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   Wijk aan Zee Round robin 12–27 Jan 14 (12)   Magnus Carlsen   Anish Giri   Ian Nepomniachtchi
Tata Steel Challengers   Wijk aan Zee Round robin 12–27 Jan 14 (0)   Vladislav Kovalev   Andrey Esipenko   Benjamin Gledura
Prague Chess Festival   Prague Round robin 6–15 Mar 10 (8)   Nikita Vitiugov   Vidit Gujrathi   Radosław Wojtaszek
Shamkir Chess   Shamkir Round robin 31 Mar – 9 Apr 10 (10)   Magnus Carlsen   Ding Liren   Sergey Karjakin
Shenzhen Masters   Shenzhen Round robin 17–Apr 6 (6)   Anish Giri   Pentala Harikrishna   Ding Liren
Grenke Chess Classic   Baden-Baden Round robin 20–29 Apr 10 (6)   Magnus Carlsen   Fabiano Caruana   Arkadij Naiditsch
Norway Chess   Stavanger Round robin 4–15 Jun 10 (10)   Magnus Carlsen   Levon Aronian   Yu Yangyi
Poykovsky Chess Tournament   Poykovsky Round robin 6–15 Jun 10 (3)   Vladislav Artemiev   Dmitry Jakovenko   Ivan Šarić
Netanya International Chess Festival   Netanya Round robin 23 Jun – 2 Jul 10 (3)   Boris Gelfand   Leinier Domínguez   Pavel Eljanov
Croatia Grand Chess Tour   Zagreb Round robin 26 Jun – 8 Jul 12 (12)   Magnus Carlsen   Wesley So   Levon Aronian
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting   Dortmund Round robin 13–21 Jul 8 (5)   Leinier Domínguez   Ian Nepomniachtchi   Radosław Wojtaszek
Biel Chess Festival   Biel Round robin 21–30 Jul 8 (2)   Vidit Gujrathi   Sam Shankland   Peter Leko
Sinquefield Cup   St. Louis Round robin 17–29 Aug 12 (12)   Ding Liren   Magnus Carlsen   Viswanathan Anand
London Chess Classic   London Knockout 2–8 Dec 4 (4)   Ding Liren   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave   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   Vladislav Artemiev   Karthikeyan Murali   Nikita Vitiugov
Aeroflot Open   Moscow Swiss 18–28 Feb 101   Kaido Külaots   Haik Martirosyan   Krishnan Sasikiran
European Individual Chess Championship   Skopje Swiss 18–29 Mar 361   Vladislav Artemiev   Nils Grandelius   Kacper Piorun
Reykjavik Open   Reykjavík Swiss 8–16 Apr 238   Constantin Lupulescu   Alireza Firouzja   Nils Grandelius
GRENKE Chess Open   Karlsruhe Swiss 18–22 Apr 904   Daniel Fridman   Anton Korobov   Andreas Heimann
World Open   Philadelphia Swiss 2–7 Jul 227   Lê Quang Liêm   Jeffery Xiong   Hrant Melkumyan
Riga Technical University Open   Riga Swiss 5–11 Aug 275   Igor Kovalenko   Šarūnas Šulskis   Arman Mikaelyan

FIDE Events

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

Team events

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Tournament City System Dates Teams Winner Runner-up Third
World Team Chess Championship   Astana Round robin 5–14 Mar 10   Russia   England   China
Women's World Team Chess Championship   Astana Round robin 5–14 Mar 10   China   Russia   Georgia
European Team Chess Championship   Batumi Round robin 23 Oct – 3 Nov 40   Russia   Ukraine   England
Women's European Team Chess Championship   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   Stavanger Round robin 3 Jun 10   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave   Levon Aronian   Magnus Carlsen
Lindores Abbey Chess Stars   Newburgh Round robin 25–26 May 4   Magnus Carlsen   Ding Liren   Sergey Karjakin
Abidjan Rapid & Blitz   Abidjan Round robin 8–12 May 10   Magnus Carlsen   Hikaru Nakamura   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Paris Rapid & Blitz   Paris Round robin 27 Jul – 1 Aug 10   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave   Viswanathan Anand   Ian Nepomniachtchi
Levitov Chess Week Blitz   Amsterdam Round robin 3 Aug 8   Vladimir Kramnik   Viswanathan Anand   Alexander Grischuk
Levitov Chess Week Rapid   Amsterdam Round robin 4–6 Aug 8   Ian Nepomniachtchi   Alexander Grischuk   Anish Giri
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz   St. Louis Round robin 10–Aug 10   Levon Aronian   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave   Ding Liren
Superbet Rapid & Blitz   Bucharest Round robin 6–10 Nov 10   Levon Aronian   Sergey Karjakin   Viswanathan Anand
Tata Steel Rapid & Blitz   Kolkatta Round robin 8–12 May 10   Magnus Carlsen   Hikaru Nakamura   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