FIDE World Chess Championship 1996
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Defending champion | Challenger | |||||
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 Anatoly Karpov |  Gata Kamsky | |||||
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| Born 23 May 1951 45 years old | Born 2 June 1974 22 years old | |||||
Winner of the Candidates Match against  Boris Gelfand | Winner of the Candidates Match against Valery Salov | |||||
| Rating: 2770 (World No. 3) | Rating: 2735 (World No. 5) | |||||
The FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 was a chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the World Chess Champion.
Background
[edit]At the time the World Chess Champion title was split.
In 1993, Nigel Short had qualified via FIDE's usual format to meet champion Garry Kasparov in a championship match. However, Kasparov and Short broke with FIDE and played under the auspices of a new organization which they had organized, the Professional Chess Association (PCA). Kasparov won this match to remain champion.
With its two top players withdrawn, FIDE awarded the two slots in its 1993 championship match to Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman, both of whom had been defeated in earlier qualification rounds by Short. Karpov won the match to become the FIDE World Champion.
The FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 was FIDE's first since the 1993 split. Meanwhile, the PCA held its Classical World Chess Championship 1995, in which Kasparov defeated Viswanathan Anand to retain his title.
Many of the same players competed in both organization's qualifying events. However, Kasparov and Short did not compete in the FIDE event.
1993 Interzonal tournament
[edit]FIDE held an Interzonal tournament in Biel in July 1993, run as a 73 player, 13 round Swiss system tournament.[1]
The top 10 from the Interzonal qualified for a Championship tournament. In the event of a tie break, players were ranked by the sum of their opponents' Elo ratings, excluding the lowest rating.
1993 FIDE Interzonal Tournament Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Total Tie break 1 
GM Boris Gelfand (Belarus)2670 =35 +49 =6 +39 =3 +43 =2 +10 +17 =5 =13 =9 =7 9 2 GM Paul van der Sterren (Netherlands)2525 =51 =41 +71 +31 +26 =13 =1 =6 =4 =7 +17 =8 =3 8½ 31545 3 GM Gata Kamsky (United States)2645 +12 =25 +47 =28 =1 =16 +32 =4 +6 =17 =5 =7 =2 8½ 31470 4 GM Alexander Khalifman (Russia)2645 +58 =43 +45 +8 -10 =6 +24 =3 =2 =16 +26 =5 =9 8½ 31390 5 GM Michael Adams (England)2630 -44 +60 -22 +68 +62 +65 +28 +9 =7 =1 =3 =4 =6 8½ 31345 6 GM Leonid Yudasin (Israel)2605 +67 =44 =1 =36 +48 =4 +23 =2 -3 =11 +29 +13 =5 8½ 31340 7 GM Valery Salov (Russia)2685 =49 +71 =31 +55 +42 +24 =10 -17 =5 =2 +21 =3 =1 8½ 31285 8 GM Joël Lautier (France)2620 +26 +62 =17 -4 =22 =21 +33 =16 =9 =15 +27 =2 +24 8½ 31280 9 GM Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2710 -45 +19 =35 +38 +55 +37 =17 -5 =8 +31 +16 =1 =4 8½ 31240 10 GM Viswanathan Anand (India)2725 =16 =22 +44 +25 +4 =17 =7 -1 =21 =27 =18 +28 =11 8 31435 11 GM Vladimir Epishin (Russia)2655 =18 =35 =38 =45 =41 =36 +42 +39 =13 =6 =24 +15 =10 8 31305 12 GM Smbat Lputian (Armenia)2555 -3 +70 -39 +71 =31 =56 -14 +55 =20 +52 =51 +40 +32 8 31275 13 GM Alexei Shirov (Latvia)2685 =65 +53 =32 =22 +47 =2 =16 =29 =11 +23 =1 -6 +21 8 31195 14 GM Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2705 =22 =16 =21 =65 =25 =47 +12 =37 =23 =29 +33 =24 +27 8 31125 15 GM Ivan Sokolov (Bosnia and Herzegovina)2610 +66 =23 +57 -17 =21 =22 =37 =27 +36 =8 +35 -11 +30 8 31030 16 GM Lajos Portisch (Hungary)2585 =10 =14 =40 +44 +56 =3 =13 =8 +29 =4 -9 =18 =20 7½ 31855 17 GM Evgeny Bareev (Russia)2660 +38 +39 =8 +15 =24 =10 =9 +7 -1 =3 -2 =21 =18 7½ 31580 18 GM Evgeny Sveshnikov (Latvia)2570 =11 =29 +20 -37 =50 -33 +70 +43 =28 +45 =10 =16 =17 7½ 31515 19 GM Bosko Abramovic (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)2460 =47 -9 +53 +33 =29 -26 =56 +59 -31 +46 =37 +45 =22 7½ 31140 20 GM Judit Polgár (Hungary)2630 =34 =46 -18 =27 +58 =41 -35 +57 =12 +43 =31 +26 =16 7½ 30850 21 GM Alexey Dreev (Russia)2570 +40 -24 =14 +52 =15 =8 +43 =31 =10 +22 -7 =17 -13 7 31795 22 GM Patrick Wolff (United States)2585 =14 =10 +5 =13 =8 =15 =31 =40 +52 -21 -28 +56 =19 7 31700 23 GM Yasser Seirawan (United States)2575 +63 =15 =51 =56 +36 =28 -6 +24 =14 -13 =40 =31 =33 7 31625 24 GM Mikhail Gurevich (Belgium)2605 +69 +21 =28 +43 =17 -7 -4 -23 +44 +39 =11 =14 -8 7 31465 25 GM Lembit Oll (Estonia)2595 +70 =3 =56 -10 =14 -40 =46 =34 =38 +65 -30 +63 +51 7 31415 26 GM Dibyendu Barua (India)2510 -8 +63 +41 +51 -2 +19 -29 +32 =35 +40 -4 -20 =28 7 31405 27 GM Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)2590 -71 +59 -42 =20 +61 +52 =40 =15 +56 =10 -8 +38 -14 7 31360 28 GM Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)2625 +30 +42 =24 =3 =37 =23 -5 -35 =18 +41 +22 -10 =26 7 31225 29 GM Boris Gulko (United States)2635 =46 =18 =58 +35 =19 =42 +26 =13 -16 =14 -6 +43 =31 7 31120 30 IM Xu Jun (China)2535 -28 =68 +72 =50 -39 -51 +62 +65 =32 =36 +25 +37 -15 7 30985 31 GM Robert Hübner (Germany)2605 +60 =57 =7 -2 =12 +55 =22 =21 +19 -9 =20 =23 =29 7 30980 32 GM Jóhann Hjartarson (Iceland)2605 +59 =55 =13 -42 +45 +39 -3 -26 =30 =51 +49 +35 -12 7 30970 33 GM Julio Granda (Peru)2605 -55 =61 +49 -19 +34 +18 -8 +51 =45 =35 -14 +47 =23 7 30930 34 GM Ye Jiangchuan (China)2535 =20 -48 =68 =46 -33 +69 =57 =25 =47 =42 +65 =36 +45 7 30880 35 GM Eric Lobron (Germany)2575 =1 =11 =9 -29 +46 =48 +20 +28 =26 =33 -15 -32 =38 6½ 31480 36 GM Vasily Smyslov (Russia)2520 =48 =37 +62 =6 -23 =11 =38 +41 -15 =30 =52 =34 =40 6½ 31260 37 GM Jon Speelman (England)2605 =54 =36 +46 +18 =28 -9 =15 =14 -40 +56 =19 -30 =41 6½ 31165 38 IM Ilya Gurevich (United States)2575 -17 +67 =11 -9 +69 =50 =36 -56 =25 +44 +39 -27 =35 6½ 31155 39 GM Zdenko Kožul (Bosnia and Herzegovina)2595 +64 -17 +12 -1 +30 -32 +65 -11 +42 -24 -38 =48 +61 6½ 31150 40 GM Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria)2660 -21 +66 =16 +57 -43 +25 =27 =22 +37 -26 =23 -12 =36 6½ 30835 41 GM Curt Hansen (Denmark)2590 =72 =2 -26 +73 =11 =20 =48 -36 +66 -28 +61 =51 =37 6½ 30735 42 GM Evgeny Pigusov (Russia)2585 +74* -28 +27 +32 -7 =29 -11 =48 -39 =34 =46 =52 =49 6 31305 43 GM Ian Rogers (Australia)2595 +68 =4 +48 -24 +40 -1 -21 -18 +59 -20 +66 -29 =50 6 31195 44 GM Ľubomír Ftáčnik (Slovakia)2535 +5 =6 -10 -16 =57 +62 +50 -52 -24 -38 =67 =58 +68 6 31130 45 GM Loek van Wely (Netherlands)2585 +9 =50 -4 =11 -32 =70 +60 +47 =33 -18 +48 -19 -34 6 31090 46 GM Vasil Spasov (Bulgaria)2540 =29 =20 -37 =34 -35 +73 =25 +50 =48 -19 =42 =62 =47 6 31040 47 GM Vladimir Akopian (Armenia)2600 =19 +54 -3 +61 -13 =14 =51 -45 =34 =50 +55 -33 =46 6 30995 48 GM Jaan Ehlvest (Estonia)2620 =36 +34 -43 +58 -6 =35 =41 =42 =46 =49 -45 =39 =52 6 30985 49 GM Jesús Nogueiras (Cuba)2580 =7 -1 -33 =60 =70 +66 =55 =58 +53 =48 -32 =50 =42 6 30910 50 GM Simen Agdestein (Norway)2610 +61 =45 -55 =30 =18 =38 -44 -46 +63 =47 =56 =49 =43 6 30910 51 GM Predrag Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)2625 =2 +72 =23 -26 -65 +30 =47 -33 +58 =32 =12 =41 -25 6 30840 52 GM Ilya Smirin (Israel)2640 -57 =69 +73 -21 +63 -27 +53 +44 -22 -12 =36 =42 =48 6 30800 53 IM Artur Frolov (Ukraine)2535 =56 -13 -19 -69 +72 +71 -52 +64 -49 =59 -63 bye +66 6 30320 54 IM Darcy Lima (Brazil)2475 =37 -47 -65 =67 -73 =68 +69 =71 =57 -66 bye +59 =63 6 30105 55 GM Walter Arencibia (Cuba)2485 +33 =32 +50 -7 -9 -31 =49 -12 +71 =62 -47 =68 =56 5½ 30935 56 GM Miguel Illescas (Spain)2625 =53 +65 =25 =23 -16 =12 =19 +38 -27 -37 =50 -22 =55 5½ 30880 57 GM Vidmantas Mališauskas (Lithuania)2540 +52 =31 -15 -40 =44 =59 =34 -20 =54 =58 =68 =66 =62 5½ 30820 58 GM Ferdinand Hellers (Sweden)2560 -4 +64 =29 -48 -20 =67 +72 =49 -51 =57 =59 =44 =60 5½ 30690 59 FM Tigran Nalbandian (Armenia)2485 -32 -27 +64 -62 +68 =57 +63 -19 -43 =53 =58 -54 bye 5½ 30505 60 IM Lucas Brunner (Switzerland)2475 -31 -5 =66 =49 =71 +61 -45 =68 -65 bye =62 =64 =58 5½ 30335 61 GM Alex Sherzer (United States)2500 -50 =33 +69 -47 -27 -60 -68 +73 bye +64 -41 +67 -39 5½ 30325 62 GM Semen Dvoirys (Russia)2590 +73 -8 -36 +59 -5 -44 -30 =67 +70 =55 =60 =46 =57 5½ 30285 63 GM Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2650 -23 -26 +67 =70 -52 =64 -59 +72 -50 +73 +53 -25 =54 5½ 30225 64 IM Hichem Hamdouchi (Morocco)2455 -39 -58 -59 bye =66 =63 +73 -53 =68 -61 +70 =60 =65 5½ 30200 65 GM Dmitry Gurevich (United States)2575 =13 -56 +54 =14 +51 -5 -39 -30 +60 -25 -34 =69 =64 5 30965 66 IM Giorgi Bagaturov (Georgia)2495 -15 -40 =60 =72 =64 -49 +67 +70 -41 +54 -43 =57 -53 5 30435 67 IM Amanmurad Kakagaldyev (Turkmenistan)2465 -6 -38 -63 =54 bye =58 -66 =62 +69 =68 =44 -61 =72 5 30330 68 IM Werner Hug (Switzerland)2430 -43 =30 =34 -5 -59 =54 +61 =60 =64 =67 =57 =55 -44 5 30255 69 IM Alexandre Lesiège (Canada)2485 -24 =52 -61 +53 -38 -34 -54 bye -67 =72 =73 =65 +71 5 30070 70 IM Pablo Zarnicki (Argentina)2455 -25 -12 bye =63 =49 =45 -18 -66 -62 +71 -64 =72 =73 4½ 30270 71 David Gluckman (South Africa)2330 +27 -7 -2 -12 =60 -53 bye =54 -55 -70 =72 +73 -69 4½ 30110 72 IM Nikolaos Kalesis (Greece)2410 =41 -51 -30 =66 -53 bye -58 -63 -73 =69 =71 =70 =67 4 30170 73 IM Konstantinos Moutousis (Greece)2425 -62 bye -52 -41 +54 -46 -64 -61 +72 -63 =69 -71 =70 4 30140 74 Esam Aly Ahmed (Egypt)2320 -42* 0
Esam Aly Ahmed forfeited his first-round game against Pigusov and was dropped from the tournament.
1994–96 Championship tournament
[edit]The top 10 from the Interzonal were joined by 1993 FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov, 1993 FIDE runner-up Jan Timman, and 1993 Candidates semi-finalist Artur Yusupov.[2][3] (The other 1993 semi-finalist was the excluded Nigel Short).
The first round matches were held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1994, and the second round matches and third round matches in Sanghi Nagar in July–August 1994 and February 1995, respectively. If tied after the specified number of games (which happened only in the Kamsky-Anand match), rapid chess games were played as tie breaks.[4]
The format was a departure from all previous world championships, in that the reigning champion (Karpov) was not seeded directly into a championship match. Instead, he joined the competition at the third round (Candidates final).
| First round (best of 8) | Second round (best of 8) | Third round (best of 10) | Championship match | ||||||||||||||||
| Gata Kamsky | 4½ | ||||||||||||||||||
 Paul van der Sterren | 2½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gata Kamsky | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Viswanathan Anand | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Viswanathan Anand | 4½ | ||||||||||||||||||
 Artur Yusupov | 2½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gata Kamsky | 5½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Valery Salov | 1½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan Timman | 4½ | ||||||||||||||||||
 Joël Lautier | 3½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan Timman | 3½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Valery Salov | 4½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alexander Khalifman | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Valery Salov | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gata Kamsky | 7½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anatoly Karpov | 10½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boris Gelfand | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Michael Adams | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boris Gelfand | 4½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Kramnik | 3½ | ||||||||||||||||||
 Leonid Yudasin | 2½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Kramnik | 4½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boris Gelfand | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anatoly Karpov | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
1996 Championship match
[edit]The final was held in Elista, Russia in June–July 1996 and played as best of 20 games.
FIDE World Chess Championship Match 1996 Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total Anatoly Karpov (Russia)2770 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 10½ Gata Kamsky (United States)2735 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 7½
Karpov won and retained his title.
References
[edit]- ^ 1993 FIDE Interzonal – Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
- ^ 1994-96 FIDE Candidates Matches – Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
- ^ 1996 Karpov - Kamsky FIDE Title Match – Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
- ^ WCh 08 g6: Anand Won, Kramnik Done, Mig Greengard blog, October 20, 2008 (see comments in final paragraph)
Further reading
[edit]- Vasiukov, Evgeni (1996). The Chronicle of the World Chess Championship '96. Dhzangar.
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The FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 was a chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the World Chess Champion.
Background
At the time the World Chess Champion title was split.
In 1993, Nigel Short had qualified via FIDE's usual format to meet champion Garry Kasparov in a championship match. However, Kasparov and Short broke with FIDE and played under the auspices of a new organization which they had organized, the Professional Chess Association (PCA). Kasparov won this match to remain champion.
With its two top players withdrawn, FIDE awarded the two slots in its 1993 championship match to Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman, both of whom had been defeated in earlier qualification rounds by Short. Karpov won the match to become the FIDE World Champion.
The FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 was FIDE's first since the 1993 split. Meanwhile, the PCA held its Classical World Chess Championship 1995, in which Kasparov defeated Viswanathan Anand to retain his title.
Many of the same players competed in both organization's qualifying events. However, Kasparov and Short did not compete in the FIDE event.
1993 Interzonal tournament
FIDE held an Interzonal tournament in Biel in July 1993, run as a 73 player, 13 round Swiss system tournament.[1]
The top 10 from the Interzonal qualified for a Championship tournament. In the event of a tie break, players were ranked by the sum of their opponents' Elo ratings, excluding the lowest rating.
1993 FIDE Interzonal Tournament Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Total Tie break 1 GM Boris Gelfand (Belarus)2670 =35 +49 =6 +39 =3 +43 =2 +10 +17 =5 =13 =9 =7 9 2 GM Paul van der Sterren (Netherlands)2525 =51 =41 +71 +31 +26 =13 =1 =6 =4 =7 +17 =8 =3 8½ 31545 3 GM Gata Kamsky (United States)2645 +12 =25 +47 =28 =1 =16 +32 =4 +6 =17 =5 =7 =2 8½ 31470 4 GM Alexander Khalifman (Russia)2645 +58 =43 +45 +8 -10 =6 +24 =3 =2 =16 +26 =5 =9 8½ 31390 5 GM Michael Adams (England)2630 -44 +60 -22 +68 +62 +65 +28 +9 =7 =1 =3 =4 =6 8½ 31345 6 GM Leonid Yudasin (Israel)2605 +67 =44 =1 =36 +48 =4 +23 =2 -3 =11 +29 +13 =5 8½ 31340 7 GM Valery Salov (Russia)2685 =49 +71 =31 +55 +42 +24 =10 -17 =5 =2 +21 =3 =1 8½ 31285 8 GM Joël Lautier (France)2620 +26 +62 =17 -4 =22 =21 +33 =16 =9 =15 +27 =2 +24 8½ 31280 9 GM Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2710 -45 +19 =35 +38 +55 +37 =17 -5 =8 +31 +16 =1 =4 8½ 31240 10 GM Viswanathan Anand (India)2725 =16 =22 +44 +25 +4 =17 =7 -1 =21 =27 =18 +28 =11 8 31435 11 GM Vladimir Epishin (Russia)2655 =18 =35 =38 =45 =41 =36 +42 +39 =13 =6 =24 +15 =10 8 31305 12 GM Smbat Lputian (Armenia)2555 -3 +70 -39 +71 =31 =56 -14 +55 =20 +52 =51 +40 +32 8 31275 13 GM Alexei Shirov (Latvia)2685 =65 +53 =32 =22 +47 =2 =16 =29 =11 +23 =1 -6 +21 8 31195 14 GM Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2705 =22 =16 =21 =65 =25 =47 +12 =37 =23 =29 +33 =24 +27 8 31125 15 GM Ivan Sokolov (Bosnia and Herzegovina)2610 +66 =23 +57 -17 =21 =22 =37 =27 +36 =8 +35 -11 +30 8 31030 16 GM Lajos Portisch (Hungary)2585 =10 =14 =40 +44 +56 =3 =13 =8 +29 =4 -9 =18 =20 7½ 31855 17 GM Evgeny Bareev (Russia)2660 +38 +39 =8 +15 =24 =10 =9 +7 -1 =3 -2 =21 =18 7½ 31580 18 GM Evgeny Sveshnikov (Latvia)2570 =11 =29 +20 -37 =50 -33 +70 +43 =28 +45 =10 =16 =17 7½ 31515 19 GM Bosko Abramovic (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)2460 =47 -9 +53 +33 =29 -26 =56 +59 -31 +46 =37 +45 =22 7½ 31140 20 GM Judit Polgár (Hungary)2630 =34 =46 -18 =27 +58 =41 -35 +57 =12 +43 =31 +26 =16 7½ 30850 21 GM Alexey Dreev (Russia)2570 +40 -24 =14 +52 =15 =8 +43 =31 =10 +22 -7 =17 -13 7 31795 22 GM Patrick Wolff (United States)2585 =14 =10 +5 =13 =8 =15 =31 =40 +52 -21 -28 +56 =19 7 31700 23 GM Yasser Seirawan (United States)2575 +63 =15 =51 =56 +36 =28 -6 +24 =14 -13 =40 =31 =33 7 31625 24 GM Mikhail Gurevich (Belgium)2605 +69 +21 =28 +43 =17 -7 -4 -23 +44 +39 =11 =14 -8 7 31465 25 GM Lembit Oll (Estonia)2595 +70 =3 =56 -10 =14 -40 =46 =34 =38 +65 -30 +63 +51 7 31415 26 GM Dibyendu Barua (India)2510 -8 +63 +41 +51 -2 +19 -29 +32 =35 +40 -4 -20 =28 7 31405 27 GM Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)2590 -71 +59 -42 =20 +61 +52 =40 =15 +56 =10 -8 +38 -14 7 31360 28 GM Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)2625 +30 +42 =24 =3 =37 =23 -5 -35 =18 +41 +22 -10 =26 7 31225 29 GM Boris Gulko (United States)2635 =46 =18 =58 +35 =19 =42 +26 =13 -16 =14 -6 +43 =31 7 31120 30 IM Xu Jun (China)2535 -28 =68 +72 =50 -39 -51 +62 +65 =32 =36 +25 +37 -15 7 30985 31 GM Robert Hübner (Germany)2605 +60 =57 =7 -2 =12 +55 =22 =21 +19 -9 =20 =23 =29 7 30980 32 GM Jóhann Hjartarson (Iceland)2605 +59 =55 =13 -42 +45 +39 -3 -26 =30 =51 +49 +35 -12 7 30970 33 GM Julio Granda (Peru)2605 -55 =61 +49 -19 +34 +18 -8 +51 =45 =35 -14 +47 =23 7 30930 34 GM Ye Jiangchuan (China)2535 =20 -48 =68 =46 -33 +69 =57 =25 =47 =42 +65 =36 +45 7 30880 35 GM Eric Lobron (Germany)2575 =1 =11 =9 -29 +46 =48 +20 +28 =26 =33 -15 -32 =38 6½ 31480 36 GM Vasily Smyslov (Russia)2520 =48 =37 +62 =6 -23 =11 =38 +41 -15 =30 =52 =34 =40 6½ 31260 37 GM Jon Speelman (England)2605 =54 =36 +46 +18 =28 -9 =15 =14 -40 +56 =19 -30 =41 6½ 31165 38 IM Ilya Gurevich (United States)2575 -17 +67 =11 -9 +69 =50 =36 -56 =25 +44 +39 -27 =35 6½ 31155 39 GM Zdenko Kožul (Bosnia and Herzegovina)2595 +64 -17 +12 -1 +30 -32 +65 -11 +42 -24 -38 =48 +61 6½ 31150 40 GM Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria)2660 -21 +66 =16 +57 -43 +25 =27 =22 +37 -26 =23 -12 =36 6½ 30835 41 GM Curt Hansen (Denmark)2590 =72 =2 -26 +73 =11 =20 =48 -36 +66 -28 +61 =51 =37 6½ 30735 42 GM Evgeny Pigusov (Russia)2585 +74* -28 +27 +32 -7 =29 -11 =48 -39 =34 =46 =52 =49 6 31305 43 GM Ian Rogers (Australia)2595 +68 =4 +48 -24 +40 -1 -21 -18 +59 -20 +66 -29 =50 6 31195 44 GM Ľubomír Ftáčnik (Slovakia)2535 +5 =6 -10 -16 =57 +62 +50 -52 -24 -38 =67 =58 +68 6 31130 45 GM Loek van Wely (Netherlands)2585 +9 =50 -4 =11 -32 =70 +60 +47 =33 -18 +48 -19 -34 6 31090 46 GM Vasil Spasov (Bulgaria)2540 =29 =20 -37 =34 -35 +73 =25 +50 =48 -19 =42 =62 =47 6 31040 47 GM Vladimir Akopian (Armenia)2600 =19 +54 -3 +61 -13 =14 =51 -45 =34 =50 +55 -33 =46 6 30995 48 GM Jaan Ehlvest (Estonia)2620 =36 +34 -43 +58 -6 =35 =41 =42 =46 =49 -45 =39 =52 6 30985 49 GM Jesús Nogueiras (Cuba)2580 =7 -1 -33 =60 =70 +66 =55 =58 +53 =48 -32 =50 =42 6 30910 50 GM Simen Agdestein (Norway)2610 +61 =45 -55 =30 =18 =38 -44 -46 +63 =47 =56 =49 =43 6 30910 51 GM Predrag Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)2625 =2 +72 =23 -26 -65 +30 =47 -33 +58 =32 =12 =41 -25 6 30840 52 GM Ilya Smirin (Israel)2640 -57 =69 +73 -21 +63 -27 +53 +44 -22 -12 =36 =42 =48 6 30800 53 IM Artur Frolov (Ukraine)2535 =56 -13 -19 -69 +72 +71 -52 +64 -49 =59 -63 bye +66 6 30320 54 IM Darcy Lima (Brazil)2475 =37 -47 -65 =67 -73 =68 +69 =71 =57 -66 bye +59 =63 6 30105 55 GM Walter Arencibia (Cuba)2485 +33 =32 +50 -7 -9 -31 =49 -12 +71 =62 -47 =68 =56 5½ 30935 56 GM Miguel Illescas (Spain)2625 =53 +65 =25 =23 -16 =12 =19 +38 -27 -37 =50 -22 =55 5½ 30880 57 GM Vidmantas Mališauskas (Lithuania)2540 +52 =31 -15 -40 =44 =59 =34 -20 =54 =58 =68 =66 =62 5½ 30820 58 GM Ferdinand Hellers (Sweden)2560 -4 +64 =29 -48 -20 =67 +72 =49 -51 =57 =59 =44 =60 5½ 30690 59 FM Tigran Nalbandian (Armenia)2485 -32 -27 +64 -62 +68 =57 +63 -19 -43 =53 =58 -54 bye 5½ 30505 60 IM Lucas Brunner (Switzerland)2475 -31 -5 =66 =49 =71 +61 -45 =68 -65 bye =62 =64 =58 5½ 30335 61 GM Alex Sherzer (United States)2500 -50 =33 +69 -47 -27 -60 -68 +73 bye +64 -41 +67 -39 5½ 30325 62 GM Semen Dvoirys (Russia)2590 +73 -8 -36 +59 -5 -44 -30 =67 +70 =55 =60 =46 =57 5½ 30285 63 GM Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2650 -23 -26 +67 =70 -52 =64 -59 +72 -50 +73 +53 -25 =54 5½ 30225 64 IM Hichem Hamdouchi (Morocco)2455 -39 -58 -59 bye =66 =63 +73 -53 =68 -61 +70 =60 =65 5½ 30200 65 GM Dmitry Gurevich (United States)2575 =13 -56 +54 =14 +51 -5 -39 -30 +60 -25 -34 =69 =64 5 30965 66 IM Giorgi Bagaturov (Georgia)2495 -15 -40 =60 =72 =64 -49 +67 +70 -41 +54 -43 =57 -53 5 30435 67 IM Amanmurad Kakagaldyev (Turkmenistan)2465 -6 -38 -63 =54 bye =58 -66 =62 +69 =68 =44 -61 =72 5 30330 68 IM Werner Hug (Switzerland)2430 -43 =30 =34 -5 -59 =54 +61 =60 =64 =67 =57 =55 -44 5 30255 69 IM Alexandre Lesiège (Canada)2485 -24 =52 -61 +53 -38 -34 -54 bye -67 =72 =73 =65 +71 5 30070 70 IM Pablo Zarnicki (Argentina)2455 -25 -12 bye =63 =49 =45 -18 -66 -62 +71 -64 =72 =73 4½ 30270 71 David Gluckman (South Africa)2330 +27 -7 -2 -12 =60 -53 bye =54 -55 -70 =72 +73 -69 4½ 30110 72 IM Nikolaos Kalesis (Greece)2410 =41 -51 -30 =66 -53 bye -58 -63 -73 =69 =71 =70 =67 4 30170 73 IM Konstantinos Moutousis (Greece)2425 -62 bye -52 -41 +54 -46 -64 -61 +72 -63 =69 -71 =70 4 30140 74 Esam Aly Ahmed (Egypt)2320 -42* 0
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Esam Aly Ahmed forfeited his first-round game against Pigusov and was dropped from the tournament.
1994–96 Championship tournament
The top 10 from the Interzonal were joined by 1993 FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov, 1993 FIDE runner-up Jan Timman, and 1993 Candidates semi-finalist Artur Yusupov.[2][3] (The other 1993 semi-finalist was the excluded Nigel Short).
The first round matches were held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1994, and the second round matches and third round matches in Sanghi Nagar in July–August 1994 and February 1995, respectively. If tied after the specified number of games (which happened only in the Kamsky-Anand match), rapid chess games were played as tie breaks.[4]
The format was a departure from all previous world championships, in that the reigning champion (Karpov) was not seeded directly into a championship match. Instead, he joined the competition at the third round (Candidates final).
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| Gata Kamsky | 4½ | ||||||||||||||||||
 Paul van der Sterren | 2½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gata Kamsky | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Viswanathan Anand | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Viswanathan Anand | 4½ | ||||||||||||||||||
 Artur Yusupov | 2½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gata Kamsky | 5½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Valery Salov | 1½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan Timman | 4½ | ||||||||||||||||||
 Joël Lautier | 3½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan Timman | 3½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Valery Salov | 4½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alexander Khalifman | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Valery Salov | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gata Kamsky | 7½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anatoly Karpov | 10½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boris Gelfand | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Michael Adams | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boris Gelfand | 4½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Kramnik | 3½ | ||||||||||||||||||
 Leonid Yudasin | 2½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Kramnik | 4½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boris Gelfand | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anatoly Karpov | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
1996 Championship match
The final was held in Elista, Russia in June–July 1996 and played as best of 20 games.
FIDE World Chess Championship Match 1996 Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total Anatoly Karpov (Russia)2770 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 10½ Gata Kamsky (United States)2735 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 7½
Karpov won and retained his title.
References
- ^ 1993 FIDE Interzonal – Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
- ^ 1994-96 FIDE Candidates Matches – Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
- ^ 1996 Karpov - Kamsky FIDE Title Match – Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
- ^ WCh 08 g6: Anand Won, Kramnik Done, Mig Greengard blog, October 20, 2008 (see comments in final paragraph)
Further reading
- Vasiukov, Evgeni (1996). The Chronicle of the World Chess Championship '96. Dhzangar.
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