IBM Amsterdam 1980 — Crown Group

Karpov wins Amsterdam's eight-player Crown Group
June 1980 · Amsterdam, Netherlands
Karpov won with 10/14
Event Index 56 GAMES

Anatoly Karpov won with 10/14. All 56 games of the 8-player double round robin are here, and they match the published final scores.

The complete field

The tournament brought 8 players together in a double round robin. Every pair met twice, once with each color, 56 games in all.

The independent IBM page describes the eight-player crown group: 56 games and 14 rounds, distinct from the two other 12-player groups at Amsterdam.

The result

Anatoly Karpov won with 10/14. Jan Timman finished second on 9, one point behind Karpov, and Gennadi Sosonko placed third on 8.

Karpov's +7 =6 −1 record produced 10/14. The source records have no usable round tags, so this archive retains their order while preserving every game and pairing.

The games

All 56 games are here: 27 decisive and 29 drawn. Because the source supplies no usable round labels, the games remain in source order. The standings worked out from these games match the historical table.

Final standings

10/14
Karpov won with 10/14
# Player Score Record
1 Karpov, Anatoly 10/14 +7 -1 =6 games
2 Timman, Jan H 9/14 +4 -0 =10 games
3 Sosonko, Gennadi 8/14 +2 -0 =12 games
4 Hort, Vlastimil 7½/14 +3 -2 =9 games
=5 Ribli, Zoltan 7/14 +4 -4 =6 games
=5 Dolmatov, Sergey 7/14 +3 -3 =8 games
7 Van der Wiel, John 4/14 +2 -8 =4 games
8 Larsen, Bent 3½/14 +2 -9 =3 games

Cross Table

Player 12345678
1 Karpov, Anatoly ½½ ½½ 1½ 01 ½1 11 11
2 Timman, Jan H ½½ ½½ ½1 ½½ 1½ 1½ 1½
3 Sosonko, Gennadi ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ½1 1½
4 Hort, Vlastimil 0½ ½0 ½½ 1½ ½½ ½1 ½1
5 Ribli, Zoltan 10 ½½ ½½ 0½ 1½ 10 01
6 Dolmatov, Sergey ½0 0½ ½½ ½½ 0½ 1½ 11
7 Van der Wiel, John 00 0½ ½0 ½0 01 0½ 10
8 Larsen, Bent 00 0½ 0½ ½0 10 00 01

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

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