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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Dortmund Sparkassen Tournament
Vladimir Kramnik7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Viswanathan Anand7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Boris Gelfand6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Michael Adams4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Judit Polgar4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Alexey Shirov4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Veselin Topalov4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Robert Huebner3.5/9(+1 -3 =5)[games]
Eric Lobron2.5/9(+1 -5 =3)[games]
Peter Leko2/9(+0 -5 =4)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
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 Tony 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
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 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
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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: https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...
Tidskrift för Schack, September 1996, pp. 350-354: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1996...

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  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Shirov vs Topalov  ½-½301996Dortmund SparkassenE92 King's Indian
2. Leko vs Adams 0-1571996Dortmund SparkassenB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
3. Huebner vs J Polgar 1-0671996Dortmund SparkassenD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
4. Kramnik vs Gelfand ½-½241996Dortmund SparkassenE97 King's Indian
5. Anand vs Lobron 1-0361996Dortmund SparkassenB33 Sicilian
6. Adams vs Huebner  ½-½521996Dortmund SparkassenC42 Petrov Defense
7. Gelfand vs Shirov 1-0291996Dortmund SparkassenD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
8. Lobron vs Topalov 0-1471996Dortmund SparkassenA70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
9. J Polgar vs Kramnik 0-1661996Dortmund SparkassenB57 Sicilian
10. Anand vs Leko 1-0391996Dortmund SparkassenB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
11. Huebner vs Anand 0-1361996Dortmund SparkassenB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
12. Kramnik vs Adams 1-0871996Dortmund SparkassenA17 English
13. Topalov vs Gelfand  ½-½581996Dortmund SparkassenD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
14. Leko vs Lobron  ½-½261996Dortmund SparkassenB33 Sicilian
15. Shirov vs J Polgar ½-½561996Dortmund SparkassenB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
16. Anand vs Kramnik ½-½161996Dortmund SparkassenB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
17. Adams vs Shirov  ½-½261996Dortmund SparkassenB06 Robatsch
18. Lobron vs Gelfand 0-1331996Dortmund SparkassenE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
19. Leko vs Huebner  ½-½471996Dortmund SparkassenC75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
20. J Polgar vs Topalov 1-0361996Dortmund SparkassenB23 Sicilian, Closed
21. Huebner vs Lobron  ½-½441996Dortmund SparkassenA46 Queen's Pawn Game
22. Topalov vs Adams 0-1591996Dortmund SparkassenA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
23. Gelfand vs J Polgar  ½-½261996Dortmund SparkassenE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
24. Kramnik vs Leko ½-½231996Dortmund SparkassenD85 Grunfeld
25. Shirov vs Anand  ½-½311996Dortmund SparkassenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
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