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36 players qualified to 2021 Sochi FIDE World Cup after European Hybrid Qualification Chess Tournament which took place from 28-29 May. Artemiev Vladislav (RUS, 2709) Tomashevsky Evgeny (RUS, 2706) Esipenko Andrey (RUS, 2701) Predke Alexandr (RUS, 2690) Matlakov Maxim (RUS, 2688) Fedoseev Vladimir (RUS, 2687) David Anton Guijarro (ESP, 2673) Cheparinov Ivan (BUL, 2667) Sjugirov Sanan (RUS, 2663) Lupulescu Constantin (ROU, 2656) Oparin Grigoriy (RUS, 2652) Laznicka Viktor (CZE, 2647) Motylev Alexander (RUS, 2641) Martirosyan Haik (ARM, 2637) Yilmaz Mustafa (TUR, 2630) Bogdan Deac Daniel (ROU, 2627) Ponkratov Pavel (RUS, 2624) Shant Sargsyan (ARM, 2618) Alekseev Evgeny (RUS, 2617) Svane Rasmus (GER, 2615) Zvjaginsev Vadim (RUS, 2614) Braun Arik (GER, 2609) Indjic Aleksandar (SRB, 2607) Ivanisevic Ivan (SRB, 2606) Jobava Baadur (GEO, 2603) Krasenkow Michal (POL, 2597) Brkic Ante (CRO, 2592) Hovhannes Gabuzyan (ARM, 2590) Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE, 2577) Emre Can (TUR, 2569) Paichadze Luka (GEO, 2565) Martinovic Sasa (CRO, 2548) Savchenko Boris (RUS, 2538) Afanasiev Nikita (RUS, 2522) Kozak Adam (HUN, 2518) Teclaf Pawel (POL, 2502) Continue to read Games and results
1 - 10 May 2021 Sochi, Russia 9 teams Round robin Bronze Horseman won Russian Team Champ. Moscow Chess Team won the Women's Championship. Continue to read Live games and results
28- April - 2 May 2021 8 players advanced to the Knock-out tournament Players Carlsen Aronian So Radjabov Mamedyarov Firouzja Le Nakamura Continue to read Live games and results
Nepomniachtchi is the winner. He will challenge the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen. 19 - 28 April 2021 15 March - 4 April Yekaterinbourg, Russia 8 players Double round robin Players Caruana, Fabiano 2842 Ding Liren 2805 Nepomniachtchi Ian 2774 Grischuk, Alexander 2777 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2767 Giri, Anish 2763 Wang, Hao 2762 Alekseenko, Kirill 2698 Read more for Live games and results
13 - 21 March 2021 8 players advanced to the Knock-out tournament Quarterfinals Carlsen - Aronian : 2.5 - 0.5 Nakamura - Nepomniachtchi : 2 - 2 So - Firouzja : 2.5 - 0.5 Giri - Vachier-Lagrave : 2 - 2 Continue to read Live games and results
13 - 21 March 2021 16 players Average rating: 2731 Players Carlsen, Magnus NOR Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA Nakamura, Hikaru USA Aronian, Levon ARM Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS Dubov, Daniil RUS Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE Radjabov, Teimour AZE So, Wesley USA Giri, Anish NED Karjakin, Sergey RUS Firouzja, Alireza FIDE Anton Guijarro, David ESP Grandelius, Nils SWE Pichot, Alan ARG Van Foreest, Jorden NED Continue to read Live games and results
6th - 14th February 2021 16 players Average rating: 2757 15 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment from move 1 Players Carlsen, Magnus NOR Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA Ding, Liren CHN Nakamura, Hikaru USA Dominguez Perez, Leinier USA Grischuk, Alexander RUS Aronian, Levon ARM Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS Duda, Jan-Krzysztof POL Dubov, Daniil RUS Radjabov, Teimour AZE So, Wesley USA Giri, Anish NED Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi IND Shankland, Sam USA Bluebaum, Matthias GER Continue to read Live games and results
15-31 January 2021 Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Masters & Challengers : 14 players each one Round robin Average rating: 2728 Time control: 100'/40 moves + 50'/20 moves and 15' + 30'' from 1st move. Players - Masters tournament Carlsen, Magnus 2862 Caruana, Fabiano 2823 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2784 Giri, Anish 2764 Firouzja, Alireza 2749 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2743 Harikrishna, Pentala 2732 Dubov, Daniil 2710 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 2705 Anton Guijarro, David 2679 Esipenko, Andrey 2677 Van Foreest, Jorden 2671 Grandelius, Nils 2663 Tari, Aryan 2625 Continue to read Live games and results
December 18 2020 - January 3. 2021 Michael Adams is the winner Top 3
26 December 2020 - 3 January 2021 Online at chess24.com 12 players Average rating: 2774 Players Carlsen, Magnus NOR Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA Nakamura, Hikaru USA Aronian, Levon ARM Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS Dubov, Daniil RUS Radjabov, Teimour AZE So, Wesley USA Giri, Anish NED Harikrishna, Pentala IND Anton Guijarro, David ESP Continue to read Live games and results
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