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Kramnik wins the strong Rapid event in Zurich ahead of Anand and Topalov

CET, 8/23/2009

Zurich Chess Club 200th Anniversary

On Saturday, 22 August 2009, 200 amateurs played against eight champions who have left indelible marks on chess in the past 50 years: Viswanathan Anand, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Viktor Korchnoi, Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Spassky, Ruslan Ponomariov and Veselin Topalov. Each of them played against 25 amateurs, 200 games altogether, one for every year of the club's history.

 

Champions Simultan - Results

August 22, 2009, Main Station Zurich


Anand, Viswanathan: 23 - 2

Draw: Almada, Enrique; Potterat, Marc; Schiendorfer, Florian; Mollet, Robert

Karpov, Anatoly: 20,5 - 4,5
Win: Nüesch, Gérard
Draw: Lapp, Karl-Iversen; Kuert, Christoph; Gehrig, Peter; Siegel, Adrian; Doran, Jean-Pierre; Buntschu, Kurt; Gretener, Kurt

Kasparov, Garry: 23 - 2
Draw: Silberring, Pawel; Rindlisbacher, Lars; Zier, Oliver; Hasenohr, Benedict

Korchnoj, Viktor: 22,5 - 2,5
Win: Namyslo, Holger
Draw: Zarri, Florian; Wüthrich, Sebastian; Zutter, François

Kramnik, Vladimir: 23,5 - 1,5
Draw: Gavrilova, Anastasia; Staechelin, Ruedi; Meylan, André

Ponomariov, Ruslan: 25 - 0


Spassky, Boris: 19,5 - 5,5
Draw: Wüest, Andrin; Stoeri, Simon; Sadeghi, Hassan Roger; Rusev, Aleksandar; Karrer, Damian; Meylan, Pierre; Zollinger, Stefan; Pfiffner, Peter; Eger, Axel; De Martin, Beat; OMuireagain; Colm

Topalov, Veselin: 21,5 - 3,5
Win: Mohajerin, Payman; Müer, Sebastian
Draw: Horber, Jean-Marc; Studer, Noel; Walz, Jürgen

Champions Rapid - Final Ranking & Results

August 23, 2009, Main Station Zurich

On Sunday, 23 August 2009, another group of eight champions -- Viswanathan Anand, Werner Hug, Anatoly Karpov, Alexander Khalifman, Vladimir Kramnik, Judit Polgar, Ruslan Ponomariov and Veselin Topalov -- played against one another in an attractive rapid chess format. Vladimir Kramnik won edging out Viswanathan Anand, both were undefeated.

 

Games viewer

Rank Name Elo FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2759 RUS * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5
2 GM Anand Viswanathan 2788 IND ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1
3 GM Topalov Veselin 2813 BUL 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 4
4 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2727 UKR ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 4
5 GM Khalifman Alexander 2612 RUS 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 3
6 GM Polgar Judit 2687 HUN ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0
7 IM Hug Werner 2453 SUI ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½
8 GM Karpov Anatoly 2644 RUS 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ *

Useful links:

Download games Courtesy The Week in Chess

Kramnik's video interview at the Official Website of the event Courtesy of Europe Echecs

 






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