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The first international chess tournament to be held under Fontys sponsorship (previously the tournament had been sponsored by Interpolis) was a category XVI event conducted in Tilburg, The Netherlands from October 10th to the 23rd. Twelve grandmasters, many of them from the emerging generation of players, participated in the round robin event, including (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2775), Michael Adams (2685), Alexey Shirov (2685), Boris Gelfand (2665), Judit Polgar (2665), Zoltan Almasi (2655), Peter Svidler (2650), Peter Leko (2630), Joel Lautier (2620), Loek Van Wely (2605), Jeroen Piket (2580), and Emil Sutovsky (2565). Piket and Gelfand had phenomenal performances, tying for first without either losing a game. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Piket 7/11 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
2 Gelfand 7/11 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½
3 Shirov 6.5/11 0 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1
4 Van Wely 6/11 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½
5 Leko 6/11 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1
6 Karpov 5.5/11 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½
7 Adams 5.5/11 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
8 Sutovsky 5/11 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 0 1
9 Almasi 4.5/11 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0
10 Svidler 4.5/11 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 11 Lautier 4.5/11 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 12 Polgar 4/11 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ *
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66 games, 1996 - Tilburg Fontys 1997
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The 2nd Annual Fontys International Chess Tournament was a category XVII event held in Tilburg, The Netherlands from September 26th to October 10th, 1997. 12 of the world's top players, including the World Champion, competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2820), Vladimir Kramnik (2770), Alexei Shirov (2700), Michael Adams (2680), Judit Polgar (2670), Loek van Wely (2665), Joel Lautier (2660), Peter Svidler (2660), Peter Leko (2635), Jeroen Piket (2630), Alexander Onischuk (2625), and Tal Shaked (2500). The tournament was a major landmark for young grandmasters Kramnik and Svidler as they tied with Kasparov for first place with 8/11, a full point above the rest of the strong field. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Svidler 8/11 * 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1
02 Kasparov 8/11 0 * = = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1
03 Kramnik 8/11 = = * = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1
04 Adams 7/11 = = = * = = = 1 = 1 = 1
05 Leko 7/11 = 0 = = * = = 1 1 = 1 1
06 Polgar 6/11 = 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 = =
07 Shirov 5/11 0 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 = 1
08 Lautier 4.5/11 = = 0 0 0 = = * = 0 1 1
09 Van Wely 4.5/11 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1
10 Onischuk 4/11 0 = = 0 = 0 0 1 = * = =
11 Piket 2.5/11 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 = * =
12 Shaked 1.5/11 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = *
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66 games, 1997 - Tilburg Fontys 1998
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The 3rd Annual Fontys International Chess Tournament was a category XVIII event held in Tilburg, The Netherlands from October 24th to November 5th, 1998. 12 of the world's top players competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Vishwanathan Anand (2795), Vladimir Kramnik (2780), Michael Adams (2715), Peter Svidler (2710), Veselin Topalov (2700), Peter Leko (2665), Matthew Sadler (2660), Vadim Zvjaginsev (2650), Loek van Wely (2635), Joel Lautier (2625), Viktor Korchnoi (2625), and Jeroen Piket (2605). The tournament was another feather in Anand's cap for 1998. He won clear first, undefeated, with a score of 7.5/11. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Anand 7.5/11 * = = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 1
02 Leko 7/11 = * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 = =
03 Sadler 6/11 = = * = = = 1 = = = = =
04 Zvjaginsev 6/11 = = = * 0 1 = = = = 1 =
05 Kramnik 6/11 0 0 = 1 * = = = = = 1 1
06 Piket 5.5/11 = = = 0 = * = 0 1 = 1 =
07 Adams 5.5/11 0 0 0 = = = * 1 = 1 = 1
08 Svidler 5/11 = = = = = 1 0 * 1 0 0 =
09 Van Wely 5/11 = = = = = 0 = 0 * = = 1
10 Topalov 4.5/11 = 0 = = = = 0 1 = * 0 =
11 Lautier 4.5/11 0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 = 1 * =
12 Korchnoi 3.5/11 0 = = = 0 = 0 = 0 = = *
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66 games, 1998 - Tilburg Interpolis 1977
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The inaugural Interpolis international chess tournament, held in Tilburg, the Netherlands from September 23rd to October 6th, 1977 was a category XIV event. Twelve grandmasters, including the world champion, competed in the round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2690), Vlastimil Hort (2620), Robert Huebner (2600), Vasily Smyslov (2595), Jan Timman (2590), Ulf Andersson (2565), Yuri Balashov (2565), Svetozar Gligoric (2565), Fridrik Olafsson (2560), Anthony Miles (2555), Lubomir Kavalek (2545), and Gennady Sosonko (2530). Karpov beat Miles by a full point to earn his first of many titles at this event. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Karpov 8/11 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 02 Miles 7/11 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1
03 Hort 6/11 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
04 Timman 6/11 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1
05 Kavalek 6/11 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 06 Huebner 6/11 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
07 Gligoric 5.5/11 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 08 Andersson 5/11 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 09 Balashov 5/11 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½
10 Smyslov 4.5/11 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 11 Sosonko 4/11 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 12 Olafsson 3/11 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ *
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66 games, 1977 - Tilburg Interpolis 1979
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The 3rd Interpolis international chess tournament, held in Tilburg, the Netherlands in 1979 was a category XV event. Twelve grandmasters, including the world champion, competed in the round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2705), Lajos Portisch (2640), Boris Spassky (2640), Jan Timman (2625), Bent Larsen (2620), Vlastimil Hort (2595), Robert Huebner (2595), Lubomir Kavalek (2590), Gyula Sax (2590), Oleg Romanishin (2580), Vassily Smyslov (2560), and Gennady Sosonko (2535). The final standings and crosstable are as follows: table[
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
01 Karpov 7.5/11 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
02 Romanishin 7/11 ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1
03 Portisch 6.5/11 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1
04 Sax 6/11 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
05 Sosonko 5.5/11 0 1 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½
05 Larsen 5.5/11 0 ½ 0 1 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0
05 Spassky 5.5/11 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
05 Timman 5.5/11 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1
09 Huebner 5/11 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1
09 Hort 5/11 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1
11 Kavalek 4.5/11 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½
12 Smyslov 2.5/11 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ *]table
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66 games, 1979 - Tilburg Interpolis 1980
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The 4th Interpolis international chess tournament, held in Tilburg, the Netherlands in 1980 was a category XV event. Twelve grandmasters, including the world champion, competed in the round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2725), Mikhail Tal (2705), Lajos Portisch (2655), Boris Spassky (2615), Zoltan Ribli (2610), Robert Huebner (2600), Lubomir Kavalek (2600), Jan Timman (2600), Vlastimil Hort (2595), Ulf Andersson (2590), Bent Larsen (2585), and Gennady Sosonko (2545). In a most unfortunate occurrence during this tournament, Ribli had to forfeit his final round game against Sosonko as his father had just died; the forfeited game is not included here. Karpov won his third Tilburg tournament by beating Portisch by half a point. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Karpov 7.5/11 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½
02 Portisch 7/11 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 03 Timman 6.5/11 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 04 Sosonko 6/11 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 05 Spassky 6/11 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½
06 Tal 5.5/11 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
07 Hort 5/11 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½
08 Larsen 5/11 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 0 1 ½
09 Andersson 4.5/11 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 10 Ribli 4.5/11 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½
11 Huebner 4.5/11 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 12 Kavalek 4/11 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * Special thanks to User: sneaky pete for helping me format the games.
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65 games, 1980 - Tilburg Interpolis 1981
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The 5th Annual Interpolis Chess Tournament held in Tilburg, The Netherlands in October of 1981 was a category XV event. The twelve participants were (in order of ELO): Robert Huebner (2640), Garry Kasparov (2630), Boris Spassky (2630), Jan Timman (2630), Lajos Portisch (2620), Alexander Beliavsky (2615), Bent Larsen (2610), Ulf Andersson (2600), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2590), Tigran Petrosian (2585), Gennady Sosonko (2585), and Anthony Miles (2565). One of Beliavsky's great tournament victories, he won with 7.5/11. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Beliavsky 7.5/11 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 02 Petrosian 7/11 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 03 Portisch 6.5/11 1 ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 04 Timman 6.5/11 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1
05 Ljubojevic 6/11 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 06 Andersson 5.5/11 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 07 Spassky 5.5/11 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 08 Kasparov 5.5/11 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 09 Sosonko 4.5/11 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ ½
10 Larsen 4.5/11 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 * 0 1
11 Huebner 4/11 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 12 Miles 3/11 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ *
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65 games, 1981 - Tilburg Interpolis 1982
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The 6th Annual Interpolis Chess Tournament held in Tilburg, The Netherlands in 1982 was a category XIV event. The twelve participants were (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2700), Robert Huebner (2630), Lajos Portisch (2625), Ulf Andersson (2610), Tigran Petrosian (2605), Jan Timman (2600), Bent Larsen (2595), Walter Shawn Browne (2590), Gennadi Sosonko (2575), John Nunn (2565), Vasily Smyslov (2565), and Eugenio Torre (2535). The world champion Karpov won clear first by a half point. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Karpov 7.5/11 * = = = 1 = = 0 1 1 1 1
02 Timman 7/11 = * = = = = = = = 1 1 1
03 Sosonko 6.5/11 = = * = 0 1 = 1 0 1 = 1
04 Andersson 6.5/11 = = = * = = 1 = = = = 1
05 Petrosian 6/11 0 = 1 = * = 1 1 0 = = =
06 Smyslov 6/11 = = 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 =
07 Browne 5/11 = = = 0 0 = * 1 = = 0 1
08 Portisch 5/11 1 = 0 = 0 = 0 * = = = 1
09 Nunn 5/11 0 = 1 = 1 0 = = * = = 0
10 Torre 4.5/11 0 0 0 = = = = = = * = 1
11 Huebner 4.5/11 0 0 = = = 0 1 = = = * =
12 Larsen 2.5/11 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 0 = *
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66 games, 1982 - Tilburg Interpolis 1983
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The 7th Annual Interpolis Chess Tournament held in Tilburg, The Netherlands in 1983 was a category XV event. The twelve participants of the round robin were (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2710), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2645), Ulf Andersson (2640), Robert Huebner (2620), Lev Polugaevsky (2620), Rafael Vaganian (2620), Boris Spassky (2605), Jan Timman (2605), Yasser Seirawan (2605), Lajos Portisch (2600), Gennadi Sosonko (2575), and John Van der Wiel (2515). The world champion Karpov won clear first by a half point. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Karpov 7/11 * = = = = = 1 = = = 1 1
02 Portisch 6.5/11 = * = = = 1 = = = = = 1
03 Ljubojevic 6.5/11 = = * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 0
04 Vaganian 6/11 = = = * = 1 = 1 0 = 0 1
05 Sosonko 6/11 = = = = * = 0 = 1 = 1 =
06 Huebner 5.5/11 = 0 = 0 = * = = = = 1 1
07 Polugaevsky 5.5/11 0 = 0 = 1 = * = 1 = = =
08 Spassky 5.5/11 = = = 0 = = = * = = = 1
09 Timman 5/11 = = 0 1 0 = 0 = * = = 1
10 Andersson 5/11 = = = = = = = = = * = 0
11 Seirawan 4/11 0 = 0 1 0 0 = = = = * =
12 Van der Wiel 3.5/11 0 0 1 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 = *
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66 games, 1983 - Tilburg Interpolis 1984
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The 8th Annual Interpolis Chess Tournament held in Tilburg, The Netherlands in 1984 was a category XIV event. The twelve participants of the round robin were (in order of ELO): Jan Timman (2650), Lajos Portisch (2640), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2615), Robert Huebner (2610), Vasily Smyslov (2610), Alexander Beliavsky (2600), Zoltan Ribli (2600), Ulf Andersson (2595), Anthony Miles (2565), Gennady Sosonko (2565), Vladimir Tukmakov (2550), and John Van der Wiel (2535). Miles (an underdog in the ratings) achieved one of his finest tournament victories here with an undefeated 8/11. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Miles 8/11 * = = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1
02 Tukmakov 6.5/11 = * 1 = = = = = = = = 1
03 Ribli 6.5/11 = 0 * = = = = 1 = 1 1 =
04 Beliavsky 6.5/11 = = = * = 1 0 = = = 1 1
05 Huebner 6.5/11 = = = = * = = = 1 1 = =
06 Ljubojevic 6/11 = = = 0 = * 1 = = = 1 =
07 Portisch 5.5/11 0 = = 1 = 0 * = = 0 1 1
08 Timman 5.5/11 0 = 0 = = = = * 1 = = 1
09 Andersson 5/11 = = = = 0 = = 0 * = = 1
10 Smyslov 4.5/11 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 = = * 1 0
11 Sosonko 3/11 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 * 1
12 Van der Wiel 2.5/11 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 1 0 *
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66 games, 1984 - Tilburg Interpolis 1985
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The 9th Annual Interpolis Chess Tournament held in Tilburg, the Netherlands in 1985 was a category XV event. The eight participants of the double round robin were (in order of ELO): Jan Timman (2640), Viktor Korchnoi (2630), Robert Huebner (2620), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2615), Lev Polugaevsky (2600), Oleg Romanishin (2590), Roman Dzindzichashvili (2570), and the previous year's winner, Anthony Miles (2560). This year marked the shift in the Interpolis event at Tilburg from a round robin to a double round robin. It was during the third round game against Romanishin that Miles began to suffer extreme back pain. He was forced to take powerful painkillers and lie flat on a massage table during his games in order to participate in the remaining rounds. However, this didn't stop Miles from winning his second title in a row, sharing it this time with Korchnoi and Huebner. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Miles 8.5/14 ** 0½ 11 11 10 0½ 1½ ½½
2 Huebner 8.5/14 1½ ** ½½ 10 ½½ ½1 ½½ ½1 3 Korchnoi 8.5/14 00 ½½ ** ½½ ½1 1½ 11 ½1 4 Ljubojevic 7/14 00 01 ½½ ** ½1 ½1 10 01
5 Polugaevsky 6/14 01 ½½ ½0 ½0 ** 1½ 0½ ½½ 6 Romanishin 6/14 1½ ½0 0½ ½0 0½ ** ½½ 1½ 7 Timman 6/14 0½ ½½ 00 01 1½ ½½ ** 01
8 Dzindzichashvili 5.5/14 ½½ ½0 ½0 10 ½½ 0½ 10 **
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56 games, 1985 - Tilburg Interpolis 1986
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The 10th annual Interpolis International Chess Tournament held in tilburg, The Netherlands was a category XV event. The eight grandmasters, including the former world champion, who participated in the event were (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2705), Viktor Korchnoi (2650), Robert Huebner (2620), Jan Timman (2620), Lajos Portisch (2605), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2600), Alexander Beliavsky (2585), and Anthony Miles (2570). Despite being one of the lower rated attendees, Beliavsky enjoyed his second clear first at Tilburg in five years. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Beliavsky 8.5/14 ** 11 ½1 0½ 1½ ½½ 0½ ½1 2 Ljubojevic 8/14 00 ** ½½ 10 ½½ 1½ ½1 11 3 Karpov 7.5/14 ½0 ½½ ** ½½ ½½ 1½ ½½ ½1 4 Miles 7/14 1½ 01 ½½ ** 01 ½0 ½½ 01
5 Timman 7/14 0½ ½½ ½½ 10 ** 10 ½½ ½1
6 Portisch 7/14 ½½ 0½ 0½ ½1 01 ** ½½ ½1 7 Huebner 6.5/14 1½ ½0 ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ** 0½ 8 Korchnoi 4.5/14 ½0 00 ½0 10 ½0 ½0 1½ **
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56 games, 1986 - Tilburg Interpolis 1987
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The 11th annual Interpolis International Chess Tournament held in Tilburg, The Netherlands was a category XV event. Eight grandmasters were invited to play in the double round robin. The participants were (in order of ELO): Andrei Sokolov (2635), Artur Yusupov (2635), Viktor Korchnoi (2630), Jan Timman (2630), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2625), Predrag Nikolic (2620), Robert Huebner (2610), and Ulf Andersson (2600). Timman won over a near even field, asserting yet again his place as one of the West's best players. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Timman 8.5/14 ** ½½ ½½ 1½ ½1 ½½ 01 ½1 2 Nikolic 8/14 ½½ ** ½1 01 ½1 ½½ ½½ ½½ 3 Huebner 8/14 ½½ ½0 ** 11 ½½ ½½ ½½ 1½ 4 Korchnoi 7.5/14 0½ 10 00 ** 1½ 1½ ½1 1½
5 Yusupov 7/14 ½0 ½0 ½½ 0½ ** ½½ 1½ 11
6 Andersson 6.5/14 ½½ ½½ ½½ 0½ ½½ ** ½½ ½½ 7 Sokolov 6/14 10 ½½ ½½ ½0 0½ ½½ ** ½½ 8 Ljubojevic 4.5/14 ½0 ½½ 0½ 0½ 00 ½½ ½½ **
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56 games, 1987 - Tilburg Interpolis 1988
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The 12th annual Interpolis International Chess Tournament held in Tilburg, The Netherlands was a category XVI event. Eight grandmasters were invited to play in the double round robin. The participants were (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2725), Nigel Short (2665), Jan Timman (2660), Lajos Portisch (2630), Johann Hjartarson (2610), Robert Huebner (2600), Predrag Nikolic (2585), and John Van der Wiel (2540). Karpov's return to the Tilburg tournament was a triumphant one as he dominated the event, finishing clear first, a full two points ahead of second place Short. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Karpov 10.5/14 ** ½½ ½1 1½ 11 ½½ 11 1½ 2 Short 8.5/14 ½½ ** 0½ ½½ ½½ 11 ½1 ½1 3 Hjartarson 7/14 ½0 1½ ** ½½ ½0 ½½ 1½ 10 4 Nikolic 7/14 0½ ½½ ½½ ** ½0 ½1 ½½ 1½ 5 Timman 7/14 00 ½½ ½1 ½1 ** 01 ½0 ½1
6 Huebner 5.5/14 ½½ 00 ½½ ½0 10 ** ½½ ½½ 7 Van der Wiel 5.5/14 00 ½0 0½ ½½ ½1 ½½ ** 10 8 Portisch 5/14 0½ ½0 01 0½ ½0 ½½ 01 **
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56 games, 1988 - Tilburg Interpolis 1989
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The 13th annual Interpolis international chess tournament was a category XV event held in Tilburg, The Netherlands from September 15th to October 2nd, 1989. Eight grandmasters, including the world champion, were invited to participate in the double round robin event, including (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2775), Vassily Ivanchuk (2660), Viktor Korchnoi (2655), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2635), Simen Agdestein (2605), Gyula Sax (2580), Johann Hjartarson (2555), and Jeroen Piket (2540). In one of the most impressive tournament performances of all time, Kasparov dominated the field of top grandmasters as if it were an exhibition. He scored 10 wins and 4 draws for a total of 12 points out of 14 possible, finishing 3.5 points over second place Korchnoi and 5 points over shared third! It was a triumph few world champions would ever display while crowned, and it was a feat surpassed only by Anatoli Karpov's amazing victory at Linares five years later. The final standing and crosstable are as follows: 1 Kasparov 12/14 ** ½1 ½1 1½ 1½ 11 11 11
2 Korchnoi 8.5/14 ½0 ** ½½ ½½ ½1 1½ 1½ 1½ 3 Ljubojevic 7/14 ½0 ½½ ** ½½ 1½ 0½ 01 ½1 4 Sax 7/14 0½ ½½ ½½ ** 01 ½½ ½½ 1½
5 Ivanchuk 6.5/14 0½ ½0 0½ 10 ** 1½ ½½ ½1 6 Agdestein 5.5/14 00 0½ 1½ ½½ 0½ ** ½½ ½½ 7 Hjartarson 5.5/14 00 0½ 10 ½½ ½½ ½½ ** 10 8 Piket 4/14 00 0½ ½0 0½ ½0 ½½ 01 **
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56 games, 1989 - Tilburg Interpolis 1990
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The 14th Annual Interpolis Chess Tournament held in Tilburg, The Netherlands from August to September 24th, 1990 was a category XVI event. The eight participants were (in order of ELO): Vassily Ivanchuk (2680), Boris Gelfand (2680), Jan Timman (2660), Gata Kamsky (2650), Yasser Seirawan (2635), Ulf Anderssen (2630), Nigel Short (2610), and Predrag Nikolic (2600). Ivanchuk and Kamsky tied for first with 8.5/14, with Kamsky earning his final grandmaster norm with this tournament win. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Ivanchuk 8.5/14 ** ½0 ½0 ½1 11 ½½ ½1 1½ 2 Kamsky 8.5/14 ½1 ** 1½ ½0 10 1½ 1½ ½½ 3 Gelfand 8.0/14 ½1 0½ ** 10 0½ 11 ½½ ½1 4 Short 7.5/14 ½0 ½1 01 ** 10 ½0 1½ ½1 5 Timman 6.5/14 00 01 1½ 01 ** ½½ 0½ ½1 6 Andersson 6.5/14 ½½ 0½ 00 ½1 ½½ ** ½½ ½1 7 Nikolic 6.0/14 ½0 0½ ½½ 0½ 1½ ½½ ** ½½ 8 Seirawan 4.5/14 0½ ½½ ½0 ½0 ½0 ½0 ½½ **
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56 games, 1990 - Tilburg Interpolis 1991
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The 15th annual Interpolis international chess tournament, held in Tilburg, The Netherlands, was a catgeory XVII event. Eight grandmasters, including the world champion, were invited to participate in the double round robin. The participants were (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2770), Anatoli Karpov (2730), Evgeny Bareev (2680), Nigel Short (2660), Vishwanathan Anand (2650), Jan Timman (2630), Viktor Korchnoi (2610), and last year's winner, Gata Kamsky (2595). Once again, Kasparov dominated, being defeated only by Anand in their second encounter. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Kasparov 10/14 ** ½½ 10 ½1 ½½ 11 1½ 11
2 Short 8.5/14 ½½ ** 0½ ½½ 11 1½ ½½ 1½ 3 Anand 8/14 01 1½ ** 10 10 0½ 1½ 1½
4 Karpov 7.5/14 ½0 ½½ 01 ** ½0 ½1 ½1 ½1
5 Kamsky 7/14 ½½ 00 01 ½1 ** 10 ½½ ½1
6 Timman 6.5/14 00 0½ 1½ ½0 01 ** 10 11
7 Korchnoi 5.5/14 0½ ½½ 0½ ½0 ½½ 01 ** ½½ 8 Bareev 3/14 00 0½ 0½ ½0 ½0 00 ½½ **
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56 games, 1991 - Toluca Interzonal 1982
91 games, 1982 - Tony Miles: 'It's Only Me,' by Geoff Lawton
Lawton, Geoff. Tony Miles: "It's Only Me." Batsford, 2003.
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98 games, 1967-1995 - Torino 1982
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The World Master Tournament held in Turin, Italy in 1982 was a category XVI event. Seven of the world's top players, including the world champion, competed in the double round robin event. The participants were Anatoli Karpov, Ulf Andersson, Boris Spassky, Robert Huebner, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Lajos Portisch, and Lubomir Kavalek. Unfortunately, due to illness, Huebner was forced to withdraw after the seventh round, and his schedule was expunged from the second cycle of games. Andersson shared first place with the world champion at 6/11 each, with Andersson having gone undefeated. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Karpov 6/11 ** ½½ 1½ 01 ½½ ½½ ½
2 Andersson 6/11 ½½ ** ½½ ½½ ½½ 1½ ½ 3 Portisch 5.5/11 0½ ½½ ** 1½ 0½ ½1 ½ 4 Ljubojevic 5.5/11 10 ½½ 0½ ** ½1 ½½ ½ 5 Spassky 5/11 ½½ ½½ 1½ ½0 ** ½½ 0
6 Kavalek 4.5/11 ½½ 0½ ½0 ½½ ½½ ** ½ 7 Huebner 3.5/6 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ *
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36 games, 1982
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Kibitzing
