2017 in chess

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This article details the year of 2017 with respect to the game of chess. Major chess-related events that took place in 2017 include the Women's World Chess Championship 2017 knockout tournament, the Chess World Cup, the FIDE Grand Prix Series, and the abolishing of the consecutiveness requirement within the fivefold repetition rule.

2017 tournaments

This is a list of significant 2017 chess tournaments:

TournamentSystemDatesPlayers (2700+)WinnerRunner-upThird
Tata Steel Chess Tournament Round robin13–29 Jan14 (13) Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of India.svg Baskaran Adhiban
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival Swiss24 Jan – 2 Feb255 (12) Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of Spain.svg David Antón Guijarro Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yangyi
FIDE Grand Prix 2017 (Sharjah)Swiss18–27 Feb18 (13) Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Zurich Chess Challenge Round robin12–27 Apr8 (6) Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of Russia.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand
Women's World Chess Championship 2017 Knockout10 Feb – 5 Mar64 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tan Zhongyi Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Muzychuk Flag of Russia.svg Alexandra Kosteniuk
Flag of India.svg Harika Dronavalli
U.S. Chess Championship Round robin28 Mar – 10 Apr12 (3) Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Onischuk Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana
FIDE Grand Prix 2017 (Moscow)Swiss12–21 May18 (14) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hou Yifan
European Individual Chess Championship Swiss29 May – 10 Jun402 (9) Flag of Russia.svg Maxim Matlakov Flag of Georgia.svg Baadur Jobava Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Fedoseev
Norway Chess 2017Round robin5–17 Jun10 (10) Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik
World Team Chess Championship Team16–28 Jun10 teams Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Flag of Russia.svg Russia Flag of Poland.svg Poland
FIDE Grand Prix 2017 (Geneva)Swiss6–15 Jul18 (14) Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Teimour Radjabov Flag of Russia.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2017Round robin15–23 Jul8 (5) Flag of Poland.svg Radoslaw Wojtaszek Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Fedoseev Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Sinquefield Cup 2017Round robin2–11 Aug10 (10) Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand
Chess World Cup 2017 Knockout3–27 Sep128 (40) Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So
Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Isle of Man International Masters 2017Swiss23 Sep – 1 Oct161 (13) Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura
FIDE Grand Prix 2017 (Palma de Mallorca)Swiss16–27 Nov18 (14) Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Jakovenko Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Teimour Radjabov
London Chess Classic 2017Round robin30 Nov – 11 Dec10 (10) Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana Flag of Russia.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen
2017 World Rapid Chess Championship Swiss26–28 Dec134 (32) Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Fedoseev Flag of Russia.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi
2017 World Blitz Chess Championship Swiss29–30 Dec138 (25) Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Karjakin Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand

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