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Hoogovens Group A (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: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 1 Ivanchuk * = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 = = = = 1 9 2 Anand = * 0 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 = = = 8 3 Topalov 0 1 * = 0 = = 1 = = = 1 1 = 7½ =4 Tiviakov = 0 = * 0 = 1 1 = = = = = 1 7 =4 Sokolov 0 1 1 1 * = 0 0 = = 0 1 1 = 7 =4 Dreev = = = = = * 0 0 1 = 1 1 = = 7 =4 Adams = 0 = 0 1 1 * = 0 = = 1 1 = 7 =8 Piket 0 0 0 0 1 1 = * 1 = = 1 = = 6½ =8 Shirov 0 = = = = 0 1 0 * = 1 0 1 1 6½ 10 Leko = 0 = = = = = = = * = = = = 6 11 Gelfand = 0 = = 1 0 = = 0 = * = = = 5½ =12 Van Wely = = 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 = = * = 1 5 =12 Huebner = = 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = = = * 1 5 14 Timman 0 = = 0 = = = = 0 = = 0 0 * 4 Original collection: Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1996, by User: suenteus po 147. Previous: Hoogovens (1995). Next: Hoogovens Group A (1997)  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Timman vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 51 1996 Hoogovens Group A D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 2. Topalov vs Shirov   ½-½ 53 1996 Hoogovens Group A C78 Ruy Lopez 3. Leko vs Adams   ½-½ 27 1996 Hoogovens Group A C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. Gelfand vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 16 1996 Hoogovens Group A E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 5. Van Wely vs Dreev   0-1 56 1996 Hoogovens Group A D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. Huebner vs Piket   ½-½ 59 1996 Hoogovens Group A B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 7. Anand vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 25 1996 Hoogovens Group A B23 Sicilian, Closed 8. Tiviakov vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 12 1996 Hoogovens Group A B40 Sicilian 9. Adams vs Topalov ½-½ 41 1996 Hoogovens Group A B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 10. Dreev vs Leko   ½-½ 23 1996 Hoogovens Group A D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 11. Gelfand vs Huebner   ½-½ 25 1996 Hoogovens Group A D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 12. I Sokolov vs Van Wely 1-0 27 1996 Hoogovens Group A D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 13. Piket vs Timman   ½-½ 27 1996 Hoogovens Group A D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. Shirov vs Anand   ½-½ 35 1996 Hoogovens Group A B12 Caro-Kann Defense 15. Topalov vs Dreev   ½-½ 16 1996 Hoogovens Group A C07 French, Tarrasch 16. Van Wely vs Piket 0-1 31 1996 Hoogovens Group A A28 English 17. Huebner vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 25 1996 Hoogovens Group A E17 Queen's Indian 18. Anand vs Adams 1-0 45 1996 Hoogovens Group A E17 Queen's Indian 19. Timman vs Gelfand   ½-½ 31 1996 Hoogovens Group A D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. Leko vs I Sokolov ½-½ 27 1996 Hoogovens Group A C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 21. Ivanchuk vs Shirov 1-0 35 1996 Hoogovens Group A D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. Tiviakov vs Shirov   ½-½ 63 1996 Hoogovens Group A B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 23. Piket vs Leko   ½-½ 13 1996 Hoogovens Group A D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 24. Gelfand vs Van Wely   ½-½ 43 1996 Hoogovens Group A E92 King's Indian 25. Dreev vs Anand   ½-½ 13 1996 Hoogovens Group A D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical  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: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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