Dos Hermanas 1995

Adams, Kamsky, and Karpov share a three-way first
April 1995 · Dos Hermanas, Spain
Shared first (Adams, Kamsky, Karpov) — 5½/9

Michael Adams, Gata Kamsky, and Anatoly Karpov shared first at Dos Hermanas 1995 with 5½/9. The complete ten-player round robin contains all 45 games and leaves the three leaders with identical records.

A tightly packed supertournament

The field brought together Adams, Kamsky, Karpov, Boris Gelfand, Judit Polgár, Miguel Illescas, Joël Lautier, Jeroen Piket, Valery Salov, and Alexei Shirov. Only two and a half points separated first from last.

That meant 45 games over 9 rounds.

Three leaders with the same record

Adams, Kamsky, and Karpov each scored three wins, five draws, and one loss for 5½. Gelfand and the unbeaten Polgár shared the next score on 5.

The Independent and the crosstable both record a shared first. The three also won the same number of games, so all three are ranked first.

The games

All 45 games are here: 20 decisive and 25 drawn. The standings worked out from these games match the published crosstable.

Final standings

5½/9
Shared first (Adams, Kamsky, Karpov) — 5½/9
# Player Score Record Games
=1 Adams, Michael 5½/9 +3 -1 =5
=1 Kamsky, Gata 5½/9 +3 -1 =5
=1 Karpov, Anatoly 5½/9 +3 -1 =5
=4 Gelfand, Boris 5/9 +2 -1 =6
=4 Polgar, Judit 5/9 +1 -0 =8
=6 Lautier, Joel 4½/9 +3 -3 =3
=6 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel Angel 4½/9 +2 -2 =5
8 Piket, Jeroen 4/9 +2 -3 =4
9 Salov, Valery 3½/9 +1 -3 =5
10 Shirov, Alexei 2/9 +0 -5 =4

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678910
1 Adams, Michael 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1
2 Kamsky, Gata 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½
3 Karpov, Anatoly ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1
4 Gelfand, Boris ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1
5 Polgar, Judit ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
6 Lautier, Joel ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 1
7 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel Angel ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½
8 Piket, Jeroen 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½
9 Salov, Valery 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½
10 Shirov, Alexei 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½

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