Event Details:   Groningen (FIDE Candidates), 1997  
   Start Date:    December 9th, 1997
   Finish Date:    December 30th, 1997
   Event Type:    Tournament
 Player Name   Rating on December 1997 list   Predicted Results vs Rated Opponents   Age 
 Viswanathan Anand   2825 (#2 on December 1997 list)   9/14, 64%   28y0m 
 Nigel Short   2704 (#15 on December 1997 list)   5.4/10, 54%   32y6m 
 Michael Adams   2709 (#13 on December 1997 list)   7.1/14, 51%   26y1m 
 Alexander Khalifman   2696 (#18 on December 1997 list)   2/4, 49%   31y11m 
 Gilberto Milos   2579 (#170 on December 1997 list)   2.9/6, 49%   34y2m 
 Alexey Dreev   2697 (#17 on December 1997 list)   4.3/8, 54%   28y11m 
 Zoltan Almasi   2673 (#32 on December 1997 list)   3.8/8, 48%   21y4m 
 Peter Svidler   2716 (#11 on December 1997 list)   3.4/6, 57%   21y6m 
 Alexei Shirov   2729 (#8 on December 1997 list)   4.4/8, 55%   25y5m 
 Jeroen Piket   2631 (#67 on December 1997 list)   1.6/4, 41%   28y11m 
 Loek van Wely   2648 (#48 on December 1997 list)   4/8, 50%   25y2m 
 Alexander Beliavsky   2696 (#19 on December 1997 list)   3/6, 51%   44y0m 
 Sergei Rublevsky   2710 (#12 on December 1997 list)   3.7/6, 62%   23y2m 
 Rafael Vaganian   2621 (#85 on December 1997 list)   1.9/4, 47%   46y2m 
 Vladislav Tkachiev   2652 (#47 on December 1997 list)   3.8/8, 47%   24y1m 
 Yasser Seirawan   2637 (#61 on December 1997 list)   2.7/6, 45%   37y9m 
 Joel Lautier   2677 (#29 on December 1997 list)   2/4, 49%   24y8m 
 Lembit Oll   2671 (#33 on December 1997 list)   3.3/6, 55%   31y8m 
 Evgeny Bareev   2719 (#10 on December 1997 list)   2.2/4, 56%   31y1m 
 Roman Slobodjan   2553 (#265 on December 1997 list)   1.5/4, 37%   22y11m 
 Boris Gelfand   2725 (#9 on December 1997 list)   4.1/8, 51%   29y6m 
 Michal Krasenkow   2685 (#22 on December 1997 list)   5.7/10, 57%   34y1m 
 Utut Adianto   2636 (#62 on December 1997 list)   2/4, 49%   32y9m 
 Zurab Azmaiparashvili   2653 (#44 on December 1997 list)   3.2/6, 53%   37y9m 
 Vadim Zvjaginsev   2679 (#28 on December 1997 list)   4.3/8, 53%   21y4m 
 Sergei Tiviakov   2680 (#27 on December 1997 list)   2/4, 50%   24y10m 
 Jaan Ehlvest   2664 (#36 on December 1997 list)   2.2/4, 55%   35y2m 
 Alexander Morozevich   2632 (#66 on December 1997 list)   2.1/4, 51%   20y5m 
 Helgi Ass Gretarsson   2485 (#675 on December 1997 list)   1.2/4, 29%   20y10m 
 Kiril Georgiev   2684 (#23 on December 1997 list)   3.3/6, 55%   32y1m 
 Boris Alterman   2647 (#52 on December 1997 list)   2.2/4, 55%   27y7m 
 Vladimir Akopian   2690 (#20 on December 1997 list)   3.4/6, 56%   26y0m 
 Gildardo Garcia   2469 (#820 on December 1997 list)   1.1/4, 28%   43y9m 
 Predrag Nikolic   2680 (#26 on December 1997 list)   0.7/2, 33%   37y3m 
 Viktor Korchnoi   2666 (#35 on December 1997 list)   2.3/4, 58%   66y9m 
 Vladimir Epishin   2623 (#79 on December 1997 list)   1.6/4, 41%   32y5m 
 Joel Benjamin   2634 (#63 on December 1997 list)   0.9/2, 45%   33y9m 
 Gregory Kaidanov   2630 (#69 on December 1997 list)   0.9/2, 44%   38y2m 
 Larry Christiansen   2613 (#93 on December 1997 list)   0.9/2, 43%   41y6m 
 Andrey Sokolov   2607 (#101 on December 1997 list)   1.9/4, 47%   34y9m 
 Eduardas Rozentalis   2645 (#55 on December 1997 list)   2.1/4, 51%   34y7m 
 Matthew Sadler   2681 (#25 on December 1997 list)   2/4, 50%   23y7m 
 Bojan Kurajica   2593 (#134 on December 1997 list)   0.9/2, 43%   50y1m 
 Valery Salov   2706 (#14 on December 1997 list)   1.1/2, 56%   33y7m 
 Vadim Milov   2623 (#77 on December 1997 list)   2.8/6, 47%   25y4m 
 Boris Gulko   2632 (#64 on December 1997 list)   1/2, 48%   50y10m 
 Etienne Bacrot   2580 (#167 on December 1997 list)   0.8/2, 42%   14y11m 
 Ulf Andersson   2676 (#30 on December 1997 list)   2.3/4, 57%   46y6m 
 Aleksej Aleksandrov   2648 (#49 on December 1997 list)   3/6, 51%   24y7m 
 Dibyendu Barua   2500 (#568 on December 1997 list)   0.7/2, 33%   31y2m 
 Vladimir Malaniuk   2652 (#46 on December 1997 list)   2.2/4, 55%   40y5m 
 Sarunas Sulskis   2562 (#229 on December 1997 list)   0.8/2, 41%   25y1m 
 Ashot Anastasian   2571 (#189 on December 1997 list)   0.8/2, 42%   33y5m 
 Julio Granda Zuńiga   2655 (#41 on December 1997 list)   2/4, 49%   30y10m 
 Thomas Luther   2556 (#252 on December 1997 list)   1.5/4, 38%   28y1m 
 Tal Shaked   2523 (#408 on December 1997 list)   1.4/4, 34%   19y10m 
 Jóhann Hjartarson   2640 (#59 on December 1997 list)   2.2/4, 54%   34y10m 
 Jan Timman   2661 (#38 on December 1997 list)   0.9/2, 46%   46y0m 
 Vasilios Kotronias   2579 (#169 on December 1997 list)   0.9/2, 45%   33y4m 
 Ivan Sokolov   2687 (#21 on December 1997 list)   1.2/2, 58%   29y6m 
 Paul Van der Sterren   2577 (#174 on December 1997 list)   0.7/2, 37%   41y9m 
 Igor Miladinovic   2568 (#206 on December 1997 list)   1.7/4, 42%   23y11m 
 Alex Yermolinsky   2669 (#34 on December 1997 list)   1.1/2, 57%   39y8m 
 Artur Jussupow   2674 (#31 on December 1997 list)   2.4/4, 61%   37y10m 
 Peng Xiaomin   2567 (#210 on December 1997 list)   0.8/2, 38%   24y8m 
 Judit Polgar   2698 (#16 on December 1997 list)   1.1/2, 53%   21y5m 
 Margeir Pétursson   2600 (#121 on December 1997 list)   0.8/2, 42%   37y10m 
 Gilberto Hernandez   2490 (#644 on December 1997 list)   0.6/2, 29%      - 
 John van der Wiel   2565 (#217 on December 1997 list)   0.8/2, 38%   38y4m 
 Igor Glek   2611 (#97 on December 1997 list)   1.1/2, 54%   36y1m 
 Alexander Fominyh   2595 (#132 on December 1997 list)   0.9/2, 43%   38y6m 
 Peter Wells   2523 (#411 on December 1997 list)   0.7/2, 35%   32y8m 
 Konstantin Lerner   2586 (#146 on December 1997 list)   0.9/2, 43%   47y10m 
 Friso Nijboer   2581 (#162 on December 1997 list)   1.7/4, 41%   32y7m 
 Kevin Spraggett   2596 (#131 on December 1997 list)   0.7/2, 37%   43y1m 
 Curt Hansen   2628 (#72 on December 1997 list)   1.1/2, 57%   33y3m 
 Vassily Ivanchuk   2783 (#4 on December 1997 list)   1.3/2, 67%   28y9m 
 Alexander Chernin   2661 (#37 on December 1997 list)   1.2/2, 62%   37y9m 
 Veselin Topalov   2769 (#6 on December 1997 list)   1.3/2, 66%   22y9m 
 Giorgi Giorgadze   2648 (#51 on December 1997 list)   2/4, 50%   33y2m 
 Zbynek Hracek   2644 (#57 on December 1997 list)   2.3/4, 56%   27y3m 
 Lajos Portisch   2629 (#70 on December 1997 list)   1.2/2, 59%   60y8m 
 Andrei Istratescu   2563 (#227 on December 1997 list)   1.7/4, 42%   22y0m 
 Alexander Graf   2580 (#166 on December 1997 list)   2.3/4, 56%   35y4m 
 Stefan Kindermann   2605 (#105 on December 1997 list)   1.9/4, 48%   38y0m 
 Watu Kobese   not rated on December 1997 list   -   24y6m 
 Iván Morovic Fernández   2607 (#104 on December 1997 list)   1.2/2, 60%   34y9m 
 Hichem Hamdouchi   2507 (#515 on December 1997 list)   0.7/2, 33%   25y2m 
 Hendrik Pieter Hoeksema   2356 (#2090 on December 1997 list)   0.5/2, 24%   35y5m 
 Wang Zili   2577 (#177 on December 1997 list)   0.9/2, 43%   29y6m 
 Vassily Smyslov   2569 (#199 on December 1997 list)   0.9/2, 43%   76y9m 
 Peter Leko   2682 (#24 on December 1997 list)   1.3/2, 65%   18y3m 
 Viktor Bologan   2607 (#103 on December 1997 list)   1/2, 48%   26y0m 
 Alexander Umgaev   not rated on December 1997 list   -   35y5m 
 Niaz Murshed   2430 (#1181 on December 1997 list)   0.6/2, 32%   31y7m 
 Miguel Illescas Cordoba   2646 (#53 on December 1997 list)   1.4/2, 69%   32y0m 
 Emil Sutovsky   2622 (#80 on December 1997 list)   1.4/2, 68%   20y3m 
 
 Player Name   Overall Results   Actual Results vs Rated Opponents   Performance Rating   Results +/- Predicted 
 Viswanathan Anand   +6 (10/14, 71%)   +6 (10/14, 71%) vs 2702-rated opposition   2809   +1.0 
 Nigel Short   +4 (7/10, 70%)   +4 (7/10, 70%) vs 2673-rated opposition   2750   +1.6 
 Michael Adams   +3 (8.5/14, 61%)   +3 (8.5/14, 61%) vs 2703-rated opposition   2750   +1.4 
 Alexander Khalifman   +2 (3/4, 75%)   +2 (3/4, 75%) vs 2703-rated opposition   [2713]   +1.0 
 Gilberto Milos   +4 (5/6, 83%)   +4 (5/6, 83%) vs 2588-rated opposition   2695   +2.1 
 Alexey Dreev   +2 (5/8, 63%)   +2 (5/8, 63%) vs 2666-rated opposition   2693   +0.7 
 Zoltan Almasi   +1 (4.5/8, 56%)   +1 (4.5/8, 56%) vs 2691-rated opposition   2684   +0.7 
 Peter Svidler   +2 (4/6, 67%)   +2 (4/6, 67%) vs 2656-rated opposition   2682   +0.6 
 Alexei Shirov   +1 (4.5/8, 56%)   +1 (4.5/8, 56%) vs 2687-rated opposition   2681   +0.1 
 Jeroen Piket   +1 (2.5/4, 63%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2709-rated opposition   [2679]   +0.9 
 Loek van Wely   +2 (5/8, 63%)   +2 (5/8, 63%) vs 2648-rated opposition   2678   +1.0 
 Alexander Beliavsky   +1 (3.5/6, 58%)   +1 (3.5/6, 58%) vs 2692-rated opposition   2677   +0.5 
 Sergei Rublevsky   +3 (4.5/6, 75%)   +3 (4.5/6, 75%) vs 2605-rated opposition   2676   +0.8 
 Rafael Vaganian   +2 (3/4, 75%)   +2 (3/4, 75%) vs 2648-rated opposition   [2673]   +1.1 
 Vladislav Tkachiev   +1 (4.5/8, 56%)   +1 (4.5/8, 56%) vs 2674-rated opposition   2671   +0.7 
 Yasser Seirawan   +1 (3.5/6, 58%)   +1 (3.5/6, 58%) vs 2678-rated opposition   2666   +0.8 
 Joel Lautier   +1 (2.5/4, 63%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2684-rated opposition   [2661]   +0.5 
 Lembit Oll   +2 (4/6, 67%)   +2 (4/6, 67%) vs 2628-rated opposition   2661   +0.7 
 Evgeny Bareev   +1 (2.5/4, 63%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2668-rated opposition   [2650]   +0.3 
 Roman Slobodjan   +1 (2.5/4, 63%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2667-rated opposition   [2649]   +1.0 
 Boris Gelfand   -1 (3.5/8, 44%)   -1 (3.5/8, 44%) vs 2713-rated opposition   2645   -0.6 
 Michal Krasenkow   +1 (5.5/10, 55%)   +1 (5.5/10, 55%) vs 2625-rated opposition   2635   -0.2 
 Utut Adianto   +1 (2.5/4, 63%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2647-rated opposition   [2634]   +0.5 
 Zurab Azmaiparashvili   +1 (3.5/6, 58%)   +1 (3.5/6, 58%) vs 2629-rated opposition   2629   +0.3 
 Vadim Zvjaginsev   = (4/8, 50%)   = (4/8, 50%) vs 2650-rated opposition   2623   -0.3 
 Sergei Tiviakov   = (2/4, 50%)   = (2/4, 50%) vs 2677-rated opposition   [2617]   =0.0 
 Jaan Ehlvest   +1 (2.5/4, 63%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2623-rated opposition   [2617]   +0.3 
 Alexander Morozevich   +1 (2.5/4, 63%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2620-rated opposition   [2614]   +0.4 
 Helgi Ass Gretarsson   = (2/4, 50%)   = (2/4, 50%) vs 2660-rated opposition   [2605]   +0.8 
 Kiril Georgiev   = (3/6, 50%)   = (3/6, 50%) vs 2639-rated opposition   2604   -0.3 
 Boris Alterman   +1 (2.5/4, 63%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2604-rated opposition   [2602]   +0.3 
 Vladimir Akopian   = (3/6, 50%)   = (3/6, 50%) vs 2635-rated opposition   2601   -0.4 
 Gildardo Garcia   = (2/4, 50%)   = (2/4, 50%) vs 2653-rated opposition   [2600]   +0.9 
 Predrag Nikolic   -2 (0/2, 0%)   -2 (0/2, 0%) vs 2825-rated opposition   [2598]   -0.7 
 Viktor Korchnoi   +1 (2.5/4, 63%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2597-rated opposition   [2598]   +0.2 
 Vladimir Epishin   -1 (1.5/4, 38%)   -1 (1.5/4, 38%) vs 2702-rated opposition   [2597]   -0.1 
 Joel Benjamin   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2679-rated opposition   [2596]   +0.1 
 Gregory Kaidanov   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2679-rated opposition   [2596]   +0.1 
 Larry Christiansen   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2676-rated opposition   [2594]   +0.1 
 Andrey Sokolov   +1 (3.5/6, 58%)   = (2/4, 50%) vs 2633-rated opposition   [2585]   +0.1 
 Eduardas Rozentalis   = (2/4, 50%)   = (2/4, 50%) vs 2633-rated opposition   [2585]   -0.1 
 Matthew Sadler   -1 (1.5/4, 38%)   -1 (1.5/4, 38%) vs 2681-rated opposition   [2581]   -0.5 
 Bojan Kurajica   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2655-rated opposition   [2580]   +0.1 
 Valery Salov   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2652-rated opposition   [2577]   -0.1 
 Vadim Milov   -1 (2.5/6, 42%)   -1 (2.5/6, 42%) vs 2646-rated opposition   2577   -0.3 
 Boris Gulko   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2648-rated opposition   [2575]   =0.0 
 Etienne Bacrot   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2648-rated opposition   [2575]   +0.2 
 Ulf Andersson   = (2/4, 50%)   = (2/4, 50%) vs 2618-rated opposition   [2574]   -0.3 
 Aleksej Aleksandrov   -1 (2.5/6, 42%)   -1 (2.5/6, 42%) vs 2642-rated opposition   2573   -0.5 
 Dibyendu Barua   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2644-rated opposition   [2572]   +0.3 
 Vladimir Malaniuk   = (2/4, 50%)   = (2/4, 50%) vs 2613-rated opposition   [2571]   -0.2 
 Sarunas Sulskis   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2640-rated opposition   [2570]   +0.2 
 Ashot Anastasian   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2637-rated opposition   [2568]   +0.2 
 Julio Granda Zuńiga   -1 (1.5/4, 38%)   -1 (1.5/4, 38%) vs 2661-rated opposition   [2567]   -0.5 
 Thomas Luther   -1 (1.5/4, 38%)   -1 (1.5/4, 38%) vs 2659-rated opposition   [2566]   =0.0 
 Tal Shaked   -1 (1.5/4, 38%)   -1 (1.5/4, 38%) vs 2658-rated opposition   [2565]   +0.1 
 Jóhann Hjartarson   = (2/4, 50%)   = (2/4, 50%) vs 2605-rated opposition   [2565]   -0.2 
 Jan Timman   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2696-rated opposition   [2560]   -0.4 
 Vasilios Kotronias   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2623-rated opposition   [2559]   +0.1 
 Ivan Sokolov   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2623-rated opposition   [2558]   -0.2 
 Paul Van der Sterren   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2685-rated opposition   [2552]   -0.2 
 Igor Miladinovic   -1 (1.5/4, 38%)   -1 (1.5/4, 38%) vs 2638-rated opposition   [2550]   -0.2 
 Alex Yermolinsky   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2605-rated opposition   [2547]   -0.1 
 Artur Jussupow   = (2/4, 50%)   = (2/4, 50%) vs 2579-rated opposition   [2546]   -0.4 
 Peng Xiaomin   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2673-rated opposition   [2544]   -0.3 
 Judit Polgar   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2673-rated opposition   [2544]   -0.6 
 Margeir Pétursson   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2671-rated opposition   [2543]   -0.3 
 Gilberto Hernandez   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2666-rated opposition   [2539]   -0.1 
 John van der Wiel   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2664-rated opposition   [2539]   -0.3 
 Igor Glek   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2581-rated opposition   [2530]   -0.1 
 Alexander Fominyh   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2652-rated opposition   [2530]   -0.4 
 Peter Wells   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2647-rated opposition   [2527]   -0.2 
 Konstantin Lerner   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2645-rated opposition   [2526]   -0.4 
 Friso Nijboer   -2 (1/4, 25%)   -2 (1/4, 25%) vs 2654-rated opposition   [2523]   -0.7 
 Kevin Spraggett   -2 (0/2, 0%)   -2 (0/2, 0%) vs 2710-rated opposition   [2522]   -0.7 
 Curt Hansen   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2568-rated opposition   [2522]   -0.1 
 Vassily Ivanchuk   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2637-rated opposition   [2521]   -0.8 
 Alexander Chernin   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2563-rated opposition   [2518]   -0.2 
 Veselin Topalov   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2631-rated opposition   [2517]   -0.8 
 Giorgi Giorgadze   -2 (1/4, 25%)   -2 (1/4, 25%) vs 2644-rated opposition   [2516]   -1.0 
 Zbynek Hracek   -1 (1.5/4, 38%)   -1 (1.5/4, 38%) vs 2589-rated opposition   [2514]   -0.8 
 Lajos Portisch   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2556-rated opposition   [2514]   -0.2 
 Andrei Istratescu   -2 (1/4, 25%)   -2 (1/4, 25%) vs 2634-rated opposition   [2509]   -0.7 
 Alexander Graf   = (2/4, 50%)   = (2/4, 50%) vs 2527-rated opposition   [2508]   -0.3 
 Stefan Kindermann   -2 (1/4, 25%)   -2 (1/4, 25%) vs 2624-rated opposition   [2501]   -0.9 
 Watu Kobese   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2607-rated opposition   [2501]   N/A 
 Iván Morovic Fernández   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2523-rated opposition   [2492]   -0.2 
 Hichem Hamdouchi   -2 (0/2, 0%)   -2 (0/2, 0%) vs 2652-rated opposition   [2483]   -0.7 
 Hendrik Pieter Hoeksema   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2580-rated opposition   [2483]   =0.0 
 Wang Zili   -2 (0/2, 0%)   -2 (0/2, 0%) vs 2636-rated opposition   [2473]   -0.9 
 Vassily Smyslov   -2 (0/2, 0%)   -2 (0/2, 0%) vs 2632-rated opposition   [2470]   -0.9 
 Peter Leko   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2553-rated opposition   [2465]   -0.8 
 Viktor Bologan   = (2/4, 50%)   -2 (0/2, 0%) vs 2621-rated opposition   [2462]   -1.0 
 Alexander Umgaev   -2 (0/2, 0%)   -2 (0/2, 0%) vs 2607-rated opposition   [2453]   N/A 
 Niaz Murshed   -2 (0/2, 0%)   -2 (0/2, 0%) vs 2579-rated opposition   [2435]   -0.6 
 Miguel Illescas Cordoba   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2485-rated opposition   [2419]   -0.9 
 Emil Sutovsky   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2469-rated opposition   [2409]   -0.9