Dos Hermanas (1997) |
The 9th Annual Dos Hermanas Chess Tournament held from April 3rd to April 12th, 1997 was a Category XIX event. Ten of the world's best players, including the reigning FIDE World Champion, competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of Elo): Vishwanathan Anand (2765), Anatoli Karpov (2760), Vladimir Kramnik (2740), Veselin Topalov (2725), Boris Gelfand (2700), Alexei Shirov (2690), Nigel Short (2690), Valery Salov (2665), Judit Polgar (2645), and local Spanish favorite Miguel Illescas Cordoba (2635). Kramnik and Anand took first as co-champions, each with 6/9, a full point above the rest of the field. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
=1 Kramnik * = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 6
=1 Anand = * 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 6
=3 Salov = 0 * = 1 = 1 = 0 1 5
=3 Karpov 0 = = * = = = 1 1 = 5
=3 Topalov = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 5
=6 Polgar 0 0 = = = * = = 1 1 4½
=6 Gelfand = = 0 = = = * = 1 = 4½
=6 Shirov = 0 = 0 = = = * 1 1 4½
9 Short = = 1 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 3
10 Illescas 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 * 1½ Original collection: Game Collection: Dos Hermanas 1997, by User: suenteus po 147.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Gelfand vs Short |
 | 1-0 | 37 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 |
2. Shirov vs Topalov |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | C02 French, Advance |
3. M Illescas vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 49 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
4. Kramnik vs Anand |
 | ½-½ | 41 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation |
5. J Polgar vs Salov |
| ½-½ | 52 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 |
6. Anand vs Shirov |
  | 1-0 | 35 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
7. Gelfand vs M Illescas |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | D85 Grunfeld |
8. Salov vs Kramnik |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | A07 King's Indian Attack |
9. Short vs Topalov |
  | 0-1 | 65 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
10. Karpov vs J Polgar |
| ½-½ | 60 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 |
11. Shirov vs Salov |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
12. M Illescas vs Short |
| 0-1 | 35 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
13. J Polgar vs Gelfand |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
14. Topalov vs Anand |
 | ½-½ | 26 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
15. Kramnik vs Karpov |
  | 1-0 | 35 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
16. Short vs Anand |
 | ½-½ | 48 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
17. Karpov vs Shirov |
  | 1-0 | 32 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation |
18. M Illescas vs J Polgar |
 | 0-1 | 32 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
19. Gelfand vs Kramnik |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
20. Salov vs Topalov |
 | 1-0 | 91 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | B06 Robatsch |
21. Topalov vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
22. J Polgar vs Short |
| 1-0 | 66 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | C18 French, Winawer |
23. Anand vs Salov |
  | 1-0 | 42 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | B89 Sicilian |
24. Kramnik vs M Illescas |
  | 1-0 | 77 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | A17 English |
25. Shirov vs Gelfand |
 | ½-½ | 45 | 1997 | Dos Hermanas | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
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