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Hoogovens Group A (1998) The 60th Annual Hoogovens Chess Tournament was a Category XVII event held in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands from January 15th to February 1st 1998. 14 top grandmasters, including the reigning FIDE World Champion, competed in a round robin format in the prestigous A event. The participants were (in order of Elo): Vladimir Kramnik (2790), Vishwanathan Anand (2770), Veselin Topalov (2740), Anatoli Karpov (2735), Alexey Shirov (2710), Valery Salov (2680), Boris Gelfand (2675), Michael Adams (2670), Judit Polgar (2670), Jan Timman (2620), Loek Van Wely (2605), Friso Nijboer (2590), Jeroen Piket (2580), and Paul Van der Sterren (2555). Kramnik and Anand tied for first at the end of the tournament, each with 8.5/13, a full point over the rest of the field. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 =1 Kramnik * = 0 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 0 1 8½ =1 Anand = * = = = 1 = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 8½ =3 Shirov 1 = * 1 1 = = = 0 1 0 = = = 7½ =3 Adams 0 = 0 * 0 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 7½ =3 Timman = = 0 1 * = = = = = 1 = = 1 7½ =6 Topalov = 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 0 1 = 1 = 6½ =6 Karpov = = = = = 0 * = 1 = 0 = = 1 6½ =6 Gelfand 0 = = = = = = * 1 = 0 = 1 = 6½ =6 Polgar 0 1 1 = = = 0 0 * = = = = 1 6½ =6 Piket 0 = 0 = = 1 = = = * = 0 1 1 6½ 11 Salov = 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 = = * = = 0 5½ 12 Nijboer 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = 1 = * = = 5 13 Van Wely 1 0 = 0 = 0 = = = 0 = = * 0 4½ 14 Van der Sterren 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 * 4 Original collection: Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1998, by User: suenteus po 147. Previous: Hoogovens Group A (1997). Next: Hoogovens Group A (1999). See also Hoogovens Group B (1998)  page 2 of 2; games 26-48 of 48  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Gelfand vs Shirov   ½-½ 21 1998 Hoogovens Group A E97 King's Indian 27. Nijboer vs Van Wely   ½-½ 35 1998 Hoogovens Group A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 28. Karpov vs Anand ½-½ 60 1998 Hoogovens Group A D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 29. Van der Sterren vs Topalov   ½-½ 31 1998 Hoogovens Group A A58 Benko Gambit 30. Kramnik vs Salov ½-½ 24 1998 Hoogovens Group A A33 English, Symmetrical 31. Salov vs Nijboer   ½-½ 19 1998 Hoogovens Group A B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 32. Anand vs Kramnik ½-½ 30 1998 Hoogovens Group A B33 Sicilian 33. Timman vs Gelfand   ½-½ 33 1998 Hoogovens Group A E15 Queen's Indian 34. Kramnik vs Topalov   ½-½ 25 1998 Hoogovens Group A A34 English, Symmetrical 35. Gelfand vs Van Wely   ½-½ 37 1998 Hoogovens Group A D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 36. Topalov vs Nijboer   ½-½ 43 1998 Hoogovens Group A E97 King's Indian 37. Van Wely vs Shirov   ½-½ 36 1998 Hoogovens Group A D85 Grunfeld 38. Anand vs Adams   ½-½ 22 1998 Hoogovens Group A E15 Queen's Indian 39. Timman vs J Piket   ½-½ 38 1998 Hoogovens Group A C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 40. Gelfand vs Anand   ½-½ 30 1998 Hoogovens Group A D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 41. Timman vs Van Wely   ½-½ 14 1998 Hoogovens Group A B50 Sicilian 42. J Piket vs Karpov ½-½ 17 1998 Hoogovens Group A E15 Queen's Indian 43. Nijboer vs J Polgar   ½-½ 44 1998 Hoogovens Group A B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 44. Karpov vs Kramnik ½-½ 21 1998 Hoogovens Group A E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 45. Van der Sterren vs Nijboer   ½-½ 44 1998 Hoogovens Group A A15 English 46. J Polgar vs Adams   ½-½ 38 1998 Hoogovens Group A C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 47. Topalov vs Gelfand ½-½ 30 1998 Hoogovens Group A B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 48. Anand vs Shirov   ½-½ 30 1998 Hoogovens Group A C78 Ruy Lopez  page 2 of 2; games 26-48 of 48    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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