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World Blitz Chess Champ.
29 - 30 December 2018
St. Petersburg , Russia
206 players ( Open ), 125 players ( Women )
Carlsen Magnus ( NOR ) is the World Champion. Lagno ( RUS ) is the winner of Women's section.
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World Rapid Chess Champ.
26 - 28 December 2018
St. Petersburg , Russia
204 players ( Open ), 123 players ( Women )
Dubov won with 11 points. Ju Wenjun is the winner of Women's section.
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10th London Chess Classic
Semi-final : Caruana - Nakamura , Vachier-Lagrave - Aronian
11 - 17 December 2018
London , UK
8 games : 2 classical games + 2 rapid + 4 blitz
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European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2018
5th - 9th December 2018
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Blitz: 11 double round Swiss system
6th - 7th December
339 players
Rapid: 11-round Swiss system
8th-9th December
434 players
Artemiev won the Blitz tournament with 18.5 points.
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World Chess Championship 2018
Carlsen vs Caruana
9 - 28 November 2018
London ,UK
12 games .
Carlsen is the World Champion.
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Women's World Chess Championship 2018
1- 25 November 2018
Khanty-Mansiysk Russia
64 players
Knock-Out system tournament
Ju Wenjun is the World Champion.
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Shenzhen Masters 2018
4 - 14 November 2018
Longgang District of Shenzhen , China
Double round robin ( 10 rounds )
Average rating: 2761
6 players
Players: Ding Liren , Vachier-Lagrave , Giri , Yu, Wojtaszek and Vitiugov
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Turkish Chess Championship 2018
27 October - 6 November 2018
Antalya, Turkey
12 players
Round-robin system
Average rating: 2354
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Isle of Man Open Masters 2018
20 - 28 October 2018 in Douglas (Isle of Man)
167 players in Masters section
9-Round ,
Top Players
Aronian Levon ARM 2780
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2780
Giri Anish NED 2780
Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2779
So Wesley USA 2776
Anand Viswanathan IND 2771
Grischuk Alexander RUS 2769
Nakamura Hikaru USA 2763
Karjakin Sergey RUS 2760
Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2727
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European Club Cup 2018
12 - 18 October 2018
Chalkidiki , Greece
60 teams ( Open ) , 12 teams ( Women )
7 rounds
Top 5 teams according to the average rating
Alkaloid MKE 2741
AVE Novy Bor 2712
Odlar Yurdu AZE 2072
Mednyi Vsadnik RUS 2696
Valerenga Sjakklubb NOR 2672
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Chess Olympiad 2018
24 September - 5 October 2018
Batumi, Georgia
183 countries , 185 teams
11 rounds, Swiss system
Open section - Top 7 teams according to the average rating
United States of America 2772
Russia 2764
China 2756
Azerbaijan 2748
India 2724
Ukraine 2698
France 2688
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Champions Showdown: Chess 960 2018
11 - 14 September 2018
Saint Louis, USA
10 players
Pairings
Garry Kasparov
-
Veselin Topalov
Hikaru Nakamura
-
Peter Svidler
Wesley So
-
Anish Giri
Sam Shankland
-
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Levon Aronian
-
Leinier Dominguez
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Sinquefield Cup 2018
14 - 22 July 2018
Dortmund, Germany
8 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2718
Players
Magnus Carlsen NOR
2842
Fabiano Caruana USA
2822
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE
2801
Wesley So USA
2780
Maxime Vachier Lagrave FRA
2779
Hikaru Nakamura USA
2777
Sergey Karjakin RUS
2773
Viswanathan Anand IND
2768
Levon Aronian ARM
2767
Alexander Grischuk RUS
2766
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Russian Super Final 2018
25 August - 6 September 2018
Satka, Russia Federation
12 players
Round robin
Players
Nepomniachtchi Ian 2768
Jakovenko Dmitry 2748
Vitiugov Nikita 2730
Andreikin Dmitry 2710
Fedoseev Vladimir 2707
Tomashevsky Evgeny 2702
Dubov Daniil 2691
Inarkiev Ernesto 2690
Khismatullin Denis 2634
Kobalia Mikhail 2619
Sarana Alexey 2613
Oparin Grigoriy 2609
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St Louis Rapid & Blitz 2018
14 - 22 July 2018
Dortmund, Germany
8 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2718
Players - Rating Rapid - Blitz
Wesley So 2852 2800
Leinier Dominguez Perez 2826 2687
Hikaru Nakamura 2824 2913
Levon Aronian 2806 2871
Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2798 2878
Sergey Karjakin 2793 2898
Viswanathan Anand 2758 2812
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2754 2795
Alexander Grischuk 2751 2831
Fabiano Caruana 2738 2709
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Biel 2018
21 July - 1 August 2018
Biel, Switzerland
10 rounds
Round Robin
Average rating: 2743
Players
Magnus Carlsen NOR 2843
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2808
Maxime Vachier Lagrave FRA 2789
Peter Svidler RUS 2760
David Navara CZE 2727
Nico Georgiadis SUI 2527
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Hainan Danzhou Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament
26 July - 4 August , 2018
Danzhou City, China
8 players
Average ratng: 2728
Round robin
Time control: 90mn 40 moves + 30 minutes +
30 seconds
increment from move 1.
Players
Yu, Yangyi
CHN 2762
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof CZE 2737
Wei, Yi
CHN 2729
Le, Quang Liem
CHN 2728
Shankland, Samuel
USA 2727
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
IND 2718
Bu, Xiangzhi
CHN 2712
Fedoseev, Vladimir
RUS 2707
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Turkish Chess Super League 2018
24 July - 5 August 2018
Ankara
13 teams
Round robin
TEAMS - ratings
Türk Hava Yollari 2530
Hatay B. Belediyesi 2509
Besiktas JK 2490
Darussafaka 2412
Genc Akademisyenler 2296
Gokceada Spor Kulubu 2263
Deniz Su Aquamatch 2485
Tarsus Zeka 2412
Karaman Belediye 2406
Kahramanmaras B. Belediyesi 2395
Tas Duvar 2383
Rota Koleji 2383
Bursa B. Belediyesi 2257
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Dortmund 2018
14 - 22 July 2018
Dortmund, Germany
8 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2718
Players
Vladimir Kramnik RUS
2792
Anish Giri NED
2782
Ian Nepomniachtchi RUS
2751
Jan-Krzysztof Duda CZE
2731
Radoslaw Wojtaszek POL
2730
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu GER
2672
Vladislav Kovalev RUS
2650
Georg Meier GER
2628
2507
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Magistral Ciutat de Leon 2018
5 - 9 July 2018
Leon , Spain
4 players
Average rating: 2642
Cup system with semifinals and final
Players
Wesley So USA
2799
Francisco Vallejo Pons ESP
2717
Jaime Santos Latasa ESP
2547
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa IND
2507
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Paris Grand Chess Tour 2018
20 - 24 June 2018
Paris France
10 players
Average rating: 2782
Rapid : Round robin
Blitz: Double Round robin
Players
Fabiano Caruana USA 2816
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2808
Vladimir Kramnik RUS
2792
Maxime Vachier Lagrave FRA 2789
Sergey Karjakin RUS 2782
Wesley So 2778 USA
Hikaru Nakamura 2769 USA
Alexander Grischuk 2766 RUS
Levon Aronian 2764 ARM
Viswanathan Anand 2759 IND
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Leuven Grand Chess Tour 2018
12 - 16 June 2018
Leuven Belgium
10 players
Average rating: 2781
Players
Fabiano Caruana 2816
hriyar Mamedyarov 2808
Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2789
Sergey Karjakin 2782
Anish Giri 2782
Wesley So 2778
Hikaru Nakamura 2769
Alexander Grischuk 2766
Levon Aronian 2764
Viswanathan Anand 2759
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Norway Chess 2018
28 May - 7 June 2018 ,
Stavenger , Norway
10 players ,
Average rating: 2791
Players
Carlsen Magnus NOR 2843
Caruana Fabiano USA 2822
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2808
Ding, Liren CHN 2791
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2789
Karjakin Sergey RUS 2782
So Wesley USA 2778
Nakamura Hikaru USA 2769
Aronian, Levon ARM 2764
Anand Viswanathan IND 2760
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Poikovsky chess tournament 2018
27 May - June , 2018
Poikovsky, Khanti-Mansisk,Russia
Round robin tournament
10 players
Average ELO: 2688
Players
Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS
Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi IND
Fedoseev, Vladimir RUS
Artemiev, Vladislav RUS
Gelfand, Boris ISR
Korobov, Anton UKR
Kovalev, Vladislav BLR
Sutovsky, Emil ISR
Bologan, Victor MDA
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Russian Team Championship 2018
1 - 10 May, 2018
Sochi, Russia
8 teams
Round robin
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Women's World Chess Championship 2018
2 - 20 May 2018
1st half in Shanghai and 2nd half in Chongqing. China
Tan Zhongyi ( CHN ) vs Ju Wenjun ( CHN )
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Sigemen & Co chess 2018
4 - 8 May 2018
Malmö, Sweden
6 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2620
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Shamkir Chess 2018 - Gashimov Memorial
18 - 29 April 2018
Shamkir, Azerbaijan
10 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2768
Players
Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2843
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2814
Ding, Liren CHN 2778
Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2778
Giri, Anish NED 2777
Topalov, Veselin BUL 2749
Radjabov, Teimour RUS 2748
Navara, David CZE 2745
ojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2744
Mamedov, Rauf RUS 2704
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U.S. Chess Championship 2018
17 - 30 April 2018
Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis , USA
12 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2674
Players
Caruana Fabiano 2804
Nakamura Hikaru 2787
So Wesley 2786
Onischuk Alex 2672
Shankland Sam 2671
Xiong Jeffery 2665
Robson Ray 2660
Akobian Varuzhan 2647
Zherebukh Yaroslav 2640
Lenderman Alex 2599
Izoria Zviad 2599
Liang Awonder 2552
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European Individual Women's Champ. 2018
31 March - 9 April 2018
Karlsruhe & Baden-Baden, Germany
10 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2736
Carlsen, Magnus NOR - 2843
Aronian, Levon ARM - 2794
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA - 2789
Caruana Fabiano USA - 2784
Anand, Viswanathan IND 2776
Vitiugov, Nikita RUS - 2735
Naiditsch Arkadij AZE - 2701
Yifan Hou CHN - 2654
Meier Georg GER - 2648
Blübaum Matthias GER - 2631
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Sharjah Masters
12 - 19 April 2018
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Average rating: 2159
129 players
Top 5 players
Wang, Hao CHN 2707
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy UKR 2703
Naiditsch, Arkadij RUS 2701
Artemiev, Vladislav AZE 2701
Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2700
Final Standings - Top 4
| Rank |
Players |
Country |
Pts |
| 1 |
Maghsoodloo Parham | IRI |
8 |
| 2 |
Safarli Eltaj | AZE |
7 |
| 3 |
Wang Hao | CHN |
7 |
| 4 |
Sethuraman S.P. | IND |
6.5 |
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European Small Nations Individual Championship 2018
14-22 April 2018
Klaksvík, Faroer Islands
Average rating: 2242
10 players
Players
Ziska Helgi Dam FAI 2549
Aloma Vidal Robert AND 2440
Efimov Igor MNC 2407
Berend Fred LUX 2357
Berg Olaf FAI 2235
Klerides Paris CYP 2183
Belzo Krzysztof JCI 2103
Theocharous Stelios CYP 2099
Renato LIE 2062
Kirby Peter J. GCI 1985
Final Standings - Top 3
| Rank |
Players |
Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Ziska Helgi Dam | FAI |
8.5 |
| 2 |
Efimov Igor | MNC |
7 |
| 3 |
Berend Fred | LUX |
6.5 |
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Grenke Chess Classic 2018
31 March - 9 April 2018
Karlsruhe & Baden-Baden, Germany
10 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2736
Carlsen, Magnus NOR - 2843
Aronian, Levon ARM - 2794
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA - 2789
Caruana Fabiano USA - 2784
Anand, Viswanathan IND 2776
Vitiugov, Nikita RUS - 2735
Naiditsch Arkadij AZE - 2701
Yifan Hou CHN - 2654
Meier Georg GER - 2648
Blübaum Matthias GER - 2631
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World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament 2018
10 - 28 March 2018
Berlin Germany
8 players
Double round robin
Players
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
2814
Levon Aronian
2797
Ding Liren
2769
Fabiano Caruana
2784
Vladimir Kramnik
2800
Wesley So
2799
Alexander Grischuk
2767
Sergey Karjakin
2763
Caruana is the winner. He will be the opponent of Carlsen in World Chess Championship.
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European Individual Chess Championship 2018
16 - 29 March 2018
Batumi, Georgia
302 players
Top 10 Players
Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2746
Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2738
Navara David CZE 2737
Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2716
Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2713
Mamedov Rauf AZE 2709
Matlakov Maxim RUS 2707
Dubov Daniil RUS 2701
Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 2697
Cheparinov Ivan FID 2693
- Spring Chess Classic
6 - 14 March 2018
Saint Louis, USA
Group A : 10 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2670
Time control: 90 mn / 40 moves +
30 mn +
30 sec increment per move,
starting from move 1
Players - Group A
Onischuk, Alexander USA 2681
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB 2673
Shankland, Samuel USA 2668
Ipatov, Alexander TUR 2665
Swiercz, Dariusz POL 2654
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 2650
Akobian, Varuzhan USA 2647
Xiong, Jeffery USA 2640
Zherebukh, Yaroslav USA 2628
Edouard, Romain FRA 2613
- Reykjavik open 2018
6 - 14 March 2018
Reykjavik, Iceland
248 players
9 rounds ,Swiss system
Average rating: 1994
Top players
Rapport Richard HUN 2715
Eljanov Pavel UKR 2713
Kamsky Gata USA 2677
Adhiban B. IND 2650
Adly Ahmed EGY 2643
L'ami Erwin NED 2634
Gledura Benjamin HUN 2632
Cornette Matthieu FRA 2620
Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 2619
Landa Konstantin RUS 2613
- Turkish Womens Chess Championship 2018
4 - 11 March 2018
Belek, Antalya
Turkey
103 players
9 rounds
Average rating: 1522
- Tal Memorial 2018
2 - 5 March 2018
Museum of Russian Impressionism, Moscow, Russia
10 players
Round robin
9-round rapid
Rapid: 25 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 10 seconds for each move starting from the first one.
Blitz: 5 minutes and 3 seconds increment for each move.
Players
Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
2. Viswanathan Anand (India)
3. Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)
4. Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)
6. Peter Svidler (Russia, 2770 /2793)
7. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)
8. Sergey Karjakin (Russia)
9. Boris Gelfand (Israel)
10. Daniil Dubov (Russia).
- Batavia Chess tournament
22 February - 4 March 2018
Cafe Batavia , Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
10 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2478
Players
Ivan Sokolov 2567
Alexandr Fier 2544
Friso Nijboer 2510
Miguel Santos Ruiz 2505
Robby Kevlishvili 2469
Alina Kashlinskaya 2459
Anna Zatonskih 2447
Thomas Beerdsen 2445
Liam Vrolijk 2427
Manuel Bosboom 2403
- Aeroflot Open
20 - 28 February 2018
Moscow, Russia
9 -Round Swiss
Open section A - Top 10 Players
Fedoseev, Vladimir
RUS 2724
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
IND 2723
Andreikin, Dmitry
RUS 2712
Mamedov, Rauf
AZE 2709
Matlakov, Maxim
RUS 2709
Artemiev, Vladislav
RUS 2697
Inarkiev, Ernesto
RUS 2684
Najer, Evgeniy
RUS 2683
Kamsky, Gata
USA 2677
Sargissian, Gabriel
ARM 267
- Carlsen vs Nakamura - Fischer Random Chess
9 - 13 February 2018
Høvikodden, Oslo , Norway
16 games, Fischer Random Chess
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Moscow Open 2018
27 January - 4 February 2018
Moscow, Russia
Average rating: 2273
220 players
Final Standings - Top 5
| Rank |
Players |
Country |
Pts |
| 1 |
Lomasov Semen | RUS |
8 |
| 2 |
Nabaty Tamir | ISR |
7.5 |
| 3 |
Vavulin Maksim | RUS |
7 |
| 4 |
Afanasiev Nikita | RUS |
7 |
| 5 |
Timofeev Artyom | RUS |
7 |
- Tata Steel Masters 2018
12 - 28 January 2018
Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Round robin
Average rating: 2751
Players - Masters tournament
Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2834
Caruana, Fabiano USA 2811
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2804
So, Wesley USA 2792
Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2787
Svidler, Peter RUS 2768
Anand, Viswanathan IND 2767
Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2753
Giri, Anish NED 2752
Wei, Yi CHN 2743
Matlakov, Maxim RUS 2718
Hou, Yifan CHN 2680
Adhiban, B. IND 2655
Jones, Gawain C B ENG 2640
- Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018
23 January - 1 February 2018
Gibraltar
274 players
10-round
Top 10 Players
Aronian Levon ARM 2797
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2793
Nakamura Hikaru USA 2781
Navara David CZE 2749
Harikrishna P. IND 2745
Le Quang Liem VIE 2737
Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2732
Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2726
Duda Jan-Krzysztof POL 2724
Wang Hao CHN 2711
- Turkish Cup 2018
27 January - 3 February 2018
Antalya , Turkey
388 players
11-round
Top 5 Players - National rating - ELO
Yilmazyerli Mert 2493 2489
Haznedaroglu Kivanc 2469 2457
Oney Adil Feridun 2399 2234
Arat Ufuk Sezen 2307 2361
Koksal Ege 2305 2353
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Rilton Cup
27 December 2017 - 5 January 2018
Stockholm, Sweden
Average rating: 2347
126 players
Final Standings - Top 5
| Rank |
Players |
Country |
Pts |
| 1 |
Alekseenko Kirill | RUS |
7.5 |
| 2 |
Chigaev Maksim | RUS |
7 |
| 3 |
Antipov Mikhail | RUS |
7 |
| 4 |
Rasmussen Allan Stig | DEN |
7 |
| 5 |
Salomon Johan | NOR |
6.5 |
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