From January 16 up until January 31, 1999, the 61st 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.
Grandmaster Group A (16 - 31 January)
Garry Kasparov Rus 2815 Viswanathan Anand Ind 2795 Vladimir Kramnik Rus 2780 Vassily Ivantsjoek Ukr 2730 Alexei Sjirov Spa 2720 Peter Svidler Rus 2710 Veselin Topalov Bul 2700 Jan Timman Net 2655 Loek van Wely Net 2635 Alex Yermolinsky USA 2625 Ivan Sokolov Bos 2620 Jeroen Piket Net 2605 Rustam Kasimdzhanov Uzb 2570 Dimitri Reinderman Ned 2540 |
Grandmaster Group B (19 - 31 January)
Smbat Lputian Arm 2615 Igor Glek Rus 2580 Rafael Leitao Bra 2550 Segei Ionov Rus 2545 Michail Brodski Ukr 2525 Friso Nijboer Ned 2525 John van der Wiel Ned 2520 Christian Bauer Fra 2490 Jeroen Bosch Ned 2480 Erik van den Doel Ned 2480 Dennis de Vreugt Ned 2350 Ruud Janssen Ned 2345 |
name | ELO | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total | Place | ||
1 | Kasparov | Rus | 2812 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | r | r | 1 | r | r | 10.0 | 1 | |
2 | Van Wely | Neth | 2633 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | r | r | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | r | r | r | 4.5 | 12 | |
3 | Yermolinsky | USA | 2597 | 0 | 0 | 1 | r | r | 0 | r | 0 | r | 0 | r | 0 | r | 4.0 | 13 | |
4 | Topalov | Bul | 2686 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | r | r | r | 0 | 1 | r | r | r | 6.0 | 10 | |
5 | Reinderman | Neth | 2542 | 0 | 0 | r | 0 | r | 0 | r | r | 0 | 0 | r | r | 0 | 3.0 | 14 | |
6 | Piket | Neth | 2621 | 0 | r | r | 1 | r | r | r | r | 0 | 1 | r | r | 1 | 7.0 | 4/7 | |
7 | Shirov | Spa | 2726 | 0 | r | 1 | r | 1 | r | r | 1 | r | r | r | 0 | r | 7.0 | 4/7 | |
8 | Kasimdhanov | Uzb | 2595 | 0 | 1 | r | r | r | r | r | r | 0 | 0 | 0 | r | r | 5.0 | 11 | |
9 | Sokolov | Bos | 2610 | 1 | 1 | 1 | r | r | r | 0 | r | r | r | r | r | 0 | 7.0 | 4/7 | |
10 | Anand | Ind | 2783 | r | 1 | r | 1 | 1 | 1 | r | 1 | r | 1 | r | r | r | 9.5 | 2 | |
11 | Timman | Neth | 2649 | r | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | r | 1 | r | 0 | r | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 4/7 | |
12 | Svidler | Rus | 2703 | 0 | r | r | r | r | r | r | 1 | r | r | r | r | r | 6.5 | 8/9 | |
13 | Kramnik | Rus | 2740 | r | r | 1 | r | r | r | 1 | r | r | r | 1 | r | r | 8.0 | 3 | |
14 | Ivanchuk | Ukr | 2714 | r | r | r | r | 1 | 0 | r | r | 1 | r | 0 | r | r | 6.5 | 8/9 |
Details of the main events
Grandmaster Group A Jan. 16 - Jan. 31 Grandmaster Group B Jan. 19 - Jan. 31 Weekend Groups of Four Jan. 15 - Jan. 17 Day Groups of Four Jan. 19 - Jan. 22 Groups of Ten and Reserve Group Jan. 22 - Jan. 31 First round: Sat Jan 16 Second round: Sun Jan 17 3rd round: Tue Jan 19 4th round: Wed Jan 20 5th round: Thu Jan 21 6th round: Sat Jan 23 7th round: Sun Jan 24 8th round: Mon Jan 25 9th round: Tue Jan 26 10th round: Thu Jan 28 11th round: Fri Jan 29 12th round: Sat Jan 30 13th round: Sun Jan 31 Grandmaster Group B name ELO 1 1 1 place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 Lputian G Arm 2614 # r r 1 1 1 1 1 r r r 1 8.5 1 2 vd Wiel G Neth 2529 r # r r r r 1 1 0 r 1 1 7.0 3/4 3 Leitao M Bra 2545 r r # r 1 r 1 1 r r r 1 7.5 2 4 Bauer G Fra 2528 0 r r # r 0 1 0 r r r 0 4.0 9/10 5 Bosch M Neth 2470 0 r 0 r # r r 0 0 r r 0 3.0 11 6 Janssen - Neth 2445 0 r r 1 r # r 0 0 0 r r 4.0 9/10 7 vd Doel M Neth 2547 0 0 0 0 r r # r 0 r 0 r 2.5 12 8 Nijboer G Neth 2534 0 0 0 1 1 1 r # r r 1 1 6.5 5/6 9 Glek G Rus 2566 r 1 r r 1 1 1 r # 0 r 0 6.5 5/6 10 Ionov G Rus 2551 r r r r r 1 r r 1 # r 1 7.0 3/4 11 Brodsky G Ukr 2530 r 0 r r r r 1 0 r r # 0 4.5 8 12 de Vreugd - Neth 2378 0 0 0 1 1 r r 0 1 0 1 # 5.0 7