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Tilburg Fontys (1996) "Two improbable winners tied for first place in the elite Fontys International Tournament in Tilburg, the Netherlands, in late October: Boris Gelfand of Belarus and Jeroen Piket of the host country. Each scored 7-4 and got a prize of $11,810. Piket was not expected to win because he was the second-lowest ranked player in the event. And Gelfand was a last-minute substitute for Vladimir Kramnik, who had suddenly given up his place." (Robert Byrne in New York Times) This was the 19th Tilburg tournament and the first held under Fontys sponsorship. It was a Category XVI event (Elo average 2648). Twelve grandmasters, many of them from the emerging generation of players, participated in the round robin event. Tilburg, the Netherlands, 11-23 October 1996 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ————————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 Piket 27 2580 • ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 =1 Gelfand 28 2665 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7 3 Shirov 24 2685 0 0 • 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6½ =4 Van Wely 24 2605 0 ½ 1 • ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 =4 Leko 17 2630 ½ ½ 0 ½ • 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 =6 Karpov 45 2775 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 • ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 5½ =6 Adams 24 2685 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 8 Sutovsky 19 2565 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ 0 1 5 =9 Almasi 20 2655 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 4½ =9 Svidler 20 2650 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 4½ =9 Lautier 23 2620 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • ½ 4½ 12 Polgar 20 2665 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ • 4 ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Eleven rounds in 13 days, starting on Friday 11 October (66 games). Rest days 15 & 20 October (dates from TWIC). Piket and Gelfand shared first with 7/11. Sources TWIC 101 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...) TWIC 102 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...) TWIC 103 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...) Wikipedia article: Fontys University of Applied Sciences Game Collection: Tilburg Fontys 1996 (by User: suenteus po 147) *FIDE rating list July 1996 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...) Sakkélet, 1/1997, pp. 338-344 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Ocho x Ocho, 12/1996, pp. 4-12 (https://www.scribd.com/document/397...) Tidskrift för Schack, 10/1996, pp. 546-549 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1996...) Inside Chess Online, Chess Tournament Tilburg 1996 (https://web.archive.org/web/1997061...) New York Times, 19 November 1996, Section C, p. 6 (https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/19/...) Dutch newspapers (available at https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/) Previous: Tilburg Interpolis (1994). Next: Tilburg Fontys (1997)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Adams vs Van Wely ½-½ 59 1996 Tilburg Fontys A45 Queen's Pawn Game 2. J Piket vs Gelfand   ½-½ 25 1996 Tilburg Fontys E97 King's Indian 3. Lautier vs Sutovsky 1-0 55 1996 Tilburg Fontys E77 King's Indian 4. Leko vs Shirov 0-1 89 1996 Tilburg Fontys C78 Ruy Lopez 5. J Polgar vs Svidler ½-½ 26 1996 Tilburg Fontys B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 6. Z Almasi vs Karpov 1-0 53 1996 Tilburg Fontys B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 7. Gelfand vs Adams 1-0 38 1996 Tilburg Fontys B07 Pirc 8. Shirov vs Z Almasi 1-0 36 1996 Tilburg Fontys C67 Ruy Lopez 9. Svidler vs Sutovsky   ½-½ 30 1996 Tilburg Fontys B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 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. J Polgar vs J Piket ½-½ 50 1996 Tilburg Fontys C45 Scotch Game 13. Lautier vs Shirov   ½-½ 32 1996 Tilburg Fontys A21 English 14. Adams vs J Polgar   1-0 82 1996 Tilburg Fontys B54 Sicilian 15. Sutovsky vs Karpov ½-½ 18 1996 Tilburg Fontys B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 16. J Piket vs Svidler   ½-½ 28 1996 Tilburg Fontys E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 17. Leko vs Gelfand   ½-½ 28 1996 Tilburg Fontys B50 Sicilian 18. Z Almasi vs Van Wely   0-1 60 1996 Tilburg Fontys B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. J 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. J Polgar vs Leko   0-1 61 1996 Tilburg Fontys B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 22. Gelfand vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 21 1996 Tilburg Fontys A17 English 23. Van Wely vs Lautier   ½-½ 29 1996 Tilburg Fontys E15 Queen's Indian 24. Svidler vs Karpov   ½-½ 27 1996 Tilburg Fontys B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 25. Z Almasi vs J 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: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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