| 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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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. J Piket vs Salov |
 | 1-0 | 41 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 2. Timman vs Glek |
| 1-0 | 58 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 3. I Sokolov vs M Illescas |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | A80 Dutch |
| 4. Van Wely vs Lautier |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 5. Lautier vs Glek |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 6. Granda Zuniga vs P Nikolic |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | A09 Reti Opening |
| 7. Korchnoi vs Onischuk |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 |
| 8. M Illescas vs Granda Zuniga |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | B83 Sicilian |
| 9. Salov vs Glek |
| 1-0 | 45 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 10. P Nikolic vs Timman |
| 1-0 | 30 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 11. Timman vs M Illescas |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | A57 Benko Gambit |
| 12. J Piket vs Van Wely |
| 1-0 | 32 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line |
| 13. Korchnoi vs Short |
| 1-0 | 62 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 14. I Sokolov vs Korchnoi |
| 1-0 | 57 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 15. Granda Zuniga vs Short |
| 1-0 | 45 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | B44 Sicilian |
| 16. Salov vs P Nikolic |
| 1-0 | 56 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 17. Yermolinsky vs M Illescas |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch |
| 18. I Sokolov vs Granda Zuniga |
| 1-0 | 48 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 19. Onischuk vs Yermolinsky |
| 1-0 | 24 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | B57 Sicilian |
| 20. Lautier vs P Nikolic |
| 1-0 | 31 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation |
| 21. Van Wely vs Glek |
| 1-0 | 61 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 22. Granda Zuniga vs Korchnoi |
| 1-0 | 61 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 23. Granda Zuniga vs Lautier |
| 1-0 | 88 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | A04 Reti Opening |
| 24. M Illescas vs Onischuk |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | A13 English |
| 25. Short vs P Nikolic |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1997 | Hoogovens Group A | C33 King's Gambit Accepted |
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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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