The Viktor Korchnoi 70th Birthday Tournament

Vladimir Kramnik     Vladimir Kramnik is the winner of the Viktor Korchnoi 70th Birthday Tournament , which took place in the Hotel Savoy in Zurich, Switzerland 28-29 April. It was a rapid tournament (25 minutes for the whole game, no timebonus). Semifinals and Finals two games. Tiebreaks: 2 Blitzgames (10 min), 2 Blitzgames (5 min), Sudden Death (White 6 min, Black 5 min, Black wins in the case of a Draw).
Qualification in 2 groups:
Group A
1. Kasparov Garry RUS 2827
2. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2676
3. Piket, Jeroen g NED 2628
4. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2531
5. Forster, Richard m SUI 2462
6. Unzicker, Wolfgang g GER 2432

Group A final standings:
1 . Kasparov - 4.5
2 . Piket - 4.0
3-5 . Short , Unzicker , Pelletier - 2.0
6 . Forster - 0.5
    Group B
1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2802
2. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2695
3. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2643
4. Spassky, Boris V g FRA 2551
5. Jenni, Florian m SUI 2471
6. Hug, Werner m SUI 2470

Group B final standings:
1 . Kramnik - 3.5
2 . Spassky - 3.0
3 . Svidler , Korchnoi - 2.5
5 . Hug - 2.0
6 . Jenni - 1.5
Kasparov 1-0,1/2
Kasparov
1-0,1/2
Kasparov
Kramnik
1/2,0-1
Korchnoi
Spassky 1-0,0-1
Short
Short 0-1,1/2
Piket 1-0,1-0
Piket
1/2,0-1
Svidler
Unzicker 0-1,1/2
Kramnik
Kramnik


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