2019 in chess
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.
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Events
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
Supertournaments
Open events
| 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
Team events
| Tournament | City | System | Dates | Teams | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
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| 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
| Tournament | City | System | Dates | Players | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
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| 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
- Tamar Khmiadashvili, a Georgian Woman Grandmaster with multiple wins in the Georgian Women's Championship and Women's World Senior Championship.
- 7 January – Khosro Harandi, first Iranian International Master and three-time winner of the Iranian Chess Championship, dies at age 87.
- 31 March – Eva Moser, Austria's first Woman Grandmaster and in 2006 became the first woman to win the absolute Austrian Chess Championship, dies at age 36.
- 6 July – Ragnar Hoen, Norwegian FIDE Master who won the Norwegian Chess Championship in 1963, 1978, and 1981, dies at age 78.
- 11 August – Shelby Lyman, American chess player and teacher, dies at age 82.
- 26 August – Pal Benko, Hungarian-American Grandmaster, author and composer of endgame studies, dies at age 91.[2]
- 5 September – Nenad Šulava, Croatian Grandmaster, dies at age 56.[3][4]
- 11 September – Zbigniew Szymczak, Polish International Master and Polish chess champion in 1983, dies at age 67.
- 9 September – Yoel Aloni, Israeli chess player and problemist, dies at age 90.
- 23 September – Harri Hurme, Finnish FIDE Master and International Solving Master, dies at age 74.
- 30 December – Beatriz Alfonso Nogue, Spanish Woman FIDE Master, dies at age 51.
References
- UN adopts July 20 as World Chess Day, FIDE, 13 December 2019, retrieved 2 May 2020
- 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.
- International Chess Federation [@FIDE_Chess] (8 September 2019). "Croatian GM Nenad Sulava passed away on September 5" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- International Chess Federation (6 September 2019), Nenad Sulava dies at 56, retrieved 26 January 2020
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