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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 3 of 4; games 51-75 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. Lautier vs P Nikolic 1-0 31 1997 Hoogovens Group A E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 52. I Sokolov vs Granda Zuniga   1-0 48 1997 Hoogovens Group A E12 Queen's Indian 53. Onischuk vs Yermolinsky   1-0 24 1997 Hoogovens Group A B57 Sicilian 54. Short vs Timman   ½-½ 27 1997 Hoogovens Group A C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 55. Van Wely vs Glek   1-0 61 1997 Hoogovens Group A E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 56. M Illescas vs Salov   ½-½ 28 1997 Hoogovens Group A A09 Reti Opening 57. Salov vs Onischuk   ½-½ 28 1997 Hoogovens Group A A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 58. Yermolinsky vs Van Wely ½-½ 67 1997 Hoogovens Group A E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 59. J Piket vs Lautier   ½-½ 62 1997 Hoogovens Group A D02 Queen's Pawn Game 60. P Nikolic vs M Illescas   ½-½ 86 1997 Hoogovens Group A D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 61. Granda Zuniga vs Korchnoi 1-0 61 1997 Hoogovens Group A D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 62. Timman vs I Sokolov 0-1 29 1997 Hoogovens Group A B42 Sicilian, Kan 63. Glek vs Short   0-1 42 1997 Hoogovens Group A B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 64. Onischuk vs P Nikolic   ½-½ 31 1997 Hoogovens Group A C07 French, Tarrasch 65. J Piket vs Granda Zuniga   ½-½ 50 1997 Hoogovens Group A E12 Queen's Indian 66. Lautier vs M Illescas   ½-½ 23 1997 Hoogovens Group A D85 Grunfeld 67. Van Wely vs Salov 0-1 69 1997 Hoogovens Group A A34 English, Symmetrical 68. I Sokolov vs Glek   ½-½ 40 1997 Hoogovens Group A E97 King's Indian 69. Korchnoi vs Timman   ½-½ 65 1997 Hoogovens Group A D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 70. Short vs Yermolinsky ½-½ 82 1997 Hoogovens Group A B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 71. M Illescas vs Onischuk 1-0 39 1997 Hoogovens Group A A13 English 72. P Nikolic vs Van Wely   ½-½ 23 1997 Hoogovens Group A D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted 73. Glek vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 76 1997 Hoogovens Group A C46 Three Knights 74. Yermolinsky vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 37 1997 Hoogovens Group A D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 75. Timman vs J Piket   ½-½ 22 1997 Hoogovens Group A E97 King's Indian  page 3 of 4; games 51-75 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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