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Dortmund Sparkassen (1997) The 25th Dortmund International Chess Tournament held from July 4th to July 13th, 1997 was a Category XVIII event. Ten players, including the reigning FIDE World Champion, competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of Elo): Vladimir Kramnik (2770), Vishwanathan Anand (2765), Anatoli Karpov (2745), Veselin Topalov (2745), Vassily Ivanchuk (2725), Boris Gelfand (2695), Judit Polgar (2670), Nigel Short (2660), Artur Yusupov (2640), and local favorite Robert Huebner (2580). Kramnik's third Dortmund win in a row, it was the second time he shared the trophy with no one, scoring 6.5/9 undefeated and winning a full point ahead of second place Anand. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Kramnik * = 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 6½ 2 Anand = * 1 0 = = = 1 = 1 5½ =3 Ivanchuk 0 0 * = = = 1 1 1 = 5 =3 Topalov = 1 = * 0 = = = = 1 5 5 Polgar 0 = = 1 * = = 1 = 0 4½ =6 Karpov 0 = = = = * = 0 = 1 4 =6 Gelfand = = 0 = = = * = = = 4 =6 Short = 0 0 = 0 1 = * 1 = 4 9 Huebner = = 0 = = = = 0 * = 3½ 10 Yusupov 0 0 = 0 1 0 = = = * 3 Category: XVIII (2700). Chief arbiter: Lothar Schmid Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAb... Previous: Dortmund Sparkassen (1996). Next: Dortmund Sparkassen (1998) Original collection: Game Collection: Dortmund 1997, by User: suenteus po 147.  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Yusupov vs Short   ½-½ 22 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen D05 Queen's Pawn Game 2. Huebner vs Topalov   ½-½ 32 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 3. J Polgar vs Gelfand   ½-½ 32 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 4. Anand vs Kramnik   ½-½ 24 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen B33 Sicilian 5. Huebner vs Karpov   ½-½ 35 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen B12 Caro-Kann Defense 6. Gelfand vs Topalov   ½-½ 43 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen E92 King's Indian 7. Anand vs Huebner ½-½ 60 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted 8. Short vs Gelfand   ½-½ 25 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Ivanchuk vs Topalov   ½-½ 51 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen B23 Sicilian, Closed 10. Karpov vs J Polgar   ½-½ 13 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 11. J Polgar vs Anand   ½-½ 20 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 12. Gelfand vs Karpov ½-½ 20 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen E12 Queen's Indian 13. A Yusupov vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 40 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 14. Topalov vs Short   ½-½ 43 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 15. Huebner vs Kramnik   ½-½ 16 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen D02 Queen's Pawn Game 16. Karpov vs Topalov   ½-½ 36 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 17. A Yusupov vs Huebner   ½-½ 20 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 18. Anand vs Gelfand   ½-½ 46 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen E97 King's Indian 19. Gelfand vs Kramnik ½-½ 32 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. Ivanchuk vs Karpov ½-½ 32 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 21. A Yusupov vs Gelfand ½-½ 78 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen E73 King's Indian 22. Huebner vs J Polgar   ½-½ 48 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 23. Kramnik vs Topalov ½-½ 36 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen E97 King's Indian 24. Short vs Kramnik   ½-½ 26 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen B33 Sicilian 25. Karpov vs Anand ½-½ 32 1997 Dortmund Sparkassen D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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