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Tilburg Fontys (1998) "In addition to the 12 participants, several other grandmasters were present in Tilburg: Gennadi Sosonko (as guest of honor), Elizbar Ubilava (Anand's regular colleague), Roberto Cifuentes (Van Wely's second), Hans Ree (journalist). In addition to them, John van der Wiel, Jan Timman and Robert Huebner were present as commentators, and Predrag Nikolic, Ivan Sokolov and Ljubomir Ljubojevic as observers. Interesting news is that the Fontys company guaranteed the organization of the tournament for three years. This has now expired. The tournament director, Barbara Schol, however, seemed optimistic, considering a 95 percent chance that a major tournament will be organized in Tilburg next year. "Maybe with a different name and in a different form," she said. Until now, Karpov, Kasparov and Korchnoi were our "professors." Now this role has been eliminated. "We may organize a two-round competition with 8 participants in 1999, but for now it all depends on the sponsors."" (Sakkélet, Google transl.) This was the 21st Tilburg tournament and the third and last held under Fontys sponsorship. It was a Category XVIII event (Elo average 2680). Twelve GMs, all except Korchnoi from the new generation of players, participated in the round robin event. All rounds started at 1:30 pm. Time control: 2 hours for the first 40 moves, 3 hours for the first 60 moves, and 3½ hours for the whole game. Tilburg, the Netherlands, 23 October - 4 November 1998 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Anand 28 2795 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 2 Leko 19 2665 ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7 =3 Sadler 24 2660 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 =3 Zvjaginsev 22 2650 ½ ½ ½ • 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 =3 Kramnik 23 2780 0 0 ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 =6 Piket 29 2605 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½ =6 Adams 26 2715 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ =8 Svidler 22 2710 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 • 1 0 0 ½ 5 =8 Van Wely 26 2635 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 • ½ ½ 1 5 =10 Topalov 23 2700 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ • 0 ½ 4½ =10 Lautier 25 2625 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 • ½ 4½ 12 Korchnoi 67 2625 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • 3½ ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— Eleven rounds in 13 days, starting on Friday 23 October (66 games). Rest days 27 October & 1 November. Anand won clear first, undefeated, with a score of 7.5/11. Sources TWIC 207 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...) TWIC 208 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...) TWIC 209 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...) Wikipedia article: Fontys University of Applied Sciences Official website (https://web.archive.org/web/1998121...) Game Collection: Tilburg Fontys 1998 (by User: suenteus po 147) *FIDE rating list July 1998 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...) Sakkélet, 11-12/1998, pp. 326-327 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Tidskrift för Schack, 10/1998, pp. 627-632 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1998...) Inside Chess Online, Chess Tournament Tilburg 1998 (https://web.archive.org/web/1999022...) The Week in Chess Magazine, Mig on Chess 74 (https://web.archive.org/web/1999100...) Dutch newspapers (available at https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/) Previous: Tilburg Fontys (1997)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Adams vs Van Wely   ½-½ 36 1998 Tilburg Fontys B33 Sicilian 2. Anand vs Lautier 1-0 39 1998 Tilburg Fontys B32 Sicilian 3. Kramnik vs Svidler   ½-½ 25 1998 Tilburg Fontys D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 4. Leko vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 36 1998 Tilburg Fontys C11 French 5. J Piket vs Sadler   ½-½ 20 1998 Tilburg Fontys D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 6. Topalov vs Zvjaginsev ½-½ 46 1998 Tilburg Fontys B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 7. Anand vs Kramnik 1-0 35 1998 Tilburg Fontys C42 Petrov Defense 8. Korchnoi vs Adams 0-1 87 1998 Tilburg Fontys A14 English 9. Lautier vs Van Wely   ½-½ 20 1998 Tilburg Fontys A57 Benko Gambit 10. Sadler vs Topalov ½-½ 34 1998 Tilburg Fontys E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 11. Svidler vs J Piket 1-0 47 1998 Tilburg Fontys C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 12. Zvjaginsev vs Leko   ½-½ 35 1998 Tilburg Fontys D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 13. J Piket vs Anand   ½-½ 21 1998 Tilburg Fontys D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 14. Van Wely vs Korchnoi 1-0 60 1998 Tilburg Fontys D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 15. Topalov vs Svidler 1-0 47 1998 Tilburg Fontys C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. Leko vs Sadler ½-½ 34 1998 Tilburg Fontys B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Kramnik vs Lautier 1-0 24 1998 Tilburg Fontys D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. Adams vs Zvjaginsev   ½-½ 32 1998 Tilburg Fontys B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 19. Anand vs Topalov ½-½ 46 1998 Tilburg Fontys B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 20. Kramnik vs J Piket ½-½ 51 1998 Tilburg Fontys D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. Lautier vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 21 1998 Tilburg Fontys E12 Queen's Indian 22. Sadler vs Adams 1-0 41 1998 Tilburg Fontys E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 23. Svidler vs Leko   ½-½ 23 1998 Tilburg Fontys B12 Caro-Kann Defense 24. Zvjaginsev vs Van Wely ½-½ 33 1998 Tilburg Fontys A28 English 25. Adams vs Svidler 1-0 44 1998 Tilburg Fontys B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Dec-26-24    Tabanus: First! 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