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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 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 48  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Timman vs Anand ½-½ 19 1998 Hoogovens Group A B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 2. Van Wely vs Salov   ½-½ 62 1998 Hoogovens Group A A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 3. Shirov vs Topalov   ½-½ 38 1998 Hoogovens Group A A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 4. Nijboer vs Karpov ½-½ 39 1998 Hoogovens Group A C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. Topalov vs Timman   ½-½ 42 1998 Hoogovens Group A D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. Karpov vs Adams ½-½ 33 1998 Hoogovens Group A A30 English, Symmetrical 7. Van der Sterren vs Gelfand   ½-½ 31 1998 Hoogovens Group A E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 8. J Piket vs Salov   ½-½ 66 1998 Hoogovens Group A A30 English, Symmetrical 9. Timman vs J Polgar   ½-½ 34 1998 Hoogovens Group A B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 10. Shirov vs Van der Sterren   ½-½ 61 1998 Hoogovens Group A C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 11. Gelfand vs Karpov   ½-½ 42 1998 Hoogovens Group A D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. J Polgar vs Van Wely   ½-½ 42 1998 Hoogovens Group A B22 Sicilian, Alapin 13. Karpov vs Shirov ½-½ 45 1998 Hoogovens Group A E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 14. J Piket vs Anand   ½-½ 18 1998 Hoogovens Group A D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 15. Timman vs Karpov   ½-½ 27 1998 Hoogovens Group A B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 16. Salov vs J Polgar   ½-½ 13 1998 Hoogovens Group A A45 Queen's Pawn Game 17. Adams vs J Piket   ½-½ 25 1998 Hoogovens Group A C26 Vienna 18. Nijboer vs Shirov   ½-½ 48 1998 Hoogovens Group A C78 Ruy Lopez 19. Kramnik vs Timman   ½-½ 30 1998 Hoogovens Group A A04 Reti Opening 20. Karpov vs Van Wely   ½-½ 29 1998 Hoogovens Group A E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 21. Adams vs Gelfand   ½-½ 19 1998 Hoogovens Group A B50 Sicilian 22. Topalov vs J Polgar ½-½ 38 1998 Hoogovens Group A D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 23. Timman vs Nijboer   ½-½ 45 1998 Hoogovens Group A A07 King's Indian Attack 24. Gelfand vs J Piket   ½-½ 31 1998 Hoogovens Group A D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 25. J Piket vs J Polgar   ½-½ 29 1998 Hoogovens Group A D86 Grunfeld, Exchange  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 48    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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