Hoogovens chess tournament 1999


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

Created November 27, 1998
Last update January 31, 1998