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Hoogovens Tournament

Zoltan Ribli7.5/13(+3 -1 =9)[games]
Gyula Sax7.5/13(+4 -2 =7)[games]
Predrag Nikolic7.5/13(+4 -2 =7)[games]
Viswanathan Anand7.5/13(+4 -2 =7)[games]
Kiril Georgiev7/13(+3 -2 =8)[games]
Jeroen Piket7/13(+4 -3 =6)[games]
John van der Wiel6.5/13(+2 -2 =9)[games]
Tony Miles6.5/13(+4 -4 =5)[games]
Rafael Vaganian6/13(+2 -3 =8)[games]
Joel Benjamin6/13(+3 -4 =6)[games]
Vitaly Tseshkovsky6/13(+4 -5 =4)[games]
Ivan Sokolov5.5/13(+2 -4 =7)[games]
Julio Granda Zuniga5.5/13(+2 -4 =7)[games]
Rudy Douven5/13(+1 -4 =8)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hoogovens (1989)

Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 13-29 January 1989

Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 Ribli 37 2625 • ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7½ =1 Sax 37 2610 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7½ =1 Nikolic 28 2605 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 7½ =1 Anand 19 2515 ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 7½ =5 Georgiev 23 2590 1 ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 7 =5 Piket 20 2500 0 1 0 ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 7 =7 Van der Wiel 29 2560 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 6½ =7 Miles 33 2520 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ • 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 6½ =9 Vaganian 37 2600 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6 =9 Benjamin 24 2545 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 • ½ ½ ½ 0 6 =9 Tseshkovsky 44 2520 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • 1 0 ½ 6 =12 Sokolov 20 2580 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 • 1 ½ 5½ =12 Granda Zuniga 21 2500 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 • ½ 5½ 14 Douven 27 2445 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ • 5 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Thirteen rounds in 17 days, starting on Friday 13 January (91 games). Rest days 16, 19, 23 & 28 January. Four players incl. young Anand shared 1st with 7.5/13.

Photo (Anand): https://scontent.fceb2-2.fna.fbcdn....

Sources
Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
*FIDE rating list January 1989 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022100...)
Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1989 (by User: suenteus po 147)
The New York Times, Section C, 14 March 1989, p. 16 (https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/14/...)
Jaque 258, 15 March 1989, pp. 149-154 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Sakkélet, 6/1989, pp. 186-189 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

Previous: Hoogovens (1988). Next: Hoogovens (1990). See also Hoogovens Group B (1989)

 page 4 of 4; games 76-91 of 91  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
76. Miles vs J Piket  0-1381989HoogovensA05 Reti Opening
77. Anand vs Sax  ½-½191989HoogovensB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
78. Van der Wiel vs Tseshkovsky  ½-½451989HoogovensC77 Ruy Lopez
79. Sax vs Ribli  ½-½161989HoogovensE17 Queen's Indian
80. P Nikolic vs R Douven  1-0611989HoogovensA48 King's Indian
81. Anand vs Benjamin 1-0311989HoogovensB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
82. Granda Zuniga vs Vaganian  ½-½471989HoogovensE15 Queen's Indian
83. I Sokolov vs Miles 0-1411989HoogovensB08 Pirc, Classical
84. J Piket vs K Georgiev  ½-½211989HoogovensD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
85. Miles vs P Nikolic ½-½441989HoogovensA04 Reti Opening
86. Ribli vs Granda Zuniga ½-½311989HoogovensD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
87. R Douven vs Anand  ½-½141989HoogovensE15 Queen's Indian
88. Benjamin vs Sax  ½-½131989HoogovensB40 Sicilian
89. Tseshkovsky vs J Piket 0-1331989HoogovensB64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
90. Vaganian vs Van der Wiel 0-1621989HoogovensA07 King's Indian Attack
91. K Georgiev vs I Sokolov  1-0381989HoogovensA15 English
 page 4 of 4; games 76-91 of 91  PGN Download
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