Dortmund 1998 (SuperGM)
Adams, Kramnik and Svidler finished level on 6/9; Kramnik took first place on superior Sonneborn–Berger tiebreak. All 45 games of this 10-player single round robin are here, and the standings and crosstable are worked out from them.
The field and format
Played in Dortmund, Germany (26 June – 5 July 1998), the event used a single round-robin. Each of the 10 players completed 9 games; the resulting 45-game total is exactly the full set of pairings.
The finish
Adams, Kramnik and Svidler finished level on 6/9; Kramnik took first place on superior Sonneborn–Berger tiebreak.
Top scores: Svidler 6/9 (+4 −1 =4), Adams 6/9 (+3 −0 =6), and Kramnik 6/9 (+3 −0 =6). The next score line was Lékó 5/9 (+2 −1 =6).
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Svidler, Peter | 6/9 | +4 -1 =4 | games |
| =1 | Adams, Michael | 6/9 | +3 -0 =6 | games |
| =1 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 6/9 | +3 -0 =6 | games |
| 4 | Leko, Peter | 5/9 | +2 -1 =6 | games |
| 5 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 4½/9 | +1 -1 =7 | games |
| =6 | Almasi, Zoltan | 4/9 | +1 -2 =6 | games |
| =6 | Yusupov, Artur | 4/9 | +1 -2 =6 | games |
| =6 | Anand, Viswanathan | 4/9 | +0 -1 =8 | games |
| 9 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | 3/9 | +0 -3 =6 | games |
| 10 | Shirov, Alexei | 2½/9 | +0 -4 =5 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Svidler, Peter | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 2 | Adams, Michael | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 4 | Leko, Peter | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 5 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 6 | Almasi, Zoltan | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 7 | Yusupov, Artur | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 8 | Anand, Viswanathan | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 9 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | Shirov, Alexei | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.