Rubinstein Memorial 1998

Boris Gelfand wins in Polanica-Zdrój
August 17–26, 1998 · Polanica-Zdrój, Poland
Gelfand won with 6½/9

Boris Gelfand won with 6½/9. All 45 games of the 10-player single round robin are here, and they add up to the published final table.

10 players

The tournament ran in Polanica-Zdrój, Poland from August 17–26, 1998. Its single round robin schedule gave each player 9 games across 9 rounds.

That makes 45 games in all. There was no playoff or tiebreak.

The final result

Gelfand won 4 games, drew 5 and lost none.

Every player's final score matches the published table.

The games

All 45 games are here: 20 decisive and 25 drawn.

Final standings

6½/9
Gelfand won with 6½/9
# Player Score Record Games
1 Gelfand, Boris 6½/9 +4 -0 =5
2 Shirov, Alexei 5½/9 +4 -2 =3
=3 Krasenkow, Michal 5/9 +3 -2 =4
=3 Rublevsky, Sergei 5/9 +3 -2 =4
=3 Ivanchuk, Vassily 5/9 +2 -1 =6
=3 Leko, Peter 5/9 +1 -0 =8
=7 Macieja, Bartlomiej 4/9 +2 -3 =4
=7 Karpov, Anatoly 4/9 +1 -2 =6
9 Oll, Lembit 3½/9 +0 -2 =7
10 Markowski, Tomasz 1½/9 +0 -6 =3

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678910
1 Gelfand, Boris 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
2 Shirov, Alexei 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1
3 Krasenkow, Michal ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½
4 Rublevsky, Sergei 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
6 Leko, Peter ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
7 Macieja, Bartlomiej 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1
8 Karpov, Anatoly ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½
9 Oll, Lembit ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
10 Markowski, Tomasz 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½

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