15th world correspondence championship

01-11-1989 > 31-08-2002

¾ final, group 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tot
1 Stern, Werner GDR 2460 – 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 12½
2 Hovde, Frank NOR 2520 1 – ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
3 Poulsen, Allan DEN 2620 0 ½ – ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11
4 Finocchiaro, Fabio ITA 2435 ½ ½ ½ – ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 11
5 Trapl, Jindřich CZE 2495 0 ½ ½ ½ – ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 10½
6 Wendt, René GER 2540 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ – 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 10
7 Końca, Damian POL 2435 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 – 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 9½
8 Monaville, Guy BEL 2470 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 – ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 8½
9 IMC Krantz, Kjell Erik SWE 2525 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ – 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 1 7
10 IMC Şuta, Mihai ROM 2445 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 – ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 7
11 Melts, Michail USA 2490 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ – ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 7
12 GMC Hollis, Adrian Swayne ENG 2595 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ – ½ 0 1 ½ 1 7
13 IMC Milyutin, Oleg URS 2495 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ – ½ 0 ½ 1 6
14 Baturinsky, Viktor Davidovich URS 2535 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ – ½ ½ 1 6
15 de Mauro, Joseph USA 2610 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 1 ½ – 1 1 6
16 Paré, Claude CAN 2407 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 – 1 5
17 Gornyak, Yury Yurievich URS 2510 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0

 

¾ final, group 3
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tot
1 GMC Webb, Simon ENG 2610 – ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 12½
2 Reynolds, Robert USA 2658 ½ – ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
3 GMC Maes, Valeer BEL 2410 0 ½ – ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 11
4 GMC Brzózka, Stefan POL 2525 ½ ½ ½ – ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10½
5 Barlow, John RSA 2480 ½ 1 ½ ½ – ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½
6 Sterud, Edvard NOR 2445 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ – ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 10
7 O’Duill, Anthony Francis IRL 2570 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ – ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 9½
8 Slachev, Petko Kolev BUL 2565 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ – ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 8½
9 Bratsev, Vladimir URS 2512 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ – 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 8
10 Hjorth, Sune SWE 2475 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 – 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 6½
11 IMC Klaić, Pero YUG 2475 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 – ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 6½
12 IMC Hermlin, Aarne URS 2490 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ – ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 6½
13 Stolyar, Sergey Efimovich URS 2530 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ – ½ ½ 1 ½ 6
14 Kampfhenkel, Ulrich GER 2500 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ – ½ 1 1 5
15 IMC Voitsekh, Anatoly Pavlovich URS 2513 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ – ½ 0 4½
16 Lassen, Hans Jørgen DEN 2480 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ – 1 4½
17 IMC Chapman, Roger NZL 2485 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 – 4
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 GMC Timmerman, Gert-Jan NED 2726 – 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
2 GMC van Oosterom, Joop NED 2655 0 – ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 11
3 IMC Poulsen, Allan DEN 2592 0 ½ – ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 11
4 GMC Gottardi, Gottardo SUI 2622 ½ ½ ½ – ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 11
5 GMC Maes, Valeer BEL 2471 ½ ½ ½ ½ – ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 10½
6 IMC Finocchiaro, Fabio ITA 2487 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ – ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 10
7 Barlow, John RSA 2507 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ – 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 10
8 GMC Kilgour, David SCO 2580 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 – 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 7
9 GMC Prizant, Michael ENG 2516 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 – ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 7
10 IMC Sychev, Anatoly Viktorovich RUS 2512 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ – ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5½
11 IMC Reynolds, Robert USA 2567 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ – ½ 1 0 1 1 5
12 IMC Carleton, John Joseph ENG 2464 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ – 0 1 ½ ½ 4½
13 IMC Vitomskis, Janis LAT 2594 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 – 0 ½ 0 4½
14 IMC Tomkovich, Viktor Vasilievich LTU 2507 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 – ½ ½ 4
15 IMC Gefenas, Vladas LTU 2577 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ – 1 4
16 IMC Cayford, Richard Anthony USA 2527 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 – 3

[1] has the tables, [2] the games. Monaville’s game against Gornyak is missing, however, which leads me to conjecture that he either died or withdrew from the tournament quite early on. Yury Shteinsapir started in the final, but I think he died during the tournament. In any case, his games were cancelled. Note that the nationalities in the tables above are those at the beginning of the respective groups — or they should be, at least.

According to [1], the ¾-finals started on November 1st, 1989 and lasted until December 30th, 1996. The final started on November 1st, 1996 and lasted until August 31st 2002. It seems odds to me that the final started before all preliminaries had ended, but I presume the final standings were clear by that point. Maes qualified for the final in which he remained unbeaten; probably the best result by a Belgian in this tournament since Boey’s 2nd place in the 7th edition.

Wanted

  • What happened with Gornyak?

Sources

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  2. ChessBase
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