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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Skelleftea World Cup Tournament
Anatoly Karpov9.5/15(+4 -0 =11)[games]
Garry Kasparov9.5/15(+4 -0 =11)[games]
Lajos Portisch8.5/15(+5 -3 =7)[games]
Yasser Seirawan8.5/15(+3 -1 =11)[games]
Nigel Short8.5/15(+4 -2 =9)[games]
Valery Salov8/15(+4 -3 =8)[games]
Gyula Sax8/15(+3 -2 =10)[games]
John Nunn7.5/15(+3 -3 =9)[games]
Ulf Andersson7.5/15(+2 -2 =11)[games]
Robert Huebner7/15(+2 -3 =10)[games]
Zoltan Ribli7/15(+0 -1 =14)[games]
Mikhail Tal7/15(+0 -1 =14)[games]
Jaan Ehlvest6.5/15(+3 -5 =7)[games]
Predrag Nikolic6/15(+1 -4 =10)[games]
Viktor Korchnoi6/15(+3 -6 =6)[games]
Rafael Vaganian5/15(+1 -6 =8)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Skelleftea World Cup (1989)

Skellefteå, Sweden, 12 August - 2 September 1989

            Age Elo*  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 
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 1 Karpov    38 2755  ● ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½  9½
 2 Kasparov  26 2775  ½ ● 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1  9½
 3 Portisch  52 2600  ½ 0 ● ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½  8½
 4 Seirawan  29 2585  0 ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½  8½
 5 Short     24 2660  ½ 0 ½ ½ ● 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1  8½
 6 Salov     25 2645  ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ● 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0  8
 7 Sax       38 2580  ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ● 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½  8
 8 Nunn      34 2575  ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ● 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1  7½
 9 Andersson 38 2635  0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ● ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1  7½
10 Hübner    40 2605  ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ● ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½  7
11 Ribli     37 2605  ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ ½ ½  7
12 Tal       52 2585  ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ ½  7
13 Ehlvest   26 2620  0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ● ½ 1 1  6½
14 Nicolic   28 2600  0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● 0 ½  6
15 Korchnoi  58 2655  ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ● 1  6
16 Vaganian  37 2585  ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ●  5
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Fifteen rounds in 22 days, starting on Saturday 12 August and ending on Saturday 2 September (120 games). Rest days 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 28 August and 1 September, with adjourned games finished on Sunday 3 September. Karpov won on Sonneborn-Berger score ahead of Kasparov, both with 9.5/15 and 26½ World Cup points.

This was the 6th and last World Cup tournament organized by the breakaway Grandmasters Association (GMA). Final standings: 1) Kasparov 83 World Cup points, 2) Karpov 81, 3) Salov 68½, 4) Ehlvest 68, 5) Ljubojevic 66½, 6) Nunn 65½, 7-8) Beliavsky and Short 63½, 9-10) Timman and Hübner 57½, etc.

Sources
*FIDE rating list July 1989 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...)
Chess Life, 1/1990, pp. 68-69 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Chess Life, 12/1989, pp. 38-40 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Sakkélet, 11/1989, pp. 337-345 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 7/1989, pp. 281-289 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1989...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 8/1989, pp. 314-331 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1989...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 9/1989, pp. 396-399 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1989...)
Jaque 269, 15 September 1989, pp. 570-576 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Dates from Swedish newspapers, available at https://tidningar.kb.se/

 page 4 of 5; games 76-100 of 120  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
76. Salov vs Portisch 0-1911989Skelleftea World CupA07 King's Indian Attack
77. Short vs Seirawan ½-½241989Skelleftea World CupB06 Robatsch
78. Andersson vs Vaganian 1-0401989Skelleftea World CupE91 King's Indian
79. Huebner vs Ribli  ½-½201989Skelleftea World CupB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
80. Sax vs Ehlvest 1-0501989Skelleftea World CupC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
81. Seirawan vs Andersson 1-0411989Skelleftea World CupA46 Queen's Pawn Game
82. Korchnoi vs Karpov  ½-½221989Skelleftea World CupA33 English, Symmetrical
83. Ehlvest vs Kasparov  ½-½231989Skelleftea World CupB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
84. Nunn vs Salov ½-½741989Skelleftea World CupC60 Ruy Lopez
85. Portisch vs Tal  ½-½181989Skelleftea World CupE00 Queen's Pawn Game
86. Ribli vs Short  ½-½271989Skelleftea World CupE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
87. Vaganian vs Sax  ½-½491989Skelleftea World CupE15 Queen's Indian
88. P Nikolic vs Huebner  ½-½171989Skelleftea World CupD39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
89. Andersson vs Ribli  ½-½361989Skelleftea World CupD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
90. Tal vs Karpov  ½-½331989Skelleftea World CupC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
91. Kasparov vs Vaganian 1-0431989Skelleftea World CupA33 English, Symmetrical
92. Huebner vs Korchnoi 0-1611989Skelleftea World CupB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
93. Portisch vs Nunn 0-1311989Skelleftea World CupE92 King's Indian
94. Salov vs Ehlvest 1-0451989Skelleftea World CupE12 Queen's Indian
95. Short vs P Nikolic  1-0351989Skelleftea World CupC59 Two Knights
96. Sax vs Seirawan  ½-½251989Skelleftea World CupB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
97. P Nikolic vs Andersson  ½-½211989Skelleftea World CupD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
98. Karpov vs Huebner ½-½301989Skelleftea World CupD39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
99. Seirawan vs Kasparov ½-½431989Skelleftea World CupE75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
100. Korchnoi vs Short  ½-½541989Skelleftea World CupA13 English
 page 4 of 5; games 76-100 of 120  PGN Download
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