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.

2018 tournaments

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This is a list of 15 significant 2018 chess tournaments:

Tournament System Dates Players (2700+) Winner Runner-up Third
Tata Steel Chess Tournament Round robin 12–28 Jan 14 (11)   Magnus Carlsen   Anish Giri   Vladimir Kramnik
Gibraltar Chess Festival Swiss 23 Jan – 1 Feb 276 (12)   Levon Aronian   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave   Hikaru Nakamura
Candidates Tournament 2018 Round robin 10–28 Mar 8 (8)   Fabiano Caruana   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov   Sergey Karjakin
Grenke Chess Classic 2018 Round robin 31 Mar – 9 Apr 10 (7)   Fabiano Caruana   Magnus Carlsen   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
  Nikita Vitiugov
Shamkir Chess 2018 Round robin 18–28 Apr 10 (10)   Magnus Carlsen   Ding Liren   Sergey Karjakin
Women's World Chess Championship 2018 (match) Match 2–20 May 2 (0)   Ju Wenjun   Tan Zhongyi
Norway Chess 2018 Round robin 27 May – 7 Jun 10 (10)   Fabiano Caruana   Magnus Carlsen   Hikaru Nakamura
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2018 Round robin 14–22 Jul 8 (5)   Ian Nepomniachtchi   Anish Giri   Vladislav Kovalev
Biel Chess Festival 2018[1][better source needed] Round robin 22 Jul – 1 Aug 6 (5)   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov   Magnus Carlsen   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Sinquefield Cup 2018 Round robin 18–28 Aug 10 (10)   Magnus Carlsen
  Fabiano Caruana
  Levon Aronian
43rd Chess Olympiad (open event) Swiss 23 Sep – 6 Oct teams   China   United States   Russia
43rd Chess Olympiad (women event) Swiss 23 Sep – 6 Oct teams   China   Ukraine   Georgia
Women's World Chess Championship 2018 (tournament) Knockout 2–23 Nov 64   Ju Wenjun   Kateryna Lagno   Mariya Muzychuk
  Alexandra Kosteniuk
World Chess Championship 2018 Match 9–28 Nov 2 (2)   Magnus Carlsen
  Fabiano Caruana
London Chess Classic 2018 Knockout 11–17 Dec 4 (4)   Hikaru Nakamura   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave   Fabiano Caruana

Transfer

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Chessplayer From which Whither
José González García   Mexico   Spain
Boris Nikolov Chatalbashev [ru]   Bulgaria   Denmark
Alexei Shirov   Latvia   Spain

Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter. "Carlsen Finishes 2nd Behind Mamedyarov In Biel". Chess.com.
  2. ^ Brynjólfur Þór Guðmundsson (1 March 2018). "Stefán Kristjánsson látinn". ruv.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 March 2018.