2019 in chess

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.

Events

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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

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Supertournaments

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Tournament City System Dates Players (2700+) Winner Runner-up Third
Tata Steel Masters Netherlands Wijk aan Zee Round robin 12–27 Jan 14 (12) Norway Magnus Carlsen Netherlands Anish Giri Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi
Tata Steel Challengers Netherlands Wijk aan Zee Round robin 12–27 Jan 14 (0) Belarus Vladislav Kovalev Russia Andrey Esipenko Hungary Benjamin Gledura
Prague Chess Festival Czech Republic Prague Round robin 6–15 Mar 10 (8) Russia Nikita Vitiugov India Vidit Gujrathi Poland Radosław Wojtaszek
Shamkir Chess Azerbaijan Shamkir Round robin 31 Mar – 9 Apr 10 (10) Norway Magnus Carlsen China Ding Liren Russia Sergey Karjakin
Shenzhen Masters China Shenzhen Round robin 17–Apr 6 (6) Netherlands Anish Giri India Pentala Harikrishna China Ding Liren
Grenke Chess Classic Germany Baden-Baden Round robin 20–29 Apr 10 (6) Norway Magnus Carlsen United States Fabiano Caruana Germany Arkadij Naiditsch
Norway Chess Norway Stavanger Round robin 4–15 Jun 10 (10) Norway Magnus Carlsen Armenia Levon Aronian China Yu Yangyi
Poykovsky Chess Tournament Russia Poykovsky Round robin 6–15 Jun 10 (3) Russia Vladislav Artemiev Russia Dmitry Jakovenko Croatia Ivan Šarić
Netanya International Chess Festival Israel Netanya Round robin 23 Jun – 2 Jul 10 (3) Israel Boris Gelfand United States Leinier Domínguez Ukraine Pavel Eljanov
Croatia Grand Chess Tour Croatia Zagreb Round robin 26 Jun – 8 Jul 12 (12) Norway Magnus Carlsen United States Wesley So Armenia Levon Aronian
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting Germany Dortmund Round robin 13–21 Jul 8 (5) United States Leinier Domínguez Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi Poland Radosław Wojtaszek
Biel Chess Festival Switzerland Biel Round robin 21–30 Jul 8 (2) India Vidit Gujrathi United States Sam Shankland Hungary Peter Leko
Sinquefield Cup United States St. Louis Round robin 17–29 Aug 12 (12) China Ding Liren Norway Magnus Carlsen India Viswanathan Anand
London Chess Classic England London Knockout 2–8 Dec 4 (4) China Ding Liren France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Norway Magnus Carlsen

Open events

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Tournament City System Dates Players Winner Runner-up Third
Gibraltar Chess Festival  Gibraltar Swiss 21–31 Jan 252 Russia Vladislav Artemiev India Karthikeyan Murali Russia Nikita Vitiugov
Aeroflot Open Russia Moscow Swiss 18–28 Feb 101 Estonia Kaido Külaots Armenia Haik Martirosyan India Krishnan Sasikiran
European Individual Chess Championship North Macedonia Skopje Swiss 18–29 Mar 361 Russia Vladislav Artemiev Sweden Nils Grandelius Poland Kacper Piorun
Reykjavik Open Iceland Reykjavík Swiss 8–16 Apr 238 Romania Constantin Lupulescu Iran Alireza Firouzja Sweden Nils Grandelius
GRENKE Chess Open Germany Karlsruhe Swiss 18–22 Apr 904 Germany Daniel Fridman Ukraine Anton Korobov Germany Andreas Heimann
World Open United States Philadelphia Swiss 2–7 Jul 227 Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm United States Jeffery Xiong Armenia Hrant Melkumyan
Riga Technical University Open Latvia Riga Swiss 5–11 Aug 275 Latvia Igor Kovalenko Lithuania Šarūnas Šulskis Armenia Arman Mikaelyan

FIDE Events

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Tournament City System Dates Players Winner Runner-up Third
FIDE Grand Prix Moscow Russia Moscow Knockout 16–30 May 16 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia Alexander Grischuk Poland Radosław Wojtaszek
United States Hikaru Nakamura
FIDE Grand Prix Riga Latvia Riga Knockout 12–24 Jul 16 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Russia Alexander Grischuk
United States Wesley So
FIDE Grand Prix Hamburg Germany Hamburg Knockout 5–17 Nov 16 Russia Alexander Grischuk Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Russia Daniil Dubov
FIDE Grand Prix Jerusalem Israel Jerusalem Knockout 11–23 Dec 16 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi China Wei Yi Czech Republic David Navara
France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
FIDE World Cup Russia Khanty-Mansiysk Knockout 9 Sep – 4 Oct 128 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov China Ding Liren France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
FIDE Grand Swiss  Isle of Man Swiss 10–21 Oct 154 China Wang Hao United States Fabiano Caruana Russia Kirill Alekseenko
FIDE Fischer Random Chess Championship Norway Bærum Knockout 27 Oct – 2 Nov 4 United States Wesley So Norway Magnus Carlsen Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi
World Rapid Chess Championship Russia Moscow Swiss 26–28 Dec 204 Norway Magnus Carlsen Iran Alireza Firouzja United States Hikaru Nakamura
World Blitz Chess Championship Russia Moscow Swiss 29–30 Dec 206 Norway Magnus Carlsen United States Hikaru Nakamura Russia Vladimir Kramnik

Team events

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Tournament City System Dates Teams Winner Runner-up Third
World Team Chess Championship Kazakhstan Astana Round robin 5–14 Mar 10 Russia England China
Women's World Team Chess Championship Kazakhstan Astana Round robin 5–14 Mar 10 China Russia Georgia
European Team Chess Championship Georgia (country) Batumi Round robin 23 Oct – 3 Nov 40 Russia Ukraine England
Women's European Team Chess Championship Georgia (country) Batumi Round robin 23 Oct – 3 Nov 32 Russia Georgia Azerbaijan

Rapid & Blitz Tournaments

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Tournament City System Dates Players Winner Runner-up Third
Norway Chess Blitz Tournament Norway Stavanger Round robin 3 Jun 10 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Armenia Levon Aronian Norway Magnus Carlsen
Lindores Abbey Chess Stars Scotland Newburgh Round robin 25–26 May 4 Norway Magnus Carlsen China Ding Liren Russia Sergey Karjakin
Abidjan Rapid & Blitz Ivory Coast Abidjan Round robin 8–12 May 10 Norway Magnus Carlsen United States Hikaru Nakamura France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Paris Rapid & Blitz France Paris Round robin 27 Jul – 1 Aug 10 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave India Viswanathan Anand Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi
Levitov Chess Week Blitz Netherlands Amsterdam Round robin 3 Aug 8 Russia Vladimir Kramnik India Viswanathan Anand Russia Alexander Grischuk
Levitov Chess Week Rapid Netherlands Amsterdam Round robin 4–6 Aug 8 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia Alexander Grischuk Netherlands Anish Giri
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz United States St. Louis Round robin 10–Aug 10 Armenia Levon Aronian France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave China Ding Liren
Superbet Rapid & Blitz Romania Bucharest Round robin 6–10 Nov 10 Armenia Levon Aronian Russia Sergey Karjakin India Viswanathan Anand
Tata Steel Rapid & Blitz India Kolkatta Round robin 8–12 May 10 Norway Magnus Carlsen United States Hikaru Nakamura Netherlands Anish Giri

Deaths

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References

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  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