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🏆 Donner Memorial (1995)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Alexander Morozevich, Alexey Shirov, Judit Polgar, Valery Salov, Loek van Wely, Alexander Khalifman, Julio Granda Zuniga, Jan Timman, Jeroen Piket, Yasser Seirawan, John Nunn, Alexander Huzman

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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 3; games 1-25 of 66  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Huzman vs Timman  ½-½451995Donner MemorialE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
2. Granda Zuniga vs Morozevich 1-0471995Donner MemorialD07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
3. Van Wely vs Nunn  ½-½191995Donner MemorialE97 King's Indian
4. J Piket vs J Polgar  0-1521995Donner MemorialE77 King's Indian
5. Shirov vs Khalifman 1-0401995Donner MemorialA07 King's Indian Attack
6. Salov vs Seirawan  1-0371995Donner MemorialE01 Catalan, Closed
7. Khalifman vs J Piket  1-0401995Donner MemorialD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
8. Morozevich vs A Huzman  1-0461995Donner MemorialC45 Scotch Game
9. Nunn vs Timman 0-1371995Donner MemorialC39 King's Gambit Accepted
10. Van Wely vs Salov 1-0381995Donner MemorialD02 Queen's Pawn Game
11. J Polgar vs Granda Zuniga 1-0311995Donner MemorialB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
12. Seirawan vs Shirov  ½-½321995Donner MemorialA57 Benko Gambit
13. Timman vs Morozevich  1-0681995Donner MemorialE33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
14. A Huzman vs J Polgar ½-½321995Donner MemorialE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
15. Shirov vs Van Wely  1-0561995Donner MemorialB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
16. Granda Zuniga vs Khalifman 1-0631995Donner MemorialE60 King's Indian Defense
17. J Piket vs Seirawan  0-1381995Donner MemorialD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. Salov vs Nunn ½-½421995Donner MemorialA45 Queen's Pawn Game
19. Salov vs Shirov 0-1331995Donner MemorialA21 English
20. Seirawan vs Granda Zuniga 0-1491995Donner MemorialE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
21. Nunn vs Morozevich 0-1411995Donner MemorialC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
22. Van Wely vs J Piket  ½-½321995Donner MemorialE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
23. J Polgar vs Timman  ½-½461995Donner MemorialC18 French, Winawer
24. Khalifman vs A Huzman  ½-½171995Donner MemorialD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
25. J Piket vs Salov 0-1411995Donner MemorialE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-02-23  saturn2: One or two days I was in the audience during a nice summer trip to Amsterdam. The funny thing was I continued to London and saw Piket and van Wely in the underground station there.

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