Salov won with 8½/13. 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 (18 January – 2 February 1997), 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
Salov won with 8½/13.
Top scores: Salov 8½/13 (+5 −1 =7). The next score line was Onischuk 8/13 (+5 −2 =6), Piket 8/13 (+4 −1 =8), and Sokolov 8/13 (+4 −1 =8).
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salov, Valery | 8½/13 | +5 -1 =7 | games |
| =2 | Onischuk, Alexander | 8/13 | +5 -2 =6 | games |
| =2 | Piket, Jeroen | 8/13 | +4 -1 =8 | games |
| =2 | Sokolov, Ivan | 8/13 | +4 -1 =8 | games |
| 5 | Yermolinsky, Alex | 7/13 | +3 -2 =8 | games |
| =6 | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | 6½/13 | +5 -5 =3 | games |
| =6 | Timman, Jan H | 6½/13 | +3 -3 =7 | games |
| =8 | Van Wely, Loek | 6/13 | +4 -5 =4 | games |
| =8 | Short, Nigel D | 6/13 | +3 -4 =6 | games |
| =8 | Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich | 6/13 | +2 -3 =8 | games |
| =8 | Lautier, Joel | 6/13 | +2 -3 =8 | games |
| 12 | Illescas Cordoba, Miguel Angel | 5½/13 | +2 -4 =7 | games |
| 13 | Nikolic, Predrag | 5/13 | +2 -5 =6 | games |
| 14 | Glek, Igor Vladimirovich | 4/13 | +1 -6 =6 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salov, Valery | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Onischuk, Alexander | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 3 | Piket, Jeroen | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 4 | Sokolov, Ivan | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 5 | Yermolinsky, Alex | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 6 | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | Timman, Jan H | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Van Wely, Loek | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 9 | Short, Nigel D | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | |
| 11 | Lautier, Joel | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 12 | Illescas Cordoba, Miguel Angel | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 13 | Nikolic, Predrag | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 14 | Glek, Igor Vladimirovich | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.