TILBURG

A city in south-eastern Holland which hosted world class tournaments from 1977, sponsored by the Dutch insurance company Interpolis and the Fontys University from 1996 to 1998.

The  winners were: 1977 Anatoly Karpov, 1978 Lajos Portisch, 1979 Anatoly Karpov, 1980 Anatoly Karpov, 1981 Alexander Beliavsky, 1982 Anatoly Karpov, 1983 Anatoly Karpov, 1984 Antony Miles, 1985 Antony Miles, 1986 Anatoly Beliavsky, 1987 Jan Timman, 1988 Anatoly Karpov, 1989 Garry Kasparov, 1990 Gata Kamsky and Vassily Ivanchuk, 1991 Garry Kasparov, 1992 Michael Adams, 1993 Anatoly Karpov, 1996 Boris Gelfand and Jeroen Piket, 1997 Garry Kasparov, Gata Kamsky and Peter Svidler and in 1998 Vishy Anand.