First place shared by Anand and Kramnik — 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 (16 January – 1 February 1998), 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 and Kramnik — 8½/13.
Top scores: Kramnik 8½/13 (+6 −2 =5) and Anand 8½/13 (+5 −1 =7). The next score line was Adams 7½/13 (+5 −3 =5), Shirov 7½/13 (+4 −2 =7), and Timman 7½/13 (+3 −1 =9).
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 8½/13 | +6 -2 =5 | games |
| =1 | Anand, Viswanathan | 8½/13 | +5 -1 =7 | games |
| =3 | Adams, Michael | 7½/13 | +5 -3 =5 | games |
| =3 | Shirov, Alexei | 7½/13 | +4 -2 =7 | games |
| =3 | Timman, Jan H | 7½/13 | +3 -1 =9 | games |
| =6 | Piket, Jeroen | 6½/13 | +3 -3 =7 | games |
| =6 | Polgar, Judit | 6½/13 | +3 -3 =7 | games |
| =6 | Topalov, Veselin | 6½/13 | +3 -3 =7 | games |
| =6 | Gelfand, Boris | 6½/13 | +2 -2 =9 | games |
| =6 | Karpov, Anatoly | 6½/13 | +2 -2 =9 | games |
| 11 | Salov, Valery | 5½/13 | +3 -5 =5 | games |
| 12 | Nijboer, Friso | 5/13 | +1 -4 =8 | games |
| 13 | Van Wely, Loek | 4½/13 | +1 -5 =7 | games |
| 14 | Van der Sterren, Paul | 4/13 | +2 -7 =4 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kramnik, Vladimir | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | Anand, Viswanathan | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Adams, Michael | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Shirov, Alexei | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 5 | Timman, Jan H | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 6 | Piket, Jeroen | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Polgar, Judit | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 8 | Topalov, Veselin | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 9 | Gelfand, Boris | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | Karpov, Anatoly | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 11 | Salov, Valery | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | |
| 12 | Nijboer, Friso | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 13 | Van Wely, Loek | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | |
| 14 | Van der Sterren, Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.