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Dos Hermanas (1999) The 10th Torneo Ciudad de Dos Hermanas held from April 5th to April 18th, 1999 was a Category XIX event. Ten of the world's best players competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of Elo): Vishwanathan Anand (2781), Vladimir Kramnik (2751), Michael Adams (2716), Peter Svidler (2713), Anatoli Karpov (2710), Veselin Topalov (2700), Boris Gelfand (2691), Judit Polgar (2677), Victor Korchnoi (2673), and Spanish favorite Miguel Illescas Cordoba (2585). Adams took clear first, half a point above the future world champion Kramnik, with 6/9. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pts 01 Adams * = = = = = 1 1 1 = 6.0 02 Kramnik = * 1 = = = = = = 1 5.5 03 Illescas = 0 * = 1 = = = 1 = 5.0 04 Topalov = = = * = = = = 1 = 5.0 05 Karpov = = 0 = * = = 1 = = 4.5 06 Gelfand = = = = = * 1 0 = = 4.5 07 Korchnoi 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 = 4.0 08 Svidler 0 = = = 0 1 = * 0 = 3.5 09 Polgar 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 * 1 3.5 10 Anand = 0 = = = = = = 0 * 3.5 Original collection: Game Collection: Dos Hermanas 1999, by User: suenteus po 147.  page 2 of 2; games 26-45 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Topalov vs Anand   ½-½ 25 1999 Dos Hermanas C78 Ruy Lopez 27. Korchnoi vs Svidler   ½-½ 24 1999 Dos Hermanas D85 Grunfeld 28. M Illescas vs Karpov 1-0 64 1999 Dos Hermanas B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 29. Gelfand vs Kramnik   ½-½ 30 1999 Dos Hermanas D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 30. J Polgar vs Adams 0-1 45 1999 Dos Hermanas C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 31. Svidler vs M Illescas   ½-½ 26 1999 Dos Hermanas B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 32. Anand vs Korchnoi ½-½ 29 1999 Dos Hermanas C12 French, McCutcheon 33. Karpov vs Gelfand   ½-½ 41 1999 Dos Hermanas E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 34. Kramnik vs J Polgar   ½-½ 61 1999 Dos Hermanas A15 English 35. Adams vs Topalov   ½-½ 56 1999 Dos Hermanas A07 King's Indian Attack 36. M Illescas vs Anand   ½-½ 25 1999 Dos Hermanas D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 37. J Polgar vs Karpov   ½-½ 29 1999 Dos Hermanas E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 38. Adams vs Kramnik   ½-½ 17 1999 Dos Hermanas C42 Petrov Defense 39. Topalov vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 61 1999 Dos Hermanas C11 French 40. Gelfand vs Svidler   0-1 77 1999 Dos Hermanas A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 41. Karpov vs Adams ½-½ 47 1999 Dos Hermanas E15 Queen's Indian 42. Kramnik vs Topalov   ½-½ 49 1999 Dos Hermanas A04 Reti Opening 43. Svidler vs J Polgar 0-1 33 1999 Dos Hermanas B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 44. Anand vs Gelfand   ½-½ 18 1999 Dos Hermanas E17 Queen's Indian 45. Korchnoi vs M Illescas   ½-½ 30 1999 Dos Hermanas D85 Grunfeld  page 2 of 2; games 26-45 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jan-31-13    twinlark: This seems to be a major achievement by Adams, yet he doesn't list it at all in his website, and nor does Wikipedia: http://www.lekochess.com/index.php?... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_.... I thought it might be a rapid tournament, but there is nothing to indicate that it is. In any case, the Rapid Grand Prix in Bordeaux that he won the same year is listed in his resume. Anyone know why he's bashful about this result? Jan-31-13    Shams: <twinlark> Monster achievement from Adams. Somehow you got your wires crossed (if you are anything like me you have a dozen or more tabs open at once) and you were searching on Peter Leko pages instead of Adams pages. :) This win is noted on Adams' wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michae...(chess_player) Jan-31-13    twinlark: <Shams> I thought I'd deleted my stupid post when I discovered that for myself earlier. When I'm writing a major bio, I usually have about 3 windows open with up to 50-60 open tabs. Jan-31-13    perfidious: <twinlark> Blow the whistle on yourself under 'other', citing carelessness. When I spend time on the PC, I too have many tabs open-might be 20 or more. Even with Kasparov absent, a most impressive result for Adams. Sep-23-21    fisayo123: Yeah I think this was the best result of Adams' career, together with qualfying for the final of the FIDE knockout championship. I put this above : Dortmund Sparkassen (2013) Terrible result by Vishy though, in his 'prime' NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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