Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens (1997) The 59th Annual Hoogovens Chess Tournament was a category XVI event held in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands from January 19th to February 2nd, 1997. 14 top grandmasters competed in a round robin format in the prestigous A event. The participants were (in order of ELO): Nigel Short (2690), Valery Salov (2665), Predrag Nikolic (2655), Loek Van Wely (2645), Jeroen Piket (2640), Viktor Korchnoi (2635), Miguel Illescas-Cordoba (2635), Joel Lautier (2630), Jan Timman (2630), Alex Yermolinsky (2630), Igor Glek (2620), Julio Ernesto Granda-Zuniga (2620), Ivan Sokolov (2615), and Alexander Onischuk (2580). Salov scored one of his finest international wins with 8.5/13. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Salov 8.5/13 * 1 0 = 1 = = = 1 = = = 1 1 02 Sokolov 8.0/13 0 * = = = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 03 Piket 8.0/13 1 = * = 0 = = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 04 Onischuk 8.0/13 = = = * 1 = = 1 1 0 1 0 = 1 05 Yermolinsky 7.0/13 0 = 1 0 * 1 = = = = = 1 = = 06 Granda-Zuniga 6.5/13 = 0 = = 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 07 Timman 6.5/13 = 0 = = = 1 * = 0 = = 1 0 1 08 Lautier 6.0/13 = = = 0 = 0 = * 0 = = = 1 1 09 Van Wely 6.0/13 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 1 * = 0 1 = 1 10 Korchnoi 6.0/13 = 0 = 1 = 0 = = = * 1 = 0 = 11 Short 6.0/13 = = 0 0 = 0 = = 1 0 * = 1 1 12 Illescas-Cordoba 5.5/13 = 0 = 1 0 1 0 = 0 = = * = = 13 Nikolic 5.0/13 0 = 0 = = 0 1 0 = 1 0 = * = 14 Glek 4.0/13 0 = = 0 = 1 0 0 0 = 0 = = * Original collection: Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1997, by User: suenteus po 147  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Granda-Zuniga vs Yermolinsky   0-1 53 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D85 Grunfeld 2. Van Wely vs Lautier 1-0 37 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E15 Queen's Indian 3. Korchnoi vs P Nikolic   0-1 33 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A27 English, Three Knights System 4. I Sokolov vs Illescas Cordoba   1-0 42 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A80 Dutch 5. Short vs Onischuk 0-1 36 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C78 Ruy Lopez 6. Timman vs Glek   1-0 58 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 7. Piket vs Salov 1-0 41 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E12 Queen's Indian 8. Van Wely vs Short   0-1 71 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. Yermolinsky vs Timman   ½-½ 18 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A35 English, Symmetrical 10. Onischuk vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 62 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 11. Lautier vs Glek   1-0 38 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 12. Illescas Cordoba vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 20 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C45 Scotch Game 13. P Nikolic vs Piket   0-1 40 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D77 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O 14. Salov vs Granda-Zuniga   ½-½ 19 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 15. Piket vs Illescas Cordoba   ½-½ 23 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 16. Glek vs Yermolinsky   ½-½ 25 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C51 Evans Gambit 17. I Sokolov vs Van Wely   ½-½ 21 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E70 King's Indian 18. Granda-Zuniga vs P Nikolic   1-0 39 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A09 Reti Opening 19. Korchnoi vs Onischuk 1-0 34 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 20. Short vs Lautier   ½-½ 27 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Timman vs Salov ½-½ 62 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 22. Short vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 46 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C88 Ruy Lopez 23. Illescas Cordoba vs Granda-Zuniga   1-0 40 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B83 Sicilian 24. Lautier vs Yermolinsky   ½-½ 53 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 25. P Nikolic vs Timman   1-0 30 1997 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav  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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