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Dortmund Sparkassen Tournament
Vladimir Kramnik7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Viswanathan Anand7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Boris Gelfand6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Michael Adams4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Judit Polgar4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Alexey Shirov4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Veselin Topalov4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Robert Huebner3.5/9(+1 -3 =5)[games]
Eric Lobron2.5/9(+1 -5 =3)[games]
Peter Leko2/9(+0 -5 =4)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Dortmund Sparkassen (1996)

The 24th Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place in the Dortmunder Opernhaus (Theater, Schauspielhaus) in Dortmund, Germany 5-14 July 1996. Rest day: July 9. Eric Lobron was replacing Tony Miles, who could not come because of a burglary in his house in Andorra. Vladimir Kramnik won the event for the second time, on SB tiebreak ahead of the newly married Viswanathan Anand, both with 7/9.

           Age Elo   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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 1 Kramnik  21 2765  • ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½  7
 2 Anand    26 2735  ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1  7
 3 Gelfand  28 2665  ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1  6  
 4 Adams    24 2685  0 ½ ½ • 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1  4½
 5 Polgar   19 2665  0 0 ½ 1 • ½ 1 0 1 ½  4½
 6 Shirov   24 2685  0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ 1 0 1  4
 7 Topalov  21 2750  ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ • ½ 1 1  4
 8 Hübner   47 2595  0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ • ½ ½  3½
 9 Lobron   36 2585  0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ • ½  2½
10 Leko     16 2630  ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ •  2
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Category: XVIII (2676).

Wikipedia article: Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting
TeleSchach: http://www.teleschach.de/schachtage...
TWIC 1: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
TWIC 2: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
Juergen Daniel in Jaque 433, pp. 10-15: https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...
Tidskrift för Schack, September 1996, pp. 350-354: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1996...

Tournament book: 24. Internationale Dortmunder Schachtage 5.-14. Juli 1996. Joachim Beyer Verlag, Hollfeld. 140 pp. (https://i0.wp.com/www.blog.konikows...)

Previous: Dortmund Sparkassen (1995). Next: Dortmund Sparkassen (1997)

Original collections: Game Collection: Dortmund 1996 by User: suenteus po 147 and Game Collection: Dortmund Sparkassen 1996 by User: Tabanus.

 page 2 of 2; games 26-45 of 45  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. Huebner vs Kramnik 0-1271996Dortmund SparkassenB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
27. Lobron vs J Polgar 0-1531996Dortmund SparkassenE97 King's Indian
28. Adams vs Gelfand ½-½201996Dortmund SparkassenB23 Sicilian, Closed
29. Leko vs Shirov 0-1601996Dortmund SparkassenB06 Robatsch
30. Anand vs Topalov 1-0381996Dortmund SparkassenB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
31. Shirov vs Huebner  1-0421996Dortmund SparkassenC73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
32. J Polgar vs Adams 1-0411996Dortmund SparkassenC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
33. Kramnik vs Lobron 1-0351996Dortmund SparkassenA17 English
34. Gelfand vs Anand  ½-½231996Dortmund SparkassenE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
35. Topalov vs Leko 1-0601996Dortmund SparkassenB89 Sicilian
36. Anand vs J Polgar 1-0361996Dortmund SparkassenB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
37. Huebner vs Topalov  ½-½591996Dortmund SparkassenA10 English
38. Lobron vs Adams  ½-½361996Dortmund SparkassenD05 Queen's Pawn Game
39. Kramnik vs Shirov 1-0491996Dortmund SparkassenD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
40. Leko vs Gelfand  0-1811996Dortmund SparkassenB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
41. Topalov vs Kramnik ½-½291996Dortmund SparkassenD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
42. J Polgar vs Leko  ½-½511996Dortmund SparkassenB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
43. Adams vs Anand  ½-½461996Dortmund SparkassenB50 Sicilian
44. Shirov vs Lobron  0-1401996Dortmund SparkassenB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
45. Gelfand vs Huebner  ½-½191996Dortmund SparkassenD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
 page 2 of 2; games 26-45 of 45  PGN Download
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