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Hoogovens Tournament

Zoltan Ribli7.5/13(+3 -1 =9)[games]
Gyula Sax7.5/13(+4 -2 =7)[games]
Predrag Nikolic7.5/13(+4 -2 =7)[games]
Viswanathan Anand7.5/13(+4 -2 =7)[games]
Kiril Georgiev7/13(+3 -2 =8)[games]
Jeroen Piket7/13(+4 -3 =6)[games]
John van der Wiel6.5/13(+2 -2 =9)[games]
Tony Miles6.5/13(+4 -4 =5)[games]
Rafael Vaganian6/13(+2 -3 =8)[games]
Joel Benjamin6/13(+3 -4 =6)[games]
Vitaly Tseshkovsky6/13(+4 -5 =4)[games]
Ivan Sokolov5.5/13(+2 -4 =7)[games]
Julio Granda Zuniga5.5/13(+2 -4 =7)[games]
Rudy Douven5/13(+1 -4 =8)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hoogovens (1989)

Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 13-29 January 1989

Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 Ribli 37 2625 • ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7½ =1 Sax 37 2610 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7½ =1 Nikolic 28 2605 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 7½ =1 Anand 19 2515 ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 7½ =5 Georgiev 23 2590 1 ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 7 =5 Piket 20 2500 0 1 0 ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 7 =7 Van der Wiel 29 2560 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 6½ =7 Miles 33 2520 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ • 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 6½ =9 Vaganian 37 2600 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6 =9 Benjamin 24 2545 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 • ½ ½ ½ 0 6 =9 Tseshkovsky 44 2520 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • 1 0 ½ 6 =12 Sokolov 20 2580 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 • 1 ½ 5½ =12 Granda Zuniga 21 2500 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 • ½ 5½ 14 Douven 27 2445 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ • 5 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Thirteen rounds in 17 days, starting on Friday 13 January (91 games). Rest days 16, 19, 23 & 28 January. Four players incl. young Anand shared 1st with 7.5/13.

Photo (Anand): https://scontent.fceb2-2.fna.fbcdn....

Sources
Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
*FIDE rating list January 1989 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022100...)
Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1989 (by User: suenteus po 147)
The New York Times, Section C, 14 March 1989, p. 16 (https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/14/...)
Jaque 258, 15 March 1989, pp. 149-154 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Sakkélet, 6/1989, pp. 186-189 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

Previous: Hoogovens (1988). Next: Hoogovens (1990). See also Hoogovens Group B (1989)

 page 1 of 1; 24 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Anand vs Miles 1-0461989HoogovensB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
2. Tseshkovsky vs P Nikolic  1-0401989HoogovensC18 French, Winawer
3. Granda Zuniga vs Van der Wiel  1-0631989HoogovensD49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran
4. Ribli vs J Piket  1-0361989HoogovensE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
5. Benjamin vs K Georgiev  1-0411989HoogovensE41 Nimzo-Indian
6. P Nikolic vs Granda Zuniga  1-0611989HoogovensD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
7. J Piket vs Sax 1-0241989HoogovensE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
8. Vaganian vs R Douven  1-0621989HoogovensE92 King's Indian
9. Tseshkovsky vs Miles  1-0441989HoogovensB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
10. K Georgiev vs Tseshkovsky  1-0361989HoogovensC96 Ruy Lopez, Closed
11. Miles vs Vaganian  1-0451989HoogovensD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. P Nikolic vs J Piket  1-0411989HoogovensD02 Queen's Pawn Game
13. Sax vs Tseshkovsky  1-0411989HoogovensC96 Ruy Lopez, Closed
14. I Sokolov vs P Nikolic  1-0461989HoogovensD14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
15. Miles vs Granda Zuniga  1-0341989HoogovensE12 Queen's Indian
16. Benjamin vs J Piket  1-0551989HoogovensB73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
17. K Georgiev vs Ribli  1-0571989HoogovensB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
18. Anand vs I Sokolov 1-0381989HoogovensC73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
19. J Piket vs R Douven  1-0401989HoogovensE12 Queen's Indian
20. Ribli vs Tseshkovsky  1-0351989HoogovensD75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5
21. Sax vs Vaganian  1-0381989HoogovensC18 French, Winawer
22. Anand vs Benjamin 1-0311989HoogovensB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
23. P Nikolic vs R Douven  1-0611989HoogovensA48 King's Indian
24. K Georgiev vs I Sokolov  1-0381989HoogovensA15 English
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