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The Tilburg chess tournament was a series of very strong chess tournaments held in Tilburg, Netherlands. It was established in 1977 and ran continuously through 1994 under the sponsorship of Interpolis, an insurance company. Fontys Hogescholen shortly revived the tournament series from 1996 to 1998, when the last edition was played. Since 1994 there is another annual chess tournament taking place in Tilburg, which has the name De Stukkenjagers, the field is generally much weaker than the traditional Tilburg tournament.

Tilburg chess tournament
# Year Winner
1 1977  Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union)
2 1978  Lajos Portisch (Hungary)
3 1979  Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union)
4 1980  Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union)
5 1981  Alexander Beliavsky (Soviet Union)
6 1982  Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union)
7 1983  Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union)
8 1984  Tony Miles (England)
9 1985  Tony Miles (England)
 Robert Hübner (West Germany)
 Victor Korchnoi (Switzerland)
10 1986  Alexander Beliavsky (Soviet Union)
11 1987  Jan Timman (Netherlands)
12 1988  Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union)
13 1989  Garry Kasparov (Soviet Union)
14 1990  Vassily Ivanchuk (Soviet Union)
 Gata Kamsky (United States)
15 1991  Garry Kasparov (Soviet Union)
16 1992  Michael Adams (England)
17 1993  Anatoly Karpov (Russia)
18 1994  Valery Salov (Russia)
1 1996  Boris Gelfand (Israel)
 Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)
2 1997  Peter Svidler (Russia)
3 1998  Viswanathan Anand (India)

1977

The first edition was a very strong all-grandmaster event of Category 14. It was a single round-robin tournament with twelve players. Karpov won the event.

Tilburg 1977 - cat.14 (2581)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total
1 Anatoly Karpov * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8
2 Tony Miles 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 7
3 Vlastimil Hort ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6
4 Jan Timman ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 6
5 Lubomir Kavalek ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6
6 Robert Hübner 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6
7 Svetozar Gligorić ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½
8 Ulf Andersson 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 5
9 Yuri Balashov 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 5
10 Vasily Smyslov ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 4½
11 Gennadi Sosonko ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 4
12 Fridrik Olafsson 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 3

1978

The second edition was similar in strength as the first edition, again an all grandmaster event of category 14. No Russian players participated as Karpov and Korchnoi were playing a match at that time and their proposed Russian replacements were not accepted. Portisch won the event.

Tilburg 1978 - cat.14 (2593)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total
1 Lajos Portisch * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 7
2 Jan Timman ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 6½
3 Roman Dzindzichashvili ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6
4 Robert Hübner 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 6
5 Tony Miles 0 ½ 1 ½ * 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6
6 Walter Browne 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 5½
7 Vlastimil Hort ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5½
8 Boris Spassky ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 5½
9 Bent Larsen ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 * ½ ½ ½ 5
10 Ljubomir Ljubojević 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 4½
11 Gennadi Sosonko 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 4½
12 Zoltán Ribli ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 4

1979

Tilburg 1979 - cat.15 (2605)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total
1 Anatoly Karpov * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½
2 Oleg Romanishin ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7
3 Lajos Portisch ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 6½
4 Gyula Sax ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6
5 Gennadi Sosonko 0 1 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 5½
6 Bent Larsen 0 ½ 0 1 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 5½
7 Boris Spassky ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½
8 Jan Timman ½ 0 1 0 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 5½
9 Robert Hübner ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 5
10 Vlastimil Hort 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 5
11 Lubomir Kavalek ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 4½
12 Vasily Smyslov 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 2½

1980

Tilburg 1980 - cat.15 (2619)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total
1 Anatoly Karpov * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 7½
2 Lajos Portisch ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 7
3 Jan Timman 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½
4 Gennadi Sosonko ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6
5 Boris Spassky 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 6
6 Mikhail Tal ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½
7 Vlastimil Hort ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5
8 Bent Larsen 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ 5
9 Ulf Andersson 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4½
10 Zoltán Ribli 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 4½
11 Robert Hübner 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 4½
12 Lubomir Kavalek ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 4

1981

Tilburg 1981 - cat.15 (2608)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total
1 Alexander Beliavsky * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7½
2 Tigran Petrosian ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 7
3 Lajos Portisch 1 ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 6½
4 Jan Timman 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 6½
5 Ljubomir Ljubojević ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6
6 Ulf Andersson ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 5½
7 Boris Spassky ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½
8 Garry Kasparov ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½
9 Gennadi Sosonko 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ ½ 4½
10 Bent Larsen 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 * 0 1 4½
11 Robert Hübner 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 4
12 Tony Miles 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 3

1982

Tilburg 1982 - cat.14 (2599)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total
1 Anatoly Karpov * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 7½
2 Jan Timman ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 7
3 Ulf Andersson ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6½
4 Gennadi Sosonko ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½
5 Tigran Petrosian 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 6
6 Vasily Smyslov ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6
7 John Nunn 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 5
8 Lajos Portisch 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 5
9 Walter Browne ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ 1 5
10 Robert Hübner 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 4½
11 Eugenio Torre 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 4½
12 Bent Larsen 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 * 2½

1983

Tilburg 1983 - cat.15 (2613)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total
1 Anatoly Karpov * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7
2 Ljubomir Ljubojević ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 6½
3 Lajos Portisch ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6½
4 Rafael Vaganian ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 6
5 Gennadi Sosonko ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6
6 Lev Polugaevsky 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½
7 Boris Spassky ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½
8 Robert Hübner ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 5½
9 Ulf Andersson ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 5
10 Jan Timman ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 5
11 Yasser Seirawan 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 4
12 John van der Wiel 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ * 3½

1984

Tilburg 1984 - cat.14 (2596)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total
1 Tony Miles * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 8
2 Robert Hübner ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 6½
3 Vladimir Tukmakov ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½
4 Zoltán Ribli ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 6½
5 Alexander Beliavsky ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½
6 Ljubomir Ljubojević ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6
7 Lajos Portisch 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ 0 1 1 5½
8 Jan Timman 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 5½
9 Ulf Andersson ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 5
10 Vasily Smyslov 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 1 0 4½
11 Gennadi Sosonko 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 3
12 John van der Wiel 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 * 2½

1985

Tilburg 1985 - cat.15 (2603)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1 Tony Miles ** 0½ 11 11 10 0½ 1½ ½½ 8½
2 Robert Hübner 1½ ** ½½ 10 ½½ ½1 ½½ ½1 8½
3 Viktor Kortschnoi 00 ½½ ** ½½ ½1 1½ 11 ½1 8½
4 Ljubomir Ljubojević 00 01 ½½ ** ½1 ½1 10 01 7
5 Lev Polugaevsky 01 ½½ ½0 ½0 ** 1½ 0½ ½½ 6
6 Oleg Romanishin 1½ ½0 0½ ½0 0½ ** ½½ 1½ 6
7 Jan Timman 0½ ½½ 00 01 1½ ½½ ** 01 6
8 Roman Dzindzichashvili ½½ ½0 ½0 10 ½½ 0½ 10 ** 5½

1986

Tilburg 1986 - cat.15 (2619)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1 Alexander Beliavsky ** 11 ½1 0½ 1½ ½½ 0½ ½1 8½
2 Ljubomir Ljubojević 00 ** ½½ 10 ½½ 1½ ½1 11 8
3 Anatoly Karpov ½0 ½½ ** ½½ ½½ 1½ ½½ ½1 7½
4 Tony Miles 1½ 01 ½½ ** 01 ½0 ½½ 01 7
5 Jan Timman 0½ ½½ ½½ 10 ** 10 ½½ ½1 7
6 Lajos Portisch ½½ 0½ 0½ ½1 01 ** ½½ ½1 7
7 Robert Hübner 1½ ½0 ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ** 0½ 6½
8 Viktor Kortschnoi ½0 00 ½0 10 ½0 ½0 1½ ** 4½

1987

Tilburg 1987 - cat.15 (2623)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1 Jan Timman ** ½½ ½½ 1½ ½1 ½½ 01 ½1 8½
2 Predrag Nikolić ½½ ** ½1 01 ½1 ½½ ½½ ½½ 8
3 Robert Hübner ½½ ½0 ** 11 ½½ ½½ ½½ 1½ 8
4 Viktor Kortschnoi 0½ 10 00 ** 1½ 1½ ½1 1½ 7½
5 Artur Jussupow ½0 ½0 ½½ 0½ ** ½½ 1½ 11 7
6 Ulf Andersson ½½ ½½ ½½ 0½ ½½ ** ½½ ½½ 6½
7 Andrei Sokolov 10 ½½ ½½ ½0 0½ ½½ ** ½½ 6
8 Ljubomir Ljubojević ½0 ½½ 0½ 0½ 00 ½½ ½½ ** 4½

1988

Tilburg 1988 - cat.15 (2627)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1 Anatoly Karpov ** ½½ ½1 1½ 11 ½½ 11 1½ 10½
2 Nigel Short ½½ ** 0½ ½½ ½½ 11 ½1 ½1 8½
3 Jóhann Hjartarson ½0 1½ ** ½½ ½0 ½½ 1½ 10 7
4 Predrag Nikolić 0½ ½½ ½½ ** ½0 ½1 ½½ 1½ 7
5 Jan Timman 00 ½½ ½1 ½1 ** 01 ½0 ½1 7
6 Robert Hübner ½½ 00 ½½ ½0 10 ** ½½ ½½ 5½
7 John van der Wiel 00 ½0 0½ ½½ ½1 ½½ ** 10 5½
8 Lajos Portisch 0½ ½0 01 0½ ½0 ½½ 01 ** 5

1989

Tilburg 1989 - cat.16 (2626)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1 Garry Kasparov ** ½1 ½1 1½ 1½ 11 11 11 12
2 Viktor Kortschnoi ½0 ** ½½ ½½ ½1 1½ 1½ 1½ 8½
3 Ljubomir Ljubojević ½0 ½½ ** ½½ 1½ 0½ 01 ½1 7
4 Gyula Sax 0½ ½½ ½½ ** 01 ½½ ½½ 1½ 7
5 Vassily Ivanchuk 0½ ½0 0½ 10 ** 1½ ½½ ½1 6½
6 Simen Agdestein 00 0½ 1½ ½½ 0½ ** ½½ ½½ 5½
7 Jóhann Hjartarson 00 0½ 10 ½½ ½½ ½½ ** 10 5½
8 Jeroen Piket 00 0½ ½0 0½ ½0 ½½ 01 ** 4

1990

Tilburg 1990 - cat.16 (2643)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1 Gata Kamsky ** ½1 1½ ½0 10 1½ 1½ ½½ 8½
2 Vassily Ivanchuk ½0 ** ½0 ½1 11 ½½ ½1 1½ 8½
3 Boris Gelfand 0½ ½1 ** 10 0½ 11 ½½ ½1 8
4 Nigel Short ½1 ½0 01 ** 10 ½0 1½ ½1 7½
5 Jan Timman 01 00 1½ 01 ** ½½ 0½ ½1 6½
6 Ulf Andersson 0½ ½½ 00 ½1 ½½ ** ½½ ½1 6½
7 Predrag Nikolić 0½ ½0 ½½ 0½ 1½ ½½ ** ½½ 6
8 Yasser Seirawan ½½ 0½ ½0 ½0 ½0 ½0 ½½ ** 4½

1991

Tilburg 1991 - cat.17 (2666)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1 Garry Kasparov ** ½½ 10 ½1 ½½ 11 1½ 11 10
2 Nigel Short ½½ ** 0½ ½½ 11 1½ ½½ 1½ 8½
3 Viswanathan Anand 01 1½ ** 10 10 0½ 1½ 1½ 8
4 Anatoly Karpov ½0 ½½ 01 ** ½0 ½1 ½1 ½1 7½
5 Gata Kamsky ½½ 00 01 ½1 ** 10 ½½ ½1 7
6 Jan Timman 00 0½ 1½ ½0 01 ** 10 11 6½
7 Viktor Kortschnoi 0½ ½½ 0½ ½0 ½½ 01 ** ½½ 5½
8 Evgeny Bareev 00 0½ 0½ ½0 ½0 00 ½½ ** 3

1992

In 1992 the tournament was for the first time held in the knockout format and comprised three days per round. Game one on day one, game two on day two (both at classic time limits). Day three was a rest day, but for those tied 1-1 it was the day to play two more tie-break games (each with rapid time limit) and in a few cases, another two. The format was described by some commentators as very brutal. Anyone getting off to a slow start would be eliminated and sent home in just two or three days, such as happened to the entire Hungarian squad of Lajos Portisch, Gyula Sax, Zoltán Ribli, József Pintér and Peter Leko. Those who did not win cleanly in the initial two games of each round found fatigue a great problem, due to having to give up their rest days. The benefit over the old double round-robin format, was that it opened up the potential for an unexpected winner and this made it exciting for the spectators. The traditional format favours those highly graded players who win year after year by agreeing quick draws against their closest rivals and defeating the rest.

The 1992 edition had 111 participants, 94 in round one, with the 47 winners then being joined by 17 seeded players given a bye to round two. Round two therefore comprised 64 players, round three 32 and round four 16. Below are the results from round four onwards. At the time, this was the largest prize fund of any traditional tournament. Adams won 100,000 Dutch guilders, the overall fund was 500,000 dg. The seeded players were given very generous conditions of a guaranteed 10,000 guilders to ensure their attendance.

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Vassily Ivanchuk 3
Yasser Seirawan 1 Vassily Ivanchuk 2½
Artur Yusupov 1½ Gata Kamsky 3½
Gata Kamsky 2½ Gata Kamsky 2½
Boris Gelfand 1½ Boris Gelfand 3½
Edvins Kengis ½ Boris Gelfand 4
Sergei Tiviakov ½ Viktor Korchnoi 2
Viktor Korchnoi 1½ Boris Gelfand 1½
Alexey Vyzmanavin 1 Michael Adams 2½
Predrag Nikolić 3 Predrag Nikolić 2
Nigel Short 0 Ilya Smirin 4
Ilya Smirin 2 Ilya Smirin ½
Vasily Smyslov 2½ Michael Adams 1½
Evgeny Sveshnikov 3½ Evgeny Sveshnikov ½
Andrei Kovalev ½ Michael Adams 1½
Michael Adams 1½

1993

The 1993 edition was played in the same format as the 1992 edition with 112 participants; round one had 96 unseeded entrants and 16 seeded players (with a bye) joined the winners in round two. Tie-break games were played at a time control of twenty minutes plus ten second increment. The prize fund was the same as last year: 500,000 Dutch guilders (100,000 for the winner) and minimum 10,000 dg. guaranteed to seeded players. Of the seventeen host country players that started, only two made it past the first round. They were joined by the seeded Jan Timman and Jeroen Piket. Paul van der Sterren declined to play after his request to be seeded was turned down.

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Anatoly Karpov 2½
Gregory Kaidanov 1½ Anatoly Karpov 1½
Artur Yusupov 2½ Artur Yusupov ½
Gata Kamsky 1½ Anatoly Karpov 1½
Alexey Dreev 1½ Alexander Beliavsky ½
Rafael Vaganian 2½ Rafael Vaganian 1½
Predrag Nikolić ½ Alexander Beliavsky 2½
Alexander Beliavsky 1½ Anatoly Karpov 2½
Alexei Shirov 1½ Vassily Ivanchuk 1½
Eduardas Rozentalis ½ Alexei Shirov 2
Evgeny Bareev 2 Evgeny Bareev 0
Ognjen Cvitan 0 Alexei Shirov 1½
Alexander Morozevich 1 Vassily Ivanchuk 2½
Kiril Georgiev 3 Kiril Georgiev 1
Vassily Ivanchuk 1½ Vassily Ivanchuk 3
Vladimir Epishin ½

1994

The final edition to be organised under Interpolis' sponsorship was another large knockout tournament.

At the opening ceremony, a spokesman for Interpolis shocked the audience with an announcement that the company was reconsidering its chess and other public relations activities, following a total merger with Rabobank. FIDE President Florencio Campomanes attended the opening, primarily to lend support to the FIDE Women's Candidates tournament, which was being held at Tilburg alongside the Interpolis event.

The event commenced with a first round of 112 participants and the 56 winners were then joined by eight seeded players to make up a 64-player second round. The seeded players were Karpov (Elo rating 2780), Salov (2710), Ivanchuk (2695), Bareev (2695), Khalifman (2645), Epishin (2650), Timman (2635), and K. Georgiev (2615).

Due to a clash with another strong tournament in Horgen, the line-up was slightly depleted this time. Garry Kasparov, Alexei Shirov, Artur Yusupov, Viktor Korchnoi, Joël Lautier, Boris Gelfand, Peter Leko and Tony Miles were among those who favoured the rival event. Additionally, some Russian players were staying at home to prepare for their national championship, a precursor to selection for the Olympiad team.

Everyone was surprised to see the return of the Brazilian GM Henrique Mecking, a former world-class player, who had suffered a life-threatening condition some eighteen years previously and had been in a slow recovery ever since.

Held at the Interpolis headquarters, round one heralded the largest number of 'big reputation' casualties since the introduction of the knockout format. Alexander Beliavsky, Victor Bologan, Mikhail Gurevich, Curt Hansen, Lembit Oll, Alon Greenfeld, Ilya Smirin, Veselin Topalov and home favourite Jeroen Piket all had to pack their bags after just three days.

As before, each round comprised two (classic time limit) games on days one and two, followed by a rest day, which was also the day to conclude tie-breaks (starting with pairs of rapid time limit games and followed, if necessary, with blitz games).

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Evgeny Bareev 1½
Vladimir Tukmakov 2½ Evgeny Bareev 1½
Alexey Dreev 1½ Alexey Dreev ½
Zoltán Almási ½ Evgeny Bareev 1½
Kiril Georgiev 3½ Anatoly Karpov ½
Ivan Sokolov 2½ Kiril Georgiev 0
Anatoly Karpov 2 Anatoly Karpov 2
Alexander Shabalov 0 Evgeny Bareev ½
Zurab Azmaiparashvili 1½ Valery Salov 1½
Vassily Ivanchuk 2½ Vassily Ivanchuk 4
Alexander Khalifman 1½ Alexander Khalifman 2
Leonid Yudasin ½ Vassily Ivanchuk 1½
Vladimir Akopian 1½ Valery Salov 2½
Evgeny Pigusov ½ Vladimir Akopian ½
Valery Salov 1½ Valery Salov 1½
Grigory Serper ½

1996

Tilburg 1996 - cat.16 (2648)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total
1 Jeroen Piket * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7
2 Boris Gelfand ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7
3 Alexei Shirov 0 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6½
4 Loek van Wely 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 6
5 Peter Leko ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6
6 Anatoly Karpov ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 5½
7 Michael Adams ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½
8 Emil Sutovskij ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 0 1 5
9 Zoltán Almási ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 4½
10 Peter Svidler ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 4½
11 Joël Lautier 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 4½
12 Judit Polgár ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ * 4

1997

Tilburg 1997 - cat.17 (2667)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total
1 Peter Svidler * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8
2 Garry Kasparov 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8
3 Vladimir Kramnik ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 8
4 Michael Adams ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7
5 Peter Leko ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 7
6 Judit Polgár ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6
7 Alexei Shirov 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5
8 Joël Lautier ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 1 4½
9 Loek van Wely ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 4½
10 Alexander Onischuk 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 4
11 Jeroen Piket 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 2½
12 Tal Shaked 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1½

1998

Tilburg 1998 - cat.18 (2680)
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total
1 Viswanathan Anand * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½
2 Peter Leko ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7
3 Matthew Sadler ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6
4 Vadim Zvjaginsev ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6
5 Vladimir Kramnik 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6
6 Jeroen Piket ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½
7 Michael Adams 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5½
8 Peter Svidler ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * 1 0 0 ½ 5
9 Loek van Wely ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 5
10 Veselin Topalov ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * 0 ½ 4½
11 Joël Lautier 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 * ½ 4½
12 Viktor Korchnoi 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 3½

References

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