Working Notes // Hoogovens 55th — Wijk aan Zee (1993)

Here are my working notes for both the Open and the Knockout tournaments in the Hoogovens 55th (1993) Tournament. First, let me copy over <Paint My Dragons> valuable response from the <CG> forum: May-13-14   Paint My Dragon: <Zanzibar> Pee soup? They couldn’t even afford pea soup that year?Aside from reams of narrative and annotated games, the…

Dutch Coasting (answer) — Hoogovens Tournament

Before reading more here, please see the original post containing the riddle: https://zanchess.wordpress.com/2014/04/25/dutch-coasting/ It’s OK if you don’t hop over for a look, I’ve reposted the pictures below. The Hoogovens Tournament, aka the New Year’s Tournament, was first held in Beverwijk in 1938, then it moved to Wijk aan Zee in 1968. Eventually Hoogovens disappeared…