Montpellier Candidates Tournament 1985
The Candidates Tournament Montpellier 1985 was a candidate tournament of the world chess association FIDE , which took place in October / November 1985 in Montpellier .
Between 1950 and 1962 there had already been five candidate tournaments, the winners of which were given the right to challenge the world chess champion to a title fight. After the protests of the American world-class player Bobby Fischer , who feared discrimination and collusion with the Soviet participants, these round-robin tournaments were abolished in favor of candidate competitions in knockout mode . In 1985, FIDE returned to the tournament form, but modified it so that the top four winners then determined a winner in knockout mode. The winner then competed against Anatoly Karpov in the so-called superfinal , the winner of which was again allowed to challenge world champion Garry Kasparov (see World Chess Championship 1987 ).
In addition to the players who qualified through a total of three interzonal tournaments in 1985, Viktor Korchnoi , Zoltán Ribli and Vasily Smyslow were eligible to participate in the 1983/84 candidate competitions. Boris Spasski was selected by the organizing French association.
The tournament had an Elo average of 2587, making it a category 14 tournament .
Because of the equality of points in places four and five, a playoff between Jan Timman and Michail Tal was necessary, which took place in December 1985 and ended in a draw. Due to his slightly better evaluation , Timman finally moved into the knockout competitions.
Closing table
space | Surname | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | Points |
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1. | Artur Yusupov | 2600 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 9 | |
2. | Rafael Vaganian | 2625 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
3. | Andreï Sokolov | 2555 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 9 | |
4th | Jan Timman | 2640 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 8½ | |
5. | Mikhail Tal | 2565 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 8½ | |
6th | Boris Spassky | 2590 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 8th | |
7th | Alexander Beliavsky | 2640 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8th | |
8th. | Vasily Smyslow | 2595 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 7½ | |
9. | Alexander Csernyin | 2560 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 7½ | |
10. | Yasser Seirawan | 2570 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 7th | |
11. | Nigel Short | 2575 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 7th | |
12. | Lajos Portisch | 2625 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 7th | |
13. | Viktor Korchnoi | 2630 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6½ | |
14th | Zoltan Ribli | 2605 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6½ | |
15th | Jesús Nogueiras | 2545 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6th | |
16. | Kevin Spraggett | 2550 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 5 |
Timman - Tal
Surname | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | Points |
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Jan Timman | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 3 |
Mikhail Tal | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3 |