Dos Hermanas 1997

Anand and Kramnik finish unbeaten together
3–12 April 1997 · Dos Hermanas, Spain
Shared first (Anand, Kramnik) — 6/9

Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik shared first at Dos Hermanas 1997 with 6/9. Both went unbeaten with identical records in the complete ten-player, 45-game round robin.

An identical shared first

Anand and Kramnik each scored three wins and six draws. They also drew their first-round meeting, and both finished a point ahead of Valery Salov, Anatoly Karpov, and Veselin Topalov on 5/9.

Contemporary reports describe the result as shared first, even though some local listings placed Anand first on tie-break. The archive preserves the equal tournament score.

The complete tournament

Ten players contested nine rounds, every pair meeting once, 45 games in all.

The event produced 20 decisive games and 25 draws. Every archived player has nine games, and the computed final scores match the published table.

The games

All 45 games are here in round order. Anand and Kramnik finished with identical records, so both are ranked first.

Final standings

6/9
Shared first (Anand, Kramnik) — 6/9
# Player Score Record Games
=1 Anand, Viswanathan 6/9 +3 -0 =6
=1 Kramnik, Vladimir 6/9 +3 -0 =6
=3 Salov, Valery 5/9 +3 -2 =4
=3 Karpov, Anatoly 5/9 +2 -1 =6
=3 Topalov, Veselin 5/9 +2 -1 =6
=6 Polgar, Judit 4½/9 +2 -2 =5
=6 Shirov, Alexei 4½/9 +2 -2 =5
=6 Gelfand, Boris 4½/9 +1 -1 =7
9 Short, Nigel D 3/9 +2 -5 =2
10 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel Angel 1½/9 +0 -6 =3

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678910
1 Anand, Viswanathan ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½
2 Kramnik, Vladimir ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
3 Salov, Valery 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1
4 Karpov, Anatoly ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½
5 Topalov, Veselin ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1
6 Polgar, Judit 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1
7 Shirov, Alexei 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1
8 Gelfand, Boris ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
9 Short, Nigel D ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel Angel ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0

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