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29 - 30 December 2019 Moscow , Russia 206 players ( Open ), 125 players ( Women ) 21 rounds Time control: 3 minutes + 2 sec per move. Top 10 players 1- Nakamura Hikaru 2885 2- Carlsen Magnus 2865 3- Karjakin Sergey 2836 4- Nepomniachtchi Ian 2826 5- Yu Yangyi 2807 6- Svidler Peter 2805 7- Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2796 8- Artemiev Vladislav 2793 9- Andreikin Dmitry 2780 Read more for Games , standings and results
World Blitz Chess Championship 26 - 28 December 2018 Moscow , Russia 204 players ( Open ), 121 players ( Women ) 15 rounds Time control: 15 minutes + 10 sec per move. Top 10 players - Rapid rating 1- Carlsen Magnus 2886 2- Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2873 3- Nakamura Hikaru 2819 4- Korobov Anton 2818 5- Grischuk Alexander 2808 6- Aronian Levon 2784 7- Fedoseev Vladimir 2768 8- Artemiev Vladislav 2756 9- GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2755 10- GM Kamsky Gata 2755 Read more for Games , standings and results
10 - 24 December 2019 16 players , Knock-out (or single-elimination) event Nepomniachtchi is the winner and gets a spot in the Candidates 2020. Read more for Games , standings and results
11 - 17 December 2018 Semi-final and Final of Grand Chsee Tour 2019 London , UK 8 games : 2 classical games + 2 rapid + 4 blitz Carlsen, Vachier-Lagrave, Ding Liren, Aronian Read more for Live games , standings and results
December 2nd – 15th 2019 Monaco 12 players Round robin Read more for Live games , standings and results
Rapid: 13-round Swiss system 5th - 6th December 451 players Blitz: 11 double round Swiss system 7th December 428 players Read more for Live games , standings and results
22 - 26 November 2019 Kolkata, India 10 players Average rating: 2782 Players Rapid - Blitz Magnus Carlsen NOR 2849 2828 Ding Liren CHN 2832 - 2840 Hikaru Nakamura USA 2812 - 2871 Wesley So USA 2802 - 2763 Levon Aronian ARM 2768 - 2818 Ian Nepomniachtchi RUS 2765 - 2830 Viswanathan Anand IND 2757 - 2791 Anish Giri NED 2705- 2740 Vidit Gujrathi IND 2674 - 2744 Pentala Harikrishna IND 2667 - 2617 Read more for Live games , standings and results
22 November - 3 December 2019 Antalya, Turkey 11 players Round-robin system Average rating: 2400 Read more for Live games , standings and results
6 - 10 November 2019 Bucharest, Romania 10 players Round robin 9 rounds of rapid 18 rounds of blitz Players - Rapid - Blitz - Classical ratings Fabiano Caruana 2791 2774 2822 Levon Aronian 2768 2818 2772 Anish Giri 2705 2740 2776 Wesley So 2802 2763 2760 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2734 2740 2772 Viswanathan Anand 2757 2791 2757 Sergey Karjakin 2756 2829 2754 Vladislav Artemiev 2768 2779 2731 Le Quand Liem 2746 2680 2713 Anton Korobov 2798 2771 2760 Read more for Live games , standings and results
17 - 29 May, 2019 Hamburg, Germany Alexander Grischuk RUS Ian Nepomniachtchi RUS Radoslaw Wojtaszek POL Hikaru Nakamura USA Peter Svidler RUS Daniil Dubov RUS Wei Yi CHN Veselin Topalov BUL Yu Yangyi CHN Jan-Krzysztof Duda POL Teimour Radjabov AZE Nikita Vitiugov RUS Harikrishna Pentala IND David Navara CZE Dmitry Jakovenko RUS Read more for Live games , standings and results
, 27 October - 3 November 2019 Hovikodden , Norway Final: Carlsen - So 3rd place: Caruana - Nepomniachtchi Read more for Live games , standings and results
24 October - 2 November 2019 Batumi , Georgia Swiss system, 9 rounds Open 40 teams Women: 32 teams Read more for Live games , standings and results
9 - 21 October 2019 Isle of Man 154 players 11 rounds The winner of the FIDE Grand Swiss qualifies for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2020 Read more for Live games , standings and results
9 September - 4 October 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 128 players Knock-Out system tournament. 2 games Read more for Live games , standings and results
10 - 23 September 2019 SkolkovoMoscow. Russia 12 players Round robin Koneru is the winner. Read more for Live games , standings and results
2 - 5 September 2019 Saint Louis, USA Fabiano Caruana vs. Garry Kasparov Wesley So vs. Veselin Topalov Leinier Dominguez vs. Peter Svidler Hikaru Nakamura vs. Levon Aronian Read more for Live games , standings and results
17 - 29 August 2019 St Louis, USA, 12 players Round robin Average rating : 2783 Players Magnus Carlsen 2882 Fabiano Caruana 2818 Ding Liren 2805 Anish Giri 2779 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2778 Wesley So 2776 Ian Nepomniachtchi 2774 Levon Aronian 2765 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2764 Viswanathan Anand 2756 Sergey Karjakin 2750 Hikaru Nakamura 2743 Read more for Live games , standings and results
9 - 23 August 2019 Russia Federation 12 players Round robin Players Vladislav Artemiev 2757 Nikita Vitiugov 2728 Maxim Matlakov 2710 Evgeny Tomashevsky 2706 Dmitry Jakovenko 2704 Ernesto Inarkiev 2682 Vladimir Fedoseev 2671 Kirill Alekseenko 2668 Alexander Motylev 2668 Aleksey Dreev 2662 Alexey Sarana 2655 Alexandr Predke 2650 Read more for French Chess Championship 2019
17 - 25 August,2019 Chartres, France Men - 10 players Round robin Average rating: 2571 Players - men Romain Édouard 2650 Maxime Lagarde 2626 Laurent Fressinet 2625 Yannick Gozzoli 2614 Jules Moussard 2595 Tigran Gharamian 2586 Sébastien Feller 2577 Matthieu Cornette 2555 Sébastien Mazé 2554 Julien Favarel 2333 Read more for Live games , standings and results
10 - 14 August 2019 Saint Louis, USA 10 players Round robin 9 rapid & 18 blitz rounds Players Magnus Carlsen Fabiano Caruana Ding Liren Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Levon Aronian Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Leinier Dominguez Yu Yangyi Sergey Karjakin Richard Rapport Read more for Live games , standings and results
27 July - 1 August 2019 Paris, France 10 players Round robin Average rating : 2763 Players Fabiano Caruana 2819 Anish Giri 2779 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2775 Ian Nepomniachtchi 2775 Alexander Grischuk 2766 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2765 Viswanathan Anand 2764 Hikaru Nakamura 2754 Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2729 Daniil Dubov 2700 Read more for Live games , standings and results
11 - 25 July, 2019 16 players , Knock-out (or single-elimination) event Read more for Live games , standings and results
20 - 31 July 2019 Biel, Switzerland 8 players 7 rounds Classical games 7 rounds Rapid games 7 rounds Blitz games Players Leko, Peter HUN Shankland, Sam USA Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi IND Maghsoodloo, Parham IRI Cori, Jorge PER Georgiadis Nico SUI Abdusattorov, Nodirbek UZB Bogner, Sebastian GER Read more for Live games , standings and results
14 - 22 July 2018 Dortmund, Germany 8 players Round robin Average rating: 2706 Players Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2775 Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2760 Radjabov, Teimour 2759 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 2737 Rapport, Richard 2735 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 2672 Fridman, Daniel 2638 Kulaots, Kaido 2560 Read more for Live games , standings and results
17 - 28 July 2019 Konya 14 teams Round robin Read more for Live games , standings and results
26 June - 8 July 2019 Zagreb, Croatia 12 players Round robin Average rating : 2782 Players Magnus Carlsen 2875 Fabiano Caruana 2819 Ding Liren 2805 Anish Giri 2779 Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2779 Ian Nepomniachtchi 2775 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2774 Viswanathan Anand 2767 Hikaru Nakamura 2754 Wesley So 2754 Levon Aronian 2752 Sergey Karjakin 2748 Read more for Live games , standings and results
3 - 15 June 2019 , Stavenger , Norway 10 players , Round robin Average rating: 2783 Players Magnus Carlsen 2875 Fabiano Caruana 2819 Ding Liren 2805 Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2779 Alexander Grischuk 2775 Shahriyar Mamedyarov 2774 Viswanathan Anand 2767 Wesley So 2754 Levon Aronian 2752 Yu Yangyi 2738 Read more for Live games , standings and results
29 May - 19 June 2019 Kazan,Tatarstan, Russia 8 players Players Kateryna Lagno RUS 2554 Mariya Muzychuk UKR 2563 Alexandra Kosteniuk RUS 2546 Anna Muzychuk UKR 2539 Valentina Gunina RUS 2506 Nana Dzagnidze GEO 2510 Tan Zhongyi CHN 2513 Alexandra Goryachkina RUS 2522 Read more for Live games , standings and results
12 - 18 May 2019 Hengshui, China 16 players : Men and Women Rapid Time control: 15+ 10 Read more for Live games , standings and results
3 - 13 May 2019 Havana, Cuba Elite Group 6 players Double round robin Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2677 ,. Sevian, Samuel USA 2666 ,Anton Guijarro, David ESP 2667 ,Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri CUB 2567 , Adhiban, Baskaran IND 2701 ,Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel CUB 2566 Read more for Live games , standings and results 8 - 12 May 2019 Abidjan , Côte d'Ivoire 10 players Rapid : Round robin Blitz: Double Round robin Carlsen Magnus ,Ding Liren ,Vachier-Lagrave Maxime , Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura ,So Wesley , Karjakin Sergey ,Veselin Topalov ,Wei Yi ,Bassem Amin Read more for
Live games , standings and results 3 - 9 May 2019 Malmö, Sweden 8 players Round robin Average rating: 2664
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Live games , standings and results 1 - 10 May, 2019 Sochi, Russia 10 teams Round robin Read more for
Live games , standings and results 22 - 29 April 2019 Karlsruhe & Baden-Baden, Germany 10 players Round robin Average rating: 2726 Carlsen is the winner. Read more for
Live games , standings and results 11 - 22 April 2019 Antalya, Turkey 130 players 11 rounds Average rating: 2250 Players Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2534 RUS Dzagnidze, Nana 2513 GEO Khotenashvili, Bela 2479 GEO Kashlinskaya, Alina 2477 RUS Stefanova, Antoaneta 2464 ECX Cornette, Deimante 2464 LTU Sebag, Marie 2461 FRA Girya, Olga 2461 RUS Cramling, Pia 2460 SWE Shuvalova, Polina 2457 RUS Read more for
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30 March - 9 April 2019 Shamkir, Azerbaijan 10 players Round robin Average rating: 2779 Players Carlsen Magnus 2845 Liren Ding 2812 Giri Anish 2797 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2790 Anand Viswanathan 2779 Grischuk Alexander 2771 Radjabov Teimour 2756 Karjakin Sergey 2753 Topalov Veselin 2740 Navara David 2739 Read more for Live games , standings and results 16 February 2019 La Roche-sur-Yon , France 10 players Round robin
5 - 16 February 2019 St.Louis , USA 10 players Round robin Players Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS 2532 Dzagnidze, Nana GEO 2513 Gunina, Valentina RUS 2501 Khotenashvili, Bela GEO 2491 Sebag, Marie FRA 2476 Harika, Dronavalli IND 2471 Abdumalik, Zhansaya KAZ 2468 Paehtz, Elisabeth GER 2466 Krush, Irina USA 2435 Zatonskih, Anna USA 2428 Read more for
Live games , standings and results 22 - 31 January 2019 Gibraltar 249 players Artemiev won with 8.5 points. Read more for
Live games , standings and results 11 - 27 January 2019 Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Players - Masters tournament Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2835 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2817 Ding, Liren CHN 2813 Giri, Anish NED 2783 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2777 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2773 Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2763 Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2757 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof POL 2738 Rapport, Richard HUN 2732 Shankland, Samuel USA 2724 Fedoseev, Vladimir RUS 2719 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi IND 2701 Van Foreest, Jorden NED 2614 Read more for
Live games , standings and results 27 January - 3 February 2018 Antalya , Turkey 388 players 11-round Top 5 Players - ELO rating - Yýlmazyerli Mert 2436 Gökerkan, Cem Kaan 2420 Kamer, Kayra 2399 Arat Ufuk Sezen 2361 Köksal Ege 2360 Read more for
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