2019 in chess

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Major chess events taking place in 2019.

Events

December 12 – The United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution designating July 20 as "World Chess Day", marking the date of the establishment of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Paris on July 20, 1924.[1]

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players (2700+)	Winner	Runner-up	Third
Tata Steel Masters	Wijk aan Zee	Round robin	12–27 January	14 (12)	Magnus Carlsen	Anish Giri	Ian Nepomniachtchi
Tata Steel Challengers	Wijk aan Zee	Round robin	12–27 January	14 (0)	Vladislav Kovalev	Andrey Esipenko	Benjamin Gledura
Prague Chess Festival	Prague	Round robin	6–15 March	10 (8)	Nikita Vitiugov	Vidit Gujrathi	Radoslaw Wojtaszek
Shamkir Chess	Shamkir	Round robin	31 March – 9 April	10 (10)	Magnus Carlsen	Ding Liren	Sergey Karjakin
Shenzhen Masters	Shenzhen	Round robin	17–April	6 (6)	Anish Giri	Pentala Harikrishna	Ding Liren
Grenke Chess Classic	Baden-Baden	Round robin	20–29 April	10 (6)	Magnus Carlsen	Fabiano Caruana	Arkadij Naiditsch
Norway Chess	Stavanger	Round robin	4–15 June	10 (10)	Magnus Carlsen	Levon Aronian	Yu Yangyi
Poykovsky Chess Tournament	Poykovsky	Round robin	6–15 June	10 (3)	Vladislav Artemiev	Dmitry Jakovenko	Ivan Saric
Netanya International Chess Festival	Netanya	Round robin	23 June – 2 July	10 (3)	Boris Gelfand	Leinier Dominguez	Pavel Eljanov
Croatia Grand Chess Tour	Zagreb	Round robin	26 June – 8 July	12 (12)	Magnus Carlsen	Wesley So	Levon Aronian
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting	Dortmund	Round robin	13–21 July	8 (5)	Leinier Dominguez	Ian Nepomniachtchi	Radoslaw Wojtaszek
Biel Chess Festival	Biel	Round robin	21–30 July	8 (2)	Vidit Gujrathi	Sam Shankland	Peter Leko
Sinquefield Cup	St. Louis	Round robin	17–29 August	12 (12)	Ding Liren	Magnus Carlsen	Viswanathan Anand
London Chess Classic	London	Knockout	2–8 December	4 (4)	Ding Liren	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Magnus Carlsen

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players	Winner	Runner-up	Third
Gibraltar Chess Festival	Gibraltar	Swiss	21–31 January	252	Vladislav Artemiev	Karthikeyan Murali	Nikita Vitiugov
Aeroflot Open	Moscow	Swiss	18–28 February	101	Kaido Külaots	Haik Martirosyan	Krishnan Sasikiran
European Individual Chess Championship	Skopje	Swiss	18–29 March	361	Vladislav Artemiev	Nils Grandelius	Kacper Piorun
GRENKE Chess Open	Karlsruhe	Swiss	18-22 April	904	Daniel Fridman	Anton Korobov	Andreas Heimann
Riga Technical University Open	Riga	Swiss	5–11 August	275	Igor Kovalenko	Sarunas Sulskis	Arman Mikaelyan

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

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Teams	Winner	Runner-up	Third
World Team Chess Championship	Astana	Round robin	5–14 March	10	Russia	England	China
Women's World Team Chess Championship	Astana	Round robin	5–14 March	10	China	Russia	Georgia
European Team Chess Championship	Batumi	Round robin	23 October – 3 November	40	Russia	Ukraine	England
Women's European Team Chess Championship	Batumi	Round robin	23 October – 3 November	32	Russia	Georgia	Azerbaijan

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players	Winner	Runner-up	Third
Norway Chess Blitz Tournament	Stavanger	Round robin	3 June	10	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Levon Aronian	Magnus Carlsen
Lindores Abbey Chess Stars	Lindores	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 July – 1 August	10	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Viswanathan Anand	Ian Nepomniachtchi
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz	St. Louis	Round robin	10–August	10	Levon Aronian	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Ding Liren
Superbet Rapid & Blitz	Bucharest	Round robin	6–10 November	10	Levon Aronian	Sergey Karjakin	Viswanathan Anand
Tata Steel Rapid & Blitz	Kolkatta	Round robin	8–12 May	10	Magnus Carlsen	Hikaru Nakamura	Anish Giri

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]
September 5. 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.

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