2018 tournaments
This is a list of 15 significant 2018 chess tournaments:
Major chess events that took place in 2018 included the Candidates Tournament, won by Fabiano Caruana, who earned the right to challenge Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2018. Magnus Carlsen won the match on tiebreaks and retained the title of World Chess Champion. There were two Women's World Chess Championship events; the first a match held in May between Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi, won by Ju Wenjun, and the second, held in November, a 64-player knockout tournament where Ju Wenjun defended her title.
This is a list of 15 significant 2018 chess tournaments:
| Chessplayer | From which | Whither |
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| José González García |  Mexico |  Spain |
| Boris Nikolov Chatalbashev |  Bulgaria |  Denmark |
| Alexei Shirov |  Latvia | Spain |
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