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.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
Nigel Short (England)
John van der Wiel (Netherlands)
Ljubomir Ljubojević (Yugoslavia)
Robert Hübner (West Germany)
Alexander Chernin (Soviet Union)
Yasser Seirawan (United States)
Ferdinand Hellers (Sweden)
