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Dos Hermanas Tournament

Vladimir Kramnik6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Viswanathan Anand6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Valery Salov5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Anatoly Karpov5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Veselin Topalov5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Judit Polgar4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Boris Gelfand4.5/9(+1 -1 =7)[games]
Alexey Shirov4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Nigel Short3/9(+2 -5 =2)[games]
Miguel Illescas1.5/9(+0 -6 =3)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Dos Hermanas (1997)

The 9th Annual Dos Hermanas Chess Tournament held from April 3rd to April 12th, 1997 was a Category XIX event. Ten of the world's best players, including the reigning FIDE World Champion, competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of Elo): Vishwanathan Anand (2765), Anatoli Karpov (2760), Vladimir Kramnik (2740), Veselin Topalov (2725), Boris Gelfand (2700), Alexei Shirov (2690), Nigel Short (2690), Valery Salov (2665), Judit Polgar (2645), and local Spanish favorite Miguel Illescas Cordoba (2635). Kramnik and Anand took first as co-champions, each with 6/9, a full point above the rest of the field. The final standings and crosstable are as follows:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 =1 Kramnik * = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 6 =1 Anand = * 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 6 =3 Salov = 0 * = 1 = 1 = 0 1 5 =3 Karpov 0 = = * = = = 1 1 = 5 =3 Topalov = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 5 =6 Polgar 0 0 = = = * = = 1 1 4½ =6 Gelfand = = 0 = = = * = 1 = 4½ =6 Shirov = 0 = 0 = = = * 1 1 4½ 9 Short = = 1 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 3 10 Illescas 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 * 1½

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

 page 2 of 2; games 26-45 of 45  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. M Illescas vs Shirov  0-1601997Dos HermanasE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
27. Karpov vs Anand ½-½341997Dos HermanasD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
28. Gelfand vs Topalov ½-½381997Dos HermanasE92 King's Indian
29. J Polgar vs Kramnik 0-1441997Dos HermanasC01 French, Exchange
30. Short vs Salov 1-0631997Dos HermanasB01 Scandinavian
31. Topalov vs M Illescas  1-0401997Dos HermanasE15 Queen's Indian
32. Anand vs Gelfand  ½-½231997Dos HermanasB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
33. Shirov vs J Polgar  ½-½611997Dos HermanasB22 Sicilian, Alapin
34. Kramnik vs Short  ½-½251997Dos HermanasD02 Queen's Pawn Game
35. Salov vs Karpov  ½-½251997Dos HermanasA33 English, Symmetrical
36. Gelfand vs Salov  0-1421997Dos HermanasE12 Queen's Indian
37. J Polgar vs Topalov ½-½821997Dos HermanasC78 Ruy Lopez
38. Kramnik vs Shirov ½-½241997Dos HermanasA15 English
39. Short vs Karpov 0-1391997Dos HermanasB12 Caro-Kann Defense
40. M Illescas vs Anand  ½-½331997Dos HermanasC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
41. Topalov vs Kramnik  ½-½281997Dos HermanasD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
42. Karpov vs Gelfand  ½-½631997Dos HermanasD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
43. Anand vs J Polgar 1-0721997Dos HermanasE97 King's Indian
44. Salov vs M Illescas 1-0411997Dos HermanasD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
45. Shirov vs Short 1-0501997Dos HermanasC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
 page 2 of 2; games 26-45 of 45  PGN Download
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