Hoogovens Tournament Wijk aan Zee NED, 1999

                                   
No  Players        ELO   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4   Pts   Place
1.  Kasparov,G     2812  * = = 1 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1   10    I    
2.  Anand,V        2783  = * = 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1   9.5   II   
3.  Kramnik,V      2740  = = * = 1 = 1 = = = = = 1 =   8     III   
4.  Piket,Je       2621  0 0 = * = = 1 1 = 1 = = = =   7     4-7   
5.  Shirov,A       2726  0 = 0 = * 1 = = = = = = 1 1   7     4-7   
6.  Sokolov,I      2610  1 = = = 0 * = 0 = = = 1 1 =   7     4-7   
7.  Timman,J       2649  = 0 0 0 = = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1   7     4-7   
8.  Ivanchuk,V     2714  = = = 0 = 1 0 * = = = = = 1   6.5   8-9   
9.  Svidler,P      2703  0 = = = = = = = * = 1 = = =   6.5   8-9   
10. Topalov,V      2686  0 0 = 0 = = 1 = = * = 1 0 1   6     10    
11. Kasimdzhanov,R 2595  0 0 = = = = 0 = 0 = * 1 = =   5     11    
12. Van Wely,L     2633  0 0 = = = 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1 1   4.5   12    
13. Yermolinsky,A  2597  0 = 0 = 0 0 0 = = 1 = 0 * =   4     13    
14. Reinderman,D   2545  0 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = *   3     14 

Winners of Hoogevens-99 obtained the same places in the tournament crosstable as in current FIDE and Professional rating lists: 1. Kasparov 2. Anand 3. Kramnik. Vassily Ivanchuk wasn't in the his best form. Many games were interesting and important, but Kasparov-Svidler from round 12 became really critical:

Kasparov,G (2812) - Svidler,P (2703) D97
Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 01.13.1999
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 a6 8.e5 b5 9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Be3!

Unusual move in the well-known position. Idea is to play 12.h4 after 11...Nb6 and 12.a4 after 11...Nf6 (Kasparov).
11... Nb6 12.h4 Nc6 13.h5 Rxf3 14.gxf3 Nxd4 15.Rd1 c5 16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.hxg6 h6 18.Rh5 Qe8 19.Ne2 Qxg6 20.Rh1 Kh8 21.Rg1 Qf7 22.Nxd4 Nd5 23.Qd3 Bd7 24.Qe4 Rc8 25.Bd3 Nf6 26.Qh4 Rc5 27.Ne2 Nd5 28.Rg6 Qf8 29.Qe4 Qf7 30.Kd2 Nf6 31.Qe3 1-0
Really, great game...
Kasparov: ...but, personally, I feel my win against Svidler was my best game here. I found a completely new concept and my opponent played extremely well. I found all the best moves. I had to make ten «only moves» in a row. I think it is my biggest accomplishment.
 
But, of course, now is really hard to find completely new concepts... Look at the following game:
Levtchouk,G - Duong,T D97,Quebec Invitational (7), 1992
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 a6 8.e5 b5 9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Be3 Nb6 12.h4 Nd5 13.h5 Nxe3 14.fxe3 c5 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Qc2 e5 17.dxc5 Bf5 18.e4 Bg4 19.Be2 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nc6 21.Qb3+ Rf7 22.Kf2 Nd4 23.Qd1 e6 24.Qg1 b4 25.Na4 Nxf3 26.Bxf3 Qd2+ 27.Kg3 Qf4+ 28.Kh3 Qxf3+ 29.Qg3 Qxe4 30.Raf1 Raf8 31.Qg2 Qd3+ 0-1
Nevertheless, 11.Be3! seems strong anyway... May be in his game against Shirov Kasparov intoduced a real novelty:

Shirov,A (2726) - Kasparov,G (2812) B90
Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee NED (7), 24.01.1999
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 hxg4 12.0-0 e6!!

13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Bxd6 Ne5 15.Ncb5 axb5 16.Nxb5 f6 17.Rfd1 Kf7 18.Qe2 Bd7 19.Bxe5 fxe5 20.Nd6+ Kg6 21.Rd3 Qf6 22.Qxg4 Qf4 23.h3 Qxg4 24.hxg4 Bc6 25.c4 Rhd8 26.f3 Bf8 27.c5 b6 28.b4 bxc5 29.bxc5 Ra5 30.Rc3 Rb8 31.Rc2 Kf6 32.Kf2 Ba4 33.Rc3 Rb2+ 34.Kg3 Rc2 35.Rc1 Rxa2 36.Rb1 Bc6 37.Rb6 Ra6 38.Rb8 Be7 39.Rc1 Ra8 40.Rb6 R2a6 41.Rbb1 Be8 42.Rh1 Bg6 43.Rb7 Rc6 44.Nf5 Bf8 45.Rh8 exf5 46.gxf5 Bf7 47.Kg4 Kg7 48.Rh5 Bxc5 49.Rxg5+ Kf6 0-1

It was the first game between Shirov and Kasparov after Shirov-Kramnik 1998 match. (By the way, Shirov has extremely bad score in his games against Kasparov. More information available on the our special page).

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