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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Dortmund Sparkassen Tournament
Vladimir Kramnik6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Viswanathan Anand5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Vasyl Ivanchuk5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Veselin Topalov5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Judit Polgar4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Anatoly Karpov4/9(+1 -2 =6)[games]
Boris Gelfand4/9(+0 -1 =8)[games]
Nigel Short4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Robert Huebner3.5/9(+0 -2 =7)[games]
Artur Yusupov3/9(+1 -4 =4)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Dortmund Sparkassen (1997)

The 25th Dortmund International Chess Tournament held from July 4th to July 13th, 1997 was a Category XVIII event. Ten players, including the reigning FIDE World Champion, competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of Elo): Vladimir Kramnik (2770), Vishwanathan Anand (2765), Anatoli Karpov (2745), Veselin Topalov (2745), Vassily Ivanchuk (2725), Boris Gelfand (2695), Judit Polgar (2670), Nigel Short (2660), Artur Yusupov (2640), and local favorite Robert Huebner (2580). Kramnik's third Dortmund win in a row, it was the second time he shared the trophy with no one, scoring 6.5/9 undefeated and winning a full point ahead of second place Anand. The final standings and crosstable are as follows:

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
 1 Kramnik   * = 1 = 1 1 = = = 1  6½
 2 Anand     = * 1 0 = = = 1 = 1  5½
=3 Ivanchuk  0 0 * = = = 1 1 1 =  5
=3 Topalov   = 1 = * 0 = = = = 1  5
 5 Polgar    0 = = 1 * = = 1 = 0  4½
=6 Karpov    0 = = = = * = 0 = 1  4
=6 Gelfand   = = 0 = = = * = = =  4
=6 Short     = 0 0 = 0 1 = * 1 =  4
 9 Huebner   = = 0 = = = = 0 * =  3½
10 Yusupov   0 0 = 0 1 0 = = = *  3
Category: XVIII (2700). Chief arbiter: Lothar Schmid

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAb...

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Original collection: Game Collection: Dortmund 1997, by User: suenteus po 147.

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Yusupov vs Short  ½-½221997Dortmund SparkassenD05 Queen's Pawn Game
2. Huebner vs Topalov  ½-½321997Dortmund SparkassenD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
3. Anand vs Ivanchuk 1-0501997Dortmund SparkassenC19 French, Winawer, Advance
4. J Polgar vs Gelfand  ½-½321997Dortmund SparkassenB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
5. Kramnik vs Karpov 1-0391997Dortmund SparkassenA14 English
6. Anand vs Kramnik  ½-½241997Dortmund SparkassenB33 Sicilian
7. Ivanchuk vs Gelfand 1-0491997Dortmund SparkassenD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. Short vs Huebner 1-0511997Dortmund SparkassenC52 Evans Gambit
9. Topalov vs J Polgar 0-1381997Dortmund SparkassenA16 English
10. Karpov vs A Yusupov 1-0631997Dortmund SparkassenD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
11. Huebner vs Karpov  ½-½351997Dortmund SparkassenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
12. A Yusupov vs Anand 0-1321997Dortmund SparkassenD29 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
13. Kramnik vs Ivanchuk 1-0191997Dortmund SparkassenD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
14. Gelfand vs Topalov  ½-½431997Dortmund SparkassenE92 King's Indian
15. J Polgar vs Short 1-0391997Dortmund SparkassenB40 Sicilian
16. Short vs Gelfand  ½-½251997Dortmund SparkassenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
17. Kramnik vs A Yusupov 1-0441997Dortmund SparkassenD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. Anand vs Huebner ½-½601997Dortmund SparkassenD21 Queen's Gambit Accepted
19. Ivanchuk vs Topalov  ½-½511997Dortmund SparkassenB23 Sicilian, Closed
20. Karpov vs J Polgar  ½-½131997Dortmund SparkassenD39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
21. A Yusupov vs Ivanchuk  ½-½401997Dortmund SparkassenD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
22. Huebner vs Kramnik  ½-½161997Dortmund SparkassenD02 Queen's Pawn Game
23. J Polgar vs Anand  ½-½201997Dortmund SparkassenB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
24. Gelfand vs Karpov ½-½201997Dortmund SparkassenE12 Queen's Indian
25. Topalov vs Short  ½-½431997Dortmund SparkassenB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
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