- Havana 1965
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The 4th Capablanca Memorial International Chess Tournament was held in the capital city of Havana on the island nation of Cuba. Eighteen grandmasters and six masters participated in the round robin event at the Habana Libre hotel from August 25th to September 26th, 1965. It was one of the best paying tournaments at the time, due to Ché Guevara's patronage. As the director of the Cuban National Bank and Minister of Industry, he guaranteed a $3000 first prize with more than $4500 to be dispersed among the remaining top five finishers. This edition of the memorial gained worldwide significance because it was the first international tournament since the candidates at Curacao three years ago in which Bobby Fischer would be participating. He had agreed to attend for a $3000 appearance fee, but trouble arose when the US state department refused him a visa to travel to Communist Cuba. When Fischer suggested playing by telex from the Manhattan Chess Club, the organizers agreed even though it would end up costing them over $10,000. Although Fischer had been playing regularly in US championships in the intervening three years (and winning them all), this tournament would mark the first time Fischer would be facing a number of the best Soviet grandmasters since his accusations against them for conspiring to keep him from winning the candidate spot to challenge Botvinnik in '63. Fischer's main Soviet rivals at this event were former world champion Vasily Smyslov, Efim Geller, and Ratmir Kholmov. In a stunning finale, Smyslov managed to beat Fischer by a half point to take clear first place after twenty-one grueling rounds. Fischer shared second place with Geller and Borislav Ivkov, and Kholmov joined the top finishers at fifth place. While not necessarily the triumphant comeback many hoped for (certainly Fischer would have preferred a clearer vindication against his Soviet rivals), his results indicated that he was still impressive enough to compete with the best in the world, if not yet dominate them. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Smyslov 15½/21 * 0 = 0 = = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 =2nd Ivkov 15/21 1 * = 1 0 = 0 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 0 =2nd Geller 15/21 = = * 1 = = = = 1 1 = = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 =2nd Fischer 15/21 1 0 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 5th Kholmov 14½/21 = 1 = 1 * = = = = = = = = 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 6th Pachman 13/21 = = = = = * 0 1 = = = = = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7th Robatsch 12½/21 = 1 = 0 = 1 * = = = 1 0 = = = = = = = 1 1 1 8th Donner 12/21 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 = = = = = 1 1 9th Bilek 11.5/21 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 * = = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10th Parma 11/21 = = 0 = = = = = = * 0 1 = = 1 = = = 1 = = = =11th Szabo 10½/21 0 = = 0 = = 0 0 = 1 * 1 = = = 1 0 = 1 1 0 1 =11th Pietzsch 10½/21 0 = = 0 = = 1 0 = 0 0 * = 1 = = = = = 1 1 1 =13th O'Kelly de Galway 10/21 0 0 = = = = = 0 = = = = * = = 0 1 = = = 1 1 =13th Tringov 10/21 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = = = 0 = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 15th Jimenez-Zerquera 9½/21 1 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 = = = 1 * = = = = = = 1 16th Ciocaltea 9/21 0 = = = 0 = = = 0 = 0 = 1 = = * = 0 1 0 = 1 17th Doda 8/21 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = 1 = 0 0 = = * 1 0 1 = 1 =18th Lehmann 7½/21 0 0 0 0 = = = = 0 = = = = 0 = 1 0 * 1 = = 0 =18th Wade 7½/21 0 0 = = = 0 = = 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 1 0 * = 1 1 20th Cobo Arteaga 5½/21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 = = * 1 = =21st Perez Perez 4/21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 = = = = = 0 0 * 0 =21st Garcia 4/21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 1 * *As usual, a wealth of the historical information is thanks to Jan van Reek
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231 games, 1965 - Horgen 1994
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The Credit Suisse Masters was an all grandmaster event held during the international chess tournaments organized in Horgen, Switzerland in 1994. Twelve grandmasters, including the world champion, competed in the round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2805), Alexey Shirov (2740), Boris Gelfand (2680), Predrag Nikolic (2655), Artur Yusupov (2655), Joel Lautier (2645), Viktor Korchnoi (2615), Joel Benjamin (2610), Viktor Gavrikov (2600), Anthony Miles (2600), Christopher Lutz (2580), and Peter Leko (2555). The average of the combined players' ratings qualified the tournament as a category XVI event. In the wake of his split with FIDE, Kasparov was determined to prove himself the true world champion and his performance here was typical of his determination. Kasparov dominated over his contemporaries, finishing undefeated with +6 at the final, a full point and a half ahead of shared seconds Shirov and Yusupov. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Kasparov 8.5/11 * 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = = 1 =
02 Shirov 7/11 0 * = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 =
03 Yusupov 7/11 0 = * = 1 1 = = = 1 = 1
04 Lautier 6.5/11 = 1 = * 0 0 = 1 = 1 = 1
05 Korchnoi 6.5/11 = = 0 1 * 1 = = = = 1 =
06 Gelfand 5.5/11 0 0 0 1 0 * = = 1 1 1 =
07 Leko 5/11 0 = = = = = * 0 1 = = =
08 Nikolic 4.5/11 0 0 = 0 = = 1 * = 0 = 1
09 Benjamin 4.5/11 = 0 = = = 0 0 = * = = 1
10 Miles 4/11 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 = * 0 1
11 Lutz 4/11 0 0 = = 0 0 = = = 1 * =
12 Gavrikov 3/11 = = 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 = *
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66 games, 1994 - Horgen 1995
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The third and final installment of the PCA "Super Classic" chess tournament series was played in Horgen, Switzerland from October 21st to November 2nd, 1995. The "Credit Suisse Masters," as it was called, was a round robin, category XVII tournament organized directly after the PCA world championship. Garry Kasparov had defeated Vishwanathan Anand and had then joined ten other top rated grandmasters for the final event in the year's series. The complete list of participants include (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2795), Vassily Ivanchuk (2740), Vladimir Kramnik (2730), Artur Yusupov (2680), Nigel Short (2645), Rafael Vaganian (2645), Viktor Korchnoi (2635), Joel Lautier (2635), Jaan Ehlvest (2630), Boris Gulko (2620), and Jan Timman (2590). Nine of the original top ten PCA rated grandmasters who started the series finished it. Anand dropped out of Novgorod and was replaced by Topalov. Here, Topalov was replaced by Lautier. Korchnoi was added to the competition as a local grandmaster to represent Switzerland. In the surprise of the year, world champion Kasparov finished with just an even score, having dropped one game to the tournament co-winner Ivanchuk. Both he and Kramnik finished with 7/10 each, capitalizing on the speculation that both players were strong enough to soon become world champions themselves. Although Kramnik would eventually succeed in this respect, the title continues to elude Ivanchuk. The final standings and crosstable follow: 01 Ivanchuk 7/10 * = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 =
02 Kramnik 7/10 = * = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 =
03 Ehlvest 6/10 = = * = = 1 1 = = = =
04 Short 6/10 1 0 = * = 1 0 = = 1 1
05 Kasparov 5/10 0 = = = * = 1 = = = =
06 Gulko 4.5/10 = 0 0 0 = * 1 = = 1 =
07 Korchnoi 4.5/10 0 = 0 1 0 0 * = 1 = 1
08 Yusupov 4.5/10 0 = = = = = = * = = =
09 Lautier 4/10 0 0 = = = = 0 = * = 1
10 Vaganian 3.5/10 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = = * 1
11 Timman 3/10 = = = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 *
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55 games, 1995 - Jon Speelman's Best Games
Speelman, Jonathan. "Jon Speelman's Best Games." International Chess Enterprises, 1997.
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36 games, 1969-1996 - Karlsbad 1911
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The second international chess master tournament held in the health resort of Karlsbad (located in present day Czech Republic) was conducted from August 20th to September 24th, 1911. The opening ceremony was held in the Kurhaus. Twenty-six chess masters were invited to particpate in the enormous round robin tournament. Among the players were established masters such as Akiba Rubinstein, Carl Schlechter, and Frank James Marshall, as well as younger stars such as Alexander Alekhine, Aron Nimzowitsch, and George Rotlewi. As the tournament went on and the grueling schedule of games took its toll on the players, the expected names emerged as leaders with one noticeable addition: Richard Teichmann! From Teichmann's return to international play in 1902 (after having lost the use of his right eye to an infection) to 1910 he had drawn many games due to poor health, which earned him so many 5th place prizes that he was known as "Richard the Fifth." In 1911, however, Teichmann received a small inheritance from his mother that provided him more leisure time to focus during ongoing tournaments without having to work at the same time. This tournament proved to be Teichmann's greatest international achievement. He earned clear first against the massive field, including victories against shared seconds Rubinstein and Schlechter and fourth place Rotlewi. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Teichmann 18/25 * 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 =2nd Rubinstein 17/25 0 * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 =2nd Schlechter 17/25 0 ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 4th Rotlewi 16/25 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 =5th Marshall 15½/25 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 =5th Nimzowitsch 15½/25 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7th Vidmar 15/25 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 =8th Leonhardt 13½/25 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 =8th Tartakower 13½/25 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 =8th Duras 13½/25 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 * 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 =8th Alekhine 13½/25 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 * 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 12th Spielmann 13/25 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 * 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 0 13th Perlis 12/25 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 =14th Cohn 11½/25 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 =14th Levenfish 11½/25 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 0 =14th Süchting 11½/25 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 =17th Burn 11/25 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 =17th Salwe 11/25 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 * 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ =19th Johner 10½/25 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ 1 0 1 1 0 0 =19th Rabinovich 10½/25 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 =19th Kostic 10½/25 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 0 1 22nd Dus Chotimirsky 10/25 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ * 1 0 0 1 =23rd Alapin 8½/25 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 0 =23rd Chajes 8½/25 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ * 0 1 =23rd Fahrni 8½/25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 * 0 =23rd Jaffe 8½/25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 *
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325 games, 1911 - Karlsbad 1923
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The third master tournament to be held in Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia was held from April 27th to May 22nd in 1923. Twenty-two masters were invited same as in 1911, but only seventeen were able to accept their invitations. Among the players who could not attend for various reasons were Dr. Milan Vidmar, David Janowski, and Fyodor Dus Chotimirsky. Friedrich Sämisch was brought in as a reserve to create an even number of players. The eighteen participants played their games in the Helenenhof Imperial Hotel, among them were an array of European chess masters, including Alexander Alekhine, Efim Bogoljubov, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Akiba Rubinstein. Only the world champion Jose Capablanca, former world champion Emanuel Lasker, and Frank Marshall were uninvited. Although Alekhine had arrived late due to passport trouble he dominated for much of the tournament until the penultimate round, where his loss to Rudolph Spielmann allowed Geza Maróczy to catch up. Bogoljubov also managed to close the gap, tying with them due to his final round win against Karel Treybal. The three winners earned 3,505 Czech Crowns for their victory, with Alekhine earning an additional "Prize of Honor," a crystal goblet worth 1,000 Crowns, and Bogoljubov receiving a cash prize worth half Alekhine's prize. The tournament also saw the distribution of ten brilliancy prizes, including three "first prizes" which went to Alekhine for his win against Grünfeld, Nimzowitsch for his win against Yates, and Yates for his win against Alekhine. The Final Standings and Crosstable:
=1st Alekhine 11½/17 * 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 =1st Bogoljubov 11½/17 0 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 =1st Maróczy 11½/17 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 =4th Réti 10½/17 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 =4th Grünfeld 10½/17 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 =6th Nimzowitsch 10/17 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 =6th Treybal 10/17 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8th Yates 9½/17 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 9th Teichmann 9/17 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 10th Tartakower 8½/17 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 11th Tarrasch 8/17 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 12th Rubinstein 7½/17 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 13th Bernstein 7/17 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 1 0 1 14th Wolf 6½/17 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 0 15th Sämisch 6/17 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 * 0 0 1 16th Thomas 5½/17 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 =17th Spielmann 5/17 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 * 0 =17th Chajes 5/17 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 * *This collection's depth and accuracy is due in large part to the efforts of <Benzol>, who has my eternal gratitude.
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153 games, 1923 - Karlsbad 1929
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The fifth international master chess tournament to be held in the spa resort of Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia in 1929 was a round robin event involving 22 of the best chess masters in the world. Of the top players, only world champion Alexander Alekhine and former world champion Emanuel Lasker were missing. The line up of players included such names as Jose Capablanca, Efim Bogoljubov, Frank Marshall, Akiba Rubinstein, Milan Vidmar, Aron Nimzowitsch, and Rudolph Spielmann. Among the remaining invitations, one notable participant was Vera Menchik, the women's world champion, who joined despite the protests of some male colleagues, including fellow participant Albert Becker. The tournament was held in the Kurhaus Imperial Hotel from July 30th to August 28th. The time control used was 30 moves in two hours followed by 15 moves in one hour. Despite Spielmann's amazing beginning of 9 points earned in the first ten rounds followed by Capablanca's shared lead in the standings from the thirteenth round on, it was to be Nimzowitsch's "finest hour," with a win over Savielly Tartakower propelling him to first place and the grand prize of 20,000 Kronen. Although he used this victory to campaign for his right to challenge Alekhine for the world championship, losses to the world champion at San Remo in 1930 and Bled in 1931 would dash his chances of competing for the world crown. Nevertheless, this victory amongst such a field of chess masters would shine as the high point of Nimzowitsch's career. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Nimzowitsch 15/21 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 =2nd Capablanca 14½/21 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 =2nd Spielmann 14½/21 0 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 4th Rubinstein 13½/21 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 =5th Becker 12/21 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 =5th Vidmar 12/21 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 =5th Euwe 12/21 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8th Bogoljubov 11½/21 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 9th Grünfeld 11/21 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ =10th Canal 10½/21 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 =10th Mattison 10½/21 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 =12th Tartakower 10/21 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 =12th Maróczy 10/21 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ * 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 =12th Colle 10/21 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 * 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 =12th Treybal 10/21 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 =16th Sämisch 9½/21 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 =16th Yates 9½/21 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 =18th Johner 9/21 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 * ½ 0 ½ 1 =18th Marshall 9/21 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 1 20th Gilg 8/21 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ 21st Thomas 6/21 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 22nd Menchik 3/21 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 * *This collection would have been absolutely impossible without the continued and incredible effort of <sneaky pete>, to whom I owe a great debt.
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231 games, 1929 - Kiel 1893
36 games, 1893 - Las Palmas 1977
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The sixth Torneo Internacional Ciudad de Las Palmas was organized in Las Palmas, Spain in May of 1977. Sixteen chess masters and grandmasters, including the world champion, competed in the round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2690), Mikhail Tal (2620), Bent Larsen (2615), Jan Timman (2590), Anthony Miles (2555), Walter Shawn Browne (2545), Andras Adorjan (2530), Stefano Tatai (2480), Roman Hernandez (2435), Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez (2415), Roberto Debarnot (2405), Fernando Visier Segovia (2355), Gabriel Cabrera (unrated), Jose Garcia-Padron (unrated), Angel Martin-Gonzalez (unrated), and Arturo Pomar-Salamanca (unrated). The average of the combined ratings of the players qualified the tournament as a category VIII event. The tournament was practically an exhibition for the world champion, as Karpov earned wins against all but three of his fifteen competitors, finishing undefeated with +12. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Karpov 13.5/15 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 02 Larsen 11/15 ½ * 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 03 Timman 10/15 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 04 Tal 9/15 ½ 1 ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 05 Browne 9/15 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 06 Hernandez 9/15 0 1 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 07 Adorjan 8/15 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 08 Debarnot 8/15 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 09 Miles 7.5/15 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 10 Tatai 6.5/15 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 11 Visier Segovia 6.5/15 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 12 Pomar-Salamanca 6/15 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 13 Martin-Gonzalez 5.5/15 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 * 0 0 14 Bellon Lopez 5.5/15 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 1 15 Garcia-Padron 4.5/15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * 1 16 Cabrera .5/15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 * *Adorjan-Tatai, a one-move draw from the first round, is omitted from this collection due to its absence from the database.
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117 games, 1977 - Las Palmas 1981
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An invitational tournament was held at Las Palmas, Spain in June of 1981. Five grandmasters and one international master participated in the double round robin event, including (in order of ELO): Viktor Korchnoi (2650), Jan Timman (2620), Bent Larsen (2610), Yasser Seirawan (2555), Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez (2415), and Jose Garcia Padron (2370). The average of the combined ratings of the participants qualified the tournament as a category XII event. Dutch sensation Jan Timman finished undefeated in clear first with +7 at the final. Larsen finished clear second ahead of world vice champion Korchnoi, who tied with Seirawan. The final standings are as follows: 1 Timman 8.5 points (+7, -0, =3);
2 Larsen 6.5 points (+4, -1, =5);
3 Korchnoi 6 points (+5, -3, =2);
4 Seirawan 6 points (+4, -2, =4);
5 Bellon Lopez 1.5 points (+1, -8, =1);
6 Garcia Padron 1.5 points (+1, -8, =1).
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30 games, 1981 - Las Palmas 1994
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The Las Palmas Chess Tournament held from May 21st to June 2nd, 1994 was a category XVII event. Ten players, including the reigning FIDE World Champion, competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2740), Alexey Shirov (2715), Gata Kamsky (2695), Vladimir Epishin (2675), Michael Adams (2660), Veselin Topalov (2640), Judit Polgar (2630), Joel Lautier (2625), Ivan Morovic-Fernandez (2605), and local Spanish favorite Miguel Illescas-Cordoba (2590). It was to be Kamsky's finest hour at a top tournament, winning clear first with 6.5/9 undefeated, a half point over Karpov. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Kamsky 6.5/9 * = = 1 = 1 1 = = 1
02 Karpov 6/9 = * = 0 1 1 = = 1 1
03 Topalov 5.5/9 = = * = 1 = = 1 =
04 Lautier 5.5/9 0 1 = * 0 1 1 0 1 1
05 Polgar 4.5/9 = 0 0 1 * 0 0 1 1 1
06 Adams 4/9 0 0 = 0 1 * = 1 0 1
07 Morovic-Fernandez 4/9 0 = = 0 1 = * = 0 1
08 Illescas-Cordoba 4/9 = = = 1 0 0 = * = =
09 Shirov 3.5/9 = 0 0 0 0 1 1 = * =
10 Epishin 1.5/9 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = *
*This collection would not be possible without the efforts of WMD, to whom I am indebted for helping me.
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45 games, 1994 - Las Palmas 1996
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The Supertorneo Las Palmas held from December 9th to the 21st, 1996 was a category XXI event. The world's six best players, including both World Champions, competed in a double round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2785), Anatoli Karpov (2775), Vladimir Kramnik (2765), Veselin Topalov (2750), Vishwanathan Anand (2735), and Vassily Ivanchuk (2730). The strongest tournament of the modern era (the only tournament with an average ELO of 2756), Kasparov emerged triumphant as "the best player in the world at that moment." 1 Kasparov 6.5/10 ** ½½ ½½ 1½ ½1 ½1
2 Anand 5.5/10 ½½ ** ½0 ½½ 1½ ½1
3 Kramnik 5/10 ½½ ½1 ** ½0 01 ½½
4 Topalov 5/10 0½ ½½ ½1 ** 01 ½½
5 Ivanchuk 4/10 ½0 0½ 10 10 ** ½½
6 Karpov 4/10 ½0 ½0 ½½ ½½ ½½ **
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30 games, 1996 - Las Palmas Interzonal 1982
91 games, 1982 - Leipzig 1879
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The city of Leipzig was the birthplace of the Deutschen Schachbund on July 18th, 1877. Over the next two years sixty-two chess clubs would become members of the foundling chess federation. Hofrat von Gottschall became the chairman of the federation and Hermann Zwanzig was made the general secretary. The Deutschen Schachbund reconvened at the Schützenhaus on July 15th, 1879. To commemorate the meeting, a Schachkongresse master's tournament was organized. This inaugural event was largely an internal affair. Three invitations went out to Austrian chess masters: Berthold Englisch, Karl Pitschel, and Adolf Schwarz. The remaining nine seats went to German chess masters: Louis and Wilfried Paulsen, Max Bier, Ernst Flechsig, Fritz Riemann, Emil Schallopp, Arnold Schottlaender, Johannes Von Minckwitz, and Carl Wemmers. The field and format were extremely limited, with two rounds being played on most days of the tournament. Records have been such that ten of the sixty-six games have not survived to the present day, and therefore they have been omitted from this collection. However, what began with the Deutschen Schachbund in Leipzig in 1879 would in the next two years evolve into one of the stronger and more widely recognized of international chess competitions the world would see over the course of the latter 19th century. Berthold Englisch won this event with 9 wins out of his eleven games, all of which have been preserved and can be found in the collection below. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Englisch 9½/11 * 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
2nd Paulsen, L 9/11 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
3rd Schwarz 7/11 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1
4th Bier 6½/11 ½ 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
5th Riemann 6/11 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
=6th Pitschel 5/11 0 0 0 0 1 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0
=6th Schallopp 5/11 0 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 1 1
=8th Schottlaender 4½/11 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 =8th Flechsig 4½/11 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 10th Paulsen, W 3½/11 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 11th Von Minckwitz 2½/11 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 12th Wemmers 2/11 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 *
*As usual, much of the historical content is credited to Jan van Reek.
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56 games, 1879 - Leningrad 1977
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Leningrad was host to an international chess tournament to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution. The round robin event was held from June 24th to July 19th, 1977. Eighteen grandmasters, including the current world champion and two former world champions, participated in the top event. They were (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2690), Mikhail Tal (2620), Zoltán Ribli (2595), Oleg Romanishin (2595), Vasily Smyslov (2595), Jan Smejkal (2575), Yuri Balashov (2565), Alexander Beliavsky (2555), Gennadi Kuzmin (2550), Florin Gheorghiu (2545), Rafael Vaganian (2545), Mark Taimanov (2530), Milorad Knezevic (2500), Ivan Radulov (2500), Lothar Vogt (2495), Alexander Kochyev (2490), Sergio Mariotti (2490), and Guillermo Garcia Gonzáles (2485). The average of the combined ratings of all the participants qualified the tournament as a category XIII event. As usual, Soviet dominance was on full display in the wake of Fischer's absence and the string of successes Karpov had been earning in the void. However, the world champion was stunned into shared fourth in this event. He was surpassed by previous world champions Tal, who shared first, and Smyslov at clear third, but the ultimate tournament winner was Romanishin in what would be his greatest victory. The uncompromising player scored wins against nearly half the field to finish with +6, beating out Tal on the tiebreaks. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Romanishin 11.5/17 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 02 Tal 11.5/17 ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 03 Smyslov 10.5/17 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 04 Vaganian 10/17 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 05 Karpov 10/17 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 06 Taimanov 9/17 1 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 07 Ribli 9/17 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 08 Kochyev 9/17 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 09 Balashov 9/17 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10 Smejkal 8/17 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 11 Beliavsky 7.5/17 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 12 Garcia Gonzáles 7.5/17 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 * 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 13 Kuzmin 7.5/17 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 14 Vogt 7/17 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 0 15 Gheorghiu 7/17 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 16 Radulov 7/17 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 17 Knezevic 7/17 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 18 Mariotti 5/17 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ *
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153 games, 1977 - Leon 1996
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In June of 1996 four grandmasters were invited to participate in a double round robin chess tournament. The participants were (in order of ELO): Veselin Topalov (2700), Judit Polgar (2675), Miguel Illescas-Cordoba (2635), and Peter Leko (2625). Although Polgar took an early lead, Topalov caught up to her by a win over her in the fourth round and both ended up sharing first place. It was yet another tournament victory for Topalov who enjoyed a nice run in '96. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Topalov 3.5/6 ** 01 1½ ½½
2 Polgar 3.5/6 10 ** ½½ 1½
3 Leko 3/6 0½ ½½ ** 1½
4 Illescas-Cordoba 2/6 ½½ 0½ 0½ **
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12 games, 1996 - Liege 1930
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Twelve chess players were invited to Liege, Belgium in August of 1930 to compete in a round robin tournament. The participants were Aron Nimzowitsch, Frank James Marshall, Akiba Rubinstein, Savielly Tartakower, Mir Sultan Khan, Edgar Colle, George Allen Thomas, Karl Ahues, David Przepiorka, Henri Weenink, Isaias Pleci, and Victor Ivanovich Soultanbeieff. It was to be one of Tartakower's best tournaments. He finished undefeated with 8.5/11, two points ahead of second place Sultan Khan. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Tartakower 8.5/11 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 2nd Sultan Khan 6.5/11 0 * 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 =3rd Nimzowitsch 6/11 ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 =3rd Ahues 6/11 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½
=3rd Colle 6/11 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½
=6th Thomas 5.5/11 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ =6th Przepiorka 5.5/11 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ =8th Rubinstein 5/11 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 * 0 0 ½ 1 =8th Weenink 5/11 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 1 ½ 1
10th Marshall 4.5/11 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ 11th Soultanbeieff 4/11 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 12th Pleci 3.5/11 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 *
This collection would not have been possible without refutor who has my eternal gratitude.
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66 games, 1930 - Linares 1981
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The third major chess event held in Linares, Spain became a full grandmaster event due in large part to the manouvering of grocery tycoon, Luis Rentero Suárez. In addition to contracting the world champion at the time, Anatoli Karpov, he was able to sign four grandmasters from the strong Bugojno tournament held during the previous year. They were Svetozar Gligoric, Lubomir Kavalek, Bent Larsen, and Ljubomir Ljubojevic. Larry Christiansen also agreed to participate as returning champion from the 1979 edition of Linares. Six more grandmasters were added to create a total grandmaster event. The complete roster included (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2690), Lajos Portisch (2650), Boris Spassky (2635), Bent Larsen (2610), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2605), Zoltan Ribli (2585), Lubomir Kavalek (2550), Svetozar Gligoric (2530), Guillermo Garcia Gonzales (2520), Larry Christansen (2515), Miguel Angel Quinteros (2505), and Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez (2415) for an average combined ELO score of 2568 marking the event as category XIII. The tournament was held from January 17th to the 31st, and the time control was set at 40 moves in two and half hours followed by 16 moves in one hour as a requirement for Karpov's participation. Christiansen gave the performance of his life against the strongest field he ever faced, sharing first place alongside the world champion. However, the trophy went to Karpov for his better Sonneborn-Berger score. Rentero devised that in future events the number of wins would be the deciding factor in tiebreaks. After the tournament's completion Ljubojevic remained in Linares where he planned to run the next edition of the tournament; he also married a beautiful local woman. table[
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01 Karpov * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 8/11 02 Christiansen 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8/11 03 Larsen ½ ½ * 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7/11 04 Ribli ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 6.5/11 05 Spassky ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6/11 06 Kavalek ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6/11 07 Portisch 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 5.5/11 08 Ljubojevic 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 5/11 09 Gligoric ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 1 0 1 5/11 10 Quinteros 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 4/11 11 Bellon Lopez ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 3.5/11 12 Garcia Gonzales 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 * 1.5/11]table [Sources:
1. http://www.365chess.com/tournaments...
2. http://www.endgame.nl/linares.htm]
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66 games, 1981 - Linares 1983
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The fourth edition of the international chess tournament held in Linares, Spain (known as 'Torneo Internacional Ciudad de Linares') occurred between February 11th and the 25th in 1983. Eleven grandmasters were invited to participate in the round robin event, including (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2710), Ulf Andersson (2635), Boris Spassky (2605), Jan Timman (2605), Yasser Seirawan (2600), Vlastimil Hort (2585), Anthony Miles (2585), Efim Geller (2575), Artur Yusupov (2565), Gyula Sax (2560), and Bent Larsen (2555). The average of the combined participants' ELO ranked this as a category XIV event. Ljubomir Ljubojevic had also been invited, but he declined to attend when he learned that Geller had been invited instead of Mikhail Tal. Also of note is that last edition's co-winner, Larry Christiansen, was not invited back. The playing conditions for the tournament were harsh since snowfall had dusted Andalusia before the tournament's start and the Hotel Cervantes where the players were staying had no heat. In addition, Spassky was sick with an end of winter flu which he quickly spread to all the other grandmasters. Despite his illness (or perhaps because of it) the former world champion edged out the then current world champion by half a point for clear first. Spassky's grand prize was $6000 (the total prize purse was $28,000 or 3,640,000 pesetas, not counting appearance fees), which ended up having to offset the loss of his Soviet stipend due to Karpov's displeasure. Spassky would become an official citizen of France the following year after having taken up residence there with his wife five years ago. table[
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
01 Spassky * = = = = = = = 1 1 1 6.5/10
02 Andersson = * = = = = = = = 1 1 6/10
03 Karpov = = * = 1 = = = = = 1 6/10
04 Yusupov = = = * = = = = 1 1 0 5.5/10
05 Sax = = 0 = * = = 1 0 1 1 5.5/10
06 Miles = = = = = * = 0 = 1 1 5.5/10
07 Hort = = = = = = * = 0 = 1 5/10
08 Geller = = = = 0 1 = * 0 = 1 5/10
09 Timman 0 = = 0 1 = 1 1 * = 0 5/10
10 Seirawan 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = = * 1 3/10
11 Larsen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 2/10]table [Sources:
1. http://www.365chess.com/tournaments...
2. http://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/24/n...
3. http://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/27...
4. http://www.endgame.nl/linares.htm]
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55 games, 1983 - Linares 1985
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The 5th Linares International Grandmaster Tournament was held at Linares, Spain from March 8th to the 22nd in 1985. Eleven grandmasters and one IM were invited to compete in the round robin event, including (in order of ELO): Jan Timman (2650), Rafael Vaganian (2640), Lajos Portisch (2635), Viktor Korchnoi (2630), Lev Polugaevsky (2625), Robert Hübner (2605), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2595), Boris Spassky (2580), Anthony Miles (2570), Andras Adorjan (2565), Larry Christiansen (2560), and local Spanish favorite Manuel Rivas-Pastor (2480). Karpov turned down his invitation due to the exhaustive world championship match with Kasparov, so the Soviets attempted to send another player, but he was rejected by the tournament organizers. Instead, Adorjan was asked to take Karpov's seat. As Timman later wrote, Hübner, who had heard of the previous tournament's conditions, elected to stay at the Ubeda hotel instead of the tournament hotel. Although he taxied in to play each day, he was always warm and well rested while the other grandmasters wore extra layers of clothing and slept poorly. The bulletins for this tournament were written by previous tournament winner Jaan Eslon who chided the players for taking short draws. His expressed views of grandmasters "playing for their money" inspired the tournament organizer, Luis Rentero, to take a more active and punitive role in future editions of Linares. Despite Hübner's wise choice of shelter during the tournament, he ended up only tying with Ljubojevic at the final, with the trophy going to the Yugoslavian grandmaster since he achieved the higher Sonnenborn-Berger score. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Ljubojevic 7/11 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 2 Hübner 7/11 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½
3 Portisch 6½/11 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 Korchnoi 6½/11 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1
5 Spassky 6/11 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 Timman 5½/11 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 0 0 1 ½
7 Polugaevsky 5½/11 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 8 Miles 5½/11 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1
9 Rivas-Pastor 5/11 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 10 Christiansen 4/11 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 11 Vaganian 4/11 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½
12 Adorjan 3½/11 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ *
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66 games, 1985
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Kibitzing
