1994-95 Candidates Matches

CYCLE 16: 13-Man Knockout

Ten qualifiers from one Interzonal tournament, plus two seeds play knockout matches. The 13th man, the sitting World Champion is seeded into one of the final matches. The two Candidates Final winners then play a FIDE Championship match in 1996. (Black background indicates black in the first game) 

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Gelfand          ½½½101½1  5
Adams            ½½½010½0  3
    
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Kramnik          1½½½1½½  4½
Yudasin          0½½½0½½  2½
    
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Kamsky           1011½½½  4½
Van der Sterren  0100½½½  2½
    
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Anand            ½1101½½  4½
Yusupov          ½0010½½  2½
    
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Salov            1½11½1  5
Khalifman        0½00½0  1
    
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Timman           ½10½1½½½  4½
Lautier          ½01½0½½½  3½
    
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Gelfand  ½½01½½½1  4½
Kramnik  ½½10½½½0  3½
    
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Kamsky   ½½00½11½ 11  6
Anand    ½½11½00½ 00  4
    
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Salov    0½½1½½1½  4½
Timman   1½½0½½0½  3½
    
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Karpov   ½½01½11½1  6
Gelfand  ½½10½00½0  3
    
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Kamsky   1½1½11½  5½
Salov    0½0½00½  1½

THE PLAYERS

# Player Country Status
1 Anatoly Karpov RUS FIDE Champion, seeded into Finals
2 Gata Kamsky USA Qualified from Interzonal
3 Boris Gelfand BLR Qualified from Interzonal
4 Valery Salov RUS Qualified from Interzonal
5 Vladimir Kramnik RUS Qualified from Interzonal
6 Viswanathan Anand IND Qualified from Interzonal
7 Jan Timman NET Seeded
8 Michael Adams UK Qualified from Interzonal
9 Leonid Yudasin ISR Qualified from Interzonal
10 Paul Van der Sterren NET Qualified from Interzonal
11 Artur Yusupov RUS Seeded
12 Alexander Khalifman RUS Qualified from Interzonal
13 Joel Lautier FRA Qualified from Interzonal

THE QUARTERFINALS (Best of 8)

Wijk aan Zee, Jan '94 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Gelfand ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 5
Adams ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 3

Wijk aan Zee, Jan '94 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Kramnik 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½
Yudasin 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 2½

Wijk aan Zee, Jan '94 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Kamsky 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½
Van der Sterren 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 2½

Wijk aan Zee, Jan '94 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Anand ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 4½
Yusupov ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 2½

Wijk aan Zee, Jan '94 1 2 3 4 5 6
Salov 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5
Khalifman 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1

Wijk aan Zee, Jan '94 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Timman ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½
Lautier ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 3½

THE SEMI-FINALS (Best of 8)

Sanghi Nagar, Jul-Aug '94 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Gelfand ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½
Kramnik ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 3½

Sanghi Nagar, Jul-Aug '94 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Kamsky ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6
Anand ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 4

Sanghi Nagar, Jul-Aug '94 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Salov 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½
Timman 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 3½

THE FINALS (Best of 10)

Sanghi Nagar, Feb '95 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Karpov ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6
Gelfand ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 3

Sanghi Nagar, Feb '95 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Kamsky 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 5½
Salov 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1½

Result: Karpov and Kamsky qualify for the 1996 FIDE Championship Match

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