Wijk aan Zee 1989 (Hoogovens)
First place shared by Anand, Nikolić, Ribli and Sax — 7½/13
First place shared by Anand, Nikolić, Ribli and Sax — 7½/13. All 91 games of this 14-player single round robin are here, and the standings and crosstable are worked out from them.
The field and format
Played in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands (13–29 January 1989), the event used a single round-robin. Each of the 14 players completed 13 games; the resulting 91-game total is exactly the full set of pairings.
The finish
First place shared by Anand, Nikolić, Ribli and Sax — 7½/13.
Top scores: Anand 7½/13 (+4 −2 =7), Nikolić 7½/13 (+4 −2 =7), Sax 7½/13 (+4 −2 =7), and Ribli 7½/13 (+3 −1 =9). The next score line was Piket 7/13 (+4 −3 =6) and Georgiev 7/13 (+3 −2 =8).
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Anand, Viswanathan | 7½/13 | +4 -2 =7 | games |
| =1 | Nikolic, Predrag | 7½/13 | +4 -2 =7 | games |
| =1 | Sax, Gyula | 7½/13 | +4 -2 =7 | games |
| =1 | Ribli, Zoltan | 7½/13 | +3 -1 =9 | games |
| =5 | Piket, Jeroen | 7/13 | +4 -3 =6 | games |
| =5 | Georgiev, Kiril | 7/13 | +3 -2 =8 | games |
| =7 | Miles, Anthony John | 6½/13 | +4 -4 =5 | games |
| =7 | Van der Wiel, John | 6½/13 | +2 -2 =9 | games |
| =9 | Tseshkovsky, Vitaly | 6/13 | +4 -5 =4 | games |
| =9 | Benjamin, Joel | 6/13 | +3 -4 =6 | games |
| =9 | Vaganian, Rafael A | 6/13 | +2 -3 =8 | games |
| =12 | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | 5½/13 | +2 -4 =7 | games |
| =12 | Sokolov, Ivan | 5½/13 | +2 -4 =7 | games |
| 14 | Douven, Rudy C | 5/13 | +1 -4 =8 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anand, Viswanathan | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 2 | Nikolic, Predrag | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sax, Gyula | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 4 | Ribli, Zoltan | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 5 | Piket, Jeroen | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 6 | Georgiev, Kiril | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 7 | Miles, Anthony John | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 8 | Van der Wiel, John | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 9 | Tseshkovsky, Vitaly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | |
| 10 | Benjamin, Joel | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | |
| 11 | Vaganian, Rafael A | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 12 | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | |
| 13 | Sokolov, Ivan | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 14 | Douven, Rudy C | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.