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Amsterdam (1996) The third and final edition of the Jan Hein Donner Memorial Chess Tournament was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from August 16th to the 29th, 1995. Twelve grandmasters were invited to compete in the round robin event, including (in order of Elo): Gata Kamsky (2745), Vassily Ivanchuk (2730), Valery Salov (2675), Ivan Sokolov (2670), Julio Granda Zuniga (2610), Alexander Morozevich (2610), Utut Adianto (2605), Loek Van Wely (2605), Jan Timman (2590), Jeroen Piket (2580), Nick DeFirmian (2575), and Julian Hodgson (2550). The average rating of the participants qualified the tournament as Category XVI event. Granda Zuniga made it two in a row by tying Ivanchuk for first. The final standings are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 Granda Zuniga * ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 7 2 Ivanchuk ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 3 Kamsky 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 0 1 ½ 6 4 DeFirmian 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 6 5 Piket 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 6 Salov ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 5½ 7 Hodgson 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 0 1 1 5½ 8 Adianto 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 0 5 9 Van Wely 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 5 10 Sokolov ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 5 11 Timman ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 4½ 12 Morozevich 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 * 3½ Original collection: Game Collection: Amsterdam 1996, by User: suenteus po 147.  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Adianto vs Timman   1-0 45 1996 Amsterdam E12 Queen's Indian 2. Van Wely vs Kamsky   1-0 34 1996 Amsterdam E12 Queen's Indian 3. Piket vs Morozevich 1-0 23 1996 Amsterdam E10 Queen's Pawn Game 4. Ivanchuk vs Hodgson 1-0 28 1996 Amsterdam B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 5. Salov vs Granda Zuniga   ½-½ 42 1996 Amsterdam D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. de Firmian vs I Sokolov 1-0 40 1996 Amsterdam C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. Hodgson vs Adianto   1-0 48 1996 Amsterdam D00 Queen's Pawn Game 8. Timman vs Piket 0-1 17 1996 Amsterdam B01 Scandinavian 9. Kamsky vs Salov 1-0 38 1996 Amsterdam E15 Queen's Indian 10. I Sokolov vs Morozevich   ½-½ 63 1996 Amsterdam A44 Old Benoni Defense 11. Granda Zuniga vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 31 1996 Amsterdam D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. de Firmian vs Van Wely   0-1 49 1996 Amsterdam B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Salov vs de Firmian   0-1 50 1996 Amsterdam A33 English, Symmetrical 14. Morozevich vs Timman 0-1 59 1996 Amsterdam C57 Two Knights 15. Ivanchuk vs Kamsky   ½-½ 41 1996 Amsterdam C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 16. Adianto vs Granda Zuniga   1-0 38 1996 Amsterdam D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 17. Piket vs Hodgson   ½-½ 25 1996 Amsterdam D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. Van Wely vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 49 1996 Amsterdam A25 English 19. Kamsky vs Adianto   1-0 29 1996 Amsterdam B12 Caro-Kann Defense 20. Van Wely vs Salov   0-1 40 1996 Amsterdam E16 Queen's Indian 21. Hodgson vs Morozevich 1-0 53 1996 Amsterdam C02 French, Advance 22. I Sokolov vs Timman   ½-½ 22 1996 Amsterdam E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 23. Granda Zuniga vs Piket 1-0 39 1996 Amsterdam D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 24. de Firmian vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 23 1996 Amsterdam B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Morozevich vs Granda Zuniga 0-1 72 1996 Amsterdam B18 Caro-Kann, Classical  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    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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