| 1st VAM Chess Tournament — Crown Group :: Hoogeveen 1997 |
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| pos. | name | Elo | flag | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | pts | + | = | - | ||||
| 1. | GM Sutovsky, Emil | 2590 | ● | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2.-3. | ♀ GM Polgár, Judit | 2670 | 0 | ½ | ● | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2.-3. | GM Van Wely, Loek | 2655 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ● | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4. | GM Smyslov, Vassily | 2480 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ● | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1st round — 11th October 1997 | |||||||||
| GM Polgár, Judit | 2670 | ½ - ½ | 2480 | GM Smyslov, Vassily | |||||
| GM Sutovsky, Emil | 2590 | 1 - 0 | 2655 | GM Van Wely, Loek | |||||
| 1. Sutovsky 1; 2.-3. Polgár, Smyslov ½; 4. Van Wely 0; | |||||||||
| 2nd round — 12th October 1997 | |||||||||
| GM Sutovsky, Emil | 2590 | 1 - 0 | 2670 | GM Polgár, Judit | |||||
| GM Van Wely, Loek | 2655 | 1 - 0 | 2480 | GM Smyslov, Vassily | |||||
| 1. Sutovsky 2; 2. Van Wely 1; 3.-4. Polgár, Smyslov ½; | |||||||||
| 3rd round — 13th October 1997 | |||||||||
| GM Polgár, Judit | 2670 | ½ - ½ | 2655 | GM Van Wely, Loek | |||||
| GM Smyslov, Vassily | 2480 | ½ - ½ | 2590 | GM Sutovsky, Emil | |||||
| 1. Sutovsky 2½; 2. Van Wely 1½; 3.-4. Polgár, Smyslov 1; | |||||||||
| 4th round — 15th October 1997 | |||||||||
| GM Smyslov, Vassily | 2480 | ½ - ½ | 2670 | GM Polgár, Judit | |||||
| GM Van Wely, Loek | 2655 | ½ - ½ | 2590 | GM Sutovsky, Emil | |||||
| 1. Sutovsky 3; 2. Van Wely 2; 3.-4. Polgár, Smyslov 1½; | |||||||||
| 5th round — 16th October 1997 | |||||||||
| GM Sutovsky, Emil | 2590 | ½ - ½ | 2480 | GM Smyslov, Vassily | |||||
| GM Van Wely, Loek | 2655 | 0 - 1 | 2670 | GM Polgár, Judit | |||||
| 1. Sutovsky 3½; 2. Polgár 2½; 3.-4. Van Wely, Smyslov 2; | |||||||||
| 6th round — 17th October 1997 | |||||||||
| GM Polgár, Judit | 2670 | ½ - ½ | 2590 | GM Sutovsky, Emil | |||||
| GM Smyslov, Vassily | 2480 | 0 - 1 | 2655 | GM Van Wely, Loek | |||||
| 1. Sutovsky 4; 2.-3. Polgár, Van Wely 3; 4. Smyslov 2; | |||||||||
| 1st VAM Chess Tournament — Crown Group | |
| Dates: | 11th - 17th October 1997 |
| City: | Hoogeveen (Netherlands) |
| Venue: | Hoogeveen Town Hall |
| Organizers: | |
| Sponsored by: | VAM Fonds, Gemeente Hoogeveen |
| Head of Organizing Committee: | Mr. Johan Valk (NED) |
| Tournament Director: | Ms. Anne de Jonge (NED) |
| Chief Arbiter: | IA Koos Stolk (NED) |
| Players participating: | 4 (incl. 4 GMs) |
| Eligible: | As of 1.1.1997: 1 World's highest rated woman 2 Oldest active World Champion 3 Highest rated Dutch player 4 World Junior Champion |
| Games played: | 12 |
| Competition format: | Double Round Robin |
| Tie-breaks: | none |
| Time control: | |
| Website: | https://www.hoogeveen.nl/vam-schaken (cached) |
| PGN game file: | hoogeveengm-1997.pgn |