Donner Memorial 1995

Granda Zúñiga and Timman share first in Amsterdam
August 1995 · Amsterdam, Netherlands
Julio Granda Zúñiga and Jan Timman shared first with 7½/11.

Julio Granda Zúñiga and Jan Timman shared first at the 1995 Donner Memorial with 7½/11. The complete 66-game round robin preserves two sharply different records at the top of the table.

A joint victory

Granda Zúñiga reached 7½ with six wins, two losses, and three draws. Timman matched him with five wins, one loss, and five draws. Judit Polgár finished half a point behind on 7.

The published table identifies both leaders on 7½. The archive therefore gives them joint rank 1 instead of using their unequal win totals as an official tie-break.

A decisive event

The 12-player single round robin completed all 66 pairings. It produced 41 decisive games and 25 draws, with more than three games in five ending in a win.

Every participant completed 11 games, and the archived point totals agree with the historical crosstable.

The games

All 66 games are here in round order. One short draw, Shirov–Huzman, ends after White's tenth move; it is a complete game, not a fragment.

Final standings

7½/11
Julio Granda Zúñiga and Jan Timman shared first with 7½/11.
# Player Score Record Games
=1 Granda Zuniga, Julio E 7½/11 +6 -2 =3
=1 Timman, Jan H 7½/11 +5 -1 =5
3 Polgar, Judit 7/11 +5 -2 =4
=4 Seirawan, Yasser 6/11 +4 -3 =4
=4 Shirov, Alexei 6/11 +4 -3 =4
=4 Huzman, Alexander 6/11 +3 -2 =6
=7 Morozevich, Alexander 5/11 +4 -5 =2
=7 Salov, Valery 5/11 +3 -4 =4
=7 Khalifman, Alexander 5/11 +2 -3 =6
=7 Nunn, John DM 5/11 +2 -3 =6
=11 Piket, Jeroen 3/11 +2 -7 =2
=11 Van Wely, Loek 3/11 +1 -6 =4

Cross Table

Rank Player 123456789101112
1 Granda Zuniga, Julio E 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1
2 Timman, Jan H 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1
3 Polgar, Judit 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1
4 Seirawan, Yasser 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½
5 Shirov, Alexei 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1
6 Huzman, Alexander ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1
7 Morozevich, Alexander 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 1
8 Salov, Valery ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0
9 Khalifman, Alexander 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
10 Nunn, John DM 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½
11 Piket, Jeroen ½ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½
12 Van Wely, Loek 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½

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