| Hoogovens Group A (1998) |
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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)
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