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NAME :  SUPERTOURNAMENTS - the strongest tournaments ever -

                           (category 18 and higher), including

                           the Amber-rapid/blind tournaments.



                           For more information:

                           New in Chess Magazine 1998/7/83

                           The Enthralling World of Super-

                           tournaments, by R.M.Gonzalez

                           Enjoy !!!



FILE :  STRONG.TXT, ECO.TXT, ELO.TXT, STRONG.DAT, STRONG.PGN

DATE :  December 1998

GAMES:  1364



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FIRST TEN - CROSSTABLES

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1. CITY    : LAS PALMAS

   YEAR    :       1996

   CATEGORY:         21

   MEAN ELO:       2757

   COUNTRY :        ESP

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¦                   ¦ 1  2  3  4  5  6  ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+-------------------+-------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Kasparov,G    ¦ *  1  1  1˝ 1˝ 1˝ ¦  6˝  ¦ 2785 ¦ 2860 ¦

¦  2. Anand,V       ¦ 1  *  ˝  1  1˝ 1˝ ¦  5˝  ¦ 2735 ¦ 2797 ¦

¦  3. Kramnik,V     ¦ 1  1˝ *  ˝  1  1  ¦  5   ¦ 2765 ¦ 2755 ¦

¦  4. Topalov,V     ¦ ˝  1  1˝ *  1  1  ¦  5   ¦ 2750 ¦ 2758 ¦

¦  5. Ivanchuk,V    ¦ ˝  ˝  1  1  *  1  ¦  4   ¦ 2730 ¦ 2690 ¦

¦  6. Karpov,A      ¦ ˝  ˝  1  1  1  *  ¦  4   ¦ 2775 ¦ 2681 ¦

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2. CITY    : LINARES

   YEAR    :    1998

   CATEGORY:      21

   MEAN ELO:    2752

   COUNTRY :     ESP

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¦                ¦ 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+----------------+----------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Anand,V    ¦ *  1˝ ˝  1  1˝ 1˝ 1˝ ¦  7˝  ¦ 2770 ¦ 2840 ¦

¦  2. Shirov,A   ¦ ˝  *  1  1˝ 1  1  2  ¦  7   ¦ 2710 ¦ 2819 ¦

¦  3. Kasparov,G ¦ 1˝ 1  *  1  1  1  1  ¦  6˝  ¦ 2825 ¦ 2770 ¦

¦  4. Kramnik,V  ¦ 1  ˝  1  *  1˝ 1  1˝ ¦  6˝  ¦ 2790 ¦ 2775 ¦

¦  5. Svidler,P  ¦ ˝  1  1  ˝  *  1  1˝ ¦  5˝  ¦ 2690 ¦ 2732 ¦

¦  6. Ivanchuk,V ¦ ˝  1  1  1  1  *  ˝  ¦  5   ¦ 2740 ¦ 2694 ¦

¦  7. Topalov,V  ¦ ˝  0  1  ˝  ˝  1˝ *  ¦  4   ¦ 2740 ¦ 2632 ¦

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3. CITY    : NOVGOROD

   YEAR    :     1997

   CATEGORY:       19

   MEAN ELO:     2719

   COUNTRY :      RUS

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¦                   ¦ 1  2  3  4  5  6  ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+-------------------+-------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Kasparov,G    ¦ *  ˝  1˝ 1˝ 1  2  ¦  6˝  ¦ 2795 ¦ 2813 ¦

¦  2. Kramnik,V     ¦ 1˝ *  1  1  1˝ 1  ¦  6   ¦ 2740 ¦ 2787 ¦

¦  3. Short,N       ¦ ˝  1  *  ˝  1  2  ¦  5   ¦ 2690 ¦ 2725 ¦

¦  4. Bareev,E      ¦ ˝  1  1˝ *  ˝  1  ¦  4˝  ¦ 2665 ¦ 2694 ¦

¦  5. Topalov,V     ¦ 1  ˝  1  1˝ *  0  ¦  4   ¦ 2725 ¦ 2646 ¦

¦  6. Gelfand,B     ¦ 0  1  0  1  2  *  ¦  4   ¦ 2700 ¦ 2651 ¦

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4. CITY    : DOS HERMANAS

   YEAR    :         1996

   CATEGORY:           19

   MEAN ELO:         2715

   COUNTRY :          ESP

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¦                 ¦ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+-----------------+---------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Kramnik,V   ¦ * ˝ 1 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ¦  6   ¦ 2775 ¦ 2829 ¦

¦  2. Topalov,V   ¦ ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 1 ˝ ˝ 1 ¦  6   ¦ 2700 ¦ 2838 ¦

¦  3. Anand,V     ¦ 0 ˝ * ˝ 1 0 1 1 1 ˝ ¦  5˝  ¦ 2725 ¦ 2793 ¦

¦  4. Kasparov,G  ¦ 0 ˝ ˝ * ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 1 1 ¦  5˝  ¦ 2775 ¦ 2787 ¦

¦  5. Illescas,M  ¦ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ¦  4˝  ¦ 2635 ¦ 2723 ¦

¦  6. Kamsky,G    ¦ ˝ 0 1 ˝ ˝ * 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ¦  4   ¦ 2735 ¦ 2672 ¦

¦  7. Gelfand,B   ¦ ˝ 0 0 0 ˝ 1 * 1 0 1 ¦  4   ¦ 2700 ¦ 2676 ¦

¦  8. Ivanchuk,V  ¦ 0 ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 * 1 ˝ ¦  3˝  ¦ 2735 ¦ 2632 ¦

¦  9. Shirov,A    ¦ ˝ ˝ 0 0 0 ˝ 1 0 * ˝ ¦  3   ¦ 2690 ¦ 2595 ¦

¦ 10. Polgar,J    ¦ ˝ 0 ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ * ¦  3   ¦ 2675 ¦ 2596 ¦

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5. CITY    : NOVGOROD

   YEAR    :     1996

   CATEGORY:       19

   MEAN ELO:     2711

   COUNTRY :      RUS

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¦                   ¦ 1  2  3  4  5  6  ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+-------------------+-------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Topalov,V     ¦ *  ˝  1  1  1˝ 2  ¦  6   ¦ 2750 ¦ 2776 ¦

¦  2. Ivanchuk,V    ¦ 1˝ *  1  1  1  1  ¦  5˝  ¦ 2730 ¦ 2744 ¦

¦  3. Short,N       ¦ 1  1  *  1˝ 1  ˝  ¦  5   ¦ 2695 ¦ 2715 ¦

¦  4. Gelfand,B     ¦ 1  1  ˝  *  1˝ ˝  ¦  4˝  ¦ 2665 ¦ 2685 ¦

¦  5. Kramnik,V     ¦ ˝  1  1  ˝  *  1˝ ¦  4˝  ¦ 2765 ¦ 2665 ¦

¦  6. Polgar,J      ¦ 0  1  1˝ 1˝ ˝  *  ¦  4˝  ¦ 2665 ¦ 2685 ¦

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6. CITY    : DOS HERMANAS

   YEAR    :         1997

   CATEGORY:           19

   MEAN ELO:         2702

   COUNTRY :          ESP

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¦                 ¦ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+-----------------+---------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Anand,V     ¦ * ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 1 ˝ ˝ ¦  6   ¦ 2765 ¦ 2816 ¦

¦  2. Kramnik,V   ¦ ˝ * ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 1 ¦  6   ¦ 2740 ¦ 2819 ¦

¦  3. Salov,V     ¦ 0 ˝ * ˝ 1 1 ˝ ˝ 0 1 ¦  5   ¦ 2665 ¦ 2745 ¦

¦  4. Karpov,A    ¦ ˝ 0 ˝ * ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 1 ˝ ¦  5   ¦ 2760 ¦ 2735 ¦

¦  5. Topalov,V   ¦ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 1 ¦  5   ¦ 2725 ¦ 2738 ¦

¦  6. Gelfand,B   ¦ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ * ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ¦  4˝  ¦ 2700 ¦ 2701 ¦

¦  7. Shirov,A    ¦ 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ * ˝ 1 1 ¦  4˝  ¦ 2690 ¦ 2702 ¦

¦  8. Polgar,J    ¦ 0 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ * 1 1 ¦  4˝  ¦ 2645 ¦ 2707 ¦

¦  9. Short,N     ¦ ˝ ˝ 1 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 ¦  3   ¦ 2690 ¦ 2580 ¦

¦ 10. Illescas,M  ¦ ˝ 0 0 ˝ 0 ˝ 0 0 0 * ¦  1˝  ¦ 2635 ¦ 2434 ¦

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7. CITY    : LINARES

   YEAR    :    1997

   CATEGORY:      19

   MEAN ELO:    2701

   COUNTRY :     ESP

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¦                ¦ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2¦points¦ elo ¦ tpr ¦

+----------------+------------------------+------+-----+-----¦

¦  1. Kasparov,G ¦ * 1 1 1 1 1 ˝ 0 1 ˝ 1 ˝¦  8˝  ¦ 2795¦ 2904¦

¦  2. Kramnik,V  ¦ 0 * ˝ 1 1 ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 1 ˝ 1¦  7˝  ¦ 2740¦ 2831¦

¦  3. Adams,M    ¦ 0 ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 1 1 ˝¦  6˝  ¦ 2665¦ 2769¦

¦  4. Topalov,V  ¦ 0 0 ˝ * ˝ ˝ 1 1 1 1 0 1¦  6˝  ¦ 2725¦ 2763¦

¦  5. Polgar,J   ¦ 0 0 ˝ ˝ * 0 ˝ 1 1 1 ˝ 1¦  6   ¦ 2645¦ 2738¦

¦  6. Anand,V    ¦ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 * ˝ ˝ 0 1 ˝ ˝¦  5˝  ¦ 2765¦ 2695¦

¦  7. Gelfand,B  ¦ ˝ ˝ 0 0 ˝ ˝ * ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝¦  5   ¦ 2700¦ 2667¦

¦  8. Ivanchuk,V ¦ 1 0 ˝ 0 0 ˝ ˝ * ˝ 0 1 1¦  5   ¦ 2740¦ 2664¦

¦  9. Nikolic,P  ¦ 0 ˝ ˝ 0 0 1 0 ˝ * ˝ 1 ˝¦  4˝  ¦ 2655¦ 2640¦

¦ 10. Dreev,A    ¦ ˝ 0 0 0 0 0 ˝ 1 ˝ * ˝ 1¦  4   ¦ 2650¦ 2606¦

¦ 11. Shirov,A   ¦ 0 ˝ 0 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 0 ˝ * 0¦  3˝  ¦ 2690¦ 2567¦

¦ 12. Piket,J    ¦ ˝ 0 ˝ 0 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ 0 1 *¦  3˝  ¦ 2640¦ 2572¦

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8. CITY    : NOVGOROD

   YEAR    :     1994

   CATEGORY:       18

   MEAN ELO:     2700

   COUNTRY :      RUS

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¦                   ¦ 1  2  3  4  5  6  ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+-------------------+-------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Kasparov,G    ¦ *  1  1˝ 1˝ 1˝ 1˝ ¦  7   ¦ 2810 ¦ 2847 ¦

¦  2. Ivanchuk,V    ¦ 1  *  1˝ 1  1˝ 2  ¦  7   ¦ 2695 ¦ 2870 ¦

¦  3. Kramnik,V     ¦ ˝  ˝  *  1˝ 1˝ 1  ¦  5   ¦ 2725 ¦ 2715 ¦

¦  4. Short,N       ¦ ˝  1  ˝  *  1  1  ¦  4   ¦ 2655 ¦ 2657 ¦

¦  5. Shirov,A      ¦ ˝  ˝  ˝  1  *  1˝ ¦  4   ¦ 2740 ¦ 2640 ¦

¦  6. Bareev,E      ¦ ˝  0  1  1  ˝  *  ¦  3   ¦ 2675 ¦ 2576 ¦

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9. CITY    : DORTMUND

   YEAR    :     1997

   CATEGORY:       18

   MEAN ELO:     2700

   COUNTRY :      GER

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¦                 ¦ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+-----------------+---------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Kramnik,V   ¦ * ˝ ˝ 1 1 ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 1 ¦  6˝  ¦ 2770 ¦ 2858 ¦

¦  2. Anand,V     ¦ ˝ * 0 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 1 ¦  5˝  ¦ 2765 ¦ 2772 ¦

¦  3. Topalov,V   ¦ ˝ 1 * ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ¦  5   ¦ 2745 ¦ 2734 ¦

¦  4. Ivanchuk,V  ¦ 0 0 ˝ * ˝ 1 ˝ 1 1 ˝ ¦  5   ¦ 2725 ¦ 2736 ¦

¦  5. Polgar,J    ¦ 0 ˝ 1 ˝ * ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 0 ¦  4˝  ¦ 2670 ¦ 2702 ¦

¦  6. Gelfand,B   ¦ ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ¦  4   ¦ 2695 ¦ 2660 ¦

¦  7. Karpov,A    ¦ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ * 0 ˝ 1 ¦  4   ¦ 2745 ¦ 2654 ¦

¦  8. Short,N     ¦ ˝ 0 ˝ 0 0 ˝ 1 * 1 ˝ ¦  4   ¦ 2660 ¦ 2663 ¦

¦  9. Hubner,R    ¦ ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 * ˝ ¦  3˝  ¦ 2580 ¦ 2632 ¦

¦ 10. Yusupov,A   ¦ 0 0 0 ˝ 1 ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ * ¦  3   ¦ 2640 ¦ 2584 ¦

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10.CITY    : DORTMUND

   YEAR    :     1998

   CATEGORY:       18

   MEAN ELO:     2698

   COUNTRY :      GER

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¦                 ¦ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ¦points¦ elo  ¦ tpr  ¦

+-----------------+---------------------+------+------+------¦

¦  1. Kramnik,V   ¦ * ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 1 ¦  6   ¦ 2790 ¦ 2810 ¦

¦  2. Adams,M     ¦ ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 1 1 ˝ ¦  6   ¦ 2670 ¦ 2824 ¦

¦  3. Svidler,P   ¦ 0 ˝ * 1 1 ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 1 ¦  6   ¦ 2690 ¦ 2822 ¦

¦  4. Leko,P      ¦ ˝ ˝ 0 * ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 1 ¦  5   ¦ 2670 ¦ 2742 ¦

¦  5. Ivanchuk,V  ¦ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ¦  4˝  ¦ 2740 ¦ 2694 ¦

¦  6. Anand,V     ¦ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ¦  4   ¦ 2770 ¦ 2651 ¦

¦  7. Yusupov,A   ¦ 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ * ˝ 1 ˝ ¦  4   ¦ 2630 ¦ 2666 ¦

¦  8. Almasi,Z    ¦ ˝ 0 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ * 1 ˝ ¦  4   ¦ 2630 ¦ 2666 ¦

¦  9. Beliavsky,A ¦ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 0 * ˝ ¦  3   ¦ 2690 ¦ 2578 ¦

¦ 10. Shirov,A    ¦ 0 ˝ 0 0 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ * ¦  2˝  ¦ 2710 ¦ 2530 ¦

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TABLE: The Strongest tournaments ever (cat. 18 and higher)

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No.  Year    City          Country        Cat.        Mean Elo

 1   1996    Las Palmas        ESP         21             2757

 2   1998    Linares           ESP         21             2752

 3   1997    Novgorod          RUS         19             2719

 4   1996    Dos Hermanas      ESP         19             2715

 5   1996    Novgorod          RUS         19             2712

 6   1997    Dos Hermanas      ESP         19             2702

 7   1997    Linares           ESP         19             2701

 8   1994    Novgorod          RUS         18             2600

 9   1997    Dortmund          GER         18             2600

10   1998    Dortmund          GER         18             2698

11   1994    Amsterdam         NED         18             2698

12   1994    Buenos Aires      ARG         18             2694

13   1995    Amsterdam         NED         18             2690

14   1996    Vienna            AUT         18             2690

15   1994    Linares           ESP         18             2685

16   1995    Dos Hermanas      ESP         18             2681

17   1996    Amsterdam         NED         18             2679

18   1997    Belgrade          YUG         18             2679

19   1996    Dortmund          GER         18             2678

20   1992    Moscow            RUS         18             2677

21   1993    Linares           ESP         18             2677

22   1992    Reggio Emilia     ITA         18             2676



Not in this list: Amber Monaco rapid/blind tournaments (>17)