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 || |- | 2 || 1977 || |- | 3 || 1978 || |- | 4 || 1979 || |- | 5 || 1980 || |- | 6 || 1981 || |- | 7 || 1982 || |- | 8 || 1983 || |- | 9 || 1984 || |- | 10 || 1985 || |- | 11 || 1986 || (match winner) |- | 12 || 1987 || (Danish Junior's Ch) |- | 13 || 1988 || |- | 14 || 1996 || |- | 15 || 2000 || |- | 16 || 2001 || |- | 17 || 2002 || |- | 18 || 2003 || |- | 19 || 2004 || |- | 20 || 2005 || |- | 21 || 2006 || |- | 22 || 2007 || |- | 23 || 2008 ||
References Homepage of the North Sea Cup
External links Chessbase News (22 July 2003). "18th North Sea Cup – Esbjerge, Denmark. July 4-12. Weeks, Mark (17 August 2006). The Week in Chess 610, "21st North Sea Cup". North Sea Cup Esbjerg Denmark