CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT
MONTPELLIER, FRANCE; October-November 1985
Players in red advanced to the Candidates Matches
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. GM Yusupov USR 2600 x 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 9 - 6
2. GM Vaganian USR 2625 1 x ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 9 - 6
3. GM Sokolov USR 2555 0 ½ x ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 9 - 6
4. GM Timman NET 2640 ½ 1 ½ x ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 8½- 6½
5. GM Tal USR 2565 ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 8½- 6½
6. GM Spassky FRA 2590 0 1 1 0 ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 8 - 7
7. GM Belyavsky USR 2640 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ x 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 8 - 7
8. GM Smyslov USR 2595 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 7½- 7½
9. IM Chernin USR 2560 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7½- 7½
10. GM Portisch HUN 2625 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 7 - 8
11. GM Seirawan USA 2570 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ x 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 7 - 8
12. GM Short ENG 2575 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 x ½ 1 ½ ½ 7 - 8
13. GM Korchnoi SWI 2630 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ x ½ 1 ½ 6½- 8½
14. GM Ribli HUN 2605 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ x 1 ½ 6½- 8½
15. GM Nogueiras CUB 2555 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 x 1 6 - 9
16. IM Spraggett CAN 2550 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 x 5 -10
Tied players listed in Sonnenborn-Berger tiebreak order
4th Place Playoff
MONTPELLIER 1 2 3 4 5 6
Timman ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 3
Tal ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 3
When this playoff match was tied, Timman advanced to the Candidates
Matches, due to better Kashdan System tie-break points in the Candidates Tournament.
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| # | Player | Country | Status |
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| 1 | Anatoly Karpov | USSR | Seeded directly into Candidates Final, lost previous Championship match and rematch |
| 2 | Andrei Sokolov | USSR | Qualified from Interzonal |
| 3 | Artur Yusupov | USSR | Qualified from Interzonal |
| 4 | Jan Timman | Netherlands | Qualified from Interzonal |
| 5 | Rafael Vaganian | USSR | Qualified from Interzonal |
| 6 | Mikhail Tal | USSR | Qualified from Interzonal |
| 7 | Boris Spassky | France | Seeded, selected by Host Federation |
| 8 | Alexander Beliavsky | USSR | Qualified from Interzonal |
| 9 | Vassily Smyslov | USSR | Seeded, lost previous Candidates Final |
| 10 | Alexander Chernin | USSR | Qualified from Interzonal |
| 11 | Lajos Portisch | Hungary | Qualified from Interzonal |
| 12 | Yasser Seirawan | USA | Qualified from Interzonal |
| 13 | Nigel Short | United Kingdom | Qualified from Interzonal |
| 14 | Viktor Korchnoi | Switzerland | Seeded, lost previous Candidates Semi-Final |
| 15 | Zoltan Ribli | Hungary | Seeded, lost previous Candidates Semi-Final |
| 16 | Jesus Nogueiras | Cuba | Qualified from Interzonal |
| 17 | Kevin Spraggett | Canada | Qualified from Interzonal |
| Minsk, Jan '86 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Sokolov | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6 | |
| Vaganian | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 2 |
| Tilburg, Jan-Feb '86 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||
| Yusupov | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6 | ||
| Timman | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 3 |
| Riga, Sep - Oct '86 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Sokolov | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 7½ | |
| Yusupov | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 6½ |
| Linares, Feb - Mar '87 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Karpov | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7½ | |
| Sokolov | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 4½ |