PCA Classic Lord Novgorod The Great 95 :: Novgorod 1995

Second PCA Super Classic

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Crosstable

pos. name Elo flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 pts Berger + = -
1. GM Kasparov, Garry 2805 RUS ● ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ 25.75 4 5 0
2. GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2615 EST ½ ● ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 23.25 2 7 0
3. GM Short, Nigel David 2655 ENG ½ ½ ● 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 22.25 3 5 1
4. GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2700 UKR ½ ½ 1 ● 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 22.00 3 5 1
5. GM Topalov, Veselin 2630 BUL 0 ½ ½ 1 ● ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 21.50 3 5 1
6. GM Kramnik, Vladimir 2715 RUS ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ● 1 1 ½ 1 5 19.00 3 4 2
7. GM Timman, Jan 2635 NED ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ● ½ ½ ½ 4 18.00 0 8 1
8. GM Gulko, Boris 2595 USA 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ● ½ ½ 3 12.50 0 6 3
9. GM Jussupow, Artur 2660 GER 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ● ½ 2½ 9.75 0 5 4
10. GM Vaganian, Rafael 2640 ARM 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ● 2 7.50 0 4 5

The second PCA Super Cassic tournament after Tal Memorial Moscow 1995 and before Credit Suisse Masters 1995.





Round by round results

1st round — 27th May 1995
GM Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2615 ½ - ½ 2630 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2595 0 - 1 2805 RUS GM Kasparov, Garry
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2700 1 - 0 2660 GER GM Jussupow, Artur
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2655 1 - 0 2715 RUS GM Kramnik, Vladimir
GM Timman, Jan NED 2635 ½ - ½ 2640 ARM GM Vaganian, Rafael
1.-3. Kasparov, Short, Ivanchuk — 1; 4.-7. Ehlvest, Topalov, Timman, Vaganian — ½; 8.-10. Kramnik, Gulko, Jussupow — 0;



2nd round — 28th May 1995
GM Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2615 ½ - ½ 2655 ENG GM Short, Nigel David
GM Kasparov, Garry RUS 2805 ½ - ½ 2700 UKR GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl
GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2715 1 - 0 2635 NED GM Timman, Jan
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2630 1 - 0 2660 GER GM Jussupow, Artur
GM Vaganian, Rafael ARM 2640 ½ - ½ 2595 USA GM Gulko, Boris
1.-4. Kasparov, Short, Ivanchuk, Topalov — 1½; 5.-7. Ehlvest, Kramnik, Vaganian — 1; 8.-9. Timman, Gulko — ½; 10. Jussupow — 0;



3rd round — 29th May 1995
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2595 0 - 1 2715 RUS GM Kramnik, Vladimir
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2700 1 - 0 2640 ARM GM Vaganian, Rafael
GM Jussupow, Artur GER 2660 0 - 1 2805 RUS GM Kasparov, Garry
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2655 ½ - ½ 2630 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
GM Timman, Jan NED 2635 ½ - ½ 2615 EST GM Ehlvest, Jaan
1.-2. Kasparov, Ivanchuk — 2½; 3.-5. Short, Topalov, Kramnik — 2; 6. Ehlvest — 1½; 7.-8. Timman, Vaganian — 1; 9. Gulko — ½; 10. Jussupow — 0;



4th round — 30th May 1995
GM Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2615 ½ - ½ 2595 USA GM Gulko, Boris
GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2715 ½ - ½ 2700 UKR GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2655 ½ - ½ 2635 NED GM Timman, Jan
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2630 0 - 1 2805 RUS GM Kasparov, Garry
GM Vaganian, Rafael ARM 2640 ½ - ½ 2660 GER GM Jussupow, Artur
1. Kasparov — 3½; 2. Ivanchuk — 3; 3.-4. Short, Kramnik — 2½; 5.-6. Ehlvest, Topalov — 2; 7.-8. Timman, Vaganian — 1½; 9. Gulko — 1; 10. Jussupow — ½;



5th round — 31st May 1995
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2595 0 - 1 2655 ENG GM Short, Nigel David
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2700 ½ - ½ 2615 EST GM Ehlvest, Jaan
GM Jussupow, Artur GER 2660 ½ - ½ 2715 RUS GM Kramnik, Vladimir
GM Kasparov, Garry RUS 2805 1 - 0 2640 ARM GM Vaganian, Rafael
GM Timman, Jan NED 2635 ½ - ½ 2630 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
1. Kasparov — 4½; 2.-3. Short, Ivanchuk — 3½; 4. Kramnik — 3; 5.-6. Ehlvest, Topalov — 2½; 7. Timman — 2; 8. Vaganian — 1½; 9.-10. Gulko, Jussupow — 1;



6th round — 2nd June 1995
GM Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2615 ½ - ½ 2660 GER GM Jussupow, Artur
GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2715 ½ - ½ 2805 RUS GM Kasparov, Garry
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2655 0 - 1 2700 UKR GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl
GM Timman, Jan NED 2635 ½ - ½ 2595 USA GM Gulko, Boris
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2630 1 - 0 2640 ARM GM Vaganian, Rafael
1. Kasparov — 5; 2. Ivanchuk — 4½; 3.-5. Short, Topalov, Kramnik — 3½; 6. Ehlvest — 3; 7. Timman — 2½; 8.-10. Gulko, Jussupow, Vaganian — 1½;



7th round — 3rd June 1995
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2595 ½ - ½ 2630 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2700 ½ - ½ 2635 NED GM Timman, Jan
GM Jussupow, Artur GER 2660 0 - 1 2655 ENG GM Short, Nigel David
GM Kasparov, Garry RUS 2805 ½ - ½ 2615 EST GM Ehlvest, Jaan
GM Vaganian, Rafael ARM 2640 0 - 1 2715 RUS GM Kramnik, Vladimir
1. Kasparov — 5½; 2. Ivanchuk — 5; 3.-4. Short, Kramnik — 4½; 5. Topalov — 4; 6. Ehlvest — 3½; 7. Timman — 3; 8. Gulko — 2; 9.-10. Jussupow, Vaganian — 1½;



8th round — 4th June 1995
GM Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2615 1 - 0 2640 ARM GM Vaganian, Rafael
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2595 ½ - ½ 2700 UKR GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2655 ½ - ½ 2805 RUS GM Kasparov, Garry
GM Timman, Jan NED 2635 ½ - ½ 2660 GER GM Jussupow, Artur
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2630 ½ - ½ 2715 RUS GM Kramnik, Vladimir
1. Kasparov — 6; 2. Ivanchuk — 5½; 3.-4. Short, Kramnik — 5; 5.-6. Ehlvest, Topalov — 4½; 7. Timman — 3½; 8. Gulko — 2½; 9. Jussupow — 2; 10. Vaganian — 1½;



9th round — 5th June 1995
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2700 0 - 1 2630 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
GM Jussupow, Artur GER 2660 ½ - ½ 2595 USA GM Gulko, Boris
GM Kasparov, Garry RUS 2805 ½ - ½ 2635 NED GM Timman, Jan
GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2715 0 - 1 2615 EST GM Ehlvest, Jaan
GM Vaganian, Rafael ARM 2640 ½ - ½ 2655 ENG GM Short, Nigel David
1. Kasparov — 6½; 2.-5. Ehlvest, Short, Ivanchuk, Topalov — 5½; 6. Kramnik — 5; 7. Timman — 4; 8. Gulko — 3; 9. Jussupow — 2½; 10. Vaganian — 2;







Information

PCA Classic Lord Novgorod The Great 95
Dates: 25th May - 5th June 1995
City: Novgorod (Russia)
Venue:
Organizers:
Chief Arbiter:
Players participating: 10 (incl. 10 GMs)
Games played: 45
Competition format: Round Robin
Tie-breaks: 1. Sonnerborn-Berger
Time control: 40/2h + 20/1h + 30m
Website: RusBase
PGN game file: it-novgorod1995.pgn





Tournament Review

The second international tournament to be organized by the PCA in Novgorod, Russia was part of a three tournament series titled the "Super Classic." It was held from May 26th to June 9th, 1995, just a month after the first installment of the "Super Classic" in Riga, Latvia. The top ten rated grandmasters from the PCA participated in all three events. Here, the tournament was a category XVIII round robin event, with nine of the ten original participants from Riga in attendance. The participants, including the world champion, were (in order ELO): Garry Kasparov (2805), Vladimir Kramnik (2715), Vassily Ivanchuk (2700), Artur Yusupov (2660), Nigel Short (2655), Rafael Vaganian (2640), Jan Timman (2635), Veselin Topalov (2630), Jaan Ehlvest (2615), and Boris Gulko (2595). Vishwanathan Anand, who had been the tenth participant at Riga was replaced by Topalov. Rounds were played on consecutive days from May 27th to June 4th with only one rest day on June 1st. The prize fund for the tournament (as it was for each of the three installments of the "Super Classic") was $122,000. The prize money was divided up accordingly: 1st=$30,000; 2nd=$20,000; 3rd=$15,000; 4th=$12,000; 5th=$10,000; 6th=$9,000; 7th=$8,000; 8th=$7,000; 9th=$6,000; and 10th=$5,000. In the case of ties, the prize money from the tied places were combined and divided evenly among the players. There was also a grand prize of $150,000 to be distributed among the players at the end of the "Super Classic" series to be held in Horgen at the end of the year. Each player's results would be summed up from the three tournaments and a final standings would determine the distribution of the grand prize. Kasparov went a long way to securing his top place at the end of the year with his second consecutive "Super Classic" win here, going undefeated with 6.5/9 at the final. While Anand prepared for his PCA world championship match against Kasparov later in the year, his replacement distinguished himself by tying for second along with Short, Ivanchuk, and Ehlvest.