Mikhail Tal Memorial :: Riga 1995

First PCA Super Classic

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Crosstable

pos. name Elo flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 pts Berger + = -
1. GM Kasparov, Garry 2805 RUS ● 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7½ 34.00 5 5 0
2. GM Anand, Viswanathan 2715 IND 0 ● ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7 29.25 5 4 1
3. GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2700 UKR ½ ½ ● 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 30.50 3 7 0
4. GM Short, Nigel David 2655 ENG ½ ½ 0 ● ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6 26.25 3 6 1
5. GM Kramnik, Vladimir 2715 RUS ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 27.75 2 8 0
6. GM Gulko, Boris 2595 USA ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 23.00 1 8 1
7. GM Jussupow, Artur 2660 GER 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ 0 4 20.00 0 8 2
8. GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2615 EST ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ● ½ ½ 1 3½ 14.75 1 5 4
9. GM Vaganian, Rafael 2640 ARM 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ● ½ ½ 3 13.25 0 6 4
10. GM Ķeņģis, Edvīns 2575 LAT 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ 3 12.50 0 6 4
11. GM Timman, Jan 2635 NED 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ● 3½ 15.75 1 5 4

The first PCA Super Cassic tournament before Novgorod 1995 and Credit Suisse Masters 1995.
Not connected with Moscow 2006-2018 series.





Round by round results

1st round
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2715 ½ - ½ 2655 ENG GM Short, Nigel David
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2700 ½ - ½ 2640 ARM GM Vaganian, Rafael
GM Jussupow, Artur GER 2660 ½ - ½ 2615 EST GM Ehlvest, Jaan
GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2715 1 - 0 2575 LAT GM Ķeņģis, Edvīns
GM Timman, Jan NED 2635 ½ - ½ 2595 USA GM Gulko, Boris
GM Kasparov, Garry RUS 2805 BYE  
1. Kramnik — 1; 2.-9. Anand, Ivanchuk, Short, Gulko, Jussupow, Ehlvest, Vaganian, Timman — ½; 10.-11. Kasparov, Ķeņģis — 0;



2nd round
GM Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2615 0 - 1 2700 UKR GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2595 ½ - ½ 2715 RUS GM Kramnik, Vladimir
GM Kasparov, Garry RUS 2805 1 - 0 2635 NED GM Timman, Jan
GM Ķeņģis, Edvīns LAT 2575 0 - 1 2715 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2655 ½ - ½ 2660 GER GM Jussupow, Artur
GM Vaganian, Rafael ARM 2640 BYE  
1.-3. Anand, Ivanchuk, Kramnik — 1½; 4.-7. Kasparov, Short, Gulko, Jussupow — 1; 8.-10. Ehlvest, Vaganian, Timman — ½; 11. Ķeņģis — 0;



3rd round
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2715 1 - 0 2595 USA GM Gulko, Boris
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2700 1 - 0 2655 ENG GM Short, Nigel David
GM Jussupow, Artur GER 2660 ½ - ½ 2575 LAT GM Ķeņģis, Edvīns
GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2715 ½ - ½ 2805 RUS GM Kasparov, Garry
GM Vaganian, Rafael ARM 2640 ½ - ½ 2615 EST GM Ehlvest, Jaan
GM Timman, Jan NED 2635 BYE  
1.-2. Anand, Ivanchuk — 2½; 3. Kramnik — 2; 4.-5. Kasparov, Jussupow — 1½; 6.-9. Short, Gulko, Ehlvest, Vaganian — 1; 10.-11. Ķeņģis, Timman — ½;



4th round
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2595 ½ - ½ 2660 GER GM Jussupow, Artur
GM Kasparov, Garry RUS 2805 1 - 0 2715 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
GM Ķeņģis, Edvīns LAT 2575 0 - 1 2700 UKR GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2655 1 - 0 2640 ARM GM Vaganian, Rafael
GM Timman, Jan NED 2635 ½ - ½ 2715 RUS GM Kramnik, Vladimir
GM Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2615 BYE  
1. Ivanchuk — 3½; 2.-4. Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik — 2½; 5.-6. Short, Jussupow — 2; 7. Gulko — 1½; 8.-10. Ehlvest, Vaganian, Timman — 1; 11. Ķeņģis — ½;



5th round
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2715 1 - 0 2635 NED GM Timman, Jan
GM Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2615 0 - 1 2655 ENG GM Short, Nigel David
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2700 ½ - ½ 2595 USA GM Gulko, Boris
GM Jussupow, Artur GER 2660 0 - 1 2805 RUS GM Kasparov, Garry
GM Vaganian, Rafael ARM 2640 ½ - ½ 2575 LAT GM Ķeņģis, Edvīns
GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2715 BYE  
1. Ivanchuk — 4; 2.-3. Kasparov, Anand — 3½; 4. Short — 3; 5. Kramnik — 2½; 6.-7. Gulko, Jussupow — 2; 8. Vaganian — 1½; 9.-11. Ehlvest, Ķeņģis, Timman — 1;



6th round
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2595 1 - 0 2640 ARM GM Vaganian, Rafael
GM Kasparov, Garry RUS 2805 ½ - ½ 2700 UKR GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl
GM Ķeņģis, Edvīns LAT 2575 ½ - ½ 2615 EST GM Ehlvest, Jaan
GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2715 ½ - ½ 2715 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
GM Timman, Jan NED 2635 1 - 0 2660 GER GM Jussupow, Artur
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2655 BYE  
1. Ivanchuk — 4½; 2.-3. Kasparov, Anand — 4; 4.-6. Short, Kramnik, Gulko — 3; 7.-8. Jussupow, Timman — 2; 9.-11. Ehlvest, Vaganian, Ķeņģis — 1½;



7th round
GM Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2615 ½ - ½ 2595 USA GM Gulko, Boris
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2700 ½ - ½ 2635 NED GM Timman, Jan
GM Jussupow, Artur GER 2660 ½ - ½ 2715 RUS GM Kramnik, Vladimir
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2655 ½ - ½ 2575 LAT GM Ķeņģis, Edvīns
GM Vaganian, Rafael ARM 2640 0 - 1 2805 RUS GM Kasparov, Garry
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2715 BYE  
1.-2. Kasparov, Ivanchuk — 5; 3. Anand — 4; 4.-6. Short, Kramnik, Gulko — 3½; 7.-8. Jussupow, Timman — 2½; 9.-10. Ehlvest, Ķeņģis — 2; 11. Vaganian — 1½;



8th round
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2715 ½ - ½ 2660 GER GM Jussupow, Artur
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2595 ½ - ½ 2655 ENG GM Short, Nigel David
GM Kasparov, Garry RUS 2805 ½ - ½ 2615 EST GM Ehlvest, Jaan
GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2715 ½ - ½ 2700 UKR GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl
GM Timman, Jan NED 2635 ½ - ½ 2640 ARM GM Vaganian, Rafael
GM Ķeņģis, Edvīns LAT 2575 BYE  
1.-2. Kasparov, Ivanchuk — 5½; 3. Anand — 4½; 4.-6. Short, Kramnik, Gulko — 4; 7.-8. Jussupow, Timman — 3; 9. Ehlvest — 2½; 10.-11. Vaganian, Ķeņģis — 2;



9th round
GM Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2615 1 - 0 2635 NED GM Timman, Jan
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2700 ½ - ½ 2715 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
GM Ķeņģis, Edvīns LAT 2575 ½ - ½ 2595 USA GM Gulko, Boris
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2655 ½ - ½ 2805 RUS GM Kasparov, Garry
GM Vaganian, Rafael ARM 2640 ½ - ½ 2715 RUS GM Kramnik, Vladimir
GM Jussupow, Artur GER 2660 BYE  
1.-2. Kasparov, Ivanchuk — 6; 3. Anand — 5; 4.-6. Short, Kramnik, Gulko — 4½; 7. Ehlvest — 3½; 8.-9. Jussupow, Timman — 3; 10.-11. Vaganian, Ķeņģis — 2½;



10th round
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2715 1 - 0 2640 ARM GM Vaganian, Rafael
GM Jussupow, Artur GER 2660 ½ - ½ 2700 UKR GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl
GM Kasparov, Garry RUS 2805 1 - 0 2575 LAT GM Ķeņģis, Edvīns
GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2715 1 - 0 2615 EST GM Ehlvest, Jaan
GM Timman, Jan NED 2635 0 - 1 2655 ENG GM Short, Nigel David
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2595 BYE  
1. Kasparov — 7; 2. Ivanchuk — 6½; 3. Anand — 6; 4.-5. Short, Kramnik — 5½; 6. Gulko — 4½; 7.-8. Jussupow, Ehlvest — 3½; 9. Timman — 3; 10.-11. Vaganian, Ķeņģis — 2½;



11th round
GM Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2615 0 - 1 2715 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2595 ½ - ½ 2805 RUS GM Kasparov, Garry
GM Ķeņģis, Edvīns LAT 2575 ½ - ½ 2635 NED GM Timman, Jan
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2655 ½ - ½ 2715 RUS GM Kramnik, Vladimir
GM Vaganian, Rafael ARM 2640 ½ - ½ 2660 GER GM Jussupow, Artur
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2700 BYE  
1. Kasparov — 7½; 2. Anand — 7; 3. Ivanchuk — 6½; 4.-5. Short, Kramnik — 6; 6. Gulko — 5; 7. Jussupow — 4; 8.-9. Ehlvest, Timman — 3½; 10.-11. Vaganian, Ķeņģis — 3;







Information

Mikhail Tal Memorial
Dates: 12th - 24th April 1995
City: Riga (Latvia)
Venue:
Organizers:
Chief Arbiter:
Players participating: 11 (incl. 11 GMs)
Games played: 55
Competition format: Round Robin
Tie-breaks: 1. Sonnerborn-Berger
Time control:
Website: chessgames.com
Other websites: Grandmaster2B highlights
PGN game file: it-tal1995.pgn





Tournament Review

The 1st International Tal Memorial Chess tournament was held in the magician's hometown of Riga, Latvia from April 12th to the 24th, 1995. It was the first tournament in a series of three organized by the PCA that year as a "Super Classic." The following two tournaments were held in Novgorod at the end of May, and Horgen after the completion of the PCA world championship match. Eleven grandmasters, including the world champion, were invited to compete in the round robin event. The participants were (in order of PCA rating): Garry Kasparov (2789), Vassily Ivanchuk (2764), Vishwanathan Anand (2758), Vladimir Kramnik (2713), Artur Yusupov (2676), Jaan Ehlvest (2669), Rafael Vaganian (2645), Boris Gulko (2623), Nigel Short (2617), Jan Timman (2615), and local favorite Edvins Kengis (2555). The tournament was an important victory for Kasparov, who had not managed such a convincing win in an elite event against Anand (or Anatoli Karpov) since Linares in 1993. Especially significant was Kasparov's win against Anand in the fourth round since Anand was obviously in top form and their world championship match was only in five months. Kasparov scored an impressive 75% and edged out Anand by half a point in the final. Kasparov 7.5/10 first followed a half point by Anand 7/10. Ivanchuk, Kramnik and short tied for third through fifth with 6. Gulko was clear sixth with 5 points. Seventh was Yusupov at 4.5. Eight was Ehlvest with 3.5 followed by a tie for ninth through eleventh with Kengis, Timman and Vaganian each with a scored of three.