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Novgorod 1997
Compiled by suenteus po 147
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The fourth and final of a series of international tournaments held in Novgorod, Russia was conducted from June 10th to the 23rd, 1997. Six top grandmasters participated in the double round robin event, including the world champion. The participants were (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2795), Vladimir Kramnik (2740), Veselin Topalov (2725), Boris Gelfand (2700), Nigel Short (2690), and Evgeny Bareev (2665). The combined ratings of the players made this event the second consecutive tournament at Novgorod to be rated a category XIX event. Kasparov had won back in 1995, and shared first with Ivanchuk in 1994, so it's appropriate that the final edition of "Lord Novgorod the Great," as the tournament was dubbed, would be won by the mighty Gazza. The final standings and crosstable are as follows:

1 Kasparov 6.5/10 ** 0½ 1½ 1½ ½½ 11

2 Kramnik 6/10 1½ ** 10 ½½ 1½ ½½

3 Short 5/10 0½ 01 ** 0½ 01 11

4 Bareev 4.5/10 0½ ½½ 1½ ** 0½ ½½

5 Topalov 4/10 ½½ 0½ 10 1½ ** 00

6 Gelfand 4/10 00 ½½ 00 ½½ 11 **

Round One, Game #1, June 11th
Bareev vs Short, 1997 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 1-0

Round One, Game #2
Kramnik vs Topalov, 1997 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 41 moves, 1-0

Round One, Game #3
Kasparov vs Gelfand, 1997 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0

Round Two, Game #4, June 12th
Short vs Gelfand, 1997 
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 39 moves, 1-0

Round Two, Game #5
Topalov vs Kasparov, 1997 
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Two, Game #6
Bareev vs Kramnik, 1997
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Three, Game #7, June 13th
Kramnik vs Short, 1997 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 58 moves, 1-0

Round Three, Game #8
Kasparov vs Bareev, 1997 
(C11) French, 73 moves, 1-0

Round Three, Game #9
Gelfand vs Topalov, 1997 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0

Round Four, Game #10, June 15th
Kasparov vs Short, 1997 
(C18) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 1-0

Round Four, Game #11
Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1997 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Four, Game #12
Topalov vs Bareev, 1997 
(C02) French, Advance, 37 moves, 1-0

Round Five, Game #13, June 16th
Short vs Topalov, 1997 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 45 moves, 0-1

Round Five, Game #14
Bareev vs Gelfand, 1997
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Five, Game #15
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1997 
(E97) King's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0

Round Six, Game #16, June 17th
Short vs Bareev, 1997 
(C02) French, Advance, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Six, Game #17
Topalov vs Kramnik, 1997 
(B57) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Six, Game #18
Gelfand vs Kasparov, 1997 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1

Round Seven, Game #19, June 19th
Gelfand vs Short, 1997 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1

Round Seven, Game #20
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1997
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Seven, Game #21
Kramnik vs Bareev, 1997
(A04) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Eight, Game #22, June 20th
Short vs Kramnik, 1997 
(B56) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0

Round Eight, Game #23
Bareev vs Kasparov, 1997 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Eight, Game #24
Topalov vs Gelfand, 1997 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 29 moves, 0-1

Round Nine, Game #25, June 22nd
Topalov vs Short, 1997 
(B40) Sicilian, 60 moves, 0-1

Round Nine, Game #26
Gelfand vs Bareev, 1997 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 100 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Nine, Game #27
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1997 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Ten, Game #28, June 23rd
Short vs Kasparov, 1997 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Ten, Game #29
Kramnik vs Gelfand, 1997 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Ten, Game #30
Bareev vs Topalov, 1997 
(E97) King's Indian, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2

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