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Tilburg Fontys Tournament

Viswanathan Anand7.5/11(+4 -0 =7)[games]
Peter Leko7/11(+3 -0 =8)[games]
Matthew Sadler6/11(+1 -0 =10)[games]
Vadim Zvjaginsev6/11(+2 -1 =8)[games]
Vladimir Kramnik6/11(+3 -2 =6)[games]
Jeroen Piket5.5/11(+2 -2 =7)[games]
Michael Adams5.5/11(+3 -3 =5)[games]
Peter Svidler5/11(+2 -3 =6)[games]
Loek van Wely5/11(+1 -2 =8)[games]
Veselin Topalov4.5/11(+1 -3 =7)[games]
Joel Lautier4.5/11(+2 -4 =5)[games]
Viktor Korchnoi3.5/11(+0 -4 =7)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Tilburg Fontys (1998)

"In addition to the 12 participants, several other grandmasters were present in Tilburg: Gennadi Sosonko (as guest of honor), Elizbar Ubilava (Anand's regular colleague), Roberto Cifuentes (Van Wely's second), Hans Ree (journalist). In addition to them, John van der Wiel, Jan Timman and Robert Huebner were present as commentators, and Predrag Nikolic, Ivan Sokolov and Ljubomir Ljubojevic as observers. Interesting news is that the Fontys company guaranteed the organization of the tournament for three years. This has now expired. The tournament director, Barbara Schol, however, seemed optimistic, considering a 95 percent chance that a major tournament will be organized in Tilburg next year. "Maybe with a different name and in a different form," she said. Until now, Karpov, Kasparov and Korchnoi were our "professors." Now this role has been eliminated. "We may organize a two-round competition with 8 participants in 1999, but for now it all depends on the sponsors."" (Sakkélet, Google transl.)

This was the 21st Tilburg tournament and the third and last held under Fontys sponsorship. It was a Category XVIII event (Elo average 2680). Twelve GMs, all except Korchnoi from the new generation of players, participated in the round robin event. All rounds started at 1:30 pm. Time control: 2 hours for the first 40 moves, 3 hours for the first 60 moves, and 3½ hours for the whole game.

Tilburg, the Netherlands, 23 October - 4 November 1998

Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Anand 28 2795 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 2 Leko 19 2665 ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7 =3 Sadler 24 2660 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 =3 Zvjaginsev 22 2650 ½ ½ ½ • 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 =3 Kramnik 23 2780 0 0 ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 =6 Piket 29 2605 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½ =6 Adams 26 2715 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ =8 Svidler 22 2710 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 • 1 0 0 ½ 5 =8 Van Wely 26 2635 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 • ½ ½ 1 5 =10 Topalov 23 2700 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ • 0 ½ 4½ =10 Lautier 25 2625 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 • ½ 4½ 12 Korchnoi 67 2625 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • 3½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————

Eleven rounds in 13 days, starting on Friday 23 October (66 games). Rest days 27 October & 1 November. Anand won clear first, undefeated, with a score of 7.5/11.

Sources
TWIC 207 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...)
TWIC 208 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...)
TWIC 209 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...)
Wikipedia article: Fontys University of Applied Sciences
Official website (https://web.archive.org/web/1998121...)
Game Collection: Tilburg Fontys 1998 (by User: suenteus po 147)
*FIDE rating list July 1998 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...)
Sakkélet, 11-12/1998, pp. 326-327 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 10/1998, pp. 627-632 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1998...)
Inside Chess Online, Chess Tournament Tilburg 1998 (https://web.archive.org/web/1999022...)
The Week in Chess Magazine, Mig on Chess 74 (https://web.archive.org/web/1999100...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/)

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 page 1 of 1; 17 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Anand vs Lautier 1-0391998Tilburg FontysB32 Sicilian
2. Anand vs Kramnik 1-0351998Tilburg FontysC42 Petrov Defense
3. Svidler vs J Piket 1-0471998Tilburg FontysC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
4. Kramnik vs Lautier 1-0241998Tilburg FontysD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
5. Topalov vs Svidler 1-0471998Tilburg FontysC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
6. Van Wely vs Korchnoi 1-0601998Tilburg FontysD33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
7. Sadler vs Adams 1-0411998Tilburg FontysE43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
8. J Piket vs Lautier 1-0231998Tilburg FontysE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
9. Adams vs Svidler 1-0441998Tilburg FontysB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
10. Anand vs Adams 1-0321998Tilburg FontysE12 Queen's Indian
11. Svidler vs Van Wely 1-0601998Tilburg FontysB30 Sicilian
12. Anand vs Korchnoi 1-0191998Tilburg FontysD40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
13. Adams vs Topalov  1-0611998Tilburg FontysB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
14. Kramnik vs Zvjaginsev 1-0411998Tilburg FontysD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. Lautier vs Svidler 1-0341998Tilburg FontysD85 Grunfeld
16. Leko vs Adams 1-0401998Tilburg FontysC99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd
17. Zvjaginsev vs J Piket 1-0261998Tilburg FontysA18 English, Mikenas-Carls
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