Ivanchuk won with 9/13. 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 (13–28 January 1996), 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
Ivanchuk won with 9/13.
Ivanchuk finished on 9/13 (+5 −0 =8). The next score line was Anand 8/13 (+5 −2 =6).
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 9/13 | +5 -0 =8 | games |
| 2 | Anand, Viswanathan | 8/13 | +5 -2 =6 | games |
| 3 | Topalov, Veselin | 7½/13 | +4 -2 =7 | games |
| =4 | Sokolov, Ivan | 7/13 | +5 -4 =4 | games |
| =4 | Adams, Michael | 7/13 | +4 -3 =6 | games |
| =4 | Dreev, Alexey | 7/13 | +3 -2 =8 | games |
| =4 | Tiviakov, Sergei | 7/13 | +3 -2 =8 | games |
| =8 | Piket, Jeroen | 6½/13 | +4 -4 =5 | games |
| =8 | Shirov, Alexei | 6½/13 | +4 -4 =5 | games |
| 10 | Leko, Peter | 6/13 | +0 -1 =12 | games |
| 11 | Gelfand, Boris | 5½/13 | +1 -3 =9 | games |
| =12 | Van Wely, Loek | 5/13 | +2 -5 =6 | games |
| =12 | Huebner, Robert | 5/13 | +1 -4 =8 | games |
| 14 | Timman, Jan H | 4/13 | +0 -5 =8 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 2 | Anand, Viswanathan | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 3 | Topalov, Veselin | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 4 | Sokolov, Ivan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 5 | Adams, Michael | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 6 | Dreev, Alexey | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 7 | Tiviakov, Sergei | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 8 | Piket, Jeroen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 9 | Shirov, Alexei | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | Leko, Peter | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 11 | Gelfand, Boris | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 12 | Van Wely, Loek | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 13 | Huebner, Robert | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 14 | Timman, Jan H | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.