Turneul Regilor Bazna, Romania
After beating Portisch to catch up with Khalifman, Vaganian inexplicably lost to him in 21 moves, giving the title to Khalifman.
Final round results:
Khalifman – Vaganian 1-0
Mecking – Beliavsky ½–½
Timman – A. Sokolov ½–½
Ribli – Andersson ½–½
Suba – Chiburdanidze ½–½
Portisch had a day-off.
Here are the final standings:
1. Khalifman 7
2. Vaganian 6
3. Beliavsky 5 ½
4-6. Andersson, Ribli, Mecking 5
7-9. A. Sokolov, Chiburdanidze, Portisch 4 ½
10-11. Suba, Timman – 4
Here is the official website.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Khalifman rulez!
I have to play over that game to see what occured! Great to see these older players competing still.
Nothing surprising about this tournament – Khalifman won and Andersson played ten straight draws