Women–Veterans chess tournaments

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.

Results

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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	?	Women	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

Player	Team	'92	'93	'94	'95	'96	'97	'98	'99	'00	'01	Total
Lev Polugaevsky (RUS)	V	8½										8½/12
Judit Polgar (HUN)	W	7½		7½	6½							21½/34
Oscar Panno (ARG)	V	7										7/12
Susan Polgar (HUN)	W	6½	7½	7	4½							25½/46
Borislav Ivkov (YUG)	V	6½	5	4½		4½						20½/46
Vassily Smyslov (RUS)	V	6	6½	8	5	6½	5½	4½	4½	5	5	56½/108
Pia Cramling (SWE)	W	6			6½	5½	5	6½	4			33½/64
Efim Geller (HUN)	V	6	6									12/24
Wolfgang Uhlmann (GER)	V	5										5/12
Alisa Galliamova (RUS)	W	5	5½						2½	6	4	23/54
Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO)	W	4	9	5½				6½	4½			29½/56
Ketevan Arakhamia (GEO)	W	4	5½	3		6½	5½	3½				28/68
Bent Larsen (DEN)	V		7½	3½								11/24
Xie Jun (CHN)	W		7	7½	5	4½	5	4½	4½	6½	5½	50/96
Sofia Polgar (HUN)	W		6			2				3	3½	14½/42
Fridrik Olafsson (ISL)	V		4									4/12
Andreas Duckstein (AUT)	V		2½									2½/12
Vlastimil Hort (GER)	V			7½	4½	5½	5½	7	6½	4½	5½	46½/84
Nana Ioseliani (GEO)	W			6½	4	4	3½	5½		6½	5	35/74
Boris Spassky (FRA)	V			6	5	5½	4½	7½	5½			34/64
Lajos Portisch (HUN)	V			5½	3½	6½	6	5	6½		6½	39½/74
Viktor Korchnoi (SUI)	V				5½			9	7½	7½	5½	35/52
Mark Taimanov (RUS)	V					3½	4½	2½		3½	3½	17½/52
Zhu Chen (CHN)	W						4	7	4	5	6	26/52
Hans Bouwmeester (NED)	V									2½		2½/10

See also

• FIDE Women's Grand Prix