Boris Gelfand won Dos Hermanas 1994 with an unbeaten 6½/9. Across the complete ten-player, 45-game round robin, he finished half a point ahead of Anatoly Karpov.
The 1994 elite round robin
The field included Gelfand, Karpov, Vladimir Epishin, Veselin Topalov, Boris Gulko, Miguel Illescas, Joël Lautier, Iván Morovic, Judit Polgár, and Manuel Rivas Pastor. Each scheduled pairing is present.
That meant 45 games over 9 rounds.
Half a point separates first and second
Gelfand scored four wins and five draws without a defeat. Karpov reached 6 with four wins, four draws, and one loss, while Epishin followed on 5½.
The games add up to the published final scores, including Gelfand's narrow unbeaten win.
The games
All 45 games are here: 25 decisive and 20 drawn. The standings worked out from these games match the published crosstable.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gelfand, Boris | 6½/9 | +4 -0 =5 | games |
| 2 | Karpov, Anatoly | 6/9 | +4 -1 =4 | games |
| 3 | Epishin, Vladimir | 5½/9 | +5 -3 =1 | games |
| 4 | Topalov, Veselin | 4½/9 | +3 -3 =3 | games |
| =5 | Gulko, Boris F | 4/9 | +3 -4 =2 | games |
| =5 | Polgar, Judit | 4/9 | +2 -3 =4 | games |
| =5 | Illescas Cordoba, Miguel Angel | 4/9 | +1 -2 =6 | games |
| =5 | Lautier, Joel | 4/9 | +1 -2 =6 | games |
| 9 | Morovic Fernandez, Ivan | 3½/9 | +1 -3 =5 | games |
| 10 | Rivas Pastor, Manuel | 3/9 | +1 -4 =4 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gelfand, Boris | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 2 | Karpov, Anatoly | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 3 | Epishin, Vladimir | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Topalov, Veselin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 5 | Gulko, Boris F | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 6 | Polgar, Judit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 7 | Illescas Cordoba, Miguel Angel | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | |
| 8 | Lautier, Joel | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 9 | Morovic Fernandez, Ivan | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Rivas Pastor, Manuel | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.