Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1992

Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1992
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The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1992 was the 54th edition of the Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1992 and was jointly won by Valery Salov and Boris Gelfand.^[1]

54th Hoogovens tournament, group A, 9–26 January 1992, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XIV (2593) ^[2]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	TPR	Place
1	Valery Salov (Russia)	2655		½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	8½	2698	1–2
2	Boris Gelfand (Belarus)	2665	½		½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	8½	2697	1–2
3	Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)	2585	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	7½	2650	3–4
4	Robert Hübner (Germany)	2615	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	7½	2648	3–4
5	Predrag Nikolić (Yugoslavia)	2635	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	6½	2589	5–8
6	Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)	2615	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	½	½	0	1	1	½	6½	2591	5–8
7	Yasser Seirawan (United States)	2600	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	0	½	6½	2592	5–8
8	Vladimir Epishin (Russia)	2620	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	Does not appear	1	½	0	½	1	1	6½	2590	5–8
9	John van der Wiel (Netherlands)	2540	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	0	0	1	6	2568	9–11
10	Gyula Sax (Hungary)	2600	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	6	2563	9–11
11	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2560	½	½	0	0	½	1	0	1	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	6	2566	9–11
12	John Nunn (England)	2615	½	½	½	½	1	0	0	½	1	½	0	Does not appear	0	½	5½	2534	12–13
13	Joris Brenninkmeijer (Netherlands)	2500	0	0	½	½	0	0	1	0	1	½	½	1	Does not appear	½	5½	2543	12–13
14	Alfonso Romero Holmes (Spain)	2490	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	4	2459	14

54th Hoogovens tournament, group B, January 1992, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category X (2489) ^[3]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	TPR	Place
1	GM Vladimir Tukmakov (Ukraine)	2535	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	9	2747	1
2	GM Patrick Wolff (United States)	2570	½	Does not appear	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	8½	2692	2
3	IM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands)	2455	0	0	Does not appear	0	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	6½	2557	3
4	IM Luc Winants (Belgium)	2515	½	0	1	Does not appear	1	0	½	½	1	1	½	0	6	2522	4–5
5	IM Viktor Moskalenko (Ukraine)	2505	0	0	1	0	Does not appear	½	1	1	0	1	1	½	6	2523	4–5
6	IM Gert-Jan De Boer (Netherlands)	2425	0	½	0	1	½	Does not appear	0	0	1	½	1	1	5½	2495	6
7	GM Roberto Cifuentes (Chile)	2540	0	½	½	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	0	5	2448	7
8	IM Ben Finegold (United States)	2465	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	Does not appear	½	0	½	1	4½	2426	8–9
9	IM Johannes Van Mil (Netherlands)	2445	½	0	0	0	1	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	1	1	4½	2428	8–9
10	GM David Bronstein (Russia)	2465	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	1	Does not appear	½	½	4	2389	10
11	GM Evgenij Ermenkov (Bulgaria)	2505	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	3½	2354	11
12	IM Marinus Kuijf (Netherlands)	2440	0	0	0	1	½	0	1	0	0	½	0	Does not appear	3	2318	12

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References

↑ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
↑ suenteus po 147 (1992). "Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1992". chessgames.com.
↑ "54th Hoogoven tournament, Wijk aan Zee".

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[1] "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.

[2] suenteus po 147 (1992). "Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1992". chessgames.com.

[3] "54th Hoogoven tournament, Wijk aan Zee".

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