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Skelleftea World Cup (1989) Skellefteå, Sweden, 12 August - 2 September 1989 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Karpov 38 2755 ● ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 9½ 2 Kasparov 26 2775 ½ ● 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9½ 3 Portisch 52 2600 ½ 0 ● ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 8½ 4 Seirawan 29 2585 0 ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 8½ 5 Short 24 2660 ½ 0 ½ ½ ● 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 8½ 6 Salov 25 2645 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ● 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 8 7 Sax 38 2580 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ● 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 8 8 Nunn 34 2575 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ● 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7½ 9 Andersson 38 2635 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ● ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7½ 10 Hübner 40 2605 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ● ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 7 11 Ribli 37 2605 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7 12 Tal 52 2585 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ ½ 7 13 Ehlvest 26 2620 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ● ½ 1 1 6½ 14 Nicolic 28 2600 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● 0 ½ 6 15 Korchnoi 58 2655 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ● 1 6 16 Vaganian 37 2585 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ● 5 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Fifteen rounds in 22 days, starting on Saturday 12 August and ending on Saturday 2 September (120 games). Rest days 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 28 August and 1 September, with adjourned games finished on Sunday 3 September. Karpov won on Sonneborn-Berger score ahead of Kasparov, both with 9.5/15 and 26½ World Cup points. This was the 6th and last World Cup tournament organized by the breakaway Grandmasters Association (GMA). Final standings: 1) Kasparov 83 World Cup points, 2) Karpov 81, 3) Salov 68½, 4) Ehlvest 68, 5) Ljubojevic 66½, 6) Nunn 65½, 7-8) Beliavsky and Short 63½, 9-10) Timman and Hübner 57½, etc. Sources *FIDE rating list July 1989 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...) Chess Life, 1/1990, pp. 68-69 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...) Chess Life, 12/1989, pp. 38-40 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...) Sakkélet, 11/1989, pp. 337-345 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Tidskrift för Schack, 7/1989, pp. 281-289 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1989...) Tidskrift för Schack, 8/1989, pp. 314-331 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1989...) Tidskrift för Schack, 9/1989, pp. 396-399 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1989...) Jaque 269, 15 September 1989, pp. 570-576 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...) Dates from Swedish newspapers, available at https://tidningar.kb.se/  page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 78  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Sax vs Tal   ½-½ 29 1989 Skelleftea World Cup C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 27. Kasparov vs Andersson ½-½ 35 1989 Skelleftea World Cup E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 28. Vaganian vs P Nikolic   ½-½ 41 1989 Skelleftea World Cup A17 English 29. Seirawan vs Ribli   ½-½ 17 1989 Skelleftea World Cup D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 30. Sax vs Kasparov ½-½ 31 1989 Skelleftea World Cup B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 31. Short vs Portisch   ½-½ 18 1989 Skelleftea World Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 32. Tal vs Ribli   ½-½ 14 1989 Skelleftea World Cup A14 English 33. Andersson vs Salov   ½-½ 45 1989 Skelleftea World Cup A14 English 34. P Nikolic vs Seirawan   ½-½ 28 1989 Skelleftea World Cup D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 35. Ribli vs P Nikolic   ½-½ 46 1989 Skelleftea World Cup E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 36. Nunn vs Short   ½-½ 19 1989 Skelleftea World Cup C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 37. Portisch vs Andersson   ½-½ 40 1989 Skelleftea World Cup E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 38. Vaganian vs Karpov   ½-½ 17 1989 Skelleftea World Cup D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 39. Kasparov vs Tal ½-½ 60 1989 Skelleftea World Cup D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 40. Korchnoi vs Ribli   ½-½ 41 1989 Skelleftea World Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 41. Huebner vs Vaganian   ½-½ 13 1989 Skelleftea World Cup C11 French 42. Short vs Ehlvest   ½-½ 48 1989 Skelleftea World Cup C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 43. Kasparov vs Salov   ½-½ 17 1989 Skelleftea World Cup E17 Queen's Indian 44. Tal vs P Nikolic   ½-½ 17 1989 Skelleftea World Cup C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 45. Ehlvest vs Andersson   ½-½ 21 1989 Skelleftea World Cup B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 46. Ribli vs Karpov   ½-½ 15 1989 Skelleftea World Cup E17 Queen's Indian 47. Salov vs Tal   ½-½ 41 1989 Skelleftea World Cup A56 Benoni Defense 48. Tal vs Korchnoi ½-½ 14 1989 Skelleftea World Cup D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 49. Huebner vs Ribli   ½-½ 20 1989 Skelleftea World Cup B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 50. Kasparov vs Nunn ½-½ 42 1989 Skelleftea World Cup E92 King's Indian  page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 78    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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