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.
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