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===Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee=== [[File:Mikhail_Tal_1973.jpg|thumb|Former WCC [[Mikhail Tal]], pictured at Hoogovens 1973, which he went on to win|alt=Tal sitted on a table, just before or after a game]] [[File:Hoogovensschaaktoernooi Paul van der Sterren (r) tegen Anatoli Karpov, Bestanddeelnr 934-1670.jpg|thumb|Former WCC [[Anatoly Karpov]], a 2 time winner vs GM [[Paul van der Sterren]], pictured at Hoogovens 1988; Karpov went on to win|alt=Karpov updates his movesheet, while Sterren thinks]] [[File:Jan Timman tegen Garry Kasparov op Hoogovens Schaaktoernooi 1999 - 06.jpg|thumb|GM [[Jan Timman]], a 2 time winner vs WCC [[Garry Kasparov]], a 3 time winner, pictured at Hoogovens 1999; Kasparov went on to win|alt=Timman thinks while Kasparov makes a move]] The tournament was moved to the Dutch seaside town [[Wijk aan Zee]] in 1968.<ref name="History2">{{cite web|last=Green|first=Nathaniel|date=26 August 2024|access-date=25 February 2025|website=[[Chess.com]]|title=Tata Steel Chess: A Photo Retrospective|url=https://www.chess.com/article/view/tata-steel-chess-photo-retrospective|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905051518/https://www.chess.com/article/view/tata-steel-chess-photo-retrospective|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Starting from 1982, the tournament mostly settled to its present number of 14 players. The winners of the top group were:<ref name="Winners"/><ref name="formerchampionslist"/> :{| class="sortable wikitable" |+ {{sronly|Winners 1968-1999}} ! scope=col | # ! scope=col | Year ! scope=col | Winner(s) ! scope=col | Country ! scope="col" | Score ! scope=col | {{Abbr|%|Percentage}} |- ! scope=row |30 |1968 |{{sortname|Viktor|Korchnoi}} |{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union |12/15 |80.0 |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |31 | rowspan="2" |1969 |{{sortname|Mikhail|Botvinnik}} |{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union | rowspan="2" |10½/15 | rowspan="2" |70.0 |- |{{sortname|Efim|Geller}} |{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union |- ! scope=row |32 |1970 |{{sortname|Mark|Taimanov}} |{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union |12/15 |80.0 |- ! scope=row |33 |1971 |{{sortname|Viktor|Korchnoi}} |{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union |10/15 |66.7 |- ! scope=row |34 |1972 |{{sortname|Lajos|Portisch}} |{{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary |10½/15 |70.0 |- ! scope=row |35 |1973 |{{sortname|Mikhail|Tal}} |{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union |10½/15 |70.0 |- ! scope=row |36 |1974 |{{sortname|Walter|Browne}} |{{flagicon|USA}} United States |11/15 |73.3 |- ! scope=row |37 |1975 |{{sortname|Lajos|Portisch}} |{{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary |10½/15 |70.0 |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |38 | rowspan="2" |1976 |{{sortname|Ljubomir|Ljubojević}} |{{flagicon|YUG}} SFR Yugoslavia | rowspan="2" |7½/11 | rowspan="2" |77.8 |- |{{sortname|Friðrik|Ólafsson}} |{{flagicon|ISL}} Iceland |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |39 | rowspan="2" |1977 |{{sortname|Gennadi|Sosonko}} |{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands | rowspan="2" |8/11 | rowspan="2" |72.7 |- |{{sortname|Efim|Geller}} |{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union |- ! scope=row |40 |1978 |{{sortname|Lajos|Portisch}} |{{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary |8/11 |72.7 |- ! scope=row |41 |1979 |{{sortname|Lev|Polugaevsky}} |{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union |7½/11 |68.2 |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |42 | rowspan="2" |1980 |{{sortname|Walter|Browne}} |{{flagicon|USA}} United States | rowspan="2" |10/13 | rowspan="2" |76.9 |- |{{sortname|Yasser|Seirawan}} |{{flagicon|USA}} United States |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |43 | rowspan="2" |1981 |{{sortname|Gennadi|Sosonko}} |{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands | rowspan="2" |8/12 | rowspan="2" |66.7 |- |{{sortname|Jan|Timman}} |{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |44 | rowspan="2" |1982 |{{sortname|John|Nunn}} |{{flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom | rowspan="2" |8½/13 | rowspan="2" |65.4 |- |{{sortname|Yuri|Balashov}} |{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union |- ! scope=row |45 |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1983|1983]] |{{sortname|Ulf|Andersson}} |{{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden |9/13 |69.2 |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |46 | rowspan="2" |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1984|1984]] |{{sortname|Alexander|Beliavsky}} |{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union | rowspan="2" |10/13 | rowspan="2" |76.9 |- |{{sortname|Viktor|Korchnoi}} |{{flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland |- ! scope=row |47 |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1985|1985]] |{{sortname|Jan|Timman}} |{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands |9/13 |69.2 |- ! scope=row |48 |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1986|1986]] |{{sortname|Nigel|Short}} |{{flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom |9½/13 |73.1 |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |49 | rowspan="2" |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1987|1987]] |{{sortname|Nigel|Short}} |{{flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom | rowspan="2" |9½/13 | rowspan="2" |73.1 |- |{{sortname|Viktor|Korchnoi}} |{{flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland |- ! scope=row |50 |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1988|1988]] |{{sortname|Anatoly|Karpov}} |{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union |9/13 |69.2 |- ! scope=row rowspan="4" |51 | rowspan="4" |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1989|1989]] |{{sortname|Viswanathan|Anand||Vishwanathan, Anand}} |{{flagicon|IND}} India | rowspan="4" |7½/13 | rowspan="4" |57.7 |- |{{sortname|Gyula|Sax}} |{{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary |- |{{sortname|Zoltán|Ribli}} |{{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary |- |{{sortname|Predrag|Nikolić}} |{{flagicon|YUG}} SFR Yugoslavia |- ! scope=row |52 |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1990|1990]] |{{sortname|John|Nunn}} |{{flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom |8/13 |61.5 |- ! scope=row |53 |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1991|1991]] |{{sortname|John|Nunn}} |{{flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom |8½/13 |65.4 |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |54 | rowspan="2" |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1992|1992]] |{{sortname|Valery|Salov}} |{{flagicon|RUS|1991}} Russia | rowspan="2" |8½/13 | rowspan="2" |65.4 |- |{{sortname|Boris|Gelfand}} |{{flagicon|BLR|1991}} Belarus |- ! scope=row |55 |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1993|1993]] |{{sortname|Anatoly|Karpov}} |{{flagicon|RUS|1991}} Russia |2½/4{{efn|name="KO"|Edition was held as a [[single-elimination tournament]]<ref name="History"/>}} | |- ! scope=row |56 |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1994|1994]] |{{sortname|Predrag|Nikolić}} |{{flagicon|BIH|1992}} Bosnia and Herzegovina |7/9 |77.8 |- ! scope=row |57 |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1995|1995]] |{{sortname|Alexey|Dreev}} |{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia |2½/4{{efn|name="KO"}} | |- ! scope=row |58 |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1996|1996]] |{{sortname|Vasyl|Ivanchuk}} |{{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine |9/13 |69.2 |- ! scope=row |59 |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1997|1997]] |{{sortname|Valery|Salov}} |{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia |8½/13 |65.4 |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |60 | rowspan="2" |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1998|1998]] |{{sortname|Viswanathan|Anand||Vishwanathan, Anand}} |{{flagicon|IND}} India | rowspan="2" |8½/13 | rowspan="2" |65.4 |- |{{sortname|Vladimir|Kramnik}} |{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia |- ! scope=row |61 |[[Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1999|1999]] |{{sortname|Garry|Kasparov}} |{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia |10/13 |76.9 |}
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