Tata Steel chess tournament

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Tournament director Jeroen van den Berg

The Tata Steel chess tournament (until 1999: Hoogovens tournament , until 2010: Corus chess tournament ) takes place every January in the Dutch town of Wijk aan Zee , part of the municipality of Beverwijk , in the province of North Holland . Until 1999 it was known as the Hoogovens tournament ("blast furnace tournament") until the Dutch steel and aluminum manufacturer Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Steel on October 6, 1999 and renamed itself Corus . Between 1938 and 1967 the tournament took place in Beverwijk. After the purchase of Corus by Tata Steel , the tournament has been called the Tata Steel Chess Tournament since its 73rd edition in 2011 .

Both world elite players and average club players take part in the tournament in various sections. The 'A' group, the elite group, consists of 14 participants who compete against each other in a round- robin tournament. Since 1938 there has been a long list of famous winners, including Max Euwe , Bent Larsen , Tigran Petrosjan , Paul Keres , Efim Geller , Lajos Portisch , Boris Spasski , Michail Botwinnik , Michail Tal , Viktor Kortschnoi , Jan Timman , Anatoli Karpow , Wladimir Kramnik , Garri Kasparow , Viswanathan Anand , Wesselin Topalow and Magnus Carlsen . In fact, only the names Vasily Smyslow and Bobby Fischer are missing from the classic world chess champions since 1945 . In 2001, nine of the ten best players according to the Elo list took part.

The record winner is the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, who has won the tournament seven times in its history (as of 2019), followed by the Indian Viswanathan Anand with five tournament wins. Anand is the only player to have had a run of 70 consecutive games without a loss (between 1998 and 2004). Max Euwe, Lajos Portisch, Viktor Kortschnoi and Lewon Aronjan each won the tournament four times.

Ladies tournaments were also held in Wijk aan Zee. For example, Barbara Hund won the 1980 invitation tournament in Wijk aan Zee ahead of Sheila Jackson and Erika Belle .

history

Hoogovens Beverwijk

Record winner (as of 2019)
Surname Victories of which undivided
Magnus Carlsen 7th 6th
Viswanathan Anand 5 2
Max Euwe ,
Lajos Portisch
4th 3
Levon Aronjan ,
Viktor Korchnoi
4th 2
Garry Kasparov 3 3
Jan Hein Donner ,
John Nunn
3 2
Efim Geller 3 0
Tigran Petrosjan , Hoogovens 1960

The first tournaments, starting in 1938, were very small and consisted of four participants, each of whom were Dutch. The first five tournaments were played in this form. In 1943 and 1944 eight players took part. In 1945 there was no tournament because of the Second World War . The field of participants remained in this form until 1953, when it was increased to 12 participants and an international women's tournament was added. 1954 they returned to 10 players, but the field of participants was filled. In 1963 18 players took part, but it was reduced to 16 in 1964, but at that time it was already one of the strongest tournaments in the world. Today there are usually 14 players in the A group and also 14 players in the B group, the winner of which is invited to the A group the following year.

The first international tournament took place in 1946, with the main tournament expanded to 10 players. In addition to eight Dutchmen, invitations were sent to the Belgian Alberic O'Kelly de Galway , who won the tournament, and the Swede Gösta Stoltz . The 1960 edition included players from the Soviet Union for the first time ; The tournament winners were Bent Larsen and Tigran Petrosian .

As a reminder of the humble beginnings of the tournament shortly after the end of the war, pea soup is still served at the closing ceremony today .

Winner in the top group:

Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee

In 1968 the tournament moved to the Dutch coastal town of Wijk aan Zee . The winners of the Grand Masters Group A since 1968 were:

Corus chess tournament

Corus chess tournament 2010, view of the tournament hall

On the occasion of the 70th tournament in 2008, a study tournament took place in which 90 composers from 29 countries took part. Judge Yochanan Afek awarded the 1st prize ex aequo to Juri Baslow and Sergei Rumjanzew .

Tata Steel chess tournament

View of the tournament hall, 2013

Since 2014, two rounds have been held at other locations in the Netherlands on a regular basis.

literature

  • Lex Jongsma and Alexander Münninghoff: 60 jaar Hoogovens Schaaktoernooi 1938 - 1998 . New in Chess, Alkmaar 1998. ISBN 90-5691-039-6 .

Web links

Commons : Tata Steel chess tournament  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Corus Chess Tournament called Tata Steel Chess Tournament ( Memento from September 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) - press release on the website coruschess.com from September 9, 2010.
  2. Barbara Hund: My way to success. Walter Rau Verlag, Düsseldorf 1983, pp. 118–121 (report, picture of the participants, cross table and games).
  3. ^ Jan C. Roosendaal: Portisch winner in Wijk aan Zee . Schach-Echo 1978, issue 3, title page (with cross table).
  4. ^ Jan C. Roosendaal: Polugajewski wins in Wijk aan Zee . Schach-Echo 1979, No. 4, title page (with cross table).
  5. ^ Jan C. Roosendaal: Browne and Seirawan victorious in Wijk aan Zee . Schach-Echo 1980, No. 4, title page (with cross table).
  6. ^ Jan C. Roosendaal: G. Sosonko and J. Timman won in Wijk aan Zee . Schach-Echo 1981, volume 4, title page (with cross table).
  7. Jan C. Roosendaal: Juri Balaschow and Dr. John Nunn winner in Wijk aan Zee . Schach-Echo 1982, No. 4, title page (with cross table).
  8. ^ Jan C. Roosendaal: Ulf Andersson wins in Wijk aan Zee . Schach-Echo 1983, issue 2, pages 50 to 52 (report, crosstab and photos).
  9. ^ Jan C. Roosendaal: Beljawski and Kortschnoi winners in Wijk aan Zee . Schach-Echo 1984, issue 3, pages 101 and 102 (report, cross table and games).
  10. ^ Jan C. Roosendaal: New triumph for Jan Timman . Schach-Echo 1985, volume 3, pages 87 and 88 (report, cross table and games).
  11. ^ Jan C. Roosendaal: Nigel Short wins in Wijk aan Zee . Schach-Echo 1986, issue 3, pages 97 and 98 (report, final score and games).
  12. ^ Jan C. Roosendaal: Kortschnoi and Short common winners in Wijk aan Zee . Schach-Echo 1987, issue 3, pages 96 to 98 (report, cross tables and games).
  13. ^ Jan C. Roosendaal: Karpow wins 50th Hoogoven tournament . Schach-Echo 1988, issue 2, pages 49 to 51 (report, games).
  14. ^ Award in Corus-70 composing tourney 2007-2008 ( Memento from January 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ).