1991-2 Candidates Matches

CYCLE 15: 15-Man Knockout

Nine qualifiers from one Interzonal tournament, plus 4 seeds play knockout matches. Karpov, as the loser of the previous World Championship is seeded into the second round. The winner plays a World Championship match against Kasparov in 1990

(Black background indicates black in the first game)

Septi-Finals
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Short     1½0½01½½ ½1  5½
Speelman  0½1½10½½ ½0  4½
    
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Gelfand   ½01½½1½0 ½1  5½
Nikolic   ½10½½0½1 ½0  4½
    
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Karpov - Bye; 
Seeded into next round
    
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Anand     1½0111  4½
Dreev     0½1000  1½
    
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Timman    ½½1½1½½  4½
Huebner   ½½0½0½½  2½
    
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Korchnoi  ½½½½10½½ 1½  5½
Sax       ½½½½01½½ 0½  4½
    
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Yusupov   ½½½½0½½1 10 1½  6½
Dolmatov  ½½½½1½½0 01 0½  5½
    
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Ivanchuk  1111½  4½
Yudasin   0000½   ½
    
Quarter-Finals
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Short     011½10½1  5
Gelfand   100½01½0  3
    
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Karpov    ½½½1½0½1  4½
Anand     ½½½0½1½0  3½
    
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Timman    ½11½½½½  4½
Korchnoi  ½00½½½½  2½
    
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Yusupov   ½10½0½½1 1½  5½
Ivanchuk  ½01½1½½0 0½  4½
    
Semi-Finals
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Short    0½½1½101½1  6
Karpov   1½½0½010½0  4
    
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Timman   0½½101½1½1  6
Yusupov  1½½010½0½0  4
    
Finals
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Short   ½011½½0½1101½  7½
Timman  ½100½½1½0010½  5½
    


THE PLAYERS

# Player Country Status
1 Nigel Short United Kingdom Qualified from Interzonal
2 Jan Timman Netherlands Seeded, lost previous Candidates Final
3 Anatoly Karpov USSR Seeded, lost previous World Championship
4 Artur Yusupov USSR Seeded, lost last Candidates Semi-Final
5 Boris Gelfand USSR Qualified from Interzonal
6 Viswanathan Anand India Qualified from Interzonal
7 Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi Switzerland Qualified from Interzonal
8 Vassily Ivanchuk USSR Qualified from Interzonal
9 Jonathan Speelman United Kingdom Seeded, lost last Candidates Semi-Final
10 Predrag Nikolic YUG Qualified from Interzonal
11 Alexey Dreev USSR Qualified from Interzonal
12 Robert Huebner Germany Qualified from Interzonal
13 Gyula Sax Hungary Qualified from Interzonal
14 Sergey Dolmatov USSR Qualified from Interzonal
15 Leonid Yudasin USSR Qualified from Interzonal


THE SEPTI-FINALS (Best of 8)

London, Jan-Feb '91 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Short 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
Speelman 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0

Sarajevo, Jan-Feb '91 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Gelfand ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1
Nikolic ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0

Madras, Jan-Feb '91 1 2 3 4 5 6
Anand 1 ½ 0 1 1 1
Dreev 0 ½ 1 0 0 0

Sarajevo, Jan-Feb '91 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Timman ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½
Huebner ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½

Wijk aan Zee, Jan-Feb '91 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Korchnoi ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½
Sax ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½

Wijk aan Zee, Jan-Feb '91 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Yusupov ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½
Dolmatov ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½

Riga, Jan-Feb '91 1 2 3 4 5
Ivanchuk 1 1 1 1 ½
Yudasin 0 0 0 0 ½ ½


THE QUARTERFINALS (Best of 8)

Brussels, Aug '91 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Short 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 5
Gelfand 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 3

Brussels, Aug '91 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Karpov ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1
Anand ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0

?, Aug '91 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Timman ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½
Korchnoi ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½

Brussels, Aug '91 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Yusupov ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½
Ivanchuk ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½


THE SEMI-FINALS (Best of 10)

Linares, Apr '92 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Short 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 6
Karpov 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 4

Linares, Apr '92 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Timman 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6
Yusupov 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 4


THE FINALS (Best of 14)

San Lorenzo del Escorial, Jan '93 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Short ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½
Timman ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½


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