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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 2; games 1-25 of 49  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. P Nikolic vs K Georgiev  ½-½261989HoogovensD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. J Piket vs Vaganian  ½-½171989HoogovensD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. Van der Wiel vs Ribli  ½-½221989HoogovensB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
4. Sax vs R Douven  ½-½201989HoogovensB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
5. Vaganian vs I Sokolov  ½-½521989HoogovensA15 English
6. R Douven vs Miles  ½-½711989HoogovensA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
7. I Sokolov vs Ribli  ½-½131989HoogovensD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
8. J Piket vs Granda Zuniga  ½-½171989HoogovensD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
9. P Nikolic vs Vaganian  ½-½541989HoogovensD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
10. Ribli vs P Nikolic  ½-½261989HoogovensA17 English
11. Van der Wiel vs J Piket  ½-½561989HoogovensB56 Sicilian
12. Tseshkovsky vs Benjamin  ½-½231989HoogovensB07 Pirc
13. Vaganian vs Anand  ½-½391989HoogovensA17 English
14. K Georgiev vs R Douven  ½-½471989HoogovensE70 King's Indian
15. Anand vs Ribli  ½-½161989HoogovensB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
16. I Sokolov vs Van der Wiel  ½-½401989HoogovensE41 Nimzo-Indian
17. R Douven vs Tseshkovsky  ½-½231989HoogovensA90 Dutch
18. Miles vs K Georgiev  ½-½441989HoogovensD02 Queen's Pawn Game
19. Granda Zuniga vs Anand ½-½251989HoogovensA17 English
20. J Piket vs I Sokolov  ½-½351989HoogovensD97 Grunfeld, Russian
21. Sax vs K Georgiev  ½-½311989HoogovensB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
22. Van der Wiel vs P Nikolic  ½-½141989HoogovensC77 Ruy Lopez
23. Ribli vs Benjamin  ½-½451989HoogovensA04 Reti Opening
24. I Sokolov vs Sax  ½-½341989HoogovensE41 Nimzo-Indian
25. Benjamin vs Granda Zuniga  ½-½371989HoogovensB33 Sicilian
 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 49  PGN Download
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