Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1998
 Public watching the 60th Wijk aan Zee tournament. | |
| Venue | Wijk aan Zee |
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The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1998 was the 60th edition of the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1998 and was won jointly won by Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand.[1]
60th Hoogovens tournament, group A, 16 January – 1 February 1998, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XVII (2671)[2] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total TPR Place 1 
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2790 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 8½ 2771 1–2 2 
Viswanathan Anand (India)2770 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8½ 2773 1–2 3 
Alexei Shirov (Spain)2710 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 7½ 2724 3–5 4 
Jan Timman (Netherlands)2635 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7½ 2730 3–5 5 
Michael Adams (England)2670 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7½ 2727 3–5 6 Anatoly Karpov (Russia)2735 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 6½ 2665 6–10 7 
Judit Polgár (Hungary)2670 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2670 6–10 8 
Boris Gelfand (Belarus)2675 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 6½ 2670 6–10 9 Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)2575 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 6½ 2678 6–10 10 
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2740 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 2665 6–10 11 Valery Salov (Russia)2680 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 5½ 2613 11 12 Friso Nijboer (Netherlands)2580 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 2590 12 13 Loek van Wely (Netherlands)2605 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 4½ 2565 13 14 Paul van der Sterren (Netherlands)2555 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 4 2538 14
60th Hoogovens tournament, group B, 20–31 January 1998, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XI (2501)[3] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total TPR Place 1 IM Dimitri Reinderman (Netherlands)2480 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 9 2764 1–2 2 
IM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan)2565 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 2757 1–2 3 
GM Tal Shaked (United States)2535 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 6 2533 3–5 4 GM Mikhail Kobalia (Russia)2500 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 2536 3–5 5 GM John van der Wiel (Netherlands)2525 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 2534 3–5 6 
GM Xie Jun (China)2485 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 5½ 2502 6–7 7 IM Erik van den Doel (Netherlands)2485 0 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 5½ 2502 6–7 8 
GM Boris Alterman (Israel)2615 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 5 2454 8 9 IM Marinus Kuijf (Netherlands)2460 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 4½ 2439 9 10 IM Albert Blees (Netherlands)2445 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 4 2403 10 11 IM Manuel Bosboom (Netherlands)2450 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 3 2330 11 12 IM Alexander Cherniaev (Russia)2465 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 2½ 2293 12
References
[edit]- ^ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ Mark Crowther (2 February 1998). "The Week in Chess 169". The Week in Chess.
- ^ Mark Crowther (2 February 1998). "The Week in Chess 169". The Week in Chess.