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 village 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.
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 right-wing Forum for Democracy; however, on 8 December 2020 he switched his party allegiance to the van Pareren group, which is now affiliated with the right-wing JA21 party.
Arthur Joseph Wijnans was an Indonesia-born Dutch chess player, study composer and member of the Dutch resistance against the Germans in World War II.
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 1984 was the 46th edition of the Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1984. The tournament was won by Alexander Beliavsky and Viktor Korchnoi.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1986 was the 48th edition of the Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1986. The tournament was won by Nigel Short.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1987 was the 49th edition of the Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1987. The tournament was won by 1986 champion Nigel Short and Viktor Korchnoi, earning his fourth title.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1988 was the 50th edition of the Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1988. The tournament was won by Anatoly Karpov, the first of his two wins.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1989 was the 51st edition of the Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1989 and was jointly won by four players: Viswanathan Anand, Predrag Nikolić, Zoltán Ribli and Gyula Sax.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1990 was the 52nd edition of the Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1990 and was won by John Nunn.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1991 was the 53rd edition of the Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1991 and was won by the previous year's champion John Nunn.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1992 was the 54th edition of the Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1992 and was jointly won by Valery Salov and Boris Gelfand.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1993 was the 55th edition of the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1993 and was won by Anatoly Karpov.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1994 was the 56th edition of the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1994 and was won by Predrag Nikolić.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1995 was the 57th edition of the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1995 and was won by Alexey Dreev.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1996 was the 58th edition of the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1996 and was won by Vasyl Ivanchuk.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1997 was the 59th edition of the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1997 and was won by Valery Salov.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1998 was the 60th edition of the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1998 and was won jointly won by Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand.
The Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Steel Chess Tournament 1999 was the 61st edition of the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 1999 and was won by world number one Garry Kasparov.
Jan Timman (Netherlands)
John Nunn (England)
Alexander Beliavsky (Soviet Union)
Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria)
Lajos Portisch (Hungary)
Eric Lobron (West Germany)
Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)
Kevin Spraggett (Canada)
Ľubomír Ftáčnik (Czechoslovakia)
Sergey Kudrin (United States)
