Amsterdam Euwe Memorial 1991

Salov and Short finish unbeaten together in Amsterdam
May 1991 · Amsterdam, Netherlands
Shared first (Salov, Short) — 6/9
Event Index 45 GAMES

Valery Salov and Nigel Short shared first at the 1991 Amsterdam Euwe Memorial with 6/9. Both went unbeaten through the ten-player, 45-game round robin, half a point ahead of Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov.

The correct Euwe Memorial table

The Amsterdam event assembled Salov, Short, Karpov, Kasparov, Viktor Korchnoi, Jóhann Hjartarson, Jan Timman, John van der Wiel, Mikhail Gurevich, and Ljubomir Ljubojević. The direct source is the 45-game Amsterdam table, not a separately indexed 40-game event with the same short title.

That meant 45 games over 9 rounds.

An undefeated shared first

Salov and Short each recorded three wins and six draws. Karpov and Kasparov were also unbeaten, but their two wins and seven draws left them on 5½, half a point behind.

All ten final scores match the published table. The two co-winners also won the same number of games, so both are ranked first.

The games

All 45 games are here: 17 decisive and 28 drawn. The standings worked out from these games match the published crosstable.

Final standings

6/9
Shared first (Salov, Short) — 6/9
# Player Score Record
=1 Salov, Valery 6/9 +3 -0 =6 games
=1 Short, Nigel D 6/9 +3 -0 =6 games
=3 Karpov, Anatoly 5½/9 +2 -0 =7 games
=3 Kasparov, Garry 5½/9 +2 -0 =7 games
5 Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich 4½/9 +2 -2 =5 games
=6 Timman, Jan H 4/9 +3 -4 =2 games
=6 Hjartarson, Johann 4/9 +1 -2 =6 games
8 Gurevich, Mikhail 3½/9 +0 -2 =7 games
=9 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 3/9 +1 -4 =4 games
=9 Van der Wiel, John 3/9 +0 -3 =6 games

Cross Table

Player 12345678910
1 Salov, Valery ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
2 Short, Nigel D ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½
3 Karpov, Anatoly ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½
4 Kasparov, Garry ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
5 Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
6 Timman, Jan H 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1
7 Hjartarson, Johann ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½
8 Gurevich, Mikhail ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½
9 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½
10 Van der Wiel, John 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.

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