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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 3 of 4; games 51-75 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. Van der Sterren vs Topalov   ½-½ 31 1998 Hoogovens Group A A58 Benko Gambit 52. Adams vs Timman 0-1 56 1998 Hoogovens Group A C26 Vienna 53. Nijboer vs Van Wely   ½-½ 35 1998 Hoogovens Group A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 54. Karpov vs Anand ½-½ 60 1998 Hoogovens Group A D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 55. Gelfand vs Shirov   ½-½ 21 1998 Hoogovens Group A E97 King's Indian 56. Kramnik vs Salov ½-½ 24 1998 Hoogovens Group A A33 English, Symmetrical 57. Anand vs Kramnik ½-½ 30 1998 Hoogovens Group A B33 Sicilian 58. Salov vs Nijboer   ½-½ 19 1998 Hoogovens Group A B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 59. Shirov vs J Piket   1-0 41 1998 Hoogovens Group A C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 60. Timman vs Gelfand   ½-½ 33 1998 Hoogovens Group A E15 Queen's Indian 61. Van Wely vs Adams 0-1 37 1998 Hoogovens Group A E12 Queen's Indian 62. J Polgar vs Van der Sterren   1-0 34 1998 Hoogovens Group A C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 63. Topalov vs Karpov 1-0 50 1998 Hoogovens Group A D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 64. Kramnik vs Topalov   ½-½ 25 1998 Hoogovens Group A A34 English, Symmetrical 65. J Piket vs Van der Sterren   1-0 34 1998 Hoogovens Group A D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 66. Adams vs Salov   1-0 39 1998 Hoogovens Group A B42 Sicilian, Kan 67. Shirov vs Timman 1-0 52 1998 Hoogovens Group A C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 68. Karpov vs J Polgar 1-0 32 1998 Hoogovens Group A D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 69. Gelfand vs Van Wely   ½-½ 37 1998 Hoogovens Group A D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 70. Nijboer vs Anand 0-1 36 1998 Hoogovens Group A B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 71. J Polgar vs Kramnik 0-1 46 1998 Hoogovens Group A B33 Sicilian 72. Van der Sterren vs Karpov 0-1 26 1998 Hoogovens Group A E15 Queen's Indian 73. Salov vs Gelfand 1-0 68 1998 Hoogovens Group A B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 74. Van Wely vs Shirov   ½-½ 36 1998 Hoogovens Group A D85 Grunfeld 75. Anand vs Adams   ½-½ 22 1998 Hoogovens Group A E15 Queen'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)     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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