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- Budapest 1928
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In the aftermath of Kecskemet (1927) good forces came together for another international event, this time at the famous [[Siesta Sanatorium]] in Budapest. Prize monies were 200 dollars (1st prize, from the New York publisher G. Wells), 800 Pengö (2nd prize, from the City of Budapest), 500, 300, 200 and 100 Pengö. Ten masters were invited, of which Milan Vidmar withdrew in the last moment (causing new schedule and pairings) and was replaced by Zoltan von Balla of Budapest. The former (1921-1927) World Champion Capablanca showed his class with 5 wins and 4 draws. The tournament was led by Geza Maroczy and chess editor László Tóth. It was followed up next year with Budapest (1929). A short summary in Wiener Schach-Zeitung Nr. 17/18 (Sept. 1928) p. 284 can be found online at http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/a... (in German). Issue no. 19 (Oct. 1928) pp. 294-298 has three games of Capablanca annotated by Albert Becker (one with wrong round number). Final standings and crosstable:
table[
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 Capablanca * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7
2 Marshall ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 6
=3 Spielmann ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 5
=3 Kmoch ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 5
=5 Vajda ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 4½
=5 E Steiner 0 1 ½ 1 0 * 1 0 ½ ½ 4½
=7 H Steiner 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 * ½ 1 ½ 4
=7 Havasi 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1 4
9 von Balla 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 3
10 Merenyi 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 2 ]table Tournament book: [[A Siesta-Szanatórium Nemzetközi Sakkversenye]] by Géza Maróczy, Ferenc Chalupetzky and László Tóth (Magyar Sakkvilág, Kecskemét 1929. 71 pp.) (with an introduction by Capablanca). English version: [[The Siesta Tournament: Budapest, 1928]] by Arpad Foldeak (Chess Player, Nottingham 2001. 43 pp.) [Round numbers and dates are here mainly based on reports in the newspapers Boston Herald (Associated Press), Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Hermann Helms, schedule for last 3 rounds) and New York Evening Post (Horace Ransom Bigelow). However, the tournament book's subtitle has October 1 as end date.]
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45 games, 1928 - Budapest 1929
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In 1839, Jozsef Szen founded the Budapest Chess Club (Pesti Sakk-kor), and 90 years later this was celebrated with a memorial tournament, as a follow-up of the success with Budapest (1928). As the year before, the former World Champion (1921-1927) Capablanca won. The tournament's round 5 coincided with game 1 of the Alekhine - Bogoljubov World Championship Match (1929), and this took some attention away from it. Prize monies were 1500, 1200, 900, 750, 500, 400 and 300 Pengö (so that Vajda and Thomas each received 750 + 500 = 1250/2 = 625 Pengö). A special beauty prize went to Steiner for E Steiner vs Tartakower, 1929. The tournament was led by the retiring Geza Maroczy, and a summary in Wiener Schach-Zeitung Nr. 18 (Sept. 1929) pp. 273-276 can be found online at http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/a... (in German). Final standings and crosstable:
table[
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1 Capablanca * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10½
2 Rubinstein ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 9½
3 Tartakower ½ ½ * 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
=4 Vajda 0 ½ 1 * 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7½
=4 Thomas ½ 0 ½ 1 * 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 7½
6 Steiner 0 0 1 0 0 * ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 7
=7 Colle 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 6½
=7 Havasi 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ * 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 6½
9 Przepiorka ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 * ½ 0 0 0 1 6
=10 Canal 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½
=10 Monticelli ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 1 5½
12 Bosch 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 0 4½
13 Brinckmann 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 * 1 4
14 Prokes 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 2½ ]table Tournament book: [[Budapest székesfőváros nemzetközi sakkversenye Szén József emlékére, 1929, Abonyi István, Przepiorka D. és Tinsley E. S. bevezetéseivel]] by Geza Maroczy and Savielly Tartakower (Magyar sakkvilág, Kecskemét 1930, 136 pp.). German version: [[Das Internationale Szén-Memorialturnier zu Budapest 1929]] by Tartakower (Magyar Sakkvilág 1930, 108 pp.). There is also [[Das internationale Szén-Memorialturnier zu Budapest 1929 / in Bulletinform zusammengestellt]] by Hermann Zapf (Köln 1972). [Round numbers and dates are here mainly based on reading of reports in New York Evening Post (by Horace Ransom Bigelow), plus two reports in Brooklyn Daily Eagle (by Hermann Helms) and one (for rounds 1 and 2) in The Western Daily Press. ]
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91 games, 1929 - Budapest Interzonal Playoff 1979
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Three players from the Rio de Janeiro Interzonal (1979) and three from the Riga Interzonal (1979) would advance to the Candidates quarterfinal matches in March 1980. In Riga, Mikhail Tal and Lev Polugaevsky advanced, but the shared 3rd place between Adorjan and Ribli had to be decided by a playoff. This took place in Budapest, three weeks after the Interzonal. The condition was best of 6 games, or first to get 3,5 points. If tied at 3-3 the winner would be the one with better Sonneborn-Berger score in the Interzonal (Adorjan). [(1, 2)] Adorjan (28), Ribli (27) and Gyula Sax (27) lived within the same square kilometre in Budapest. [(3)] Before the match, Adorjan had defeated Ribli 2 to 0, with 10 draws. [(4)] Adorjan was "troubled with illness and interruptions" during the Interzonal [(5)] and the doctor there had permitted him a 14-day extension before meeting Ribli. [(6)] The experts gave Ribli the better chances, [(7)] and he was higher rated with 70 more Elo points. [(8)] The players were each entitled to two postponements during the match. [(2)] In Game 1, the position was even until Adorjan faltered in the double rook endgame just before the time control. Game 2 was a boring Symmetrical English. Adorjan could have played on, but offered the draw on move 15. In Game 3, he lost his isolated queen pawn on move 19. He had to play a rook ending a pawn down, until he resigned. When Ribli was leading by 2 points after the third game, everybody expected him to win the match. [(7)] Adorjan now postponed Game 4 until 29 October. [(2)] According to Bent Larsen, it was just his favorite postponement trick. [(9)] Or Larsen was unfavorable: Adorjan vs Larsen, 1979 had ruined his chance to run for the throne. Game 4 reached this position: 
click for larger view18.Bh6! Bf6 19.gxh7+ Kxh7 20.Bxg7 Bxg7 21.h6 Bf6 22.Qg2! 1-0. The diagrammed position and its variants was later published in many books and websites as an example of how to conduct such an attack, and how to avoid it. The game was a moral blow to Ribli. [(2)] But Adorjan still needed to win. He complicated matters in Game 5 with the King's Indian Defense (Panno Variation). Ribli could not find the right moves; Adorjan sacrificed the exchange to get a pawn and a dominant position on the queenside. Faced with two connected pawns, Ribli gave up on move 41. And now it was he who had to win! And with the black pieces. Ribli requested two days postponement before Game 6. [(10)] But it was not his day either. As time ran out with only two minutes to perform 16 moves, he offered the draw. [(2)] Adorjan naturally accepted. <Budapest, Hungary, 20 Oct - 4 Nov 1979> table[
Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
1 GM Adorjan 2525 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 3
2 GM Ribli 2595 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 3 ]table
Adorjan advanced to the Candidates matches:
Huebner - Adorjan Candidates Quarterfinal (1980)
Polugaevsky - Tal Candidates Quarterfinal (1980)
Portisch - Spassky Candidates Quarterfinal (1980)
Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal (1980) Further reading: [[Interzonal tournaments. Riga -79. Rio de Janeiro -79]] by Viktor Ivanovich Chepizhny (Physical Culture and Sports, Moscow 1980. 415 pp.) (in Russian; covers the playoff). [1)] [Harry Golombek in The Times 17 November 1979 p. 13. ] [2)] [Laszlo Szabo in Jaque 97, p. 38 (http://www.bartelski.pl/olimpbase/l...). ] [3)] [Tidskrift för Schack, October 1979, p. 238 (http://www.schack.se/tfsarkiv/histo...). ] [4)] [Statistics by Chessgames.com. They have probably played some more games. ] [5)] [Tidskrift för Schack, October 1979, p. 237. ] [6)] [Evening Star (Washington) 11 Nov 1979 p. 62 (E-12). ] [7)] [Új Szó 16 November 1979 p. 7. ]
[8)] [FIDE Rating List January 1979 (http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/Elo197...). ] [9)] [Tidskrift för Schack, November 1979, p. 273. ] [10)] [De Waarheid 5 November 1979 p. 6. ]
[Original collection: Game Collection: Budapest Interzonal Playoff 1979 by User: Tabanus. Game dates are from ChessBase (from User: Chessical). The dates of Games 1 and 4 are same as in Jaque 97 p. 38, and Game 6 date is same as in Új Szó 6 Nov 1979 p. 7. ]
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6 games, 1979 - Budapest Interzonal Playoff 1987
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In addition to five seeded players from the previous cycle, three players from the Subotica Interzonal (1987), three players from the Szirák Interzonal (1987) and three players from the Zagreb Interzonal (1987) would advance to the seven Candidates eighthfinal matches in 1988. In Szirák, Lajos Portisch and John Nunn had shared third place, and a playoff match between them was arranged. [(1)] This took place in Budapest, about 50 km SW of Szirák, 6-7 weeks after the Interzonal. It was best of 6 games, and in case of 3-3, Portisch would advance due to his better Interzonal tiebreak score. [(1, 2)] The match was sponsored by Hungaroil, Budapest Bank, Chemolimpex, Coopinvest and others, [(3)] so that though the FIDE rules did not require prize money for a playoff match, [(4)] the winner would get 140,000, and the loser 60,000 Hungarian forints. If 3-3, the players would get 100,000 forints each, [(5)] i. e. around 8,500 USD in 2019 value. According to Nunn, the conditions were much better than at Szirák. He was even given all the hotel room keys and invited to pick the room he liked best. [(4)] Many people took a keen interest. In addition to the television coverage, magazine and newspaper writers attended, and even the hotel staff were watching the games. [(4)] The playing venue was the Mátyás Hall of the Budapest Hilton Hotel, [(5)] where Game 1 was set to start at 3 pm on September 26th. [(6)] The game was preceded by a brief opening ceremony. [(7)] Portisch, who had Istvan Csom as his helper, [(6)] turned up alone, while Nunn was accompanied by his second Murray Chandler. [(7)] Nunn was offered a sparkling wine (to laughter from the audience), but he took a vitamin-rich refreshment instead. The players were welcomed by György Némedi, Director of the hotel, Sándor Szerényi, President of the Hungarian Chess Federation, and Tamas Tibor, Vice President of ÁISH (State Youth and Sports Institution). The photographers were on the podium for some minutes, until the chief arbiter Tibor Florian started the clock at 3 pm. [(7)] Both players were opening experts. According to Max Pam, Portisch was perhaps the best prepared player in the world, except from Garry Kasparov. "He has said he spends at least six hours per day on opening theory." [(8)] Portisch's knowledge became apparent already in Game 1, where Nunn surprised by playing his first ever Grünfeld Defense. [(4, 7)] After 1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Rc1 (not played by Portisch since Portisch vs Sax, 1972 and Portisch vs W Schmidt, 1972) dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Bxc4 O-O, 
click for larger viewNunn was prepared for 9.f3, but Portisch played a new move, 9.e5!, after which 9...Nfd7 10.Nf3 Nxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Nd5 Be6 13.b4! Nxb4 14.Nxe7+ Kh8 15.Bd2 Rad8 was not a good enough answer and he soon went down. [(4, 9)] On Game 2, Baruch Harold Wood noted that "Nunn's vast range of book titles testifies to his modern opening repertoire and theoretical grasp, so Portisch revives an old chestnut, the Berlin Defence." [(10)] Nunn was better prepared this time, and gained the advantage. He could have more or less decided the game in his favor on move 21 (21.Qg5), but was still better, until he chose to give an exchange by 
click for larger view27.Rxd6? Now, after 27...Bf8 28.Rxe6 fxe6 29.Nxe6 Bd6, Portisch was better. The game was adjourned when Portisch was winning [(7)] (apparently on move 54), and set to be finished the following day, [(7)] but Nunn resigned and Game 3 was played instead. [(11)] Down 0-2, Nunn was smiling as he sat down behind the black pieces. His opponent's match experience and thorough preparation was perhaps too much for him. After 26 minutes, he offered the draw (on move 14), which Portisch accepted. [(11)] The Englishman now had to win the next game. A draw would send him into the cold. Two days later, he arrived first for Game 4, grimly determined. [(12)] Portisch appeared a little later. The game was televised and the arbiter started the clock at exactly 3 pm. [(12)] In a main line of the Caro-Kann (the Classical Variation), Portisch made a new and solid move (14...Be7), and Nunn could not break through. Portisch had one chance to improve (with 24...e5), but he preferred to play it safe. With a time control of 2 hours each for the first 40 moves, Nunn had 5 minutes left on move 35. The draw was agreed on move 53. [(12)] At 3-1, Portisch was a Candidate for the eighth time in his career. The last two games were to be played as part of the prize-winning competition. [(12)] Sponsors and chess fans were probably more delighted about this than the players. Game 5 eerily resembled Game 3, with a draw agreed after 13 moves and half an hour. [(13)] The prize money forints could now have been distributed, but Game 6 was played two days later. It was witnessed by János Kádár, [(14)] the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, who stayed for five hours, showing that he too was a big chess fan. [(4)] The game lasted no less than 68 moves and ended in a draw. There is a photo at https://telesport.cms.mtv.hu/wp-con... showing Kádár and some other notables watching the post-game analysis. [(15)] <Budapest, Hungary, 26 Sep - 3 Oct 1987> table[
Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6
Portisch 50 2615 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4
Nunn 32 2585 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2 ]table Portisch advanced to the Portisch - Vaganian Candidates Eighthfinal (1988), as announced by the FIDE headquarters in Lucerne on October 5th. [(16)] Portisch and Nunn next played in Reggio Emilia (1987/88) and Hastings (1987/88), respectively. Match book: [[Hungaroil sakk világbajnok-jelölti páros mérkõzés]]. Hungarian Hydrogen Industry Research Institute, Budapest. 20 pp. (https://marvin.bline.hu/product_ima...) <Sources>
[(1)] Mark Weeks' website (https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/88...)
[(2)] Gunnar Johansson in [[Tidskrift för Schack]], October 1987, p. 284 (http://www.schack.se/tfsarkiv/histo...)
[(3)] MTVA Archívum photo (Game 1) (https://dev.archivum.mtva.hu/photob...)
[(4)] John Nunn in [[British Chess Magazine]], December 1987, p. 514
[(5)] [[Nógrád]], 26 September 1987, p. 11 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
[(6)] [[Pest Megyei Hírlap]], 26 September 1987, p. 11 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
[(7)] [[Pest Megyei Hírlap]], 28 September 1987, p. 7 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
[(8)] Max Pam in [[Trouw]], 17 October 1987, p. 31 (https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/v...)
[(9)] Robert Byrne in [[New York Times]], 3 January 1988 (https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/03/...)
[(10)] Baruch Harold Wood in [[CHESS Magazine]], Christmas 1987, p. 308
[(11)] [[Pest Megyei Hírlap]], 29 September 1987, p. 7 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
[(12)] [[Somogyi Néplap]], 1 October 1987, p. 7 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
[(13)] [[Délmagyarország]], 2 October 1987, p. 6 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
[(14)] [[Dunántúli Napló]], 4 October 1987, p. 2 (https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/v... )
[(15)] [[Sakkozó és operaénekes - Portisch Lajos 80 éves]]. In [[M4 Sport]]'s website, 4 April 2017 (https://www.m4sport.hu/2017/04/04/s...)
[(16)] AP report in [[De Volkskrant]], 6 October 1987, p. 11 (https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/v...) *FIDE rating list July 1987 (http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/Elo198...) [Original collection: Game Collection: Budapest Interzonal Playoff 1987 by User: Tabanus. Game dates (from the Hungarian newspapers at https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/s... ): September 26, 27, 28, 30, October 1, 3. Game 5 was probably identical to Game 3, and is not included in CG database. Thanks to User: Paint My Dragon for information from British Chess Magazine and CHESS Magazine, and to User: OhioChessFan and User: Annie K. for helpful suggestions. ]
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5 games, 1987 - Buenos Aires (Clarin) 1978
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Right after the Buenos Aires olympiad (25 October - 12 November 1978), Miguel Najdorf had gotten the morning newspaper [[Clarín]] to disburse big bucks for this tournament. Its success allowed him to step it up with a larger budget for Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1979). The tournament was opened by BA Mayor Osvaldo Cacciatore* and play took place in the 3rd floor of the [[Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires]]# at Esmeralda 660. Playing time was 5-10 pm. The room could take only a few spectators, but [[Clarín]] disposed several other locations with big demonstration boards, where the games were shown and explained to the press and public. According to the tournament book, the players were peaceful in the first rounds probably because of fatigue after the olympiad. However, competition hardened towards the end of the tournament. After 10 rounds it looked like Vaganian would win, but then he lost with White to the champion of China Qi Jingxuan in round 11. Then in round 12 it was Qi's turn to lose with White, to the tournament winner, the 27-year-old rising star Ulf Andersson from Sweden. The last round game between Dzindzichashvili and Qi Jingxuan was not played. Qi did not turn up and forfeited the point. Banco Ciudad, 14 November - 1 December 1978,
final standings and crosstable:
table[
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 Pts Prizes
1 Andersson * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 5000 USD
=2 Panno ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 8½ 3167
=2 Smyslov ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8½ 3167
=2 Vaganian ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 8½ 3167
=5 Browne 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 8 1900
=5 Gheorghiu ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 8 1900
=7 Dzindzichashvili ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 1500
=7 Najdorf ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 1500
9 Szmetan 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 1200
=10 Quinteros ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 0 5 667
=10 Keene ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 ½ 5 667
=10 Qi Jingxuan 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 5 667
13 Garcia Palermo 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 4½ 500
14 Torre 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * 3½ 500 USD ]table Picture of participants: http://www.tabladeflandes.com/zenon... Tournament leader: Carlos Guimard, with FIDE representative Jorge Sanguineti as leader of the Appeals Committee. Tournament book: [[Internationales Schachmeisterturnier "Clarin" Buenos Aires 1978]] by Albert Becker (M. A. Lachaga, Argentina 1978, 60 pp.). There were daily reports in [[Clarín]], but only one is available online: http://najdorf-miguel.blogspot.no/s.... [ Original collection: Game Collection: Buenos Aires (Clarin) 1978 by User: Tabanus. ] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osvald.... ]#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_o.... ]
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91 games, 1978 - Buenos Aires (Clarin) 1979
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The event was sponsored by the newspaper [[Clarín]], and is also known as the [[2nd Clarin Tournament]]. It followed up the success of Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1978), and was continued next year with Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1980). The playing venue was Casacuberta Salon[1] of the Teatro General San Martín[2] in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3] Together with pictures of Miguel Najdorf and Roberto Grau, the theatre had an exhibition of about 100 other objects, to commemorate the Buenos Aires olympiad in 1939 and the players who had decided to stay in Argentina during the War.[3] In addition to local players, the foreign masters included Spassky (ranked World #3), Larsen (#7), and Petrosian (#10). Tournament Director: Carlos Guimard. FIDE category: 11 (GM norm 7½, IM norm 6, FM norm 4 points).[3] Participants: https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.... An impressive performance by 79-year-old Najdorf. For Petrosian (6 points only) the tournament was a kind of warm-up before the Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal (1980). "The great Danish master, Bent Larsen, didn't have a very successful 1979. He failed to make the Candidates' matches, scored only 50 percent at Tilburg (1979), and perhaps the worst blow of all, finished last at Montreal (1979). Dead last is not dead, though, and Larsen appeared fully recovered."[4] <Teatro General San Martín, Buenos Aires 26 Nov. - 14 Dec. 1979> table[
Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 Pts
1 GM Larsen 2620 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 11
=2 GM Najdorf 2515 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8
=2 GM Miles 2560 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8
=2 GM Andersson 2560 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8
=2 GM Spassky 2640 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8
=6 GM Gheorghiu 2540 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½
=6 GM Ivkov 2525 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 7½
8 GM Quinteros 2545 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½
=9 GM Petrosian 2610 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 0 1 6
=9 GM Panno 2545 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 6
=11 GM Lombardy 2520 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 0 5
=11 Franco 2360 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 1 ½ 5
13 FM Tempone 2200 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 3
14 IM Rubinetti 2430 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 1½ ]table Larsen receives the trophy: https://scontent-b-ams.xx.fbcdn.net... Tournament books: [[Los magistrales de Clarín I-II 1978-79]] (Buenos Aires 1980. 194 p.); [[Second Clarin Tournament. Buenos Aires 1979]] by Tony Miles (The Chess Player, Nottingham 1980. 56 p.); [[3 points' forspring]] by Bent Larsen (Samlerens Forlag, Copenhagen 1980. 128 p.). The Spanish book has round dates. There was no bulletin, but daily reports in [[Clarín]]. [1)] [https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.... (picture from round 1). ] [2)] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatro.... ] [3)] [The Spanish tournament book. ] [4)] [Orlando Lester in Boston Herald 20 January 1980 p. 40. ] [Original collection: Game Collection: Buenos Aires (Clarin) 1979 by User: Tabanus. ]
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91 games, 1979 - Buenos Aires (Clarin) 1980
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The event was sponsored by the newspaper [[Clarín]] and is also known as the [[3rd Clarin Tournament]], following Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1978) and Buenos Aires (Clarin) 1979. About 1,000 people[1] attended the opening ceremony in [[Teatro Presidente Alvear[1, 2]]] where also the tournament was held.[3] Timman, Larsen, Karpov, Andersson, Hort and Kavalek had all played in Tilburg Interpolis (1980) which ended 2nd October. Category: 13. Prize money pot: 1,850,000 pesetas.[4] Teatro Presidente Alvear, Buenos Aires, 15 Oct. - 3 Nov. 1980: table[
Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 Pts
1 GM Larsen 2585 * ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 9½
2 GM Timman 2600 ½ * 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 9
3 GM Ljubojevic 2590 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8
=4 GM Karpov 2725 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7½
=4 GM Andersson 2590 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7½
=6 GM Najdorf 2510 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7
=6 GM Hort 2595 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7
=8 GM Kavalek 2600 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 1 6
=8 GM Ólafsson 2545 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 6
=8 GM Balashov 2600 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 6
11 GM Quinteros 2515 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 5½
12 GM Panno 2540 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 5
13 GM Browne 2540 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 4
14 IM Giardelli 2300 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 3 ]table Carlos Guimard was Tournament Director.[5] During and after the tournament the grandmasters held simultaneous exhibitions. The one held by Karpov after the tournament is mentioned here (try to read it): http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T3uK8_azX... Pairings and round dates are from [[Clarin]] (thanks to User: Fusilli). The rounds were also covered in several Dutch newspapers (thanks to Timman), and in the Spanish newspaper [[El Mundo Deportivo]]. [NOTES:] [1][El Mundo Deportivo 17 October 1980 p. 30. ] [2][http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatro.... ] [3][El Mundo Deportivo 26 October 1980 p. 36. ] [4][El Mundo Deportivo 29 October 1980 p. 35. ] [5][Clarín 31 October p. 45: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T3uK8_azX... ] [Original collection: Game Collection: Buenos Aires (Clarin) 1980 by User: Tabanus. ]
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91 games, 1980 - Buenos Aires (Konex) 1979
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The event was sponsored by Luis Ovsejevich and his Konex-Canon Company (since 1980: Konex Foundation*), and is also known as the [[2nd Konex Tournament]]. It came after the Buenos Aires olympiad in October-November (1978) and the following Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1978) tournament. Later in the year it was followed by Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1979). The russians boycotted# the tournament because Korchnoi was invited. Playing time was 5-10 pm with five games a week. Saturdays and Sundays were free days or days for adjourned games. Play was governed by a limit of 40 moves in two and a half hours and 16 moves per hour thereafter. Due to other obligations, Korchnoi played his last two games in advance, on 21 and 27 July. When the game Miles vs Ljubojevic, 1979 in round 12 ended in a draw, the tournament had two joint winners before round 13 started. Universidad de Buenos Aires, 12-30 July 1979,
final standings and crosstable:
table[
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
=1 Ljubojevic * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½
=1 Korchnoi ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½
3 Browne ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
=4 Liberzon 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½
=4 Miles ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 7½
=6 Najdorf 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7
=6 Rubinetti ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7
=6 Quinteros ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 7
=6 Diez del Corral 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6
10 Emma 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 5½
11 Trois 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 5
=12 Szmetan 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 3
=12 Schweber 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 3
14 Bernat 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ * 2½ ]table Tournament leader: Dr. Renato Sanguinetti. Tournament book: [[Buenos Aires 1979. Sämtliche Partien des Konex-Canon-Grossmeisterturniers im Juli 1979]] by Albert Becker (Schwarz-Weiss Verlag, Bamberg 1982, 79 pp.). There were daily reports by Najdorf, Quinteros and Oscar Panno in the newspaper [[Clarín]], of which the first nine rounds are online at http://najdorf-miguel.blogspot.no/s.... [ Original collection: Game Collection: Buenos Aires (Konex) 1979 by User: Tabanus. ] *[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konex_.... ] #[Info from User: Fusilli, who also gave the Najdorf blogspot link. ]
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91 games, 1979 - Buenos Aires 1939
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The [[Torneo Internacional del Círculo de Ajedrez]] was held in Buenos Aires, soon after the 8th Chess Olympiad, which was held from August 21 to September 19, 1939. All participants except Keres had decided to stay in Argentina due to the outbreak of World War II, and it was the opinion that chess would benefit from the realization of contests for them. After Rosario (1939) this was the second of these contests, where especially appealing was the great master Paul Keres. Play took place at the Círculo de Ajedrez, the main chess club in the city, at Bartolomé Mitre 670, with rounds starting as late as 8:30 pm. Najdorf and Keres tied for first place. Círculo de Ajedrez, 2-19 October 1939,
final standings and crosstable:
table[
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
=1 Najdorf * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 8½
=1 Keres 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8½
=3 Czerniak 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 7
=3 Ståhlberg ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7
=5 Frydman ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 6½
=5 Guimard ½ 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6½
7 Grau 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5½
8 Luckis 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ 5
=9 Benkö 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 ½ 3½
=9 Gerschman 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 3½
11 Graf 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 2½
12 Palau 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 2 ]table Tournament books: [[Torneo Internacional del Circulo de Ajedrez Octubre 1939]] by Miguel Czerniak (Buenos Aires 1946, 87 pp.); [[Rosario 1939 and Circulo de Ajedrez Buenos Aires 1939]] ed. by Juan Sebastian Morgado and Tony Gillam (Chess Player, Nottingham 2008. 76 pp.). [Original collection: Game Collection: Buenos Aires 1939 by User: Tabanus. ]
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66 games, 1939 - Candidates 2007
World Championship Candidates (2007)
table[
Round 1, 27 May - 3 June Round 2, 6-13 June ]table
table[
Aronian 1½010½ 1½½0 11 - 7
Carlsen 0½101½ 0½½1 00 - 5
Aronian 1½½½½½ ---- -- - 3½
Shirov 0½½½½½ ---- -- - 2½
Shirov ½½½0½1 11½- -- - 5½
Adams ½½½1½0 00½- -- - 3½
Leko ½111-- ---- -- - 3½
Gurevich ½000-- ---- -- - ½
Leko 1½1½½- ---- -- - 3½
Bareev 0½0½½- ---- -- - 1½
Bareev ½1½10½ ---- -- - 3½
Polgar ½0½01½ ---- -- - 2½
Grischuk 1½½1½- ---- -- - 3½
Malakhov 0½½0½- ---- -- - 1½
Grischuk 1½½0½½ 1½1- -- - 5½
Rublevsky 0½½1½½ 0½0- -- - 3½
Rublevsky ½½1½½½ ---- -- - 3½
Ponomariov ½½0½½½ ---- -- - 2½
Gelfand ½½½½½½ 1½1- -- - 5½
Kasimdzhanov ½½½½½½ 0½0- -- - 3½
Gelfand ½½1½1- ---- -- - 3½
Kamsky ½½0½0- ---- -- - 1½
Kamsky ½111-- ---- -- - 3½
Bacrot ½000-- ---- -- - ½ ]table
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0 games, - Capablanca Memorial (Elite) 2003
66 games, 2003 - Capablanca Memorial (Elite) 2008
44 games, 2008 - Capablanca Memorial (Elite) 2013
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The 48th Capablanca Memorial was 6-player double round robin played from 21 April to 1 May 2013 in the Hotel Habana Riviera, Havana, Cuba. Games started at 3 pm. Rest day: April 26. Time controls: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 more minutes to finish the game, having 30 seconds added per move from the start. The Hungarian Zoltan Almasi won with 6.5/10, and returned to the expanding list of players rated over 2700 by gaining 15 Elo points. Quesada surprised with a second place on tiebreak ahead of Dominguez, and could have won the event if not for losing to Inarkiev in Round 8. The winner earned 1,800 Cuban pesos (about 2250 USD). table[
Age Elo 01 02 03 04 05 06 Pesos
1 Almasi 37 2689 ** ½0 ½½ ½½ 11 11 6½ 1,800
2 Quesada 28 2608 ½1 ** ½½ 1½ ½0 ½1 6 1,050
3 Dominguez 29 2723 ½½ ½½ ** ½1 ½½ ½1 6 1,050
4 Andreikin 23 2727 ½½ 0½ ½0 ** ½1 ½½ 4½ 600
5 Inarkiev 27 2688 00 ½1 ½½ ½0 ** ½½ 4 400
6 Harikrishna 26 2705 00 ½0 ½0 ½½ ½½ ** 3 300 ]table Category: XVIII (2690). Chief arbiter: Serafin Chuit Perez (according to official site) The Premier group was won by Oleiny Linares Napoles of Cuba ahead of IM Carlos Davila of Nicaragua, both with 7/9. Oleiny took her 2nd IM norm. The Open I swiss tournament was won by IM Juan Carlos Obregon Rivero with 8/10 and GM norm. <Sources>
Chess-Results (https://chess-results.com/tnr100215...)
Official website (https://web.archive.org/web/2013050...)
TWIC, 2 May 2013 (https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...)
ChessBase, 3 May 2013 (https://en.chessbase.com/post/almas...)
The Chess Drum, 9 June 2013 (https://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2...) Previous: Capablanca Memorial (Elite) (2012). Next: Capablanca Memorial (Elite) (2014) [Original collection: Game Collection: Capablanca Memorial (Elite) 2013 by User: Tabanus. Round dates are from TWIC and Chess-Results. ]
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30 games, 2013 - Champions Showdown 2017
table[
G/30 Nov 9 G/20 Nov 10 G/10 November 11 G/05 November 12
Nakamura ½ 1 0 1 12½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 16 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 12 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 21 61½
Topalov ½ 0 1 0 7½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 8 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 12 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 3 30½ ]tabletable[
Caruana 1 ½ 0 ½ 10 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 10 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 12 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 17 49
Grischuk 0 ½ 1 ½ 10 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 14 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 12 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 7 43 ]table table[
So ½ ½ ½ 0 7½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 8 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 15 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 17 47½
Dominguez ½ ½ ½ 1 12½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 16 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 7 44½ ]table
--
table[
G/30 Nov 11 G/20 Nov 12 G/10 November 13 G/05 November 14
Carlsen ½ ½ ½ 1 12½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 18 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 19½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 17 67
Ding Liren ½ ½ ½ 0 7½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 6 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 4½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 7 25 ]table 120 games
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1 game, 2017 - Corsica Masters 2012
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The 16th Corsica Masters was a knockout tournament with Rapid time control played in Bastia, Corsica, France, 28-31 October 2012 (the final was played in Ajaccio). The field consisted of the top nine players of the Corsica Masters Open (2012) (27-28 October, 9 rounds, 15 min + 3 sec), and seven seeded players (Bacrot, Gharamian, Vachier-Lagrave, Jankovic, Fressinet, Van Wely and Fier). The four rounds had two games each, plus tiebreak games if necessary. Time control: 15 minutes for the whole game, with 3 seconds added per move from move 1. If 1-1, then two Blitz games (3 min + 2 sec), and if still tied, an Armageddon game (this did not happen). The prize fund was 60,000 euros. Chief organizer: Léo Battesti and the Corsica Chess Club. Chief arbiter: Akkhavanh Vilaisarn. Number of games played: 34. Etienne Bacrot beat Fressinet 2-0 in the final. table[
Eighthfinals (28 Oct) Quarterfinals (29 Oct) Semifinals (29 Oct) Final (31 October) ]table
table[
Bacrot 11 -- 2
Philippe 00 -- 0
Bacrot 10 1½ 2½
Gharamian 01 0½ 1½
Gharamian 11 -- 2
Shchekachev 00 -- 0
Bacrot ½1 -- 1½
Vachier-Lagrave ½0 -- ½
Vachier-Lagrave 1½ -- 1½
Massoni 0½ -- ½
Vachier-Lagrave 11 -- 2
Yusupov 00 -- 0
Yusupov 11 -- 2
Jankovic 00 -- 0
Bacrot 11 -- 2
Fressinet 00 -- 0
Fressinet ½½ 11 3
Battaglini ½½ 00 1
Fressinet ½1 -- 1½
Van Wely ½0 -- ½
Van Wely 1½ -- 1½
Djuric 0½ -- ½
Fressinet 1½ -- 1½
Short 0½ -- ½
Short 11 -- 2
Seletsky 00 -- 0
Short 11 -- 2
Brkic 00 -- 0
Brkic 11 -- 2
Fier 00 -- 0 ]table
Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2012102...
Schedule: https://web.archive.org/web/2021010...
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/eti...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/bacro...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...
FFE: https://web.archive.org/web/2012110...
Open results: https://web.archive.org/web/2016031...
Blitz results: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Resultats...
Previous: Corsica Masters (2011)
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34 games, 2012 - Corsica Masters 2014
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The 18th Corsica Masters was a 16-player knockout tournament with Rapid time control played in Bastia, Corsica, France, 19-22 October 2014 (the final was played in Ajaccio, Corsica). The field consisted of the top 14 finishers of the Oscaro Open (Bastia 18-19 October, 9 rounds, 15 min + 3 sec), and two invited players (Anand and Yifan Hou). The four rounds had two games each, plus tiebreak games (if necessary). Time control: 15 minutes for the whole game, with 3 seconds added per move from move 1. If 1-1, then two Blitz games (3 min + 2 sec), and if still tied, an Armageddon game (this happened once). Chief arbiter: Jean-Philippe Orson. Number of games played: 41. Yifan Hou beat Fedorchuk 2-0 in the final. table[
Eighthfinals (19 Oct) Quarterfinals (20 Oct) Semifinals (20 Oct) Final (22 October) ]table
table[
Yifan Hou 01 11 - 3
Dimitrov 10 00 - 1
Yifan Hou 01 11 - 3
Kravtsiv 10 00 - 1
Kravtsiv ½1 -- - 1½
Edouard ½0 -- - ½
Yifan Hou 10 01 1 3
Ruck 01 10 0 2
Ruck 11 -- - 2
Kovalenko 00 -- - 0
Ruck ½1 -- - 1½
Saric ½0 -- - ½
Saric 11 -- - 2
Meszaros 00 -- - 0
Yifan Hou 11 -- - 2
Fedorchuk 00 -- - 0
Fedorchuk 01 11 - 3
Dourerassou 10 00 - 1
Fedorchuk ½½ ½1 - 2½
Balogh ½½ ½0 - 1½
Balogh 1½ -- - 1½
Horvath 0½ -- - ½
Fedorchuk 1½ -- - 1½
Anand 0½ -- - ½
Anand 11 -- - 2
Skomorokhin 00 -- - 0
Anand 11 -- - 2
Tregubov 00 -- - 0
Tregubov ½1 -- - 1½
Swiercz ½0 -- - ½ ]table
Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2014102...
Schedule: https://www.corse-echecs.com/agenda...
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/not...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/hou-y...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...
FFE: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/FicheTour...
Oscaro Open: https://web.archive.org/web/2014102...
Blitz results: https://web.archive.org/web/2014102...
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41 games, 2014 - Corsica Masters 2016
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The 20th Corsica Masters was a knockout tournament with Rapid time control played in Bastia, Corsica, France, 27-30 October 2016 (the final was played in Ajaccio). The field consisted of the top 12 finishers of the Corsica Masters Open (2016) (Bastia 22-27 October, 9 rounds, 90 min + 30 sec), and four invited players (Yifan Hou, Radjabov, Anand and Vachier-Lagrave). The four rounds had two games each, plus tiebreak games if necessary. Time control: 15 minutes for the whole game, with 3 seconds added per move from move 1. If 1-1, then two Blitz games (5 min + 3 sec), and if still tied, an Armageddon game (this did not happen). Chief organizer: Léo Battesti and the Corsica Chess Club. Chief arbiter: Akkhavanh Vilaisarn. Number of games played: 40. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Anand 1.5-0.5 in the final. table[
Eighthfinals (27 Oct) Quarterfinals (28 Oct) Semifinals (28 October) Final (30 October) ]table
table[
Vachier-Lagrave 11 -- 2
Bellahcene 00 -- 0
Vachier-Lagrave 11 -- 2
Onischuk 00 -- 0
Onischuk 11 -- 2
Andriasian 00 -- 0
Vachier-Lagrave 1½ -- 1½
Korobov 0½ -- ½
Korobov 11 -- 2
Antipov 00 -- 0
Korobov 10 11 3
Yifan Hou 01 00 1
Yifan Hou 01 11 3
Azarov 10 00 1
Vachier-Lagrave ½1 -- 1½
Anand ½0 -- ½
Anand 11 -- 2
Leenhouts 00 -- 0
Anand 1½ -- 1½
Gharamian 0½ -- ½
Gharamian 10 11 3
Vocaturo 01 00 1
Anand 1½ -- 1½
Radjabov 0½ -- ½
Radjabov ½½ ½1 2½
Deac ½½ ½0 1½
Radjabov ½½ 11 3
Moiseenko ½½ 00 1
Moiseenko 1½ -- 1½
Gledura 0½ -- ½ ]table
Official site: https://www.corse-echecs.com/Magist...
Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2016103...
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/mvl...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/corsi...
chess24: https://chess24.com/en/embed-tourna...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...
FFE (Open): http://www.echecs.asso.fr/FicheTour...
Corsica Masters Open results: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Resultats...
Next: Corsica Masters (2017)
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40 games, 2016 - Corsica Masters 2017
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The 21st Corsica Masters was a knockout tournament with Rapid time control played in Bastia, Corsica, France, 26-29 October 2017 (the final was played in Ajaccio). The field consisted of the top 16 finishers of the Corsica Masters Open (2017) (= Oscaro Open, Bastia 21-26 October, 9 rounds, time control 90 min + 30 sec). The four rounds had two games each, plus tiebreak games (if necessary). Time control: 15 minutes for the whole game, with 3 seconds added per move from move 1. If 1-1, then two Blitz games (5 min + 3 sec), and if still tied, an Armageddon game (this happened twice). Chief organizer: Léo Battesti and the Corsica Chess Club. Chief arbiter: Akkhavanh Vilaisarn. Number of games played: probably 42 (five eighthfinal games are missing). Aleksey Dreev beat Kamsky 1.5-0.5 in the final. table[
Eighthfinals (26 Oct) Quarterfinals (27 Oct) Semifinals (27 Oct) Final (29 October) ]table
table[
Dreev 11 -- - 2
Chakravarthi 00 -- - 0
Dreev 11 -- - 2
Moussard 00 -- - 0
Moussard ½½ 11 - 3
Tregubov ½½ 00 - 1
Dreev 10 11 - 3
Huschenbeth 01 00 - 1
Huschenbeth 11 -- - 2
Malakhatko 00 -- - 0
Huschenbeth 11 -- - 2
Onischuk 00 -- - 0
Onischuk 11 -- - 2
Battaglini 00 -- - 0
Dreev 1½ -- - 1½
Kamsky 0½ -- - ½
Kamsky ½1 -- - 1½
Kulkarni ½0 -- - ½
Kamsky 1½ -- - 1½
Antipov 0½ -- - ½
Antipov ?? 10 1 3
Fier ?? 01 0 2
Kamsky 1½ -- - 1½
Jumabayev 0½ -- - ½
Jumabayev ?? ?? 1 3
Puranik ?? ?? 0 2
Jumabayev ½½ ½1 - 2½
Zubov ½½ ½0 - 1½
Zubov 11 -- - 2
Dimitrov 00 -- - 0 ]table
Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2017110...
Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2017103...
ruchess: https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/alex...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
FFE (Open): https://web.archive.org/web/2017102...
Corsica Masters Open (Oscaro Open) results: https://web.archive.org/web/2017102...
Coca-Cola Blitz results: https://web.archive.org/web/2017110... Previous: Corsica Masters (2016)
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37 games, 2017 - Corus Group A 2001
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The 63rd Wijk aan Zee (Beverwijk from 1938 until 1967) chess festival took place in De Moriaan sports centre, Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, under the direction of Jeroen van den Berg. There were roughly 1500 players in total, and the organisers announced that it was the biggest chess festival in the world. The building had been extended to allow for a larger commentary room, such was the popularity of the event with the fans. The cost of holding the event was about one million Dutch guilders. On the income side, some focused players offered 100 guilders for a cup of coffee without waiting for the change. The main sponsor (for the 2nd year) was Corus, which was a merge of British Steel and the former sponsor Hoogovens. The event was officially opened at the steelworks in IJmuiden. Franswillem Briët described how proud he was to maintain the tradition, despite Corus going through a difficult period. He spoke of gloomy business forecasts and of the job redundancies already incurred. There were some speculations in the chess community that the next (64th) edition might be the last, as nothing had been guaranteed beyond that. However, the gloom soon lifted at the prospect of seeing two world champions, the world number one, and the rest of the top ten, all in the same tournament. On Friday morning (January 12th), 230 boards with pieces were ready in the main playing hall. Anneke Eder, the tournament secretary, had most things under control. Niek Verweij, technical employee of the Lost Boys company, checked the sensor boards, who were connected to monitors, the press room, and the internet. Peter Admiraal, the catering manager at De Moriaan for 22 years, was preparing the food. The fourteen grandmasters in the prestigious A group played from January 13 (Round 1) to January 28 (Round 13), with rest days on January 15, 19 and 24. Of the world's top 10 players, only Boris Gelfand (Elo rated #10 in the world) was missing. The participants were (in order of Elo) Garry Kasparov (#1), FIDE World Champion Viswanathan Anand (#2), the Classical World Champion Vladimir Kramnik (#3), Michael Adams (#4), Peter Leko (#5), Alexander Morozevich (#6), Alexey Shirov (#7), Veselin Topalov (#8), Vassily Ivanchuk (#9), Loek van Wely (#12), and the bit lower rated quartet Jeroen Piket (#55), Jan Timman (#61), Sergei Tiviakov (#99) and Alexei Fedorov (#155). It was the first top event in the 21st century (not counting the new year events). Jeff Sonas considered it a candidate for the strongest supertournament of all time. The winner would get 20,000 Dutch guiders (about $8,600, or $12,300 in 2019 value). The games started at 1:30 pm. Chess fans were wondering who was the strongest player in the world, Kasparov, Kramnik, or Anand? Right after the Kasparov - Kramnik Classical World Championship Match (2000), Kasparov had said that "I will see you soon in Wijk aan Zee. As the first player in history, I will win the tournament for the third consecutive time." No-one had won three in a row, and so, on the eve of the tournament, Kasparov boldly announced, "Okay, let’s see what we can do about that". His Round 1 win against Tiviakov won him the 500 guilder "Spectator’s Prize" for Game of the Day. After 8 rounds it was Shirov, however, who was in the lead by a whole point. Probably the seeds for Kasparov's victory were sown by his Round 9 win against Shirov. Shirov walked into a line Kasparov had prepared for him and was more or less lost after only 15 moves. Prior to the game there was no handshake between the players, just a hard look in each other's eyes. Kasparov had said that he would not shake hands unless he received an apology for part of a letter by Shirov published in [[New in Chess]] Nr. 6 2000, in which he suggested that the Kramnik match had been arranged so that Kasparov should win. In the final round Kasparov drew against Adams to secure first place. Anand had not been at any time in the race for first place, and was probably tired (or unprepared) after the FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2000). He had won in Round 2 against Tiviakov, and then drawn all his games. However, with a final sprint of 3 out of 3 against the trio of Piket, Timman and Van Wely, he achieved the undivided 2nd place. Kramnik and Ivanchuk shared 3rd. Kasparov said afterwards, "In 1999 I won here with ten points, last year I scored nine and a half points and now only nine. It's going badly with me". <Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, 13-28 January 2001> table[
Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1 Kasparov 37 2849 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9
2 Anand 31 2790 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8½
=3 Kramnik 25 2772 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 8
=3 Ivanchuk 31 2717 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 8
=5 Adams 29 2746 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 7½
=5 Morozevich 23 2745 ½ ½ 1 0 0 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 7½
=5 Shirov 28 2718 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7½
8 Leko 21 2745 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 6½
9 Topalov 25 2718 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 5½
=10 Fedorov 28 2575 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 0 1 5
=10 Van Wely 28 2700 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 5
=12 Piket 32 2632 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * ½ ½ 4½
=12 Tiviakov 27 2597 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 1 4½
14 Timman 49 2629 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 * 4 ]table Category: XIX (2710). Chief arbiter: Thomas van Beekum. <Sources>
CHESS magazine, April 2001, pp. 4-24
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_...
TWIC #325 (http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic...)
Chess.gr website (http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2001/coru...)
FIDE rating list January 2001 (http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/Elo200...)
DiagonaleTV video (before rd. 9) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1j...)
[[2001, Wijk aan Zee]] (online tournament book, https://b-ok.org/ireader/651323)
[[Leidsch Dagblad]], 12 January 2001, p. 1 (https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/...)
[[Leidsch Dagblad]], 13 January 2001, p. 57 (https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/...)
[[Leidsch Dagblad]], 25 January 2001, p. 2 (https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/...)
[[Leidsch Dagblad]], 29 January 2001, p. 19 (https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/...)
Arvind Aaron in [[The Hindu]], 30 January 2001 (https://www.thehindu.com/2001/01/30...)
Lars Grahn in [[Tidskrift för Schack]], 2/2001, pp. 66-78 (http://www.schack.se/tfsarkiv/histo...)
Lars Grahn in [[Tidskrift för Schack]], 3/2001, pp. 168-175 (http://www.schack.se/tfsarkiv/histo...)
[[Not Just A Game]]. Video by Wendy van Wilgenburg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEv...) Previous edition: Corus Group A (2000). Next: Corus Group A (2002). See also Corus Group B (2001) and Corus Reserve Group (2001). [Original collections: Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Corus 2001 by User: suenteus po 147 and Game Collection: Corus Group A 2001 by User: Tabanus. Thanks to User: Paint My Dragon for paraphrased information from the CHESS magazine. ]
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91 games, 2001 - Corus Group A 2002
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The 64th Wijk aan Zee (Beverwijk from 1938 until 1967) chess festival took place in the De Moriaan community centre, Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands from January 12 (Round 1) to January 27 (Round 13), with rest days on January 14, 18 and 23. For the third year in a row, the main sponsor was the steel company Corus. Sadly, compared to the previous year there were many high profile absentees, most notably the mighty triumvirate of Garry Kasparov (Elo ranked #1 in the world), Classical World Champion Vladimir Kramnik (#2) and Viswanathan Anand (#3). Kasparov was meant to play, but as stated by his manager Owen Williams, less than a week before the tournament, he had to withdraw, due to a viral infection. He was replaced by Morozevich (#5). Kramnik pulled out since he wanted to prepare for the Brains in Bahrain match (that was subsequently delayed) against Deep Fritz. He was replaced by his former second Bareev (#12). Anand declined in advance, because he tried to defend his FIDE World Champion title at the FIDE World Championship Tournament (2001/02) (he lost in the semifinal in December). Ruslan Ponomariov (#7) and Vasyl Ivanchuk (#8) played in that tournament too, and their final match ended on January 23 (with Ponomariov as the new FIDE World Champion). Finding replacements was a headache.. It ended up with Michael Adams (#4), Alexander Morozevich (#5), Peter Leko (#10), Boris Gelfand (#11), Evgeny Bareev (#12), the new Dutch no. 1 Loek van Wely (#14), Rustam Kasimdzhanov (#15), Alexander Khalifman (#17), Joel Lautier (#19), Alexey Dreev (#20), Alexander Grischuk (#25), Jeroen Piket (#28), Mikhail Gurevich (#48), and Jan Timman (#82). At the opening ceremony, Rauke Henstra, officer of Corus Netherlands, announced a new sponsorship deal that would keep the tournament going for at least another three years. Corus had sponsored the annual tournament until 2002, to be number 64 in succession. Despite hard times in the industry and with all squares covered, there would be a 65th tournament. Further more, Corus Packing Plus, Corus Strip Products IJmuiden and the external sponsor Delta Onroerend Goed BV had decided to garantuee the tournament until 2005, and possibly longer. The following day the boards were ready and Gennadi Sosonko and others were ready at the demo boards. The commentators on the games in GM groups A (this page) and B were based in the marquee next to the De Moriaan centre. All rounds began at 1:30 pm, except for the last round on 27 January which began at 12:30 pm. Time control: 40 moves in two hours, followed by 20 moves in one hour, and the rest of the game in half an hour. Bareev took the first prize when his Round 13 opponent Kasimdzhanov lost his way in a good position, unleashing a speculative piece sacrifice that did not work out. Bareev had already played once in Wijk aan Zee, in Hoogovens (1995), where he finished 2nd. But despite that result, he had not played here again. When he took the lead in Round 9, Piket asked him, "will you play to win the tournament, or do you expect to play here again in seven years?" The words may have been a stimulus, and abandoning his usually cautious attitude, he obtained three points from the last four rounds. He made a blunder in Round 11 and lost in 20 moves to former FIDE World Champion Khalifman, but nevertheless it was his greatest tournament performance. At least according to himself. He took home 10,000 euros (= about $11,323, or $15,910 in 2019 value). The always modest Bareev said at the closing ceremony, "First of all I’d like to thank Kramnik - for not being here." Teenager Grischuk took 2nd place. His strong-minded and fearless play won the hearts of the Wijk aan Zee fans. Adams had a spectacular start with wins over Grischuk and Gelfand, and a draw with Bareev. This gave him the lead with 2.5/3, but he continued with a string of draws. Timman, whose games are always adrenaline-filled affairs that pleases the crowds, won the Spectator's Prize for Game of the Day in Round 8 with his exciting win over Gelfand. With a weakened field, the fans turned their attention to home talent Loek van Wely as a possible winner, but in the pairings draw he was given number 13 and this proved to be an unlucky omen. He crashed to his worst ever performance, losing seven games. <Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, 12-27 January 2002> table[
Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1 Bareev 35 2707 * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 9
2 Grischuk 18 2671 ½ * 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8½
=3 Adams 30 2742 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 8
=3 Morozevich 24 2742 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8
5 Khalifman 36 2688 1 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½
6 Leko 22 2713 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7
=7 Dreev 32 2683 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 6
=7 Gelfand 33 2708 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 6
=7 Piket 33 2659 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6
=7 Lautier 28 2687 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ 6
=7 Timman 50 2605 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 6
12 Gurevich 42 2641 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 5½
13 Kasimdzhanov 22 2695 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 4½
14 Van Wely 29 2697 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 3 ]table Category: XVIII (2688). Chief arbiter: Thomas van Beekum. <Sources>
CHESS magazine, April 2002, pp. 33-37
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_...
TWIC #374 (http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic...)
TWIC #377 (http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic...)
Chess.gr website (http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2002/coru...)
FIDE rating list January 2002 (http://fidelists.blogspot.com/2008/...)
Zenon Franco Ocampos in [[ABC Color]] (http://www.tabladeflandes.com/Zenon...)
[[Leidsch Dagblad]], 28 January 2002, p. 26 (https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/...)
[[Tidskrift för Schack]], March 2002, pp. 156-162 (http://www.schack.se/tfsarkiv/histo...)
Alfonso Romero Holmes in [[Jaque]] 552, pp. 14-36 (http://www.bartelski.pl/olimpbase/l...)
John B Henderson in [[The Scotsman]], January 2002 (http://www.scrkuppenheim.de/heco/ar...)
[[Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant]], 8 January 2002, p. 18 (https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/issue...)
[[Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant]], 28 January 2002, p. 23 (https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/issue...)
Saevar Bjarnason in [[Dagblaðið Vísir]], 12 January 2002, p. 51 (http://timarit.is/view_page_init.js...)
Mihail-Viorel Ghinda in [[Revista Romana de Sah]], 2/2002, pp. 15-19 (http://www.stere.ro/wp-content/uplo...) Previous edition: Corus Group A (2001). Next: Corus Group A (2003). See also Corus Group B (2002) and Corus Invitation Tens (2002). [Original collections: Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Corus 2002 by User: suenteus po 147 and Game Collection: Corus Group A 2002 by User: Tabanus. Round dates are from Leidsch Dagblad. Thanks to User: Paint My Dragon for paraphrased information from CHESS magazine. ]
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