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Jones Gawain is the winner of European Online Blitz Championship Final:  Jones Gawain -  Shirov Alexei : 2.5 - 0.5 3rd place match :  Bluebaum Matthias -  David Navara : 2.5 - 0.5 5 - 16 December 2020 Moscow , Russia Federation 12 players Round robin Players Ian Nepomniachtchi (2784), Sergey Karjakin (2752), Peter Svidler (2723), Nikita Vitiugov (2720), Vladislav Artemiev (2711), Daniil Dubov (2702), Maxim Matlakov (2698), Andrey Esipenko (2686), Vladimir Fedoseev (2674), Maksim Chigaev (2619), Mikhail Antipov (2611), Aleksey Goganov (2594) Continue to read Live games and results
Dates: November 1-December 13, 2020. November 1: Vachier-Lagrave - Sarin:16.5-11.5 November 2: Carlsen - Maghsoodloo: 24-5. November 4: Firouzja - Fedoseev: 14-15. November 8: So - Abdusattorov : 18-10. November 11: Nepomniachtchi- Aronian 11 - 14 November 12: Nakamura - Martirosyan : 21 - 5 November 15: Caruana-Duda : 9 - 17 November 16: Giri-Artemiev : 15,5 -11, 5 Quarter-finals November 19 : So - Duda 16 - 11. December 2: Vachier-Lagrave Aronian : 14.5 - 12.5 December 3: Nakamura - Fedoseev December 3: Carlsen - Artemiev Continue to read Live games and results
1st event of the Champions Chess Tour . 22 November 2020 Online at chess24.com 16 players Average rating: 2760 Players 1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 3 Ding, Liren CHN 4 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 5 Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 6 Aronian, Levon ARM 7 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof POL 8 Radjabov, Teimour AZE 9 Le, Quang Liem VIE 10 Svidler, Peter RUS 11 So, Wesley USA 12 Giri, Anish NED 13 Karjakin, Sergey RUS 14 Firouzja, Alireza FID 15 Dominguez Perez, Leinier USA 16 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi IND Continue to read Live games and results
19 - 28 November 2020 Sochi, Russia 10 teams Round robin Average rating: 2514 Continue to read Live games and results
13 - 21 November 2020 Antalya, Turkey 10 players Round-robin system Average rating: 2414 Vahap Sanal is the champion. Continue to read Live games and results
26 - 29 October 2020 Online tournament 12 players Rapid Round robin Average rating: 2642 Prize: $150.000 Players Nakamura, Hikaru 2829 Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2786 So, Wesley 2741 Xiong, Jeffery 2730 Swiercz, Dariusz 2649 Lenderman, Aleksandr 2642 Shankland, Sam 2609 Robson, Ray 2605 Ramirez, Alejandro 2579 Sevian, Samuel 2571 Moradiabadi, Elshan 2566 Liang, Awonder 2397 Continue to read Live games and results
5 - 16 October 200 , Stavenger , Norway 6 players , Round robin Average rating: 2764 Players Carlsen, Magnus 2863 Caruana, Fabiano 2835 Aronian, Levon 2773 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2753 Firouzja, Alireza 2728 Tari, Aryan 2630 Continue to read Live games and results
September 23 - 27, 2020 16 players Online , Knock-out tournament 10 games Time control: 3 mn + 2 sec tie-break: 2 blitz games and Armageddon game if needed. Continue to read Live games and results
15 September - 19 September 2020 Saint Louis, USA 10 players Rapid Round Robin Blitz Double Round Robin 20 mn +10 sec increment Players Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2863 Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2784 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2777 Aronian, Levon ARM 2773 So, Wesley USA 2770 Dominguez Perez, Leinier USA 2758 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2736 Firouzja, Alireza FID 2728 Xiong, Jeffery USA 2709 Harikrishna, Pentala IND 2732 Carlsen and So shared the first place. Continue to read Games and results
11 - 13 September 2020 Saint Louis, USA 10-player Round Robin Chess 960 ( Fischer Random ) 20 mn +10 sec increment Players Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2863 Caruana, Fabiano USA 2835 Kasparov, Garry CRO 2812 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2778 Aronian, Levon ARM 2773 So, Wesley USA 2770 Dominguez Perez, Leinier USA 2758 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2736 Firouzja, Alireza FID 2728 Svidler, Peter RUS 2723 Carlsen and Nakamura are the co-champions. Continue to read Games and results
27-30 August 2020 Online tournament 15 minutes for the entire game, plus a 5-second increment starting from move one. India and Russia are declared joint winners of the Online Chess Olympiad. Semi-finals USA - Russia : 0.5-1.5 India - Poland : 2-1 Continue to read Live games and results
August 9th - August 20th 2020 Online tournament 4 players Carlsen is the winner. Continue to read Live games and results
July 21st - August 5th. Online tournament 10 players Top 4 players will advance to the semi-finals Players Magnus Carlsen Viswanathan Anand Ding Liren Vladimir Kramnik Peter Svidler Boris Gelfand Vasyl Ivanchuk Anish Giri Ian Nepomniachtchi Peter Leko Continue to read Live games and results
July 18 - 29 ,2020 Biel, Switzerland 8 players 7 rounds Classical games 7 rounds Rapid games 14 rounds Blitz games Wojtaszek at the top after the Rapid games Continue to read Live games and results
July 21 Anna Ushenina wins Women's Speed Chess Championship Anna Ushenina ( Ukraine ) - Alexandra Kosteniuk ( Russia ) : 14.5 - 13.5 July 18-20 16-player knockout 4 legs Kosteniuk wins the leg 4 of the Women’s Speed Chess Grand Prix and qualified for the Super Final match against Anna Ushenina. Final: Kosteniuk - Koneru: 7 - 5 3rd place: Hou Yifan- Khademalsharieh: 7.5 - 2.5 Semifinals : Kosteniuk ( RUS ) - Khadamalsharieh ( IRI ) : 7.5 - 3.5 Koneru ( IND ) - Hou Yifan ( CHN ) : 6 - 5 July 8-12 16-player knockout 4 legs Lagno is the winner. Final: Kateryna Lagno - Hou Yifan : 6.5 - 5.5 3rd place: Kosteniuk - Khademalsharieh: 7-4. Semifinals : Hou Yifan ( CHN ) - Sarasadat Khadamalsharieh ( IRI ) : 8 - 2 Kateryna Lagno ( RUS ) - Alexandra Kosteniuk ( RUS ) : 6.5 - 4.5 
As a chess enthusiast who save the photos of the chess paintings to my computer it was a pleasure for me to encounter a book released in the spring: Chess in Art . This unique book which includes the paintings of more than 700 artists spans 800 years of the relationship between chess and art. From 1100 to 1900. Website : https://chessinart.com
Junly 1-5 16-player knockout 4 legs Gunina is the winner. Final: Gunina - Ushenina: 7-5 3rd place: Lagno - Khademalsharieh : 9.5-2.5 Top 5 after leg 2 
June 25 - July 5 Online chess tournament on chess24 8 players Quarterfinals, Semi-finals and Final. Carlsen is the winner. Carlsen - Giri: 2 - 0 Continue to read Live games and results
June 24-28 16-player knockout 4 legs 
June 20 - July 5 Online chess tournament by chess24 12 players, 2 groups Double round robin tournament Top 4 of each group will advance to the knockout stage Players GROUP A Carlsen, Magnus NOR Nakamura, Hikaru USA Grischuk, Alexander RUS Dubov, Daniil RUS Artemiev, Vladislav RUS Harikrishna, Pentala IND GROUP B Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA Ding, Liren CHN Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS Caruana, Fabiano USA Radjabov, Teimour AZE Giri, Anish NED Continue to read Live games and results
June 6 - 14, 2020 8 players Online , Knock-out tournament Time control: 10 mn + 5 sec Players Magnus Carlsen NOR 2881 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2860 Leinier Dominguez USA 2786 Alexander Grischuk RUS 2784 Levon Aronian ARM2778 Fabiano Caruana USA 2773 Wesley So USA 2741 Jeffery Xiong USA 2730 Read more for Live games and results
May 19 - June 3 Online chess tournament Knock-out system: The series of 3 mini-matches. Each mini-match consists of 4 rapid games. Carlsen, Nakamura, So, Ding Liren Yu, Yangyi Dubov, Daniil Karjakin, Sergey Aronian, Levon Read more for Live games and results
May 26 - 29 4 players Online , Knock-out tournament Prize: $100,000 Players Nakamura, Hikaru 2829 Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2786 Caruana, Fabiano 2773 So, Wesley 2741 Read more for Live games and results
12 - 14 May Online chess tournament on chess24 8 players Blitz tournament Double round robin tournament semi-finals and final Players Kramnik, Vladimir 2797 Grischuk, Alexander 2765 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 2695 Karjakin, Sergey 2766 Svidler, Peter 2754 Inarkiev, Ernesto 2639 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2785 Riazantsev, Alexander 2497 Read more for Live games and results
May 5 - 10 Online chess tournament on chess.com 6 teams Double round robin tournament Teams - Average Rapid rating 1. Europe 2687 2. China 2718 3. India 2611 4. USA 2654 5. Rest of the World 2598 6. Russia 2662 Read more for Live games and results
15 April - 1 May 2020 Online chess tournament on chess24 8 players Single round robin tournament Players Carlsen, Magnus Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime Ding, Liren Nakamura, Hikaru Nepomniachtchi, Ian Caruana, Fabiano Giri, Anish Firouzja, Alireza Read more for Live games and results
1 - 14 March 2020 Lausanne, Switzerland 12 players Round robin Average rating: 2713 Read more for Live games and results
2 - 8 March 2020 Ankara Turkey 73 players 9 rounds Average rating: 1598 Read more for Live games and results
21 February - 1 March 2020 Cafe Batavia , Amsterdam, The Netherlands 10 players Round robin Average rating: 2460 Reinderman won with 7.5 points. Read more for Games and results
19 - 27 February 2020 Moscow, Russia 9 -Round Swiss Suleymanli Aydin is the winner. Read more for Games and results
11 - 22 February 2020 Prague, Czechia Masters t. : 10 players Round robin Average rating: 2708 Read more for Games and results
6 - 17 February 2020 St.Louis , USA 10 players Round robin Read more for Games and results
Moscow Open A 25 January - 2 February 2020 Final standings
21 -30 January 2020 Gibraltar 248 players 10-round Average rating: 2369 Read more for Games and results
25 January - 5 February 2020 Antalya , Turkey 313 players 11-round Read more for Live Games and results
4 - 12 January 2020 , Shanghai , China 15 - 25 January 2020 , Vladivostok , Russia Ju Wenjun is the champion. Ju Wenjun vs Aleksandra Goryachkina Read more for Games and results
10 - 26 January 2020 Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Players - Masters tournament Magnus Carlsen 2872 Fabiano Caruana 2822 Anish Giri 2768 sley So 2765 Viswanathan Anand 2758 Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2758 Nikita Vitiugov 2747 Vladislav Artemiev 2731 Yu Yangyi 2726 Alireza Firouzja 2723 Jeffery Xiong 2712 Daniil Dubov 2683 Vladislav Kovalev 2660 Jorden Van Foreest 2644 Read more for Games and results
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
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