Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1994
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Chess |
| Location | Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands |
| Month played | January 1994 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Predrag Nikolić |
| Runner-up | Sergei Tiviakov |
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1994 was the 56th edition of the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1994 and was won by Predrag Nikolić.[1]
The tournament reverted to its traditional round-robin format, after switching to knockout matches for the first time in 1993, although there were only ten players competing in the A-section.
56th Hoogovens tournament, group A, January 1994, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XIV (2600)[2] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total TPR Place 1 
Predrag Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)2625 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7 2817 1 2 
Sergei Tiviakov (Russia)2630 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2676 2 3 
Peter Leko (Hungary)2545 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2649 3–5 4 
Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)2605 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2642 3–5 5 
Curt Hansen (Denmark)2580 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 5 2645 3–5 6 Loek van Wely (Netherlands)2570 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 4 2560 6–7 7 
Ilya Smirin (Israel)2615 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 4 2555 6–7 8 
Iván Morovic (Chile)2605 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 3½ 2519 8–9 9 Ivan Sokolov (Bosnia and Herzegovina)2650 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 3½ 2514 8–9 10 John van der Wiel (Netherlands)2570 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 2½ 2425 10
References
[edit]- ^ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
- ^ Staff writer(s) (January 1994). "Hoogovenstoernooi 1994". Tata Steel Chess.