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
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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/) Previous: Tilburg Fontys (1997)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Kramnik vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | D86 Grunfeld, Exchange |
2. Adams vs Van Wely |
| ½-½ | 36 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | B33 Sicilian |
3. Topalov vs Zvjaginsev |
 | ½-½ | 46 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | B45 Sicilian, Taimanov |
4. Leko vs Korchnoi |
| ½-½ | 36 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | C11 French |
5. J Piket vs Sadler |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
6. Lautier vs Van Wely |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | A57 Benko Gambit |
7. Sadler vs Topalov |
 | ½-½ | 34 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) |
8. Zvjaginsev vs Leko |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 |
9. Adams vs Zvjaginsev |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | B45 Sicilian, Taimanov |
10. Leko vs Sadler |
 | ½-½ | 34 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
11. J Piket vs Anand |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
12. Kramnik vs J Piket |
 | ½-½ | 51 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
13. Zvjaginsev vs Van Wely |
 | ½-½ | 33 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | A28 English |
14. Svidler vs Leko |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
15. Lautier vs Korchnoi |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | E12 Queen's Indian |
16. Anand vs Topalov |
 | ½-½ | 46 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
17. Korchnoi vs Zvjaginsev |
| ½-½ | 28 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst |
18. Leko vs Anand |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | C80 Ruy Lopez, Open |
19. Topalov vs Kramnik |
 | ½-½ | 46 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | C42 Petrov Defense |
20. Van Wely vs Sadler |
 | ½-½ | 67 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
21. Sadler vs Korchnoi |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 |
22. J Piket vs Topalov |
| ½-½ | 47 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
23. Adams vs Kramnik |
 | ½-½ | 20 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | C24 Bishop's Opening |
24. Korchnoi vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | D85 Grunfeld |
25. Leko vs J Piket |
| ½-½ | 27 | 1998 | Tilburg Fontys | C42 Petrov Defense |
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