First place shared by Piket and Gelfand — 7/11. All 66 games of this 12-player single round robin are here, and the standings and crosstable are worked out from them.
The field and format
Played in Tilburg, Netherlands (11–23 October 1996), the event used a single round-robin. Each of the 12 players completed 11 games; the resulting 66-game total is exactly the full set of pairings.
The finish
First place shared by Piket and Gelfand — 7/11.
Top scores: Gelfand 7/11 (+3 −0 =8) and Piket 7/11 (+3 −0 =8). The next score line was Shirov 6½/11 (+5 −3 =3).
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Gelfand, Boris | 7/11 | +3 -0 =8 | games |
| =1 | Piket, Jeroen | 7/11 | +3 -0 =8 | games |
| 3 | Shirov, Alexei | 6½/11 | +5 -3 =3 | games |
| =4 | Leko, Peter | 6/11 | +3 -2 =6 | games |
| =4 | Van Wely, Loek | 6/11 | +3 -2 =6 | games |
| =6 | Adams, Michael | 5½/11 | +2 -2 =7 | games |
| =6 | Karpov, Anatoly | 5½/11 | +2 -2 =7 | games |
| 8 | Sutovsky, Emil | 5/11 | +2 -3 =6 | games |
| =9 | Almasi, Zoltan | 4½/11 | +1 -3 =7 | games |
| =9 | Lautier, Joel | 4½/11 | +1 -3 =7 | games |
| =9 | Svidler, Peter | 4½/11 | +0 -2 =9 | games |
| 12 | Polgar, Judit | 4/11 | +1 -4 =6 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gelfand, Boris | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 2 | Piket, Jeroen | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 3 | Shirov, Alexei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Leko, Peter | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Van Wely, Loek | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 6 | Adams, Michael | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 7 | Karpov, Anatoly | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 8 | Sutovsky, Emil | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 9 | Almasi, Zoltan | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | |
| 10 | Lautier, Joel | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 11 | Svidler, Peter | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 12 | Polgar, Judit | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.