Interzonal tournament Biel 1993

The interzonal Biel in 1993 was established in July 1993 in Biel played. It was organized by the World Chess Federation FIDE and was intended to identify ten participants in the candidate competitions for the 1996 FIDE World Championship . The interzonal tournament was played over 13 rounds in the Swiss system. 73 players took part. The also registered player Esam Aly Ahmed from Egypt did not appear. Due to the odd number of participants, one player was free of play in each round.

Closing table

In the table below, the characters +, = and - mean a win, a draw or a loss for the player. The number after that indicates the opponent's place number. A plus sign without a following number indicates that the player is not playing.

	Attendees	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	Points
01	Boris Gelfand	= 35	+49	+06	+39	= 03	+43	= 02	+10	+17	= 05	= 13	= 09	= 07	9
02	Paul van der Sterren	= 51	= 41	+71	+31	+26	= 13	= 01	= 06	= 04	= 07	+17	= 08	= 03	8½
03	Gata Kamsky	+12	= 25	+47	= 28	= 01	= 16	+32	= 04	+06	= 17	= 05	= 07	= 02	8½
04	Alexander Chalifman	+58	= 43	+45	+08	−10	= 06	+24	= 03	= 02	= 16	+26	= 05	= 09	8½
05	Michael Adams	−44	+60	−22	+68	+62	+65	+28	+09	= 07	= 01	= 03	= 04	= 06	8½
06	Leonid Judassin	+67	= 44	= 01	= 36	+48	= 04	+23	= 02	−03	= 11	+29	+13	= 05	8½
07	Valery Salov	= 49	+71	= 31	+55	+42	+24	= 10	−17	= 05	= 02	+21	= 03	= 01	8½
08	Joël Lautier	+26	+62	= 17	−04	= 22	= 21	+33	= 16	= 09	= 15	+27	= 02	+24	8½
09	Vladimir Kramnik	−45	+19	= 35	+38	+55	+37	= 17	−05	= 08	+31	+16	= 01	= 04	8½
10	Viswanathan Anand	= 16	= 22	+44	+25	+04	= 17	= 07	−01	= 21	= 27	= 18	+28	= 11	8th
11	Vladimir Yepishin	= 18	= 35	= 38	= 45	= 41	= 36	+42	+39	= 13	= 06	= 24	+15	= 10	8th
12	Smbat Lputjan	−03	+70	−39	+71	= 31	= 56	−14	+55	= 20	+52	= 51	+40	+32	8th
13	Alexei Shirov	= 65	+53	= 32	= 22	+47	= 02	= 16	= 29	= 11	+23	= 01	−06	+21	8th
14th	Vasyl Ivanchuk	= 22	= 16	= 21	= 65	= 25	= 47	+12	= 37	= 23	= 29	+33	= 24	+27	8th
15th	Ivan Sokolov	+66	= 23	+57	−17	= 21	= 22	= 37	= 27	+36	= 08	+35	−11	+30	8th
16	Lajos Portisch	= 10	= 14	= 40	+44	+56	= 03	= 13	= 08	+29	= 04	−09	= 18	= 20	7½
17th	Yevgeny Bareev	+38	+39	= 08	+15	= 24	= 10	= 09	+07	−01	= 03	−02	= 21	= 18	7½
18th	Yevgeny Svezhnikov	= 11	= 29	+20	−37	= 50	−33	+70	+43	= 28	+45	= 10	= 16	= 17	7½
19th	Boško Abramović	= 47	−09	+53	+33	= 29	−26	= 56	+59	−31	+46	= 37	+45	= 22	7½
20th	Judit Polgár	= 34	= 46	−18	= 27	+58	= 41	−35	+57	= 12	+43	= 31	+26	= 16	7½
21st	Alexei Drejew	+40	−24	= 14	+52	= 15	= 08	+43	= 31	= 10	+22	−07	= 17	−13	7th
22nd	Patrick Wolff	= 14	= 10	+05	= 13	= 08	= 15	= 31	= 40	+52	−21	−28	+56	= 19	7th
23	Yasser Seirawan	+63	= 15	= 51	= 56	+36	= 28	−06	+24	= 14	−13	= 40	= 31	= 33	7th
24	Mikhail Gurevich	+69	+21	= 28	+43	= 17	−07	−04	−23	+44	+39	= 11	= 14	−08	7th
25th	Lembit Oll	+70	= 03	= 56	−10	= 14	−40	= 46	= 34	= 38	+65	−30	+63	+51	7th
26th	Dibyendu Barua	−08	+63	+41	+51	−02	+19	−29	+32	= 35	+40	−04	−20	= 28	7th
27	Jeroen Piket	−71	+59	−42	= 20	+61	+52	= 40	= 15	+56	= 10	−08	+38	−14	7th
28	Viktor Korchnoi	+30	+42	= 24	= 03	= 37	= 23	−05	−35	= 18	+41	+22	−10	= 26	7th
29	Boris Gulko	= 46	= 18	= 58	+35	= 19	= 42	+26	= 13	−16	= 14	−06	+43	= 31	7th
30th	Xu Jun	−28	= 68	+72	= 50	−39	−51	+62	+65	= 32	= 36	+25	+37	−15	7th
31	Robert Huebner	+60	= 57	= 07	−02	= 12	+55	= 22	= 21	+19	−09	= 20	= 23	= 29	7th
32	Jóhann Hjartarson	+59	= 55	= 13	−42	+45	+39	−03	−26	= 30	= 51	+49	+35	−12	7th
33	Julio Granda Zúñiga	−55	= 61	+49	−19	+34	+18	−08	+51	= 45	= 35	−14	+47	= 23	7th
34	Ye Jiangchuan	= 20	−48	= 48	= 46	−33	+69	= 57	= 25	= 47	= 42	+65	= 36	+45	7th
35	Eric Lobron	= 01	= 11	= 09	−29	+46	= 48	+20	+28	= 26	= 33	−15	−32	= 38	6½
36	Vasily Smyslow	= 48	= 37	+62	= 06	−23	= 11	= 38	+41	−15	= 30	= 52	= 34	= 40	6½
37	Jonathan Speelman	= 54	= 36	+46	+18	= 28	−09	= 15	= 14	−40	+56	= 19	−30	= 41	6½
38	Ilya Gurevich	−17	+67	= 11	−09	+69	= 50	= 36	−56	= 25	+44	+39	−27	= 35	6½
39	Zdenko Kožul	+64	−17	+12	−01	+30	−32	+65	−11	+42	−24	−38	= 48	+61	6½
40	Kiril Georgiev	−21	+66	= 16	+57	−43	+25	= 27	= 22	+37	−26	= 23	−12	= 36	6½
41	Curt Hansen	= 07	= 02	−26	+73	= 11	= 20	= 48	−36	+66	−28	+61	= 51	= 37	6½
42	Yevgeny Pigusov	+	−28	+27	+32	−07	= 29	−11	= 48	−39	= 34	= 46	= 52	= 49	6th
43	Ian Rogers	+68	= 04	+48	−24	+40	−01	−21	−18	+59	−20	+66	−29	= 50	6th
44	Ľubomír Ftáčnik	+05	= 06	−10	−16	= 57	+62	+50	−52	−42	−38	= 67	= 58	+68	6th
45	Loek van Wely	+09	= 50	−04	= 11	−32	= 70	+60	+47	= 33	−18	+48	−19	−34	6th
46	Wassil Spassow	= 29	= 20	−37	= 34	−35	+73	= 25	+50	= 48	−19	= 42	= 62	= 47	6th
47	Vladimir Hakobyan	= 19	+54	−03	+61	−13	= 14	= 51	−45	= 34	= 50	+55	−33	= 46	6th
48	Jaan Ehlvest	= 36	+34	−43	+58	−06	= 35	= 41	= 42	= 46	= 49	−45	= 39	= 52	6th
49	Jesús Nogueiras	= 07	−01	−33	= 60	= 70	+66	= 55	= 58	+53	= 48	−32	= 50	= 42	6th
50	Simen Agdestein	+61	= 45	−55	= 30	= 18	= 38	−44	−46	+63	= 47	= 56	= 49	= 43	6th
51	Predrag Nikolić	= 02	+72	= 23	−26	−65	+30	= 47	−33	+58	= 32	= 12	= 41	−25	6th
52	Ilia Smirin	−57	= 69	+73	−21	+63	−27	+53	+44	−22	−12	= 36	= 42	= 48	6th
53	Artur Frolow	= 56	−13	−19	−69	+72	+71	−52	+64	−49	= 59	−63	+	+66	6th
54	Darcy Lima	= 37	−47	−65	= 67	−73	= 68	+69	= 71	= 57	−66	+	+59	= 63	6th
55	Walter Arencibia	+33	= 32	+50	−07	−09	−31	= 49	−12	+71	= 62	−47	= 68	= 56	5½
56	Miguel Illescas Cordoba	= 53	+65	= 25	= 23	−16	= 12	= 19	+38	−27	−37	= 50	−22	= 55	5½
57	Vidmantas Mališauskas	+52	= 31	−15	−40	= 44	= 59	= 34	−20	= 54	= 58	= 68	= 66	= 62	5½
58	Ferdinand Hellers	−04	+64	= 29	−48	−20	= 67	+72	= 49	−51	= 57	= 59	= 44	= 60	5½
59	Tigran Nalbandian	−32	−27	+64	−62	+68	= 57	+63	−19	−43	= 53	= 58	−54	+	5½
60	Lucas Brunner	−31	−05	= 66	= 49	= 71	+61	−45	= 68	−65	+	= 62	= 64	= 58	5½
61	Alex Sherzer	−50	= 33	+69	−47	−27	−60	−68	+73	+	+64	−41	+67	−39	5½
62	Semyon Dwoiris	+73	−08	−36	+59	−05	−44	−30	= 67	+70	= 55	= 60	= 46	= 57	5½
63	Wesselin Topalow	−23	−26	+67	= 70	−52	= 64	−59	+72	−50	+73	+53	−25	= 54	5½
64	Hicham Hamdouchi	−39	−58	−59	+	= 66	= 63	+73	−53	= 68	−61	+70	= 60	= 65	5½
65	Dmitry Gurevich	= 13	−56	+54	= 14	+51	−05	−39	−30	+60	−25	−34	= 69	= 64	5
66	Giorgi Bagaturov	−15	−40	= 60	= 72	= 64	−49	+67	+70	−41	+54	−43	= 57	−53	5
67	Amanmurad Kakageldiev	−06	−38	−63	= 54	+	= 58	−66	= 62	+69	= 68	= 44	−61	= 72	5
68	Werner Hug	−43	= 30	= 34	−05	−59	= 54	+61	= 60	= 64	= 67	= 57	= 55	−44	5
69	Alexandre Lesiège	−24	= 52	−61	+53	−38	−34	−54	+	−67	= 72	= 73	= 65	+71	5
70	Pablo Zarnicki	−24	−2	+	= 63	= 49	= 45	−18	−66	−62	+71	−64	= 72	= 73	4½
71	David Gluckman	+27	−07	−02	−12	= 60	−53	+	= 54	−55	−70	= 72	+73	−69	4½
72	Nikolaos Kalesis	= 41	−51	−30	= 66	−53	+	−58	−63	−73	= 69	= 71	= 70	= 67	4th
73	Konstantinos Moutousis	−62	+	−52	−41	+54	−46	−64	−61	+72	−63	= 69	−71	= 70	4th

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