| Hoogovens Group A (1997) |
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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)
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| Jul-03-17 | | Arlekhino: I have a number of Jaque (Spanish Chess Magazine) featuring this tournament. Some games are analyzed and there are interesting reports. I'll be around here commenting, if someone cares to chat about the games... |
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