Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens (1998) The 60th Annual Hoogovens Chess Tournament was a category XVII event held in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands from January 15th to February 1st 1998. 14 top grandmasters, including the reigning FIDE World Champion, competed in a round robin format in the prestigous A event. The participants were (in order of ELO): Vladimir Kramnik (2790), Vishwanathan Anand (2770), Veselin Topalov (2740), Anatoli Karpov (2735), Alexey Shirov (2710), Valery Salov (2680), Boris Gelfand (2675), Michael Adams (2670), Judit Polgar (2670), Jan Timman (2620), Loek Van Wely (2605), Friso Nijboer (2590), Jeroen Piket (2580), and Paul Van der Sterren (2555). Kramnik and Anand tied for first at the end of the tournament, each with 8.5/13, a full point over the rest of the field. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Kramnik 8.5/13 * = 0 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 0 1 02 Anand 8.5/13 = * = = = 1 = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 03 Shirov 7.5/13 1 = * 1 1 = = = 0 1 0 = = = 04 Adams 7.5/13 0 = 0 * 0 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 05 Timman 7.5/13 = = 0 1 * = = = = = 1 = = 1 06 Topalov 6.5/13 = 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 0 1 = 1 = 07 Karpov 6.5/13 = = = = = 0 * = 1 = 0 = = 1 08 Gelfand 6.5/13 0 = = = = = = * 1 = 0 = 1 = 09 Polgar 6.5/13 0 1 1 = = = 0 0 * = = = = 1 10 Piket 6.5/13 0 = 0 = = 1 = = = * = 0 1 1 11 Salov 5.5/13 = 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 = = * = = 0 12 Nijboer 5.0/13 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = 1 = * = = 13 Van Wely 4.5/13 1 0 = 0 = 0 = = = 0 = = * 0 14 Van der Sterren 4.0/13 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 * Original collection: Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1998, by User: suenteus po 147  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Adams vs Van der Sterren   1-0 49 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C47 Four Knights 2. Shirov vs Topalov   ½-½ 38 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 3. Kramnik vs Piket 1-0 48 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 4. Timman vs Anand ½-½ 19 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 5. Nijboer vs Karpov ½-½ 39 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. Gelfand vs Judit Polgar   1-0 70 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 7. Van Wely vs Salov   ½-½ 62 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 8. Van der Sterren vs Gelfand   ½-½ 31 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 9. Judit Polgar vs Shirov 1-0 40 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 10. Topalov vs Timman   ½-½ 42 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 11. Piket vs Salov   ½-½ 66 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A30 English, Symmetrical 12. Anand vs Van Wely 1-0 42 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A30 English, Symmetrical 13. Karpov vs Adams ½-½ 33 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A30 English, Symmetrical 14. Kramnik vs Nijboer 1-0 29 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E97 King's Indian 15. Shirov vs Van der Sterren   ½-½ 61 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 16. Van Wely vs Topalov 0-1 48 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 17. Gelfand vs Karpov   ½-½ 42 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. Timman vs Judit Polgar   ½-½ 34 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 19. Nijboer vs Piket 1-0 36 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C78 Ruy Lopez 20. Adams vs Kramnik 0-1 29 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B56 Sicilian 21. Salov vs Anand 0-1 48 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. Van der Sterren vs Timman   0-1 29 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D97 Grunfeld, Russian 23. Nijboer vs Adams 0-1 38 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. Piket vs Anand   ½-½ 18 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 25. Karpov vs Shirov ½-½ 45 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation  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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