2nd VAM Chess Tournament — Crown Group :: Hoogeveen 1998

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Crosstable

pos. name Elo flag 1 2 3 4 pts + = -
1. GM Polgár, Judit 2665 HUN 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5 4 2 0
2. GM Timman, Jan 2655 NED 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 2 3 1
3. GM Spassky, Boris 2545 FRA 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 5 1
4. GM Shaked, Tal 2490 USA 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 2 4





Round by round results

1st round — 18th October 1998
GM Spassky, Boris FRA 2545 ½ - ½ 2490 USA GM Shaked, Tal
GM Timman, Jan NED 2655 0 - 1 2665 HUN GM Polgár, Judit
1. Polgár — 1; 2.-3. Spassky, Shaked — ½; 4. Timman — 0;



2nd round — 19th October 1998
GM Shaked, Tal USA 2490 0 - 1 2665 HUN GM Polgár, Judit
GM Spassky, Boris FRA 2545 ½ - ½ 2655 NED GM Timman, Jan
1. Polgár — 2; 2. Spassky — 1; 3.-4. Timman, Shaked — ½;



3rd round — 21st October 1998
GM Polgár, Judit HUN 2665 1 - 0 2545 FRA GM Spassky, Boris
GM Timman, Jan NED 2655 1 - 0 2490 USA GM Shaked, Tal
1. Polgár — 3; 2. Timman — 1½; 3. Spassky — 1; 4. Shaked — ½;



4th round — 22nd October 1998
GM Polgár, Judit HUN 2665 ½ - ½ 2655 NED GM Timman, Jan
GM Shaked, Tal USA 2490 ½ - ½ 2545 FRA GM Spassky, Boris
1. Polgár — 3½; 2. Timman — 2; 3. Spassky — 1½; 4. Shaked — 1;



5th round — 23rd October 1998
GM Shaked, Tal USA 2490 0 - 1 2655 NED GM Timman, Jan
GM Spassky, Boris FRA 2545 ½ - ½ 2665 HUN GM Polgár, Judit
1. Polgár — 4; 2. Timman — 3; 3. Spassky — 2; 4. Shaked — 1;



6th round — 24th October 1998
GM Polgár, Judit HUN 2665 1 - 0 2490 USA GM Shaked, Tal
GM Timman, Jan NED 2655 ½ - ½ 2545 FRA GM Spassky, Boris
1. Polgár — 5; 2. Timman — 3½; 3. Spassky — 2½; 4. Shaked — 1;








Information

2nd VAM Chess Tournament — Crown Group
Dates: 18th - 24th October 1998
City: Hoogeveen (Netherlands)
Venue: Hoogeveen Town Hall
Organizers:
Head of Organizing Committee: Mr. Johan Valk (NED)
Tournament Director: Mr. Jeroen van den Berg (NED)
Chief Arbiter: IA Koos Stolk (NED)
Players participating: 4 (incl. 4 GMs)
Games played: 12
Competition format: Double Round Robin
Tie-breaks: none
Time control:
Website: http://www.hoogeveen.nl/vam-chess (cached)
Other websites: chessgames.com
TWIC 206 part 1
TWIC 207 part 2
PGN game file: hoogeveengm-1998.pgn