IBM international chess tournament
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The IBM international chess tournament was a series of very strong chess
tournaments held in the Amsterdam
, The Netherlands from 1961 to 1981, and was sponsored by IBM
.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
tournaments held in the Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, The Netherlands from 1961 to 1981, and was sponsored by IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
.
# | Year | Winner |
---|---|---|
1 | 1961 | |
2 | 1962 | |
3 | 1963 | |
4 | 1964 | |
5 | 1965 | |
6 | 1966 | |
7 | 1967 | |
8 | 1968 | |
9 | 1969 | |
10 | 1970 | |
11 | 1971 | |
12 | 1972 | |
13 | 1973 | |
14 | 1974 | |
15 | 1975 | |
16 | 1976 | |
17 | 1977 | |
18 | 1978 | |
19 | 1979 | |
20 | 1980 | |
21 | 1981 |
See also
- AVRO 1938 chess tournament
- Max Euwe Memorial Tournament
- List of strong chess tournaments