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Credit Suisse Masters (1995) The third and final installment of the PCA "Super Classic" chess tournament series was played in Horgen, Switzerland from October 21 to November 2, 1995. The "Credit Suisse Masters", as it was called, was a round robin, Category XVII tournament organized directly after the PCA World Championship. Garry Kasparov had defeated Viswanathan Anand, then joined ten other top rated grandmasters for the final event in the year's series. The complete list of participants included (in order of Elo): Kasparov (2795), Vassily Ivanchuk (2740), Vladimir Kramnik (2730), Artur Yusupov (2680), Nigel Short (2645), Rafael Vaganian (2645), Viktor Korchnoi (2635), Joel Lautier (2635), Jaan Ehlvest (2630), Boris Gulko (2620) and Jan Timman (2590). Nine of the original top ten PCA rated grandmasters who started the series finished it. Anand dropped out of Novgorod and was replaced by Veselin Topalov. Here, Topalov was replaced by Lautier. Korchnoi was added to the competition as a local grandmaster to represent Switzerland. In the surprise of the year, world champion Kasparov finished with an even score, having dropped one game, to tournament co-winner Ivanchuk, as he and Kramnik finished with 7/10, capitalizing on the speculation that both players were strong enough to soon become world champions themselves. Although Kramnik would eventually succeed in this respect, the title continued to elude Ivanchuk. The final standings and crosstable follow: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Pts 01 Ivanchuk * = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 7.0 02 Kramnik = * = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 = 7.0 03 Ehlvest = = * = = 1 1 = = = = 6.0 04 Short 1 0 = * = 1 0 = = 1 1 6.0 05 Kasparov 0 = = = * = 1 = = = = 5.0 06 Gulko = 0 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 = 4.5 07 Korchnoi 0 = 0 1 0 0 * = 1 = 1 4.5 08 Yusupov 0 = = = = = = * = = = 4.5 09 Lautier 0 0 = = = = 0 = * = 1 4.0 10 Vaganian 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = = * 1 3.5 11 Timman = = = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 * 3.0 Original collection: Game Collection: Horgen 1995, by User: suenteus po 147. Previous: Credit Suisse Masters (1994)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 55  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Yusupov vs Lautier   ½-½ 32 1995 Credit Suisse Masters A04 Reti Opening 2. Gulko vs Korchnoi   1-0 31 1995 Credit Suisse Masters A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 3. Ehlvest vs Kasparov   ½-½ 48 1995 Credit Suisse Masters E60 King's Indian Defense 4. Timman vs Vaganian   0-1 44 1995 Credit Suisse Masters C18 French, Winawer 5. Short vs Ivanchuk 1-0 53 1995 Credit Suisse Masters C19 French, Winawer, Advance 6. Lautier vs Short   ½-½ 33 1995 Credit Suisse Masters E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 7. Kramnik vs Ehlvest   ½-½ 39 1995 Credit Suisse Masters A14 English 8. Vaganian vs Gulko 0-1 54 1995 Credit Suisse Masters A07 King's Indian Attack 9. Korchnoi vs Yusupov   ½-½ 64 1995 Credit Suisse Masters E00 Queen's Pawn Game 10. Kasparov vs Timman ½-½ 40 1995 Credit Suisse Masters C11 French 11. Gulko vs Kasparov   ½-½ 39 1995 Credit Suisse Masters A26 English 12. Short vs Korchnoi 0-1 64 1995 Credit Suisse Masters B56 Sicilian 13. Ivanchuk vs Lautier 1-0 111 1995 Credit Suisse Masters B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 14. Timman vs Kramnik ½-½ 51 1995 Credit Suisse Masters B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 15. Yusupov vs Vaganian   ½-½ 25 1995 Credit Suisse Masters D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. Korchnoi vs Ivanchuk 0-1 42 1995 Credit Suisse Masters E12 Queen's Indian 17. Ehlvest vs Timman ½-½ 11 1995 Credit Suisse Masters C02 French, Advance 18. Kasparov vs Yusupov   ½-½ 20 1995 Credit Suisse Masters C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 19. Kramnik vs Gulko 1-0 26 1995 Credit Suisse Masters A17 English 20. Vaganian vs Short   0-1 64 1995 Credit Suisse Masters E41 Nimzo-Indian 21. Ivanchuk vs Vaganian 1-0 27 1995 Credit Suisse Masters C11 French 22. Lautier vs Korchnoi   0-1 53 1995 Credit Suisse Masters E17 Queen's Indian 23. Gulko vs Ehlvest 0-1 31 1995 Credit Suisse Masters A13 English 24. Short vs Kasparov ½-½ 37 1995 Credit Suisse Masters B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Yusupov vs Kramnik   ½-½ 27 1995 Credit Suisse Masters D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 55    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Dec-14-14    Maatalkko: I believe this was the worst individual tournament performance of Kasparov's entire career. It really puts into perspective how dominant he was, that his worst tournament in 28 years of professional chess would be an unremarkable performance for any other player of his generation. Dec-14-14    perfidious: <Maatalkko: (This result) really puts into perspective how dominant (Kasparov) was, that his worst tournament in 28 years of professional chess would be an unremarkable performance for any other player of his generation.> So it does. Feb-29-16    Howard: To be fair, this event took place shortly after his match with Anand, so he was probably still worn out. In fact, eight of his games (out of ten) went less than 40 moves. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. 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