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 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 8 2738 2 3 
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2700 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 7½ 2710 3 4 
Michael Adams (England)2660 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 7 2685 4–7 5 
Alexey Dreev (Russia)2670 ½ ½ ½ 0 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 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 7 2684 4–7 7 Sergei Tiviakov (Russia)2625 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7 2687 4–7 8 
Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)2570 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ 2663 8–9 9 
Alexei Shirov (Spain)2690 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 6½ 2653 8–9 10 
Peter Leko (Hungary)2625 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 2629 10 11 
Boris Gelfand (Belarus)2700 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2596 11 12 
Robert Hübner (Germany)2635 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2571 12–13 13 Loek van Wely (Netherlands)2570 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2576 12–13 14 Jan Timman (Netherlands)2620 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 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 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 2662 1 2 
GM Victor Bologan (Moldova)2590 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7 2588 2 3 
GM António Antunes (Portugal)2545 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 6 2526 3–5 4 GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands)2475 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 6 2532 3–5 5 GM John van der Wiel (Netherlands)2535 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2527 3–5 6 Jop Delemarre (Netherlands)2325 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2510 6–7 7 
GM Helgi Grétarsson (Iceland)2450 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5½ 2499 6–7 8 
GM Gildardo García (Colombia)2525 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 5 2456 8–9 9 IM Alexander Stripunsky (Ukraine)2495 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 5 2459 8–9 10 IM Marinus Kuijf (Netherlands)2470 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 4½ 2432 10 11 GM Anthony Miles (England)2635 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 4 2380 11 12 FM Jan van de Mortel (Netherlands)2315 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 3½ 2378 12
References
- ^ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
- ^ a b Mark Crowther (29 January 1996). "The Week in Chess 68". The Week in Chess.
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