The Tilburg chess tournament was a series of very strong chess tournaments held in the Tilburg, The 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.
| # | Year | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1977 | Anatoly Karpov (Russia) |
| 2 | 1978 | Lajos Portisch (Hungary) |
| 3 | 1979 | Anatoly Karpov (Russia) |
| 4 | 1980 | Anatoly Karpov (Russia) |
| 5 | 1981 | Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine) |
| 6 | 1982 | Anatoly Karpov (Russia) |
| 7 | 1983 | Anatoly Karpov (Russia) |
| 8 | 1984 | Tony Miles (England) |
| 9 | 1985 | Tony Miles (England) Robert Hübner (Germany) Victor Korchnoi (Switzerland) |
| 10 | 1986 | Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine) |
| 11 | 1987 | Jan Timman (Netherlands) |
| 12 | 1988 | Anatoly Karpov (Russia) |
| 13 | 1989 | Garry Kasparov (Russia) |
| 14 | 1990 | Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) Gata Kamsky (USA) |
| 15 | 1991 | Garry Kasparov (Russia) |
| 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) |
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