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Hoogovens Group A (1997) 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)  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Short vs Onischuk 0-1 36 1997 Hoogovens Group A C78 Ruy Lopez 2. Van Wely vs Lautier 1-0 37 1997 Hoogovens Group A E15 Queen's Indian 3. Korchnoi vs P Nikolic   0-1 33 1997 Hoogovens Group A A27 English, Three Knights System 4. I Sokolov vs M Illescas   1-0 42 1997 Hoogovens Group A A80 Dutch 5. Granda Zuniga vs Yermolinsky   0-1 53 1997 Hoogovens Group A D85 Grunfeld 6. Timman vs Glek   1-0 58 1997 Hoogovens Group A E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 7. J Piket vs Salov 1-0 41 1997 Hoogovens Group A E12 Queen's Indian 8. Salov vs Granda Zuniga   ½-½ 19 1997 Hoogovens Group A E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 9. Van Wely vs Short   0-1 71 1997 Hoogovens Group A D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. Yermolinsky vs Timman   ½-½ 18 1997 Hoogovens Group A A35 English, Symmetrical 11. P Nikolic vs J Piket   0-1 40 1997 Hoogovens Group A D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 12. M Illescas vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 20 1997 Hoogovens Group A C45 Scotch Game 13. Lautier vs Glek 1-0 38 1997 Hoogovens Group A E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 14. Onischuk vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 62 1997 Hoogovens Group A C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 15. Timman vs Salov ½-½ 62 1997 Hoogovens Group A B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 16. J Piket vs M Illescas   ½-½ 23 1997 Hoogovens Group A E12 Queen's Indian 17. Glek vs Yermolinsky   ½-½ 25 1997 Hoogovens Group A C51 Evans Gambit 18. I Sokolov vs Van Wely   ½-½ 21 1997 Hoogovens Group A E70 King's Indian 19. Korchnoi vs Onischuk 1-0 34 1997 Hoogovens Group A A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 20. Short vs Lautier   ½-½ 27 1997 Hoogovens Group A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Granda Zuniga vs P Nikolic   1-0 39 1997 Hoogovens Group A A09 Reti Opening 22. M Illescas vs Granda Zuniga   1-0 40 1997 Hoogovens Group A B83 Sicilian 23. Lautier vs Yermolinsky   ½-½ 53 1997 Hoogovens Group A E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 24. Onischuk vs J Piket   ½-½ 42 1997 Hoogovens Group A C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 25. Short vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 46 1997 Hoogovens Group A C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jul-03-17    Arlekhino: I have a number of Jaque (Spanish Chess Magazine) featuring this tournament. 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