| Venue | Wijk aan Zee |
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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. [1]
The 1993 tournament moved away from its traditional round-robin format, instead being contested as a series of knockout matches. Anatoly Karpov defeated Miguel Illescas in the final 2½ to 1½.
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.
Ljubomir Ljubojević is a Serbian chess grandmaster. He won the Yugoslav Chess Championship in 1977 (tied) and 1982.
The FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 was a chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the World Chess Champion.
Arthur Joseph Wijnans was a Dutch chess player, study composer and member of the Dutch resistance against the Germans in World War II.
The major chess events of 1981 were the final match of the Candidates Tournament and the second Karpov–Korchnoi World Chess Championship match.
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 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 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 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 Vassily Ivanchuk.
