| 2nd VAM Chess Tournament — Crown Group :: Hoogeveen 1998 |
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| pos. | name | Elo | flag | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | pts | + | = | - | ||||
| 1. | ♀ GM Polgár, Judit | 2665 | ● | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2. | GM Timman, Jan | 2655 | 0 | ½ | ● | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 3. | GM Spassky, Boris | 2545 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ● | ½ | ½ | 2½ | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 4. | GM Shaked, Tal | 2490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ● | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1st round — 18th October 1998 | |||||||||
| GM Spassky, Boris | 2545 | ½ - ½ | 2490 | GM Shaked, Tal | |||||
| GM Timman, Jan | 2655 | 0 - 1 | 2665 | GM Polgár, Judit | |||||
| 1. Polgár 1; 2.-3. Spassky, Shaked ½; 4. Timman 0; | |||||||||
| 2nd round — 19th October 1998 | |||||||||
| GM Shaked, Tal | 2490 | 0 - 1 | 2665 | GM Polgár, Judit | |||||
| GM Spassky, Boris | 2545 | ½ - ½ | 2655 | GM Timman, Jan | |||||
| 1. Polgár 2; 2. Spassky 1; 3.-4. Timman, Shaked ½; | |||||||||
| 3rd round — 21st October 1998 | |||||||||
| GM Polgár, Judit | 2665 | 1 - 0 | 2545 | GM Spassky, Boris | |||||
| GM Timman, Jan | 2655 | 1 - 0 | 2490 | GM Shaked, Tal | |||||
| 1. Polgár 3; 2. Timman 1½; 3. Spassky 1; 4. Shaked ½; | |||||||||
| 4th round — 22nd October 1998 | |||||||||
| GM Polgár, Judit | 2665 | ½ - ½ | 2655 | GM Timman, Jan | |||||
| GM Shaked, Tal | 2490 | ½ - ½ | 2545 | GM Spassky, Boris | |||||
| 1. Polgár 3½; 2. Timman 2; 3. Spassky 1½; 4. Shaked 1; | |||||||||
| 5th round — 23rd October 1998 | |||||||||
| GM Shaked, Tal | 2490 | 0 - 1 | 2655 | GM Timman, Jan | |||||
| GM Spassky, Boris | 2545 | ½ - ½ | 2665 | GM Polgár, Judit | |||||
| 1. Polgár 4; 2. Timman 3; 3. Spassky 2; 4. Shaked 1; | |||||||||
| 6th round — 24th October 1998 | |||||||||
| GM Polgár, Judit | 2665 | 1 - 0 | 2490 | GM Shaked, Tal | |||||
| GM Timman, Jan | 2655 | ½ - ½ | 2545 | GM Spassky, Boris | |||||
| 1. Polgár 5; 2. Timman 3½; 3. Spassky 2½; 4. Shaked 1; | |||||||||
| 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 |