Yevgeniy Vladimirov won Salamanca 1991 with an unbeaten 8½/11. The complete 12-player, 66-game round robin left former World Champion Boris Spassky one point behind.
Twelve players in Salamanca
The field joined Vladimirov and Spassky with Alejandro Hoffman, Viktor Korchnoi, Juan Mario Gómez Esteban, Orestes Rodríguez Vargas, and six further masters. Every scheduled pairing is present.
That meant 66 games over 11 rounds.
Six wins without a defeat
Vladimirov scored six wins and five draws for 8½. Spassky also went unbeaten, finishing second on 7½, while Hoffman and Korchnoi shared the next score on 7.
The direct crosstable and archived games agree on the winner, one-point margin, and all twelve final totals.
The games
All 66 games are here: 36 decisive and 30 drawn. The standings worked out from these games match the published crosstable.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimirov, Yevgeniy | 8½/11 | +6 -0 =5 | games |
| 2 | Spassky, Boris Vasilievich | 7½/11 | +4 -0 =7 | games |
| =3 | Hoffman, Alejandro | 7/11 | +6 -3 =2 | games |
| =3 | Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich | 7/11 | +5 -2 =4 | games |
| 5 | Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario | 6½/11 | +3 -1 =7 | games |
| 6 | Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes | 6/11 | +2 -1 =8 | games |
| 7 | Rivas Pastor, Manuel | 5/11 | +3 -4 =4 | games |
| =8 | Oltra Caurin, Ramon | 4½/11 | +2 -4 =5 | games |
| =8 | Sanz Alonso, Francisco Javier | 4½/11 | +1 -3 =7 | games |
| 10 | San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | 3½/11 | +2 -6 =3 | games |
| =11 | Zapata, Alonso | 3/11 | +2 -7 =2 | games |
| =11 | Martin Gonzalez, Angel | 3/11 | +0 -5 =6 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimirov, Yevgeniy | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 2 | Spassky, Boris Vasilievich | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Hoffman, Alejandro | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 5 | Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | |
| 6 | Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 7 | Rivas Pastor, Manuel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Oltra Caurin, Ramon | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sanz Alonso, Francisco Javier | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 11 | Zapata, Alonso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 12 | Martin Gonzalez, Angel | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.