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Donner Memorial (1995) The second edition of the Jan Hein Donner Memorial Chess Tournament was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in August of 1995. Twelve grandmasters were invited to compete in the round robin event, including (in order of Elo): Alexei Shirov (2695), Valery Salov (2685), Alexander Khalifman (2655), Judit Polgar (2635), Alexander Morozevich (2630), Jeroen Piket (2625), Yasser Seirawan (2625), John Nunn (2615), Julio Granda Zuniga (2605), Jan Timman (2590), Loek Van Wely (2585), and Alexander Huzman (2580). The average rating of the participants qualified the tournament as a Category XVI event. Granda Zuniga and Timman both finished equal first with +4, a half point ahead of clear third Polgar. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 12-24 August 1995 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Pts 1 Timman * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 7.5 2 Granda 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7.5 3 Polgar ½ 1 * 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7.0 4 Seirawan ½ 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 6.0 5 Huzman ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6.0 6 Shirov ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 7 Morozevich 0 0 1 0 1 ½ * 0 1 ½ 0 1 5.0 8 Salov ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 0 5.0 9 Nunn 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 5.0 10 Khalifman 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 5.0 11 Piket 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * ½ 3.0 12 Van Wely 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * 3.0 Original collection: Game Collection: Amsterdam 1995, by User: suenteus po 147. Game dates (Aug. 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24) from Leidsch Dagblad added 6 Sept 2015 by User: Tabanus. Previous (and first): Donner Memorial Group A (1994) and Donner Memorial Group B (1994). Next (and last): Donner Memorial (1996)  page 3 of 3; games 51-66 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. J Polgar vs Van Wely 1-0 24 1995 Donner Memorial B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 52. Khalifman vs Seirawan 1-0 38 1995 Donner Memorial B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 53. Morozevich vs Salov   0-1 53 1995 Donner Memorial B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 54. Timman vs Shirov   ½-½ 20 1995 Donner Memorial E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 55. J Piket vs Timman   1-0 49 1995 Donner Memorial D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 56. Nunn vs Seirawan   ½-½ 26 1995 Donner Memorial B12 Caro-Kann Defense 57. Salov vs J Polgar 0-1 40 1995 Donner Memorial A07 King's Indian Attack 58. Van Wely vs Khalifman   ½-½ 25 1995 Donner Memorial A58 Benko Gambit 59. Granda Zuniga vs A Huzman   ½-½ 42 1995 Donner Memorial E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 60. Shirov vs Morozevich ½-½ 57 1995 Donner Memorial D06 Queen's Gambit Declined 61. Khalifman vs Salov ½-½ 75 1995 Donner Memorial E12 Queen's Indian 62. A Huzman vs Nunn   ½-½ 18 1995 Donner Memorial D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 63. Morozevich vs J Piket   0-1 46 1995 Donner Memorial B08 Pirc, Classical 64. Timman vs Granda Zuniga   1-0 48 1995 Donner Memorial C10 French 65. J Polgar vs Shirov 1-0 21 1995 Donner Memorial B06 Robatsch 66. Seirawan vs Van Wely   ½-½ 26 1995 Donner Memorial D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical  page 3 of 3; games 51-66 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Feb-02-23    saturn2: One or two days I was in the audience during a nice summer trip to Amsterdam. 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