2015 in chess

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Events in chess during the year 2015:

2015 tournaments

This is a list of significant 2015 chess tournaments:

Contents

TournamentDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
2015 Tata Steel Chess Tournament 12–27 Jan14 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri
2015 Grenke Chess Classic 2–9 Feb8 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of Germany.svg Arkadij Naiditsch Flag of England.svg Michael Adams
2015 Zurich Chess Challenge 13–19 Feb6 Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik
FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 Tbilisi14–28 Feb12 Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Tomashevsky Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Jakovenko Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Teimour Radjabov
Women's World Chess Championship 2015 16 Mar – 7 Apr64 Flag of Ukraine.svg Mariya Muzychuk Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Pogonina Flag of India.svg Dronavalli Harika
Flag of Sweden.svg Pia Cramling
2015 Aeroflot Open 27 Mar – 7 Apr68 Flag of Russia.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Dubov Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Bukavshin
Shamkir Chess 201516–26 Apr10 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So
FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 Khanty-Mansiysk14–26 May12 Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Jakovenko Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of Italy.svg Fabiano Caruana
Norway Chess 201515–26 Jun10 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura
2015 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 27 Jun – 5 Jul8 Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So Flag of Germany.svg Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
2015 Biel Chess Festival 20–30 Jul6 Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave [1] Flag of Poland.svg Radosław Wojtaszek Flag of England.svg Michael Adams
2015 Sinquefield Cup 22 Aug – 3 Sept10 Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura
Chess World Cup 2015 10 Sep – 5 Oct128 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Karjakin Flag of Russia.svg Peter Svidler Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri
Flag of Ukraine.svg Pavel Eljanov
Millionaire Chess 20158–12 Oct Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of Vietnam.svg Lê Quang Liêm Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yangyi
2015 World Rapid Chess Championship 10–12 Oct158 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of Russia.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Teimour Radjabov
2015 World Blitz Chess Championship 13–14 Oct188 Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik
2015 Bilbao Chess Masters Final 25 Oct – 1 Nov4 Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren
2015 London Chess Classic 4–13 Dec10 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
2015 Qatar Masters Open 20–29 Dec132 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yangyi Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik

Key dates

FIDE world rankings

The FIDE World Rankings in December was [2]

RankPlayerRating
1 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen 2834
2 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov 2803
3–4 Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand 2796
3–4 Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik 2796
5 Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura 2793
6 Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian 2788
7 Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana 2787
8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri 2784
9 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren 2776
10 Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So 2775
11 Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2773
12 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Karjakin 2766
13 Flag of Ukraine.svg Pavel Eljanov 2763
14 Flag of Russia.svg Peter Svidler 2751
15 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Chao 2750
16 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2748
17 Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk 2747
18 Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Tomashevsky 2744
19 Flag of India.svg Pentala Harikrishna 2743
20–21 Flag of England.svg Michael Adams 2737
20–21 Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Jakovenko 2737

References

  1. "Winners 2015 Biel International Chess Festival". Biel International Chess Festival. July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. "FIDE: Top 100 Players".