Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens (1996) The 58th Annual Hoogovens Chess Tournament was a category XVII event held in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands from January 12th to January 29th 1996. 14 top grandmasters competed in a round robin format in the prestigous A event. The participants were (in order of ELO): Vassily Ivanchuk (2735), Vishwanathan Anand (2725), Boris Gelfand (2700), Veselin Topalov (2700), Alexey Shirov (2690), Alexey Dreev (2670), Ivan Sokolov (2665), Michael Adams (2660), Robert Huebner (2635), Peter Leko (2625), Sergei Tiviakov (2625), Jan Timman (2620), Jeroen Piket (2570), and Loek Van Wely (2570). As if three Linares titles weren't enough, Ivanchuk took clear first here, undefeated with 9/13. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Ivanchuk 9.0/13 * = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 = = = = 1 02 Anand 8.0/13 = * 0 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 = = = 03 Topalov 7.5/13 0 1 * = 0 = = 1 = = = 1 1 = 04 Tiviakov 7.0/13 = 0 = * 0 = 1 1 = = = = = 1 05 Sokolov 7.0/13 0 1 1 1 * = 0 0 = = 0 1 1 = 06 Dreev 7.0/13 = = = = = * 0 0 1 = 1 1 = = 07 Adams 7.0/13 = 0 = 0 1 1 * = 0 = = 1 1 = 08 Piket 6.5/13 0 0 0 0 1 1 = * 1 = = 1 = = 09 Shirov 6.5/13 0 = = = = 0 1 0 * = 1 0 1 1 10 Leko 6.0/13 = 0 = = = = = = = * = = = = 11 Gelfand 5.5/13 = 0 = = 1 0 = = 0 = * = = = 12 Van Wely 5.0/13 = = 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 = = * = 1 13 Huebner 5.0/13 = = 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = = = * 1 14 Timman 4.0/13 0 = = 0 = = = = 0 = = 0 0 * Original collection: Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1996, by User: suenteus po 147  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Anand vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 25 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B23 Sicilian, Closed 2. Topalov vs Shirov   ½-½ 53 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C78 Ruy Lopez 3. Van Wely vs Dreev   0-1 56 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 4. Gelfand vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 16 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 5. Timman vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 51 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 6. Leko vs Adams   ½-½ 27 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. Huebner vs Piket   ½-½ 59 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 8. Gelfand vs Huebner   ½-½ 25 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 9. Dreev vs Leko   ½-½ 23 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 10. Adams vs Topalov   ½-½ 41 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 11. Tiviakov vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 12 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B40 Sicilian 12. I Sokolov vs Van Wely 1-0 27 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 13. Piket vs Timman   ½-½ 27 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. Shirov vs Anand   ½-½ 35 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B12 Caro-Kann Defense 15. Timman vs Gelfand   ½-½ 31 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 16. Anand vs Adams   1-0 45 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E17 Queen's Indian 17. Van Wely vs Piket 0-1 31 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A28 English 18. Ivanchuk vs Shirov 1-0 35 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 19. Topalov vs Dreev   ½-½ 16 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C07 French, Tarrasch 20. Huebner vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 25 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 21. Leko vs I Sokolov ½-½ 27 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 22. Gelfand vs Van Wely   ½-½ 43 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E92 King's Indian 23. Huebner vs Timman   1-0 52 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 24. I Sokolov vs Topalov 1-0 29 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation 25. Tiviakov vs Shirov   ½-½ 63 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)       There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. 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