Frankfurt Chess Classics Masters 1998
Jan Timman and Alexander Beliavsky each scored 10/14 in the 1998 Frankfurt Chess Classics Masters. Timman won their two-game blitz playoff. The archive preserves all 56 games of the eight-player double round robin; the two playoff scores are unavailable.
A tie at the top
Timman and Beliavsky finished two games clear of third-placed Valery Beim. Each met the other seven players twice over fourteen rounds, finishing on ten points. Timman took the title in a blitz playoff; contemporary reporting identifies his win in its second game.
The complete double round robin
All 28 opponent pairs appear twice in the 56 Mega2024 main-stage records. Every player has fourteen games, and their scores reproduce the contemporary final table. The two playoff games were played but their moves are absent from Mega2024, so the game list covers the full main stage while the headline records the playoff result.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | 10/14 | +7 -1 =6 | games |
| =1 | Timman, Jan H | 10/14 | +6 -0 =8 | games |
| 3 | Beim, Valery | 8½/14 | +4 -1 =9 | games |
| 4 | Adorjan, Andras | 7½/14 | +5 -4 =5 | games |
| 5 | Huebner, Robert | 6½/14 | +4 -5 =5 | games |
| 6 | Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich | 6/14 | +3 -5 =6 | games |
| 7 | Yusupov, Artur | 4½/14 | +2 -7 =5 | games |
| 8 | Portisch, Lajos | 3/14 | +0 -8 =6 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | ½½ | 0½ | ½½ | 1½ | 11 | 11 | 11 | |
| 2 | Timman, Jan H | ½½ | ½½ | 11 | 11 | 1½ | ½½ | ½1 | |
| 3 | Beim, Valery | 1½ | ½½ | ½0 | ½1 | 1½ | ½1 | ½½ | |
| 4 | Adorjan, Andras | ½½ | 00 | ½1 | 1½ | ½0 | 10 | 11 | |
| 5 | Huebner, Robert | 0½ | 00 | ½0 | 0½ | 1½ | 11 | ½1 | |
| 6 | Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich | 00 | 0½ | 0½ | ½1 | 0½ | ½1 | 1½ | |
| 7 | Yusupov, Artur | 00 | ½½ | ½0 | 01 | 00 | ½0 | 1½ | |
| 8 | Portisch, Lajos | 00 | ½0 | ½½ | 00 | ½0 | 0½ | 0½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.