Reggio Emilia chess tournament

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The Reggio Emilia chess tournament was an annual chess tournament held in Reggio Emilia, Italy. In Italian the tournament is called Torneo di Capodanno (New Year's tournament), as it used to start just after Christmas and end on the day of Epiphany (6 January). It was established as an annual event in 1958 by grandmaster Enrico Paoli. In 1982/83 the tournament attracted a new sponsor and by the 1990s the tournament had gained significant international reputation, climaxing in the 1991/1992 edition. This was the first Category 18 tournament ever played; it was won by the 22-year-old Viswanathan Anand ahead of Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov and Vassily Ivanchuk. [1]

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It was Italy's oldest and most renowned chess tournament. The tournament was usually played as a 10 to 16 player round-robin tournament. The announced 55th edition had to be canceled due to economic reasons.

Winners

#YearWinner
1947Flag of Peru.svg  Esteban Canal  (PER)
-1951Flag of Israel.svg  Moshe Czerniak  (ISR)
  11958–59Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Otto Marthaler  (SUI)
  21959–60Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Cveto Trampuz  (YUG)
  31960–61Flag of Hungary.svg  Péter Dely  (HUN)
  41961–62Flag of Italy.svg  Alberto Mario Giustolisi  (ITA)
  51962–63Flag of Hungary.svg  Győző Forintos  (HUN)
  61963–64Flag of Germany.svg  Rudolf Teschner  (GER)
  71964–65Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Mario Bertok  (YUG)
  81965–66Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Bruno Parma  (YUG)
  91966–67Flag of Romania.svg  Victor Ciocâltea  (ROM)
101967–68Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Milan Matulović  (YUG)
111968–69Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Ladislav Mista  (CZE)
121969–70Flag of Italy.svg  Sergio Mariotti  (ITA)
131970–71Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Bruno Parma  (YUG)
141971–72Flag of the United States.svg  Andrew Soltis  (USA)
151972–73Flag of Hungary.svg  Levente Lengyel  (HUN)
161973–74Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Luben Popov  (BUL)
171974–75Flag of Peru.svg  Orestes Rodríguez Vargas  (PER)
181975–76Flag of Germany.svg  Luděk Pachman  (GER)
191976–77Flag of Russia.svg  Gennadi Kuzmin  (RUS)
201977–78Flag of Hungary.svg  László M. Kovács  (HUN)
211978–79Flag of Germany.svg  Ralf Hess  (GER)
221979–80Flag of Russia.svg  Alexander Kochyev  (RUS)
231980–81Flag of Sweden.svg  Nils Renman  (SWE)
241981–82Flag of Austria.svg  Arne Dür  (AUT)
251982–83Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nona Gaprindashvili  (URS)
261983–84Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Karel Mokry  (TCH)
271984–85Flag of Hungary.svg  Lajos Portisch  (HUN)
281985–86Flag of Sweden.svg  Ulf Andersson  (SWE)
291986–87Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Ribli  (HUN)
301987–88Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Tukmakov  (URS)
311988–89Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mikhail Gurevich  (URS)
321989–90Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Jaan Ehlvest  (URS)
331990–91Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoly Karpov  (URS)
341991–92Flag of India.svg  Viswanathan Anand  (IND)
351992–93Flag of Armenia.svg  Rafael Vaganian  (ARM)
361993–94Flag of Hungary.svg  Lajos Portisch  (HUN)
371994–95Flag of Armenia.svg  Rafael Vaganian  (ARM)
381995–96Flag of Russia.svg  Yuri Razuvayev  (RUS)
391996–97Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Krasenkow  (POL)
401997–98Flag of Ukraine.svg  Dimitri Komarov  (UKR)
411998–99Flag of Russia.svg  Evgeniy Solozhenkin  (RUS)
421999–00Flag of Israel.svg  Leonid Yudasin  (ISR)
432000–01Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleg Romanishin  (UKR)
442001–02Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Vladimir Georgiev  (BUL)
452002–03Flag of France.svg  Jean-Luc Chabanon  (FRA)
462003–04Flag of Greece.svg  Igor Miladinović  (GRE)
472004–05Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Aleksander Delchev  (BUL)
482005–06Flag of Russia.svg  Konstantin Landa  (RUS)
492006–07Flag of Moldova.svg  Viorel Iordăchescu  (MDA)
502007–08Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Almási  (HUN)
512008–09Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ni Hua  (CHN)
522009–10Flag of the United States.svg  Gata Kamsky  (USA)
532010–11Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Vugar Gashimov  (AZE) [2]
542011–12Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anish Giri  (NED)

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