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99_Lev Polugajevky Tourn. Buenos Aires 1994
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12.-30. October 1994
This tournament was a tribute to Lev Polugaevsky. Sicilian thematic tournament; double round with 8 world class players. All games began with <1.e4 c5 2.Sf3 e6/d6/Sc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4>

Final standing:

1. Salov - 9 points out of 14 games
2. Anand - 8.5
3-4 Ivanchuk - 7
3-4 Polgar, J. - 7
5-6 Kamsky - 6.5
5-6 Karpov - 6.5
7. Shirov - 6
8. Ljubojevic - 5.5

"One of my recent re-discoveries on a visit to the attic was "Sicilian Love", not, as some may have believed, an old Barbara Cartland but a wonderful hardcover book about a Chess Tournament in Buenos Aires in 1994.

Well annotated books of great tournaments, e.g. London 1922, New York 1924 and Zurich 1953, used to be eagerly anticipated works of chess literature, but with an increasing number of tournaments, grandmasters, and most recently the immediate availability of games via the Internet, they are almost non-existent nowadays.

Buenos Aires 1994 was also unusual in a number of other ways: firstly it was held as a 60th birthday celebration for Lev Polugayevsky, and secondly it was a themed tournament, every game was an Open Sicilian (Polugayevsky's favourite opening).

Salov, a late replacement when Polugayevsky himself was unable to compete following an operation, won the double round tournament ahead a field of marvellous players: Anand, Ivanchuk, Polgar, Karpov, Kamsky, Shirov and Ljubojevic.

The book contains photographs, sketches, a discussion of 10 memorable Sicilians by Polugayesky, an interview with him, a history of the Sicilian Defence by French author Christophe Gueneau, a fascinating tournament report, and then 130 pages dedicated to the games with notes by Jeroen Piket. It's a veritable bible for anyone thinking about playing the opening. " http://chesstales.blogspot.com/2007...

Tournament Book:

An interview with Lev Polugajevsky
by Christophe Guéneau
A Certain History of the Sicilian Defence
by Christophe Guéneau
Lev Polugajevky Chess Tournament Buenos Aires 1994 Tournament report by Christophe Guéneau
Round 1 - Round 14
Tournament Crosstable
Games Index
Index of variations

• Hardcover
• Publisher: New in Chess (Mar 1996)
• Language English
• ISBN-10: 0917237137
• ISBN-13: 978-0917237133
• Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm

Rd 01
Polgar vs Shirov, 1994 
(B32) Sicilian, 41 moves, 1-0

Rd 01
Karpov vs Kamsky, 1994
(B65) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 01
Ivanchuk vs Salov, 1994
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 01
Ljubojevic vs Anand, 1994 
(B89) Sicilian, 39 moves, 0-1

Rd 02
Anand vs Shirov, 1994
(B32) Sicilian, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 02
Kamsky vs Polgar, 1994 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 38 moves, 0-1

Rd 02
Salov vs Karpov, 1994 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 62 moves, 1-0

Rd 02
Ljubojevic vs Ivanchuk, 1994 
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 39 moves, 1-0

Rd 03
Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1994 
(B32) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0

Rd 03
Shirov vs Kamsky, 1994
(B65) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 03
Polgar vs Salov, 1994
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 48 moves, 0-1

Rd 03
Karpov vs Ljubojevic, 1994 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 46 moves, 1-0

Rd 04
Anand vs Kamsky, 1994
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 04
Salov vs Shirov, 1994
(B58) Sicilian, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 04
Ljubojevic vs Polgar, 1994
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 04
Ivanchuk vs Karpov, 1994 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 52 moves, 0-1

Rd 05
Karpov vs Anand, 1994 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 05
Shirov vs Ljubojevic, 1994
(B32) Sicilian, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 05
Polgar vs Ivanchuk, 1994
(B32) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 05
Kamsky vs Salov, 1994 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 87 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 06
Polgar vs Anand, 1994
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 37 moves, 0-1

Rd 06
Kamsky vs Ivanchuk, 1994
(B32) Sicilian, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 06
Shirov vs Karpov, 1994
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 06
Salov vs Ljubojevic, 1994 
(B55) Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack, 44 moves, 1-0

Rd 07
Ljubojevic vs Kamsky, 1994
(B32) Sicilian, 65 moves, 0-1

Rd 07
Anand vs Salov, 1994
(B44) Sicilian, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 07
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1994 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 07
Karpov vs Polgar, 1994
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 08
Kamsky vs Karpov, 1994
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 08 --> best TN price for 10...g5!! -->romantic chess
Shirov vs Polgar, 1994 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 29 moves, 0-1

Rd 08
Anand vs Ljubojevic, 1994 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 39 moves, 1-0

Rd 08
Salov vs Ivanchuk, 1994
(B58) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0

Rd 09
Polgar vs Kamsky, 1994
(B32) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0

Rd 09
Ivanchuk vs Ljubojevic, 1994
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 38 moves, 1-0

Rd 09
Karpov vs Salov, 1994 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 67 moves, 0-1

Rd 09
Shirov vs Anand, 1994 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 47 moves, 1-0

Rd 10
Salov vs Polgar, 1994
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 10
Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1994
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 10
Kamsky vs Shirov, 1994 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 72 moves, 0-1

Rd 10
Ljubojevic vs Karpov, 1994
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 11
Shirov vs Salov, 1994
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 11
Kamsky vs Anand, 1994
(B83) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 11
Karpov vs Ivanchuk, 1994
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 11
Polgar vs Ljubojevic, 1994
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 51 moves, 0-1

Rd 12
Salov vs Kamsky, 1994 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 12
Anand vs Karpov, 1994 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 35 moves, 1-0

Rd 12
Ivanchuk vs Polgar, 1994
(B56) Sicilian, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 12
Ljubojevic vs Shirov, 1994 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 79 moves, 1-0

Rd 13
Ljubojevic vs Salov, 1994
(B32) Sicilian, 77 moves, 1-0

Rd 13
Anand vs Polgar, 1994 
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 41 moves, 1-0

Rd 13
Ivanchuk vs Kamsky, 1994
(B65) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 13
Karpov vs Shirov, 1994
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 14
Salov vs Anand, 1994
(B58) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 14 --> best game price --> 8...d5!! TN
Shirov vs Ivanchuk, 1994 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 33 moves, 0-1

Rd 14
Polgar vs Karpov, 1994
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rd 14
Kamsky vs Ljubojevic, 1994
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 43 moves, 1-0

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