| 10th Klooster Chess tournament :: Ter Apel 1997 |
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| pos. | name | Elo | flag | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | pts | + | = | - |
| 1. | GM Shirov, Alexei | 2690 | ● | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2. | GM Khalifman, Alexander | 2650 | ½ | ● | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3. | GM Andersson, Ulf | 2655 | ½ | ½ | ● | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 4. | GM Jussupow, Artur | 2665 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ● | 1 | ½ | 2½ | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| 5. | GM Van Wely, Loek | 2645 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ● | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6. | GM Hübner, Robert | 2600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ● | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1st round — 17th March 1997 | |||||||||
| GM Khalifman, Alexander | 2650 | ½ - ½ | 2665 | GM Jussupow, Artur | |||||
| GM Andersson, Ulf | 2655 | 1 - 0 | 2600 | GM Hübner, Robert | |||||
| GM Van Wely, Loek | 2645 | 0 - 1 | 2690 | GM Shirov, Alexei | |||||
| 1.-2. Shirov, Andersson 1; 3.-4. Khalifman, Jussupow ½; 5.-6. Van Wely, Hübner 0; | |||||||||
| 2nd round — 18th March 1997 | |||||||||
| GM Jussupow, Artur | 2665 | 1 - 0 | 2645 | GM Van Wely, Loek | |||||
| GM Andersson, Ulf | 2655 | ½ - ½ | 2650 | GM Khalifman, Alexander | |||||
| GM Hübner, Robert | 2600 | 0 - 1 | 2690 | GM Shirov, Alexei | |||||
| 1. Shirov 2; 2.-3. Andersson, Jussupow 1½; 4. Khalifman 1; 5.-6. Van Wely, Hübner 0; | |||||||||
| 3rd round — 19th March 1997 | |||||||||
| GM Shirov, Alexei | 2690 | 1 - 0 | 2665 | GM Jussupow, Artur | |||||
| GM Khalifman, Alexander | 2650 | 1 - 0 | 2600 | GM Hübner, Robert | |||||
| GM Van Wely, Loek | 2645 | ½ - ½ | 2655 | GM Andersson, Ulf | |||||
| 1. Shirov 3; 2.-3. Khalifman, Andersson 2; 4. Jussupow 1½; 5. Van Wely ½; 6. Hübner 0; | |||||||||
| 4th round — 20th March 1997 | |||||||||
| GM Hübner, Robert | 2600 | ½ - ½ | 2665 | GM Jussupow, Artur | |||||
| GM Khalifman, Alexander | 2650 | 1 - 0 | 2645 | GM Van Wely, Loek | |||||
| GM Andersson, Ulf | 2655 | ½ - ½ | 2690 | GM Shirov, Alexei | |||||
| 1. Shirov 3½; 2. Khalifman 3; 3. Andersson 2½; 4. Jussupow 2; 5.-6. Van Wely, Hübner ½; | |||||||||
| 5th round — 22nd March 1997 | |||||||||
| GM Jussupow, Artur | 2665 | ½ - ½ | 2655 | GM Andersson, Ulf | |||||
| GM Van Wely, Loek | 2645 | 1 - 0 | 2600 | GM Hübner, Robert | |||||
| GM Shirov, Alexei | 2690 | ½ - ½ | 2650 | GM Khalifman, Alexander | |||||
| 1. Shirov 4; 2. Khalifman 3½; 3. Andersson 3; 4. Jussupow 2½; 5. Van Wely 1½; 6. Hübner ½; | |||||||||
| 10th Klooster Chess tournament | |
| Dates: | 17th - 22nd March 1997 |
| City: | Ter Apel (Netherlands) |
| Venue: | Hotel Boschhuis |
| Organizers: | Heribert Hake |
| Chief Arbiter: | |
| Players participating: | 6 (incl. 6 GMs) |
| Games played: | 15 |
| Competition format: | Category XVII (average Elo 2651) |
| Tie-breaks: | none |
| Time control: | |
| Website: | chessgames.com |
| Other websites: | TWIC 124 |
| PGN game file: | klooster-1997.pgn |
| This Category XVII event was the tenth and last edition. First prize was 5,000 Dutch guilders. Shirov set a tournament record by winning with 4/5. The parallel five-round Open had 70 players, including five GMs and 13 IMs; Wojtkiewicz, Eingorn and Milov shared first with 4.5/5. |