2019 in chess

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Major chess events that took place in 2019 include the Tata Steel, Shamkir Chess, Grenke Chess Classic and Norway Chess, all won by World Champion Magnus Carlsen.

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Events

12 December – The United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution designating 20 July as "World Chess Day", marking the date of the establishment of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Paris on 20 July 1924. [1]

2019 tournaments

Supertournaments

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayers (2700+)WinnerRunner-upThird
Tata Steel Masters Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wijk aan Zee Round robin12–27 Jan14 (12) Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri Flag of Russia.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi
Tata Steel Challengers Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wijk aan Zee Round robin12–27 Jan14 (0) Flag of Belarus.svg Vladislav Kovalev Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Esipenko Flag of Hungary.svg Benjamin Gledura
Prague Chess Festival Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague Round robin6–15 Mar10 (8) Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Vitiugov Flag of India.svg Vidit Gujrathi Flag of Poland.svg Radosław Wojtaszek
Shamkir Chess Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shamkir Round robin31 Mar – 9 Apr10 (10) Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Karjakin
Shenzhen Masters Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shenzhen Round robin17–Apr6 (6) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri Flag of India.svg Pentala Harikrishna Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren
Grenke Chess Classic Flag of Germany.svg Baden-Baden Round robin20–29 Apr10 (6) Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana Flag of Germany.svg Arkadij Naiditsch
Norway Chess Flag of Norway.svg Stavanger Round robin4–15 Jun10 (10) Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yangyi
Poykovsky Chess Tournament Flag of Russia.svg Poykovsky Round robin6–15 Jun10 (3) Flag of Russia.svg Vladislav Artemiev Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Jakovenko Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Šarić
Netanya International Chess Festival Flag of Israel.svg Netanya Round robin23 Jun – 2 Jul10 (3) Flag of Israel.svg Boris Gelfand Flag of the United States.svg Leinier Domínguez Flag of Ukraine.svg Pavel Eljanov
Croatia Grand Chess Tour Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Round robin26 Jun – 8 Jul12 (12) Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting Flag of Germany.svg Dortmund Round robin13–21 Jul8 (5) Flag of the United States.svg Leinier Domínguez Flag of Russia.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi Flag of Poland.svg Radosław Wojtaszek
Biel Chess Festival Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Biel Round robin21–30 Jul8 (2) Flag of India.svg Vidit Gujrathi Flag of the United States.svg Sam Shankland Flag of Hungary.svg Peter Leko
Sinquefield Cup Flag of the United States.svg St. Louis Round robin17–29 Aug12 (12) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand
London Chess Classic Flag of England.svg LondonKnockout2–8 Dec4 (4) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen

Open events

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
Gibraltar Chess Festival Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar Swiss21–31 Jan252 Flag of Russia.svg Vladislav Artemiev Flag of India.svg Karthikeyan Murali Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Vitiugov
Aeroflot Open Flag of Russia.svg MoscowSwiss18–28 Feb101 Flag of Estonia.svg Kaido Külaots Flag of Armenia.svg Haik Martirosyan Flag of India.svg Krishnan Sasikiran
European Individual Chess Championship Flag of North Macedonia.svg Skopje Swiss18–29 Mar361 Flag of Russia.svg Vladislav Artemiev Flag of Sweden.svg Nils Grandelius Flag of Poland.svg Kacper Piorun
Reykjavik Open Flag of Iceland.svg Reykjavík Swiss8–16 Apr238 Flag of Romania.svg Constantin Lupulescu Flag of Iran.svg Alireza Firouzja Flag of Sweden.svg Nils Grandelius
GRENKE Chess Open Flag of Germany.svg Karlsruhe Swiss18–22 Apr904 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Fridman Flag of Ukraine.svg Anton Korobov Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Heimann
World Open Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Swiss2–7 Jul227 Flag of Vietnam.svg Lê Quang Liêm Flag of the United States.svg Jeffery Xiong Flag of Armenia.svg Hrant Melkumyan
Riga Technical University Open Flag of Latvia.svg Riga Swiss5–11 Aug275 Flag of Latvia.svg Igor Kovalenko Flag of Lithuania.svg Šarūnas Šulskis Flag of Armenia.svg Arman Mikaelyan

FIDE Events

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
FIDE Grand Prix Moscow Flag of Russia.svg MoscowKnockout16–30 May16 Flag of Russia.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk Flag of Poland.svg Radosław Wojtaszek
Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura
FIDE Grand Prix Riga Flag of Latvia.svg Riga Knockout12–24 Jul16 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk
Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So
FIDE Grand Prix Hamburg Flag of Germany.svg Hamburg Knockout5–17 Nov16 Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk Flag of Poland.svg Jan-Krzysztof Duda Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Dubov
FIDE Grand Prix Jerusalem Flag of Israel.svg Jerusalem Knockout11–23 Dec16 Flag of Russia.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Yi Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Navara
Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
FIDE World Cup Flag of Russia.svg Khanty-Mansiysk Knockout9 Sep – 4 Oct128 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Teimour Radjabov Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
FIDE Grand Swiss Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man Swiss10–21 Oct154 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana Flag of Russia.svg Kirill Alekseenko
FIDE Fischer Random Chess Championship Flag of Norway.svg Bærum Knockout27 Oct – 2 Nov4 Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of Russia.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi
World Rapid Chess Championship Flag of Russia.svg MoscowSwiss26–28 Dec204 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of Iran.svg Alireza Firouzja Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura
World Blitz Chess Championship Flag of Russia.svg MoscowSwiss29–30 Dec206 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik

Team events

TournamentCitySystemDatesTeamsWinnerRunner-upThird
World Team Chess Championship Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Astana Round robin5–14 Mar10Flag of Russia.svg RussiaFlag of England.svg EnglandFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Women's World Team Chess Championship Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Astana Round robin5–14 Mar10Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg ChinaFlag of Russia.svg RussiaFlag of Georgia.svg Georgia
European Team Chess Championship Flag of Georgia.svg Batumi Round robin23 Oct – 3 Nov40Flag of Russia.svg RussiaFlag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Flag of England.svg England
Women's European Team Chess Championship Flag of Georgia.svg Batumi Round robin23 Oct – 3 Nov32Flag of Russia.svg RussiaFlag of Georgia.svg Georgia Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan

Rapid & Blitz Tournaments

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
Norway Chess Blitz Tournament Flag of Norway.svg Stavanger Round robin3 Jun10 Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen
Lindores Abbey Chess Stars Flag of Scotland.svg Newburgh Round robin25–26 May4 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Karjakin
Abidjan Rapid & Blitz Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Abidjan Round robin8–12 May10 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Paris Rapid & Blitz Flag of France.svg Paris Round robin27 Jul – 1 Aug10 Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand Flag of Russia.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi
Levitov Chess Week Blitz Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam Round robin3 Aug8 Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk
Levitov Chess Week Rapid Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam Round robin4–6 Aug8 Flag of Russia.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Flag of the United States.svg St. Louis Round robin10–Aug10 Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren
Superbet Rapid & Blitz Flag of Romania.svg Bucharest Round robin6–10 Nov10 Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Karjakin Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand
Tata Steel Rapid & Blitz Flag of India.svg Kolkata Round robin8–12 May10 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri

Deaths

References

  1. UN adopts July 20 as World Chess Day, FIDE, 13 December 2019, retrieved 2 May 2020
  2. McClain, Dylan Loeb (26 August 2019). "Pal Benko, who stepped aside for Bobby Fischer, dies at 91". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. International Chess Federation [@FIDE_Chess] (8 September 2019). "Croatian GM Nenad Sulava passed away on September 5" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  4. International Chess Federation (6 September 2019), Nenad Sulava dies at 56 , retrieved 26 January 2020