Mecking collapsed at the end and lost back to back games to fall out of contention. Here are the standings with one round to go except Nigel who completed all his games.
1. Short, Nigel g ENG 2660 7
2. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2523 5
3. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2537 5
4. Suba, Mihai g ROU 2487 4½
5. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2628 4½
6. Beliavsky, Alexander g SLO 2641 4½
7. Mecking, Henrique g BRA 2565 4½
8. Murariu, Andrei g ROU 2483 4
9. Timman, Jan g NED 2565 4
10. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2617 3½
11. Sokolov, Andrei g FRA 2596 3½
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I thought before the start that Short should easily win this tournament. Only an on form Khalifman could have challenged- but the other players aren’t what they used to be.