Vladimir Kramnik
is the winner of
the Viktor Korchnoi 70th Birthday Tournament
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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).
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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 |
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Spassky | 1-0,0-1 |
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Short | 0-1,1/2 | |||||||||||||||||
Piket | 1-0,1-0 |
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Unzicker | 0-1,1/2 |
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Kramnik |