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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Tilburg Fontys Tournament
Boris Gelfand7/11(+3 -0 =8)[view games]
Jeroen Piket7/11(+3 -0 =8)[view games]
Alexey Shirov6.5/11(+5 -3 =3)[view games]
Loek van Wely6/11(+3 -2 =6)[view games]
Peter Leko6/11(+3 -2 =6)[view games]
Anatoly Karpov5.5/11(+2 -2 =7)[view games]
Michael Adams5.5/11(+2 -2 =7)[view games]
Emil Sutovsky5/11(+2 -3 =6)[view games]
Joel Lautier4.5/11(+1 -3 =7)[view games]
Peter Svidler4.5/11(+0 -2 =9)[view games]
Zoltan Almasi4.5/11(+1 -3 =7)[view games]
Judit Polgar4/11(+1 -4 =6)[view games]

Chessgames.com Historical Chess Event
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  Piket    7.0/11  * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
2  Gelfand  7.0/11  ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½
3  Shirov   6.5/11  0 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1
4  Van Wely 6.0/11  0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½
5  Leko     6.0/11  ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1
6  Karpov   5.5/11  ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½
7  Adams    5.5/11  ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
8  Sutovsky 5.0/11  ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 0 1
9  Almasi   4.5/11  ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0
10 Svidler  4.5/11  ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½
11 Lautier  4.5/11  0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½
12 Polgar   4.0/11  ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ *
Original collection:Game Collection: Tilburg Fontys 1996, by User: suenteus po 147

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Piket vs Gelfand  ½-½25 1996 Tilburg FontysE97 King's Indian
2. Z Almasi vs Karpov 1-053 1996 Tilburg FontysB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
3. Lautier vs Sutovsky 1-055 1996 Tilburg FontysE77 King's Indian
4. Judit Polgar vs Svidler ½-½26 1996 Tilburg FontysB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
5. Leko vs Shirov 0-189 1996 Tilburg FontysC78 Ruy Lopez
6. Adams vs Van Wely ½-½59 1996 Tilburg FontysA45 Queen's Pawn Game
7. Judit Polgar vs Piket  ½-½50 1996 Tilburg FontysC45 Scotch Game
8. Svidler vs Sutovsky  ½-½30 1996 Tilburg FontysB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
9. Shirov vs Z Almasi 1-036 1996 Tilburg FontysC67 Ruy Lopez
10. Karpov vs Lautier  1-041 1996 Tilburg FontysD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
11. Van Wely vs Leko ½-½60 1996 Tilburg FontysA48 King's Indian
12. Gelfand vs Adams  1-038 1996 Tilburg FontysB07 Pirc
13. Sutovsky vs Karpov  ½-½18 1996 Tilburg FontysB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
14. Leko vs Gelfand  ½-½28 1996 Tilburg FontysB50 Sicilian
15. Z Almasi vs Van Wely  0-160 1996 Tilburg FontysB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
16. Adams vs Judit Polgar  1-082 1996 Tilburg FontysB54 Sicilian
17. Piket vs Svidler  ½-½28 1996 Tilburg FontysE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
18. Lautier vs Shirov  ½-½32 1996 Tilburg FontysA21 English
19. Piket vs Adams  ½-½36 1996 Tilburg FontysA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
20. Shirov vs Sutovsky  ½-½62 1996 Tilburg FontysE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
21. Judit Polgar vs Leko  0-161 1996 Tilburg FontysB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
22. Van Wely vs Lautier  ½-½29 1996 Tilburg FontysE15 Queen's Indian
23. Svidler vs Karpov  ½-½27 1996 Tilburg FontysB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
24. Gelfand vs Z Almasi  ½-½21 1996 Tilburg FontysA17 English
25. Z Almasi vs Judit Polgar 0-135 1996 Tilburg FontysB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
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