Chess World Cup 1988/89

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The World Cup in 1988 and 1989 was a series of chess tournaments organized by the Grandmaster Association ( GMA ). The six tournaments took place in Brussels , Belfort and Reykjavík in 1988 and in Barcelona , Rotterdam and Skellefteå in 1989 . A Grand Prix rating was determined from the tournament results . Overall winner was Garri Kasparow ahead of Anatoli Karpow .

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25 players took part in the Grand Prix cycle: Ulf Andersson , Alexander Beliavsky , Jaan Ehlvest , Jóhann Hjartarson , Robert Hübner , Artur Jussupow , Anatoli Karpow, Garri Kasparow, Viktor Kortschnoi , Ljubomir Ljubojević , Predrag Nikolić , Jesús Nogueiras , John Nogueiras , Lajos Portisch , Zoltán Ribli , Waleri Salow , Gyula Sax , Yasser Seirawan , Nigel Short , Andreï Sokolov , Boris Spasski , Jonathan Speelman , Michail Tal , Jan Timman and Rafael Vaganian . Each of these players could compete in four of the six tournaments.

One of the main sponsors was the telecommunications company SWIFT . In some of the tournaments an additional master player took part as the host's representative. The points against these players did not count towards the Grand Prix score.

Tournaments

Brussels

Surname Elo 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th
1. Anatoly Karpov 2715 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 11
2. Valery Salov 2595 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 10
3. Alexander Beliavsky 2630 1 0 * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 9
4th Ljubomir Ljubojević 2610 0 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 9½
5. John Nunn 2650 ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9½
6th Lajos Portisch 2600 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 9
7th Ulf Andersson 2605 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9
8th. Jonathan Speelman 2610 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 8½
9. Andreï Sokolov 2600 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 8th
10. Mikhail Tal 2625 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7½
11. Predrag Nikolić 2580 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 7½
12. Yasser Seirawan 2640 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½
13. Jan Timman 2640 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 1 7½
14th Jesús Nogueiras 2615 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ 0 7th
15th Viktor Korchnoi 2610 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 * 0 1 6½
16. Gyula Sax 2525 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 6th
17th Luc Winants 2575 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 2½

The first World Cup tournament was held in April 1988. Former world champion Mikhail Botvinnik was invited as a guest , who attended the opening and closing ceremonies. The draw was made using an aviary with 18 racing pigeons and 18 horseshoes. Each pigeon carried a slip of paper with the name of a participant. With the help of the pigeons, the participants were called one after the other, and then selected one of the remaining horseshoes, in which the start number was. In the supporting program of the tournament was on the Grand-Place , a live chess set in which the world champion Garry Kasparov and Timman after 20 trains draw parted.

The representative of the local organizer was Luc Winants. Rafael Waganjan had to resign after four rounds after learning of the death of his younger brother and therefore traveled to his hometown Yerevan. Waganjan's results so far, four draw games against Tal, Portisch, Beliavsky and Timman were not counted. To compensate, the participants in the tournament, with the exception of winants, received an additional half point for the Grand Prix ranking.

The games Korchnoi - Timman 1: 0, Grünfeld-Indisch and Sokolov - Portisch 1: 0, closed defense of the Spanish game were chosen by a jury of experts to be the third and ninth best of the Chessinformator 45.

Belfort

Surname Elo 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16
1. Garry Kasparov 2750 * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 11½
2. Anatoly Karpov 2715 1 * 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 10½
3. Jaan Ehlvest 2585 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 9
4th Robert Huebner 2595 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 8th
5. Zoltan Ribli 2620 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 8th
6th Andreï Sokolov 2595 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 8th
7th Boris Spassky 2565 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8th
8th. Nigel Short 2630 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 7½
9. Jonathan Speelman 2625 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7th
10. Ulf Andersson 2605 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 6½
11. Alexander Beliavsky 2645 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 1 6½
12. Ljubomir Ljubojević 2610 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½
13. Jesús Nogueiras 2560 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ 6½
14th Jóhann Hjartarson 2595 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 * 0 ½ 5½
15th Jan Timman 2675 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 * ½ 5½
16. Artur Yusupov 2620 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 5½

The tournament should initially take place in Bilbao . Since the city did not want to provide the required funds, the event was moved to Belfort. It took place from June 12, 1988 to July 4, 1988. The first prize was 20,000 dollars . Two rounds before the end of the tournament, Kasparov was two points ahead of Karpov and was the winner of the tournament. In this situation Karpow was able to win in the 13th round with White against Kasparow in a variant of the Grünfeld-Indian defense , both of which had previously played several times at the World Chess Championship in Seville in 1987 and at the Euwe memorial tournament in Amsterdam in 1988. This game was voted the best of Chess Informator 45. The magazine also recorded Kasparov's winning games with Black against Beliavsky in the Grünfeld-Indian Defense, with White against Sokolov in the Flohr-Mikenas system of the English opening and with White against Andersson in the exchange variant of the Queen's Gambit as fourth, fifth or seventh best out. The victory of Nogueiras with Black against Hjartarson in the Winawer variant of the French Defense was chosen as the eighth best game.

Reykjavík

Surname Elo 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th
1. Garry Kasparov 2760 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 11
2. Alexander Beliavsky 2665 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 10½
3. Mikhail Tal 2610 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 10
4th Jóhann Hjartarson 2610 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 9½
5. Jaan Ehlvest 2580 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 9½
6th Artur Yusupov 2620 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 9
7th Guyla Sax 2600 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 9
8th. Jan Timman 2660 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9
9. John Nunn 2620 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 8½
10. Jonathan Speelman 2645 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 8½
11. Ulf Andersson 2625 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8½
12. Andreï Sokolov 2600 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8th
13. Predrag Nikolić 2585 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 8th
14th Zoltan Ribli 2630 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 7½
15th Lajos Portisch 2630 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 0 7th
16. Boris Spassky 2560 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 7th
17th Viktor Korchnoi 2595 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ * 1 6½
18th Margeir Pétursson 2530 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 * 6th

The tournament took place in Reykjavík's Municipal Theater. Kasparov lost to Sokolov in the seventh round with Black. Beliavsky missed winning the tournament by losing to Spasski in the final round. Grandmaster Margeir Pétursson was the representative of the host country Iceland. Hjartarson's game against Kasparov attracted around 700 spectators. Tals victory with White against Speelman in the Pirc defense was chosen as the sixth best game of Schachinformator 46 .

Barcelona

Surname Elo 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th
1. Garry Kasparov 2775 * ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 11
2. Ljubomir Ljubojević 2580 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 11
3. Valery Salov 2630 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 10
4th Viktor Korchnoi 2610 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 9½
5. Nigel Short 2650 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 9
6th Robert Huebner 2600 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 9
7th Predrag Nikolić 2605 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8th
8th. Artur Yusupov 2610 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½
9. Rafael Waganjan 2600 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 7½
10. Zoltan Ribli 2625 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7½
11. Boris Spassky 2580 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½
12. Alexander Beliavsky 2640 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * 1 1 1 ½ 0 7½
13. Jonathan Speelman 2640 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 7th
14th Jóhann Hjartarson 2615 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ 0 6½
15th Yasser Seirawan 2610 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 6½
16. Miguel Illescas Cordoba 2525 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 5½
17th Jesús Nogueiras 2575 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ * 5½

The tournament took place from March 29 to April 22, 1989.

Kasparov had lost in the third round with Black against Yusupov in the King's Indian Defense , and Ljubojević led to the final round. Then Kasparov was able to catch up with Ljubojević by beating Spassky with White in the exchange variant of the Queen's Gambit . The representative of the host country Spain was Miguel Illescas Córdoba. From the tournament, Kasparov's white victories against Salow in the English opening , against Speelman in the modern defense and against Short in the English opening were chosen as the best, third-best and tenth-best game of Schachinformator 47.

Rotterdam

Surname Elo 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16
1. Jan Timman 2610 * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 10½
2. Anatoly Karpov 2750 1 * ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9½
3. Rafael Waganjan 2600 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 9
4th John Nunn 2620 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8½
5. John van der Wiel 2560 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 8th
6th Valery Salov 2630 0 1 ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 8th
7th Jaan Ehlvest 2600 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 8th
8th. Andreï Sokolov 2605 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8th
9. Nigel Short 2650 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 * 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 7½
10. Yasser Seirawan 2610 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 7th
11. Guyla Sax 2610 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½
12. Jesús Nogueiras 2575 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 6½
13. Artur Yusupov 2610 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 6½
14th Ljubomir Ljubojević 2580 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 6th
15th Lajos Portisch 2610 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 6th
16. Jóhann Hjartarson 2615 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 4½

Anatoli Karpov led the tournament with 9½ points from 12 games ahead of Timman with 8½ points from 13 games. In the end, however, Karpov lost three times in a row, while Timman won twice and was the tournament winner. The representative of the host country Netherlands was John van der Wiel, who came in a surprisingly good 5th place.

Skellefteå

Surname Elo 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16
1. Anatoly Karpov 2755 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 9½
2. Garry Kasparov 2775 ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 9½
3. Lajos Portisch 2600 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 8½
4th Yasser Seirawan 2585 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 8½
5. Nigel Short 2660 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8½
6th Valery Salov 2645 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 8th
7th Guyla Sax 2580 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 8th
8th. Ulf Andersson 2635 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7½
9. John Nunn 2575 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7½
10. Robert Huebner 2600 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 7th
11. Zoltan Ribli 2605 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7th
12. Mikhail Tal 2585 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 7th
13. Jaan Ehlvest 2620 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 6½
14th Viktor Korchnoi 2655 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 6th
15th Predrag Nikolić 2600 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 6th
16. Rafael Waganjan 2585 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 5

The tournament took place from August 11, 1989 to September 3, 1989. The victory of Nunn with Black against Portisch in the King's Indian Defense and the victory of Kasparow against Waganjan with White in the English symmetry variant were chosen as the second and tenth best of the Chessinformator 48 respectively.

Grand Prix

Surname Points
1. Garry Kasparov 83
2. Anatoly Karpov 81
3. Valery Salov 68½
4th Jaan Ehlvest 68
5. Ljubomir Ljubojević 66½
6th John Nunn 65½
7th Alexander Beliavsky 63½
8th. Nigel Short 63½
9. Jan Timman 57½
10. Robert Huebner 57½
11. Andreï Sokolov 57
12. Lajos Portisch 56
13. Mikhail Tal 55½
14th Guyla Sax 54
15th Ulf Andersson 53½
16. Yassir Seirawan 52½
17th Zoltan Ribli 52
18th Jonathan Speelman 51
19th Rafael Waganian 49½
20th Artur Yusupov 47½
21st Boris Spassky 45½
22nd Predrag Nikolić 43
23. Viktor Korchnoi 42
24. Jóhann Hjartarson 40
25th Jesús Nogueiras 37

A player's score is based on the three best tournament results as well as additional World Cup points for tournament placements. The first prize in the Grand Prix was $ 100,000.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Deutsche Schachzeitung 6, 1988, p. 186.
  2. ↑ Deutsche Schachzeitung 8, 1988, p. 263.
  3. ↑ Deutsche Schachzeitung 12, 1988, p. 386.
  4. ↑ Schach-Report 10/1989, pp. 3-4.