- Barcelona World Cup 1989
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The fourth international chess tournament in a series of six organized by the GMA from 1988 to 1989 as a World Cup was held in Barcelona, Spain from March 20th to April 20th, 1989. Twenty-four of the world's best grandmasters, including the world champion and world vice-champion, were invited to participate in the World Cup, seventeen of them appearing in Barcelona's category XV event along with one national grandmaster to represent Spain as host. The complete list of participants was (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2775), Nigel Short (2650), Alexander Beliavsky (2640), Jonathan Speelman (2640), Valery Salov (2630), Zoltan Ribli (2625), Johann Hjartarson (2615), Viktor Korchnoi (2610), Yasser Seirawan (2610), Artur Yusupov (2610), Predrag Nikolic (2605), Robert Huebner (2600), Rafael Vaganian (2600), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2580), Boris Spassky (2580), Jesus Nogueiras (2575), and Miguel Illescas-Cordoba (2525). This tournament was Kasparov's third consecutive victory in the World Cup, although this time he shared his first place with Ljubojevic. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Kasparov 11/16 * = 1 1 = 1 = = 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 = 02 Ljubojevic 11/16 = * = = = = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 03 Salov 10/16 0 = * = 1 1 = 0 1 = = = 1 0 1 1 1 04 Korchnoi 9.5/16 0 = = * 0 = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 0 = 05 Huebner 9/16 = = 0 1 * = 1 = = = = = = 1 = = = 06 Short 9/16 0 = 0 = = * = 1 1 1 = = 0 0 1 1 1 07 Nikolic 8/16 = = = 0 0 = * = = = = = = = = 1 1 08 Vaganian 7.5/16 = 0 1 = = 0 = * 1 = = = = 0 = 0 1 09 Yusupov 7.5/16 1 = 0 = = 0 = 0 * = = = = = = 1 = 10 Ribli 7.5/16 = = = 0 = 0 = = = * = 1 = = = = = 11 Spassky 7.5/16 0 = = = = = = = = = * 0 = = = 1 = 12 Beliavsky 7.5/16 0 0 = 0 = = = = = 0 1 * 1 1 1 = 0 13 Speelman 7/16 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = = = = 0 * = = 1 1 14 Hjartarson 6.5/16 = 0 1 0 0 1 = 1 = = = 0 = * 0 = 0 15 Seirawan 6.5/16 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = = 0 = 1 * = 1 16 Illescas-Cordoba 5.5/16 0 = 0 1 = 0 0 1 0 = 0 = 0 = = * = 17 Nogueiras 5.5/16 = 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = = = 1 0 1 0 = * *Thanks go to <Chessdreamer> without whom this collection wouldn't have been possible.
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136 games, 1989 - Battle Chess
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Battle Chess by Interplay, 1991. I owned and played this program on an old 286, my family's very first personal computer. The animation took forever to render. It was worth it! Violence, gore, medieval kings with laser pistols, what's not to love? I also learned chess the hard way. The algorithm was good at beating up on 13 year olds. My first victory was a draw by repetition. That's how I learned such a thing existed. The games below were in a booklet. Part of the old copyright protection scheme back in game distribution infancy. The booklet had twenty games with all the moves listed. I didn't know who any of these guys were. Even Fischer was unknown to me. But to play the game, the computer prompted one with the historical game and the number of a move played. You had to enter in the right move or the game would lock you out, thinking you had stolen it. Well, maybe you had to enter in the wrong move three times? It was a long time ago. Anyway, one weird thing is game 11. It's listed as two schmoes playing in San Diego in 1988, but using the database here I found it's actually Zukertort's Immortal, but with slightly different moves. Don't know what that's about, but here's the list of moves from the booklet: table[(11) Zimmer -- Thiamann, San Diego Freeway 1988, English Opening # White Black White Black White Black 1. P-QB4 P-K3 12. N-Q2 QN-B3 23. P-B5! N-K5
2. P-K3 N-KB3 13. P-B3 NxN 24. BxN PxB
3. N-KB3 P-QN3 14. QxN PxP 25. PxNP! R-B7
4. B-K2 B-K2 15. BxP P-Q4? 26. PxP ch K-R1
5. 0-0 P-Q4 16. B-Q3 KR-B1 27. P-Q5 ch P-K4
6. P-Q4 B-Q3 17. QR-K1 R-B2 28. Q-N4!! R(B1)-B4
7. N-B3 0-0 18. P-K4 QR-QB1 29. R-B8 ch! KxP
8. P-QN3 QN-Q2 19. P-K5 N-K1 30. QxP ch K-N2
9. B-N2 Q-K2 20. P-B4 P-N3 31. BxP ch! KxR
10. N-QN5 N-K5 21. R-K3! P-B4 32. B-N7 ch! QxB
11. NxB PxN 22. PxP NxP 33. Q-K8 1-0]table Here's a link to a reproduction of the whole game protection section with moves in original descriptive notation: http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/doc...
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20 games, 1834-1967 - Belfort World Cup 1988
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The second international chess tournament in a series of six organized by the GMA from 1988 to 1989 as a World Cup was held in Belfort, France from June 14th to July 3rd, 1988. Twenty-four of the world's best grandmasters, including the world champion and world vice-champion, were invited to participate in the World Cup, sixteen of them appearing in Belfort's category XV event. The complete list of participants was (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2750), Anatoli Karpov (2715), Jan Timman (2675), Alexander Beliavsky (2645), Nigel Short (2630), Jonathan Speelman (2625), Zoltan Ribli (2620), Artur Yusupov (2620), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2610), Ulf Andersson (2605), Johann Hjartarson (2595), Robert Huebner (2595), Andrei Sokolov (2595), Jaan Ehlvest (2585), Boris Spassky (2565), and Jesus Nogueiras (2560). Despite placing first at Brussels earlier in the year, and despite winning their head-to-head game here, Karpov could only manage second against Kasparov's impressive victory where he earned wins against half the field for +8(!) at the final. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Kasparov 11.5/15 * 0 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 02 Karpov 10.5/15 1 * 1 = = 0 1 = = = = 1 1 1 = 1 03 Ehlvest 9/15 0 0 * = = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 04 Ribli 8/15 = = = * = = = = 1 = = = = = = =
05 Huebner 8/15 = = = = * = = = = 0 = 1 = = = 1 06 Sokolov 8/15 0 1 = = = * = = = 1 = 0 = = = 1 07 Spassky 8/15 = 0 = = = = * = = = = = = 1 1 = 08 Short 7.5/15 0 = = = = = = * = 1 = = = 0 1 = 09 Speelman 7/15 = = 0 0 = = = = * = = = = = = 1 10 Ljubojevic 6.5/15 0 = = = 1 0 = 0 = * = = = = = = 11 Andersson 6.5/15 0 = 0 = = = = = = = * = = 0 = 1 12 Nogueiras 6.5/15 0 0 = = 0 1 = = = = = * = 1 = 0 13 Beliavsky 6.5/15 0 0 0 = = = = = = = = = * 1 1 0 14 Hjartarson 5.5/15 = 0 0 = = = 0 1 = = 1 0 0 * = 0 15 Yusupov 5.5/15 0 = = = = = 0 0 = = = = 0 = * = 16 Timman 5.5/15 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 1 1 = * *Thanks go to <Chessdreamer> without whom this collection wouldn't have been possible.
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120 games, 1988 - Belgrade 1989
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In November of 1989, the city of Belgrade, Yugoslavia with the sponsorship of Investbank was host to an international chess tournament. Twelve grandmasters were invited to participate in the round robin event, including (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2775), Nigel Short (2660), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2635), Jan Timman (2635), Jaan Ehlvest (2620), Artur Yusupov (2610), Simen Agdestein (2605), Predrag Nikolic (2600), Zdenko Kozul (2560), Branko Damljanovic (2555), Johann Hjartarson (2555), and Petar Popovic (2550). The average of the combined players' ratings qualified the tournament as a category XV event. The world champion Kasparov won in his usual fashion, dominating the event with an impressive 9.5/11 at the final. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Kasparov 9.5/11 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1
02 Timman 6.5/11 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 03 Ehlvest 6.5/11 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 04 Ljubojevic 6/11 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 05 Yusupov 6/11 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1
06 Hjartarson 5.5/11 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 07 Agdestein 5/11 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 0 ½ 1
08 Kozul 5/11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 1 1 1
09 Short 4.5/11 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 0 * ½ 1 ½
10 Nikolic 4.5/11 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ 0 11 Popovic 4/11 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½
12 Damljanovic 3/11 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ *
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66 games, 1989 - Belgrade 1997
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Investbank sponsored an international chess tournament in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from November 11th to the 21st, 1997. The prestigious A group saw the participation of ten grandmasters whose combined ELO average qualified as a category XVIII event. Although Anand and Ivanchuk finished tied for first, the top prize went to Ivanchuk who had the better progressive score. table[
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 Ivanchuk 2725 +58 * = = = = = 1 1 = 1 6.0/9
2 Anand 2765 +13 = * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 6.0/9
3 Shirov 2700 +48 = = * = 1 = 0 1 = 1 5.5/9
4 Lautier 2660 +56 = 1 = * 0 = 1 = = = 5.0/9
5 Gelfand 2695 +17 = = 0 1 * = = = = 1 5.0/9
6 Kramnik 2770 -66 = 0 = = = * 1 = = 1 5.0/9
7 Beliavsky 2710 -35 0 = 1 0 = 0 * = 1 1 4.5/9
8 Georgiev 2670 -63 0 0 0 = = = = * = 1 3.5/9
9 Ljubojevic 2565 +16 = 0 = = = = 0 = * 0 3.0/9
10 Kovacevic 2525 -70 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.5/9
]table
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45 games, 1997 - Berlin 1881
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The second meeting of the Deutschen Schachkongresse took place in Berlin in 1881. It was the second master's tournament (Deutschen Schachbund) organized in the two years since Berthold Englisch last won it in Leipzig in 1879. Once again, a large field of German chess masters shared the board with many of the best that Europe had to offer. The brightest lights among the German participants were Louis Paulsen and his brother Wilifred, and Johannes Minckwitz. Great Britain was represented by the participation of Joseph Henry Blackburne and James Mason. Mikhail Chigorin travelled over from Russia, and two great masters from Poland, Symon Winawer and Johannes Zukertort, also participated. The eighteen collected masters constituted a field of strength that had not been seen since Baden Baden eleven years earlier. The games were fiercely fought, as few draws were recorded, and a formula from this event would serve as a template for all future chess congresses in Germany before the Great War. Karl Pitschel, from the Austrio-Hungarian Empire, arrived and played his games in the first three rounds, but was unable to complete the tournament, so his score and the games were expunged from the final tournament record. His games have been included here for historical completeness. Also, one game decided by forfeit in the last round, Blackburne's win over Josef Noa, is not included in this collection. Speaking of Blackburne winning, this was perhaps his finest tournament performance ever. He dominated the field with an amazing final score of 14/16, losing only one game to his countryman Mason, and earning wins against some of the best and up and coming chess masters of the day. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Blackburne 14/16 * 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2nd Zukertort 11/16 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 =3rd Winawer 10½/16 0 ½ * 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 =3rd Chigorin 10½/16 0 0 1 * 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 =5th Mason 9½/16 1 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 =5th Wittek 9½/16 ½ 0 1 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 =7th Von Minckwitz 8½/16 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ =7th Schwarz 8½/16 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 =9th Berger 8/16 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 =9th Paulsen, L 8/16 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 11th Paulsen, W 7½/16 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 12th Schallopp 7/16 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 0 1 0 1 =13th Riemann 6½/16 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 =13th Wemmers 6½/16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 * 1 1 1 15th Noa 5½/16 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 * 1 1 16th Schmid 3½/16 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 * 0 17th Von Schuetz 1½/16 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * (Expunged) Pitschel - - 0 0 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - -
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138 games, 1881 - Berlin 1897
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In 1897, during the 70th anniversary of the Berliner Schachgesellschaft, twenty chess masters were invited to particpate in an international round robin event to celebrate. Despite being the only international master tournament organized for the year, there were a few noticable absences among the participants, including the world champion Emanuel Lasker, former world champion Wilhelm Steinitz, Germany's strongest player Siegbert Tarrasch, and the strongest chess master of the Americas Harry Nelson Pillsbury. However, several notable chess masters were in attendance making it the one great event to follow for the year. Of note were Mikhail Chigorin, Joseph Henry Blackburne, Simon Winawer, David Janowski, and Carl Schlechter. Also included were Rudolf Charousek, who had tied Chigorin for first at Budapest the previous year, and Carl Walbrodt who was brought in as a last minute replacement for Arnold Schottlaender. Curt Von Bardeleben, although invited, was forced to withdraw after a short draw in the first round to Johannes Metger. His games were cancelled, including the draw. Berthold Englisch also withdrew after round eleven, thus forfeiting the rest of his games. All games decided by forfeit have been omitted from this collection. The participants played in the Architektenhaus from September 13th to October 4th. Though Blackburne lead for most of the event, the final rounds of the tournament belonged to Charousek and Walbrodt. Charousek finished with a nine game winning streak and clear first place. Walbrodt, though an alternate, had the best tournament performance of his life, achieving clear second in the strong field. Charousek won 2000 Marks for his victory and Walbrodt earned 1500 for the silver. Despite the young men's success in the exhausting event, both would die within just a few years of the completion of this tournament. The final standing and crosstable:
1st Charousek 13½/18 * 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 2nd Walbrodt 13/18 1 * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 3rd Blackburne 12/18 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 4th Janowski 11½/18 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 5th Burn 11/18 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ =6th Schlechter 10½/18 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 =6th Marco 10½/18 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 =6th Alapin 10½/18 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9th Caro 10/18 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 10th Chigorin 9½/18 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 11th Schiffers 9/18 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 12th Metger 8½/18 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 0 ½ =13th Cohn 7½/18 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 * 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 =13th Winawer 7½/18 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 * 1 ½ 0 1 1 15th Suechting 7/18 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 * 1 ½ 0 1 16th Teichmann 6½/18 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 0 =17th Englisch 5½/18 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ * 0 1 =17th Zinkl 5½/18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 * 1 19th Albin 2/18 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 *
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160 games, 1897 - Berlin 1918
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In 1918, toward the end of the Great War, Bernhard Kagan organized several chess events in the city of Berlin, Germany. Among these events was a Großmeister-Turnier held in the Kerkau-Palast from September 28th to October 11th. Four famous, top players participated in the double round robin tournament, including the world champion Emanuel Lasker, former world crown challenger Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch, potential world challenger Akiba Rubinstein, and former world crown challenger Carl Schlechter. Lasker had managed well during the course of the war and was in fine shape for the event. Rubinstein had journeyed to Berlin earlier in the spring and had improved his form over the year. As to the other players, Dr. Tarrasch had suffered tragedies, losing three of his sons to the war, and Schlechter arrived for the event obviously sick and malnourished. These facts can be said to outline the course of the tournament, with Lasker triumphing and both he and Rubinstein going undefeated, while Schlechter and Tarrasch had terrible results, especially in the second half, each losing to Lasker. Lasker was awarded the grand prize of 1200 marks for his win, while the remaining prize purse was divided among the final three with Rubinstein being awarded 1000 marks, Schlechter 900 marks, and Tarrasch 700 marks. The final tragedy of the tournament was that it proved to be Schlechter's last elite competition with the best in the world. The great gentleman chess master, who had been the only challenger ever to draw Lasker in a match, died of malnutrition two months later on December 27th, 1918. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Lasker 4½/6 ** ½½ ½1 11
2nd Rubinstein 4/6 ½½ ** 1½ ½1
3rd Schlechter 2/6 ½0 0½ ** ½½
4th Tarrasch 1½/6 00 ½0 ½½ **
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12 games, 1918 - Berlin 1928
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In 1928 the Berliner Schachgesellschaft celebrated its centenary with a tournament from February 4th to the 20th followed by another tournament, the Ehrenpreis der Stadt Berlin, held from September 22nd to October 6th. It was on the heels of this event that Jacques Mieses organized an 'Elite Turnier' through his newspaper, the Berliner Tageblatt. The Elite Turnier was held in the Café König, Unter den Linden, Berlin from October 11th to the 29th. Eight of the world's best players were invited to participate in the double round robin event, including former world champion Jose Capablanca, former world challengers Siegbert Tarrasch and Frank Marshall, and potential world challengers Akiba Rubinstein and Aron Nimzowitsch. The line up was rounded out by two hypermodernists, Richard Réti and Savielly Tartakower, and the romantic player Rudolph Spielmann. The collection of top players was quite a coup for Mieses who had only secured 10,000 marks for the tournament's budget. The time control for the tournament was 30 moves in two hours followed by 15 moves in one hour. If by 5pm of the day of play games were not normally concluded, then they were to be adjourned until they could be completed on rest days. The tournament was an important success for the recently defeated, former world champion Capablanca. Despite his loss of the world title, this victory typified Capablanca's continued presence and dominance at top events for years to come. Despite earning a majority of his total wins against a declining Marshall and an out of form Reti, Capablanca's accurate play and invulnerability yielded another impressive performance at an elite event earning the grand prize of 2000 marks. Second place went to Nimzowitsch, who overtook Spielmann's lead against him when Spielmann suffered two losses in the second half of play. They earned 1400 and 1000 marks respectively. For some players the tournament was an ending of sorts. Rubinstein suffered a terrible performance, losing a won game to Marshall by overstepping the time limit, which was followed by depressive behavior and erratic play for the rest of the tournament. He would place fifth and win only 600 marks. Réti's performance, despite spirited play, was poor for him and he placed second to last. He would die the following summer from scarlet fever. As for Marshall, he placed last, his glory days as top world contender long behind him. Tarrasch only ended up playing three rounds, losing all three of his games before he withdrew due to illness. His results from the tournament were expunged and he was presented with 200 marks by way of compensation. The games are presented here for complete historical accuracy, and also because they were to be the great master's last games from elite competition. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Capablanca 8½/12 ** ½½ ½½ ½½ 1½ 11 11 2nd Nimzowitsch 7/12 ½½ ** ½0 ½½ 01 11 1½ 3rd Spielmann 6½/12 ½½ ½1 ** ½0 11 ½0 ½½ 4th Tartakower 5½/12 ½½ ½½ ½1 ** 00 ½0 1½ =5th Rubinstein 5/12 0½ 10 00 11 ** 01 0½
=5th Réti 5/12 00 00 ½1 ½1 10 ** ½½
7th Marshall 4½/12 00 0½ ½½ 0½ 1½ ½½ ** *This game collection could not have been possible without the tireless effort and generosity of <sneaky pete>. He has my continuing and everlasting gratitude.
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45 games, 1928 - Biel 1984
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The 17th annual Biel International Chess Festival was a category X event held in Biel, Switzerland from July 21st to August 3rd, 1984. A combination of twelve grandmasters and international masters were invited to attend the round robin event. The participants were (in order of ELO): Viktor Korchnoi (2635), Robert Huebner (2610), Vlastimil Hort (2605), Lubomir Ftacnik (2595), Eric Lobron (2495), Ian Rogers (2475), Guillermo Garcia Gonzales (2470), Peter Ostermeyer (2470), Jaan Eslon (2445), Pia Cramling (2405), Beat Zueger (2385), and Fernand Gobet (2360). The prize purse for the tournament was 220,000 francs. Korchnoi stumbled in the opening round against WGM/IM Cramling, a loss that would prove costly for the former world #2's standing upon the event's completion. At the finish, Huebner and Hort split first place, each with 8 points out of eleven rounds. The final standings and crosstable:
table[
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Pts.
01 Hort * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8.0 02 Huebner ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8.0 03 Korchnoi 1 ½ * ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7.0 04 Ostermeyer ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6.5 05 Lobron 0 ½ 1 1 * 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 6.5 06 Zueger 0 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 5.0 07 Cramling 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5.0 08 Garcia Gonzales ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ 0 1 5.0 09 Ftacnik ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 * ½ ½ 0 4.5 10 Eslon 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 4.0 11 Rogers 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 1 4.0 12 Gobet 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 * 2.5
]table
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66 games, 1984 - Biel 1989
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The 24th annual Biel International Chess Festival was a category XIV event held in Biel, Switzerland in July 1989. Eight grandmasters were invited to take part in the SKA sponsored double round robin tournament. The participants were (in order of ELO): Vassily Ivanchuk (2660), Nick DeFirmian (2595), Lev Polugaevsky (2595), Anthony Miles (2580), Vlastimil Hort (2570), Ferdinand Hellers (2560), Eugenio Torre (2560), and Ivan Sokolov (2525). The two Soviet GMs, Ivanchuk and Polugaevsky, both young and old, split first place at the event ahead of their western opponents. The final standings and crosstable:
table[
1 Ivanchuk 9/14 ** ½1 ½½ ½1 ½½ ½1 ½1 01 2 Polugaevsky 9/14 ½0 ** ½1 1½ ½½ ½1 ½1 ½1 3 Sokolov 8/14 ½½ ½0 ** 01 11 ½½ ½½ 1½ 4 Miles 7/14 ½0 0½ 10 ** 0½ 1½ ½½ 11 5 Hort 7/14 ½½ ½½ 00 1½ ** ½½ 1½ ½½ 6 Torre 6/14 ½0 ½0 ½½ 0½ ½½ ** ½½ ½1 7 DeFirmian 5.5/14 ½0 ½0 ½½ ½½ 0½ ½½ ** ½½ 8 Hellers 4.5/14 10 ½0 0½ 00 ½½ ½0 ½½ **
]table
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55 games, 1989 - Biel 1990
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The 25th annual Biel International Chess Festival was a category XIV event held in Biel, Switzerland in July 1990. Eight grandmasters were invited to take part in the SKA sponsored double round robin tournament. The participants were (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2730), Ulf Andersson (2630), Lev Polugaevsky (2610), Anthony Miles (2595), Joel Lautier (2570), Nick DeFirmian (2560), Vlastimil Hort (2545), and Matthias Wahls (2525). Number two in the world and vice champion Karpov won undefeated with +5 at the final. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Karpov 9.5/14 ** ½½ 1½ ½½ 1½ ½½ 11 1½ 2 Andersson 8/14 ½½ ** ½½ ½½ 1½ ½½ ½½ ½1 3 Miles 7.5/14 0½ ½½ ** 1½ 1½ 0½ ½½ ½1 4 Wahls 7.5/14 ½½ ½½ 0½ ** ½0 ½½ ½1 11 5 Polugaevsky 7/14 0½ 0½ 0½ ½1 ** ½1 ½1 ½½ 6 Hort 7/14 ½½ ½½ 1½ ½½ ½0 ** ½1 ½0
7 DeFirmian 5/14 00 ½½ ½½ ½0 ½0 ½0 ** 1½ 8 Lautier 4.5/14 0½ ½0 ½0 00 ½½ ½1 0½ **
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56 games, 1990 - Biel 1991
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The 26th annual Biel International Chess Festival was held at Biel, Switzerland in July 1991. Eight grandmasters were invited to take part in the double round robin tournament. The participants were (in order of ELO): Evgeny Bareev (2680), Ulf Andersson (2625), Michael Adams (2615), Alexey Shirov (2610), Larry Christiansen (2600), Viktor Gavrikov (2585), Zdenko Kozul (2560), and Joel Lautier (2560). The average of the combined ratings of all the participants qualified the tournament as a category XV event. Young Shirov distinguished himself by finishing clear first with +5 at the final. The final standings are as follows: 1 Shirov 9.5 points (+6, -1, =7);
2 Bareev 8.5 points (+5, -2, =7);
3 Andersson 7.5 points (+2, -1, =11);
4 Lautier 7.5 points (+4, -3, =7);
5 Christiansen 7 points (+4, -4, =6);
6 Adams 6 points (+4, -6, =4);
7 Gavrikov 5.5 points (+1, -4, =9);
8 Kozul 4.5 points (+3, -8, =3).
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56 games, 1991 - Biel 1995
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The 28th edition of the Biel Chess Festival was a category XV event held from July 21st to August 4th, 1995. Dreev finished first, undefeated and a whole point ahead of second place (and top rated) Shirov. table[
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1 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2670 * 1 = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = = 9.0 2739
2 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2695 0 * = = = 1 1 = = = = = 1 1 8.0 2683
3 Adianto, Utut g INA 2590 = = * 1 = = 0 1 = = = 0 1 1 7.5 2661
4 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2685 = = 0 * = 1 = = = 1 = = = 1 7.5 2654
5 Tkachiev, Vladislav g KAZ 2605 = = = = * = = = = = = 1 = = 7.0 2632
6 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2600 = 0 = 0 = * = = 1 1 = 1 = = 7.0 2632
7 De Firmian, Nick g USA 2605 0 0 1 = = = * = 0 = 1 = = 1 6.5 2603
8 Kindermann, Stefan g GER 2565 = = 0 = = = = * 0 = 1 0 1 1 6.5 2606
9 Milov, Vadim g ISR 2570 0 = = = = 0 1 1 * = = = = = 6.5 2606
10 Gavrikov, Viktor g SUI 2605 = = = 0 = 0 = = = * = = = 1 6.0 2574
11 Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2550 0 = = = = = 0 0 = = * = 1 = 5.5 2550
12 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2590 0 = 1 = 0 0 = 1 = = = * = 0 5.5 2547
13 Timman, Jan H g NED 2590 = 0 0 = = = = 0 = = 0 = * 1 5.0 2517
14 Brunner, Lucas g SUI 2530 = 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 * 3.5 2434
]table
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91 games, 1995 - Biel 1996
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The grandmaster edition of the 29th Biel Chess Festival was a category XVI tournament held from July 22nd to August 3rd, 1996. In spite of just defending his FIDE world championship crown against Gata Kamsky a month earlier, Karpov proved unbeatable and finished tied for first with Swiss representative Milov at the final. table[
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Pts.
01 Karpov 2775 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 7.5
02 Milov 2565 ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7.5
03 Ehlvest 2660 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 7.0
04 Andersson 2640 ½ 1 ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 6.0
05 Almasi 2655 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 6.0
06 Lautier 2620 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6.0
07 Glek 2670 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 6.0
08 Portsich 2600 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ 5.5
09 Tukmakov 2580 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 0 4.5
10 Romanishin 2555 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 3.5
11 Onischuk 2605 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 3.5
12 Miles 2630 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * 3.0
]table
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66 games, 1996 - Biel 1997
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The 30th annual Biel International Chess Festival was a category XVII event held in Biel, Switzerland from July 20th to August 1st, 1997. Six grandmasters, including the FIDE world champion were invited to take part in the "Credit Suisse" double round robin tournament. The participants were (in order of ELO): Vishwanathan Anand (2789), Anatoli Karpov (2725), Boris Gelfand (2714), Joel Lautier (2617), Vadim Milov (2613), and Yannick Pelletier (2499).
Despite a few unexpected game results, such as Milov's win over Anand in round seven and Karpov's draw offer in the final round, each of the players finished according to his rating position with Anand clear first. The final standings and crosstable are as follow: 1 Anand 7/10 ** ½½ 1½ 11 ½0 11
2 Karpov 6.5/10 ½½ ** ½½ 10 ½1 11
3 Gelfand 5.5/10 0½ ½½ ** ½½ 1½ 1½
4 Lautier 4.5/10 00 01 ½½ ** 1½ ½½
5 Milov 4/10 ½1 ½0 0½ 0½ ** 10
6 Pelletier 2.5/10 00 00 0½ ½½ 01 **
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30 games, 1997 - Biel 2000
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The grandmaster edition of the 33rd Biel Chess Festival was a category XVI event held from July 24th to August 4th, 2000. Svidler, Gelfand, Van Wely, and Ponomariov were invited to compete with two of Switzerland's best grandmasters in double rounds. The talented Svidler won big time with +5 at the final. Good on him. Some people don't know how to make proper crosstables, so we're stuck with what we have. table[
2 3 1 4 6 5 Pkt.
2 Ponomariov (Ukr) 2630 ** 0½ ½½ ½½ 11 ½½ 5½
3 van Wely (Ned) 2643 1½ ** ½0 ½½ ½1 ½½ 5½
1 Svidler (Rus) 2689 ½½ ½1 ** 1½ 11 1½ 7½
4 Milov (Sui) 2626 ½½ ½½ 0½ ** 1½ ½½ 5
6 Gallagher (Sui) 2514 00 ½0 00 0½ ** 0½ 1½
5 Gelfand (Isr) 2681 ½½ ½½ 0½ ½½ 1½ ** 5
]table
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30 games, 2000 - Biel 2001
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The 34th annual Biel International Chess Festival was a category XVII event held in Biel, Switzerland from July 22nd to August 3rd, 2001. Six grandmasters were invited to take part in the double round robin tournament. The participants were (in order of ELO): Boris Gelfand (2714), Peter Svidler (2695), Joel Lautier (2675), Alexander Grischuk (2669), Viktor Korchnoi (2617), and Yannick Pelletier (2531). Veteran Grandmaster Korchnoi showed the newest generation of chess whippersnappers that he still had the old magic with this win of 6/10 over the field. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Korchnoi 6/10 ** ½½ 1½ 01 10 1½
2 Svidler 5.5/10 ½½ ** ½½ 0½ 1½ 1½
3 Gelfand 5/10 0½ ½½ ** 1½ ½½ ½½
4 Pelletier 4.5/10 10 1½ 0½ ** ½½ ½0
5 Lautier 4.5/10 01 0½ ½½ ½½ ** ½½
6 Grischuk 4.5/10 0½ 0½ ½½ ½1 ½½ **
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30 games, 2001 - Biel 2002
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The 35th annual Biel International Chess Festival was a category XVI event held in Biel, Switzerland from July 21st to August 1st, 2002. Six grandmasters were invited to take part in the double round robin tournament. The participants were (in order of ELO): Alexey Dreev (2676), Ilya Smirin (2676), Viktor Korchnoi (2626), Vladislav Tkachiev (2625), Francisco Vallejo-Pons (2648), and Yannick Pelletier (2571). Smirin won the event undefeated with 6/10. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Smirin 6/10 ** ½½ ½½ 1½ ½1 ½½
2 Tkachiev 5.5/10 ½½ ** 1½ ½1 ½½ 0½
3 Dreev 5.5/10 ½½ 0½ ** ½½ ½1 1½
4 Korchnoi 5/10 0½ ½0 ½½ ** ½½ 11
5 Pelletier 4.5/10 ½0 ½½ ½0 ½½ ** ½1
6 Vallejo-Pons 3.5/10 ½½ 1½ 0½ 00 ½0 **
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30 games, 2002 - Biel Interzonal 1985
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During the 1987 World Chess Championship Qualification Cycle, three interzonal tournaments were organized and held in 1985. The final interzonal competition of the year in Biel, Switzerland was held from July 1st to the 25th and saw the participation of a combination of 18 grandmasters and international masters who had qualified from various zonal tournaments the year before. The complete list of players who attended included (in order of ELO): Rafael Vaganian (2625), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2615), Lev Polugaevsky (2600), Ulf Andersson (2590), Nigel Short (2575), Yasser Seirawan (2570), Andrei Sokolov (2555), Margeir Petursson (2550), Gyula Sax (2535), Eugenio Torre (2535), Miguel Quinteros (2525), John Van der Wiel (2520), Amador Rodriguez Cepedes (2505), Lev Gutman (2485), Vlastimil Jansa (2480), Li Zunian (2465), Angel Martin Gonzalez (2435), and Charles Partos (2425). The average of the combined ratings of all the participants qualified the tournament as a category XII event. Vaganian won the event by a full point, going undefeated with +8. He along with Seirawan and Sokolov qualified for the candidates matches. Short, Van der Wiel, and Torre were all tied for the fourth seat into the Candidates, so a three-way playoff match was devised to find who would go. When Short and Van der Wiel tied in the playoff, the final spot went to Short on tiebreak, because he had a better score against the upper half of the Interzonal field, the difference being his last round victory over Van der Wiel. The fact that he lost to Van der Wiel 2-1 in the playoff didn't matter. Interzonal, Biel July 1st-25th, 1985
table[
01. Vaganian x ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 12½/17
02. Seirawan ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 11½/17
03. Sokolov ½ ½ x ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 11/17
04. Short 0 ½ ½ x 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 10½/17
05. Van der Wiel 0 ½ 1 0 x 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 10½/17
06. Torre ½ ½ ½ 0 1 x ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 10½/17
07. Polugaevsky ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ x 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 9½/17
08. Ljubojevic ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 x ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 9½/17
09. Andersson ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 9½/17
10. Rodriguez ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ x ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 8/17
11. Sax ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ x 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 8/17
12. Jansa ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 x 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 7½/17
13. Quinteros 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 x 1 1 1 1 ½ 7½/17
14. Petursson 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 x 1 1 ½ ½ 7/17
15. Gutman 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 0 0 x 1 ½ 0 6½/17
16. Li Zunian 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 x ½ ½ 6/17
17. Partos 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ x 1 4/17
18. Martin Gonzalez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 x 3½/17
]table
4th Place Candidates Playoff
table[
1. Short xxx 0½0 111 3½/6
2. Van der Wiel 1½1 xxx ½0½ 3½/6
3. Torre 000 ½1½ xxx 2/6
]table
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162 games, 1985
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Kibitzing
