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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 
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
 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
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
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 5 of 5; games 101-120 of 120  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
101. Ehlvest vs Portisch  0-1331989Skelleftea World CupC53 Giuoco Piano
102. Vaganian vs Salov  1-0501989Skelleftea World CupA17 English
103. Nunn vs Tal ½-½141989Skelleftea World CupB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
104. Ribli vs Sax  ½-½151989Skelleftea World CupA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
105. Andersson vs Korchnoi  ½-½321989Skelleftea World CupA37 English, Symmetrical
106. Short vs Karpov ½-½131989Skelleftea World CupC54 Giuoco Piano
107. Kasparov vs Ribli ½-½251989Skelleftea World CupA30 English, Symmetrical
108. Nunn vs Ehlvest  1-0471989Skelleftea World CupB06 Robatsch
109. Salov vs Seirawan  ½-½141989Skelleftea World CupA59 Benko Gambit
110. Tal vs Huebner  ½-½151989Skelleftea World CupD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
111. Portisch vs Vaganian  ½-½141989Skelleftea World CupE17 Queen's Indian
112. Sax vs P Nikolic  ½-½171989Skelleftea World CupC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
113. Karpov vs Andersson 1-0681989Skelleftea World CupE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
114. P Nikolic vs Kasparov  ½-½681989Skelleftea World CupD76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
115. Korchnoi vs Sax 0-1351989Skelleftea World CupE55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation
116. Vaganian vs Nunn 0-1591989Skelleftea World CupE84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line
117. Seirawan vs Portisch  ½-½131989Skelleftea World CupD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
118. Ribli vs Salov  ½-½121989Skelleftea World CupE17 Queen's Indian
119. Huebner vs Short  1-0441989Skelleftea World CupC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
120. Ehlvest vs Tal  ½-½251989Skelleftea World CupB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
 page 5 of 5; games 101-120 of 120  PGN Download
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