Hoogovens Blitz 1999

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Hoogovens Blitz 1999
Compiled by Tabanus

Played in De Moriaan community centre, Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 18 January 1999, on the first resting day of the Hoogovens Group A (1999) tournament. Only one of the grandmasters was missing: Alexey Shirov, who had been treated by a dentist and was under the influence of anaesthesia. He was replaced by Manuel Bosboom, an agile blitz player. Bosboom lost his first three games but he won five games in all and was the only one to beat Kasparov. The games were recorded by the CCS, the Chess Control System of Lost Boys interactive. The time control was 5 minutes per player per game. Despite his loss to Bosboom, Kasparov won convincingly with 10.5/13 and netted 5,000 Dutch guilders (about $2,570 or $3,900 in 2019 value). According to Gert Ligterink, the blitz was tiresome for the two eldest players Timman and Yermolinsky, who both lost in the main tournament the day after. The blitz started in the evening at 7 pm.

Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 1 Kasparov 35 2812 * 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 10½ 2 Anand 29 2784 0 * 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9 3 Ivanchuk 29 2714 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 4 Kramnik 23 2751 ½ ½ 0 * 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8½ 5 Sokolov 30 2610 0 1 1 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 8 6 Svidler 22 2713 0 0 0 1 ½ * 1 0 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 6½ 7 Topalov 23 2700 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 8 Kasimdzhanov 19 2595 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 9 Piket 30 2609 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 * 1 0 0 1 ½ 5½ 10 Bosboom 35 2490 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 ½ 5½ 11 Timman 47 2649 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 * 0 0 1 5 12 Van Wely 26 2636 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 1 4½ 13 Reinderman 26 2542 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 * ½ 3½ 14 Yermolinsky 40 2597 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 3

There are seven missing games: Anand vs Ivanchuk 1-0 (R1), Van Wely vs Kasimdzhanov 0-1 (R2), Anand vs Van Wely 1-0 (R5), Yermolinsky vs Svidler ½-½ (R6), Anand vs Sokolov 0-1 (R7), Timman vs Bosboom 0-1 (R8), Reinderman vs Anand 0-1 (R11). Incomplete scores: M Bosboom vs Kramnik, 1999, Topalov vs Kasimdzhanov, 1999, Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1999, Timman vs Yermolinsky, 1999.

Gert Ligterink in De Volkskrant, 20 January 1999 (https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-ac...)
Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant, 19 January 1999, p. 17 (https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/issue...)
Lost Boys reports archived by the Wayback Machine (https://web.archive.org/web/1999050...)
The Human Comedy of Chess by Hans Ree. Russell Enterprises, Milford 1999. Reprint 2011 (https://books.google.no/books?id=tJ...)

Original collections: Game Collection: Hoogovens Blitz 1999 by User: KingG and Game Collection: Hoogovens Blitz 1999 by User: Tabanus.

Round 1
Topalov vs Kramnik, 1999
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kasimdzhanov vs Kasparov, 1999
(B53) Sicilian, 45 moves, 0-1
I Sokolov vs Yermolinsky, 1999
(E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
Piket vs M Bosboom, 1999
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Van Wely vs Timman, 1999
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 1-0
D Reinderman vs Svidler, 1999
(B06) Robatsch, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 2
Kasparov vs I Sokolov, 1999
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 62 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs D Reinderman, 1999
(A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs Topalov, 1999
(B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
M Bosboom vs Anand, 1999
(E12) Queen's Indian, 51 moves, 0-1
Timman vs Svidler, 1999
(D76) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6, 25 moves, 0-1
Yermolinsky vs Piket, 1999
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 3
Svidler vs Kramnik, 1999
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
Kasimdzhanov vs Timman, 1999
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 43 moves, 0-1
Anand vs Yermolinsky, 1999
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 42 moves, 1-0
I Sokolov vs Van Wely, 1999
(A57) Benko Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1
Topalov vs M Bosboom, 1999
(E91) King's Indian, 47 moves, 1-0
Piket vs Kasparov, 1999
(E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
D Reinderman vs Ivanchuk, 1999
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 35 moves, 0-1
Round 4
Timman vs Kramnik, 1999
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
Kasimdzhanov vs I Sokolov, 1999
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 24 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs Anand, 1999
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 33 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs Svidler, 1999
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 38 moves, 1-0
M Bosboom vs D Reinderman, 1999
(E61) King's Indian, 55 moves, 1-0
Van Wely vs Piket, 1999
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 55 moves, 1-0
Yermolinsky vs Topalov, 1999
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 45 moves, 0-1
Round 5
Kramnik vs Ivanchuk, 1999
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 52 moves, 0-1
Piket vs Kasimdzhanov, 1999
(E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 49 moves, 0-1
I Sokolov vs Timman, 1999
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 55 moves, 1-0
Svidler vs M Bosboom, 1999
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
Topalov vs Kasparov, 1999
(A15) English, 54 moves, 0-1
D Reinderman vs Yermolinsky, 1999
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 6
M Bosboom vs Kramnik, 1999
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 19 moves, 0-1
Kasimdzhanov vs Anand, 1999
(E12) Queen's Indian, 27 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs D Reinderman, 1999
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 1-0
I Sokolov vs Piket, 1999
(E52) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
Timman vs Ivanchuk, 1999
(C11) French, 56 moves, 1-0
Van Wely vs Topalov, 1999
(A15) English, 46 moves, 0-1
Round 7
Topalov vs Kasimdzhanov, 1999
(E97) King's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1
Kramnik vs Yermolinsky, 1999
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 40 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs M Bosboom, 1999
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 54 moves, 1-0
Svidler vs Kasparov, 1999
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 0-1
Piket vs Timman, 1999
(A04) Reti Opening, 46 moves, 0-1
D Reinderman vs Van Wely, 1999
(A28) English, 36 moves, 1-0
Round 8
Kasimdzhanov vs D Reinderman, 1999
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1999
(A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Sokolov vs Topalov, 1999
(B06) Robatsch, 80 moves, 1-0
Piket vs Anand, 1999
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
Van Wely vs Svidler, 1999
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 37 moves, 0-1
Yermolinsky vs Ivanchuk, 1999
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 62 moves, 0-1
Round 9
Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1999
(E12) Queen's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1
Kramnik vs Van Wely, 1999
(B01) Scandinavian, 44 moves, 1-0
Svidler vs Kasimdzhanov, 1999
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 59 moves, 0-1
Anand vs Timman, 1999
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Topalov vs Piket, 1999
(E91) King's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
M Bosboom vs Yermolinsky, 1999
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
D Reinderman vs I Sokolov, 1999
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 10
Kasimdzhanov vs Kramnik, 1999
(B58) Sicilian, 47 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs M Bosboom, 1999
(B50) Sicilian, 54 moves, 0-1
Anand vs Topalov, 1999
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Sokolov vs Svidler, 1999
(B06) Robatsch, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
Piket vs D Reinderman, 1999
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 57 moves, 1-0
Timman vs Yermolinsky, 1999
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0
Van Wely vs Ivanchuk, 1999
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 31 moves, 0-1
Round 11
Kramnik vs I Sokolov, 1999
(A04) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs Kasimdzhanov, 1999
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 47 moves, 1-0
Svidler vs Piket, 1999
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 47 moves, 0-1
Topalov vs Timman, 1999
(E17) Queen's Indian, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Bosboom vs Van Wely, 1999
(A20) English, 39 moves, 1-0
Yermolinsky vs Kasparov, 1999
(A15) English, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 12
Piket vs Kramnik, 1999
(A06) Reti Opening, 51 moves, 1-0
Kasimdzhanov vs M Bosboom, 1999
(B53) Sicilian, 75 moves, 0-1
Anand vs Svidler, 1999
(A09) Reti Opening, 35 moves, 1-0
I Sokolov vs Ivanchuk, 1999
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
Topalov vs D Reinderman, 1999
(A81) Dutch, 54 moves, 1-0
Timman vs Kasparov, 1999
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 63 moves, 0-1
Van Wely vs Yermolinsky, 1999
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 55 moves, 1-0
Round 13
Kramnik vs Anand, 1999
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Yermolinsky vs Kasimdzhanov, 1999
(E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 42 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs Van Wely, 1999
(B01) Scandinavian, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk vs Piket, 1999
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 49 moves, 1-0
Svidler vs Topalov, 1999
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 44 moves, 1-0
M Bosboom vs I Sokolov, 1999
(A20) English, 30 moves, 0-1
D Reinderman vs Timman, 1999
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 49 moves, 1-0
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