The Tilburg chess tournament was a series of 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.

Winners

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	Jeroen Piket (Netherlands) (best on tie-break)  Boris Gelfand (Belarus)
2	1997	Peter Svidler (Russia) (best on tie-break)  Garry Kasparov (Russia)  Vladimir Kramnik (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 (Soviet Union)	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	8
2	Tony Miles (England)	0	*	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	7
3	Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia)	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	6
4	Jan Timman (Netherlands)	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	0	½	½	1	6
5	Lubomir Kavalek (United States)	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	6
6	Robert Hübner (West Germany)	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	1	½	½	½	1	6
7	Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia)	½	0	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	1	½	5½
8	Ulf Andersson (Sweden)	0	1	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	5
9	Yuri Balashov (Soviet Union)	0	0	½	1	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	5
10	Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union)	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	4½
11	Gennadi Sosonko (Netherlands)	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	4
12	Fridrik Olafsson (Iceland)	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	3

1978

The second edition was similar in strength to 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 (Hungary)	*	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	0	1	½	7
2	Jan Timman (Netherlands)	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	6½
3	Roman Dzindzichashvili (Israel)	½	½	*	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	6
4	Robert Hübner (West Germany)	0	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	6
5	Tony Miles (England)	0	½	1	½	*	0	0	½	1	½	1	1	6
6	Walter Browne (United States)	0	½	½	½	1	*	1	½	½	1	0	0	5½
7	Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia)	½	½	½	½	1	0	*	½	0	½	½	1	5½
8	Boris Spassky (France)	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	0	1	1	½	5½
9	Bent Larsen (Denmark)	½	0	½	0	0	½	1	1	*	½	½	½	5
10	Ljubomir Ljubojević (Yugoslavia)	1	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	½	1	4½
11	Gennadi Sosonko (Netherlands)	0	½	½	½	0	1	½	0	½	½	*	½	4½
12	Zoltán Ribli (Hungary)	½	½	0	½	0	1	0	½	½	0	½	*	4

1979