The 55th Hoogovens was a 24-player knockout event held in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 15-30 January 1993. The reason for 24 players (instead of 32) was that eight players (Karpov, Nunn, Salov, Hansen, Gelfand, Piket, Sokolov, Shirov) were seeded into Round 2. The matches consisted of two (four in the final) Classical games, with playoff games if necessary. Time control: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 60 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 30 more minutes to finish the game. If 1-1, two playoff games (Rapid 30 min), and if still equal (2-2), individual sudden death games (Rapid 15 min). First prize: 15,000 Dutch guilders. Those knocked out would bring points with them into the Hoogovens Open (1993) swiss tournament that was running in parallel. Tournament director: Piet Zwart. Chief arbiter: Thomas van Beekum. N games played: 62.

Anatoly Karpov beat Miguel Illescas 2.5-1.5 in the final. His 96th tournament victory, according to Tidskrift för Schack.

  Round 1 15-17 Jan        Round 2 18-20 Jan      1/4 finals 21-23   1/2 finals 24-25    Final 27-30 Jan

                              Karpov           01 01 ½1  3½
                              Christiansen     10 10 ½0  2½
Christiansen     ½1 -- -  1½
Korchnoi         ½0 -- -   ½
                                                              Karpov    1½ -- -  1½
                                                              Nunn      0½ -- -   ½
                              Nunn             1½ -- --  1½
                              Azmaiparashvili  0½ -- --   ½
Azmaiparashvili  11 -- -  2
Van der Wiel     00 -- -  0 
                                                                                       Karpov    ½1 --  1½
                                                                                       Salov     ½0 --   ½
                              Salov            ½1 -- --  1½
                              Akopian          ½0 -- --   ½
Akopian          1½ -- -  1½
Nijboer          0½ -- -   ½
                                                              Salov     11 -- -  2
                                                              Lobron    00 -- -  0
Lobron           10 1½ -  2½
Van der Sterren  01 0½ -  1½
                              Lobron           ½1 -- --  1½
                              Hansen           ½0 -- --   ½
                                                                                                               Karpov    ½1½½ --  2½
                                                                                                               Illescas  ½0½½ --  1½
Illescas         ½½ ½1 -  2½
Tukmakov         ½½ ½0 -  1½
                              Illescas         01 ½1 --  2½
                              Gelfand          10 ½0 --  1½
                                                              Illescas  11 -- -  2
                                                              Hodgson   00 -- -  0
Hodgson          ½1 -- -  1½
Adams            ½0 -- -   ½
                              Hodgson          1½ -- --  1½
                              Piket            0½ -- --   ½
                                                                                       Illescas  11 --  2
                                                                                       Oll       00 --  0
Oll              ½1 -- -  1½
Wolff            ½0 -- -   ½
                              Oll              10 ½1 --  2½
                              Sokolov          01 ½0 --  1½
                                                              Oll       10 ½1 -  2½
                                                              Shirov    01 ½0 -  1½
                              Shirov           ½1 -- --  1½
                              Nikolic          ½0 -- --   ½
Nikolic          ½1 -- -  1½
Van Wely         ½0 -- -   ½

Original collection: Game Collection: Hoogovens 1993 by User: Tabanus.

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