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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Groningen Tournament

Sergei Tiviakov6/10(+2 -0 =8)[games]
Vadim Milov6/10(+2 -0 =8)[games]
Zoltan Almasi5.5/10(+2 -1 =7)[games]
Jeroen Piket4.5/10(+0 -1 =9)[games]
Karen Asrian4/10(+0 -2 =8)[games]
Alex Yermolinsky4/10(+0 -2 =8)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Groningen (1998)

Groningen, the Netherlands, 20-30 December 1998

Age Elo* 01 02 03 04 05 06 ———————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 GM Tiviakov 25 2655 •• ½½ 1½ ½½ ½½ 1½ 6 =1 GM Milov 26 2640 ½½ •• ½½ 1½ 1½ ½½ 6 3 GM Almasi 22 2650 0½ ½½ •• ½½ 1½ ½1 5½ 4 GM Piket 29 2605 ½½ 0½ ½½ •• ½½ ½½ 4½ =5 GM Asrian 18 2600 ½½ 0½ 0½ ½½ •• ½½ 4 =5 GM Yermolinsky 40 2625 0½ ½½ ½0 ½½ ½½ •• 4 ————————————————————————————————————————————————

Six-player double round-robin, 10 rounds in 11 days, starting on Sunday 20 December (30 games). Rest day 25 December. Tiviakov and Milov shared 1st place with 6/10.

Sources
TWIC 216 (https://web.archive.org/web/2021092...)
TWIC 217 (https://web.archive.org/web/2021092...)
*FIDE rating list July 1998 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...)
Skakbladet, 2/1999, pp. 5-6 (http://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/1...)
Leidsch Dagblad (available at https://leiden.courant.nu/)

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Tiviakov vs Z Almasi 1-0391998GroningenC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
2. Yermolinsky vs Milov  ½-½561998GroningenD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
3. J Piket vs K Asrian  ½-½301998GroningenD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. K Asrian vs Z Almasi  0-1481998GroningenC67 Ruy Lopez
5. J Piket vs Yermolinsky  ½-½181998GroningenE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
6. Milov vs Tiviakov  ½-½811998GroningenA07 King's Indian Attack
7. Yermolinsky vs K Asrian  ½-½381998GroningenD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
8. Z Almasi vs Milov  ½-½171998GroningenB42 Sicilian, Kan
9. Tiviakov vs J Piket  ½-½341998GroningenC77 Ruy Lopez
10. Z Almasi vs Yermolinsky  ½-½181998GroningenB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
11. Milov vs J Piket 1-0461998GroningenD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
12. Tiviakov vs K Asrian ½-½171998GroningenB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
13. Yermolinsky vs Tiviakov  0-1471998GroningenE17 Queen's Indian
14. J Piket vs Z Almasi  ½-½251998GroningenA35 English, Symmetrical
15. K Asrian vs Milov 0-1351998GroningenB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
16. Milov vs Yermolinsky  ½-½351998GroningenD86 Grunfeld, Exchange
17. Z Almasi vs Tiviakov  ½-½621998GroningenE12 Queen's Indian
18. K Asrian vs J Piket  ½-½331998GroningenC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
19. Tiviakov vs Milov ½-½291998GroningenB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
20. Z Almasi vs K Asrian  ½-½201998GroningenB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
21. Yermolinsky vs J Piket  ½-½431998GroningenE52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6
22. K Asrian vs Yermolinsky  ½-½311998GroningenB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
23. J Piket vs Tiviakov  ½-½321998GroningenE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
24. Milov vs Z Almasi  ½-½561998GroningenE30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad
25. Z Almasi vs J Piket  ½-½181998GroningenC78 Ruy Lopez
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