| Tilburg Fontys (1996) |
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"Two improbable winners tied for first place in the elite Fontys International Tournament in Tilburg, the Netherlands, in late October: Boris Gelfand of Belarus and Jeroen Piket of the host country. Each scored 7-4 and got a prize of $11,810. Piket was not expected to win because he was the second-lowest ranked player in the event. And Gelfand was a last-minute substitute for Vladimir Kramnik, who had suddenly given up his place." (Robert Byrne in New York Times) This was the 19th Tilburg tournament and the first held under Fontys sponsorship. It was a Category XVI event (Elo average 2648). Twelve grandmasters, many of them from the emerging generation of players, participated in the round robin event. Tilburg, the Netherlands, 11-23 October 1996 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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=1 Piket 27 2580 • ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7
=1 Gelfand 28 2665 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7
3 Shirov 24 2685 0 0 • 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6½
=4 Van Wely 24 2605 0 ½ 1 • ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 6
=4 Leko 17 2630 ½ ½ 0 ½ • 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6
=6 Karpov 45 2775 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 • ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 5½
=6 Adams 24 2685 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½
8 Sutovsky 19 2565 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ 0 1 5
=9 Almasi 20 2655 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 4½
=9 Svidler 20 2650 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 4½
=9 Lautier 23 2620 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • ½ 4½
12 Polgar 20 2665 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ • 4
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Eleven rounds in 13 days, starting on Friday 11 October (66 games). Rest days 15 & 20 October (dates from TWIC). Piket and Gelfand shared first with 7/11.Sources
TWIC 101 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...)
TWIC 102 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...)
TWIC 103 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...)
Wikipedia article: Fontys University of Applied Sciences
Game Collection: Tilburg Fontys 1996 (by User: suenteus po 147)
*FIDE rating list July 1996 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...)
Sakkélet, 1/1997, pp. 338-344 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Ocho x Ocho, 12/1996, pp. 4-12 (https://www.scribd.com/document/397...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 10/1996, pp. 546-549 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1996...)
Inside Chess Online, Chess Tournament Tilburg 1996 (https://web.archive.org/web/1997061...)
New York Times, 19 November 1996, Section C, p. 6 (https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/19/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/) Previous: Tilburg Interpolis (1994). Next: Tilburg Fontys (1997)
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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 51. Z Almasi vs Svidler |
 | ½-½ | 32 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack |
| 52. Lautier vs Leko |
 | 0-1 | 40 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | D85 Grunfeld |
| 53. Sutovsky vs Adams |
| 0-1 | 30 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) |
| 54. Karpov vs J Piket |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 |
| 55. J Piket vs Shirov |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran |
| 56. Z Almasi vs Lautier |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 57. Adams vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 45 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
| 58. Svidler vs Gelfand |
| ½-½ | 26 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 59. J Polgar vs Van Wely |
| ½-½ | 39 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 |
| 60. Leko vs Sutovsky |
| ½-½ | 33 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 |
| 61. Shirov vs Adams |
| 1-0 | 61 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation |
| 62. Karpov vs Leko |
| 1-0 | 29 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | D97 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 63. Lautier vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 22 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) |
| 64. Gelfand vs J Polgar |
| ½-½ | 15 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | A16 English |
| 65. Sutovsky vs Z Almasi |
| ½-½ | 36 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | C47 Four Knights |
| 66. Van Wely vs J Piket |
| 0-1 | 60 | 1996 | Tilburg Fontys | E91 King's Indian |
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