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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Rotterdam World Cup Tournament
Jan Timman10.5/15(+7 -1 =7)[games]
Anatoly Karpov9.5/15(+7 -3 =5)[games]
Rafael Vaganian9/15(+4 -1 =10)[games]
John Nunn8.5/15(+3 -1 =11)[games]
John van der Wiel8/15(+3 -2 =10)[games]
Valery Salov8/15(+5 -4 =6)[games]
Jaan Ehlvest8/15(+4 -3 =8)[games]
Andrei Sokolov8/15(+3 -2 =10)[games]
Nigel Short7.5/15(+4 -4 =7)[games]
Yasser Seirawan7/15(+3 -4 =8)[games]
Jesus Nogueiras6.5/15(+2 -4 =9)[games]
Gyula Sax6.5/15(+1 -3 =11)[games]
Artur Yusupov6.5/15(+2 -4 =9)[games]
Ljubomir Ljubojevic6/15(+1 -4 =10)[games]
Lajos Portisch6/15(+1 -4 =10)[games]
Johann Hjartarson4.5/15(+0 -6 =9)[games]
Robert Huebner0.5/1(+0 -0 =1)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Rotterdam World Cup (1989)

"When everything seemed to indicate that the Rotterdam tournament, valid for the GMA World Cup, would be another triumphant walk for the great Anatoly Karpov, catastrophe struck: the former world champion lost the last three games, and the victory went to Jan Timman, apparently fully recovered from his long slump of last year. Karpov lost to Salov in the 15th round, after having committed an opening blunder that left him inferior; but Anatoly's formidable resilience, demonstrated so many times, still made it difficult to predict how things would turn out. In the 16th round, Karpov had an impressive attack against Ljubojevic, but Ljubo held out by exchanging his queen for the opponent's rook pair, and in the ensuing zeitnot, Anatoly gave his all and ultimately lost. The collapse culminated in the final round, in which an unknown Anatoly lost to Nunn in 81 moves. It's the first time in Karpov's long and unparalleled tournament career that something like this has happened to him. There are no stars who shine forever, nor chimeras who live forever. We had gotten used to the idea that Anatoly was a rock of invincible morality, a gladiator who could lose a game occasionally, but no more; and the myth proved false. ... Timman, who only lost to Karpov, finished first a whole point ahead, in a clearly outstanding performance. Vaganian and Nunn also showed fine form; Yusupov, Ljubojevic and Hjartarson played far below their potential, particularly Ljubo, who had just played brilliantly in Barcelona." (Jaque 266, transl.)

World Trade Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 3-24 June 1989

                Age Elo*  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
  1 Timman       37 2610  ● 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 10½
  2 Karpov       38 2750  1 ● ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1  9½
  3 Vaganian     37 2600  ½ ½ ● ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½  9
  4 Nunn         34 2620  0 1 ½ ● ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1  8½
 =5 Van der Wiel 29 2560  ½ ½ 0 ½ ● 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½  8
 =5 Salov        25 2630  0 1 ½ ½ 1 ● 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1  8
 =5 Ehlvest      26 2600  ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ● ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1  8
 =5 Sokolov      26 2605  0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1  8
  9 Short        24 2650  0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ● 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½  7½
 10 Seirawan     29 2610  0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ● ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½  7
=11 Nogueiras    29 2575  0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ● ½ ½ ½ 0 ½  6½
=11 Sax          38 2610  ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ ½  6½
=11 Yusupov      29 2610  ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ● 1 ½ ½  6½
=14 Ljubojevic   38 2580  ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ● ½ ½  6
=14 Portisch     52 2610  ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ● ½  6
 16 Hjartarson   26 2615  0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ●  4½
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    Hübner       40 2600                      ½             ½
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Boris Spassky withdrew a week before it started and Robert Huebner withdrew after Round 1 because of illness. The original schedule was upheld, with two byes each round (seven games per round except Round 6 which had eight). Seventeen rounds in 22 days, starting on Saturday 3 June (120 games). Rest days 7, 11, 15, 19 & 23 June. Chief arbiter: Geurt Gijssen. Karpov was leading but lost his last three games and ended 2nd. Timman lost to Karpov but won with 10.5/15 and earned 28 World Cup points.

Other irregularities: A Yusupov vs Vaganian, 1989 was played 11 June, and Ljubojevic vs Salov, 1989 was played 19 June.

This was the 5th World Cup tournament organized by the breakaway Grandmasters Association (GMA). The 6th (and last) was Skelleftea World Cup (1989).

Sources
Wikipedia article: Beurs-World Trade Center
Dutchbase (https://maxeuwe.nl/files-dutchbase/...)
*FIDE rating list January 1989 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...)
Chess Life, 10/1989, pp. 40-45 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Sakkélet, 9/1989, pp. 286-291 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Skakbladet, 8/1989, pp. 163-164 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 6/1989, pp. 258-263 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1989...)
Jaque 265, 1 July 1989, pp. 420-422, 425 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Jaque 266, 15 July 1989, pp. 450-458 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Timman vs A Sokolov 1-0361989Rotterdam World CupB40 Sicilian
2. Seirawan vs Portisch 1-0621989Rotterdam World CupE34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
3. Karpov vs J Nogueiras 1-0411989Rotterdam World CupC16 French, Winawer
4. Ehlvest vs Ljubojevic 1-0621989Rotterdam World CupC10 French
5. J Nogueiras vs Short 1-0211989Rotterdam World CupE00 Queen's Pawn Game
6. A Sokolov vs Portisch 1-0501989Rotterdam World CupB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
7. Salov vs Hjartarson  1-0551989Rotterdam World CupE15 Queen's Indian
8. Karpov vs Timman 1-0341989Rotterdam World CupD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
9. Short vs Seirawan 1-0421989Rotterdam World CupB12 Caro-Kann Defense
10. Timman vs Short 1-0521989Rotterdam World CupC18 French, Winawer
11. Vaganian vs Van der Wiel 1-0301989Rotterdam World CupB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
12. Karpov vs Portisch 1-0441989Rotterdam World CupE15 Queen's Indian
13. Short vs A Sokolov  1-0471989Rotterdam World CupB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
14. Nunn vs Ljubojevic  1-0361989Rotterdam World CupB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
15. Timman vs Hjartarson 1-0341989Rotterdam World CupC42 Petrov Defense
16. Van der Wiel vs Portisch  1-0401989Rotterdam World CupB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
17. Timman vs Salov 1-0631989Rotterdam World CupE15 Queen's Indian
18. Short vs Ehlvest  1-0381989Rotterdam World CupB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
19. Karpov vs A Yusupov 1-0581989Rotterdam World CupD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. Vaganian vs J Nogueiras  1-0791989Rotterdam World CupA30 English, Symmetrical
21. Karpov vs Hjartarson 1-0431989Rotterdam World CupA15 English
22. Van der Wiel vs Ehlvest 1-0441989Rotterdam World CupB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
23. Ehlvest vs Hjartarson  1-0351989Rotterdam World CupA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
24. Timman vs J Nogueiras 1-0471989Rotterdam World CupD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
25. Ehlvest vs Salov  1-0471989Rotterdam World CupC53 Giuoco Piano
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