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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 29  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kramnik vs J Piket 1-0 48 1998 Hoogovens Group A D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 2. Adams vs Van der Sterren   1-0 49 1998 Hoogovens Group A A07 King's Indian Attack 3. Gelfand vs J Polgar 1-0 70 1998 Hoogovens Group A E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 4. Kramnik vs Nijboer 1-0 29 1998 Hoogovens Group A E97 King's Indian 5. Anand vs Van Wely 1-0 42 1998 Hoogovens Group A A30 English, Symmetrical 6. J Polgar vs Shirov 1-0 40 1998 Hoogovens Group A B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 7. Nijboer vs J Piket 1-0 36 1998 Hoogovens Group A C78 Ruy Lopez 8. Kramnik vs Gelfand 1-0 40 1998 Hoogovens Group A D02 Queen's Pawn Game 9. Topalov vs Salov 1-0 57 1998 Hoogovens Group A B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Gelfand vs Nijboer   1-0 57 1998 Hoogovens Group A E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 11. Anand vs Topalov 1-0 29 1998 Hoogovens Group A C78 Ruy Lopez 12. Shirov vs Kramnik 1-0 52 1998 Hoogovens Group A B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 13. Van der Sterren vs Salov 1-0 49 1998 Hoogovens Group A E17 Queen's Indian 14. J Polgar vs Anand 1-0 56 1998 Hoogovens Group A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. J Piket vs Topalov 1-0 40 1998 Hoogovens Group A E10 Queen's Pawn Game 16. Salov vs Karpov 1-0 32 1998 Hoogovens Group A E15 Queen's Indian 17. Van Wely vs Kramnik 1-0 47 1998 Hoogovens Group A D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. Shirov vs Adams 1-0 40 1998 Hoogovens Group A C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. Anand vs Van der Sterren 1-0 51 1998 Hoogovens Group A C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 20. Shirov vs J Piket   1-0 41 1998 Hoogovens Group A C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 21. J Polgar vs Van der Sterren   1-0 34 1998 Hoogovens Group A C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 22. Topalov vs Karpov 1-0 50 1998 Hoogovens Group A D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 23. J Piket vs Van der Sterren   1-0 34 1998 Hoogovens Group A D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Shirov vs Timman 1-0 52 1998 Hoogovens Group A C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 25. Karpov vs J Polgar 1-0 32 1998 Hoogovens Group A D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29    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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