Brussels SWIFT 1986

Karpov dominates the first SWIFT invitational
March 1986 · Brussels, Belgium
Karpov won with 9/11

Anatoly Karpov won Brussels SWIFT 1986 with an unbeaten 9/11, two points clear of Viktor Korchnoi. The complete 12-player round robin contains all 66 scheduled games.

A two-point margin

Karpov scored seven wins and four draws without losing. Korchnoi followed on 7/11, while Anthony Miles, Jan Timman, and Eugenio Torre each finished on 6½.

The published crosstable and the archived games agree on the 12 players, 66 played games, and Karpov's commanding winning score.

The complete field

Every player met the other 11 once, 66 games in all: 35 decisive and 31 drawn.

Karpov supplied seven of those decisive results and was the only player to reach nine points.

The games

All 66 games are here. The source gives no round numbers, so the games are listed in their original order, and the standings come straight from them.

Final standings

9/11
Karpov won with 9/11
# Player Score Record Games
1 Karpov, Anatoly 9/11 +7 -0 =4
2 Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich 7/11 +5 -2 =4
=3 Miles, Anthony John 6½/11 +5 -3 =3
=3 Timman, Jan H 6½/11 +4 -2 =5
=3 Torre, Eugenio 6½/11 +3 -1 =7
6 Romanishin, Oleg M 6/11 +2 -1 =8
7 Seirawan, Yasser 5½/11 +2 -2 =7
=8 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 5/11 +2 -3 =6
=8 Zapata, Alonso 5/11 +2 -3 =6
10 Van der Wiel, John 3½/11 +1 -5 =5
11 Winants, Luc 3/11 +0 -5 =6
12 Jadoul, Michel 2½/11 +2 -8 =1

Cross Table

Rank Player 123456789101112
1 Karpov, Anatoly ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1
2 Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1
3 Miles, Anthony John 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1
4 Timman, Jan H 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1
5 Torre, Eugenio ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0
6 Romanishin, Oleg M ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
7 Seirawan, Yasser 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0
8 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1
9 Zapata, Alonso 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
10 Van der Wiel, John ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1
11 Winants, Luc 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
12 Jadoul, Michel 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 ½

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