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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Madrid Tournament
Viswanathan Anand6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[view games]
Peter Svidler5.5/9(+2 -0 =7)[view games]
Peter Leko5/9(+1 -0 =8)[view games]
Pablo San Segundo Carrillo5/9(+2 -1 =6)[view games]
Miguel Illescas Cordoba4.5/9(+1 -1 =7)[view games]
Mikhail Krasenkow4.5/9(+1 -1 =7)[view games]
Michael Adams4.5/9(+1 -1 =7)[view games]
Alex Yermolinsky4/9(+1 -2 =6)[view games]
Alexander Beliavsky3/9(+1 -4 =4)[view games]
Julio Ernesto Granda-Zuniga2.5/9(+0 -4 =5)[view games]

Chessgames.com Historical Chess Event
Madrid (1998)
The 7th Torneo Magistral held from May 10th to the 22nd, 1998 in Madrid, Spain was a category XVII event. Ten grandmasters competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Vishwanathan Anand (2770), Peter Svidler (2690), Alexander Beliavsky (2690), Michael Adams (2670), Peter Leko (2670), Mikhail Krasenkow (2660), Alex Yermolinsky (2660), Julio Ernesto Granda-Zuniga (2630), Miguel Illescas-Cordoba (2600), and Pablo San Segundo-Carrillo (2505). 1998 was Anand's best year and he continued it here with an undefeated first place score of 6.5/9. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 
01 Anand                6.5/9  * = = = 1 1 1 = = 1    
02 Svidler              5.5/9  = * = = = = = = 1 1    
03 Leko                 5.0/9  = = * = = = = = 1 =    
04 San Segundo-Carrillo 5.0/9  = = = * 0 = = 1 1 =
05 Krasenkow            4.5/9  0 = = 1 * = = = = =    
06 Adams                4.5/9  0 = = = = * = = = 1    
07 Illescas-Cordoba     4.5/9  0 = = = = = * 1 = =
08 Yermolinsky          4.0/9  = = = 0 = = 0 * 1 =    
09 Beliavsky            3.0/9  = 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 1    
10 Granda-Zuniga        2.5/9  0 0 = = = 0 = = 0 *
Original collection: Game Collection: Madrid 1998, by User: suenteus po 147

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Beliavsky vs Yermolinsky 0-139 1998 MadridD07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
2. Leko vs Granda-Zuniga  ½-½28 1998 MadridB19 Caro-Kann, Classical
3. P San Segundo Carrillo vs Illescas Cordoba  ½-½48 1998 MadridA17 English
4. Krasenkow vs Svidler ½-½26 1998 MadridD80 Grunfeld
5. Anand vs Adams 1-039 1998 MadridE15 Queen's Indian
6. Adams vs Illescas Cordoba  ½-½60 1998 MadridB26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3
7. Anand vs Krasenkow 1-044 1998 MadridA35 English, Symmetrical
8. Svidler vs Leko  ½-½64 1998 MadridB19 Caro-Kann, Classical
9. Yermolinsky vs P San Segundo Carrillo 0-128 1998 MadridD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
10. Granda-Zuniga vs Beliavsky 0-149 1998 MadridE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
11. Leko vs Anand  ½-½21 1998 MadridB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
12. P San Segundo Carrillo vs Granda-Zuniga  ½-½20 1998 MadridD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
13. Krasenkow vs Adams  ½-½51 1998 MadridA15 English
14. Illescas Cordoba vs Yermolinsky 1-044 1998 MadridD07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
15. Beliavsky vs Svidler 0-143 1998 MadridD07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
16. Granda-Zuniga vs Illescas Cordoba  ½-½44 1998 MadridE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
17. Anand vs Beliavsky ½-½41 1998 MadridC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
18. Krasenkow vs Leko  ½-½43 1998 MadridD80 Grunfeld
19. Svidler vs P San Segundo Carrillo ½-½30 1998 MadridB19 Caro-Kann, Classical
20. Adams vs Yermolinsky  ½-½65 1998 MadridB22 Sicilian, Alapin
21. Yermolinsky vs Granda-Zuniga  ½-½20 1998 MadridD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
22. Leko vs Adams  ½-½27 1998 MadridC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
23. P San Segundo Carrillo vs Anand  ½-½35 1998 MadridA15 English
24. Beliavsky vs Krasenkow  ½-½79 1998 MadridD07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
25. Illescas Cordoba vs Svidler  ½-½18 1998 MadridD07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
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