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Dortmund Sparkassen (1996) The 24th Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place in the Dortmunder Opernhaus (Theater, Schauspielhaus) in Dortmund, Germany 5-14 July 1996. Rest day: July 9. Eric Lobron was replacing Anthony Miles, who could not come because of a burglary in his house in Andorra. Vladimir Kramnik won the event for the second time, on SB tiebreak ahead of the newly married Viswanathan Anand, both with 7/9. Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Kramnik 21 2765 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 7 2 Anand 26 2735 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7 3 Gelfand 28 2665 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6 4 Adams 24 2685 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4½ 5 Polgar 19 2665 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 0 1 ½ 4½ 6 Shirov 24 2685 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 1 4 7 Topalov 21 2750 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 4 8 Hübner 47 2595 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ 3½ 9 Lobron 36 2585 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ * ½ 2½ 10 Leko 16 2630 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 2 Category: XVIII (2676). Wikipedia article: Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting TeleSchach: http://www.teleschach.de/schachtage... TWIC 1: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... TWIC 2: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... Juergen Daniel in Jaque 433, pp. 10-15: http://www.bartelski.pl/olimpbase/l... Tidskrift för Schack, September 1996, pp. 350-354: https://www.schack.se/tfsarkiv/hist... Tournament book: 24. Internationale Dortmunder Schachtage 5.-14. Juli 1996. Joachim Beyer Verlag, Hollfeld. 140 pp. (https://i0.wp.com/www.blog.konikows...) Previous: Dortmund Sparkassen (1995). Next: Dortmund Sparkassen (1997) Original collections: Game Collection: Dortmund 1996 by User: suenteus po 147 and Game Collection: Dortmund Sparkassen 1996 by User: Tabanus.  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Shirov vs Topalov   ½-½ 30 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen E92 King's Indian 2. Leko vs Adams 0-1 57 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 3. Huebner vs Polgar 1-0 67 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 4. Kramnik vs Gelfand ½-½ 24 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen E97 King's Indian 5. Anand vs Lobron 1-0 36 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen B33 Sicilian 6. Adams vs Huebner   ½-½ 52 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen C42 Petrov Defense 7. Gelfand vs Shirov 1-0 29 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. Lobron vs Topalov 0-1 47 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 9. Polgar vs Kramnik 0-1 66 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen B57 Sicilian 10. Anand vs Leko 1-0 39 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 11. Huebner vs Anand 0-1 36 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 12. Kramnik vs Adams 1-0 87 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen A17 English 13. Topalov vs Gelfand   ½-½ 58 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 14. Leko vs Lobron   ½-½ 26 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen B33 Sicilian 15. Shirov vs Polgar ½-½ 56 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 16. Anand vs Kramnik ½-½ 16 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 17. Adams vs Shirov   ½-½ 26 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen B06 Robatsch 18. Lobron vs Gelfand 0-1 33 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 19. Leko vs Huebner   ½-½ 47 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 20. Polgar vs Topalov 1-0 36 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen B23 Sicilian, Closed 21. Huebner vs Lobron   ½-½ 44 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen A46 Queen's Pawn Game 22. Topalov vs Adams 0-1 59 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 23. Gelfand vs Polgar   ½-½ 26 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 24. Kramnik vs Leko ½-½ 23 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen D85 Grunfeld 25. Shirov vs Anand   ½-½ 31 1996 Dortmund Sparkassen B12 Caro-Kann Defense  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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