Anand won with 7½/11. All 66 games of this 12-player single round robin are here, and the standings and crosstable are worked out from them.
The field and format
Played in Tilburg, Netherlands (23 October – 4 November 1998), the event used a single round-robin. Each of the 12 players completed 11 games; the resulting 66-game total is exactly the full set of pairings.
The finish
Anand won with 7½/11.
Anand finished on 7½/11 (+4 −0 =7). The next score line was Lékó 7/11 (+3 −0 =8).
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anand, Viswanathan | 7½/11 | +4 -0 =7 | games |
| 2 | Leko, Peter | 7/11 | +3 -0 =8 | games |
| =3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 6/11 | +3 -2 =6 | games |
| =3 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | 6/11 | +2 -1 =8 | games |
| =3 | Sadler, Matthew D | 6/11 | +1 -0 =10 | games |
| =6 | Adams, Michael | 5½/11 | +3 -3 =5 | games |
| =6 | Piket, Jeroen | 5½/11 | +2 -2 =7 | games |
| =8 | Svidler, Peter | 5/11 | +2 -3 =6 | games |
| =8 | Van Wely, Loek | 5/11 | +1 -2 =8 | games |
| =10 | Lautier, Joel | 4½/11 | +2 -4 =5 | games |
| =10 | Topalov, Veselin | 4½/11 | +1 -3 =7 | games |
| 12 | Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich | 3½/11 | +0 -4 =7 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anand, Viswanathan | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 2 | Leko, Peter | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 4 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 5 | Sadler, Matthew D | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 6 | Adams, Michael | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Piket, Jeroen | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 8 | Svidler, Peter | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | |
| 9 | Van Wely, Loek | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 10 | Lautier, Joel | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 11 | Topalov, Veselin | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | |
| 12 | Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.