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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Hoogovens Group B Tournament

Dimitri Reinderman9/11(+7 -0 =4)[games]
Rustam Kasimdzhanov9/11(+8 -1 =2)[games]
Tal Shaked6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
Mikhail Kobalia6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
John van der Wiel6/11(+3 -2 =6)[games]
Jun Xie5.5/11(+3 -3 =5)[games]
Erik van den Doel5.5/11(+4 -4 =3)[games]
Boris Alterman5/11(+3 -4 =4)[games]
Rini Kuijf4.5/11(+3 -5 =3)[games]
Albert Blees4/11(+2 -5 =4)[games]
Manuel Bosboom3/11(+2 -7 =2)[games]
Alexander Cherniaev2.5/11(+1 -7 =3)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hoogovens Group B (1998)

Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 20 January - 1 February 1998

Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 GM Reinderman 25 2480 • 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 9 =1 GM Kasimdzhanov 18 2565 0 • ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 =3 GM Shaked 19 2535 0 ½ • 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 6 =3 GM Kobalia 20 2500 0 0 1 • ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 =3 GM Van der Wiel 38 2525 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 =6 GM Jun Xie 27 2485 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 5½ =6 IM Van den Doel 18 2485 0 0 0 1 1 ½ • ½ ½ 0 1 1 5½ 8 GM Alterman 27 2615 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ • 1 0 1 1 5 9 IM Kuijf 37 2460 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 • 1 0 1 4½ 10 IM Blees 35 2445 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 • ½ ½ 4 11 IM Bosboom 35 2450 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ • 1 3 12 IM Cherniaev 28 2465 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 • 2½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Eleven rounds in 13 days, starting on Tuesday 20 January (66 games). Rest days 23 & 28 January. Reinderman and Kasimdzhanov shared 1st place with 9/11.

Sources
Dutchbase (https://maxeuwe.nl/files-dutchbase/...)
TWIC 168 (https://web.archive.org/web/2015032...) (with wrong dates)
TWIC 169 (https://web.archive.org/web/2015032...) (with wrong dates)
*FIDE rating list January 1998 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022092...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/searc...)
Leidsch Dagblad (available at https://leiden.courant.nu/search?qu...)

See also Hoogovens Group A (1998)

 page 3 of 3; games 51-66 of 66  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. J Xie vs Van der Wiel  ½-½201998Hoogovens Group BB32 Sicilian
52. D Reinderman vs M Kobalia  1-0411998Hoogovens Group BA28 English
53. A Blees vs T Shaked  0-1381998Hoogovens Group BC05 French, Tarrasch
54. A Cherniaev vs M Bosboom  0-1371998Hoogovens Group BB22 Sicilian, Alapin
55. D Reinderman vs J Xie  1-0421998Hoogovens Group BE77 King's Indian
56. T Shaked vs B Alterman  ½-½251998Hoogovens Group BB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
57. E van den Doel vs A Cherniaev  1-0371998Hoogovens Group BB30 Sicilian
58. Van der Wiel vs Kasimdzhanov  ½-½421998Hoogovens Group BC07 French, Tarrasch
59. M Kobalia vs R Kuijf  1-0291998Hoogovens Group BD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
60. M Bosboom vs A Blees  ½-½91998Hoogovens Group BE60 King's Indian Defense
61. Kasimdzhanov vs D Reinderman 0-1371998Hoogovens Group BB40 Sicilian
62. J Xie vs M Kobalia  ½-½261998Hoogovens Group BB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
63. R Kuijf vs T Shaked  1-0231998Hoogovens Group BA07 King's Indian Attack
64. A Cherniaev vs Van der Wiel  0-1311998Hoogovens Group BB07 Pirc
65. B Alterman vs M Bosboom  1-0481998Hoogovens Group BE73 King's Indian
66. A Blees vs E van den Doel  1-0721998Hoogovens Group BE60 King's Indian Defense
 page 3 of 3; games 51-66 of 66  PGN Download
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