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Tilburg Fontys (1996) The first international chess tournament to be held under Fontys sponsorship (previously the tournament had been sponsored by Interpolis) was a Category XVI event conducted in Tilburg, The Netherlands from October 10th to the 23rd. Twelve grandmasters, many of them from the emerging generation of players, participated in the round robin event, including (in order of Elo): Anatoli Karpov (2775), Michael Adams (2685), Alexey Shirov (2685), Boris Gelfand (2665), Judit Polgar (2665), Zoltan Almasi (2655), Peter Svidler (2650), Peter Leko (2630), Joel Lautier (2620), Loek Van Wely (2605), Jeroen Piket (2580), and Emil Sutovsky (2565). Piket and Gelfand had phenomenal performances, tying for first without either losing a game. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 =1 Piket * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 =1 Gelfand ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7 3 Shirov 0 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6½ =4 Van Wely 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 =4 Leko ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 =6 Karpov ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 5½ =6 Adams ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 8 Sutovsky ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 0 1 5 =9 Almasi ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 4½ =9 Svidler ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 4½ =9 Lautier 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 4½ 12 Polgar ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ * 4 Original collection:Game Collection: Tilburg Fontys 1996, by User: suenteus po 147.  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Piket vs Gelfand   ½-½ 25 1996 Tilburg Fontys E97 King's Indian 2. Z Almasi vs Karpov 1-0 53 1996 Tilburg Fontys B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 3. Lautier vs Sutovsky 1-0 55 1996 Tilburg Fontys E77 King's Indian 4. Judit Polgar vs Svidler ½-½ 26 1996 Tilburg Fontys B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 5. Leko vs Shirov 0-1 89 1996 Tilburg Fontys C78 Ruy Lopez 6. Adams vs Van Wely ½-½ 59 1996 Tilburg Fontys A45 Queen's Pawn Game 7. Judit Polgar vs Piket ½-½ 50 1996 Tilburg Fontys C45 Scotch Game 8. Svidler vs Sutovsky   ½-½ 30 1996 Tilburg Fontys B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 9. Shirov vs Z Almasi 1-0 36 1996 Tilburg Fontys C67 Ruy Lopez 10. Karpov vs Lautier 1-0 41 1996 Tilburg Fontys D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 11. Van Wely vs Leko ½-½ 60 1996 Tilburg Fontys A48 King's Indian 12. Gelfand vs Adams 1-0 38 1996 Tilburg Fontys B07 Pirc 13. Sutovsky vs Karpov   ½-½ 18 1996 Tilburg Fontys B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 14. Leko vs Gelfand   ½-½ 28 1996 Tilburg Fontys B50 Sicilian 15. Z Almasi vs Van Wely   0-1 60 1996 Tilburg Fontys B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Adams vs Judit Polgar   1-0 82 1996 Tilburg Fontys B54 Sicilian 17. Piket vs Svidler   ½-½ 28 1996 Tilburg Fontys E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 18. Lautier vs Shirov   ½-½ 32 1996 Tilburg Fontys A21 English 19. Piket vs Adams   ½-½ 36 1996 Tilburg Fontys A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 20. Shirov vs Sutovsky   ½-½ 62 1996 Tilburg Fontys E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 21. Judit Polgar vs Leko   0-1 61 1996 Tilburg Fontys B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 22. Van Wely vs Lautier   ½-½ 29 1996 Tilburg Fontys E15 Queen's Indian 23. Svidler vs Karpov   ½-½ 27 1996 Tilburg Fontys B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 24. Gelfand vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 21 1996 Tilburg Fontys A17 English 25. Z Almasi vs Judit Polgar 0-1 35 1996 Tilburg Fontys B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack  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: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. 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