| Skelleftea World Cup (1989) |
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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/
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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Korchnoi vs Salov |
 | 0-1 | 37 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 2. Short vs Kasparov |
 | 0-1 | 45 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 3. Salov vs Short |
| 0-1 | 42 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | E97 King's Indian |
| 4. Sax vs Portisch |
| 0-1 | 28 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 5. Portisch vs Kasparov |
| 0-1 | 62 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | D35 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 6. P Nikolic vs Korchnoi |
| 0-1 | 34 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 7. Nunn vs Sax |
| 0-1 | 38 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack |
| 8. Vaganian vs Short |
| 0-1 | 53 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | D35 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 9. Salov vs Portisch |
| 0-1 | 91 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 10. Huebner vs Korchnoi |
| 0-1 | 61 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack |
| 11. Portisch vs Nunn |
| 0-1 | 31 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | E92 King's Indian |
| 12. Ehlvest vs Portisch |
| 0-1 | 33 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | C53 Giuoco Piano |
| 13. Korchnoi vs Sax |
| 0-1 | 35 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 14. Vaganian vs Nunn |
| 0-1 | 59 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | E84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line |
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