Qualifying tournament for the PCA World Championship 1995

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The qualifying tournament for the PCA World Championship 1995 was held in Groningen in December 1993 . Between 1993 and 2005 the official world chess federation FIDE and the competing Professional Chess Association (PCA) held their own title fights. With the tournament in Groningen, seven participants were determined for the candidate competitions for the 1995 PCA World Chess Championship . 54 players competed in a tournament based on the Swiss system over 11 rounds.

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.

Attendees 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Points
01 EnglandEngland Michael Adams = 33 +39 +45 = 23 −05 +07 = 04 +11 = 02 +06 = 03 7½
02 IndiaIndia Viswanathan Anand +52 = 05 = 07 +30 +22 +20 = 08 = 06 = 01 = 03 = 04 7½
03 United StatesUnited States Gata Kamsky = 13 = 30 = 33 +19 +17 = 04 = 05 = 16 +23 = 02 = 01 7th
04 Russia 1991Russia Vladimir Kramnik +40 = 20 −22 +35 +25 = 03 = 01 = 08 +25 = 09 = 02 7th
05 Russia 1991Russia Sergey Tiviakov +41 = 02 = 34 +29 +01 = 22 = 03 = 20 −06 +25 = 08 7th
06 United StatesUnited States Boris Gulko = 29 = 37 +49 = 20 +10 = 08 +22 = 02 +05 −01 = 11 7th
07 UkraineUkraine Oleh Romanyschyn +53 = 24 = 02 = 25 = 09 −01 +28 = 10 = 26 +22 +20 7th
08 LatviaLatvia Alexei Shirov +11 +36 = 23 −22 +32 = 06 = 02 = 04 = 12 = 16 = 05 6½
09 Russia 1991Russia Sergei Dolmatov = 18 = 33 = 13 +12 = 07 = 23 = 27 = 21 +42 = 04 = 16 6½
10 GermanyGermany Eric Lobron = 19 = 38 = 11 +36 −06 +17 = 44 = 07 = 15 = 14 +25 6½
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Sokolov −08 = 28 = 10 +41 +37 = 24 = 31 −01 +44 +26 = 06 6½
12 NetherlandsNetherlands Jeroen Piket +25 −22 = 35 −09 +47 +15 = 24 +34 = 08 = 20 = 18 6½
13 GermanyGermany Robert Huebner = 03 = 34 = 09 = 38 = 15 = 25 = 32 +29 = 14 = 24 +22 6½
14th PeruPeru Julio Granda Zúñiga = 21 −45 = 39 +18 = 30 = 44 +36 = 27 = 13 = 10 +23 6½
15th ArmeniaArmenia Rafael Vaganian = 54 = 26 = 21 = 44 = 13 −12 +17 +30 = 10 = 23 +42 6½
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992Bosnia and Herzegovina Predrag Nikolić +48 −23 +51 = 24 +34 = 31 = 20 = 03 = 22 = 08 = 09 6½
17th HungaryHungary Judit Polgar = 37 = 29 +41 = 32 −03 −10 −15 +51 +46 +31 +27 6½
18th EstoniaEstonia Lembit Oll = 09 = 35 −25 −14 = 53 = 45 +52 +36 +38 +21 = 12 6½
19th EstoniaEstonia Jaan Ehlvest = 10 = 51 = 37 −03 +48 −29 +35 −26 +41 +32 +24 6½
20th United StatesUnited States Joel Benjamin +50 = 04 +31 = 06 +23 −02 = 16 = 05 = 21 = 12 −07 6th
21st BulgariaBulgaria Wesselin Topalow = 14 = 49 = 15 = 40 = 29 = 27 +46 = 09 = 20 −18 +33 6th
22nd UkraineUkraine Alexander Beliavsky +42 +12 +04 +08 −02 = 05 −06 = 23 = 16 −07 −13 5½
23 Russia 1991Russia Yevgeny Bareev +46 +16 = 08 = 01 −20 = 09 +29 = 22 −03 = 15 −14 5½
24 United StatesUnited States Gregory Kaidanov +43 = 07 = 30 = 16 = 17 = 11 = 12 +31 −04 = 13 −19 5½
25th EnglandEngland Julian Hodgson −12 +54 +18 = 07 −04 = 13 = 30 +39 +27 −05 −10 5½
26th IsraelIsrael Boris Alterman = 35 = 15 −32 +47 = 40 −28 +37 +19 = 07 −11 = 31 5½
27 Russia 1991Russia Alexei Wyschmanawin = 31 = 44 = 36 +45 = 24 = 21 = 09 = 14 −25 +34 −17 5½
28 Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Ljubomir Ljubojević −36 = 11 = 46 +43 −31 +26 −07 −38 = 49 +48 +44 5½
29 IsraelIsrael Leonid Judassin = 06 = 17 +38 −05 = 21 +19 −23 −13 = 39 = 36 = 43 5
30th UzbekistanUzbekistan Grigory Serper +32 = 03 = 24 −02 = 14 = 40 = 25 −15 −35 +45 = 34 5
31 IsraelIsrael Ilia Smirin = 27 +47 −20 = 37 +28 = 16 = 11 −24 = 32 −17 = 26 5
32 HungaryHungary Alexander Csernyin −30 +42 +26 = 17 −08 = 39 = 13 = 44 = 31 −19 = 38 5
33 UkraineUkraine Volodymyr Tukmakov = 01 = 09 = 03 −34 = 38 = 35 = 39 = 41 = 40 +46 −21 5
34 UkraineUkraine Volodymyr Malanyuk = 39 = 13 = 05 +33 −16 = 46 = 42 −12 +48 −27 = 30 5
35 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Viktor Korchnoi = 26 = 18 = 12 −04 = 54 = 33 −19 = 43 +30 = 39 = 37 5
36 Georgia 1990Georgia Zurab Asmaiparashvili +28 −08 = 27 −10 +51 = 42 −14 −18 +50 = 29 = 40 5
37 DenmarkDenmark Curt Hansen = 17 = 06 = 19 = 31 −11 = 38 −26 = 49 = 47 +52 = 35 5
38 SpainSpain Miguel Illescas Cordoba = 51 = 10 −29 = 13 = 33 = 37 = 41 +28 −18 = 40 = 32 5
39 ArmeniaArmenia Vladimir Hakobyan = 34 −01 = 14 +52 = 44 = 32 = 40 −25 = 29 = 35 = 41 5
40 HungaryHungary Zoltan Ribli −04 +50 = 44 = 21 = 26 = 30 = 39 −42 = 33 = 38 = 36 5
41 LithuaniaLithuania Eduardas Rozentalis −05 +52 −17 −11 = 43 +54 = 38 = 33 −19 +53 = 39 5
42 United StatesUnited States Alex Yermolinsky −22 −32 +50 = 48 +45 = 36 = 34 +40 −09 = 44 −15 5
43 Russia 1991Russia Lev Polugayevsky −24 = 53 = 48 −28 = 41 = 50 = 51 = 35 = 45 +49 = 29 5
44 Russia 1991Russia Alexander Chalifman = 47 = 27 = 40 = 15 = 39 = 14 = 10 = 32 −11 = 42 −28 4½
45 BulgariaBulgaria Kiril Georgiev = 49 +14 −01 −27 −42 = 18 = 53 = 48 = 43 −30 +54 4½
46 BelgiumBelgium Mikhail Gurevich −23 = 48 = 28 = 51 +49 = 34 −21 +50 −17 −33 = 47 4½
47 GermanyGermany Christopher Lutz = 44 −31 = 54 −26 −12 +53 −48 +52 = 37 = 50 = 46 4½
48 NetherlandsNetherlands Loek van Wely −16 = 46 = 43 = 42 −19 = 49 +47 = 45 −34 −28 = 53 4th
49 IcelandIceland Jóhann Hjartarson = 45 = 21 −06 = 54 −46 = 48 = 33 = 37 = 28 −43 = 52 4th
50 United StatesUnited States Patrick Wolff −20 −40 −42 +53 = 52 = 43 +54 −46 −36 = 47 = 51 4th
51 Russia 1991Russia Wadim Ruban = 38 = 19 −16 = 46 −36 = 52 = 43 −17 −53 = 54 = 50 3½
52 NorwayNorway Simen Agdestein −02 −41 +53 −39 = 50 = 51 −18 −47 +54 −37 = 49 3½
53 NetherlandsNetherlands Friso Nijboer −07 = 43 −52 −50 = 18 −47 = 45 = 54 +51 −41 = 48 3½
54 HungaryHungary Zsuzsa Polgár = 15 −25 = 47 = 49 = 35 −41 −50 = 53 −52 = 51 −45 3

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