Skelleftea World Cup (1989) |
Skellefteå, Sweden, 12 August - 2 September 1989 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Karpov 38 2755 • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 9½
2 Kasparov 26 2775 ½ • 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9½
3 Portisch 52 2600 ½ 0 • ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 8½
4 Seirawan 29 2585 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 8½
5 Short 24 2660 ½ 0 ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 8½
6 Salov 25 2645 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 8
7 Sax 38 2580 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 8
8 Nunn 34 2575 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 • 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7½
9 Andersson 38 2635 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7½
10 Hübner 40 2605 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 7
11 Ribli 37 2605 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7
12 Tal 52 2585 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 7
13 Ehlvest 26 2620 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • ½ 1 1 6½
14 Nicolic 28 2600 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • 0 ½ 6
15 Korchnoi 58 2655 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 • 1 6
16 Vaganian 37 2585 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 • 5
————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Fifteen rounds in 22 days, starting on Saturday 12 August and ending on Saturday 2 September (120 games). Rest days 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 28 August and 1 September, with adjourned games finished on Sunday 3 September. Karpov won on Sonneborn-Berger score ahead of Kasparov, both with 9.5/15 and 26½ World Cup points.This was the 6th and last World Cup tournament of the 1988-89 season. Final standings: 1) Kasparov 83 points, 2) Karpov 81, 3) Salov 68½, 4) Ehlvest 68, 5) Ljubojevic 66½, 6) Nunn 65½, 7-8) Beliavsky & Short 63½, 9-10) Timman & Hübner 57½, etc. Sources
*FIDE rating list July 1989 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...)
Chess Life, 1/1990, pp. 68-69 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Chess Life, 12/1989, pp. 38-40 (https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...)
Sakkélet, 11/1989, pp. 337-345 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 7/1989, pp. 281-289 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1989...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 8/1989, pp. 314-331 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1989...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 9/1989, pp. 396-399 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1989...)
Jaque 269, 15 September 1989, pp. 570-576 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Dates from Swedish newspapers, available at https://tidningar.kb.se/
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Andersson vs Huebner |
 | ½-½ | 61 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | A20 English |
2. Sax vs Karpov |
 | ½-½ | 19 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
3. Kasparov vs Korchnoi |
  | 1-0 | 23 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | A34 English, Symmetrical |
4. Nunn vs Seirawan |
 | ½-½ | 42 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack |
5. Portisch vs Ribli |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
6. Salov vs P Nikolic |
 | 1-0 | 48 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
7. Short vs Tal |
 | 1-0 | 40 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
8. Ehlvest vs Vaganian |
 | 1-0 | 38 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | C18 French, Winawer |
9. Short vs Andersson |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
10. Karpov vs Kasparov |
 | ½-½ | 42 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | E97 King's Indian |
11. Korchnoi vs Salov |
 | 0-1 | 37 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
12. Ribli vs Nunn |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | A05 Reti Opening |
13. P Nikolic vs Portisch |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch |
14. Tal vs Vaganian |
| ½-½ | 16 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line |
15. Seirawan vs Ehlvest |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
16. Huebner vs Sax |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
17. Andersson vs Tal |
 | ½-½ | 80 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | E03 Catalan, Open |
18. Salov vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
19. Kasparov vs Huebner |
 | ½-½ | 60 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
20. Portisch vs Korchnoi |
 | 1-0 | 39 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | E00 Queen's Pawn Game |
21. Nunn vs P Nikolic |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | C19 French, Winawer, Advance |
22. Sax vs Short |
| ½-½ | 13 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | C18 French, Winawer |
23. Vaganian vs Seirawan |
| ½-½ | 26 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto |
24. Ehlvest vs Ribli |
| ½-½ | 16 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
25. Andersson vs Sax |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1989 | Skelleftea World Cup | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
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