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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Madrid Tournament
Veselin Topalov6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[view games]
Alexey Shirov6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[view games]
Vladimir Akopian5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[view games]
Alexander Beliavsky5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[view games]
Judit Polgar4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[view games]
Miguel Illescas Cordoba4.5/9(+1 -1 =7)[view games]
Nigel Short4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[view games]
Valery Salov3.5/9(+1 -3 =5)[view games]
Jeroen Piket2.5/9(+2 -6 =1)[view games]
Pablo San Segundo Carrillo1.5/9(+0 -6 =3)[view games]

Chessgames.com Historical Chess Event
Madrid (1997)
The 6th Torneo Magistral held from May 20th to June 1st, 1997 in Madrid, Spain was a category XVII event. Ten grandmasters competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Veselin Topalov (2725), Alexey Shirov (2690), Nigel Short (2690), Alexander Beliavsky (2665), Valery Salov (2665), Vladimir Akopian (2655), Judit Polgar (2645), Jeroen Piket (2640), Miguel Illescas-Cordoba (2635), and Pablo San Segundo-Carrillo (2505). One of Shirov's best tournaments, he shared first with Topalov at 6.5/9. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 
01 Shirov               6.5/9  * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1      
02 Topalov              6.5/9  1 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 =      
03 Beliavsky            5.5/9  = = * = = = 1 0 1 1      
04 Akopian              5.5/9  = = = * = = 0 1 1 1     
05 Polgar               4.5/9  0 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 1      
06 Illescas-Cordoba     4.5/9  = = = = 1 * = = 0 =      
07 Short                4.5/9  0 0 0 1 = = * = 1 1     
08 Salov                3.5/9  0 = 1 0 0 = = * = =      
09 Piket                2.5/9  0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = * 1      
10 San Segundo-Carrillo 1.5/9  0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 *
Original collection: Game Collection: Madrid 1997, by User: suenteus po 147

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Akopian vs Illescas Cordoba  ½-½65 1997 MadridA07 King's Indian Attack
2. Salov vs Topalov  ½-½41 1997 MadridE29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
3. Shirov vs Judit Polgar 1-036 1997 MadridB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
4. Beliavsky vs Piket  1-051 1997 MadridD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
5. Short vs P San Segundo Carrillo  1-051 1997 MadridB66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6
6. Topalov vs Short 1-069 1997 MadridC87 Ruy Lopez
7. P San Segundo Carrillo vs Shirov 0-121 1997 MadridE60 King's Indian Defense
8. Beliavsky vs Akopian  ½-½44 1997 MadridE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
9. Illescas Cordoba vs Salov ½-½65 1997 MadridC60 Ruy Lopez
10. Piket vs Judit Polgar 0-130 1997 MadridD85 Grunfeld
11. Short vs Illescas Cordoba ½-½64 1997 MadridB33 Sicilian
12. Shirov vs Topalov 0-182 1997 MadridC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4
13. Akopian vs Piket  1-037 1997 MadridA13 English
14. Judit Polgar vs P San Segundo Carrillo  1-038 1997 MadridB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
15. Salov vs Beliavsky  1-051 1997 MadridA28 English
16. Akopian vs Salov  1-055 1997 MadridA14 English
17. Illescas Cordoba vs Shirov  ½-½36 1997 MadridC78 Ruy Lopez
18. Piket vs P San Segundo Carrillo  1-044 1997 MadridD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
19. Topalov vs Judit Polgar 1-045 1997 MadridD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
20. Beliavsky vs Short 1-038 1997 MadridE38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
21. Shirov vs Beliavsky  ½-½46 1997 MadridB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
22. Salov vs Piket ½-½54 1997 MadridD62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
23. Short vs Akopian 1-047 1997 MadridC34 King's Gambit Accepted
24. Judit Polgar vs Illescas Cordoba 0-148 1997 MadridC78 Ruy Lopez
25. P San Segundo Carrillo vs Topalov  ½-½44 1997 MadridE97 King's Indian
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