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Tilburg Fontys (1997) "What started as an easy trip to victory for Garry Kasparov ... became tough, and he had to share first place with his Russian compatriots Peter Svidler and Vladimir Kramnik. Kasparov roared off to a 5½-½ lead, but Svidler nailed him in the seventh round for his only loss of the event. All three finished with 8-3 scores and received a prize of $8,750." (Robert Byrne in New York Times) This was the 20th Tilburg tournament and the second held under Fontys sponsorship. It was a Category XVII event (Elo average 2667). Eleven GMs and one IM, most of them from the new generation of players, participated in the round robin event. Time control: 2 hours for the first 40 moves, 3 hours for the first 60 moves, and 3½ hours for the whole game. The tournament was a major landmark for Kramnik and Svidler as they tied with Kasparov for first place. Tilburg, the Netherlands, 27 September - 9 October 1997 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ————————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 Svidler 21 2660 • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 =1 Kasparov 34 2820 0 • ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8 =1 Kramnik 22 2770 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 8 =4 Adams 25 2680 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7 =4 Leko 18 2635 ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 7 6 Polgar 21 2670 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 7 Shirov 25 2700 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 • ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5 =8 Lautier 24 2660 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ • ½ 0 1 1 4½ =8 Van Wely 25 2655 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ • ½ 1 1 4½ 10 Onischuk 22 2625 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ • ½ ½ 4 11 Piket 28 2630 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ • ½ 2½ 12 Shaked 19 2500 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ • 1½ ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Eleven rounds in 13 days, starting on Saturday 27 September (66 games). Rest days 1 & 6 October (dates from TWIC). Svidler, Kasparov and Kramnik shared first place with 8/11. Sources TWIC 153 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...) Wikipedia article: Fontys University of Applied Sciences Lost Boys website (https://web.archive.org/web/1998021...) Game Collection: Tilburg Fontys 1997 (by User: suenteus po 147) *FIDE rating list July 1997 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...) Sakkélet, 9-10/1997, pp. 258-264 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Tidskrift för Schack, 9/1997, pp. 541-546 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1997...) Inside Chess Online, Chess Tournament Tilburg 1997 (https://web.archive.org/web/1998011...) New York Times, 11 November 1997, Section E, p. 4 (https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/11/...) Dutch newspapers (available at https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/) Previous: Tilburg Fontys (1996). Next (and last sponsored by Foltys): Tilburg Fontys (1998)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Adams vs Onischuk 1-0 31 1997 Tilburg Fontys C55 Two Knights Defense 2. Svidler vs Leko ½-½ 39 1997 Tilburg Fontys B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 3. Lautier vs J Polgar   ½-½ 17 1997 Tilburg Fontys A16 English 4. Shirov vs J Piket   ½-½ 33 1997 Tilburg Fontys C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. T Shaked vs Kramnik 0-1 35 1997 Tilburg Fontys E46 Nimzo-Indian 6. Van Wely vs Kasparov 0-1 51 1997 Tilburg Fontys A25 English 7. Leko vs Adams   ½-½ 33 1997 Tilburg Fontys C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 8. Kramnik vs Shirov 1-0 36 1997 Tilburg Fontys E97 King's Indian 9. Onischuk vs Lautier 1-0 63 1997 Tilburg Fontys B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 10. J Piket vs Svidler 0-1 38 1997 Tilburg Fontys D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 11. Van Wely vs T Shaked   1-0 28 1997 Tilburg Fontys E97 King's Indian 12. Kasparov vs J Polgar 1-0 32 1997 Tilburg Fontys D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. T Shaked vs Kasparov 0-1 20 1997 Tilburg Fontys D85 Grunfeld 14. Svidler vs Kramnik   ½-½ 26 1997 Tilburg Fontys B33 Sicilian 15. Lautier vs Leko 0-1 37 1997 Tilburg Fontys D97 Grunfeld, Russian 16. J Polgar vs Onischuk 1-0 107 1997 Tilburg Fontys C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 17. Adams vs J Piket ½-½ 42 1997 Tilburg Fontys C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. Shirov vs Van Wely 1-0 35 1997 Tilburg Fontys B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 19. T Shaked vs Shirov 0-1 91 1997 Tilburg Fontys A57 Benko Gambit 20. J Piket vs Lautier 0-1 47 1997 Tilburg Fontys E15 Queen's Indian 21. Van Wely vs Svidler   ½-½ 22 1997 Tilburg Fontys D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 22. Leko vs J Polgar   ½-½ 48 1997 Tilburg Fontys B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 23. Kramnik vs Adams   ½-½ 48 1997 Tilburg Fontys A15 English 24. Kasparov vs Onischuk ½-½ 60 1997 Tilburg Fontys E12 Queen's Indian 25. Svidler vs T Shaked 1-0 36 1997 Tilburg Fontys C18 French, Winawer  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Mar-22-23    FSR: A rough tournament for the World Junior Champion, Tal Shaked, who was rated 125 points below the second lowest rated player. Two years later, after losing in the second round of the FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999) to Kiril Georgiev, he left chess for the presumably more lucrative world of Google. His match against Georgiev included the immortally punned "Mr. Georgiev, Wear Down this Tal!" K Georgiev vs Shaked, 1999, the late, great <Phony Benoni>'s masterpiece. Apr-30-24    mk volkov: <A rough tournament for the World Junior Champion, Tal Shaked> "Kramnik easily defeated him with Black and joked: "For me, now the phrase "Play like Tal" has different sense". We knew that in this tournament the winner will be the player, who destroys the tail more harsh than the others." (Kasparov. "My Chess Way III. Part 2. On a second peak") 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! 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