The 8th Annual Dos Hermanas Chess Tournament held from May 20th to June 2nd, 1996 was a category XIX event. Ten of the world’s best players, including the World Champion, competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2775), Vladimir Kramnik (2775), Vassily Ivanchuk (2735), Gata Kamsky (2735), Vishwanathan Anand (2725), Veselin Topalov (2700), Boris Gelfand (2700), Alexei Shirov (2690), Judit Polgar (2675), and local Spanish favorite Miguel Illescas-Cordoba (2635). Kramnik and Topalov took first as co-champions, each with 6/9, edging out Kasparov and Anand by half a point. The final standings and crosstable are as follows:
01 Kramnik 6.0/9 * = 1 1 = = = 1 = =
02 Topalov 6.0/9 = * = = = 1 1 = = 1
03 Anand 5.5/9 0 = * = 1 0 1 1 1 =
04 Kasparov 5.5/9 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 1
05 Illescas-Cordoba 4.5/9 = = 0 = * = = = 1 =
06 Kamsky 4.0/9 = 0 1 = = * 0 = = =
07 Gelfand 4.0/9 = 0 0 0 = 1 * 1 0 1
08 Ivanchuk 3.5/9 0 = 0 = = = 0 * 1 =
09 Shirov 3.0/9 = = 0 0 0 = 1 0 * =
10 Polgar 3.0/9 = 0 = 0 = = 0 = = *
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event “Dos Hermanas”]
[Site “Dos Hermanas”]
[Date “1996.05.27”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Kasparov, Garry”]
[Black “Kramnik, Vladimir”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2775”]
[BlackElo “2775”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D47”]
[Opening “Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Wade Variation”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 { D47 Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Wade Variation } 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. b4 cxb3 15. axb3 b4 16. Na4 Ncxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. dxe6 Bd6 19. exf7+ Qxf7 20. f3 Qh5 21. g3 O-O?! { (-0.08 → 0.96) Inaccuracy. Nxg3 was best. } (21… Nxg3 22. hxg3 O-O 23. Ra2 Rad8 24. Rh2 Qg6 25. Qe2 Bxg3 26. Qe6+ Qxe6 27. Nxe6 Rxf3 28. Rxf3) 22. fxe4 Qh3?! { (1.30 → 2.17) Inaccuracy. Rxf1+ was best. } (22… Rxf1+) 23. Nf3?? { (2.17 → -0.40) Blunder. Qe2 was best. } (23. Qe2 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Be5 26. Bb2 Bxe4 27. Re1 Bd3+ 28. Kg2 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 Rd8) 23… Bxg3 24. Nc5 Rxf3 25. Rxf3?? { (-0.75 → -2.55) Blunder. Ra2 was best. } (25. Ra2 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Rc8 28. Be3 Bf4 29. Bxf4 Rxc5 30. Bd6 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Rb1) 25… Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Bc6 27. Bg5?? { (-2.32 → -7.30) Blunder. Ra5 was best. } (27. Ra5) 27… Bb5+ 28. Nd3 Re8 29. Ra2?? { (-6.80 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bf4 was best. } (29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. Qe2 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qxa1 32. Rxf4 Qd4+ 33. Qe3 Qxd3 34. Qxd3 Bxd3 35. Ke3 Bc2) 29… Qh1+?? { (Mate in 4 → -4.50) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Bxd3+ was best. } (29… Bxd3+ 30. Rxd3 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Qg2+ 32. Ke3 Rxe4#) 30. Ke2 Rxe4+ 31. Kd2 Qg2+ 32. Kc1 Qxa2 33. Rxg3 Qa1+ 34. Kc2 Qc3+ 35. Kb1 Rd4 { White resigns. } 0-1
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