Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1996 information

The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1996 was the 58th edition of the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1996 and was won by Vasyl Ivanchuk.^[1]

After switching to knockout matches in 1993 and 1995, the tournament reverted to its traditional round-robin format, which it has maintained ever since.

Top-seed Vasyl Ivanchuk finished unbeaten, a point ahead of Viswanathan Anand.

58th Hoogovens tournament, group A, 13–28 January 1996, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XVII (2656)^[2]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	TPR	Place
1	Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2735		½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	9	2791	1
2	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2725	½	Does not appear	0	1	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	8	2738	2
3	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2700	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	7½	2710	3
4	Michael Adams (England)	2660	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	1	0	½	0	½	½	1	1	½	7	2685	4–7
5	Alexey Dreev (Russia)	2670	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	½	7	2684	4–7
6	Ivan Sokolov (Bosnia and Herzegovina)	2665	0	1	1	0	½	Does not appear	1	0	½	½	0	1	1	½	7	2684	4–7
7	Sergei Tiviakov (Russia)	2625	½	0	½	1	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	7	2687	4–7
8	Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)	2570	0	0	0	½	1	1	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	1	½	6½	2663	8–9
9	Alexei Shirov (Spain)	2690	0	½	½	1	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	1	0	1	6½	2653	8–9
10	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2625	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	6	2629	10
11	Boris Gelfand (Belarus)	2700	½	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	5½	2596	11
12	Robert Hübner (Germany)	2635	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	5	2571	12–13
13	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2570	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	5	2576	12–13
14	Jan Timman (Netherlands)	2620	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	4	2518	14

58th Hoogovens tournament, group B, 16–28 January 1996, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category X (2495)^[2]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	TPR	Place
1	GM Alexander Onischuk (Ukraine)	2580	Does not appear	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	8	2662	1
2	GM Victor Bologan (Moldova)	2590	0	Does not appear	0	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7	2588	2
3	GM António Antunes (Portugal)	2545	0	1	Does not appear	1	½	1	0	½	0	1	½	½	6	2526	3–5
4	GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands)	2475	½	1	0	Does not appear	½	0	½	0	1	1	1	½	6	2532	3–5
5	GM John van der Wiel (Netherlands)	2535	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	6	2527	3–5
6	Jop Delemarre (Netherlands)	2325	½	½	0	1	0	Does not appear	1	½	0	1	½	½	5½	2510	6–7
7	GM Helgi Grétarsson (Iceland)	2450	0	½	1	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	0	1	½	1	5½	2499	6–7
8	GM Gildardo García (Colombia)	2525	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	0	5	2456	8–9
9	IM Alexander Stripunsky (Ukraine)	2495	½	0	1	0	½	1	1	½	Does not appear	0	0	½	5	2459	8–9
10	IM Marinus Kuijf (Netherlands)	2470	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	1	Does not appear	½	1	4½	2432	10
11	GM Anthony Miles (England)	2635	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	1	½	Does not appear	½	4	2380	11
12	FM Jan van de Mortel (Netherlands)	2315	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	1	½	0	½	Does not appear	3½	2378	12