The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is an annual chess tournament held in January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. It was called the Hoogovens tournament from its creation in 1938 until the sponsor Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Steel to form the Corus Group in 1999, after which the tournament was called the Corus chess tournament. Corus Group became Tata Steel Europe in 2007. Despite the name changes, the series is numbered sequentially from its Hoogovens beginnings; for example, the 2011 event was referred to as the 73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
Wijk aan Zee is a small town on the coast of the North Sea in the municipality of Beverwijk, the province of North Holland of the Netherlands. The prestigious Tata Steel Chess Tournament takes place there every year.
Teimour Boris oghlu Radjabov is an Azerbaijani chess player, ranked number 10 in the world as of February 2021.
Loek van Wely is a Dutch chess player and politician. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1993, and was rated among the world's top ten in 2001 with a rating of 2714. In March 2019, he was elected to the Dutch Senate for the party Forum for Democracy.
Eduardas Rozentalis is a Lithuanian chess grandmaster.
Predrag Nikolić is a Bosnian chess grandmaster.
John van der Wiel is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Dutch Chess Champion.
Hans-Joachim Hecht is a German chess player and twice the national champion. His first name is often abbreviated to Hajo.
Arthur Joseph Wijnans was a Dutch chess player, study composer and member of the Dutch resistance against the Germans in World War II.
Robin van Kampen is a Dutch chess grandmaster. At the age of 14, he won the Dutch U20 Championship. He achieved his grandmaster (GM) title at the age of 16 years, 8 months and 17 days. Van Kampen has represented the Netherlands at the 2013 European Team Chess Championship, and at the 41st and 42nd Chess Olympiad.
Zbigniew Doda was a Polish chess player who twice won the Polish Chess Championship in 1964 and 1967. FIDE International Master (1964).
The major chess events of 1981 were the final match of the Candidates Tournament and the second Karpov–Korchnoi World Chess Championship match.
Robert Gijsbertus Hartoch was a Dutch chess International Master (1971).
Bertus Enklaar was a Dutch chess International Master (1973).
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021 was the 83rd edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 15-31 January 2021, but was not open to visitors. The tournament was won by Jorden van Foreest, who defeated Anish Giri in an Armageddon playoff.
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020 was the 82nd edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 10–26 January 2020. The tournament was won by Fabiano Caruana.
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2019 was the 81st edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee, Alkmaar and Leiden from 11–27 January 2019. The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1983 was the 45th edition of the Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1983. The tournament was won by Ulf Andersson.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1985 was the 47th edition of the Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1985. The tournament was won by Jan Timman.
Alexander Beliavsky (Soviet Union)
Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)
Predrag Nikolić (Yugoslavia)
Ulf Andersson (Sweden)
András Adorján (Hungary)
Robert Hübner (West Germany)
Anthony Miles (England)
John van der Wiel (Netherlands)
Eugenio Torre (Philippines)
