Vienna 1991

Christiansen storms through Vienna unbeaten
October 1991 · Vienna, Austria
Christiansen won with 7½/9

Larry Christiansen won Vienna 1991 with an unbeaten 7½/9. The complete ten-player, 45-game round robin ended with Christiansen a point and a half ahead of Vladimir Epishin.

A nine-round Vienna international

The field included Christiansen, Epishin, John Nunn, Judit Polgár, Zoltán Ribli, Karel Mokrý, Egon Brestian, Alexander Fauland, Stefan Kindermann, and Gerhard Schroll.

That meant 45 games over 9 rounds.

Six wins and a clear first

Christiansen scored six wins and three draws without a loss for 7½. Epishin took second on 6, while Nunn, Polgár, and Ribli shared the next score on 5½.

All 45 games are complete, and the direct table matches Christiansen's unbeaten score, 1½-point margin, and full standings.

The games

All 45 games are here: 31 decisive and 14 drawn. The standings worked out from these games match the published crosstable.

Final standings

7½/9
Christiansen won with 7½/9
# Player Score Record Games
1 Christiansen, Larry Mark 7½/9 +6 -0 =3
2 Epishin, Vladimir 6/9 +5 -2 =2
=3 Nunn, John DM 5½/9 +4 -2 =3
=3 Polgar, Judit 5½/9 +4 -2 =3
=3 Ribli, Zoltan 5½/9 +3 -1 =5
6 Mokry, Karel 5/9 +4 -3 =2
7 Kindermann, Stefan 4/9 +3 -4 =2
=8 Fauland, Alexander 2/9 +1 -6 =2
=8 Schroll, Gerhard 2/9 +1 -6 =2
=8 Brestian, Egon 2/9 +0 -5 =4

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678910
1 Christiansen, Larry Mark ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½
2 Epishin, Vladimir ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1
3 Nunn, John DM 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1
4 Polgar, Judit 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½
5 Ribli, Zoltan ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½
6 Mokry, Karel 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 ½
7 Kindermann, Stefan 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1
8 Fauland, Alexander 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1
9 Schroll, Gerhard 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1
10 Brestian, Egon ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0

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