Chess tournament
Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1996 Venue Wijk aan Zee
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1996 was the 58th edition of the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament . It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1996 and was won by Vasyl Ivanchuk .[1]
After switching to knockout matches in 1993 and 1995 , the tournament reverted to its traditional round-robin format, which it has maintained ever since.
Top-seed Vasyl Ivanchuk finished unbeaten, a point ahead of Viswanathan Anand .
58th Hoogovens tournament, group A, 13–28 January 1996, Wijk aan Zee , Netherlands, Category XVII (2656) [2]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
TPR
Place
1
Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine )
2735
½
1
½
½
1
½
1
1
½
½
½
½
1
9
2791
1
2
Viswanathan Anand (India )
2725
½
Does not appear
0
1
½
0
1
1
½
1
1
½
½
½
8
2738
2
3
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria )
2700
0
1
Does not appear
½
½
0
½
1
½
½
½
1
1
½
7½
2710
3
4
Michael Adams (England )
2660
½
0
½
Does not appear
1
1
0
½
0
½
½
1
1
½
7
2685
4–7
5
Alexey Dreev (Russia )
2670
½
½
½
0
Does not appear
½
½
0
1
½
1
½
1
½
7
2684
4–7
6
Ivan Sokolov (Bosnia and Herzegovina )
2665
0
1
1
0
½
Does not appear
1
0
½
½
0
1
1
½
7
2684
4–7
7
Sergei Tiviakov (Russia )
2625
½
0
½
1
½
0
Does not appear
1
½
½
½
½
½
1
7
2687
4–7
8
Jeroen Piket (Netherlands )
2570
0
0
0
½
1
1
0
Does not appear
1
½
½
½
1
½
6½
2663
8–9
9
Alexei Shirov (Spain )
2690
0
½
½
1
0
½
½
0
Does not appear
½
1
1
0
1
6½
2653
8–9
10
Peter Leko (Hungary )
2625
½
0
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
½
6
2629
10
11
Boris Gelfand (Belarus )
2700
½
0
½
½
0
1
½
½
0
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
5½
2596
11
12
Robert Hübner (Germany )
2635
½
½
0
0
½
0
½
½
0
½
½
Does not appear
½
1
5
2571
12–13
13
Loek van Wely (Netherlands )
2570
½
½
0
0
0
0
½
0
1
½
½
½
Does not appear
1
5
2576
12–13
14
Jan Timman (Netherlands )
2620
0
½
½
½
½
½
0
½
0
½
½
0
0
Does not appear
4
2518
14
58th Hoogovens tournament, group B, 16–28 January 1996, Wijk aan Zee , Netherlands, Category X (2495) [2]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Total
TPR
Place
1
GM Alexander Onischuk (Ukraine )
2580
Does not appear
1
1
½
½
½
1
½
½
½
1
1
8
2662
1
2
GM Victor Bologan (Moldova )
2590
0
Does not appear
0
0
1
½
½
1
1
1
1
1
7
2588
2
3
GM António Antunes (Portugal )
2545
0
1
Does not appear
1
½
1
0
½
0
1
½
½
6
2526
3–5
4
GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands )
2475
½
1
0
Does not appear
½
0
½
0
1
1
1
½
6
2532
3–5
5
GM John van der Wiel (Netherlands )
2535
½
0
½
½
Does not appear
1
½
½
½
½
½
1
6
2527
3–5
6
Jop Delemarre (Netherlands )
2325
½
½
0
1
0
Does not appear
1
½
0
1
½
½
5½
2510
6–7
7
GM Helgi Grétarsson (Iceland )
2450
0
½
1
½
½
0
Does not appear
½
0
1
½
1
5½
2499
6–7
8
GM Gildardo García (Colombia )
2525
½
0
½
1
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
0
1
0
5
2456
8–9
9
IM Alexander Stripunsky (Ukraine )
2495
½
0
1
0
½
1
1
½
Does not appear
0
0
½
5
2459
8–9
10
IM Marinus Kuijf (Netherlands )
2470
½
0
0
0
½
0
0
1
1
Does not appear
½
1
4½
2432
10
11
GM Anthony Miles (England )
2635
0
0
½
0
½
½
½
0
1
½
Does not appear
½
4
2380
11
12
FM Jan van de Mortel (Netherlands )
2315
0
0
½
½
0
½
0
1
½
0
½
Does not appear
3½
2378
12
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