Hoogovens chess tournament 1998
From January 15 up until February 1, 1998, the 60th Hoogovens Chess Tournament has taken place in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands.
The drawing of lots on January 15 decided about the place of the competitors in the crosstable below.
| name | ELO | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total | Place | ||
| 1 | Kramnik | RUS | 2790 |  |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | x | 0 | x | x | x | 1 | 1 | x | 1 | 8.5 | 1/2 |
| 2 | Nijboer | NL | 2590 | 0 |  |
0 | 0 | x | x | x | x | 0 | x | x | x | x | 1 | 5.0 | 12 |
| 3 | Adams | UK | 2670 | 0 | 1 |  |
x | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | 1 | x | 1 | x | x | 7.5 | 3/5 |
| 4 | Gelfand | BLR | 2675 | 0 | 1 | x |  |
x | x | x | 0 | x | x | 1 | x | x | x | 6.5 | 6/10 |
| 5 | Shirov | SPA | 2710 | 1 | x | 1 | x |  |
1 | x | 0 | x | x | 0 | x | x | 1 | 7.5 | 3/5 |
| 6 | Timman | NL | 2620 | x | x | 1 | x | 0 | |
x | 1 | x | x | x | 1 | x | x | 7.5 | 3/5 |
| 7 | van Wely | NL | 2605 | 1 | x | 0 | x | x | x | |
x | 0 | 0 | x | 0 | x | 0 | 4.5 | 13 |
| 8 | Salov | RUS | 2680 | x | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | x | |
0 | 0 | x | 0 | 1 | x | 5.5 | 11 |
| 9 | Anand | IND | 2770 | x | 1 | x | x | x | x | 1 | 1 |  |
1 | 0 | 1 | x | x | 8.5 | 1/2 |
| 10 | Topalov | BUL | 2740 | x | x | 0 | x | x |
x | 1 | 1 | 0 |  |
x | x | 1 | 0 | 6.5 | 6/10 |
| 11 | Polgar | HUN | 2670 | 0 | x | x | 0 | 1 | x | x | x | 1 | x |  |
1 | 0 | x | 6.5 | 6/10 |
| 12 | van der Sterren | NL | 2555 | 0 | x | 0 | x | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | x | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 4.0 | 14 |
| 13 | Karpov | RUS | 2735 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 0 | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
x | 6.5 | 6/10 |
| 14 | Piket | NL | 2580 | 0 | 0 | x | x | 0 | x | 1 | x | x | 1 | x | 1 | x | |
6.5 | 6/10 |
Games played in Group A and B.
Live coverage of Grandmaster groups A and B on Lost Boys interactive.
Details of the main events
Grandmaster Group A Jan. 16 - Febr. 1 Grandmaster Group B Jan. 20 - Febr. 1 Weekend Groups of Four Jan. 16 - Jan. 18 Day Groups of Four Jan. 20 - Jan. 22 Groups of Ten and Reserve Group Jan. 23 - Febr. 1
First round: Fri Jan 16 Second round: Sat Jan 17
Kramnik (Rus) - Piket (NL) 1 - 0 Piket - Salov draw
Nijboer (NL) - Karpov (Rus) draw Anand - vWely 1 - 0
Adams (UK) - vdSterren (NL) 1 - 0 Topalov - Timman draw
Gelfand (Blr) - Polgar (Hun) 1 - 0 Polgar - Shirov 1 - 0
Shirov (Spa) - Topalov (Bul) draw vdSterren - Gelfand draw
Timman (NL) - Anand (Ind) draw Karpov - Adams draw
vWely (NL) - Salov (Rus) draw Kramnik - Nijboer 1 - 0
3rd round: Sun Jan 18 4th round: Tue Jan 20
Nijboer - Piket 1 - 0 Piket - Anand draw
Adams - Kramnik 0 - 1 Topalov - Salov 1 - 0
Gelfand - Karpov draw Polgar - vWely draw
Shirov - vdSterren draw vdSterren - Timman 0 - 1
Timman - Polgar draw Karpov - Shirov draw
vWely - Topalov 0 - 1 Kramnik - Gelfand 1 - 0
Salov - Anand 0 - 1 Nijboer - Adams 0 - 1
5th round: Wed Jan 21 6th round: Thu Jan 22
Adams - Piket draw Piket - Topalov 1 - 0
Gelfand - Nijboer 1 - 0 Polgar - Anand 1 - 0
Shirov - Kramnik 1 - 0 vdSterren - Salov 1 - 0
Timman - Karpov draw Karpov - vWely draw
vWely - vdSterren 0 - 1 Kramnik - Timman draw
Salov - Polgar draw Nijboer - Shirov draw
Anand - Topalov 1 - 0 Adams - Gelfand draw
7th round: Sat Jan 24 8th round: Sun Jan 25
Gelfand - Piket draw Piket - Polgar draw
Shirov - Adams 1 - 0 vdSterren - Topalov draw
Timman - Nijboer draw Karpov - Anand draw
vWely - Kramnik 1 - 0 Kramnik - Salov draw
Salov - Karpov 1 - 0 Nijboer - vWely draw
Anand - vdSterren 1 - 0 Adams - Timman 0 - 1
Topalov - Polgar draw Gelfand - Shirov draw
9th round: Mon Jan 26 10th round: Tue Jan 27
Shirov - Piket 1 - 0 Piket - vdSterren 1 - 0
Timman - Gelfand draw Karpov - Polgar 1 - 0
vWely - Adams 0 - 1 Kramnik - Topalov draw
Salov - Nijboer draw Nijboer - Anand 0 - 1
Anand - Kramnik draw Adams - Salov 1 - 0
Topalov - Karpov 1 - 0 Gelfand - vWely draw
Polgar - vdSterren 1 - 0 Shirov - Timman 1 - 0
11th round: Thu Jan 29 12th round: Fri Jan 30
Timman - Piket draw Piket - Karpov draw
vWely - Shirov draw Kramnik - vdSterren 1 - 0
Salov - Gelfand 1 - 0 Nijboer - Polgar draw
Anamd - Adams draw Adams - Topalov 1 - 0
Topalov - Nijboer draw Gelfand - Anand draw
Polgar - Kramnik 0 - 1 Shirov - Salov 0 - 1
vdSterren - Karpov 0 - 1 Timman - vWely draw
13th round: Sun Feb 1
vWely - Piket 0 - 1
Salov - Timman 0 - 1
Anand - Shirov draw
Topalov - Gelfand draw
Polgar - Adams draw
vdSterren - Nijboer draw
Karpov - Kramnik draw
Grandmaster Group B
name ELO 1 1 1 place
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1 Tal Shaked USA 2535 # 1 1 x 0 x x 1 1 x 0 0 6.0 3/5
2 Manuel Bosboom NL 2470 0 # 0 0 x 0 0 1 x 0 1 0 3.0 11
3 Erik van den Doel NL 2485 0 1 # 1 0 x 0 1 0 x x 1 5.5 6/7
4 John van der Wiel NL 2515 x 1 0 # 0 x x 1 1 x x x 6.0 3/5
5 Dimitri Reinderman NL 2480 1 x 1 1 # 1 1 x x x 1 1 9.0 1/2
6 Xie Jun Chn 2485 x 1 x x 0 # 0 0 1 1 x x 5.5 6/7
7 Rustam Kasimdzhanov Uzb 2565 x 1 1 x 0 1 # 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 1/2
8 Alexander Cherniaev Rus 2465 0 0 0 0 x 1 0 # x 0 0 x 2.5 12
9 Albert Blees NL 2455 0 x 1 0 x 0 0 x # 1 0 x 3.0 10
10 Boris Alterman Isr 2615 x 1 x x x 0 1 1 0 # 1 0 5.0 8
11 Rini Kuijf NL 2455 1 0 x x 0 x 0 1 1 0 # 0 4.5 9
12 Mihail Kobalia Rus 2500 1 1 0 x 0 x 0 x x 1 1 # 6.0 3/5
Created October 10, 1997
Last update February 2, 1998