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 |
4½ |
| 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 |
2½ |
| 7 |
IM |
Hug Werner |
2453 |
SUI |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
2½ |
| 8 |
GM |
Karpov Anatoly |
2644 |
RUS |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
* |
2½ |
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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