The Women–Veterans chess tournaments, also known as the Ladies–Veterans chess tournaments or the Dance tournaments, was an annual series of Scheveningen team chess matches held from 1992 to 2001 between a team of top female chess players and a team of veteran former top players. The series was organized by the Max Euwe Association and sponsored by the association's co-founder Joop van Oosterom. It was referred to as the Dance tournaments because each tournament was named after a dance associated with the host city. The series was relatively balanced. The veterans teams' overall score was 6–3 with one tie. They generally had better ratings than the women's teams, but typically only by a relatively small margin under 50 Elo.[1]
Results
edit| Individual winner |
| Year | Name | Location | Prize money | Team winner | Score | Women top scorer | Score | Veterans top scorer | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Tumba | Aruba | $75,000 | Veterans | 39–33 | Judit Polgar | 7½/12 | Lev Polugaevsky | 8½/12 |
| 1993 | Waltz | Vienna | ? | Women | 40½–31½ | Maia Chiburdanidze | 9/12 | Vassily Smyslov | 6½/12 |
| 1994 | Palladienne | Monte Carlo | ? | Women | 37–35 | Judit Polgar Xie Jun |
7½/12 | Vassily Smyslov | 8/12 |
| 1995 | Polka | Prague | ? | Women | 26½–23½ | Judit Polgar Pia Cramling |
6½/10 | Viktor Korchnoi | 5½/10 |
| 1996 | Foxtrot | London | ? | Veterans | 27½–22½ | Ketevan Arakhamia | 6½/10 | Lajos Portisch Vassily Smyslov |
6½/10 |
| 1997 | Hostdans | Copenhagen | ? | Veterans | 27–23 | Ketevan Arakhamia | 5½/10 | Lajos Portisch | 6/10 |
| 1998 | Can-can | Copenhagen | ? | Tie | 36–36 | Zhu Chen | 7/12 | Viktor Korchnoi | 9/12 |
| 1999 | Flamenco | Marbella | ? | Veterans | 30½–19½ | Maia Chiburdanidze Xie Jun |
4½/10 | Viktor Korchnoi | 7½/10 |
| 2000 | Schuhplattler | Munich | ? | Women | 27–23 | Nana Ioseliani Xie Jun |
6½/10 | Viktor Korchnoi | 7½/10 |
| 2001 | Klompendans | Amsterdam | ? | Veterans | 26–24 | Zhu Chen | 6/10 | Lajos Portisch | 6½/10 |
Scores
edit| Player | Team | '92 | '93 | '94 | '95 | '96 | '97 | '98 | '99 | '00 | '01 | Total | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lev Polugaevsky (RUS) |
V | 8½ | 8½/12 | 0.701 | |||||||||
 Judit Polgar (HUN) |
W | 7½ | 7½ | 6½ | 21½/34 | 0.632 | |||||||
 Oscar Panno (ARG) |
V | 7 | 7/12 | 0.583 | |||||||||
| Susan Polgar (HUN) |
W | 6½ | 7½ | 7 | 4½ | 25½/46 | 0.554 | ||||||
 Borislav Ivkov (YUG) |
V | 6½ | 5 | 4½ | 4½ | 20½/46 | 0.446 | ||||||
| Vassily Smyslov (RUS) |
V | 6 | 6½ | 8 | 5 | 6½ | 5½ | 4½ | 4½ | 5 | 5 | 56½/108 | 0.523 |
 Pia Cramling (SWE) |
W | 6 | 6½ | 5½ | 5 | 6½ | 4 | 33½/64 | 0.523 | ||||
| Efim Geller (HUN) |
V | 6 | 6 | 12/24 | 0.500 | ||||||||
 Wolfgang Uhlmann (GER) |
V | 5 | 5/12 | 0.417 | |||||||||
| Alisa Galliamova (RUS) |
W | 5 | 5½ | 2½ | 6 | 4 | 23/54 | 0.426 | |||||
 Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO) |
W | 4 | 9 | 5½ | 6½ | 4½ | 29½/56 | 0.523 | |||||
| Ketevan Arakhamia (GEO) |
W | 4 | 5½ | 3 | 6½ | 5½ | 3½ | 28/68 | 0.411 | ||||
 Bent Larsen (DEN) |
V | 7½ | 3½ | 11/24 | 0.458 | ||||||||
 Xie Jun (CHN) |
W | 7 | 7½ | 5 | 4½ | 5 | 4½ | 4½ | 6½ | 5½ | 50/96 | 0.521 | |
| Sofia Polgar (HUN) |
W | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3½ | 14½/42 | 0.345 | ||||||
 Fridrik Olafsson (ISL) |
V | 4 | 4/12 | 0.333 | |||||||||
 Andreas Duckstein (AUT) |
V | 2½ | 2½/12 | 0.208 | |||||||||
| Vlastimil Hort (GER) |
V | 7½ | 4½ | 5½ | 5½ | 7 | 6½ | 4½ | 5½ | 46½/84 | 0.554 | ||
 Nana Ioseliani (GEO) |
W | 6½ | 4 | 4 | 3½ | 5½ | 6½ | 5 | 35/74 | 0.473 | |||
 Boris Spassky (FRA) |
V | 6 | 5 | 5½ | 4½ | 7½ | 5½ | 34/64 | 0.531 | ||||
| Lajos Portisch (HUN) |
V | 5½ | 3½ | 6½ | 6 | 5 | 6½ | 6½ | 39½/74 | 0.534 | |||
 Viktor Korchnoi (SUI) |
V | 5½ | 9 | 7½ | 7½ | 5½ | 35/52 | 0.673 | |||||
| Mark Taimanov (RUS) |
V | 3½ | 4½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 17½/52 | 0.337 | |||||
| Zhu Chen (CHN) |
W | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 26/52 | 0.500 | |||||
 Hans Bouwmeester (NED) |
V | 2½ | 2½/10 | 0.250 |