hydrogen Research Institute), Budapest 1985. 28 pp. (https://www.antikvarium.hu/foto/hun...)

Sources

FIDE rating list July 1985 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022100...)
Nógrád, 3 October 1985, p. 7 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
Nógrád, 4 October 1985, p. 1 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
Nógrád, 7 October 1985, p. 1 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
Nógrád, 8 October 1985, p. 7 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
Nógrád, 15 October 1985, p. 7 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
Nógrád, 21 October 1985, p. 7 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
Video of Hotel Kastély in 2012 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLd...)

Next edition: Szirak (1986)

Original collection: Game Collection: Szirak 1985 by User: Tabanus. Round dates are from the newspaper Nógrád.

 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Tukmakov vs K Georgiev  ½-½411985SzirakE05 Catalan, Open, Classical line
2. S Djuric vs Uhlmann  0-1491985SzirakD79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line
3. P Petran vs J Klinger  0-1271985SzirakE12 Queen's Indian
4. J Horvath vs J Pinter  0-1291985SzirakB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
5. Knaak vs Adorjan 1-0211985SzirakE45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation
6. Sax vs A Vaisser  ½-½301985SzirakC16 French, Winawer
7. A Yap vs T Utasi  1-0481985SzirakA04 Reti Opening
8. J Pinter vs Sax  1-0391985SzirakE15 Queen's Indian
9. Tukmakov vs P Petran  1-0391985SzirakE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
10. K Georgiev vs Uhlmann  ½-½311985SzirakE92 King's Indian
11. J Klinger vs A Yap  1-0551985SzirakB42 Sicilian, Kan
12. T Utasi vs Knaak  0-1481985SzirakA53 Old Indian
13. Adorjan vs J Horvath  1-0351985SzirakA35 English, Symmetrical
14. A Vaisser vs S Djuric ½-½801985SzirakE40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
15. Uhlmann vs A Vaisser  1-0481985SzirakA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
16. P Petran vs K Georgiev  0-1421985SzirakD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
17. J Horvath vs T Utasi  ½-½551985SzirakB01 Scandinavian
18. Knaak vs J Klinger  ½-½231985SzirakA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
19. S Djuric vs J Pinter  0-1501985SzirakE10 Queen's Pawn Game
20. A Yap vs Tukmakov 0-1381985SzirakA07 King's Indian Attack
21. T Utasi vs Sax 1-0381985SzirakE46 Nimzo-Indian
22. Tukmakov vs Knaak  1-0661985SzirakE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
23. K Georgiev vs A Vaisser  1-0341985SzirakE17 Queen's Indian
24. P Petran vs A Yap  1-0541985SzirakA61 Benoni
25. J Pinter vs Uhlmann  ½-½161985SzirakE99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov
 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  PGN Download
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