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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 2; games 1-25 of 42  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Kramnik vs Svidler  ½-½251998Tilburg FontysD86 Grunfeld, Exchange
2. Adams vs Van Wely  ½-½361998Tilburg FontysB33 Sicilian
3. Topalov vs Zvjaginsev ½-½461998Tilburg FontysB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
4. Leko vs Korchnoi  ½-½361998Tilburg FontysC11 French
5. J Piket vs Sadler  ½-½201998Tilburg FontysD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
6. Lautier vs Van Wely  ½-½201998Tilburg FontysA57 Benko Gambit
7. Sadler vs Topalov ½-½341998Tilburg FontysE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
8. Zvjaginsev vs Leko  ½-½351998Tilburg FontysD91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
9. Adams vs Zvjaginsev  ½-½321998Tilburg FontysB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
10. Leko vs Sadler ½-½341998Tilburg FontysB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
11. J Piket vs Anand  ½-½211998Tilburg FontysD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
12. Kramnik vs J Piket ½-½511998Tilburg FontysD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
13. Zvjaginsev vs Van Wely ½-½331998Tilburg FontysA28 English
14. Svidler vs Leko  ½-½231998Tilburg FontysB12 Caro-Kann Defense
15. Lautier vs Korchnoi  ½-½211998Tilburg FontysE12 Queen's Indian
16. Anand vs Topalov ½-½461998Tilburg FontysB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
17. Korchnoi vs Zvjaginsev  ½-½281998Tilburg FontysD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
18. Leko vs Anand  ½-½251998Tilburg FontysC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
19. Topalov vs Kramnik ½-½461998Tilburg FontysC42 Petrov Defense
20. Van Wely vs Sadler ½-½671998Tilburg FontysD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
21. Sadler vs Korchnoi  ½-½211998Tilburg FontysE52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6
22. J Piket vs Topalov  ½-½471998Tilburg FontysE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
23. Adams vs Kramnik ½-½201998Tilburg FontysC24 Bishop's Opening
24. Korchnoi vs Svidler  ½-½401998Tilburg FontysD85 Grunfeld
25. Leko vs J Piket  ½-½271998Tilburg FontysC42 Petrov Defense
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