Dos Hermanas (1999) The 10th Torneo Ciudad de Dos Hermanas held from April 5th to April 18th, 1999 was a category XIX event. Ten of the world's best players competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Vishwanathan Anand (2781), Vladimir Kramnik (2751), Michael Adams (2716), Peter Svidler (2713), Anatoli Karpov (2710), Veselin Topalov (2700), Boris Gelfand (2691), Judit Polgar (2677), Victor Korchnoi (2673), and Spanish favorite Miguel Illescas-Cordoba (2585). Adams took clear first, half a point above the future world champion Kramnik, with 6/9. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 01 Adams * = = = = = 1 1 1 = 6.0 02 Kramnik = * 1 = = = = = = 1 5.5 03 Illescas-Cordoba = 0 * = 1 = = = 1 = 5.0 04 Topalov = = = * = = = = 1 = 5.0 05 Karpov = = 0 = * = = 1 = = 4.5 06 Gelfand = = = = = * 1 0 = = 4.5 07 Korchnoi 0 = = = = 0 * = 1 = 4.0 08 Svidler 0 = = = 0 1 = * 0 = 3.5 09 Polgar 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 * 1 3.5 10 Anand = 0 = = = = = = 0 * 3.5 Original collection: Game Collection: Dos Hermanas 1999, by User: suenteus po 147  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Illescas Cordoba vs Topalov   ½-½ 42 1999 Dos Hermanas D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 2. Judit Polgar vs Anand 1-0 34 1999 Dos Hermanas B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Adams vs Svidler 1-0 33 1999 Dos Hermanas B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Kramnik vs Karpov   ½-½ 33 1999 Dos Hermanas A15 English 5. Gelfand vs Korchnoi 1-0 64 1999 Dos Hermanas D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 6. Illescas Cordoba vs Gelfand   ½-½ 22 1999 Dos Hermanas D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 7. Korchnoi vs Judit Polgar 1-0 43 1999 Dos Hermanas D85 Grunfeld 8. Anand vs Adams   ½-½ 28 1999 Dos Hermanas C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 9. Svidler vs Kramnik ½-½ 23 1999 Dos Hermanas C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 10. Topalov vs Karpov   ½-½ 23 1999 Dos Hermanas D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. Karpov vs Svidler 1-0 49 1999 Dos Hermanas D97 Grunfeld, Russian 12. Kramnik vs Anand 1-0 70 1999 Dos Hermanas D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 13. Adams vs Korchnoi 1-0 56 1999 Dos Hermanas C67 Ruy Lopez 14. Judit Polgar vs Illescas Cordoba   0-1 61 1999 Dos Hermanas B33 Sicilian 15. Gelfand vs Topalov   ½-½ 56 1999 Dos Hermanas A04 Reti Opening 16. Gelfand vs Judit Polgar   ½-½ 27 1999 Dos Hermanas A30 English, Symmetrical 17. Illescas Cordoba vs Adams   ½-½ 31 1999 Dos Hermanas C78 Ruy Lopez 18. Korchnoi vs Kramnik ½-½ 13 1999 Dos Hermanas E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 19. Anand vs Karpov   ½-½ 25 1999 Dos Hermanas B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 20. Topalov vs Svidler   ½-½ 38 1999 Dos Hermanas A15 English 21. Svidler vs Anand ½-½ 69 1999 Dos Hermanas C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 22. Karpov vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 38 1999 Dos Hermanas E17 Queen's Indian 23. Kramnik vs Illescas Cordoba 1-0 55 1999 Dos Hermanas A04 Reti Opening 24. Adams vs Gelfand   ½-½ 42 1999 Dos Hermanas B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 25. Judit Polgar vs Topalov   0-1 48 1999 Dos Hermanas B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     Jan-31-13    twinlark: This seems to be a major achievement by Adams, yet he doesn't list it at all in his website, and nor does Wikipedia: http://www.lekochess.com/index.php?... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_.... I thought it might be a rapid tournament, but there is nothing to indicate that it is. In any case, the Rapid Grand Prix in Bordeaux that he won the same year is listed in his resume. Anyone know why he's bashful about this result? Jan-31-13    Shams: <twinlark> Monster achievement from Adams. Somehow you got your wires crossed (if you are anything like me you have a dozen or more tabs open at once) and you were searching on Peter Leko pages instead of Adams pages. :) This win is noted on Adams' wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michae...(chess_player) Jan-31-13    twinlark: <Shams> I thought I'd deleted my stupid post when I discovered that for myself earlier. When I'm writing a major bio, I usually have about 3 windows open with up to 50-60 open tabs. Jan-31-13    perfidious: <twinlark> Blow the whistle on yourself under 'other', citing carelessness. When I spend time on the PC, I too have many tabs open-might be 20 or more. 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