Rotterdam World Cup (1989) |
"When everything seemed to indicate that the Rotterdam tournament, valid for the GMA World Cup, would be another triumphant walk for the great Anatoly Karpov, catastrophe struck: the former world champion lost the last three games, and the victory went to Jan Timman, apparently fully recovered from his long slump of last year. Karpov lost to Salov in the 15th round, after having committed an opening blunder that left him inferior; but Anatoly's formidable resilience, demonstrated so many times, still made it difficult to predict how things would turn out. In the 16th round, Karpov had an impressive attack against Ljubojevic, but Ljubo held out by exchanging his queen for the opponent's rook pair, and in the ensuing zeitnot, Anatoly gave his all and ultimately lost. The collapse culminated in the final round, in which an unknown Anatoly lost to Nunn in 81 moves. It's the first time in Karpov's long and unparalleled tournament career that something like this has happened to him. There are no stars who shine forever, nor chimeras who live forever. We had gotten used to the idea that Anatoly was a rock of invincible morality, a gladiator who could lose a game occasionally, but no more; and the myth proved false. ... Timman, who only lost to Karpov, finished first a whole point ahead, in a clearly outstanding performance. Vaganian and Nunn also showed fine form; Yusupov, Ljubojevic and Hjartarson played far below their potential, particularly Ljubo, who had just played brilliantly in Barcelona." (Jaque 266, transl.) World Trade Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 3-24 June 1989 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
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1 Timman 37 2610 ● 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 10½
2 Karpov 38 2750 1 ● ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9½
3 Vaganian 37 2600 ½ ½ ● ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 9
4 Nunn 34 2620 0 1 ½ ● ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8½
=5 Van der Wiel 29 2560 ½ ½ 0 ½ ● 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 8
=5 Salov 25 2630 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ● 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 8
=5 Ehlvest 26 2600 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ● ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 8
=5 Sokolov 26 2605 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8
9 Short 24 2650 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ● 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7½
10 Seirawan 29 2610 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ● ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 7
=11 Nogueiras 29 2575 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ● ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 6½
=11 Sax 38 2610 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½
=11 Yusupov 29 2610 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ● 1 ½ ½ 6½
=14 Ljubojevic 38 2580 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ● ½ ½ 6
=14 Portisch 52 2610 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ● ½ 6
16 Hjartarson 26 2615 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● 4½
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Hübner 40 2600 ½ ½
————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Boris Spassky withdrew a week before it started and Robert Huebner withdrew after Round 1 because of illness. The original schedule was upheld, with two byes each round (seven games per round except Round 6 which had eight). Seventeen rounds in 22 days, starting on Saturday 3 June (120 games). Rest days 7, 11, 15, 19 & 23 June. Chief arbiter: Geurt Gijssen. Karpov was leading but lost his last three games and ended 2nd. Timman lost to Karpov but won with 10.5/15 and earned 28 World Cup points.Other irregularities: A Yusupov vs Vaganian, 1989 was played 11 June, and Ljubojevic vs Salov, 1989 was played 19 June. This was the 5th World Cup tournament organized by the breakaway Grandmasters Association (GMA). The 6th (and last) was Skelleftea World Cup (1989). Sources
Wikipedia article: Beurs-World Trade Center
Dutchbase (https://maxeuwe.nl/files-dutchbase/...)
*FIDE rating list January 1989 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...)
Chess Life, 10/1989, pp. 40-45 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Sakkélet, 9/1989, pp. 286-291 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Skakbladet, 8/1989, pp. 163-164 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 6/1989, pp. 258-263 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1989...)
Jaque 265, 1 July 1989, pp. 420-422, 425 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Jaque 266, 15 July 1989, pp. 450-458 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Vaganian vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 15 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | E17 Queen's Indian |
2. Ljubojevic vs Short |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | C18 French, Winawer |
3. Nunn vs Ehlvest |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
4. Seirawan vs Portisch |
 | 1-0 | 62 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation |
5. Salov vs A Yusupov |
 | 0-1 | 39 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | A13 English |
6. Timman vs A Sokolov |
 | 1-0 | 36 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | B40 Sicilian |
7. Sax vs Van der Wiel |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
8. J Nogueiras vs Huebner |
| ½-½ | 15 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
9. Karpov vs J Nogueiras |
  | 1-0 | 41 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | C16 French, Winawer |
10. Ehlvest vs Ljubojevic |
 | 1-0 | 62 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | C10 French |
11. A Yusupov vs Nunn |
| ½-½ | 26 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | E73 King's Indian |
12. Portisch vs Timman |
| ½-½ | 58 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | E14 Queen's Indian |
13. Van der Wiel vs Salov |
| 0-1 | 59 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
14. Short vs Vaganian |
| ½-½ | 31 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | C18 French, Winawer |
15. Hjartarson vs Sax |
| ½-½ | 28 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
16. Seirawan vs Karpov |
  | 0-1 | 42 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
17. Ljubojevic vs A Yusupov |
 | 0-1 | 42 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | A13 English |
18. Nunn vs Van der Wiel |
| ½-½ | 31 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
19. A Sokolov vs Portisch |
 | 1-0 | 50 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
20. Salov vs Hjartarson |
| 1-0 | 55 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | E15 Queen's Indian |
21. J Nogueiras vs Short |
 | 1-0 | 21 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | E00 Queen's Pawn Game |
22. Vaganian vs Ehlvest |
| ½-½ | 16 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | A33 English, Symmetrical |
23. Karpov vs Timman |
  | 1-0 | 34 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | D87 Grunfeld, Exchange |
24. Van der Wiel vs Ljubojevic |
| ½-½ | 38 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 |
25. Hjartarson vs Nunn |
| 0-1 | 38 | 1989 | Rotterdam World Cup | E84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line |
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