Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1988

Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1988
	Anatoly Karpov at the press conference
Venue	Wijk aan Zee
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Last updated March 12, 2021

The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1988 was the 50th edition of the Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1988. The tournament was won by Anatoly Karpov, the first of his two wins.^[1]

50th Hoogovens tournament, group A, 8–24 January 1988, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XIII (2572) ^[2]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	TPR	Place
1	Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union)	2715		½	1	½	½	½	1	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	9	2702	1
2	Ulf Andersson (Sweden)	2605	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	8½	2679	2
3	Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria)	2595	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	½	7½	2627	3–4
4	Simen Agdestein (Norway)	2560	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	½	0	1	7½	2630	3–4
5	Mikhail Tal (Soviet Union)	2630	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	6½	2567	5–7
6	Robert Hübner (West Germany)	2595	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	0	1	½	6½	2570	5–7
7	Iván Faragó (Hungary)	2475	0	½	½	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	6½	2579	5–7
8	Predrag Nikolić (Yugoslavia)	2630	1	½	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	0	½	6	2538	8–10
9	Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)	2470	½	0	1	0	½	0	1	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	6	2551	8–10
10	Curt Hansen (Denmark)	2560	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	6	2544	8–10
11	Gennadi Sosonko (Netherlands)	2535	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	5½	2518	11–13
12	John van der Wiel (Netherlands)	2555	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	5½	2516	11–13
13	Paul van der Sterren (Netherlands)	2470	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	1	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	5½	2523	11–13
14	Ljubomir Ljubojević (Yugoslavia)	2610	0	½	½	0	1	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	4½	2459	14

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References

↑ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
↑ suenteus po 147 (1988). "Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1988". chessgames.com.

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[1] "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2021-03-11.

[2] suenteus po 147 (1988). "Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1988". chessgames.com.

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