Amsterdam VSB 1991

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Amsterdam VSB 1991
Compiled by suenteus po 147

The fifth Max Euwe Memorial Chess Tournament was organized by the Verenigde Spaarbank (VSB) and held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from May 1st to the 13th, 1991. Breaking from the pre-established format, nine participants from the previous memorials, and the world champion, were invited to compete in the round robin event. This year's participants included (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2800), Anatoli Karpov (2725), Mikhail Gurevich (2650), Valery Salov (2645), Nigel Short (2635), Jan Timman (2630), Viktor Korchnoi (2615), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2590), Johann Hjartarson (2535), and John Van der Wiel (2530). The average of the combined ratings of the participants qualified the tournament as a category XVI event. Kasparov had been invited and the event moved back to Amsterdam (from Rotterdam the previous year) to increase interest in the event. The world champion, upon his invitation, suggested that the organizers might do even better if they dropped Hjartarson and Van der Wiel, but was subsequently ignored. Some participating audience members were presented with a gift of the book Carel Mann after each round. The tournament ended with Short and Salov as the shared winners, edging out Kasparov and Karpov by half a point. The final standings and crosstable are as follows:

01 Salov 6/9 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½

02 Short 6/9 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1

03 Kasparov 5½/9 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1

04 Karpov 5½/9 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½

05 Korchnoi 4½/9 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½

06 Hjartarson 4/9 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1

07 Timman 4/9 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 * ½ 1 1

08 Gurevich 3½/9 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0

09 Van der Wiel 3/9 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½

10 Ljubojevic 3/9 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ *

Round One, Game #1
Hjartarson vs Karpov, 1991
(E15) Queen's Indian, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round One, Game #2
Korchnoi vs Salov, 1991
(B10) Caro-Kann, 21 moves, 0-1
Round One, Game #3
Ljubojevic vs M Gurevich, 1991
(C11) French, 47 moves, 1-0
Round One, Game #4
Short vs Timman, 1991
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 33 moves, 1-0
Round One, Game #5
Van der Wiel vs Kasparov, 1991
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Two, Game #6
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1991
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Two, Game #7
Kasparov vs M Gurevich, 1991
(A86) Dutch, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Two, Game #8
Salov vs Ljubojevic, 1991
(E12) Queen's Indian, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Two, Game #9
Timman vs Hjartarson, 1991
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 41 moves, 1-0
Round Two, Game #10
Van der Wiel vs Short, 1991
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Three, Game #11
M Gurevich vs Salov, 1991
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Three, Game #12
Hjartarson vs Van der Wiel, 1991
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Three, Game #13
Korchnoi vs Timman, 1991
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 1-0
Round Three, Game #14
Ljubojevic vs Karpov, 1991
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Three, Game #15
Short vs Kasparov, 1991
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Four, Game #16
Karpov vs M Gurevich, 1991
(A81) Dutch, 47 moves, 1-0
Round Four, Game #17
Kasparov vs Salov, 1991
(B30) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Four, Game #18
Short vs Hjartarson, 1991
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 29 moves, 1-0
Round Four, Game #19
Timman vs Ljubojevic, 1991
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 45 moves, 1-0
Round Four, Game #20
Van der Wiel vs Korchnoi, 1991
(C14) French, Classical, 34 moves, 0-1
Round Five, Game #21
M Gurevich vs Timman, 1991
(E25) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Five, Game #22
Hjartarson vs Kasparov, 1991
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Five, Game #23
Korchnoi vs Short, 1991
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Five, Game #24
Ljubojevic vs Van der Wiel, 1991
(A06) Reti Opening, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Five, Game #25
Salov vs Karpov, 1991
(A15) English, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Six, Game #26
Hjartarson vs Korchnoi, 1991
(C02) French, Advance, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Six, Game #27
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1991
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Six, Game #28
Short vs Ljubojevic, 1991
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 43 moves, 1-0
Round Six, Game #29
Timman vs Salov, 1991
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 50 moves, 0-1
Round Six, Game #30
Van der Wiel vs M Gurevich, 1991
(B06) Robatsch, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Seven, Game #31
M Gurevich vs Short, 1991
(A84) Dutch, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Seven, Game #32
Karpov vs Timman, 1991
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0
Round Seven, Game #33
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1991
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 31 moves, 0-1
Round Seven, Game #34
Ljubojevic vs Hjartarson, 1991
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 42 moves, 0-1
Round Seven, Game #35
Salov vs Van der Wiel, 1991
(E12) Queen's Indian, 60 moves, 1-0
Round Eight, Game #36
Hjartarson vs M Gurevich, 1991
(A81) Dutch, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Eight, Game #37
Kasparov vs Timman, 1991
(E12) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Eight, Game #38
Korchnoi vs Ljubojevic, 1991
(E51) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Eight, Game #39
Short vs Salov, 1991
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Eight, Game #40
Van der Wiel vs Karpov, 1991
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Nine, Game #41
M Gurevich vs Korchnoi, 1991
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Nine, Game #42
Karpov vs Short, 1991
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Nine, Game #43
Ljubojevic vs Kasparov, 1991
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 40 moves, 0-1
Round Nine, Game #44
Salov vs Hjartarson, 1991
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Nine, Game #45
Timman vs Van der Wiel, 1991
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 59 moves, 1-0
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