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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 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Huzman vs Timman   ½-½ 45 1995 Donner Memorial E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 2. Van Wely vs Nunn   ½-½ 19 1995 Donner Memorial E97 King's Indian 3. Seirawan vs Shirov   ½-½ 32 1995 Donner Memorial A57 Benko Gambit 4. A Huzman vs J Polgar ½-½ 32 1995 Donner Memorial E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 5. Salov vs Nunn ½-½ 42 1995 Donner Memorial A45 Queen's Pawn Game 6. J Polgar vs Timman   ½-½ 46 1995 Donner Memorial C18 French, Winawer 7. Khalifman vs A Huzman   ½-½ 17 1995 Donner Memorial D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. Van Wely vs J Piket   ½-½ 32 1995 Donner Memorial E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 9. Salov vs Granda Zuniga   ½-½ 45 1995 Donner Memorial E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 10. Nunn vs J Polgar ½-½ 32 1995 Donner Memorial B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 11. Seirawan vs Timman   ½-½ 43 1995 Donner Memorial D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. Khalifman vs Morozevich   ½-½ 50 1995 Donner Memorial D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense 13. J Polgar vs Khalifman   ½-½ 24 1995 Donner Memorial B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 14. Shirov vs A Huzman   ½-½ 10 1995 Donner Memorial B58 Sicilian 15. Nunn vs Khalifman   ½-½ 17 1995 Donner Memorial B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 16. J Piket vs Granda Zuniga   ½-½ 38 1995 Donner Memorial D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted 17. Salov vs Timman   ½-½ 32 1995 Donner Memorial E12 Queen's Indian 18. Timman vs Shirov   ½-½ 20 1995 Donner Memorial E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 19. Granda Zuniga vs A Huzman   ½-½ 42 1995 Donner Memorial E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 20. Nunn vs Seirawan   ½-½ 26 1995 Donner Memorial B12 Caro-Kann Defense 21. Shirov vs Morozevich ½-½ 57 1995 Donner Memorial D06 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. Van Wely vs Khalifman   ½-½ 25 1995 Donner Memorial A58 Benko Gambit 23. A Huzman vs Nunn   ½-½ 18 1995 Donner Memorial D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 24. Khalifman vs Salov ½-½ 75 1995 Donner Memorial E12 Queen's Indian 25. Seirawan vs Van Wely   ½-½ 26 1995 Donner Memorial D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical  page 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25    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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