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Final scores in the Credit Suisse Masters in Horgen, Switzerland were Ivanchuk and Kramnik 7; Ehlvest and Short, 6; Kasparov 5; Gulko, Korchnoi and Yusupov 41/2; Lautier 4; Vaganyan 31/2; Timman 3.

It was Kasparov's worst result for ages, and Nigel Short's best for a long time. Here is his last-round demolition of Gulko's Caro-Kann. At the end, 31...Rg6 is met by 32.Rb6+ and 33.Qxh7+.

Short-Gulko: 1 e4 c6 2 Ne2!? d5 3 e5 c5 4 d4 Nc6 5 c3 Bf5 6 dxc5 e6 7 b4 a5 8 Nd4 axb4 9 cxb4 Qc7 10 Bb5 Bxb1 11 Rxb1 Qxe5+ 12 Be3 Qc7 13 0-0 Be7 14 Bxc6+ bxc6 15 b5 cxb5 16 Nxb5 Qc6 17 Nd4 Qc8 18 Qb3 Nf6 19 Qb5+ Kf8 20 Nc6 Ne4 21 Nxe7 Kxe7 22 Qb2! Rd8 23 Qxg7 Rxa2 24 Rfc1 Rg8 25 Qe5 f6 26 Qh5 Rg7 27 c6 Kd6 28 c7 Ra8 29 Bf4+ e5 30 Bxe5+ fxe5 31 Qh6+ resigns.