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The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is an annual chess tournament held in January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. It was called the Hoogovens Tournament from its creation in 1938 until the sponsor Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Steel to form the Corus Group in 1999, after which the tournament was renamed the Corus Chess Tournament. Corus Group was taken over by the Tata Group and became Tata Steel Europe in 2007,{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6319481.stm|title=India media upbeat on Tata's win|date=1 February 2007|access-date=26 February 2025|website=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409034142/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6319481.stm|archive-date=9 April 2023|url-status=live}} with the tournament changing to its current name in 2011. It has also been referred to as "Wijk aan Zee" since the venue change from the town of Beverwijk to the town of Wijk aan Zee in 1968. Despite the name changes, the series is numbered sequentially from its Hoogovens beginnings; for example, the 2025 event was referred to as the 87th Tata Steel Chess Tournament.{{cite web|url=https://tatasteelchess.com/en/event-program/masters-challengers-11|title=Masters & Challengers|website=Tata Steel Chess|date=18 January 2025|access-date=22 February 2025|archive-date=18 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118000931/https://tatasteelchess.com/en/event-program/masters-challengers-11|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/87th-Tata-Steel-Chess-2025-Round-12-report|last=Ahmed|first=Shahid|title=Gukesh or Praggnanandhaa - Who will win 87th Tata Steel Masters?|website=ChessBase|date=2 February 2025|access-date=22 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250211091455/https://chessbase.in/news/87th-Tata-Steel-Chess-2025-Round-12-report|archive-date=11 February 2025|url-status=live}}

Top grandmasters compete in the tournament, but regular club players are welcome to play in the lower groups.{{cite web|url =https://en.chessbase.com/post/ten-trivia-about-the-tata-steel-tournament-series-the-wimbledon-of-chess|title =Ten Trivia about the Tata Steel Tournament series, the Wimbledon of Chess|first =Eduard|last =Frey|website =ChessBase|date =13 January 2023|access-date=22 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115021756/https://en.chessbase.com/post/ten-trivia-about-the-tata-steel-tournament-series-the-wimbledon-of-chess|archive-date=15 January 2025|url-status=live}} The Masters group pits fourteen of the world's best players against each other in a round-robin tournament, and has sometimes been described as the "Wimbledon of Chess".{{cite web|url =https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jan/12/chess-magnus-carlsen-wijk-aan-zee|title =Magnus Carlsen aims for strong showing at 'Wimbledon of chess' event|first =Leonard|last =Barden|website =The Guardian|date =12 January 2018|access-date =22 February 2025|archive-date =1 December 2018|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20181201161326/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jan/12/chess-magnus-carlsen-wijk-aan-zee|url-status =live}}{{cite web|url =https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/10655-magnus-carlsen-wins-tata-steel-chess-tournament-2018.html|title =Magnus Carlsen wins Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018|website =FIDE|date =29 January 2018|access-date =18 March 2018|archive-date =28 January 2019|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190128135354/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/10655-magnus-carlsen-wins-tata-steel-chess-tournament-2018.html|url-status =dead}} Since 1938, there has been a long list of very strong winners; of the fifteen undisputed World Chess Champions since the first tournament in 1938, only five – Alexander Alekhine, Vasily Smyslov, Bobby Fischer, Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju – have not won it. In 2001, nine of the top ten players in the world participated.

Magnus Carlsen holds the record for most wins at the tournament, with eight. Viswanathan Anand is the only other player to have won the event five or more times, with five titles to his name. R Praggnanandhaa is the defending champion after defeating Gukesh in the tiebreaks in 2025.

Until recently, players ending on the same score shared the title. The first tie-break was held in 2018, with Magnus Carlsen defeating Anish Giri to clinch the title. As of the 2025 edition, if two or more players lead with the same score at the end of the round-robin, they all take part in the tiebreaks to determine the sole winner. The time control of the tiebreaks is blitz, and then sudden death.{{efn|The format and number of games is decided by the number of tied players.}}{{Cite web|url=https://tatasteelchess.com/en/format|title=Format|website=Tata Steel Chess|access-date=22 February 2025|archive-date=7 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207024055/https://tatasteelchess.com/en/format|url-status=live}}

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Tournament history

=Hoogovens Beverwijk=

The early tournaments were very small, starting with groups of four in 1938, and entry restricted to Dutch players. The first four tournaments continued this way, until 1942, when it was expanded to six players, and in 1943 to eight players. No tournament was held in 1945 due to World War II.{{explain|date=May 2025}} The first international tournament was held in 1946, with the field expanded to ten, and invitations to Alberic O'Kelly de Galway (Belgium) and Gösta Stoltz (Sweden) along with a Dutch contingent of eight.

The 1946 tournament was one of the first European international chess tournaments after World War II. Food shortages were still a problem in Europe, so the post-tournament banquet featured pea soup, "inexpensive fare of the common people". In subsequent years pea soup has been served as the first course of the concluding banquet, a tradition continued when the tournament was moved from Beverwijk to Wijk aan Zee.{{cite book|last1=Damsky|first1=Yakov|last2=Sugden|first2=John|date=25 August 2005 |title=The Batsford Book of Chess Records |publisher=Batsford Books|isbn=0-7134-8946-4|p=164 }}

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|quote = Normal people have to see Naples before they die…, but a chess grandmaster has to win the Wijk aan Zee tournament first of all.

|author = Commonly attributed to Bent Larsen, winner of the 1960 and 1961 editions

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The tournament field was increased to twelve in 1953, and an international women's tournament was also held. In 1954, the tournament field was returned to ten players, but the strength of the competitions increased. The field was greatly enlarged to 18 in 1963, and although it reduced to 16 in 1964, the event had become the strongest international chess tournament in the world.{{Cite book |last=Golombek |first=Harry |author-link=Harry Golombek |year=1977 |title=Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess |publisher=Crown Publishers |isbn=0-517-53146-1|p=143}}

As the tournament grew in stature, it began to offer lower groups such as a B-group (sometimes called "Challengers" in contrast to group-A or "Masters"), and occasionally a C-group. There also began a tradition to operate a year on year policy of inviting the winner of the B-group to the A-group.

File:Partij tussen Donner(links) en Eeuwe(rechts), Bestanddeelnr 909-2414.jpg Jan Hein Donner, 3 time winner vs former World Chess Champion (WCC) Max Euwe, 4 time winner, pictured at Hoogovens 1958|alt=Donner and Euwe talking after their game, still sitting at the board]]

File:Anefo 910-9356 Hoogovenschaaktoernooi.jpg, pictured at Hoogovens 1960, which he went on to win|alt=Petrosian thinking on a move]]

File:26e Hoogovenschaaktoernooi te Beverwijk, P Keres (USSR, Bestanddeelnr 915-9231.jpg, pictured at Hoogovens 1964, which he went on to win|alt=Keres thinks on a move]]

The winners of the top group were:{{Cite web|url=https://history.tatasteelchess.com/archive/tournament|title=All-time Tournaments – Tata Steel Chess|website=Tata Steel Chess|access-date=22 February 2025|archive-date=18 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118015011/https://history.tatasteelchess.com/archive/tournament|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://tatasteelchess.com/en/former-champions|title=Former Champions|website=Tata Steel Chess|access-date=29 April 2025}}

:

class="sortable wikitable"

|+ {{sronly|Winners 1938-1967}}

! scope=col |#

! scope=col | Year

! scope=col | Winner(s)

! scope=col | Country

! scope="col" | Score

! scope=col |{{Abbr|%|Percentage}}

scope=row rowspan="2" |1

| rowspan="2" |1938

|{{sortname|Jilling|Van Dijk}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

| rowspan="2" |2½/3

| rowspan="2" |83.3

{{sortname|Philip|Bakker}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

scope=row |2

|1939

|{{sortname|Nicolaas|Cortlever}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|3/3

|100.0

scope=row |3

|1940

|{{sortname|Max|Euwe}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|3/3

|100.0

scope=row |4

|1941

|{{sortname|Arthur|Wijnans}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|2½/3

|83.3

scope=row |5

|1942

|{{sortname|Max|Euwe}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|4½/5

|90.0

scope=row |6

|1943

|{{sortname|Arnold|van den Hoek}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|5½/7

|78.6

scope=row |7

|1944

|{{sortname|Theo|van Scheltinga}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|5/7

|71.4

scope=row |–

|1945

| align="center" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" |No competition{{efn|Due to World War II.}}

|

|

|

scope=row |8

|1946

|{{sortname|Alberic|O'Kelly de Galway}}

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium

|7/9

|77.8

scope=row |9

|1947

|{{sortname|Theo|van Scheltinga}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|7½/9

|83.3

scope=row |10

|1948

|{{sortname|Lodewijk|Prins}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|6½/9

|72.2

scope=row |11

|1949

|{{sortname|Savielly|Tartakower}}

|{{flagicon|FRA}} France

|6½/9

|72.2

scope=row |12

|1950

|{{sortname|Jan|Hein Donner}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|7/9

|77.8

scope=row |13

|1951

|{{sortname|Hermann|Pilnik}}

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Argentina

|6½/9

|72.2

scope=row |14

|1952

|{{sortname|Max|Euwe}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|7½/9

|83.3

scope=row |15

|1953

|{{sortname|Nicolas|Rossolimo}}

|{{flagicon|FRA}} France

|9/11

|81.8

scope=row rowspan="2"|16

|rowspan="2" |1954

|{{sortname|Hans|Bouwmeester}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

| rowspan="2" |6/9

|rowspan="2" |66.7

{{sortname|Vasja|Pirc}}

|{{flagicon|YUG}} SFR Yugoslavia

scope=row |17

|1955

|{{sortname|Borislav|Milić}}

|{{flagicon|YUG}} SFR Yugoslavia

|6½/9

|72.2

scope=row |18

|1956

|{{sortname|Gideon|Ståhlberg}}

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden

|6½/9

|72.2

scope=row |19

|1957

|{{sortname|Aleksandar|Matanović}}

|{{flagicon|YUG}} SFR Yugoslavia

|6½/9

|72.2

scope=row rowspan="2" |20

|rowspan="2" |1958

|{{sortname|Max|Euwe}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

| rowspan="2" |5½/9

|rowspan="2" |61.1

{{sortname|Jan|Hein Donner}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

scope=row |21

|1959

|{{sortname|Friðrik|Ólafsson}}

|{{flagicon|ISL}} Iceland

|7½/9

|83.3

scope=row rowspan="2" |22

|rowspan="2" |1960

|{{sortname|Bent|Larsen}}

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark

| rowspan="2" |6½/9

|rowspan="2" |72.2

{{sortname|Tigran|Petrosian}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union

scope=row rowspan="2" |23

|rowspan="2" |1961

|{{sortname|Bent|Larsen}}

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark

| rowspan="2" |7½/9

|rowspan="2" |83.3

{{sortname|Borislav|Ivkov}}

|{{flagicon|YUG}} SFR Yugoslavia

scope=row |24

|1962

|{{sortname|Petar|Trifunović}}

|{{flagicon|YUG}} SFR Yugoslavia

|6/9

|66.7

scope=row |25

|1963

|{{sortname|Jan|Hein Donner}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|12/17

|70.6

scope=row rowspan="2" |26

|rowspan="2" |1964

|{{sortname|Paul|Keres}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union

| rowspan="2" |11½/15

|rowspan="2" |76.6

{{sortname|Iivo|Nei}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union

scope=row rowspan="2" |27

|rowspan="2" |1965

|{{sortname|Lajos|Portisch}}

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary

| rowspan="2" |10½/15

|rowspan="2" |70.0

{{sortname|Efim|Geller}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union

scope=row |28

|1966

|{{sortname|Lev|Polugaevsky}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union

|11½/15

|76.6

scope=row |29

|1967

|{{sortname|Boris|Spassky}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union

|11/15

|73.3

=Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee=

File:Mikhail_Tal_1973.jpg, 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, 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, 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.{{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}} Starting from 1982, the tournament mostly settled to its present number of 14 players. The winners of the top group were:

:

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

|1983

|{{sortname|Ulf|Andersson}}

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden

|9/13

|69.2

scope=row rowspan="2" |46

| rowspan="2" |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

|1985

|{{sortname|Jan|Timman}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|9/13

|69.2

scope=row |48

|1986

|{{sortname|Nigel|Short}}

|{{flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom

|9½/13

|73.1

scope=row rowspan="2" |49

| rowspan="2" |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

|1988

|{{sortname|Anatoly|Karpov}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union

|9/13

|69.2

scope=row rowspan="4" |51

| rowspan="4" |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

|1990

|{{sortname|John|Nunn}}

|{{flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom

|8/13

|61.5

scope=row |53

|1991

|{{sortname|John|Nunn}}

|{{flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom

|8½/13

|65.4

scope=row rowspan="2" |54

| rowspan="2" |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

|1993

|{{sortname|Anatoly|Karpov}}

|{{flagicon|RUS|1991}} Russia

|2½/4{{efn|name="KO"|Edition was held as a single-elimination tournament}}

|

scope=row |56

|1994

|{{sortname|Predrag|Nikolić}}

|{{flagicon|BIH|1992}} Bosnia and Herzegovina

|7/9

|77.8

scope=row |57

|1995

|{{sortname|Alexey|Dreev}}

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

|2½/4{{efn|name="KO"}}

|

scope=row |58

|1996

|{{sortname|Vasyl|Ivanchuk}}

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine

|9/13

|69.2

scope=row |59

|1997

|{{sortname|Valery|Salov}}

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

|8½/13

|65.4

scope=row rowspan="2" |60

| rowspan="2" |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

|1999

|{{sortname|Garry|Kasparov}}

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

|10/13

|76.9

=Corus tournament=

File:HoogovensChess1998JuditPolgar.jpg pictured at Hoogovens 1998; she came 2nd in the 2003 edition–the highest position by a woman in the tournament|alt=Polgar thinks on a move]]

File:VAnand10.jpg, who is also a 5 time winner, pictured at Corus 2010|alt=Anand making a move]]

From 2000, the formal name for the tournament was changed to the "Corus Chess Tournament". The winners of the A-group were:

:

class="sortable wikitable"

|+ {{sronly|Winners 2000-2010}}

! scope=col | #

! scope=col | Year

! scope=col | Winner(s)

! scope=col | Country

! scope="col" | Score

! scope="col | {{Abbr|%|Percentage}}

scope=row |62

|2000

|{{sortname|Garry|Kasparov}}

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

|9½/13

|73.1

scope=row |63

|2001

|{{sortname|Garry|Kasparov}}

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

|9/13

|69.2

scope=row |64

|2002

|{{sortname|Evgeny|Bareev}}

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

|9/13

|69.2

scope=row |65

|2003

|{{sortname|Viswanathan|Anand||Viswanathan, Anand}}

|{{flagicon|IND}} India

|8½/13

|65.4

scope=row |66

|2004

|{{sortname|Viswanathan|Anand||Viswanathan, Anand}}

|{{flagicon|IND}} India

|8½/13

|65.4

scope=row |67

|2005

|{{sortname|Peter|Leko}}

|{{flagicon|HUN}}Hungary

|8½/13

|65.4

scope=row rowspan="2" |68

| rowspan="2" |2006

|{{sortname|Viswanathan|Anand||Viswanathan, Anand}}

|{{flagicon|IND}} India

| rowspan="2" |9/13

| rowspan="2" |69.2

{{sortname|Veselin|Topalov}}

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Bulgaria

scope=row rowspan="3" |69

| rowspan="3" |2007

|{{sortname|Levon|Aronian}}

|{{flagicon|ARM}} Armenia

| rowspan="3" |8½/13

| rowspan="3" |65.4

{{sortname|Teimour|Radjabov}}

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Azerbaijan

{{sortname|Veselin|Topalov}}

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Bulgaria

scope=row rowspan="2" |70

| rowspan="2" |2008

|{{sortname|Levon|Aronian}}

|{{flagicon|ARM}} Armenia

| rowspan="2" |8/13

| rowspan="2" |61.5

{{sortname|Magnus|Carlsen}}

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Norway

scope=row |71

|2009

|{{sortname|Sergey|Karjakin}}

|{{flagicon|RUS}}Russia

|8/13

|61.5

scope=row |72

|2010

|{{sortname|Magnus|Carlsen}}

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Norway

|8½/13

|65.4

=Tata Steel tournament=

File:Magnus Carlsen Tata Steel 2013.jpg, who is also an 8 time winner, pictured at Tata Steel 2013, which he went on to win|alt=Carlsen makes a move]]

File:TataSteelChessLeiden25.jpg vs former WCC Viswanathan Anand, pictured at Tata Steel 2019, which Carlsen went on to win|alt=Carlsen thinks on a move, while Anand looks away]]

File:TataSteelChess2025.jpg (sitting center) and eventual winner R Praggnanandhaa (sitting, 2nd from right)|alt=7 GMs sitting on chairs in a row, 7 standing behind them]]

From 2011, the formal name changed to the "Tata Steel Chess Tournament". The winners of the Masters section were:

:

class="sortable wikitable"

|+ {{sronly|Winners 2011-present}}

! scope=col | #

! scope=col | Year

! scope=col | Winner

! scope=col | Country

! scope=col" |Score

! scope=col |{{Abbr|%|Percentage}}

scope=row |73

|2011

|{{sortname|Hikaru|Nakamura}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} United States

|9/13

|69.2

scope=row |74

|2012

|{{sortname|Levon|Aronian}}

|{{flagicon|ARM}} Armenia

|9/13

|69.2

scope=row |75

|2013

|{{sortname|Magnus|Carlsen}}

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Norway

|10/13

|76.9

scope=row |76

|2014

|{{sortname|Levon|Aronian}}

|{{flagicon|ARM}} Armenia

|8/11

|72.7

scope=row |77

|2015

|{{sortname|Magnus|Carlsen}}

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Norway

|9/13

|69.2

scope=row |78

|2016

|{{sortname|Magnus|Carlsen}}

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Norway

|9/13

|69.2

scope=row |79

|2017

|{{sortname|Wesley|So}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} United States

|9/13

|69.2

scope=row |80

|2018

|{{sortname|Magnus|Carlsen}}

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Norway

|9/13

|69.2

scope=row |81

|2019

|{{sortname|Magnus|Carlsen}}

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Norway

|9/13

|69.2

scope=row |82

|2020

|{{sortname|Fabiano|Caruana}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} United States

|10/13

|76.9

scope=row |83

|2021

|{{sortname|Jorden|van Foreest}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|8½/13

|65.4

scope=row |84

|2022

|{{sortname|Magnus|Carlsen}}

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Norway

|9½/13

|73.1

scope=row |85

|2023

|{{sortname|Anish|Giri}}

|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|8½/13

|65.4

scope=row |86

|2024

|{{sortname|Wei|Yi||Wei, Yi}}

|{{flagicon|CHN}} China

|8½/13

|65.4

scope=row |87

|2025

|{{sortname|R|Praggnanandhaa||R, Praggnanandhaa}}

|{{flagicon|IND}} India

|8½/13

|65.4

Multiple winners

The following players have won the tournament more than once; years where they shared the title are bolded.

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+{{sronly|Multiple winners}}

!scope="col"|Player

!scope="col"|Country

! scope="col" |Wins

!scope="col"|Tournaments Won

scope="row"|{{sortname|Magnus|Carlsen}}

|{{Flagicon|NOR}} Norway

|8 (1 shared)

|2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022

scope="row"|{{sortname|Viswanathan|Anand||Viswanathan, Anand}}

|{{Flagicon|IND}} India

|5 (3 shared)

|1989, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006

scope="row"|{{sortname|Max|Euwe}}

|{{Flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|4 (1 shared)

|1940, 1942, 1952, 1958

scope="row"|{{sortname|Levon|Aronian}}

|{{Flagicon|ARM}} Armenia

|4 (2 shared)

|2007, 2008, 2012, 2014

scope="row"|{{sortname|Victor|Korchnoi}}

|{{Flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union
{{Flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland

|4 (2 shared)

|1968, 1971, 1984, 1987

scope="row"|{{sortname|Lajos|Portisch}}

|{{Flagicon|HUN}} Hungary

|4 (1 shared)

|1965, 1972, 1975, 1978

scope="row"|{{sortname|Jan|Hein Donner}}

|{{Flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|3 (1 shared)

|1950, 1958, 1963

scope="row"|{{sortname|Efim|Geller}}

|{{Flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union

|3 (3 shared)

|1965, 1969, 1977

scope="row"|{{sortname|Garry|Kasparov}}

|{{Flagicon|RUS}} Russia

|3

|1999, 2000, 2001

scope="row"|{{sortname|John|Nunn}}

|{{Flagicon|GBR}} United Kingdom

|3 (1 shared)

|1982, 1990, 1991

scope="row"|{{sortname|Walter|Browne}}

|{{Flagicon|USA}} United States

|2 (1 shared)

|1974, 1980

scope="row"|{{sortname|Anatoly|Karpov}}

|{{Flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union
{{Flagicon|RUS|1991}} Russia

|2

|1988, 1993

scope="row"|{{sortname|Bent|Larsen}}

|{{Flagicon|DEN}} Denmark

|2 (2 shared)

|1960, 1961

scope="row"|{{sortname|Predrag|Nikolić}}

|{{Flagicon|YUG}} SFR Yugoslavia
{{Flagicon|BIH|1992}} Bosnia and Herzegovina

|2 (1 shared)

|1989, 1994

scope="row"|{{sortname|Friðrik|Ólafsson}}

|{{Flagicon|ISL}} Iceland

|2 (1 shared)

|1959, 1976

scope="row"|{{sortname|Lev|Polugaevsky}}

|{{Flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union

|2

|1966, 1979

scope="row"|{{sortname|Valery|Salov}}

|{{Flagicon|RUS|1991}} Russia

|2 (1 shared)

|1992, 1997

scope="row"|{{sortname|Gennadi|Sosonko}}

|{{Flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|2 (2 shared)

|1977, 1981

scope="row"|{{sortname|Nigel|Short}}

|{{Flagicon|GBR}} United Kingdom

|2 (1 shared)

|1986, 1987

scope="row"|{{sortname|Jan|Timman}}

|{{Flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|2 (1 shared)

|1981, 1985

scope="row"|{{sortname|Veselin|Topalov}}

|{{Flagicon|BUL}} Bulgaria

|2 (2 shared)

|2006, 2007

scope="row"|{{sortname|Theo|van Scheltinga}}

|{{Flagicon|NED}} Netherlands

|2

|1944, 1947

See also

Notes

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References

{{reflist}}

External links

{{Commons category|Tata Steel chess tournament}}

  • {{Official website|http://www.tatasteelchess.com}}

{{Tata Steel Chess Tournament}}

{{Grand Slam Chess}}

{{Chess tournaments}}

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