1988–90 Candidates Matches (FIDE) Chess Games — Complete Event Archive

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ROUND ORDER	PLAYERS	RESULT	MOVES	OPENINGS	ROUND
1988.??.??	Jussupow, Artur vs Ehlvest, Jaan	1-0	34	Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Dutch Variation	ROUND 1
1988.??.??	Ehlvest, Jaan vs Jussupow, Artur	1/2-1/2	60	Petrov's Defense	ROUND 2
1988.??.??	Jussupow, Artur vs Ehlvest, Jaan	1-0	48	Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation	ROUND 3
1988.??.??	Ehlvest, Jaan vs Jussupow, Artur	1/2-1/2	61	Petrov's Defense	ROUND 4
1988.??.??	Jussupow, Artur vs Ehlvest, Jaan	1/2-1/2	24	King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation	ROUND 5
1988.??.??	Hjartarson, Johann vs Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich	1-0	44	Ruy Lopez: Open, Classical Defense	ROUND 1
1988.??.??	Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich vs Hjartarson, Johann	1/2-1/2	63	Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation	ROUND 2
1988.??.??	Hjartarson, Johann vs Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich	1/2-1/2	15	Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation	ROUND 3
1988.??.??	Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich vs Hjartarson, Johann	0-1	35	English Opening: Symmetrical Variation	ROUND 4
1988.??.??	Hjartarson, Johann vs Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich	0-1	30	Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation	ROUND 5
1988.??.??	Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich vs Hjartarson, Johann	1-0	26	English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Hedgehog Defense	ROUND 6
1988.??.??	Hjartarson, Johann vs Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich	1/2-1/2	55	Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Main Line	ROUND 7
1988.??.??	Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich vs Hjartarson, Johann	0-1	38	Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line	ROUND 8
1988.??.??	Portisch, Lajos vs Vaganian, Rafael A	1/2-1/2	27	Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense	ROUND 1
1988.??.??	Vaganian, Rafael A vs Portisch, Lajos	1/2-1/2	28	English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation, Spielmann Defense	ROUND 2
1988.??.??	Portisch, Lajos vs Vaganian, Rafael A	1-0	49	Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense	ROUND 3
1988.??.??	Vaganian, Rafael A vs Portisch, Lajos	1/2-1/2	40	English Opening: Symmetrical Variation	ROUND 4
1988.??.??	Portisch, Lajos vs Vaganian, Rafael A	1/2-1/2	43	Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Normal Line	ROUND 5
1988.??.??	Vaganian, Rafael A vs Portisch, Lajos	1/2-1/2	35	Catalan Opening: Open Defense	ROUND 6
1988.??.??	Salov, Valery vs Timman, Jan H	1/2-1/2	52	Queen's Pawn Game	ROUND 1
1988.??.??	Timman, Jan H vs Salov, Valery	1/2-1/2	46	Petrov's Defense	ROUND 2
1988.??.??	Salov, Valery vs Timman, Jan H	1/2-1/2	62	Queen's Indian Defense	ROUND 3
1988.??.??	Timman, Jan H vs Salov, Valery	1/2-1/2	81	Petrov's Defense	ROUND 4
1988.??.??	Salov, Valery vs Timman, Jan H	1/2-1/2	40	Queen's Indian Defense	ROUND 5
1988.??.??	Timman, Jan H vs Salov, Valery	1-0	37	Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation	ROUND 6
1988.??.??	Short, Nigel D vs Sax, Gyula	1-0	53	Sicilian Defense: Open	ROUND 1
1988.??.??	Sax, Gyula vs Short, Nigel D	0-1	45	Ruy Lopez: Closed	ROUND 2
1988.??.??	Short, Nigel D vs Sax, Gyula	1/2-1/2	42	Sicilian Defense: Open	ROUND 3
1988.??.??	Sax, Gyula vs Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	45	Ruy Lopez: Closed	ROUND 4
1988.??.??	Short, Nigel D vs Sax, Gyula	1/2-1/2	31	Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation	ROUND 5
1988.??.??	Speelman, Jonathan S vs Seirawan, Yasser	1/2-1/2	30	English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System	ROUND 1
1988.??.??	Seirawan, Yasser vs Speelman, Jonathan S	0-1	53	English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights, Fianchetto Variation	ROUND 2
1988.??.??	Speelman, Jonathan S vs Seirawan, Yasser	1-0	40	English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System	ROUND 3
1988.??.??	Seirawan, Yasser vs Speelman, Jonathan S	1/2-1/2	54	Queen's Gambit Accepted	ROUND 4
1988.??.??	Speelman, Jonathan S vs Seirawan, Yasser	1-0	35	Slav Defense: Modern Line	ROUND 5
1988.??.??	Spraggett, Kevin vs Sokolov, Andrei	1/2-1/2	24	Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense	ROUND 1
1988.??.??	Sokolov, Andrei vs Spraggett, Kevin	1-0	47	Caro-Kann Defense	ROUND 2
1988.??.??	Spraggett, Kevin vs Sokolov, Andrei	1/2-1/2	25	English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation	ROUND 3
1988.??.??	Sokolov, Andrei vs Spraggett, Kevin	1/2-1/2	33	Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation	ROUND 4
1988.??.??	Spraggett, Kevin vs Sokolov, Andrei	1-0	73	Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation	ROUND 5
1988.??.??	Sokolov, Andrei vs Spraggett, Kevin	1/2-1/2	22	Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation	ROUND 6
1988.??.??	Spraggett, Kevin vs Sokolov, Andrei	1/2-1/2	48	Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Keres Attack	ROUND 7
1988.??.??	Sokolov, Andrei vs Spraggett, Kevin	1/2-1/2	25	Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation	ROUND 8
1988.??.??	Sokolov, Andrei vs Spraggett, Kevin	1/2-1/2	60	Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation	ROUND 9
1988.??.??	Spraggett, Kevin vs Sokolov, Andrei	1/2-1/2	32	Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation	ROUND 10
1988.??.??	Spraggett, Kevin vs Sokolov, Andrei	1/2-1/2	66	Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation	ROUND 11
1988.??.??	Sokolov, Andrei vs Spraggett, Kevin	0-1	33	Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation	ROUND 12
1988.??.??	Speelman, Jonathan S vs Short, Nigel D	1/2-1/2	23	Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense	ROUND 1
1988.??.??	Short, Nigel D vs Speelman, Jonathan S	1/2-1/2	33	French Defense: Classical Variation	ROUND 2
1988.??.??	Speelman, Jonathan S vs Short, Nigel D	1-0	27	Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation	ROUND 3
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