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🏆 Groningen (1995)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Anatoly Karpov, Peter Svidler, Peter Leko, Gata Kamsky, Michael Adams, Zoltan Almasi, Loek van Wely, Ivan Sokolov, Sergei Tiviakov, Joel Lautier, Jeroen Piket, Curt Hansen

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Groningen (1995)

Groningen, the Netherlands, 19-30 December 1995

Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 GM Karpov 44 2775 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7½ =2 GM Sokolov 27 2630 ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 7 =2 GM Kamsky 21 2735 ½ ½ • ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7 4 GM Svidler 19 2635 ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 5 GM Adams 24 2660 ½ ½ 1 0 • ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 6 =6 GM Leko 16 2605 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 5½ =6 GM Van Wely 23 2585 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 • 0 1 ½ 1 0 5½ 8 GM Tiviakov 22 2655 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ 0 ½ 5 9 GM Almasi 19 2645 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ • 1 ½ ½ 4½ =10 GM Piket 26 2625 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ 4 =10 GM Hansen 31 2635 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ • 1 4 12 GM Lautier 22 2645 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 • 3½ ————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Eleven rounds in 12 days, starting on Tuesday 19 December (45 games). Rest day 25 December. Elo average: 2653 (Category XVII). Rounds started at 1:30 pm (Round 11: 10:30 am). Time control: 40/2, 20/1 and sudden death/30. Main sponsor: Coop Tjuchem. Tournament director and arbiter: Johan Zwanepol. Karpov won with 7.5/11.

Sources
TWIC 63 (https://web.archive.org/web/2023103...)
TWIC 64 (https://web.archive.org/web/2020022...)
*FIDE rating list July 1995 (https://web.archive.org/web/2023010...)
Skakbladet, 2/1996, pp. 3-9 (http://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/1...)
Sakkélet, 1/1996, pp. 9-12 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Chess Life, 5/1996, pp. 28-29 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Chess Life, 6/1996, pp. 32-33 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 2/1996, pp. 79-83 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1996...)
Jaque 420, 1 March 1996, pp. 6-26 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Lautier vs J Piket  ½-½421995GroningenE33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
2. Leko vs C Hansen  ½-½281995GroningenC18 French, Winawer
3. Adams vs Tiviakov  ½-½371995GroningenB50 Sicilian
4. Van Wely vs Z Almasi  1-0541995GroningenE12 Queen's Indian
5. I Sokolov vs Karpov  ½-½711995GroningenE12 Queen's Indian
6. Svidler vs Kamsky ½-½321995GroningenC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
7. Karpov vs Adams  ½-½471995GroningenA17 English
8. Tiviakov vs Lautier  ½-½291995GroningenB40 Sicilian
9. Z Almasi vs Leko  ½-½211995GroningenB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
10. Kamsky vs J Piket 1-0371995GroningenC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
11. Svidler vs Van Wely 0-1611995GroningenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
12. C Hansen vs I Sokolov  ½-½721995GroningenA21 English
13. Lautier vs Karpov  ½-½381995GroningenE12 Queen's Indian
14. J Piket vs Tiviakov  ½-½431995GroningenE12 Queen's Indian
15. Van Wely vs Kamsky ½-½311995GroningenD92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4
16. Leko vs Svidler  ½-½391995GroningenC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
17. I Sokolov vs Z Almasi  1-0331995GroningenE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
18. Adams vs C Hansen  1-0411995GroningenB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
19. Svidler vs I Sokolov  ½-½241995GroningenC45 Scotch Game
20. Kamsky vs Tiviakov ½-½461995GroningenE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
21. Van Wely vs Leko 0-1481995GroningenD92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4
22. C Hansen vs Lautier  1-0581995GroningenD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
23. Karpov vs J Piket 1-0421995GroningenD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
24. Z Almasi vs Adams  1-0571995GroningenB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
25. Tiviakov vs Karpov  ½-½101995GroningenB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-15-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Two players scored 50%, but they reached that score in different ways. Leko had a win and a loss, and his draws include a one-move draw (with Karpov, who is always reluctant to get up on time for the last round).

Loek van Wely scored +4, -4, =3. Tough games.

Bravo!

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