"You might expect the winner of a $52,550 first prize in one of the most prestigious tournaments of the year to be filled with such a glow that criticism of the system of play used would be the farthest thing from his mind. Yet Anatoly Karpov of Russia did not let his triumph in the 17th Interpolis Tournament, which ended early this month in Tilburg, the Netherlands, prevent him from protesting about how it was run. Karpov does not like to play under the knockout system, whether it require one or a few games against one opponent. The rule that the loser is dropped out of the competition means, for him, that too much depends on a small number of games rather than on the overall result, as in round-robin play. In the Swiss magazine Die Schachwoche, Karpov wrote, 'In tennis, you can make many mistakes, but in chess a single one can lead to a loss.' And in Tilburg, his victory came to depend on his winning the second tie-break game of 20 minutes for each player for all moves after he and Vasily Ivanchuk of Ukraine had drawn two regulation games and the first quick-play game." (Byrne)
This was the 17th Tilburg tournament sponsored by Interpolis. It was again held in the knockout format and comprised three days per round, with game one on day one and game two on day two (both at classic time controls). Day three was a rest day, but for those tied 1-1 it was the day to play two more tie-break games (each with rapid time limit) and in a few cases, another two. Round 1 saw 96 players, and the 48 winners were joined by 16 seeded players for Round 2. The new Fischer clocks were used. The first pair of tiebreak games (sub-rounds 3-4) was 20 mins each player + 10 seconds added per move, the second pair (5-6) was 10 mins each player + 10 seconds added per move. If still equal, single 10 min games until there was a winner. First prize 100,000 Dutch guilders (about $53,000), 2nd prize 50,000, 3rd prize 20,000 guilders. Chief arbiter: Geurt Gijssen.
Tilburg, the Netherlands, 13 November - 3 December 1993 (Rounds 4, 5, 6 & 7 are shown below)
Round 4 November 22-24 Quarterfinals Nov 25-27 Semifinals Nov 28-30 Final December 1-3
Karpov ½½ 1½ -- - 2½
Kaidanov ½½ 0½ -- - 1½
Karpov ½1 -- -- - 1½
Yusupov ½0 -- -- - ½
Yusupov ½½ ½1 -- - 2½
Kamsky ½½ ½0 -- - 1½
Karpov ½1 -- -- - 1½
Beliavsky ½0 -- -- - ½
Beliavsky 1½ -- -- - 1½
Nikolic 0½ -- -- - ½
Beliavsky 01 ½1 -- - 2½
Vaganian 10 ½0 -- - 1½
Vaganian ½½ ½1 -- - 2½
Dreev ½½ ½0 -- - 1½
Karpov ½½ ½1 -- - 2½
Ivanchuk ½½ ½0 -- - 1½
Ivanchuk 1½ -- -- - 1½
Epishin 0½ -- -- - ½
Ivanchuk ½½ 11 -- - 3
Georgiev ½½ 00 -- - 1
Georgiev ½½ 11 -- - 3
Morozevich ½½ 00 -- - 1
Ivanchuk ½½ 1½ -- - 2½
Shirov ½½ 0½ -- - 1½
Shirov ½1 -- -- - 1½
Rozentalis ½0 -- -- - ½
Shirov 11 -- -- - 2
Bareev 00 -- -- - 0
Bareev 11 -- -- - 2
Cvitan 00 -- -- - 0
Anatoly Karpov won the event by beating Vasyl Ivanchuk in the 2nd rapid game of the final match. None of the matches in rounds 4-7 needed 10+10 rapid games.Sources
Wikipedia article: Tilburg chess tournament
365Chess (https://www.365chess.com/tournament...)
Jaque 367, pp. 18-29 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
BrazilBase, Tilburg 1993 (https://web.archive.org/web/2024072...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 1/1994, pp. 20-27 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1994...)
New York Times, 28 December 1993, Section C, p. 15 (https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/28/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)
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