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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Rotterdam World Cup Tournament
Jan Timman10.5/15(+7 -1 =7)[games]
Anatoly Karpov9.5/15(+7 -3 =5)[games]
Rafael Vaganian9/15(+4 -1 =10)[games]
John Nunn8.5/15(+3 -1 =11)[games]
John van der Wiel8/15(+3 -2 =10)[games]
Valery Salov8/15(+5 -4 =6)[games]
Jaan Ehlvest8/15(+4 -3 =8)[games]
Andrei Sokolov8/15(+3 -2 =10)[games]
Nigel Short7.5/15(+4 -4 =7)[games]
Yasser Seirawan7/15(+3 -4 =8)[games]
Jesus Nogueiras6.5/15(+2 -4 =9)[games]
Gyula Sax6.5/15(+1 -3 =11)[games]
Artur Yusupov6.5/15(+2 -4 =9)[games]
Ljubomir Ljubojevic6/15(+1 -4 =10)[games]
Lajos Portisch6/15(+1 -4 =10)[games]
Johann Hjartarson4.5/15(+0 -6 =9)[games]
Robert Huebner0.5/1(+0 -0 =1)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
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
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
  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
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
    Hübner       40 2600                      ½             ½
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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)

 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 121  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Vaganian vs Karpov  ½-½151989Rotterdam World CupE17 Queen's Indian
2. Ljubojevic vs Short  ½-½251989Rotterdam World CupC18 French, Winawer
3. Nunn vs Ehlvest  ½-½351989Rotterdam World CupB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
4. Seirawan vs Portisch 1-0621989Rotterdam World CupE34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
5. Salov vs A Yusupov 0-1391989Rotterdam World CupA13 English
6. Timman vs A Sokolov 1-0361989Rotterdam World CupB40 Sicilian
7. Sax vs Van der Wiel  ½-½211989Rotterdam World CupB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
8. J Nogueiras vs Huebner  ½-½151989Rotterdam World CupD26 Queen's Gambit Accepted
9. Karpov vs J Nogueiras 1-0411989Rotterdam World CupC16 French, Winawer
10. Ehlvest vs Ljubojevic 1-0621989Rotterdam World CupC10 French
11. A Yusupov vs Nunn  ½-½261989Rotterdam World CupE73 King's Indian
12. Portisch vs Timman  ½-½581989Rotterdam World CupE14 Queen's Indian
13. Van der Wiel vs Salov  0-1591989Rotterdam World CupC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
14. Short vs Vaganian  ½-½311989Rotterdam World CupC18 French, Winawer
15. Hjartarson vs Sax  ½-½281989Rotterdam World CupE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
16. Seirawan vs Karpov 0-1421989Rotterdam World CupE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
17. Ljubojevic vs A Yusupov 0-1421989Rotterdam World CupA13 English
18. Nunn vs Van der Wiel  ½-½311989Rotterdam World CupB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
19. A Sokolov vs Portisch 1-0501989Rotterdam World CupB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
20. Salov vs Hjartarson  1-0551989Rotterdam World CupE15 Queen's Indian
21. J Nogueiras vs Short 1-0211989Rotterdam World CupE00 Queen's Pawn Game
22. Vaganian vs Ehlvest  ½-½161989Rotterdam World CupA33 English, Symmetrical
23. Karpov vs Timman 1-0341989Rotterdam World CupD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
24. Van der Wiel vs Ljubojevic  ½-½381989Rotterdam World CupB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
25. Hjartarson vs Nunn  0-1381989Rotterdam World CupE84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line
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