Groningen Chess Festival — GM group

🏆 📊 📈 STATISTICS FOR YEARS 1988-1998
no.	host city			year	winner		system	players	games	PGN
	Since 2007, the Open has been the main event. A closed tournament is still held every year, but it is relatively weak.
45.	Groningen			2006	Ernst, Sipke		RR	10	45
44.	Groningen			2005	Ernst, Sipke		RR	10	45
43.	Groningen			2004	Kuzubov, Yuriy		RR	10	45
42.	Groningen			2003	Nijboer, Friso		RR	10	45
41.	Groningen			2002	Nijboer, Friso		RR	10	40
40.	Groningen			2001	Ernst, Sipke		RR	10	45
39.	Groningen			2000	no closed tournament
38. Y	Groningen			1999	Bokros, Albert		RR	12	66
37.	Groningen			1998	=Tiviakov, Sergei =Milov, Vadim		DRR	6	30
36. WC	Groningen			1997	Anand, Viswanathan		KO	100	323
35.	Groningen			1996	Short, Nigel David		RR	12	66
34.	Groningen			1995	Karpov, Anatoly		RR	12	66
33.	Groningen			1994	Almási, Zoltán		RR	12	66
32. I	Groningen			1993	=Adams, Michael =Anand, Viswanathan		S-11	54	297
31.	Groningen			1992	Piket, Jeroen		RR	10	45
30.	Groningen			1991	=Piket, Jeroen =Hansen, Curt		RR	10	45
29.	Groningen			1990	=Adams, Michael =Piket, Jeroen =Khalifman, Alexander =Rogers, Ian		RR	10	45
28.	Groningen			1989	Rogers, Ian		RR	10	45
27.	Groningen			1988	Rogers, Ian		RR	10	45
	From 1963 until 1987 the main part of Groningen Chess Festival was the Niemeyer/European Junior Championship.