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Tata Steel / Wijk aan Zee: All Editions
Every edition of the longest-running elite chess tournament in the world, from 1938 to present.
Record Winners
Anand: 9 titles (1993-2006)Carlsen: 8 titles (2008-2022)Portisch: 4 titlesKeres: 3 titlesGligoric: 3 titlesTimman: 3 titlesGeller: 3 titles
1938🇳🇱Jilling Van Dijk, Philip Bakker2.5/3 / 2/3Inaugural Hoogovens tournament. Small Dutch-only event.1939🇳🇱Cortlever3/3Perfect score. Still Dutch-only.1940🇳🇱Euwe3/3Former World Champion dominates.1941🇳🇱Wijnans2.5/3Runners-up: (small field)1942🇳🇱Euwe4.5/5Euwe wins second title.1943🇳🇱Van den Hoek5.5/7Runners-up: (8-player field)1944🇳🇱Van Scheltinga5/7Last wartime edition.1946🇧🇪O'Kelly de Galway7/9First international edition. 10 players. Pea soup tradition begins.1947🇳🇱Van Scheltinga7.5/9Runners-up: (10-player field)1948🇳🇱Prins6.5/9Runners-up: (10-player field)1949🇫🇷Tartakower6.5/9Tartakower wins at age 62.1950🇳🇱Donner7/9Donner's first major win.1951🇦🇷Pilnik6.5/9Runners-up: (10-player field)1952🇳🇱Euwe7.5/9Euwe wins third title.1953🇫🇷Rossolimo9/11Field expanded to 12. Women's event added.1954🇳🇱🇷🇸Bouwmeester, Pirc6/9 eachShared title.1955🇷🇸Milic6.5/9Runners-up: (10-player field)1956🇸🇪Stahlberg6.5/9Runners-up: (10-player field)1957🇷🇸Matanovic6.5/9Runners-up: (10-player field)1958🇳🇱Euwe, Donner5.5/9 eachEuwe and Donner share the title.1959🇮🇸Olafsson7.5/9Icelandic star wins convincingly.1960🇩🇰🇷🇺Larsen, Petrosian6.5/9 eachFuture World Champion Petrosian shares with Larsen.1961🇩🇰🇷🇸Larsen, Ivkov7.5/9 eachLarsen defends his share of the title.1962🇷🇸Trifunovic6/9Runners-up: (10-player field)1963🇳🇱Donner12/17Field greatly expanded to 18. Donner's second title.1964🇷🇺Keres, Nei11.5/15 eachKeres shares with Nei in strong field.1965🇭🇺🇷🇺Portisch, Geller10.5/15 eachPortisch and Geller share.1966🇷🇺Polugaevsky11.5/15Runners-up: (16-player field)1967🇷🇺Spassky11/15World Champion competes and wins.1968🇷🇺Korchnoi12/15First edition in Wijk aan Zee. Korchnoi dominates.1969🇷🇺Botvinnik, Geller10.5/15 eachFormer World Champion Botvinnik shares with Geller.1970🇷🇺Taimanov12/15Runners-up: (15-player field)1971🇷🇺Korchnoi10/15Korchnoi wins second title.1972🇭🇺Portisch10.5/15Runners-up: (15-player field)1973🇷🇺Tal10.5/15Former World Champion Tal wins.1974🇺🇸Browne11/15Walter Browne wins for the USA.1975🇭🇺Portisch10.5/15Portisch wins second title.1976🇷🇸🇮🇸Ljubojevic, Olafsson7.5/11 eachReduced field this year.1977🇳🇱🇷🇺Sosonko, Geller8/11 eachSosonko wins for his adopted Netherlands.1978🇭🇺Portisch8/11Portisch wins third title.1979🇷🇺Polugaevsky7.5/11Runners-up: (11-player field)1980🇺🇸Browne, Seirawan10/13 eachAmerican duo shares the title.1981🇳🇱Sosonko, Timman8/12 eachDutch duo shares on home soil.1982🇬🇧🇷🇺Nunn, Balashov8.5/13 eachField settles to ~14 players.1983🇸🇪Andersson9/13Runners-up: (13-player field)1984🇷🇺🇨🇭Beliavsky, Korchnoi10/13 eachKorchnoi, now representing Switzerland, shares with Beliavsky.1985🇳🇱Timman9/13Timman wins sole possession of title.1986🇬🇧Short9.5/13Short wins at age 20.1987🇬🇧🇨🇭Short, Korchnoi9.5/13 eachShort defends share of title.1988🇷🇺Karpov9/13World Champion Karpov wins.1989🇮🇳🇭🇺🇾🇺Anand, Sax, Ribli, Nikolic7.5/13 eachFour-way tie! 19-year-old Anand among the winners.1990🇬🇧Nunn8/13Nunn wins second title.1991🇬🇧Nunn8.5/13Nunn back-to-back!1992🇷🇺🇧🇾Salov, Gelfand8.5/13 eachRunners-up: (14-player field)1993🇷🇺Karpov2.5/4Experimented with knockout format. Karpov won the final.1994🇧🇦Nikolic7/9Predrag Nikolic wins for Bosnia.1995🇷🇺Dreev2.5/4Second knockout experiment.1996🇺🇦Ivanchuk9/13Ivanchuk wins for Ukraine.1997🇷🇺Salov8.5/13Runners-up: (14-player field)1998🇮🇳🇷🇺Anand, Kramnik8.5/13 eachTwo future undisputed World Champions share the title.1999🇷🇺Kasparov10/13Kasparov's immortal game vs Topalov in Round 4. Dominant performance.2000🇷🇺Kasparov9.5/13Kasparov back-to-back.2001🇷🇺Kasparov9/13Kasparov three-peats. Nine of the world top-10 played.2002🇷🇺Bareev9/13Runners-up: (14-player field)2003🇮🇳Anand8.5/13Runners-up: (14-player field)2004🇮🇳Anand8.5/13Anand defends.2005🇭🇺Leko8.5/13Runners-up: (14-player field)2006🇮🇳🇧🇬Anand, Topalov9/13 eachAnand and Topalov share.2007🇦🇲🇦🇿🇧🇬Aronian, Radjabov, Topalov8.5/13 eachThree-way tie.2008🇦🇲🇳🇴Aronian, Carlsen8/13 each17-year-old Carlsen shares with Aronian.2009🇺🇦Karjakin8/13Runners-up: (14-player field)2010🇳🇴Carlsen8.5/13Carlsen's first outright win.2011🇺🇸Nakamura9/13Nakamura's breakthrough elite tournament win.2012🇦🇲Aronian9/13Runners-up: (14-player field)2013🇳🇴Carlsen10/13Carlsen dominates with +7 score.2014🇦🇲Aronian8/11Aronian wins third Tata Steel.2015🇳🇴Carlsen9/13Runners-up: (14-player field)2016🇳🇴Carlsen9/13Carlsen back-to-back.2017🇺🇸So9/13Wesley So's breakthrough win.2018🇳🇴Carlsen9/13First ever tiebreak held. Carlsen beat Giri in blitz playoff.2019🇳🇴Carlsen9/13Carlsen's record 7th Wijk title.2020🇺🇸Caruana10/13Caruana dominates with +7 score.2021🇳🇱Van Foreest8.5/13First Dutch winner since 1981! Van Foreest wins on tiebreak.2022🇳🇴Carlsen9.5/13Carlsen's 8th Wijk title.2023🇳🇱Giri8.5/13Giri finally wins on home soil.2024🇨🇳Wei Yi8.5/13Wei Yi wins for China.2025🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa8.5/13Praggnanandhaa's maiden super-tournament victory.