North Sea Cup (chess)

The North Sea Cup was an open chess tournament played in Esbjerg, Denmark from 1976 to 2008. Until 2003 there was an amateur section (a Swiss system tournament) and a 10-player round-robin tournament for titled players. The exceptions are 1986 and 1987. In 1986 the titled section was the play off for the Danish Chess Championship. In 1987 the titled section was replaced by the Danish Juniors' Championship. From 2004 the tournament has only one division, a nine- or ten-round Swiss system.

The North Sea Cup was not played in 2009.

Winners

 * {| class="wikitable"

! # !! Year !! Winner
 * 1	||	1976	||	Ulrik Rath Uwe Kunstowicz
 * 2	||	1977	||	Jens Kristiansen
 * 3	||	1978	||	Bent Larsen
 * 4	||	1979	||	László Vadász Jonathan Mestel
 * 5	||	1980	||	Artur Yusupov
 * 6	||	1981	||	Lars Karlsson
 * 7	||	1982	||	Ľubomír Ftáčnik
 * 8	||	1983	||	Curt Hansen
 * 9	||	1984	||	Nigel Short
 * 10	||	1985	||	Andras Adorjan
 * 11	||	1986	||	Carsten Hoi (match winner)
 * 12	||	1987	||	Lars Bo Hansen (Danish Junior's Ch)
 * 13	||	1988	||	Rafael Vaganian Viktor Kupreichik
 * 14	||	1996	||	John Emms
 * 15	||	2000	||	Peter Svidler Mikhail Gurevich
 * 16	||	2001	||	Peter Heine Nielsen Emil Sutovsky
 * 17	||	2002	||	Lazaro Bruzon Leinier Domínguez
 * 18	||	2003	||	Alexey Dreev Luke McShane Krishnan Sasikiran
 * 19	||	2004	||	Nikola Sedlak
 * 20	||	2005	||	Vladimir Belov
 * 21	||	2006	||	Stefan Đurić Aloyzas Kveinys 	Igor Rausis Gerhard Schebler
 * 22	||	2007	||	Karsten Rasmussen
 * 23     ||      2008    ||      Vadim Malakhatko
 * }
 * 13	||	1988	||	Rafael Vaganian Viktor Kupreichik
 * 14	||	1996	||	John Emms
 * 15	||	2000	||	Peter Svidler Mikhail Gurevich
 * 16	||	2001	||	Peter Heine Nielsen Emil Sutovsky
 * 17	||	2002	||	Lazaro Bruzon Leinier Domínguez
 * 18	||	2003	||	Alexey Dreev Luke McShane Krishnan Sasikiran
 * 19	||	2004	||	Nikola Sedlak
 * 20	||	2005	||	Vladimir Belov
 * 21	||	2006	||	Stefan Đurić Aloyzas Kveinys 	Igor Rausis Gerhard Schebler
 * 22	||	2007	||	Karsten Rasmussen
 * 23     ||      2008    ||      Vadim Malakhatko
 * }
 * 19	||	2004	||	Nikola Sedlak
 * 20	||	2005	||	Vladimir Belov
 * 21	||	2006	||	Stefan Đurić Aloyzas Kveinys 	Igor Rausis Gerhard Schebler
 * 22	||	2007	||	Karsten Rasmussen
 * 23     ||      2008    ||      Vadim Malakhatko
 * }
 * 22	||	2007	||	Karsten Rasmussen
 * 23     ||      2008    ||      Vadim Malakhatko
 * }
 * 23     ||      2008    ||      Vadim Malakhatko
 * }