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World Chess Championship
1985 Montpellier Candidates Tournament

Montpellier, X-XI, 1985.

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total T/B
01 Yusupov A 2600 xx 0 1 = = 1 = = = = = = = 1 1 = 9.0 65.75
02 Vaganian R 2625 1 xx = 0 = 0 = = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 64.00
03 Sokolov A 2555 0 = xx = = 0 = 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 9.0 63.25
04 Timman J 2640 = 1 = xx = 1 = = = 1 1 0 = = = 0 8.5 65.25
05 Tal M 2565 = = = = xx = = = 1 0 = = 1 1 = = 8.5 62.50
06 Spassky B 2590 0 1 1 0 = xx = = = 1 = = = = 1 0 8.0 60.25
07 Beliavsky A 2640 = = = = = = xx 0 = = 1 = = = = 1 8.0 58.25
08 Smyslov V 2595 = = 0 = = = 1 xx = = = = = = 0 1 7.5 55.25
09 Chernin A 2560 = = = = 0 = = = xx = = = = = = 1 7.5 54.50
10 Seirawan Y 2570 = = = 0 1 0 = = = xx 1 = 0 = = = 7.0 52.75
11 Short N 2575 = = = 0 = = 0 = = 0 xx 1 = 1 = = 7.0 51.50
12 Portisch L 2625 = 0 0 1 = = = = = = 0 xx 1 0 = 1 7.0 50.75
13 Korchnoi V 2630 = 0 0 = 0 = = = = 1 = 0 xx = 1 = 6.5 46.50
14 Ribli Z 2605 0 = 0 = 0 = = = = = 0 1 = xx 1 = 6.5 46.50
15 Nogueiras J 2545 0 0 = = = 0 = 1 = = = = 0 0 xx 1 6.0
16 Spraggett K 2550 = 0 0 1 = 1 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 xx 5.0

Korchnoi, Ribli, and Smyslov were seeded from the 1983-4 Candidates matches. Spassky was chosen by the organizing federation. The other players were seeded from the Interzonals.

Playoff match, Montpellier, XII, 1985.

1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Tal M 2565 = 0 = = 1 = 3.0
Timman J 2640 = 1 = = 0 = 3.0

After six games Timman was declared the winner because he had more wins during the tournament.

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