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Hoogovens Tournament

Anatoly Karpov9/13(+6 -1 =6)[games]
Ulf Andersson8.5/13(+4 -0 =9)[games]
Kiril Georgiev7.5/13(+4 -2 =7)[games]
Simen Agdestein7.5/13(+5 -3 =5)[games]
Mikhail Tal6.5/13(+1 -1 =11)[games]
Robert Huebner6.5/13(+2 -2 =9)[games]
Ivan Farago6.5/13(+2 -2 =9)[games]
Predrag Nikolic6/13(+2 -3 =8)[games]
Jeroen Piket6/13(+3 -4 =6)[games]
Curt Hansen6/13(+1 -2 =10)[games]
Gennadi Sosonko5.5/13(+0 -2 =11)[games]
John van der Wiel5.5/13(+1 -3 =9)[games]
Paul van der Sterren5.5/13(+3 -5 =5)[games]
Ljubomir Ljubojevic4.5/13(+1 -5 =7)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hoogovens (1988)

Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 8-24 January 1988

Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Karpov 36 2715 • ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9 2 Andersson 36 2605 ½ • ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8½ =3 Georgiev 22 2595 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7½ =3 Agdestein 20 2560 ½ 0 ½ • ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 7½ =5 Tal 51 2630 ½ ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 6½ =5 Hübner 39 2595 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 6½ =5 Farago 41 2475 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ • ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ =8 Nikolic 27 2630 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 6 =8 Piket 18 2470 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 =8 Hansen 23 2560 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 6 =11 Sosonko 44 2535 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 5½ =11 Van der Wiel 28 2555 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 5½ =11 V d Sterren 31 2470 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 5½ 14 Ljubojevic 37 2610 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 • 4½ —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Thirteen rounds in 17 days, starting on Friday 8 January (91 games). Rest days 11, 14, 18 & 23 January. Karpov won with 9/13.

Photo (Piket, Karpov, Sosonko, Tal): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...

Sources
Tata Steel website (https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...)
*FIDE rating list January 1988 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022100...)
Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1988 (by User: suenteus po 147)
The Spectator, 27 February 1988, p. 44 (http://spprd.insec.netcopy.thompson...)
Jaque 237, 1 April 1988, pp. 172-180 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Norsk Sjakkblad, 2/1988, pp. 14-17 (https://dnkjuhc6if10z.cloudfront.ne...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 1/1988, p. 31 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1988...)
Skakbladet, 3/1988, pp. 43-45 (http://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/1...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

Previous: Hoogovens (1987). Next: Hoogovens (1989). See also Hoogovens Group B (1988)

 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Karpov vs C Hansen 1-0581988HoogovensE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
2. J Piket vs Ljubojevic  ½-½351988HoogovensA43 Old Benoni
3. Van der Sterren vs Huebner  0-1351988HoogovensD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
4. S Agdestein vs I Farago  0-1371988HoogovensA35 English, Symmetrical
5. P Nikolic vs Andersson  ½-½261988HoogovensD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. Tal vs Van der Wiel  ½-½211988HoogovensA11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System
7. Andersson vs S Agdestein 1-0321988HoogovensE17 Queen's Indian
8. Ljubojevic vs K Georgiev  ½-½311988HoogovensB25 Sicilian, Closed
9. Karpov vs P Nikolic 0-1421988HoogovensA25 English
10. Huebner vs J Piket  1-0411988HoogovensB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
11. Sosonko vs Tal  ½-½171988HoogovensA90 Dutch
12. C Hansen vs Van der Wiel  ½-½241988HoogovensD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
13. I Farago vs Van der Sterren  ½-½481988HoogovensD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
14. Van der Wiel vs Sosonko  ½-½211988HoogovensB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
15. Tal vs Ljubojevic 0-1421988HoogovensD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. K Georgiev vs Huebner  ½-½611988HoogovensA07 King's Indian Attack
17. P Nikolic vs C Hansen  ½-½421988HoogovensE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
18. J Piket vs I Farago  1-0401988HoogovensA46 Queen's Pawn Game
19. S Agdestein vs Karpov  ½-½631988HoogovensD94 Grunfeld
20. Van der Sterren vs Andersson 0-1401988HoogovensE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
21. K Georgiev vs Sosonko 1-0511988HoogovensD39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
22. C Hansen vs Sosonko  ½-½241988HoogovensA33 English, Symmetrical
23. Karpov vs Van der Sterren 1-0381988HoogovensC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
24. Huebner vs Tal 0-1361988HoogovensB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
25. P Nikolic vs S Agdestein  0-1381988HoogovensE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  PGN Download
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