The Tilburg chess tournament was a series of very strong chess

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 tournaments held in the Tilburg

Tilburg

Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....

, The Netherlands. It was established in 1977 and ran continuously through 1994 under the sponsorship of Interpolis, an insurance company. Fontys Hogescholen shortly revived the tournament series from 1996 to 1998, when the last edition was played. Since 1994 there is another annual chess tournament taking place in Tilburg, which has the name De Stukkenjagers, the field is generally much weaker than the traditional Tilburg tournament.

Tilburg chess tournament

#	Year	Winner
1	1977
2	1978
3	1979
4	1980
5	1981
6	1982
7	1983
8	1984
9	1985
10	1986
11	1987
12	1988
13	1989
14	1990
15	1991
16	1992
17	1993
18	1994
1	1996
2	1997
3	1998

1977

The first edition was a very strong all-grandmaster event of Category 14. It was a single round-robin tournament

Round-robin tournament

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 with twelve players. Karpov won the event.

Tilburg 1977 - cat.14 (2581)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	Total
1	Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	8
2	Anthony Miles	0	*	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	7
3	Vlastimil Hort Vlastimil Hort Vlastimil Hort is a chess Grandmaster of Czech nationality. During the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the world's strongest players and reached the Candidates stage of competition for the world chess championship, but was never able to compete for the actual title.Hort was born in Kladno,...	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	6
4	Jan Timman Jan Timman Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	0	½	½	1	6
5	Lubomir Kavalek	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	6
6	Robert Hübner Robert Hübner Robert Hübner is a respected German chess Grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist . At eighteen, he was joint winner of the West German Chess Championship...	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	1	½	½	½	1	6
7	Svetozar Gligorić Svetozar Gligoric Svetozar Gligorić is a Serbian chess grandmaster. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia...	½	0	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	1	½	5½
8	Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972 .-Career:...	0	1	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	5
9	Yuri Balashov Yuri Balashov -Chess career:He was awarded the grandmaster title in 1973. Balashov was Moscow Champion in 1970 and 2nd to Anatoly Karpov in the 1976 USSR Chess Championship. In 1977 he won Lithuanian Chess Championship. He finished 1st= at Lone Pine 1977 and 1st= at Wijk aan Zee 1982.Balashov represented the...	0	0	½	1	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	5
10	Vasily Smyslov Vasily Smyslov Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions . Smyslov was twice equal first at the Soviet Championship , and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won...	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	4½
11	Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Borisovich Sosonko is a Dutch chess Grandmaster .At the beginning of his career, in 1958, he won in the Leningrad juniors championship.Sosonko moved from the Soviet Union to the Netherlands via Israel in 1972...	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	4
12	Fridrik Olafsson	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	3

1978

The second edition was similar in strength as the first edition, again an all grandmaster event of category 14. No Russian players participated as Karpov and Korchnoi were playing a match at that time and their proposed Russian replacements were not accepted. Portisch won the event.

Tilburg 1978 - cat.14 (2593)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	Total
1	Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik"...	*	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	0	1	½	7
2	Jan Timman Jan Timman Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	6½
3	Roman Dzindzichashvili Roman Dzindzichashvili Roman Yakovlevich Dzindzichashvili is a chess Grandmaster .-Life and career:Born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR into a family of Georgian Jews, he won the Junior Championship of the Soviet Union in 1962 and the University Championships in 1966 and 1968. In 1970, he earned the title of International...	½	½	*	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	6
4	Robert Hübner Robert Hübner Robert Hübner is a respected German chess Grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist . At eighteen, he was joint winner of the West German Chess Championship...	0	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	6
5	Anthony Miles	0	½	1	½	*	0	0	½	1	½	1	1	6
6	Walter Browne	0	½	½	½	1	*	1	½	½	1	0	0	5½
7	Vlastimil Hort Vlastimil Hort Vlastimil Hort is a chess Grandmaster of Czech nationality. During the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the world's strongest players and reached the Candidates stage of competition for the world chess championship, but was never able to compete for the actual title.Hort was born in Kladno,...	½	½	½	½	1	0	*	½	0	½	½	1	5½
8	Boris Spassky Boris Spassky Boris Vasilievich Spassky is a Soviet-French chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from late 1969 to 1972...	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	0	1	1	½	5½
9	Bent Larsen Bent Larsen Jørgen Bent Larsen was a Danish chess Grandmaster and author. Larsen was known for his imaginative and unorthodox style of play and he was the first western player to pose a serious challenge to the Soviet Union's dominance of chess...	½	0	½	0	0	½	1	1	*	½	½	½	5
10	Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojević is a Grandmaster of chess. He was born on November 2, 1950, in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia . Ljubojević was awarded the International Master title in 1970 and the GM title in 1971. He was Yugoslav champion in 1977 and 1982. He won the 1974 Canadian Open Chess Championship...	1	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	½	1	4½
11	Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Borisovich Sosonko is a Dutch chess Grandmaster .At the beginning of his career, in 1958, he won in the Leningrad juniors championship.Sosonko moved from the Soviet Union to the Netherlands via Israel in 1972...	0	½	½	½	0	1	½	0	½	½	*	½	4½
12	Zoltán Ribli Zoltan Ribli Zoltán Ribli is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and International Arbiter . He was twice a World Championship Candidate and three times Hungarian Champion.-A career in chess:...	½	½	0	½	0	1	0	½	½	0	½	*	4

1979

Tilburg 1979 - cat.15 (2605)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	Total
1	Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	7½
2	Oleg Romanishin Oleg Romanishin Oleg Mikhailovich Romanishin is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and former European junior champion.Many honours and awards were bestowed on him as a young man. After winning the European Junior Championship in 1973, he became an International Master the same year...	½	*	½	½	0	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	7
3	Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik"...	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	1	1	6½
4	Gyula Sax Gyula Sax Gyula Sax is a Hungarian chess player and International Arbiter , born in Budapest.He was awarded the IM title in 1972 and the GM title in 1974. He was the Hungarian Chess Champion in 1976 and 1977 . In 1971-72, he was the European Junior Champion, and he placed first at Rovinj-Zagreb 1975,...	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	1	6
5	Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Borisovich Sosonko is a Dutch chess Grandmaster .At the beginning of his career, in 1958, he won in the Leningrad juniors championship.Sosonko moved from the Soviet Union to the Netherlands via Israel in 1972...	0	1	½	½	*	1	½	0	1	0	½	½	5½
6	Bent Larsen Bent Larsen Jørgen Bent Larsen was a Danish chess Grandmaster and author. Larsen was known for his imaginative and unorthodox style of play and he was the first western player to pose a serious challenge to the Soviet Union's dominance of chess...	0	½	0	1	0	*	½	1	½	1	1	0	5½
7	Boris Spassky Boris Spassky Boris Vasilievich Spassky is a Soviet-French chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from late 1969 to 1972...	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	5½
8	Jan Timman Jan Timman Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...	½	0	1	0	1	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	5½
9	Robert Hübner Robert Hübner Robert Hübner is a respected German chess Grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist . At eighteen, he was joint winner of the West German Chess Championship...	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	5
10	Vlastimil Hort Vlastimil Hort Vlastimil Hort is a chess Grandmaster of Czech nationality. During the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the world's strongest players and reached the Candidates stage of competition for the world chess championship, but was never able to compete for the actual title.Hort was born in Kladno,...	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	5
11	Lubomir Kavalek	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	4½
12	Vasily Smyslov Vasily Smyslov Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions . Smyslov was twice equal first at the Soviet Championship , and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won...	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	0	½	*	2½

1980

Tilburg 1980 - cat.15 (2619)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	Total
1	Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	½	7½
2	Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik"...	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	7
3	Jan Timman Jan Timman Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6½
4	Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Borisovich Sosonko is a Dutch chess Grandmaster .At the beginning of his career, in 1958, he won in the Leningrad juniors championship.Sosonko moved from the Soviet Union to the Netherlands via Israel in 1972...	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	6
5	Boris Spassky Boris Spassky Boris Vasilievich Spassky is a Soviet-French chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from late 1969 to 1972...	0	½	½	½	*	0	½	1	1	1	½	½	6
6	Mikhail Tal Mikhail Tal Mikhail Tal was a Soviet–Latvian chess player, a Grandmaster, and the eighth World Chess Champion.Widely regarded as a creative genius, and the best attacking player of all time, he played a daring, combinatorial style. His play was known above all for improvisation and unpredictability....	½	0	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	5½
7	Vlastimil Hort Vlastimil Hort Vlastimil Hort is a chess Grandmaster of Czech nationality. During the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the world's strongest players and reached the Candidates stage of competition for the world chess championship, but was never able to compete for the actual title.Hort was born in Kladno,...	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	½	½	5
8	Bent Larsen Bent Larsen Jørgen Bent Larsen was a Danish chess Grandmaster and author. Larsen was known for his imaginative and unorthodox style of play and he was the first western player to pose a serious challenge to the Soviet Union's dominance of chess...	1	0	0	½	0	½	1	*	½	0	1	½	5
9	Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972 .-Career:...	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	4½
10	Zoltán Ribli Zoltan Ribli Zoltán Ribli is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and International Arbiter . He was twice a World Championship Candidate and three times Hungarian Champion.-A career in chess:...	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	1	½	*	½	½	4½
11	Robert Hübner Robert Hübner Robert Hübner is a respected German chess Grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist . At eighteen, he was joint winner of the West German Chess Championship...	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	4½
12	Lubomir Kavalek	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	4

1981

Tilburg 1981 - cat.15 (2608)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	Total
1	Alexander Beliavsky Alexander Beliavsky -External links:...	*	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	7½
2	Tigran Petrosian Tigran Petrosian Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was a Soviet-Armenian grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his playing style because of his almost impenetrable defence, which emphasised safety above all else...	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	7
3	Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik"...	1	½	*	½	1	0	½	½	0	1	1	½	6½
4	Jan Timman Jan Timman Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	0	1	½	1	6½
5	Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojević is a Grandmaster of chess. He was born on November 2, 1950, in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia . Ljubojević was awarded the International Master title in 1970 and the GM title in 1971. He was Yugoslav champion in 1977 and 1982. He won the 1974 Canadian Open Chess Championship...	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	6
6	Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972 .-Career:...	½	½	1	½	½	*	½	0	½	0	½	1	5½
7	Boris Spassky Boris Spassky Boris Vasilievich Spassky is a Soviet-French chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from late 1969 to 1972...	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	5½
8	Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....	½	0	½	0	½	1	0	*	1	½	1	½	5½
9	Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Borisovich Sosonko is a Dutch chess Grandmaster .At the beginning of his career, in 1958, he won in the Leningrad juniors championship.Sosonko moved from the Soviet Union to the Netherlands via Israel in 1972...	0	0	1	1	½	½	½	0	*	0	½	½	4½
10	Bent Larsen Bent Larsen Jørgen Bent Larsen was a Danish chess Grandmaster and author. Larsen was known for his imaginative and unorthodox style of play and he was the first western player to pose a serious challenge to the Soviet Union's dominance of chess...	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	½	1	*	0	1	4½
11	Robert Hübner Robert Hübner Robert Hübner is a respected German chess Grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist . At eighteen, he was joint winner of the West German Chess Championship...	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	*	½	4
12	Anthony Miles	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	3

1982

Tilburg 1982 - cat.14 (2599)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	Total
1	Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	7½
2	Jan Timman Jan Timman Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	7
3	Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972 .-Career:...	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	6½
4	Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Borisovich Sosonko is a Dutch chess Grandmaster .At the beginning of his career, in 1958, he won in the Leningrad juniors championship.Sosonko moved from the Soviet Union to the Netherlands via Israel in 1972...	½	½	½	*	0	1	0	1	½	½	1	1	6½
5	Tigran Petrosian Tigran Petrosian Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was a Soviet-Armenian grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his playing style because of his almost impenetrable defence, which emphasised safety above all else...	0	½	½	1	*	½	0	1	1	½	½	½	6
6	Vasily Smyslov Vasily Smyslov Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions . Smyslov was twice equal first at the Soviet Championship , and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won...	½	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	1	½	½	6
7	John Nunn John Nunn John Denis Martin Nunn is one of England's strongest chess players and once belonged to the world's top ten. He is also a three times world champion in chess problem solving, a chess writer and publisher, and a mathematician....	0	½	½	1	1	0	*	½	½	½	½	0	5
8	Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik"...	1	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	0	½	½	1	5
9	Walter Browne	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	*	0	½	1	5
10	Robert Hübner Robert Hübner Robert Hübner is a respected German chess Grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist . At eighteen, he was joint winner of the West German Chess Championship...	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	*	½	½	4½
11	Eugenio Torre Eugenio Torre Eugenio Torre is a chess Grandmaster . He is considered the strongest chess player the Philippines has ever produced during the 1980s and 1990s period, following the heels of Fischer-era Filipino chess champions National Master Ramon Lontoc, International Master Renato Naranja, IM Rodolfo Tan...	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	1	4½
12	Bent Larsen Bent Larsen Jørgen Bent Larsen was a Danish chess Grandmaster and author. Larsen was known for his imaginative and unorthodox style of play and he was the first western player to pose a serious challenge to the Soviet Union's dominance of chess...	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	0	½	0	*	2½

1983

Tilburg 1983 - cat.15 (2613)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	Total
1	Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	7
2	Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojević is a Grandmaster of chess. He was born on November 2, 1950, in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia . Ljubojević was awarded the International Master title in 1970 and the GM title in 1971. He was Yugoslav champion in 1977 and 1982. He won the 1974 Canadian Open Chess Championship...	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	0	6½
3	Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik"...	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	6½
4	Rafael Vaganian Rafael Vaganian Rafael Artemovich Vaganian, also transliterated Vahanyan is an Armenian chess grandmaster known for his sharp tactical style of play...	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	0	0	1	6
5	Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Borisovich Sosonko is a Dutch chess Grandmaster .At the beginning of his career, in 1958, he won in the Leningrad juniors championship.Sosonko moved from the Soviet Union to the Netherlands via Israel in 1972...	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	½	1	1	½	6
6	Lev Polugaevsky Lev Polugaevsky Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky was an International Grandmaster of chess and frequent contender for the world chess championship, although he never achieved that title...	0	0	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	5½
7	Boris Spassky Boris Spassky Boris Vasilievich Spassky is a Soviet-French chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from late 1969 to 1972...	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	5½
8	Robert Hübner Robert Hübner Robert Hübner is a respected German chess Grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist . At eighteen, he was joint winner of the West German Chess Championship...	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	5½
9	Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972 .-Career:...	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	5
10	Jan Timman Jan Timman Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...	½	0	½	1	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	5
11	Yasser Seirawan	0	0	½	1	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	4
12	John van der Wiel John van der Wiel John van der Wiel is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1982.He was the European Junior Champion in 1978 and the champion of the Netherlands in 1986. He was a participant in the Chess Olympiads of 1980, 1982 and 1984...	0	1	0	0	½	½	0	0	1	0	½	*	3½

1984

Tilburg 1984 - cat.14 (2596)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	Total
1	Anthony Miles	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	8
2	Robert Hübner Robert Hübner Robert Hübner is a respected German chess Grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist . At eighteen, he was joint winner of the West German Chess Championship...	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	6½
3	Vladimir Tukmakov Vladimir Tukmakov Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov is a Jewish-Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He gained the Grandmaster title in 1972.His career first blossomed when he helped and then led the USSR to consecutive wins of the World Student Team Championship from 1966 to 1972, bagging nine gold medals along the way.In the...	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	6½
4	Zoltán Ribli Zoltan Ribli Zoltán Ribli is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and International Arbiter . He was twice a World Championship Candidate and three times Hungarian Champion.-A career in chess:...	½	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	6½
5	Alexander Beliavsky Alexander Beliavsky -External links:...	½	½	½	½	*	1	0	½	½	½	1	1	6½
6	Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojević is a Grandmaster of chess. He was born on November 2, 1950, in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia . Ljubojević was awarded the International Master title in 1970 and the GM title in 1971. He was Yugoslav champion in 1977 and 1982. He won the 1974 Canadian Open Chess Championship...	½	½	½	½	0	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	6
7	Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik"...	0	½	½	½	1	0	*	½	½	0	1	1	5½
8	Jan Timman Jan Timman Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	1	5½
9	Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972 .-Career:...	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	5
10	Vasily Smyslov Vasily Smyslov Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions . Smyslov was twice equal first at the Soviet Championship , and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won...	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	½	*	1	0	4½
11	Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Sosonko Gennadi Borisovich Sosonko is a Dutch chess Grandmaster .At the beginning of his career, in 1958, he won in the Leningrad juniors championship.Sosonko moved from the Soviet Union to the Netherlands via Israel in 1972...	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	3
12	John van der Wiel John van der Wiel John van der Wiel is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1982.He was the European Junior Champion in 1978 and the champion of the Netherlands in 1986. He was a participant in the Chess Olympiads of 1980, 1982 and 1984...	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	*	2½

1985

Tilburg 1985 - cat.15 (2603)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Anthony Miles	**	0½	11	11	10	0½	1½	½½	8½
2	Robert Hübner Robert Hübner Robert Hübner is a respected German chess Grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist . At eighteen, he was joint winner of the West German Chess Championship...	1½	**	½½	10	½½	½1	½½	½1	8½
3	Viktor Kortschnoi	00	½½	**	½½	½1	1½	11	½1	8½
4	Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojević is a Grandmaster of chess. He was born on November 2, 1950, in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia . Ljubojević was awarded the International Master title in 1970 and the GM title in 1971. He was Yugoslav champion in 1977 and 1982. He won the 1974 Canadian Open Chess Championship...	00	01	½½	**	½1	½1	10	01	7
5	Lev Polugaevsky Lev Polugaevsky Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky was an International Grandmaster of chess and frequent contender for the world chess championship, although he never achieved that title...	01	½½	½0	½0	**	1½	0½	½½	6
6	Oleg Romanishin Oleg Romanishin Oleg Mikhailovich Romanishin is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and former European junior champion.Many honours and awards were bestowed on him as a young man. After winning the European Junior Championship in 1973, he became an International Master the same year...	1½	½0	0½	½0	0½	**	½½	1½	6
7	Jan Timman Jan Timman Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...	0½	½½	00	01	1½	½½	**	01	6
8	Roman Dzindzichashvili Roman Dzindzichashvili Roman Yakovlevich Dzindzichashvili is a chess Grandmaster .-Life and career:Born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR into a family of Georgian Jews, he won the Junior Championship of the Soviet Union in 1962 and the University Championships in 1966 and 1968. In 1970, he earned the title of International...	½½	½0	½0	10	½½	0½	10	**	5½

1986

Tilburg 1986 - cat.15 (2619)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Alexander Beliavsky Alexander Beliavsky -External links:...	**	11	½1	0½	1½	½½	0½	½1	8½
2	Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojević is a Grandmaster of chess. He was born on November 2, 1950, in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia . Ljubojević was awarded the International Master title in 1970 and the GM title in 1971. He was Yugoslav champion in 1977 and 1982. He won the 1974 Canadian Open Chess Championship...	00	**	½½	10	½½	1½	½1	11	8
3	Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...	½0	½½	**	½½	½½	1½	½½	½1	7½
4	Anthony Miles	1½	01	½½	**	01	½0	½½	01	7
5	Jan Timman Jan Timman Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...	0½	½½	½½	10	**	10	½½	½1	7
6	Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik"...	½½	0½	0½	½1	01	**	½½	½1	7
7	Robert Hübner Robert Hübner Robert Hübner is a respected German chess Grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist . At eighteen, he was joint winner of the West German Chess Championship...	1½	½0	½½	½½	½½	½½	**	0½	6½
8	Viktor Kortschnoi	½0	00	½0	10	½0	½0	1½	**	4½

1987

Tilburg 1987 - cat.15 (2623)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Jan Timman Jan Timman Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...	**	½½	½½	1½	½1	½½	01	½1	8½
2	Predrag Nikolić Predrag Nikolic Predrag Nikolić is a Bosnian chess grandmaster.He first competed for the Yugoslav Championship in 1979, taking a share of second place. The following year and again in 1984, he went one step further and became the Yugoslav national champion...	½½	**	½1	01	½1	½½	½½	½½	8
3	Robert Hübner Robert Hübner Robert Hübner is a respected German chess Grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist . At eighteen, he was joint winner of the West German Chess Championship...	½½	½0	**	11	½½	½½	½½	1½	8
4	Viktor Kortschnoi	0½	10	00	**	1½	1½	½1	1½	7½
5	Artur Jussupow	½0	½0	½½	0½	**	½½	1½	11	7
6	Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972 .-Career:...	½½	½½	½½	0½	½½	**	½½	½½	6½
7	Andrei Sokolov Andrei Sokolov Andrei Yurievich Sokolov is a French chess Grandmaster of Russian origin, now living in France...	10	½½	½½	½0	0½	½½	**	½½	6
8	Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojević is a Grandmaster of chess. He was born on November 2, 1950, in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia . Ljubojević was awarded the International Master title in 1970 and the GM title in 1971. He was Yugoslav champion in 1977 and 1982. He won the 1974 Canadian Open Chess Championship...	½0	½½	0½	0½	00	½½	½½	**	4½

1988

Tilburg 1988 - cat.15 (2627)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...	**	½½	½1	1½	11	½½	11	1½	10½
2	Nigel Short Nigel Short Nigel David Short MBE is an English chess grandmaster earning the title at the age of 19. Short is often regarded as the strongest English player of the 20th century as he was ranked third in the world, from January 1988 – July 1989 and in 1993, he challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess...	½½	**	0½	½½	½½	11	½1	½1	8½
3	Jóhann Hjartarson Johann Hjartarson Jóhann Hjartarson is a chess Grandmaster from Iceland. He earned the International Master title in 1984 and the Grandmaster title a year later. Among his best international tournament results are equal fourth at Reykjavik 1988 , equal third at Tilburg 1988 and sixth at Belgrade 1989...	½0	1½	**	½½	½0	½½	1½	10	7
4	Predrag Nikolić Predrag Nikolic Predrag Nikolić is a Bosnian chess grandmaster.He first competed for the Yugoslav Championship in 1979, taking a share of second place. The following year and again in 1984, he went one step further and became the Yugoslav national champion...	0½	½½	½½	**	½0	½1	½½	1½	7
5	Jan Timman Jan Timman Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...	00	½½	½1	½1	**	01	½0	½1	7
6	Robert Hübner Robert Hübner Robert Hübner is a respected German chess Grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist . At eighteen, he was joint winner of the West German Chess Championship...	½½	00	½½	½0	10	**	½½	½½	5½
7	John van der Wiel John van der Wiel John van der Wiel is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1982.He was the European Junior Champion in 1978 and the champion of the Netherlands in 1986. He was a participant in the Chess Olympiads of 1980, 1982 and 1984...	00	½0	0½	½½	½1	½½	**	10	5½
8	Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik"...	0½	½0	01	0½	½0	½½	01	**	5

1989

Tilburg 1989 - cat.16 (2626)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....	**	½1	½1	1½	1½	11	11	11	12
2	Viktor Kortschnoi	½0	**	½½	½½	½1	1½	1½	1½	8½
3	Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ljubomir Ljubojević is a Grandmaster of chess. He was born on November 2, 1950, in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia . Ljubojević was awarded the International Master title in 1970 and the GM title in 1971. He was Yugoslav champion in 1977 and 1982. He won the 1974 Canadian Open Chess Championship...	½0	½½	**	½½	1½	0½	01	½1	7
4	Gyula Sax Gyula Sax Gyula Sax is a Hungarian chess player and International Arbiter , born in Budapest.He was awarded the IM title in 1972 and the GM title in 1974. He was the Hungarian Chess Champion in 1976 and 1977 . In 1971-72, he was the European Junior Champion, and he placed first at Rovinj-Zagreb 1975,...	0½	½½	½½	**	01	½½	½½	1½	7
5	Vassily Ivanchuk	0½	½0	0½	10	**	1½	½½	½1	6½
6	Simen Agdestein Simen Agdestein Simen Agdestein is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and ex-football star. He has won seven Norwegian chess championships, including the 2005 title....	00	0½	1½	½½	0½	**	½½	½½	5½
7	Jóhann Hjartarson Johann Hjartarson Jóhann Hjartarson is a chess Grandmaster from Iceland. He earned the International Master title in 1984 and the Grandmaster title a year later. Among his best international tournament results are equal fourth at Reykjavik 1988 , equal third at Tilburg 1988 and sixth at Belgrade 1989...	00	0½	10	½½	½½	½½	**	10	5½
8	Jeroen Piket Jeroen Piket Jeroen Piket is a retired Dutch chess player who earned the Grandmaster title in 1989. He won the Dutch Chess Championship in 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1994. Other notable results include a second place at the Hoogovens tournament 1997...	00	0½	½0	0½	½0	½½	01	**	4

1990

Tilburg 1990 - cat.16 (2643)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Gata Kamsky Gata Kamsky Gata Kamsky is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and the current World Rapid Chess Champion. He is also the current United States Chess Champion. As of September 2011, he is rated No. 1 in the United States and No...	**	½1	1½	½0	10	1½	1½	½½	8½
2	Vassily Ivanchuk	½0	**	½0	½1	11	½½	½1	1½	8½
3	Boris Gelfand Boris Gelfand Boris Abramovich Gelfand is a Belarus-born Israeli chess Grandmaster. He won the 2011 Candidates Tournament and will challenge Viswanathan Anand for the World Chess Championship 2012.-Biography:...	0½	½1	**	10	0½	11	½½	½1	8
4	Nigel Short Nigel Short Nigel David Short MBE is an English chess grandmaster earning the title at the age of 19. Short is often regarded as the strongest English player of the 20th century as he was ranked third in the world, from January 1988 – July 1989 and in 1993, he challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess...	½1	½0	01	**	10	½0	1½	½1	7½
5	Jan Timman Jan Timman Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...	01	00	1½	01	**	½½	0½	½1	6½
6	Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972 .-Career:...	0½	½½	00	½1	½½	**	½½	½1	6½
7	Predrag Nikolić Predrag Nikolic Predrag Nikolić is a Bosnian chess grandmaster.He first competed for the Yugoslav Championship in 1979, taking a share of second place. The following year and again in 1984, he went one step further and became the Yugoslav national champion...	0½	½0	½½	0½	1½	½½	**	½½	6
8	Yasser Seirawan	½½	0½	½0	½0	½0	½0	½½	**	4½

1991

Tilburg 1991 - cat.17 (2666)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....	**	½½	10	½1	½½	11	1½	11	10
2	Nigel Short Nigel Short Nigel David Short MBE is an English chess grandmaster earning the title at the age of 19. Short is often regarded as the strongest English player of the 20th century as he was ranked third in the world, from January 1988 – July 1989 and in 1993, he challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess...	½½	**	0½	½½	11	1½	½½	1½	8½
3	Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan Anand V. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....	01	1½	**	10	10	0½	1½	1½	8
4	Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...	½0	½½	01	**	½0	½1	½1	½1	7½
5	Gata Kamsky Gata Kamsky Gata Kamsky is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and the current World Rapid Chess Champion. He is also the current United States Chess Champion. As of September 2011, he is rated No. 1 in the United States and No...	½½	00	01	½1	**	10	½½	½1	7
6	Jan Timman Jan Timman Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...	00	0½	1½	½0	01	**	10	11	6½
7	Viktor Kortschnoi	0½	½½	0½	½0	½½	01	**	½½	5½
8	Evgeny Bareev Evgeny Bareev Evgeny Bareev is a Russian chess Grandmaster and chess coach. In October 2003, he was in fourth place in the world rankings, with an Elo rating of 2739....	00	0½	0½	½0	½0	00	½½	**	3

1992

In 1992 the tournament was for the first time held in the knockout format and comprised three days per round. Game one on day one, game two on day two (both at classic time limits). Day three was a rest day, but for those tied 1-1 it was the day to play two more tie-break games (each with rapid time limit) and in a few cases, another two. The format was described by some commentators as very brutal. Anyone getting off to a slow start would be eliminated and sent home in just two or three days, such as happened to the entire Hungarian squad of Lajos Portisch

Lajos Portisch

Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik"...

, Gyula Sax

Gyula Sax

Gyula Sax is a Hungarian chess player and International Arbiter , born in Budapest.He was awarded the IM title in 1972 and the GM title in 1974. He was the Hungarian Chess Champion in 1976 and 1977 . In 1971-72, he was the European Junior Champion, and he placed first at Rovinj-Zagreb 1975,...

, Zoltán Ribli

Zoltan Ribli

Zoltán Ribli is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and International Arbiter . He was twice a World Championship Candidate and three times Hungarian Champion.-A career in chess:...

, József Pintér

József Pintér

József Pintér is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster and chess writer. He won the Hungarian Chess Championship in 1978 and 1979. Pinter gained his grandmaster title in 1982...

 and Peter Leko

Péter Lékó

On the way to winning the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2005, Lékó defeated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. The moves were:...

. Those who did not win cleanly in the initial two games of each round found fatigue a great problem, due to having to give up their rest days. The benefit over the old double round-robin format, was that it opened up the potential for an unexpected winner and this made it exciting for the spectators. The traditional format favours those highly graded players who win year after year by agreeing quick draws against their closest rivals and defeating the rest.

The 1992 edition had 111 participants, 94 in round one, with the 47 winners then being joined by 17 seeded players given a bye to round two. Round two therefore comprised 64 players, round three 32 and round four 16. Below are the results from round four onwards. At the time, this was the largest prize fund of any traditional tournament. Adams won 100,000 Dutch guilders, the overall fund was 500,000 dg. The seeded players were given very generous conditions of a guaranteed 10,000 guilders to ensure their attendance.

1993

The 1993 edition was played in the same format as the 1992 edition with 112 participants; round one had 96 unseeded entrants and 16 seeded players (with a bye) joined the winners in round two. Tie-break games were played at a time control of twenty minutes plus ten second increment. The prize fund was the same as last year: 500,000 Dutch guilders (100,000 for the winner) and minimum 10,000 dg. guaranteed to seeded players. Of the seventeen host country players that started, only two made it past the first round. They were joined by the seeded Jan Timman

Jan Timman

Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...

 and Jeroen Piket

Jeroen Piket

Jeroen Piket is a retired Dutch chess player who earned the Grandmaster title in 1989. He won the Dutch Chess Championship in 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1994. Other notable results include a second place at the Hoogovens tournament 1997...

. Paul van der Sterren

Paul van der Sterren

Paul van der Sterren is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He won the Dutch Chess Championship twice, in 1985 and 1993...

 declined to play after his request to be seeded was turned down.

1994

The final edition to be organised under Interpolis' sponsorship was another large knockout tournament.

At the opening ceremony, a spokesman for Interpolis shocked the audience with an announcement that the company was reconsidering its chess and other public relations activities, following a total merger with Rabobank. FIDE President Florencio Campomanes

Florencio Campomanes

Florencio Campomanes was a Filipino political scientist, chess player, and chess organizer.- Education :...

 attended the opening, primarily to lend support to the FIDE Women's Candidates tournament, which was being held at Tilburg alongside the Interpolis event.

The event commenced with a first round of 112 participants and the 56 winners were then joined by eight seeded players to make up a 64-player second round. The seeded players were Karpov (Elo rating 2780), Salov (2710), Ivanchuk (2695), Bareev (2695), Khalifman (2645), Epishin (2650), Timman (2635), and K. Georgiev (2615).

Due to a clash with another strong tournament in Horgen

Horgen

Horgen is a village in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.It is one of the larger towns along the south bank of the Lake of Zurich.- History :Horgen is also the type-site of Switzerland's middle Neolithic archaeological culture...

, the line-up was slightly depleted this time. Garry Kasparov, Alexei Shirov, Artur Yusupov, Viktor Korchnoi, Joël Lautier, Boris Gelfand, Peter Leko and Tony Miles were among those who favoured the rival event. Additionally, some Russian players were staying at home to prepare for their national championship, a pre-cursor to selection for the Olympiad team.

Everyone was surprised to see the return of the Brazilian GM Henrique Mecking

Henrique Mecking

Henrique Mecking was a leading Brazilian chess Grandmaster in the 1970s. He was a very strong player at an early age , drawing comparisons to Bobby Fischer, although he did not achieve the International Grandmaster title until 1971...

, a former world-class player, who had suffered a life threatening condition some eighteen years previously and had been in a slow recovery ever since.

Held at the Interpolis headquarters, round one heralded the largest number of 'big reputation' casualties since the introduction of the knockout format. Alexander Beliavsky, Victor Bologan, Mikhail Gurevich, Curt Hansen, Lembit Oll, Alon Greenfeld, Ilya Smirin, Veselin Topalov and home favourite Jeroen Piket all had to pack their bags after just three days.

As before, each round comprised two (classic time limit) games on days one and two, followed by a rest day, which was also the day to conclude tie-breaks (starting with pairs of rapid time limit games and followed, if necessary, with blitz games).

1996

Tilburg 1996 - cat.16 (2648)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	Total
1	Jeroen Piket Jeroen Piket Jeroen Piket is a retired Dutch chess player who earned the Grandmaster title in 1989. He won the Dutch Chess Championship in 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1994. Other notable results include a second place at the Hoogovens tournament 1997...	*	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	7
2	Boris Gelfand Boris Gelfand Boris Abramovich Gelfand is a Belarus-born Israeli chess Grandmaster. He won the 2011 Candidates Tournament and will challenge Viswanathan Anand for the World Chess Championship 2012.-Biography:...	½	*	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	7
3	Alexei Shirov Alexei Shirov Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov is a Soviet-born Latvian chess grandmaster. He has consistently ranked among the world's top players since the early 1990s, and reached a ranking as high as number four in 1998...	0	0	*	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	6½
4	Loek Van Wely Loek van Wely Loek van Wely is a chess Grandmaster from the Netherlands. He won the Dutch Chess Championship six times straight from 2000 through 2005. He was rated among the world's top ten in 2001. In 2002, in Maastricht, Netherlands, van Wely took on the computer program Rebel in a four-game match. The...	0	½	1	*	½	1	½	0	1	½	½	½	6
5	Peter Leko Péter Lékó On the way to winning the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2005, Lékó defeated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. The moves were:...	½	½	0	½	*	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	6
6	Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...	½	½	½	0	1	*	½	½	0	½	1	½	5½
7	Michael Adams	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	1	5½
8	Emil Sutovskij	½	0	½	1	½	½	0	*	½	½	0	1	5
9	Zoltán Almási Zoltan Almasi Zoltán Almási is a Grandmaster of chess from Hungary. He is a seven-time Hungarian Chess Champion, winning in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2008...	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	½	*	½	½	0	4½
10	Peter Svidler Peter Svidler Peter Veniaminovich Svidler is a Russian chess grandmaster.He is six-time Russian champion ....	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	4½
11	Joël Lautier Joel Lautier Joël Lautier is a French chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .Born in Canada, of French father and Japanese mother, Lautier is one of the strongest grandmasters from France. He won the 1988 World Junior Chess Championship on tiebreak at Adelaide, and the French Chess Championships in 2004...	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	½	*	½	4½
12	Judith Polgar	½	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	1	½	½	*	4

1997

Tilburg 1997 - cat.17 (2667)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	Total
1	Peter Svidler Peter Svidler Peter Veniaminovich Svidler is a Russian chess grandmaster.He is six-time Russian champion ....	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	8
2	Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	8
3	Vladimir Kramnik Vladimir Kramnik Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007...	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	8
4	Michael Adams	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	7
5	Peter Leko Péter Lékó On the way to winning the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2005, Lékó defeated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. The moves were:...	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	7
6	Judit Polgár Judit Polgár Judit Polgár is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. She is by far the strongest female chess player in history. In 1991, Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, the youngest person ever to do so at that time.Polgár was ranked No...	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	1	½	½	6
7	Alexei Shirov Alexei Shirov Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov is a Soviet-born Latvian chess grandmaster. He has consistently ranked among the world's top players since the early 1990s, and reached a ranking as high as number four in 1998...	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	½	1	1	½	1	5
8	Joël Lautier Joel Lautier Joël Lautier is a French chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .Born in Canada, of French father and Japanese mother, Lautier is one of the strongest grandmasters from France. He won the 1988 World Junior Chess Championship on tiebreak at Adelaide, and the French Chess Championships in 2004...	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	*	½	0	1	1	4½
9	Loek Van Wely Loek van Wely Loek van Wely is a chess Grandmaster from the Netherlands. He won the Dutch Chess Championship six times straight from 2000 through 2005. He was rated among the world's top ten in 2001. In 2002, in Maastricht, Netherlands, van Wely took on the computer program Rebel in a four-game match. The...	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	½	1	1	4½
10	Alexander Onischuk Alexander Onischuk Alexander Onischuk is an American chess grandmaster. Originally from Ukraine, he immigrated to the US in 2001 and currently lives in Northern Virginia. He was the 2006 U.S. Chess Champion...	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	1	½	*	½	½	4
11	Jeroen Piket Jeroen Piket Jeroen Piket is a retired Dutch chess player who earned the Grandmaster title in 1989. He won the Dutch Chess Championship in 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1994. Other notable results include a second place at the Hoogovens tournament 1997...	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	*	½	2½
12	Tal Shaked Tal Shaked Tal Shaked is an American chess grandmaster, who is best known for winning the World Junior Championship in 1997....	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	*	1½

1998

Tilburg 1998 - cat.18 (2680)

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	Total
1	Vishy Anand	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	7½
2	Peter Leko Péter Lékó On the way to winning the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2005, Lékó defeated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. The moves were:...	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	7
3	Matthew Sadler Matthew Sadler (chess player) Matthew Sadler is an International Grandmaster of chess, and a chess writer.Sadler won the British Championship in 1995 at the age of 21 and again in 1997...	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	6
4	Vadim Zvjaginsev Vadim Zvjaginsev Cifuentes-Parada-Zvjaginsev, Wijk aan Zee Open 1995 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O Be7 9.Rd1 O-O 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Qc7 12.Nc3 c5 13.d5 exd5 14.cxd5 a6 15.Nh4 g6 16.Bh6 Rfe8 17.Qd2 Bd6 18.g3 b5 19.Bf3 b4 20.Ne2 Ne4 21.Qc2 Ndf6 22.Ng2 Qd7 23.Ne3 Rad8 24.Bg2? ...	½	½	½	*	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	6
5	Vladimir Kramnik Vladimir Kramnik Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007...	0	0	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	6
6	Jeroen Piket Jeroen Piket Jeroen Piket is a retired Dutch chess player who earned the Grandmaster title in 1989. He won the Dutch Chess Championship in 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1994. Other notable results include a second place at the Hoogovens tournament 1997...	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	½	5½
7	Michael Adams	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	1	½	1	5½
8	Peter Svidler Peter Svidler Peter Veniaminovich Svidler is a Russian chess grandmaster.He is six-time Russian champion ....	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	*	1	0	0	½	5
9	Loek Van Wely Loek van Wely Loek van Wely is a chess Grandmaster from the Netherlands. He won the Dutch Chess Championship six times straight from 2000 through 2005. He was rated among the world's top ten in 2001. In 2002, in Maastricht, Netherlands, van Wely took on the computer program Rebel in a four-game match. The...	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	*	½	½	1	5
10	Veselin Topalov Veselin Topalov Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He currently has the sixth highest rating in the world, and was the challenger facing world champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2010, losing the match 6½–5½....	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	*	0	½	4½
11	Joël Lautier Joel Lautier Joël Lautier is a French chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .Born in Canada, of French father and Japanese mother, Lautier is one of the strongest grandmasters from France. He won the 1988 World Junior Chess Championship on tiebreak at Adelaide, and the French Chess Championships in 2004...	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	1	½	1	*	½	4½
12	Viktor Korchnoi Viktor Korchnoi Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi ; pronounced in the original Russian as "karch NOY"; Ви́ктор Льво́вич Корчно́й, born March 23, 1931 is a professional chess player, author and currently the oldest active grandmaster on the tournament circuit...	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	*	3½