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Hoogovens Group A (1997) The 59th Annual Hoogovens Chess Tournament was a Category XVI event held in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands from January 19th to February 2nd, 1997. 14 top grandmasters competed in a round robin format in the prestigous A event. The participants were (in order of Elo): Nigel Short (2690), Valery Salov (2665), Predrag Nikolic (2655), Loek Van Wely (2645), Jeroen Piket (2640), Viktor Korchnoi (2635), Miguel Illescas-Cordoba (2635), Joel Lautier (2630), Jan Timman (2630), Alex Yermolinsky (2630), Igor Glek (2620), Julio Ernesto Granda-Zuniga (2620), Ivan Sokolov (2615), and Alexander Onischuk (2580). Salov scored one of his finest international wins with 8.5/13. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 1 Salov * 1 0 = 1 = = = 1 = = = 1 1 8½ =2 Sokolov 0 * = = = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 8 =2 Piket 1 = * = 0 = = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 8 =2 Onischuk = = = * 1 = = 1 1 0 1 0 = 1 8 5 Yermolinsky 0 = 1 0 * 1 = = = = = 1 = = 7 =6 Granda Zuniga = 0 = = 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 6½ =6 Timman = 0 = = = 1 * = 0 = = 1 0 1 6½ =8 Lautier = = = 0 = 0 = * 0 = = = 1 1 6 =8 Van Wely 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 1 * = 0 1 = 1 6 =8 Korchnoi = 0 = 1 = 0 = = = * 1 = 0 = 6 =8 Short = = 0 0 = 0 = = 1 0 * = 1 1 6 12 Illescas = 0 = 1 0 1 0 = 0 = = * = = 5½ 13 Nikolic 0 = 0 = = 0 1 0 = 1 0 = * = 5 14 Glek 0 = = 0 = 1 0 0 0 = 0 = = * 4 Original collection: Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1997, by User: suenteus po 147. Previous: Hoogovens Group A (1996). Next: Hoogovens Group A (1998). See also Hoogovens Group B (1997)  page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. P Nikolic vs Timman   1-0 30 1997 Hoogovens Group A D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 27. Van Wely vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 29 1997 Hoogovens Group A E12 Queen's Indian 28. Salov vs Glek 1-0 45 1997 Hoogovens Group A A46 Queen's Pawn Game 29. Timman vs M Illescas   1-0 28 1997 Hoogovens Group A A57 Benko Gambit 30. Granda Zuniga vs Onischuk   ½-½ 61 1997 Hoogovens Group A E12 Queen's Indian 31. J Piket vs Van Wely   1-0 32 1997 Hoogovens Group A E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line 32. I Sokolov vs Lautier   ½-½ 27 1997 Hoogovens Group A D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 33. Korchnoi vs Short 1-0 62 1997 Hoogovens Group A D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 34. Glek vs P Nikolic ½-½ 30 1997 Hoogovens Group A C46 Three Knights 35. Yermolinsky vs Salov 0-1 47 1997 Hoogovens Group A A30 English, Symmetrical 36. Van Wely vs Granda Zuniga 0-1 57 1997 Hoogovens Group A E12 Queen's Indian 37. M Illescas vs Glek   ½-½ 64 1997 Hoogovens Group A E60 King's Indian Defense 38. Short vs J Piket   0-1 74 1997 Hoogovens Group A C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 39. I Sokolov vs Korchnoi   1-0 57 1997 Hoogovens Group A E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 40. P Nikolic vs Yermolinsky   ½-½ 74 1997 Hoogovens Group A D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 41. Lautier vs Salov   ½-½ 42 1997 Hoogovens Group A E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 42. Onischuk vs Timman   ½-½ 49 1997 Hoogovens Group A C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 43. Yermolinsky vs M Illescas   1-0 38 1997 Hoogovens Group A D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 44. Salov vs P Nikolic 1-0 56 1997 Hoogovens Group A E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 45. Granda Zuniga vs Short 1-0 45 1997 Hoogovens Group A B44 Sicilian 46. Timman vs Van Wely 0-1 38 1997 Hoogovens Group A E81 King's Indian, Samisch 47. J Piket vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 15 1997 Hoogovens Group A D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 48. Korchnoi vs Lautier   ½-½ 36 1997 Hoogovens Group A A33 English, Symmetrical 49. Glek vs Onischuk 0-1 29 1997 Hoogovens Group A A07 King's Indian Attack 50. Korchnoi vs J Piket   ½-½ 47 1997 Hoogovens Group A A28 English  page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jul-03-17    Arlekhino: I have a number of Jaque (Spanish Chess Magazine) featuring this tournament. 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