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were initiated and organized by members of the CSVN, Cock de Gorter //et al.//, and hosted by the [|Aegon] [|insurance] company in [|The Hague], [|the Netherlands]. An equal number of human players and computer chess programs were playing six (1986 seven, 1989 five) rounds of a [|swiss system], with the constraint of man playing machines only. The Aegon tournament started almost with local chess players and anti-computer chess specialists. Later more and more [|International Masters] and [|Grandmasters] were invited, with increasing costs for the sponsor. Apparently due to the 1997 Kasparov versus Deep Blue match, the 1997 Tournament was the last edition.
 * The Aegon Man-Machine Tournaments**,

=Editions=  =Photos=
 * ~ Edition ||~ Players ||~ Rounds ||||~ Man vs. Mach. ||~ Winner ||~ P ||~ Best Program ||~ P ||~ Rank ||
 * Aegon 1986 ||= 2*11 ||~ 7 ||= **41½** ||= 35½ ||< [|Fred van der Vliet] ||~ 6 ||< Rebel ||= 4½ ||= 5 ||
 * Aegon 1987 ||= 2*13 ||~ 6 ||= **39½** ||= 38½  ||< [|Martin Voorn] ||~ 6 ||< Mephisto Dallas 16 bit ||= 4½ ||= 3 ||
 * Aegon 1988 ||= 2*16 ||~ 6 ||= **53** ||= 43 ||< [|Lex Jongsma] ||~ 6 ||< Mephisto Mega 4 ||= 4 ||= 7 ||
 * Aegon 1989 ||= 2*16 ||~ 5 ||= **57½** ||= 23 ||< Ad van den Berg ||~ 5 ||< Fidelity Mach IV+ ||= 3½ ||= 8 ||
 * Aegon 1990 ||= 2*14 ||~ 6 ||= **47** ||= 37 ||< HiTech ||~ 5 ||< HiTech ||= 5 ||= 1 ||
 * Aegon 1991 ||= 2*20 ||~ 6 ||=  ||=   ||< [|John van der Wiel] ||~ 6 ||< MChess ||= 4 ||= 8 ||
 * Aegon 1992 ||= 2*24 ||~ 6 ||= **84** ||= 60 ||< David Bronstein ||~ 6 ||< Mephisto 68030 ||= 4 ||= 8 ||
 * Aegon 1993 ||= 2*32 ||~ 6 ||=  ||=   ||< David Bronstein ||~ 5½ ||< The King ||= 5 ||= 3 ||
 * Aegon 1994 ||= 2*38 ||~ 6 ||= 114 ||= 114 ||< [|Larry Christiansen] ||~ 5½ ||< Gideon ||= 4½ ||= 5 ||
 * Aegon 1995 ||= 2*48 ||~ 6 ||= 132 ||= **155** ||< [|John van der Wiel] ||~ 5½ ||< Hiarcs ||= 5 ||= 2 ||
 * Aegon 1996 ||= 2*50 ||~ 6 ||= 137½ ||= **162½** ||< [|Yasser Seirawan] ||~ 6 ||< Quest ||= 4½ ||= 5 ||
 * Aegon 1997 ||= 2*50 ||~ 6 ||= 148½ ||= **151½** ||< [|Yona Kosashvili] ||~ 6 ||< Kallisto ||= 4½ ||= 4 ||
 * [[image:640px-AegongebouwR0013788.JPG width="640" link="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AegongebouwR0013788.JPG"]] ||
 * Aegon Headquarters in The Hague ||
 * [[image:turniersaal4.jpg width="640" link="http://www.thorstenczub.de/aegon.html"]] ||
 * Tournament hall ||
 * Tournament hall ||

=Tournament Organizers=
 * Cock de Gorter
 * Dap Hartmann

=External Links=
 * [|AEGON Man-Machine Tournaments], old CSVN site
 * [|Important games] hosted by Ed Schröder
 * [|The Aegon Man-Machine Tournaments (1986–1997), Human-computer chess matches from Wikipedia]

=References=
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