Las Palmas 1996

Garry Kasparov wins in Las Palmas
December 9–21, 1996 · Las Palmas, Spain
Kasparov won with 6½/10

Garry Kasparov won with 6½/10. All 30 games of the 6-player double round robin are here, and they add up to the published final table.

6 players

The tournament ran in Las Palmas, Spain from December 9–21, 1996. Its double round robin schedule gave each player 10 games across 10 rounds.

That makes 30 games in all. There was no playoff or tiebreak.

The final result

Kasparov won 3 games, drew 7 and lost none.

Every player's final score matches the published table.

The games

All 30 games are here: 11 decisive and 19 drawn.

Final standings

6½/10
Kasparov won with 6½/10
# Player Score Record Games
1 Kasparov, Garry 6½/10 +3 -0 =7
2 Anand, Viswanathan 5½/10 +2 -1 =7
=3 Kramnik, Vladimir 5/10 +2 -2 =6
=3 Topalov, Veselin 5/10 +2 -2 =6
=5 Ivanchuk, Vassily 4/10 +2 -4 =4
=5 Karpov, Anatoly 4/10 +0 -2 =8

Cross Table

Rank Player 123456
1 Kasparov, Garry ½½ ½½ 1½ ½1 ½1
2 Anand, Viswanathan ½½ ½0 ½½ 1½ ½1
3 Kramnik, Vladimir ½½ ½1 ½0 01 ½½
4 Topalov, Veselin 0½ ½½ ½1 01 ½½
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily ½0 0½ 10 10 ½½
6 Karpov, Anatoly ½0 ½0 ½½ ½½ ½½

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