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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.  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   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  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    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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