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2012

Anand-Gelfand World Chess Championship Moscow, Russia May 10-30		Chessgames will be covering all 12 rounds daily at 7:00am (USA/Eastern) as World Champion Anand attempts to defend his title against challenger Boris Gelfand at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. (4 games, 2 players, 46 discussion pages, crosstable.)

US Championship St. Louis, USA May 8-20		Nakamura and Kamsky are tied at 5/7 in this exciting round-robin. Chessgames will be broadcasting the games live every at at 2:00pm (USA/Eastern). (43 games, 12 players, 10 discussion pages, crosstable.)

US Championship (Women) St. Louis, USA May 8-20		Zatonskih and Krush are tied at 4.5/6 in this exciting round-robin. Discussion forum now open. (30 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Asian Continental Chess Championship May 4-14 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnman		Parimarjan Negi took first place on tie-break from Yu Yangyi after both scored 7/9. (314 games, 72 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Asian Continental Chess Championship (Women) May 4-14 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnman		Irine Kharisma Sukandar took clear first with 7/9. (179 games, 41 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

20th Sigeman and Co Tournament Malmo, Sweden May 9-16		Caruana, Leko, Li Chao, Giri, Emanuel Berg, Hans Tikkanen, Jonny Hector and Nils Grandelius play in this round-robin. Discussion forum now open. (24 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

47th Capablanca Memorial Havana, Cuba May 3-14		Ivanchuk, Dominguez Perez, Quesada Perez, Nepomniachtchi, and Potkin compete in this traditional celebration of Cuban chess. Discussion forum now open. (30 games, 6 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Topalov Under-18 Clock Simul Vienna, Italy Apr 27		Topalov won a clock simul against some of Europe's top juniors, scoring +4 -2 =2. Topalov conceded defeat against 16 year old GM Richard Rapport, and 13 year old Martin Christian Huber. (8 games, 9 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Italian Team Championships Arvier, Italy Apr 27-May 1		The favorites are Obiettivo Risarcimento (Padova) with Caruana, Nakamura, and Georgiev. Discussion forum now open. (201 games, 86 players, 1 discussion page.)

Kramnik vs Aronian Match Zurich, Switzerland Apr 21-28		Kramnik and Aronian played a 6 game classical match in Zurich, tied 3 to 3. (6 games, 2 players, 15 discussion pages, crosstable.)

12th Bangkok Open Bangkok, Thailand Apr 13-19		Nigel Short scored a fantastic 8/9 which (including a quick draw in the final round against Nguyen Duc Hoa). Some games uploaded; more coming soon. Discussion forum now open. (28 games, 19 players, 1 discussion page.)

14th Dubai Open Dubai, UAE Apr 15-23		Ni Hua won on tiebreaks after getting off to a fabulous start (4/4) at this very strong Swiss. (189 games, 90 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Russian Team Championships Sochi, Russia Apr 8-16		Tomsk-400 cruised to the finish line with Sergey Karjakin on board one boasting a 2896 performance rating. (378 games, 136 players, 4 discussion pages.)

Russian Team Championships (Women) Sochi, Russia Apr 8-16		Ladya/Kazan won the women's event, with Nadezhda Kosintseva on board one. (84 games, 35 players, 1 discussion page.)

Chinese Chess Championships Xinghua, China Mar 27-Apr 7		Ding Liren becomes the Chinese Champion for the third year in a row, finishing with 8/11. (66 games, 12 players, 8 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Chinese Chess Championships (women) Xinghua, China Mar 27-Apr 7		Huang Qian and Zhang Xiaowen both finish with 8/11, but Huang Qian took gold on tiebreak. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

13th European Individual Championship Plovdiv, Bulgaria Mar 20-31		100 players rated over 2600 at the biggest Swiss of the year! Dmitry Jakovenko trailed Fressinet by a half point going into the final round, then beat him to take the title with 8.5/11. (1,857 games, 353 players, 13 discussion pages, crosstable.)

European Women's Rapid Gaziantep, Turkey Mar 15-16		Tatiana Kosintseva won with 9/11 points, while Alexandra Kosteniuk took the silver medal and Elisabeth Paehtz took third. (217 games, 46 players, 1 discussion page.)

European Individual Women's Championship Tournament Gaziantep, Turkey Mar 2-13		Involving Nana Dzagnidze, Anna Muzychuk, Tatiana and Nadezhda Kosintseva, Kateryna Lahno, Antoaneta Stefanova, Alexandra Kosteniuk, and many more. In the end, Tatiana Kosintseva, Valentina Gunina, and Anna Muzychuk all tied for first with 8.5/11. (560 games, 103 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Reykjavik Open Reykjavik, Iceland Mar 6-13		This 9 round swiss has attracted GMs such as Caruana, Navara, Hou Yifan, Sokolov, and many more. Caruana avoided Hou Yifan's traps in the final round to take fiirst place. (780 games, 202 players, 9 discussion pages, crosstable.)

28th Cappelle-la-Grande Cappelle-la-Grande, France Mar 3-10		Almost 500 players, including 74 GMs, participated at the Palais des arts, in Cappelle-la-Grande. Pentala Harikrishna won with 7/9. (380 games, 206 players, 1 discussion page.)

4th Batavia Chess Tournament Amsterdam, NL Feb 24-Mar 4		Café Batavia 1920 (Amsterdam) hosts this tournament including Sipke Ernst, Mark Hebden, and the surprise runaway winner Dr. Achim Illner (FM). (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Polish Championships Warsaw, Poland Feb 18-26		Mateusz Bartel and Bartlomiej Macieja both finished on 7/9, but Bartel emerged victorious in the tiebreak to become the 2012 Polish Champion. WGM Iweta Rajlich won the women's section. (109 games, 24 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

ACP Women Cup Rapid Tbilisi, Georgia Feb 17-21		Pia Cramling and Nana Dzagnidze finished on 8/11, and Nana won the playoff. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Bunratty Masters Bunratty, Ireland Feb 17-19		This Irish weekender attracted Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Alex Baburin, Mark Hebden, Simon Williams, Gawain Jones, and others. Top seeds Nigel Short and Michael Adams both finished with 5/6, drawing their game together. Adams took first place on tiebreaks. (35 games, 27 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Petrov Memorial Jurmala, Latvia Feb 15-20		On the 18th and 19th, four strong GMs (Ivanchuk, Morozevich, Mamedyarov, and Shirov) were seeded with four qualifiers in a two day round robin. Alexander Morozevich won the final phase 18th-19th February with a score of 5/7 half a point clear of Alexei Shirov and Igor Kovalenko. (28 games, 8 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

11th Aeroflot Open Moscow, Russia Feb 7-Feb 15		This 9 round open attracted many 2600+ and 2700+ players including Caruana, Jobava, Quang Liem Le, Sasikiran, and Vallejo Pons. In the end, three players tied at 6.5/9 but Mateusz Bartel of Poland edged out Korobov and Eljanov on tie-break. (347 games, 85 players, 8 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival Caleta, UK Jan 24-Feb 2		This giant open tournament attracted luminaries such as Svidler, Mamedyarov, Adams, Short, Hou Yifan, Akobian, Korchnoi, Shirov and Judit Polgar. In the final round, Nigel Short caught up with the tournament leader Yifan Hou with a fine win against Sasikiran. Short went on to beat Hou in a 2 game blitz playoff to be crowned winner. (1,141 games, 265 players, 14 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tata Steel 2012 Wijk aan Zee, NL Jan 14-29		The 74th Wijk aan Zee Tournament (aka "Tata Steel") is the strongest one ever. Aronian beat out Nakamura (last year's winner) as well as Carlsen, Topalov, Ivanchuk, and others, finishing with 9/13. (91 games, 14 players, 89 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tata Steel (B Group) Wijk aan Zee, NL Jan 14-29		Pentala Harikrishna won the B Group with 9/13. (91 games, 14 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tata Steel (C Group) Wijk aan Zee, NL Jan 14-29		Maxim Turov won the C Group with 10.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Queenstown Chess Classic Queenstown, NZ Jan 15-23		Darryl K Johansen took first place on tie-break after defeating Gawain Jones in the final round. He, along with Li Chao B and Zhao Jun, finished on 7.5/9. (199 games, 92 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Hastings Chess Congress 2011-2012 Hastings, UK Dec 28-Jan 5		Leading players: Wang Yue, David Howell, Andrei Istratescu, Romain Edouard, Yuri Vovk. Wang Yue finished first with 7.5/9. (499 games, 118 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Donostia Chess Festival 2011-2012 San Sebastia, Spain Dec 28-Jan 5		This knock-out starred Gashimov, Mamedyarov, Bacrot, Moiseenko, Naiditsch and others. The real twist was that matches consisted of two games of classical chess played simultaneously, an old idea by David Bronstein. In the end, Andrei Volokitin beat Viktor Laznicka 2-0 in the tiebreak. (102 games, 59 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Reggio Emilia 2011-2012 Reggio Emilia, Italy Dec 27-Jan 6		The 54th Reggio Emilia featured Ivankchuk, Morozevich, Nakamura, Vitugov, Giri, and Caruana. Anish Giri took clear first, after a surprising finish. (30 games, 6 players, 19 discussion pages, crosstable.)

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Groningen Chess Festival Groningen, NL Dec 21-30		Alex Kovchan beat Robert Hess on tiebreaks, after both finished with 7/9. Also playing were Sergei Tiviakov, Evgeny Romanov, Sipke Ernst, and many others. (238 games, 55 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

European Blitz Championship Warsaw, Poland Dec 16-18		Hrant Melkumyan won the blitz event beating Alexey Dreev in a final playoff. (116 games, 61 players, 1 discussion page.)

European Rapid Championship Warsaw, Poland Dec 16-18		Jobava Baadur won the rapid event with 11/13. (546 games, 268 players, 1 discussion page.)

FIDE Women's World Team Championship Mardin, Turkey Dec 17-28		Players include Koneru, Mkrtchian, Dembo, Muzychuk, Yifan Hou, and the Kosintseva sisters. (179 games, 49 players, 3 discussion pages.)

SportAccord Mind Games (Rapid) Beijing, China Dec 9-16		Similar to the Amber tournament of the past, this tournament pits players in rapid, blitz, and blindfold events. Discussion forum now open. (56 games, 16 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

SportAccord Mind Games (Women's Rapid) Beijing, China Dec 9-16		Similar to the Amber tournament of the past, this tournament pits players in rapid, blitz, and blindfold events. (56 games, 16 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

SportAccord Mind Games (Blindfold) Beijing, China Dec 9-16		The blindfold event was tied between Vachier-Lagrave and Zoltan Almasi, both at 5/7. (54 games, 16 players, no discussion, crosstable.)

SportAccord Mind Games (Women's Blindfold) Beijing, China Dec 9-16		Yifan Hou is the blindfold lady of the event, winning by a full point at 5.5/7. (49 games, 16 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

SportAccord Mind Games (Blitz) Beijing, China Dec 9-16		Vachier-Lagrave finished first with 6.5/8. Antoaneta Stefanova won the Women's Blitz event. (61 games, 16 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

London Chess Classic London, UK Dec 3-12		Kramnik defeated a steller field of Carlsen, Anand, Nakamura, Aronian, Short, Adams, McShane, and Howell. (36 games, 9 players, 55 discussion pages.)

Snowdrops and Old-hands Prague, Czech Republic Dec 3-11		A battle between "old hands" (Robert Huebner, Vlastimil Hort, Boris Gulko, Rafael Vaganian) and "snow drops" (Mariya Muzychuk, Natalia Pogonina, Eva Kulovana, Tania Sachdev). (24 games, 8 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

World Computer Chess Championship Tilburg, NL Nov 19-23		Junior is the new computer champ, now that Rybka has been dishonorably disqualified. (36 games, 9 players, 10 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tal Memorial Moscow, Russia Nov 16-25		A last round victory by Carlsen put him in the money alongside Aronian, both with 5.5 out of 9. Also playing: Anand, Kramnik, Karjakin, Ivanchuk, Nakamura, Gelfand, Svidler, and Nepomniachtchi. (45 games, 10 players, 47 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Hou-Koneru Women's World Championship Tirana, Albania Nov 14-30		Yifan Hou retained her title against challenger Humpy Koneru in only 8 games. Congratulations to Hou, the Womens World Champion for 2011-2012. (8 games, 2 players, 11 discussion pages, crosstable.)

21st World Seniors Championship Rijeka, Croatia Nov 15-26		IM Vladimir Okhotnik defeated GM Bojan Kurajica in the last round and took a clear first place with 9/11. (424 games, 161 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

European Team Championship Porto Carras, Greece Nov 3-11		The German team unexpectedly defeated Armenia to secure first. Azerbaijan finished second, and Hungary's amazing final round sweep over Bulgaria (4-0) secured the bronze. (688 games, 189 players, 16 discussion pages.)

European Team Championship (Women) Porto Carras, Greece Nov 3-11		The Russian team took the gold for the third consecutive year. Poland took the silver medal; Georgia, bronze. (505 games, 140 players, 1 discussion page.)

Corsica Masters Knockout Corsica, France Oct 28-31		World Champion Anand beat Mamedyarov 2 to 0 in the final of the Corsica Masters knock-out. (43 games, 16 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Corsica Masters Corsica, France Oct 22-31		Sasikiran finished with 7.5/9, half a point ahead of 2nd place Gawain Jones. (89 games, 47 players, 1 discussion page.)

SPICE Cup Texas, USA Oct 15-25		Susan Polgar's annual tournament saw Le Quang Liem beating out Shulman, Robson, Dominguez-Perez, and others. Also see Group B and Group C. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page.)

Chinese League 2011 Various locations Apr 12-Dec 6		The Chinese League has rounds 13-15 in Qindao from Oct 26-28. Leading players are Wang Yue, Wang Hao, Le Quang Liem, Bu Xiangzhi, Ni Hua, Ding Liren, Hou Yifan, and others. Discussion forum now open. (225 games, 71 players, 1 discussion page.)

15th Unive Tournament Hoogeveen, NL Oct 16-Oct 22		Kramnik, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave, and Judit Polgar competed in this double round-robin. Kramnik took sole first with 4.5/6. (12 games, 4 players, 16 discussion pages, crosstable.)

15th Unive Tournament (Open) Hoogeveen, NL Oct 14-Oct 22		Sergei Tiviakov took first place on tie-breaks from Van Kampen and Sipke Ernst who all scored 7/9. (234 games, 88 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik, Russia Oct 8-23		The 3rd Women's Grand Prix of the 2011-12 series saw an incredible 9.5/11 performance from Zhao Xue beating out contemporaries like Stefanova, Kosteniuk, Lahno, and the Kosintseva sisters. Her nearly perfect streak was broken only by Ju Wenjun in the final round. (66 games, 12 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Governor's Cup Saratov, Russia Oct 7-20		Line up: Ponomariov, Morozevich, Leko, Vitiugov, Moiseenko, Shirov, Tomashevsky, Andreikin, Eljanov, Ni Hua, Roiz, and Alekseev. Morozevich won with 8.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Magistral Casino Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Oct 12-20		This double round-robin was won jointly by Ivan Salgado Lopez and Yasser Seirawan both with 5.5/8. (36 games, 9 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

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Schachbundesliga 2011-12 Mülheim, Germany Oct 14-15		The 2011-2012 Germany Bundesliga kicks off in Mülheim, including Svidler, Gashimov, Adams, Bacrot, Almasi, Vallejo, Najer, and many more. (952 games, 238 players, 2 discussion pages.)

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Romanian Superliga Brasov, Romania Oct 8-16		Top stars include Kamsky, Jobava, Volokitin, Nisipeanu, Fedorov, and others. Discussion forum now open. (180 games, 74 players, 1 discussion page.)

Romanian Superliga (Women) Brasov, Romania Oct 8-16		Top stars include Cramling, Muzychuk, Melia, and others. Discussion forum now open. (89 games, 36 players, 1 discussion page.)

Oslo Open Oslo, Norway Oct 2-9		England's Matthew Sadler has returned to the chess scene with a bang, scoring a phenomenal 8/9 at the Oslo Open. He was a point-and-a-half better than second place GM Sipke Ernst. (253 games, 58 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

12th Karpov International Poikovsky, Russia Oct 4-13		Bacrot and Karjakin tied with 5.5 out of 9. Not exactly a crowd-pleaser, over 75% of the games were draws. (45 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

4th Bilbao Masters Bilbao, Spain and São Paulo, Brazil Sep 25-Oct 11		This year's Bilbao Masters spanned the globe from Brazil to Spain. Magnus Carlsen trailed Ivanchuk for most of the tournament, but beat "Chuky" in the penultimate round, taking the match into blitz tiebreaks, in which Carlsen was victorious. Also played: Vallejo, Anand, Aronian, and Nakamura. (30 games, 6 players, 48 discussion pages.)

Kasparov-Short Blitz Match Leuven, Belgium Oct 9		Following his blitz match against Vachier in Clichy, Kasparov now plays an 8-game blitz match against Nigel Short in Belgium. Kasparov took the deciding 8th game to win 4.5 to 3.5. (8 games, 2 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Topalov Clock Simul Dublin, Ireland Oct 3		Topalov played the entire Irish Men's Team (GM Alex Baburin, IM Sam Collins, IM Alex Lopez and IM Mark Quinn) at the same time. He tied the exhibition 2 to 2. (4 games, 5 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

27th European Club Cup Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia Sep 27-Oct 2		St. Petersburg Chess Federation (Svidler, Vitiugov, Movsesian, Efimenko, et al) took first after defeating Mika Rtg-O (Sargissian, Petrosian, Andriasian, et al) 3.5 to 2.5. (1,200 games, 449 players, 2 discussion pages.)

27th European Club Cup (Women) Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia Sep 24-Oct 2		The women's finals saw Russian AVS (Stefanova, Lahno, Pogonina, et al) triumph over Romanian AEM LUXTEN (Dzagnidze, Zatonskih, Javakhishvili, et al). Dzagnidze missed a win against Hou Yifan's ferocious attack. (142 games, 50 players, 1 discussion page.)

Kasparov in Clichy Clichy, France Sep 17		Kasparov held a one day chess exhibition in Clichy to promote his Chess in Schools campaign, which included these two games against GM Vachier-Lagrave. (2 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk Aug 27-Sep 20		The 2011 World Cup took place again in Khanty-Mansiysk at the Ugorian Chess Academy. Peter Svidler beat 7 players in a row to become the 2011 World Cup Winner, defeating 2nd place Grischuk in the finals. Ivanchuk beat Ponomariov to take 3rd place. (391 games, 126 players, 95 discussion pages.)

Shenzhen Women's Grand Prix Shenzhen, China Sep 7-19		The second Women's Grand Prix of the 2011-2012 series was pushed back to give Hou Yifan a chance to participate after her elimination in the 2011 World Cup. (66 games, 12 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Kings vs Queens Sep 9-16 St. Louis, USA		This "Battle of the Sexes" featured both rapid and Fischerandom. The Kings won 31.5 to 18.5, with Nakamura being the MVP with an incredible 9.5 out of 10 points. (25 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Botvinnik Memorial Rapid Moscow, Russia Sep 2-3		"The Lightning Kid" emerged victorious over Carlsen, Aronian, and Kramnik. The event had a big twist: games were stopped midway so that the players could chat about their games with the viewers. (12 games, 4 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Women's Superfinals Moscow, Russia Aug 19-Aug 28		Valentina Gunina convincingly beat out Charochkina, Galliamova, Pogonina, Kosteniuk, and others. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Botvinnik Memorial (Seniors) Suzdal, Russia Aug 15-18		Korchnoi won the 2011 Botvinnik Memorial by a whole point. Time control was 25 minutes + 10s/move. Yuri Averbakh (now 89) presided as arbiter. (45 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

French Championships Caen, France Aug 14-27		Vachier-Lagrave was able to contain Bacrot's sacrificial attack in the final round to become the 2011 French Champion. (66 games, 12 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Superfinals Moscow, Russia Aug 8-15		Svidler captured his 6th title with a round to spare. Players: Kramnik, Morozevich, Karjakin, Grischuk, Nepomniachtchi, Svidler, Timofeev, and Galkin. (28 games, 8 players, 10 discussion pages, crosstable.)

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Rostov-on-Don, Russia Aug 1-15		Female World Champion Yifan Hou won clear first with 8/11. Also playing were Kateryna Lahno, Koneru Humpy, and the Kosintseva sisters. (66 games, 12 players, 8 discussion pages, crosstable.)

World Junior Championships Chennai, India Aug 1-16		Dariusz Swiercz edged out Robert Hovhannisyan on tiebreaks, both with 10.5/13. (790 games, 127 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

World Junior Championships (Girls) Chennai, India Aug 1-16		Deysi Estela Cori Tello is the 2011 Girls' Junior World Chess Champion, finishing with an incredible 11/13. (382 games, 70 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Baku Open Baku, Azerbaijan Aug 5-14		Sergei Zhigalko was the winner with 7/9 ahead of Andreikin, Sutovsky, Mamedyarov, Vallejo Pons, and others. It took place at the AF Hotel on the Caspian Sea, with a prize fund of €50K. (115 games, 47 players, 1 discussion page.)

British Championships Sheffield, England Jul 24-Aug 6		The 98th British Championships ended with Adams beating out Short in the tiebreaks. (430 games, 90 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

112th US Open Orlando, USA Jul 30-Aug 7		Lenderman is the official winner on tiebreaks, after a massive 7-way tie including Nakamura, Gelashvili, Gareyev, Alejandro Ramirez, and Kacheishvili. (306 games, 197 players, 4 discussion pages.)

Navara-Laznicka Match Novy Bor, Czech Republic Aug 2-7		Láznička beat Navara in a six game match 4.5 to 1.5. (6 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

1st Hangzhou Women's GM Tournament Hangzhou, China Jul 14-23		Ju Wenjun won by a clear point and achieved her first GM norm. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dortmund Dortmund, Germany Jul 21-31		The 39th Dortmund Chess Meeting featured Kramnik, Nakamura, Ponomariov, Giri, Quang Liem Le, and Georg Meier. Kramnik won hands-down with 7/10. (30 games, 6 players, 16 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Biel Chess Festival Biel, Switzerland Jul 18-29		The 44th Biel Chess Festival involved Carlsen, Vachier-Lagrave, Shirov, Caruana, Morozevich, and Pelletier. Special scoring was used (wins are worth 3 points, draws are worth 1) and Magnus amassed 19 placing him in clear first. (30 games, 6 players, 18 discussion pages.)

World Chess Team Championship Ningbo, China Jul 16-27		Armenia (with Aronian, Movsesian, Akopian, and Sargissian) beat out 9 other nations: the USA (with Kamsky and Shulman), Russia (with Karjakin, Svidler, and Grischuk), Hungary (with Judit Polgar and Leko), China (with Wang Hao and Wang Yue), Azerbaijan (with Gashimov, Mamedyarov, and Radjabov), Ukraine (with Ivanchuk), India, Israel, and Egypt. (178 games, 50 players, 18 discussion pages.)

Dutch Open Jul 19-28 Dieren, NL		Maxim Turov edged out Yuri Vovk and Vladimir Georgiev on tie-break, both with 7/9. (279 games, 63 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dutch Championships Boxtel, NL Jun 25-Jul 5		The 2011 Dutch Championship was won by Anish Giri with a two point lead (7.5/9) over second place Sokolov. (45 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Dutch Championships (Women) Boxtel, NL Jun 25-Jul 5		Peng Zhaoqin won the Women's Dutch Championship with a three point lead (9/10) over second place Anne Haast. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

39th World Open Philadelphia, USA Jun 28-Jul 4		Gata Kamsky and Michael Adams tied for first with 7/9 points, and Kamsky claimed the 2011 World Open Champion title by winning an Armageddon game. (185 games, 78 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Airports Authority of India GM Tournament New Delhi, India Jun 22-Jul 2		Fabiano Caruana beat Wesley So, Negi, Laznicka, Sasikiran, and Hou Yifan play in this double round robin. (30 games, 6 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Gyorgy Marx Memorial IX Paks, Hungary Jun 16-Jun 27		GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek has a clinch on first place with one round to go. Also see the women's event, won by Alina Kashlinskaya. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Commonwealth and South African Open Gauteng, South Africa Jun 25-Jul 3		Gawain Jones edged out Nigel Short on tiebreaks, both with 9.5/11. This strong open featured 388 players. (559 games, 265 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

U.S. Junior Championship Jun 16-Jun 26 Saint Louis, USA		Gregory Young beat out Naroditsky, Harper, Getz, Bryant, Shen, Holt, Troff, Ding, and Sturt. He wins the cash prize but also for an automatic bid in both the World Junior Championship and the US Championship. (45 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Bazna Kings Tournament Medias, Romania Jun 10-23		This double round robin featured Magnus Carlsen (in his first tournament since January's Tata Steel) who beat Sergey Karjakin using the 3rd tiebreak criterion (the Berger score) although both scored 6.5 out of 10. Also present were Radjabov, Nakamura, Ivanchuk, and Nisipeanu. (30 games, 6 players, 27 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Chess Championships Higher League Taganrog, Russia Jun 15-26		A very strong lineup includes Vitiugov, Jakovenko, Tomashevsky, Morozevich, and others. (Also see women's section.) (337 games, 62 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

2011 Ukrainian Championships Kiev, Ukraine Jun 9-21		With Ivanchuk busy in the Bazna Kings Tournament, Ponomariov ran away with the show, winning 8.5 out of 11. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

19th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament Malmo, Sweden Jun 9-13		Featuring Alexei Shirov, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Jonny Hector, Nils Grandelius and Hans Tikkanen. Wesley So, Anish Giri, and Hans Tikkanen tied with 3/5. (15 games, 6 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

2nd Danzhou Tournament Danzhou, China May 15-24		Yangyi Yu finished with 7/9 and a 2914 performance rating. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

2011 French Team Championships Mulhouse, France May 25-June 5		Marseille Echecs (Naiditsch, Bacrot, Istratescu, Delchev, Miton, et al) beat Clichy (Jakovenko, Fressinet, Nisipeanu, et al) to take the title. (523 games, 137 players, 1 discussion page.)

Anand-Shirov Match Leon, Spain June 2-6		The 2011 Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de León featured Anand and Shirov in a 6 game match of quick games (45m + 30s/move). Vishy demonstrated why he's World Champion, winning 4.5 to 1.5. (6 games, 2 players, 16 discussion pages, crosstable.)

82nd German Chess Championship Bonn, Germany May 25-Jun 4		The 82nd German Chess Championships took place in Bonn. Igor Khenkin took first place on tie-break from Jan Gustafsson. Sarah Hoolt won the women's event convincingly. (148 games, 34 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Gelfand-Grischuk Candidates Match Kazan, Russia May 19-27		Gelfand strikes in the final round to win 3.5-2.5, earning the right to play Anand for the title. (6 games, 2 players, 30 discussion pages, crosstable.)

World Championship Candidates Knock-Out Kazan, Russia May 5-27		Eight players face off for the right to challenge Anand for the world title. Gelfand and Grischuk advanced into the final 6-game match, and Gelfand emerged triumphant. (48 games, 8 players, 152 discussion pages.)

Nakamura-Ponomariov Match St. Louis, Missouri May 17-25		Nakamura defeated Ponomariov 3.5 to 2.5 in the classical match, followed by a 2.5-0.3 victory in a four game rapid match. (6 games, 2 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Finegold-Robson Match St. Louis, Missouri May 17-25		Robson gained some match experience beating Finegold 4 to 2, including an epic 137 move game in the 5th round. Their four game rapid match was tied 2 to 2. (6 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

46th Capablanca Memorial Havana, Cuba May 10-May 21		Ivanchuk and Le Quang Liem tied for 1st with 6.5/10. (30 games, 6 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

10th Asian Individual Championships May 2-10 Mashhad, Iran		Pentala Harikrishna, Yu Yangyi and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son finished on 6.5/9. (223 games, 50 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

US Championship (A) Saint Louis, Missouri Apr 15-28		The 2011 US Championship saw two groups pare down two finalists, who then played one another in an exciting knock-out final. In the final two-game match, Gata Kamsky beat Shulman for the title. (28 games, 8 players, 9 discussion pages, crosstable.)

US Championship (B) Saint Louis, Missouri Apr 15-28		Group B includes Christiansen, Shabalov, Seirawan, Kaidanov, Shankland, Hess, Finegold, and Onischuk. In the end was a playoff between Onischuk and Shankland in which Shankland overtook the former champ. (28 games, 8 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

US Championship (Women) Saint Louis, Missouri Apr 15-28		Anna Zatonskih defeated Tatev Abrahamyan in the knock-out to become the US Women's Champion for her fourth time. (28 games, 8 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Team Championships Olginka, Russia Apr 12-Apr 23		ShSM-64 (Gelfand, Caruana, Najer, et al) took the title from Tomsk-400 (Ponomariov, Motylev, et al) by a mere half point. (394 games, 90 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Russian Team Championships (Women) Olginka, Russia Apr 16-Apr 23		The 7 round women's event was won by SHSM-RSCU headed by Alexandra Kosteniuk. (112 games, 38 players, 1 discussion page.)

13th Dubai Open Dubai, UAE Apr 9-19		The 13th Dubai Open featured 40 GMs and 9 WGMs. Abhijeet Gupta won with 7.5/9. (446 games, 137 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Chinese Championship Xinghua Jiangsu, China Mar 30-Apr 10		Wang Yue is the top seed. Hou Yifan participates in the men's division. (66 games, 12 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Chinese Championship (Women) Xinghua Jiangsu, China Mar 30-Apr 10		The women compete for the highest chess title in China. (64 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

11th BCC Thailand Open Pattaya, Thailand Apr 11-Apr 17		A record entry of over 200 players competed. Nigel Short, Jan Gustafsson, and Francisco Vallejo-Pons tied with 7.5/9. (193 games, 115 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

European Seniors Championship Courmayeur, Italy Apr 4-14		Mihai Suba won on 7.5/9; Nona Gaprindashvili took the women's title. (445 games, 101 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

12th European Individual Championship Aix-les-Bains, France Mar 21-Apr 3		Vladimir Potkin edged out Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Judit Polgar and Alexander Moiseenko on tie-break after all finished on 8.5/11. (1,249 games, 357 players, 12 discussion pages, crosstable.)

20th Amber Tournament (Rapid) Monte Carlo, Monaco Mar 11-25		The 20th and final Amber tournament took place in Monte Carlo. Aronian won the overall tournament, while Carlsen placed 1st in the rapid section with 9.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 33 discussion pages, crosstable.)

20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold) Monte Carlo, Monaco Mar 11-25		Aronian beat some of the strongest players in the world, with his eyes closed. He scored 8.5/11, a full point and a half ahead of 2nd place Anand. (66 games, 12 players, 33 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Reykjavik Open Reykjavik, Iceland Mar 9-16		6 players finished on 7/9, they were (in order of tie-break) Kuzubov, Sokolov, Baklan, Miton, Ludvig Hammer and young talent Nyzhnyk. (739 games, 166 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

27th Cappelle-la-Grande Open Cappelle la Grande, France Feb 26-Mar 5		The event was won by Grzegorz Gajewski who finished on 7.5/9 alone after a final round win against Alojzije Jankovic. (687 games, 300 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

6th FIDE Women Grand Prix Doha, Qatar Feb 22-Mar 5		Koneru and Danielian tied for first in this all female tournament, both with 8/11. Koneru's Grand Prix standings now qualify her to play Hou Yifan in a Women's World Chess Championship match later this year. (66 games, 12 players, 8 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Aeroflot Open Moscow, Russia Feb 7-19		The biggest open of the year saw defending champion Le Quang Liem retaining his title with 6.5 out of 9 points. (384 games, 86 players, 9 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival Caleta, UK Jan 24-Feb 3		Over 200 players competed in this elite Swiss open, and Vassily Ivanchuk won with an outstanding 9/10. (1,098 games, 236 players, 5 discussion pages.)

Berkeley International Berkeley, CA Jan 2-8		The event was won by Loek van Wely with 8/10. Samuel Shankland (US Junior Champ) made a GM norm. (265 games, 58 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee, NL Jan 14-Jan 30		Hikaru Nakamura placed first with 9/13 in this incredibly strong field (average Elo of 2740). (91 games, 14 players, 122 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tata Steel (Group B) Wijk aan Zee, NL Jan 14-Jan 30		Luke McShane and David Navara tied with 8.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tata Steel (Group C) Wijk aan Zee, NL Jan 14-Jan 30		Daniele Vocaturo took first place with 9/13. (91 games, 14 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Paul Keres Memorial Tallinn, Estonia Jan 7-9		Shirov took clear first place with 6/7. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

118th New Zealand Championship Auckland Jan 2-12		The 118th New Zealand Chess Championship will be an 11-round Swiss system tournament open to all NZ players with a current NZCF standard rating of 2000 or higher. Our very own Richard Taylor is among the participants. (130 games, 26 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

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European Rapid Championship Warsaw, Poland Dec 17-19		6 players tied with 10.5 out of 13; a blitz tiebreak session saw Zoltan Almasi defeat Vugar Gashimov for the title. (631 games, 283 players, 1 discussion page.)

European Blitz Championship Warsaw, Poland Dec 17		Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Vassily Ivanchuk in the race to the finish. (161 games, 47 players, 1 discussion page.)

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53rd Reggio Emilia Italy Dec 28-Jan 6		Short, Vallejo-Pons, Ivanchuk, Movsesian, Caruana, Onischuk, Gashimov, and Godena played. Both Vugar Gashimov and Francisco Vallejo Pons scored 6/9 but the Sonneborn-Berger tiebreak system favoured Gashimov due to his victory over Vallejo. (45 games, 10 players, 12 discussion pages, crosstable.)

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London Chess Classic London, England Dec 6-15		The 2010 Classic was the strongest yet, featuring Anand, Kramnik, Carlsen, Nakamura, and the top English players Adams, Short, McShane, and Howell. Magnus Carlsen's last round victory secured him first place in the special 3-point-for-a-win scoring system. (28 games, 8 players, 81 discussion pages.)

63rd Russian Championship Superfinal Moscow, Russia Dec 11-22		Ian Nepomniachtchi won his first Russian title by defeating Sergey Karjakin in the tiebreaks. (66 games, 12 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

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2010-2011 Schachbundesliga Various locations Oct 8 '10-Apr 10 '11		The German Schachbundesliga starts its 8th season at the venues Baden-Baden, Bremen, Wattenscheid and Aue. We will be adding games to this tournament page throughout the year. (826 games, 233 players, 1 discussion page.)

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Women's World Chess Championship Antakya, Turkey Dec 2-25		Top seed is India's Humpy Koneru. Other players include Pogonina, Paehtz, Kosteniuk, Cramling, Yifan Hou, and both Kosintsevas. Discussion forum now open. (171 games, 62 players, 22 discussion pages.)

Ajedrez UNAM Quadrangular Mexico City Nov 23		A rapid knock-out involving Judit Polgar, Topalov, Ivanchuk, and Manuel Leon Hoyos. Judit Polgar won the whole event including a King's Gambit in the final round. (12 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

60th Russian Women's Superfinals Moscow, Russia Nov 16-27		This year's lineup includes Alexandra Kosteniuk, Nazi Paikidze, Alisa Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Tatiana Kosintseva, and Natalia Pogonina. There was a three-way tie for first among Galliamova-Ivanchuk, Kosintseva, and Pogonina, all with 7 out of 11. (66 games, 12 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

16th Asian Games (Men Teams) Guangzhou, China Nov 18-27		Rustam Kasimdzhanov won the rapid event; the team events are now under way. (206 games, 76 players, 4 discussion pages.)

16th Asian Games (Women Teams) Guangzhou, China Nov 18-27		Hou Yifan won the rapid event; the team events are now under way. Discussion forum now open. (146 games, 53 players, 1 discussion page.)

World Blitz Championship Moscow, Russia Nov 16-18		All of the players in the Tal Memorial plus a dozen more strong GMs (Carlsen, Svidler, Movsesian, et al) played to determine the world's best blitz chess player: Aronian. (378 games, 20 players, 53 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tal Memorial Moscow, Russia Nov 4-18		Aronian, Mamedyarov, and Karjakin tied for 1st with 5.5 out of 9. Also playing were Kramnik, Grischuk, Gelfand, Shirov, Eljanov, Nakamura, and Wang Hao. (45 games, 10 players, 43 discussion pages, crosstable.)

SPICE Cup Lubbock, Texas Oct 28-Nov 7		The 2010 SPICE Cup (Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence) involved Zoltan Almasi, Alexander Onischuk Wesley So, Georg Meier, Ray Robson and Eugene Perelshteyn. Onischuk won under the special scoring (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw.) (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page.)

SPICE Cup (Group B) Lubbock, Texas Oct 31-Nov 7		Group B winner was GM Gergely Antal. (39 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page.)

Unive Tournament Hoogeveen, NL Oct 22-30		Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took first ahead of Shirov, Giri, and Tiviakov. (12 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament Nanjing, China Oct 18-30		This 10 round double round-robin featured Carlsen, Topalov, Anand, Gashimov, Bacrot, and Wang Yue. GM Carlsen won the event with 7/10. (30 games, 6 players, 60 discussion pages, crosstable.)

9th Cap d'Agde (Group A) Cap d'Agde, France Oct 22-31		Ivanchuk beat Nakamura in the final to win the event. Group A was composed of Judit Polgar, Anatoly Karpov, Hikaru Nakamura, Bu Xiangzhi, Ngoc Truongson Nguyen, Romain Edouard, Nadezhda Kosintseva, and Sophie Milliet. (28 games, 8 players, 10 discussion pages, crosstable.)

9th Cap d'Agde (Group B) Cap d'Agde, France Oct 22-31		Ivanchuk, Pelletier, Le Quang Liem, and others compete in the B group. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

European Club Cup Plovdiv, Bulgaria Oct 16-24		A total of 135 GMs, 57 IMs, 47 FMs, and 243 titled players have signed up for the strongest club event of the year. Discussion forum now open. (999 games, 333 players, 4 discussion pages.)

European Club Cup (Women) Plovdiv, Bulgaria Oct 16-24		53 all-female teams have registered for the most prestigious club event of the year. Discussion forum now open. (194 games, 63 players, 1 discussion page.)

Bilbao Masters Bilbao, Spain Oct 9-15		Kramnik beat out Anand, Carlsen, and Shirov in this four player double round-robin. (12 games, 4 players, 69 discussion pages.)

39th Chess Olympiad Khantiy Mansiysk, Russia Sep 19-Oct 4		The Ukraine took the Gold Medal, Russia team 1 took the silver, and Israel took the bronze on tie-break from Hungary. (3,219 games, 741 players, 87 discussion pages.)

39th Chess Olympiad (Women) Khantiy Mansiysk, Russia Sep 19-Oct 4		Russia team 1 took the gold in the women's with a round to spare; China took the silver, and Georgia took the bronze. (2,486 games, 575 players, 4 discussion pages.)

Shanghai Masters Shanghai, China Sep 3-8		Alexei Shirov took clear first place in this quad against Aronian, Kramnik, and Wang Hao. (12 games, 4 players, 28 discussion pages.)

RAW Chess Challenge New York City Sep 10		Magnus Carlsen agreed to play a game against "The World" via the internet. The world chose among candidate moves proposed by GMs in 60 seconds of web voting. Carlsen won the game in 44 moves. (1 games, 2 players, 8 discussion pages.)

Arctic Securities Chess Stars Kristiansund, Norway Aug 28-30		Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Judit Polgar and Jon Ludvig Hammer played in this two-stage rapid tournament. Carlsen beat Anand 1.5-0.5 in the final to win. (16 games, 4 players, 8 discussion pages.)

Baku Open Baku, Azerbaijan Aug 23-31		Top seed Gata Kamsky won by a half point, 7.5 out of 9. (151 games, 96 players, 1 discussion page.)

Leko-Gelfand Match Miskolc, Hungary Aug 25-30		Boris Gelfand beat Peter Leko 4.5 to 3.5 in an 8 game rapid match. (8 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Rising Stars vs Experience Amsterdam, NL Aug 12-22		The experienced Gelfand, Svidler, Nielsen, Van Wely and Ljubojevic take on the rising stars of Nakamura, Caruana, Wesley So, Giri and Howell. The Youth side defeated the Experience side by a narrow margin of 26-24. (50 games, 10 players, 28 discussion pages, crosstable.)

World Junior Chess Championship Chotowa, Poland Aug 3-16		Dmitry Andreikin took first place on tie-break from Sanan Sjugirov, both finishing with 10/13. (710 games, 120 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

World Junior Chess Championship (Girls) Chotowa, Poland Aug 3-16		Top seed Anna Muzychuk won with 11/13. (489 games, 81 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

French Championship Belfort, France Aug 9-21		Romain Edouard and Laurent Fressinet played off for the title on Saturday after topping the men's event with 8/11. Fressinet took the title by winning the second rapid game. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Gyorgy Marx Memorial Aug 5-16 Paks, Hungary		The 8th Gyorgy Marx Memorial stars Almasi, Berkes, Laznicka, Acs, Timman and Robson. Discussion forum now open. (31 games, 6 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

China vs Russia Ningbo, China Aug 4-16		Bu Xiangzhi, Wang Yue, Wang Hao, Zhou Jianchao and Ni Hua compete against Sergei Rublevsky, Vladimir Potkin, Nikita Vitiugov, Artyom Timofeev, and Vladimir Malakhov. Discussion forum now open. (25 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

China vs Russia (Women) Ningbo, China Aug 4-16		Ju Wenjun, Wang Yu, Ding Yixin, Huang Qian, Tan Zhongyi and Huang Qian compete against Natalia Pogonina, Anastasia Bodnaruk, Alina Kashlinskaya, Nadezhda Kosintseva, and Valentina Gunina. Discussion forum now open. (25 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

FIDE Women Grand Prix Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Jul 30-Aug 12		The 5th FIDE Women Grand Prix features Koneru, Yifan, Stefanova, Sebag, Chiburdanidze, and others. Discussion forum now open. (66 games, 12 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

British Championship Canterbury, Kent July 25-Aug 7		Top seed Michael Adams won with a round to spare, 8.5/11 undefeated. (385 games, 78 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

43rd Biel International Chess Festival Biel, Switzerland Jul 17-30		A three way tie between Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Fabiano Caruana forces them to play tiebreaks on Thursday. (45 games, 10 players, 10 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Dortmund Dortmund, Germany Jul 15-25		Ruslan Ponomariov won the tournament by a point against Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Naiditsch, Leko, and Le Quang Liem (winner of the Aeroflot open). (30 games, 6 players, 42 discussion pages, crosstable.)

USA Junior Championship St. Louis, Missouri Jul 10-20		A tight three-way race saw Sam Shankland beat Zhao and then Robson to take the title of USA Junior Championship. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

USA Women Championship St. Louis, Missouri Jul 10-20		Krush won this year's USA Women Championship with an incredible 8/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Capablanca Memorial Havana, Cuba Jun 9-22		The 45th Capablanca Memorial's elite group included Ivanchuk (who won with 7/10) as well as Nepomniachtchi, Dominguez-Perez, Bruzon, Alekseev, and Short. (30 games, 6 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

38th World Open King of Prussia, Philadelphia Jun 29-Jul 5		Viktor Laznicka took clear first place on 7.5/9 after navigating the tactical fireworks of Loek van Wely. (161 games, 87 players, 1 discussion page.)

4th Women Grand Prix Jermuk, Armenia Jun 3-Jul 6		Nana Dzagnidze took clear first place with 9/11. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

King's Tournament Bazna, Romania Jun 14-Jun 25		Magnus Carlsen finished with a two point lead over Gelfand, Radjabov, Ponomariov, Nisipeanu, and Wang Yue. (30 games, 6 players, 30 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Polonia Wroclaw Chess Festival Wroclaw, Poland Jun 26-Jul 4		This tournament incorporates the 5th Open and 19th Adolf Anderssen Memorial. Discussion forum now open. (310 games, 76 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dutch Championships Eindhoven, NL 11th-20th		Top seed Jan Smeets secured victory with a three move draw in the final round, a half point ahead of Anish Giri. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dutch Championships (Women) Eindhoven, NL 11th-20th		Peng Zhaoqin won by a full two points. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

10th International Computer Tournament Leiden, NL May 28-30		The Dutch Computer Chess Federation let the programmers unleash their monsters. Rybka again took clear first with 8/9. (63 games, 14 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

1st Danzhou Tournament 2010 Danzhou City, Hainan Jun 11-20		Bu Xiangzhi took first place on tie-break from Li Chao. Bu drew his final game and Li beat Yu Yangyi in the final round. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

23rd Leon Rapid Tournament Leon, Spain Jun 3-7		The XXIII Ciudad De Leon saw Boris Gelfand beating Aronian 4-2 after back-to-back blitz victories in the finals. (16 games, 4 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

11th Poikovsky Tournament Poikovsky, Russia Jun 2-14		The field has been expanded to 12 players. Discussion forum open now. (66 games, 12 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

ACP Rapid Cup Odessa, Ukraine May 27-29		Time control is 20m/game + 5s/move. If the match is drawn there are two blitz games of 3 minutes with an increment of 2 seconds per move. If this tie-break ends in a draw (1-1) a final decisive Armageddon blitz game. (47 games, 16 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament Malmo, Sweden May 26-May 30		The 18th Annual Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament takes place at the classical Hipp Theater in central Malmo. Players: Anish Giri, Jon Ludvig Hammer, Jonny Hector, Tiger Hillarp Persson, Pia Cramling and Nils Grandelius. (15 games, 6 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Chinese Championship Xinghua, Jiangsu May 24-Jun 4		Men's and women's events take place alongside each other. Discussion forum now open. (65 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Chinese Championship (Women) Xinghua, Jiangsu May 24-Jun 4		Men's and women's events take place alongside each other. Discussion forum now open. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

US Championships Saint Louis May 13-May 25		With only seconds left on the clock, Kamsky defeated Shulman in the Armageddon-inspired rapid tiebreaks. (107 games, 24 players, 55 discussion pages, crosstable.)

FIDE Grand Prix Astrakhan, Russia May 9-25		The Grand Prix is part of the next World Chess Championship qualification cycle. Discussion forum now open. (91 games, 14 players, 22 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Anand-Topalov World Chess Championship Sofia, Bulgaria Apr 24-May 13		World champion Viswanathan Anand won the match 6.5 to 5.5, winning with the Black pieces in the final round. (12 games, 2 players, 406 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Team Championships Dagomys, Russia Apr 1-10		The 17th Russian Team Championships saw ShSM-64 of Moscow (Gelfand, Karjakin, Wang Hao, Caruana etc) as clear winners with 16/18 possible match points. (269 games, 76 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Russian Team Championships (Women) Dagomys, Russia Apr 1-10		The women's event of the Russian Team Championships saw Spb Chess (Cmilyte, Socko, Arakhamia-Grant, Atalik, Bodnaruk, Demina) as winners. (84 games, 38 players, 1 discussion page.)

Dubai Open Apr 4-14 Dubai, UAE		A massive 8-way tie at 7/9 saw Eduardo Iturrizaga taking first place on tie-break. (307 games, 113 players, 1 discussion page.)

Philadelphia Open Mar 31-Apr 4 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		Gata Kamsky finished first, beating out Ray Robson, Alexander Stripunsky, Alexander Shabalov, and others. (77 games, 61 players, 1 discussion page.)

Amber Tournament (Rapid) Mar 12-25 Nice, France		The 19th Amber Tournament took place at the Palais de la Mediterranne in France. Ivanchuk and Carlsen shared top honors in the rapid section, a full 1.5 points ahead of the rest of the pack. (66 games, 12 players, 20 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Amber Tournament (Blindfold) Mar 12-25 Nice, France		A blunder in the last round cost Carlsen his queen and his lead, leaving Grischuk as clear first place. (66 games, 12 players, 10 discussion pages, crosstable.)

European Individual Championships Mar 6-18 Rijeka, Croatia		Ian Nepomniachtchi took clear first with 9/11, half a point clear of Baadur Jobava and Artyom Timofeev. Baadur Jobava took the silver medal after a playoff against Artyom Timofeev who took bronze. (2,221 games, 406 players, 8 discussion pages.)

European Individual Championships (Women) Mar 6-18 Rijeka, Croatia		14 players qualified for the Women's World Championship: Cramling, Cmilyte, Socko, T. Kosintseva, Sebag, Zhukova, Dembo, Stefanova, A. Muzychuk, N. Kosinsteva, M. Muzycduk Kovalevskaya, Ziazulkina, Rajlich. (880 games, 158 players, 2 discussion pages.)

2009-2010 Bundesliga (Various venues) Oct' 09-Mar '10		The Schachbundesliga in Germany is the strongest chess league in the world. The first two rounds of the 2009-2010 season is just beginning. Anand, Ivanchuk, Svidler, Shirov, Movsesian, and Vachier are playing. (953 games, 229 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Reykjavik Open Iceland Feb 24-Mar 3		Ivan Sokolov edged out Yury Kozubov, Abhijeet Gupta and Hannes Stefansson on tie-break after all scored 7/9. (465 games, 104 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Linares 2010 Linares, Spain Feb 13-25		Veselin Topalov defeated Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Boris Gelfand and Vugar Gashimov with a score of 6.5/9. (30 games, 6 players, 36 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Polgar-Kaidanov Sicilian Theme Match Hilton Head, SC Feb 22-25		Judit Polgar plays Gregory Kaidanov in a 4 game match in South Carolina. They played the following Sicilians, in order: Sveshnikov, Dragon, Najdorf, and Scheveningen. The loser was the Sicilian Defense itself, as White was victorious in all four rounds, leaving the match tied 2:2. A blitz playoff will determine the winner. (4 games, 2 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Cappelle la Grande France Feb 13-20		Ivan Sokolov, Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Sergey Fedorchuk, Jon Ludwig Hammer, Yuri Drozdovskij, and Eduardas Rozentalis are the star players. (178 games, 113 players, 1 discussion page.)

Aeroflot Open Moscow, Russia Feb 8-Feb 19		This year's Aeroflot open features dozens of grandmasters. Discussion forum now open. (355 games, 80 players, 12 discussion pages.)

Moscow Open Moscow, Russia Jan 30-Feb 7		Konstantin Chernyshov, Evgeny Bareev, Le Quang Liem and Ernesto Inarkiev all tied with 7/9; Chernyshov won the tie-break (due to the most wins). (267 games, 148 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Gibraltar Caleta Hotel Jan 26-Feb 4		Michael Adams won the title after beating Francisco Vallejo Pons in the final of the playoff. (1,067 games, 228 players, 4 discussion pages.)

Corus Wijk aan Zee, NL Jan 15-31		Magnus Carlsen emerged victorious with 8.5/13 over Anand, Kramnik, Nakamura, Short, Ivanchuk and others. (91 games, 14 players, 131 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus (B Group) Wijk aan Zee, NL Jan 15-31		Group B includes Wesley So, Anish Giri, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Ni Hua, and others. (91 games, 14 players, 9 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus (C Group) Wijk aan Zee, NL Jan 15-31		Group C includes Peng Zhaoqin, Ray Robson, Robin Van Kampen, and others. (91 games, 14 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Polish Championship Warsaw, Poland Jan 9-17		Mateusz Bartel won the event with 7/9 half a point clear of Radoslaw Wojtaszek. (126 games, 28 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Hastings Chess Congress Hastings, England Dec 28-Jan 5		Ended in a four-way tie between Howell, Hebden, Eduard, and Istratescu all with 7 out of 9. (457 games, 108 players, 1 discussion page.)

World Team Championship Bursa, Turkey Jan 3-14		Teams: Russia, Brazil, Egypt, India, Armenia, Israel, USA, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Greece. Russia won the gold, USA won the silver, and India the bronze. (179 games, 59 players, 25 discussion pages.)

52nd Reggio Emilia Italy Dec 28-Jan 6		Gata Kamsky defeated Zoltan Almasi on tie-break. (45 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

39th Rilton Cup Dec 27-Jan 5 Stockholm, Sweden		Top seeds include Wojtaszek, McShane, Lysyj, Rozentalis, Popov and Jon Ludvig Hammer. Discussion forum now open. (298 games, 68 players, 1 discussion page.)

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Russian Championship Superfinal Dec 20-29 Moscow, Russia		The Central Chess Club in Moscow will be the site for the 2009 Russian Superfinals. Grischuk beat out Svidler, Jakovenko, Alekseev, Tomashevsky, Vitiugov, Riasantsev, Timofeev, Khismatullin, and Sjugirov. (45 games, 10 players, 8 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) Dec 20-29 Moscow, Russia		Alisa Galliamova-Ivanchuk beat out Bodnaruk, Gunina, Zaiatz, Manakova, Romanko, Stepovaia-Dianchenko, and the Kosintseva sisters. Natalia Pogonina withdrew due to medical reasons. (43 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Groningen Chess Festival Groningen, NL Dec 21-30		13 year old Ukrainian Illya Nyzhnyk dominated the Open section with a solid 7.5/9. (271 games, 64 players, 1 discussion page.)

Groningen Chess Festival: Timman vs Kampen Groningen, NL Dec 26-29		Jan Timman beat Robin van Kampen in a four game match 2.5-1.5. (4 games, 2 players, no discussion, crosstable.)

Spassky-Korchnoi Match Elista, Russia Dec 17-27		These two chess veterans drew an 8-game match during the month of December. (8 games, 2 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

London Chess Classic London, England Dec 8-15		A round robin wih Nigel Short, Michael Adams, Luke McShane, David Howell, Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Ni Hua, and Vladimir Kramnik. Carlsen edged out Kramnik by 1 point under the special "3 points for a win" scoring system. (28 games, 8 players, 71 discussion pages.)

Indian Premier National Championship (A) Mumbai, India Dec 1-14		This was won handily by the teenage IM Baskaran Adhiban with 10/13. (273 games, 42 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk Nov 20-Dec 15		This knockout format features 128 of the world's strongest players and is part of the World Championship Cycle. (488 games, 127 players, 128 discussion pages.)

BNbank Blitz Oslo, Norway Nov 28		Some of the best blitz chess players in the world faced off in Norway. Hikaru Nakamura defeated Magnus Carlsen in the finals. (29 games, 12 players, 13 discussion pages.)

World Blitz Championship Moscow, Russia Nov 16-18		Carlsen is the world Blitz Chess Champion after defeating Anand and 20 other GMs. (460 games, 22 players, 52 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tal Memorial Moscow, Russia Nov 4-19		One of the strongest tournaments ever, this event included ex-World Champion Kramnik, World Champion Anand, Carlsen, Ivanchuk, and many other eminent GMs. After 9 rounds, Kramnik won with 6 points (+3 -0 =6). (45 games, 10 players, 101 discussion pages, crosstable.)

48th World Junior Championship Puerto Madryn, Argentina Oct 21-Nov 4		Maxime Vachier Lagrave is the new World Junior Chess Champion, beating out Sergei Zhigalko on tiebreaks. Both finished with 10.5/13. (412 games, 82 players, 11 discussion pages, crosstable.)

48th World Junior Championship (Girls) Puerto Madryn, Argentina Oct 21-Nov 4		Swaminathan Soumya is the new World Female Junior Chess Champion, beating out Betul Yildiz and Deysi Cori Tello on tiebreaks. (221 games, 45 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Chigorin Memorial Open St. Petersburg Oct 14-25		The open tournament was won by Sergey Volkov on tie-break from Zhou Weiqi, Rychagov, Deviatkin and Melkumyan, all finished on 7/9. Most games of the leaders are available now. (546 games, 249 players, 1 discussion page.)

17th European Team Championship Novi Sad, Serbia Oct 21-31		The young Azerbaijan team (including Radjabov, Gashimov, Mamedyarov, et al.) took the gold. Russia took the silver medal; Ukraine, the bronze. (674 games, 183 players, 34 discussion pages.)

17th European Team Championship (Women) Novi Sad, Serbia Oct 21-31		The Russian women took the gold, Georgia took the silver, and the Ukraine ladies took the bronze. (494 games, 137 players, 1 discussion page.)

US Women's Chess Championship St. Louis, Missouri Oct 4-13		Anna Zatonskih clinches her second consecutive US Women's Championship with a staggering 8.5 of 9 points. (45 games, 10 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

13th Unive Tournament Hoogeveen, NL Oct 16-24		Tiviakov won the main group with 3.5/6. (12 games, 4 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

13th Unive Tournament (Open) Hoogeveen, NL Oct 16-24		This large Swiss open was won by Stewart Haslinger with 7.5/9. (275 games, 63 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Pan-American Junior Championship Montevideo, Uruguay Oct 6-Oct 11		Roy Robson won with 7 consecutive victories, followed by a draw in the final round. This gives Ray his third GM norm, just in time for his 15th birthday later in the month. (152 games, 34 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Pearl Spring Chess Tournament Nanjing, China Sep 28-Oct 9		Magnus Carlsen finished with an incredible 8/10 points, thereby pushing his "live rating" over 2800. Carlsen, Topalov, Radjabov, Leko, Jakovenko, and Wang Yue competed. (30 games, 6 players, 75 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Nanjing Women's FIDE Grand Prix Nanjing, China Sep 28-Oct 9		Alongside the Pearl Spring tournament is this high level women's event. Yuhua Xu won the event with 8/11. (66 games, 12 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

European Club Cup Ohrid, Macedonia Oct 3-10		Economist-SGSEU-1 of Saratov took first place (Alekseev, Eljanov et al.) (1,099 games, 369 players, 7 discussion pages.)

Marx Gyorgy Memorial VII Paks, Hungary Sep 24-Oct 5		Zoltan Almasi took clear first with 7/10. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

2009 SPICE Cup Texas, USA Sep 19-29		Texas Tech is host to this very strong tournament with an average rating of 2631. Kuzubov won in the playoffs beating Mamedov and Andreikin all at 5.5/10. The B Group saw a three way tie among Finegold, Bhat, and Perelshteyn. Benjamin Finegold finally got his GM title. Daniel Rensch got his IM title. (30 games, 6 players, 24 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Inventi Chess Tournament Antwerp, Belgium		10 players compete in Belgium in this high-calibre contest. Emil Sutovsky won with 7 out of 9 points. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Kasparov-Karpov Rapid Match Sep 21-24 Valencia, Spain		25 years after their infamous aborted match, Kasparov and Karpov play each other in a set of four rapid games, followed by 8 blitz games. Kasparov won the rapid games 3 to 1. (4 games, 2 players, 37 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Kasparov-Karpov Blitz Match Sep 21-24 Valencia, Spain		Kasparov won the blitz games 6 to 2. (8 games, 2 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Short-Efimenko Match Mukachevo, Ukraine Sep 20-26		A first-class matches to be organized by Universal Event Promotion. Discussion forum now open. One game will be played each day, except for September 23rd, which is a rest day. (6 games, 2 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Dutch Championship Haaksbergen, NL Sep 12-20		Anish Giri took clear first place with 6/8. There was controversy which resulted in Tiviakov leaving after three rounds. (39 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final Bilbao, Spain Sep 5-12		The winners of the Nanching Pearl Spring, Corus-Wijk aan Zee, Ciudad de Linares and Mtel Masters-Sofia tournaments were due to compete, but last minute replacement for Topalov, Levon Aronian, took first place. (12 games, 4 players, 21 discussion pages.)

62nd Russian Championship Higher League Tournament Ulan Ude, Buryatia Sep 2-13		Evgeny Tomashevsky took clear first with 8/11. (305 games, 57 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Yinzhou Cup Women Team Championship Yingbo, China Sep 2-11		The 2009 Women's World Team Championship took place in China. "China Team One" overtook Poland after beating them in Round 8. (178 games, 50 players, 3 discussion pages.)

4th Kolkata Open Calcutta, India Sep 1-10		Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Nigel Short are headliners at this open tournament in Calcutta. New games will be uploaded as they become available. (148 games, 69 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Montreal International Chess Tournament Montreal, Quebec Aug 27-Sep 7		Naiditsch wins with 7.5 point against 11 leading grandmasters. (66 games, 12 players, 8 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Rising Stars vs Experience Amsterdam, Holland Aug 20-31		This Scheveningen-style match pits 5 experienced GMs against 5 young "rising stars". For the first year, the "Experience Team" won, 27.5 to 22.5. (50 games, 10 players, 21 discussion pages.)

Russia vs China Match (Men) Sochi, Russia Aug 14-24		Some of China's finest players face off against leading Russian grandmasters. Russia emerged victorious in the men's division, 13 to 12. (24 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Russia vs China Match (Women) Sochi, Russia Aug 14-24		The women's division of the China vs Russia match; here China won 13.5 to 11.5. (23 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page.)

Zurich Champions Rapid Zurich, Switzerland Aug 23		This rapid event featured eight world champions: Anand, Hug, Karpov, Khalifman, Kramnik, Polgar, Ponomariov and Topalov. Kramnik edged out the competition with 5/7. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix Jermuk, Armenia Aug 8-24		"Vassily Ivanchuk continues to amaze his followers" beating Kasimdzhanov, Akopian, Aronian, Leko, and a bevy of other world-class players. (91 games, 14 players, 77 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Howard Staunton Memorial London, England Aug 7-17		The round robin saw Jan Timman take first, by winning 6 out of 9 games. (45 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Howard Staunton Memorial: UK vs NL London, England Aug 7-17		This Scheveningen-style match between the top UK players and the top Dutch players saw Nigel Short score an enormous 8 out of 10 points, carrying the British team to victory. (49 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Arctic Chess Challenge Tromso, Norway Aug 1-9		Monika Socko took first place on tie-break from Ray Robson, Marijan Petrov and Emanuel Berg after all four finished on 7/9. (349 games, 121 players, 1 discussion page.)

Ordix Open Mainz, Germany Jul 27-Aug 2		Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won this year's giant ORDIX rapid open. (110 games, 86 players, 1 discussion page.)

Zürich Chess Club 200th Anniversary Zurich, Switzerland Aug 9-15		Areshchenko took the title on a tiebreak. We are still trying to gather more games from this event; thank you for your patience. (213 games, 124 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

British Championship Torquay, England Jul 26-Aug 8		The 96th British Championship will be held in Torquay, Devon. (418 games, 76 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Chess Classic Mainz Mainz, Germany Jul 27-Aug 2		The Grenkeleasing Rapid World Championship saw Levon Aronian beating Ian Nepomniachtchi in the finals. Other events include the Chess960 world championship, the ORDIX rapid open, FiNet Chess960 Open, U14 tournaments, and Levon Aronian's 40 game simul. (12 games, 4 players, 20 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Dutch Open Dieren, Netherlands Jul 21-30		Erwin L'Ami took first place with 7.5/9 at the "Open Netherlands Championship." (237 games, 86 players, 1 discussion page.)

42nd Biel International Chess Festival Jul 18-31 Biel, Switzerland		Vachier-Lagrave beat out Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Morozevich, Alekseev, and Caruana. (30 games, 6 players, 35 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Politiken Cup Helsingor, Denmark Jul 18-26		New games will be uploaded daily. Discussion forum now open. (1,101 games, 302 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

2009 Najdorf Memorial Warsaw, Poland Jul 18-26		Radoslaw Wojtaszek achieved first with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Canadian Open Chess Championship Edmonton, Alberta Jul 11-Jul 19		GM Mark Bluvshtein defeated IM Eduard Porper in the tiebreak phase. (211 games, 125 players, 7 discussion pages.)

Donostia Chess Festival San Sebastian, Spain Jul 7-16		Nakamura won this category 18 event after defeating Ponomariov in the tiebreaks. Also playing were Karpov, Granda-Zuniga, Kasimdzhanov, Movsesian, Svidler, and more. (45 games, 10 players, 44 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Sparkassen Chess Meeting Dortmund, Germany Jul 2-12		Kramnik wins by a full point, over Leko, Carlsen, Jakovenko, Bacrot, and Naiditsch. (30 games, 6 players, 78 discussion pages, crosstable.)

2009 World Open Philadelphia, USA Jun 25-Jul 5		Evgeny Najer beat Jaan Ehlvest to secure a 1st place tie with Hikaru Nakamura, who had taken two half-point byes on the final day as he jetted off to another tournament. (158 games, 84 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Big Slick Chess Tournament London, England Jun 27-Jul 5		The 1st annual Big Slick Chess Tournament took place at the Big Slick Poker Club, Purley (London), England. Keith Arkell tied Alexander Cherniaev with 6.5/9. (42 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

17th World Computer Chess Championship Pamplona, Spain May 11-17		Rybka, as usual, dominated the field. It finished with +7 -0 =2, a full point and a half ahead of 2nd place Deep Sjeng. (45 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Bazna Tournament Bazna, Romania Jun 14-25		"Chucky" beats out Radjabov, Shirov, Gelfand, Kamsky, and Nisipeanu compete in this double round robin. (30 games, 6 players, 29 discussion pages, crosstable.)

44th Capablanca Memorial Habana, Cuba Jun 8-18		Leinier Dominguez-Perez wins the "elite group", beating Meier, Khenkin, Savchenko, Bruzon Batista, and Timofeev. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

10th Karpov Tournament Poikovsky, Russia Jun 3-12		Alexander Motylev won the event with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 11 discussion pages, crosstable.)

XXII Leon Tournament Leon, Spain Jun 5-8		A rapid knockout tournament, featuring Carlsen, Morozevich, Ivanchuk, and Wang Yue. Magnus Carlsen beat Vassily Ivanchuk 4-3 after the blitz playoff in the final. (17 games, 4 players, 9 discussion pages.)

Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament Malmo, Sweden Jun 3-7		Six leading player play 5 rounds for this quick round robin. Nigel Short won with 4.5/5: a 2990 performance rating. (15 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Leko-Anand Rapid Match Miskolc, Hungary Jun 3-7		World Champion Anand defeats Peter Leko 5-3 in this rapid match. (8 games, 2 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Chinese Championship Xinghua Jiangsu May 26-Jun 6		Ding Liren won the tournament after receiving a forfeit point in the final round, due to the new "no tolerance" policy of arriving late at the board. (66 games, 12 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Chinese Championship (Women) Xinghua Jiangsu May 26-Jun 6		12 of the strongest female Chinese players vie for the women's title. Discussion forum now open. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Cez Trophy 2009: Navara vs Ivanchuk Prague, Czech Republic May 27-31		Ivanchuk defeated Navara 5.5 to 2.5 in this rapid match. (8 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

3rd ACP World Rapid Cup Odessa, Ukraine May 22-24		Boris Gelfand took clear first place with a 3-1 victory over Peter Svidler in the finals. (44 games, 16 players, 1 discussion page.)

M-Tel Masters Sofia, Bulgaria May 12-23		Alexey Shirov places first with 6.5/10, beating Topalov, Carlsen, Ivanchuk, Wang Yue, and Dominguez-Perez. The event was a double round robin played in a glass pavilion on the square in front of the National Theatre Ivan Vazov. (30 games, 6 players, 46 discussion pages, crosstable.)

8th Asian Continental Chess Championship Subic, Philippines May 13-24		Surya Sekhar Ganguly beat out Zhou Weiqi on tiebreaks, both finishing with 8/11 points. Players from 15 countries competed, including 40 GMs, 15 IMs, and 8 FMs. Zhang Xiaowen won the women's event with 9/11. (692 games, 130 players, 5 discussion pages.)

US Championship St. Louis, Missouri May 7-17		With 7 out of 9 points, Nakamura is the 2009 US Champion. (107 games, 25 players, 40 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Bosnia 2009 Sarajevo, Bosnia May 8-18		Pavel Eljanov won this 6 player double round robin, beating out Movsesian, Sokolov, Wang Hao, Harikrishna, and Predojevic. (30 games, 6 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Azerbaijan vs the World Baku, Azerbaijan May 7-9		The Azerbaijan team (Radjabov, Gashimov, Mamedyarov, and Guseinov) was defeated by "The World" (Anand, Kramnik, Shirov, and Karjakin) at rapid chess (25m) 21.5 to 10.5. (32 games, 9 players, 12 discussion pages.)

4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik, Russia Apr 14-29		The fourth FIDE Grand Prix Series Tournament is took place in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria. Aronian won on 8.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 51 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Akobian vs Shulman Rapid Match California, USA Apr 22-25		There were 6 rapid games over three days, then 10 blitz games on the final day. Akobian edged out Shulman in the rapid games 3.5 to 2.5, but dominated in the blitz event 6 to 2. (6 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

PWC Toronto Open Toronto, Canada Apr 17-19		Bator Sambuev and Joshua Friedel both finished with a perfect 5/5. GM Nakamura was held back due to a surprise upset by IM Artem Samsonkin. (119 games, 79 players, 1 discussion page.)

Russian Team Championship Dagomys, Russia Apr 4-10		Tomsk-400 (Jakovenko, Timofeev, Inarkiev, Tiviakov, et al) captured first place in the Premier League. (168 games, 57 players, 4 discussion pages.)

Russian Team Championship: Women's League Dagomys, Russia Apr 4-10		Spartak (Stefanova, the Kosintseva sisters, Lahno, et al) won the women's division. (112 games, 40 players, 1 discussion page.)

Russian Team Championship: Higher League Dagomys, Russia Apr 4-10		Polytechnik (Kokarev, Maletin, et al) won the second tier. (240 games, 72 players, 1 discussion page.)

Foxwoods Open Mashantucket, Connecticut Apr 8-12		Darmen Sadvakasov defeated Yury Shulman by drawing with the black pieces in the Armageddon blitz tiebreaker. (179 games, 105 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Gedeon Barcza Memorial Budapest, Hungary Apr 6-17		Tournament was cancelled in what some call a scandal; read kibitzing for more info. (6 games, 12 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Reykjavik Open Reykjavik, Iceland Mar 24-Apr 1		Four way tie among Hedinn Steingrimsson, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Hannes Stefansson, and Mihail Marin, all finishing on 7/9. (480 games, 110 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

2008-2009 Bundesliga (Various venues) Oct '08-Mar '09		The 2008/2009 season of Schachbundesliga is now over, and OSC Baden-Baden retained the title. (946 games, 243 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Amber Tournament (Blindfold) Nice, France Mar 14-26		In the blindfold event, there was a three-way tie for first among Kramnik, Aronian, and Carlsen. The overall winner (rapid and blindfold combined) was Aronian who scored 7/11 in both events. (66 games, 12 players, 79 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Amber Tournament (Rapid) Nice, France Mar 14-26		In the rapid section, Anand, Aronian, and Kamsky tied for first place, all with 7/11. (66 games, 12 players, 61 discussion pages, crosstable.)

10th European Individual Championship Budva, Montenegro Mar 6-17		Evgeny Tomashevsky won the title after winning an enormous playoff of 11 players who all finished on 8/11. (1,650 games, 305 players, 12 discussion pages.)

10th European Individual Women's Championship St. Petersburg, Russia Mar 7-21		Tatiana Kosintseva emerged victorious after defeating Lilit Mkrtchian in the playoffs. (923 games, 168 players, 1 discussion page.)

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Istanbul, Turkey Mar 5-20		Koneru Humpy wins in the final round, breaking a three-way tie and winning the event 8.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 12 discussion pages, crosstable.)

25th Cappelle la Grande France Feb 28-Mar 7		Yuri Vovk won this large Swiss style open with 7.5/9. We are still missing some games and will upload them when they become available. (338 games, 224 players, 1 discussion page.)

Linares XXVI Linares, Spain Feb 18-Mar 8		Alexander Grischuk and Vassily Ivanchuk finished on top with 8/14. (56 games, 8 players, 192 discussion pages, crosstable.)

7th International Chess Festival Nancy, France Feb 16-22		Pentala Harikrishna won with 7/9 in the main section, while Nikolai Ninov won the B Group. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Topalov-Kamsky Match Sofia, Bulgaria Feb 17-27		Veselin Topalov defeated Gata Kamsky 4.5 to 2.5 in an 8 game match to determine the right to play World Champion Anand later in the year. (7 games, 2 players, 99 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Aeroflot Open Moscow, Russia Feb 16-27		Bacrot beat Moiseenko on tiebreaks, both with 6.5/9. (340 games, 81 players, 12 discussion pages, crosstable.)

2nd Queenstown Chess Classic Queenstown, New Zealand Jan 15-24		David Smerdon took first place with 8/10. (176 games, 82 players, 1 discussion page.)

Gibtelecom Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar Jan 27-Feb 5		Peter Svidler took first after defeating Vadim Milov 2-0 in the rapid tiebreaks. (850 games, 191 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Mate of the King Tehran, Iran Jan 26-Feb 3		To mark the 30th Anniversary of the Islamic revolution there was a match between Anatoly Karpov and Ehsan Ghaem Maghami. After a tie in the rapids, Maghami won the event after edging out Karpov in the blitz event. (4 games, 2 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

71st Corus Tournament Wijk aan Zee, NL Jan 16-Feb 1		Sergey Karjakin defeated Leinier Dominguez in the final round to achieve victory with 8/13. (91 games, 14 players, 121 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus (Group B) Wijk aan Zee, NL Jan 16-Feb 1		Fabiano Caruana beat Nigel Short in the final round to win the B group with 8.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 14 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus (Group C) Wijk aan Zee, NL Jan 16-Feb 1		Wesley So placed first with a point to spare, 9.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 9 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Aker Chess Challenge Gjovik, Norway Jan 2-Jan 5		Magnus Carlsen, Peter Svidler, Hikaru Nakamura, and Kjetil Lie play in a super rapid tournament. Peter Svidler emerged victorious in the blitz playoffs to emerge triumphant in the final rounds. (16 games, 4 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Ivanchuk-Leko Match Mukachevo, Ukraine Jan 3-5		Ivanchuk defeated Leko 3.5 to 2.5. (6 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Hastings Chess Congress Hastings, England Dec 28-Jan 5		The legendary Hastings tournament finished. Igor Kurnosov finished first with 7.5/9. (444 games, 105 players, 1 discussion page.)

51st Reggio Emilia Tournament Reggio Emilia, Italy Dec 27-Jan 4		Ni Hua wins by an entire point and half, with 7.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

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18th Pamplona International Pamplona, Spain Dec 22-29		This invitational GM tournament features Sasikiran, Malakhov, Delchev, Caruana, Vallejo-Pons, Roiz, Nepomniachtchi, and Salgado Lopez. Krishnan Sasikiran won with 5/7. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

FIDE Grand Prix Elista, Kalmykia Dec 13-29		Radjabov, Javkovenko and Grischuk finished on 8/13. (91 games, 14 players, 26 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Pearl Spring Chess Tournament Nanjing, China Dec 10-22		Topalov had a commanding performance, winning with 7/10. (30 games, 6 players, 32 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Israeli Championship Haifa, Israel Nov 30-Dec 12		A swiss open tournament will determine the champion. Boris Avrukh won the title on tiebreaks. (46 games, 24 players, 2 discussion pages.)

United States Chess League Internet Aug 25-Dec 6		Some of America's strongest players compete online, organized geographically. Team "Dallas Destiny" (Zivanic, Kuljasevic, Boskovic, et al) beat "Boston Blitz" (Christiansen, Perelshteyn, Sammour-Hasbun, et al) in the tiebreaks. By individual scores, IM Alex Lenderman from Queens amassed 22.5 points, edging out Miami's Julio Becerra with 20. (251 games, 121 players, 1 discussion page.)

21st Belgrade Trophy Obrenovac, Serbia Nov 7-Dec 5		This large open tournament ended in a three-way tie among Dejan Antic, Jon Viktor Gunnarsson, and Srdjan Cvetkovic, all with 7.5/9. (881 games, 228 players, 1 discussion page.)

Remco Heite Invitational Welvega, Netherland Nov 28-30		Loek Van Wely and Bartlomiej Macieja tie for first, beating Yusupov, Tiviakov, Agdestein, and Van Den Doel. (15 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

2008 Olympiad Dresden, Germany Nov 12-25		Armenia repeats their success and wins the gold medal. Israel wins the silver medal, and the USA takes the bronze. (3,071 games, 708 players, 197 discussion pages.)

2008 Women's Olympiad Dresden, Germany Nov 12-25		Perennial powerhouse Georgia broke China's hegemony of the women's division. Ukraine secured the silver medal, and the USA won the bronze. (2,357 games, 539 players, 7 discussion pages.)

World Blitz Championship Almaty, Kazakhstan Nov 7-8		Leinier Dominguez-Perez wins with 11.5/15. All games are now online, but some of the game scores are incomplete. (120 games, 16 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Casino de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Oct 30-Nov 7		Dreev wins clear first with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Anand-Kramnik World Championship Match Bonn, Germany Oct 14-Nov 2		Viswanathan Anand defends his title with a final score of 6.5 to 4.5. (11 games, 2 players, 444 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Cap d'Agde Cap d'Agde, France Oct 26-Nov 1		Hikaru Nakamura defeated Vassily Ivanchuk in the final. (74 games, 16 players, 40 discussion pages.)

Magistral Internacional Ruibal Buenos Aires, Argentina Sep 29-Oct 9		Club Argentino de Ajedrez sponsored this 10 way round robin invitational. Andres Rodriguez won with 7.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

12th Essent Chess Tournament Hoogeveen, NL Oct 17-25		Ivan Sokolov beat out Smeets, Adly, and Sebag with 5/6. (12 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

European Club Cup Kallithea, Greece Oct 16-24		URAL Sverdlovskaya (Radjabov, Kamsky, Shirov, Grischuk, Malakhov, Motylev and Dreev) won the event. (1,330 games, 444 players, 7 discussion pages.)

European Club Cup (Women) Kallithea, Greece Oct 16-24		Cercle d'Echecs Monte Carlo won the European Club Cup for Women. (251 games, 82 players, 1 discussion page.)

Commonwealth Championship Nagpur, India Sep 28-Oct 6		Nigel Short wins with 9.5 out of 11. (1,147 games, 268 players, 1 discussion page.)

Russian Superfinals Moscow, Russia Oct 2-16		A three way tie on 7/9 among Svidler, Jakovenko, and Alekseev led to a playoff, in which Svidler emerged victorious with 3/4. (66 games, 12 players, 20 discussion pages, crosstable.)

SPICE Cup Lubbock, Texas Sep 19-28		The highest rated 10-player international round-robin chess tournament in US history. Four-way tie for 1st place (5.5/10) among Akobian, Onischuk, Harikrishna, and Kritz. Pentala Harikrishna placed highest in the tiebreak protocol. (41 games, 10 players, 5 discussion pages.)

Russia vs China Match Ningpo, China Sep 18-27		Russia's strongest grandmasters face off against China's biggest stars. China won the main event narrowly, 26 to 24. (50 games, 20 players, 7 discussion pages.)

Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final Bilbao, Spain Sep 2-13		Topalov wins this category 22 monster tournament with 17 points, under the special scoring system where wins are worth 3 points and draws are worth 1. (30 games, 6 players, 106 discussion pages.)

Women's World Championship Nalchik, Russia Aug 28-Sep 18		Alexandra Kosteniuk defeated Hou Yifan in the finals to become the 2008 Women's World Chess Champion. (145 games, 53 players, 41 discussion pages.)

European Union Championships Liverpool, England Sep 9-18		Jan Werle won first place with 8/10. (678 games, 141 players, 2 discussion pages.)

61st Russian Championship Higher League Novokuznetsk, Russia Sep 3-14		Some very strong players compete in a large swiss style tournament. We will upload new games as they become available. (301 games, 56 players, 1 discussion page.)

NH Chess Tournament Amsterdam, NL Aug 20-30		Also known as Youth vs Experience, the youth beat the experience 33.5 to 16.5. Especially notable was Wang Yue finished on 8.5/10. (50 games, 10 players, 8 discussion pages.)

Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament Moscow, Russia Aug 27-28		Ivanchuk wins the blitz tournament (after winning the main event). (297 games, 18 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tal Memorial Moscow, Russia Aug 17-27		Ivanchuk wins by a full point finishing on 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 103 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tournoi international de Montreal Aug 24-Sep 2		Yury Shulman wins with 6.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Antwerp Tournament Antwerp, Belgium Aug 23-31		Bu Xiangzhi wins with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

French Championships Pau, France Aug 11-23		Etienne Bacrot took the title after beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the rapid tiebreaker. Sophie Milliet won the French Women's Championship. (68 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Villarrobledo International Rapid Open Villarrobledo, Spain Aug 2-3		Topalov took clear first with 8/9. (36 games, 28 players, 1 discussion page.)

Najdorf Memorial Warsaw, Poland Aug 2-10		Sasikiran won with 6.5/9, a clear point ahead of the field. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page.)

World Junior Championship Gaziantep, Turkey Aug 2-16		Abhijeet Gupta is the new World Junior Champion. Dronavalli Harika won the girls' section. (697 games, 111 players, 11 discussion pages.)

FIDE Grand Prix Sochi, Russia July 31-Aug 14		Levon Aronian places first by half a point, finishing with 8.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 108 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Howard Staunton Memorial London, England Aug 7-18		Michael Adams wins with 8/11. (66 games, 12 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Chess Classic Mainz Mainz, Germany July 28-Aug 3		Anand beats Carlsen in the finals 3-1 to win this four way rapid event. (20 games, 4 players, 17 discussion pages.)

Ordix Open Mainz, Germany Aug 2-3		Nepomniachtchi beat Eljanov on tiebreaks in this rapid chess tournament. (109 games, 80 players, 1 discussion page.)

41st Biel International Chess Festival Biel, Switzerland July 19-Aug 1		Alekseev beat Dominguez-Perez in the playoff. (30 games, 6 players, 73 discussion pages, crosstable.)

North Urals Cup Krasnoturinsk, Russia July 26-Aug 3		Antoaneta Stefanova took clear first with 4.5 out of 7. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Gyorgy Marx VI Paks, Hungary July 25-Aug 4		A round robin among Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Gabriel Sargissian, Ferenc Berkes, Daniel Stellwagen, Alexander Beliavsky and Peter Acs. New games will be uploaded as they become avialable. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

British Championship Liverpool, England July 27-Aug 9		Stuart Conquest defeated Keith Arkell in the rapid-chess tiebreaks to become the 2008 British Chess Champion. (124 games, 48 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Poikovsky Tournament Poikovsky, Russia July 8-17		A four way tie for first place among Shirov, Rublevsky, Jakovenko, and Gashimov, all finishing with 5.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 11 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Lake Sevan Martuni, Armenia July 10-20		Arman Pashikian won with 6.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

World Open Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 2-6		Four way tie for 1st place included Najer, Neji, Ftacnik, and Moiseenko. (209 games, 104 players, 1 discussion page.)

Sparkassen Chess Meeting Dortmund, Germany Jun 28-Jul 6		Peter Leko wins this 8 player round-robin featuring Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Leko, Ivanchuk, Van Wely, Nepomniachtchi, Naiditsch, and Gustafsson. (28 games, 8 players, 52 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Karjakin-Short Rapid Match Kiev, Ukraine July 3-7		Sergey Karjakin beat Nigel Short 7.5 to 2.5 in a 10 game rapid match in Kiev. (10 games, 2 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Aerosvit 2008 Foros, Crimea June 7-20		Magnus Carlsen wins with 8/11, a full point ahead of 2nd place Ivanchuk. (66 games, 12 players, 53 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Karen Asrian Memorial Yerevan, Armenia Jun 8-15		Formerly "Yerevan Chess Giants", this rapid time control tournament featuring eight of the world's leading grandmasters. Levon Aronian wins with 8.5/14. (56 games, 8 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Bosnia Sarajevo Tournament Sarajevo, Bosnia May 23-Jun 2		Morozevich dominated the field and finished with 7.5/10. (30 games, 6 players, 9 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Bosnia Sarajevo Tournament (Group B) Sarajevo, Bosnia May 23-Jun 2		Dalibor Stojanovic wins the B-group with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Bazna King's Tournament Bazna, Romania May 24-Jun 4		Nigel Short clinches first place with a round to spare. (55 games, 11 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Magistral Ciudad de Leon Leon, Spain May 29-Jun 2		Ivanchuk beats Anand, Vallejo Pons, and Shirov. (14 games, 4 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Carlsen-Leko Rapid Match Miskolc, Hungary May 28-Jun 1		Carlsen wins the match 5-3. (8 games, 2 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup Odessa, Ukraine May 30-Jun 2		Pavel Tregubov wins on tiebreaks over Yuri Drozdovskij, Boris Gelfand and Ruslan Ponomariov, all with 9/14. (56 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Argentine Championship Mendoza, Argentina May 20-31		Ruben Felgaer beat Fernando Peralta and Diego Valerga on tiebreaks. (66 games, 12 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

US Championship Tulsa, Oklahoma May 13-21		Yury Shulman is the new American Chess Champion. (108 games, 24 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

US Women's Championship Tulsa, Oklahoma May 13-21		Anna Zatonskih beats Irina Krush in the tiebreaks to become the new American Women's Champion (45 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

M-Tel Masters Sofia, Bulgaria May 7-May 18		Ivanchuk wins with 8/10 after a bold start of 5 consecutive wins. (30 games, 6 players, 104 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Cez Chess Trophy Prague, Czech Republic May 14-18		Kramnik beats Navara 5.5 to 2.5 in a rapid match. (8 games, 2 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

President's Cup Baku, Azerbaijan May 11-21		A large swiss tournament dedicated to the memory of Haydar Aliyev. Evgeniy Najer takes clear first with 7.5/9. (213 games, 113 players, 1 discussion page.)

Sigeman & Co Tournament Malmo, Sweden Apr 22-30		Tiger Hillarp Persson wins with 7.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Baku Grand Prix Azerbaijan Apr 20-May 6		Vugar Gashimov, Wang Yue and Magnus Carlsen shared first place on 8/11. (91 games, 14 players, 141 discussion pages, crosstable.)

European Individual Championship Plovdiv, Bulgaria Apr 20-May 3		Sergei Tiviakov wins with 8.5/11. (1,743 games, 323 players, 8 discussion pages.)

European Individual Championship (Women) Plovdiv, Bulgaria Apr 20-May 3		Kateryna Lahno won the women's event on 8.5/11. (850 games, 157 players, 1 discussion page.)

Japfa Match Jakarta, Indonesia Apr 15-20		Wesley So defeats Susanto Megaranto in a 6 game match. (6 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Japfa WGM Tournament Jakarta, Indonesia Apr 15-20		Li Ruofan won the this round robin featuring 6 of the world's strongest females. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dos Hermanas XIV Spain Apr 18-20		Topalov won the final beating Francisco Vallejo Pons. (12 games, 4 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Team Championship Dagomys, Sochi Apr 1-14		Ural-Ekaterininburg (Radjabov, Shirov, Kamsky, Grischuk, Malakhov, Akopian, Dreev, Motylev) wins with 37.5 points. (396 games, 95 players, 27 discussion pages.)

Gausdal Chess Classic Norway Apr 8-16		Kaidanov wins with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dubai Open Dubai, UAE Apr 6-15		Prodigy Wesley So won the cup with 7/9 points. (249 games, 100 players, 1 discussion page.)

Ruy Lopez Chess Festival Mérdia, Spain Apr 4-13		Michael Adams wins with 5.5/7. (28 games, 8 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Dutch Championships Hilversum, NL Apr 2-13		Jan Smeets is the new Dutch Champion, by defeating Stellwagen in the last round and finishing with 7.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Heviz Tournament Hungary Mar 18-28		Balogh, Naiditsch, Nisipeanu, and Almasi tied with 5.5/10, and Csaba Balogh wins first place on a tiebreak. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page.)

Foxwoods Open Connecticut, USA Mar 19-22		Yury Shulman defeats Alexander Ivanov in an Armageddon playoff for the title. (140 games, 86 players, 1 discussion page.)

Amber Tournament (Rapid) Nice, France Mar 14-28		Aronian wins handily with 8/11, a point and a half against 2nd place Ivanchuk. (66 games, 12 players, 77 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Amber Tournament (Blindfold) Nice, France Mar 14-28		Four way tie for first, including Kramnik, Topalov, Aronian, and Morozevich. (66 games, 12 players, 52 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Under-20 Championship St. Petersburg, Russia Mar 8-18		Sanan Sjugirov and Nikolai Chadaev tie at 8/11 and are now qualified in the World Under 20 Championship. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Isbank Ataturk Women Masters Mar 10-21 Istanbul, Turkey		Yifan Hou wins by a full point. (45 games, 10 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Reykjavic Open Mar 3-11 Reykjavic, Iceland		A three-way tie for first place among Wang Hao, Hannes Stefansson, and Wang Yue, all with 7/9. Rounds 1-5 uploaded now; more to come. (364 games, 91 players, 1 discussion page.)

Morelia-Linares Morelia, Mexico Linares, Spain Feb 15-Mar 7		World Champion Viswanathan Anand wins with 8.5/14. (56 games, 8 players, 203 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Aeroflot Open Moscow Feb 14-22		Ian Nepomniachtchi takes clear first place with 7/9. (296 games, 76 players, 10 discussion pages.)

Moscow Open Moscow, Russia Feb 2-10		Timofeev took sole first place. (159 games, 124 players, 12 discussion pages.)

Croatian Championship Split, Croatia Jan 16-29		Hrvoje Stevic won the event with 8/12. (78 games, 13 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Gibtelecom Chess Festival Gibraltar Jan 22-31		Nakamura defeats Bu Xiangzhi in the tiebreaks to take first place. (935 games, 210 players, 7 discussion pages.)

Corus 2008 Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Jan 11-27		A category 20 tournament featuring 14 of the strongest players in the world. Aronian and Carlsen tie for first with 8/13. (91 games, 14 players, 307 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Group B Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Jan 11-27		Movsesian wins with 9.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 15 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Group C Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Jan 11-27		Fabiano Caruana wins with 10/13. (91 games, 14 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Honorary Group Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Jan 18-27		Four legendary players compete: Korchnoi, Timman, Ljubojevic, and Portisch. Ljubojevic wins with 4/6. (12 games, 4 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

New Zealand Championship Auckland, NZ Jan 15-23		Murray Chandler wins with 9/11. (120 games, 22 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Armenian Championship Yerevan, Armenia Jan 7-21		Karen Asrian beats out Minasian Artashes (both with 8/13) on Sonneborn-Berger tiebreaks. (57 games, 13 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

83rd Hastings Chess Congress Hastings, England Dec 28-Jan 6		Malakhatko and Mamedov tied for first with 7.5/10. (499 games, 103 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Torneo di Capodanno Reggio Emilia, Italy Dec 29-Jan 6		Zoltan Almasi cleared first place by a half-point, finishing with 6/10. (40 games, 10 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

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Russian Championship Superfinals Moscow, Russia Dec 18-30		Morozevich is the new Russian Champion. (66 games, 12 players, 46 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Championship Superfinals (Women) Moscow, Russia Dec 18-30		Tatiana Kosintseva beat out Ovod, Korbut, and Tairova on tiebreaks. (66 games, 12 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Pamplona International Pamplona, Spain Dec 21-29		Francisco Vallejo-Pons beats out 7 other grandmasters in Spain. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

World Chess Cup Khanty-Mansiysk Nov 24-Dec 18		A seven round knockout event featuring 128 of the strongest players in the world. Kamsky defeated Shirov in the finals to claim the cup. (377 games, 128 players, 206 discussion pages.)

World Blitz Cup Moscow, Russia Nov 19-20		Ivanchuk wins with 25.5/38, beating second place Anand by a full point. (380 games, 20 players, 10 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tal Memorial Moscow, Russia Nov 9-19		Kramnik secures his victory with a round to spare, finishing with 6.5/9 points. (45 games, 10 players, 50 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Femida Super Tournament Oct 30 Kharkov, Ukraine		14 year old IM Sanan Sjugirov won this rapid event with 8/11, leading by an entire point. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Liga de Campeones Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain Nov 1-15		Topalov wins by a whopping 1.5 point margin at 7/10. (30 games, 6 players, 15 discussion pages, crosstable.)

USSR vs Yugoslavia Match Moscow, Russia Nov 8-10		The USSR team (Korchnoi, Taimanov, Zaitsev, et al) defeated their old Yugoslavian rivals. (19 games, 20 players, 2 discussion pages.)

European Team Chess Championships Tournament Crete, Greece Oct 27-Nov 7		Russia wins. (677 games, 191 players, 31 discussion pages.)

European Team Chess Championships Tournament (Women) Crete, Greece Oct 27-Nov 7		Russia wins. (504 games, 141 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Corsica Masters Bastia, Corsica Oct 28-30		Nakamura beats Kasimdzhanov in the finals to win this annual rapid chess (10 min + 3s/move) knockout. (45 games, 19 players, 1 discussion page.)

Ivanchuk - Leko Rapid Tournament Mukachevo, Ukraine Oct 26-28		Ivanchuk wins the match in the tiebreaks. (14 games, 2 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Calvia Chess Festival: CECLUB Finals Calvia, Mallorca (Spain) Oct 6-24		Linex Magic (Shirov, Adams, Sublevsky, Sargissian, Cheparinov, Perez-Candelario) claims the Spanish CECLUB title. (23 games, 25 players, 1 discussion page.)

Casino de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Oct 18-26		Hikaru Nakamura wins with 7/9, a clear point ahead of Dominguez-Perez. (45 games, 10 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup Bilbao, Spain Oct 16-20		Bu Xiangzhi defeats Topalov, Carlsen, Polgar, Karjakin, and Harikrishna, with his eyes closed! (30 games, 6 players, 7 discussion pages.)

11th Essent Chess Tournament Hoogeveen, NL Oct 12-20		Mamedyarov won the event on 4.5/6. (12 games, 4 players, 8 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Essent Open Hoogeveen, NL Oct 12-20		Eltaj Safarli wins with 7/9. (337 games, 77 players, 1 discussion page.)

World Junior Championship Yerevan, Armenia Oct 2-17		Ahmed Adly wins with 10/13. (387 games, 78 players, 6 discussion pages.)

World Junior Championship (Girls) Yerevan, Armenia Oct 2-17		Vera Nebolsina wins with 10/13. (258 games, 55 players, 1 discussion page.)

European Club Cup Kemer-Antalya, Turkey Oct 2-10		Linux Magic won the cup. (1,167 games, 390 players, 12 discussion pages.)

European Club Cup (Women) Kemer-Antalya, Turkey Oct 2-10		Cercle d'Echecs wins the women's cup. (252 games, 84 players, 1 discussion page.)

FIDE World Championship Tournament Mexico City, Mexico Sep 12-30		Undefeated "Vishy" Anand finishes with 9/14 and claims the title of World Chess Champion. (56 games, 8 players, 477 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Monarch Assurance International Isle of Man Sep 22-30		Mateusz Bartel, Vitali Golod, Zahar Efimenko, Yuri Yakovich, Michael Roiz and Mikhail Kobalia all tied at 6.5/9. (385 games, 86 players, 1 discussion page.)

Clash of the Computer Titans Mexico City, Mexico Sep 20-27		Zappa defeats Rybka 5.5 to 4.5. We will post the remaining games shortly. (10 games, 2 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Asian Individual Championship Cebu City, Philippines Sep 18-30		Discuss forum now open. We will post more games as they become available. (345 games, 72 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Czech Coal Carlsbad Tournament Carlsbad, Czech Republic Sep 7-15		Movsesian edges out Ponomariov on tiebreaks (both finished 4.5/7). (27 games, 8 players, 11 discussion pages, crosstable.)

UK vs China Match Liverpool, England Sep 4-Sep 9		China beat the UK 28 to 20. (48 games, 16 players, 16 discussion pages.)

Russian Championship (Higher League) Sep 3-11 Krasnoyarsk, Russia		A massive 11-way tie for first place, but Nikita Vitiugov wins on tiebreak criteria. (358 games, 66 players, 1 discussion page.)

Bratto Festival Bratto, Italy Aug 23-31		Vladimir Burmakin beat out Miso Cebalo on tiebreaks (both with 7/9). (121 games, 78 players, 1 discussion page.)

Euwe Stimulans Arnhem, NL Aug 17-26		Amon Simutowe won the event with 7.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Russia vs China Match Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Aug 18-31		China won the match overall 52.5-47.5 coming back to win the men's half with three victories in the final round, and winning the women's event 27-23. (100 games, 20 players, 6 discussion pages.)

NH Chess Tournament Amsterdam, NL Aug 22-Sep 1		"Rising Stars" beat "Experience" 26.5-23.5 and Karjakin won with 7/10 and earned an invitation to next year's Amber tournament. (50 games, 10 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

IBCA European Individual Championship Durham, UK Aug 13-24		Jaroslav Olsar wins with 8/9 points, a half point clear of Yuri Meshkov. (334 games, 76 players, 1 discussion page.)

Chess Classic Mainz Mainz, Germany Aug 13-19		Anand defeated Aronian in the final. However, Aronian defeated Anand to become the victor of the Chess960 event. (4 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Ordix Open Mainz, Germany Aug 13-19		David Navara beat out Mchedlishvili and Sasikiran on tiebreaks, all with 9.5/11. (114 games, 83 players, 1 discussion page.)

French Championships Aix-les-Bains, France Aug 13-25		Vachier-Lagrave beats Tkachiev in the blitz tiebreaks for the title. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Staunton Memorial London, England Aug 7-18		Michael Adams wins the tournament by a full point. (66 games, 12 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Arctic Chess Challenge Tromsø, Norway Aug 4-12		Moiseenko wins with 7.5/9. You can see his games here. (401 games, 99 players, 1 discussion page.)

British Championships Great Yarmouth, England Jul 29-Aug 11		The 94th Championships of The British Isles Organised by the English Chess Federation was won by Jacob Aagaard. (374 games, 69 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Folkschack Festival Täby, Sweden Aug 4-11		Li Chao wins with a stunning 8.5/9 points. (229 games, 149 players, 1 discussion page.)

5th György Marx Memorial Paks, Hungary Aug 4-15		Peter Acs edged out Pentala Harikrishna (both with 6/10) on tiebreak criteria. (30 games, 6 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament Vlissingen, NL		Four way tie between FM Migchiel De Jong, IM Fabiano Caruana, IM Ralf Appel, and GM Sergei Tiviakov. (327 games, 177 players, 4 discussion pages.)

Biel Chess Festival Biel, Switzerland July 21-Aug 3		Carlsen and Onischuk tied for 1st place with 5.5/9, but Carlsen wins the top honors by beating Onischuk in the blitz tiebreakers. (45 games, 10 players, 48 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Politiken Cup Copenhagen, Denmark July 21-29		Five way tie for 1st among Emanuel Berg, Krasenkow, Sargissian, DeFirmian, and Malakhov. (538 games, 223 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Banja Luka Tournament Bosnia and Herzegovina July 22-30		Ilincic and Korchnoi tied for 1st with 6.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

North Urals Cup Krasnoturinsk, Russia July 22-31		10 of the strongest women compete in Krasnoturinsk. Zhu Chen and Zhao Xue tie for 1st place with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Monroi International Women's Grand-Prix Montreal, Canada July 21-28		This 8 player round robin features some of the strongest female players in the world. Pia Cramling wins with 5/7. (28 games, 8 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Frank K. Berry US Women's Championship Stillwater, Oklahoma July 16-20		Irina Krush defeated Abrahamyan in round 9 to win the title, finishing with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Montreal International Tournament Montreal, Canada July 19-28		10 super GMs compete in Quebec for a $22,000 purse. Ivanchuk wins with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 15 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Canadian Open Ottawa, Canada July 7-15		Bu Xiangzhi placed first with 8/10. (356 games, 148 players, 4 discussion pages.)

Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup Odessa, Ukraine July 4-6		Ivanchuk wins with 7/9 points. (45 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Ciudad de León León, Spain July 6-9		Anand beats Topalov, Ponomariov and Kasimdzhanov to win the annual speed-chess battle in Spain. (12 games, 4 players, 17 discussion pages.)

World Open King of Prussia, Pennsylvania Jun 30-Jul 4		Varuzhan Akobian won after beating Stripunsky in the Armageddon tiebreak game. (258 games, 105 players, 15 discussion pages.)

15th World Computer Chess Championship Amsterdam, NL June 11-18		Rybka won with 10/11. (63 games, 12 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Sparkassen Chess Meeting Dortmund, Germany Jun 23-Jul 1		Kramnik wins with 5/7, a full point ahead of the rest. (28 games, 8 players, 62 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Bazna "Turnuel Regilor" Bazna, Romania Jun 15-27		Khalifman wins the "King's Tournament" with 7/10. (55 games, 11 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Dutch Championship Hilversum, Holland Jun 16-28		Sergei Tiviakov wins the two game playoff against Daniel Stellwagen to take the title. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dutch Women's Championship Hilversum, Holland Jun 16-28		Zhaoqin Peng took the title with an astounding 8/9. (45 games, 10 players, no discussion, crosstable.)

Aerosvit Tournament 2007 Foros, Ukraine Jun 17-30		"Chucky" wins with 7.5/11. (65 games, 12 players, 34 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Gorenje Tournament Valjevo, Serbia June 13-21		Roiz wins after edging out Atalik on the tie-breaks. (45 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

National Open Las Vegas, NV Jun 7-11		Hikaru Nakamura took clear first place with 5.5/6. Click here to see Nakamura's games. (127 games, 80 players, 1 discussion page.)

Candidates Match: Grischuk vs Rublevsky		Grischuck wins by scoring 2 to 0.5 in the tiebreaks. (9 games, 2 players, 30 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Aronian vs Shirov		Aronian wins 3.5 to 2.5. (6 games, 2 players, 43 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Gelfand vs Kamsky		Gelfand wins the match 3.5 to 1.5. (5 games, 2 players, 33 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Bareev vs Leko		Leko wins the match 3.5 to 1.5. (5 games, 2 players, 14 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Aronian-Carlsen		Aronian wins the tiebreaks 4-2 after a double victory in the blitz phase. (12 games, 2 players, 88 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Shirov-Adams		Shirov wins the tiebreaks 2.5 to 0.5. (9 games, 2 players, 22 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Gelfand-Kasimdzhanov		Gelfand wins the tiebreaks 2.5 to 0.5. (9 games, 2 players, 12 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Polgar-Bareev		Bareev beats Polgar 3.5 to 2.5. (6 games, 2 players, 35 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Ponomariov-Rublevsky		Rublevsky wins 3.5 to 2.5. (6 games, 2 players, 12 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Grischuk-Malakhov		Grischuk wins the match 3.5 to 1.5. (5 games, 2 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Bacrot-Kamsky		Kamsky wins the match 3.5 to 0.5. (4 games, 2 players, 13 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Leko-Gurevich		Leko wins the match 3.5 to 0.5. (4 games, 2 players, 10 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Deep Fritz vs Deep Junior Match Elista, Kalmykia Jun 6-8		Deep Junior defeats Deep Fritz with a final score of 3.5 to 1.5. (6 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

42nd Capablanca Memorial Havana, Cuba May 17-29		Ivanchuk wins by two full points, finishing with 7.5/9. (44 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

1st Women's World Team Championship Ekaterinburg, Russia May 19-30		With an emphatic 8 wins, 1 draw and no losses, China took the 15 kilogram golden trophy in the first-ever World Women's Team Chess Championship; Russia and Ukraine came in second and third respectively. (180 games, 50 players, 7 discussion pages.)

37th Bosna Sarajevo Tournament Sarajevo May 18-28		Movsesian wins with 6.5/10, a full point ahead of the pack. Finishing +3 -0 =7, he was the only undefeated contestant. (30 games, 6 players, 21 discussion pages, crosstable.)

World Youth Stars Tournament Kirishi, Russia May 14-28		Ian Nepomniachtchi beat Mamedov, Negi, and Andriasian on tiebreaks (all finished 7/11). (66 games, 12 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

US Championships Stillwater, Oklahoma May 15-23		Shabalov wins with 7/9 points to become, once again, the U.S. Champion. (162 games, 36 players, 17 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Mtel Masters Sofia, Bulgaria May 9-20		In the final round, Topalov defeated Sasikiran to take first place alone with 5.5/10. (30 games, 6 players, 154 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Team Championship Sochi, Russia May 1-12		Tomsk-400 wins with a perfect 9/9 score. (Team includes Morozevich, Jakovenko, Karjakin, and Kasimdzhanov.) (267 games, 80 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Baku Chess Festival Baku, Azerbaijan Apr 30-May 12		Arkadi Naiditsch takes clear first place with 7.5/9. (241 games, 112 players, 1 discussion page.)

"Match of the Hopes" Porto-Vecchio, France May 18		Radjabov defeats Carlsen in the "Armageddon" tiebreak in this match of speed chess (15 minutes + 3 seconds/move). (5 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Kramnik-Aronian Rapid Match Yerevan, Armenia May 4-6		Aronian beats Kramnik 4-2 in this match of six rapid games (25+10s/move) in Armenia. (6 games, 2 players, 40 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Spassky-Portisch Match Heviz, Hungary Apr 13-15		Boris Spassky tied Lajos Portisch in a six game match. (6 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Leko vs Kramnik Rapid Match Miskolc, Hungary Apr 24-29		Kramnik wins 4.5 to 3.5. (8 games, 2 players, 21 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Gausdal Chess Classics Gausdal, Norway Apr 18-26		Magnus Carlsen wins by a full point and a half. (45 games, 10 players, 12 discussion pages, crosstable.)

15th Sigeman & Co Tournament Malmo, Sweden Apr 18-26		Ivan Cheparinov wins by a full point and a half. (44 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Moscow Championship Moscow, Russia Apr 18-24		Vladimir Belov beat Boris Grachev in the tiebreaks to place first. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

8th European Individual Championships Dresden, Germany Apr 2-16		Vladislav Tkachiev won the tiebreaks beating out Cheparinov, Jakovenko, and Sutovsky in the final. (2,155 games, 400 players, 16 discussion pages.)

8th European Individual Championships (Women) Dresden, Germany Apr 2-16		Tatiana Kosintseva is the new European Women's Champion. (813 games, 150 players, 4 discussion pages.)

Villa de Canada de Calatrava Spain Apr 6-8		Shirov wins this rapid event (G/25) on tiebreaks, beating out Daniel Fridman, Ivan Sokolov and Boris Gelfand all of whom finished with 7.5/9. (84 games, 63 players, 1 discussion page.)

Foxwoods Open Connecticut, USA Apr 4-8		Gata Kamsky is the winner on speed playoff, beating out Izoria, Ibragimov and Stripunsky (all finished with 7/9). (186 games, 106 players, 1 discussion page.)

Danish Championship Aalborg, Denmark Mar 31-Apr 8		Defending champion Sune Berg Hansen wins the event. (84 games, 24 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Bangladesh Championship Dhaka, Bangladesh Apr 2-Apr 15		Al-Rakib Abdulla with a convining result of 11/13, with only two draws. (91 games, 14 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

16th Amber Tournament (Blindfold) Monte Carlo, Monaco Mar 17-29		Kramnik wins the overall prize, mostly due to his stunning 9/11 score in the blindfold event. (66 games, 12 players, 86 discussion pages, crosstable.)

16th Amber Tournament (Rapid) Monte Carlo, Monaco Mar 17-29		The rapid event of the Amber tournament was won by Viswanathan Anand with 8.5/11, a full two points ahead of the pack. (66 games, 12 players, 92 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Ruy Lopez Festival Zafra, Spain Mar 16-25		Gabriel Sargissian dominated the event, finishing with 6.5/7, a point-and-a-half above the rest. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

8th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament Russia Mar 15-23		Dmitry Jakovenko wins the event by a clear point. (44 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Cappelle la Grande France Mar 3-10		Over 600 players, including 87 GMs and 81 IMs. Wang Yue beat out Miroshnichenko, Gashimov, Arutinian, Drozdovskij, and Yemelin on tiebreaks (all scoring 7/9). (244 games, 156 players, 1 discussion page.)

Linares-Morelia Linares, Spain Morelia, Mexico Feb 16-March 11		Vishy wins with 8.5/14 points. (56 games, 8 players, 288 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Moscow Open Russia Jan 27-Feb 4		Najer and Yemelin shared first place with 7.5/9 from a field of 250 players. (534 games, 228 players, 1 discussion page.)

6th Aeroflot Festival Moscow, Russia Feb 13-Feb 23		Evgeny Alekseev beats some of the world's strongest GMs to take clear first place. (389 games, 88 players, 16 discussion pages.)

5th Gibraltar Chess Festival Jan 23-Feb 1 Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar		Vladimir Akopian emerges with 7.5/9 from a field of 176 players. (752 games, 185 players, 21 discussion pages.)

Corus Tournament Wijk Aan Zee, NL Jan 12-28		Topalov, Radjabov, and Aronian all finish with 8.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 367 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Group B Wijk Aan Zee, NL Jan 12-28		Pavel Eljanov wins with 9/13. (91 games, 14 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Group C Wijk Aan Zee, NL Jan 12-28		Krasenkow wins with 10.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Armenian Championsip Yerevan, Armenia Jan 16-26		After 6 rounds, Karen Asrian won the event by beating Tigran Kotanjian 2-0 in the playoffs. (68 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Rilton Cup Sweden Dec 27-Jan 5		Robert Fontaine took clear first with 7.5/9. David Howell earned his 3rd GM norm. (228 games, 101 players, 1 discussion page.)

Reggio Emilia Italy Dec 30-Jan 7		Viorel Iordachescu wins with 7/9 points. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

ACP Rapid Tournament Odessa, Ukraine Jan 5-8		Leko beats Ivanchuk in the final. (41 games, 16 players, 24 discussion pages.)

Hastings Chess Congress 2006/2007 England Dec 28-Jan 7		Gagunashvili and Neverov tie with 7/9. (432 games, 100 players, 1 discussion page.)

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16th International Computer Chess Championship Paderborn, Germany Dec 27-30		Rybka bested 9 other chess computers with a score of 6.5/7. (28 games, 10 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Ciudad de Pamplona Pamplona, Spain Dec 22-29		Morozevich wins with a stunning 6/7. (28 games, 8 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Lahno vs Negi Match New Delhi, India Dec 17-25		Kateryna Lahno defeated Parimarjan Negi in an 18 game match dubbed "The Amity Grandmasters Challenge". (18 games, 2 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

University of Texas GM Invitational Dalls, TX Dec 5-13		Yury Shulman and Drasko Boskovic tie with 7.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Russian Championship Superfinals Dec 3-15 Moscow		Evgeny Alekseev defeated Jakovenko in the rapid tiebreaks to become the 2006 Russian champion. (66 games, 12 players, 8 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Blind Chess World Duel Bilbao, Spain Dec 7-9		Veselin Topalov defeated Judit Polgar in a six game match of blindfold chess with a score of 3.5 to 2.5. (6 games, 2 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Remco Heite Chess Tournament Nov 24-26 Wolvega, NL		Loek Van Wely blows away the competition with four wins and one draw. (15 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Capablanca Memorial Nov 19-30 Havana, Cuba		Ivanchuk wins with 6.5/10. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Kramnik vs Deep Fritz Nov 25-Dec 5 Bonn, Germany		The World Champion tackled a popular commercial chess program in a 6 game match. The computer won, 4 to 2. (6 games, 2 players, 137 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tal Memorial Moscow, Russia Nov 5-19		The main event is a ten player round-robin featuring Aronian, Svidler, Leko, Shirov, Gelfand, Mamedyarov, Carlsen, Morozevich, Grischuk and Ponomariov. Leko, Ponomariov, and Aronian all finish on 5.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 134 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Spanish Team Championship Olite, Spain Sep 13-Nov 4		Team "Linex Magic" (Ponomariov, Shirov, etc.) wins. (142 games, 65 players, 1 discussion page.)

Corsica Masters Bastia, France Nov 5		Kasimdzhanov beat Anand in the finals to win the knockout event. (38 games, 16 players, 1 discussion page.)

Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona-Casino Spain Oct 19-27		Lenier Dominguez-Perez won with an outstanding 8/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Essent Chess Tournament Netherlands Oct 22-28		Judit Polgar was edged-out by Mamedyarov on tiebreakers; both finished with 4.5/6 points. (12 games, 4 players, 98 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Cap D'Agde Oct 26-Nov 2		16 players compete for 16,000 euros. Teimour Radjabov won the final against Sergey Karjakin. (75 games, 16 players, 40 discussion pages.)

Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match Elista, Russia Sep 21-Oct 13		Kramnik wins the tiebreaks to become the unified World Chess Champion. (16 games, 2 players, 1,162 discussion pages, crosstable.)

World Junior Championship Yerevan, Armenia Oct 2-17		Zaven Andriasian is the world U20 champion. (383 games, 78 players, 1 discussion page.)

World Junior Championship (Girls)		Yang Shen is the new U20 female champion. (254 games, 56 players, 1 discussion page.)

European Club Cup Feugen, Austria October 8-14		Team Tomsk-400 won the men's event. Also see women's section. (1,067 games, 395 players, 6 discussion pages.)

European Club Cup (Women)		Team Yerevan wins the women's event. (119 games, 51 players, 1 discussion page.)

Norwegian Championship Playoff Oslo, Norway Sep 19-20		Magnus Carlsen has become the 2006 Norwegian champion after defeating Agdestein in the playoff match. (4 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

7th Lausanne Young Masters Tournament Lausanne, Switzerland Sep 13-18		Eight of the strongest young players in the world compete. Vachier-Lagrave takes top honors. (44 games, 8 players, 2 discussion pages.)

European Individual Championships Sep 6-15 Liverpool, England		Nigel Short took clear first place with 7.5/10. (408 games, 84 players, 6 discussion pages.)

59th Russian Championship Tournament Sep 3-11 Tomsk, Russia		Ernesto Inarkiev is the 2006 Russian Champion with 6.5/9. (261 games, 58 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

World Blitz Championship Tournament Sep 7 Rishon Le Zion, Israel		Alexander Grischuk defeated Svidler in the playoff to win the title. Not all games are available, sorry. (119 games, 16 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Hereford International Hereford, England Aug 29-Sep 3		Daniel Gormally wins with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Leko-Karpov Match Miskolc, Hungary Aug 29-Sep 3		Leko wins the match 4.5 to 3.5. (8 games, 2 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Belzberg Invitational Canadian Closed Aug 18-27 Toronto, Ontario		Igor Zugic won the event with 7/9. (134 games, 58 players, 1 discussion page.)

NH Chess "Youth vs Experience" Amsterdam, NL Aug 19-29		Five old-timers (team "Experience") tackled five youth (team "Rising Stars") in Amsterdam. The "Rising Stars" beat the old guard, 28-22. (50 games, 10 players, 25 discussion pages.)

French Championships Besancon, France Aug 14-26		Tkachiev defeated Fressinet in a rapid play off for the title. (68 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Lichthof Chess Champions Zurich, Switzerland Aug 22		Kasparov, Karpov, Korchnoi and Judit Polgar participated in this blitz chess tournament. Kasparov and Karpov tie with 4.5/6. (12 games, 4 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament London, UK		Sokolov wins the strongest lineup ever for this prestigious event with 9/11. (66 games, 12 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Chess Classic Mainz Mainz, Germany Aug 17-20		Anand beats Radjabov in the annual rapid match 5 to 3. (8 games, 2 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

British Championship Swansea, Wales Aug 6-19		Rowson beats Parker in the final round to win the title. (341 games, 62 players, 13 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Montreal Empresa International Montreal, Canada Aug 8-16		Pavel Eljanov wins the "A" group with 6.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Acropolis Tournament Athens, Greece Aug 13-21		We will post more games as they become available. (284 games, 68 players, no discussion.)

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting Dortmund, Germany Jul 29-Aug 6		Svidler and Kramnik tie for first place with 4.5/7 points. (28 games, 8 players, 51 discussion pages, crosstable.)

4th Marx György Memorial Paks, Hungary Jul 28-Aug 7		Pentela Harikrishna is in the lead by a solid point, with 5.5/8. (29 games, 6 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Biel Int'l Festival Biel, Switzerland Jul 22-Aug 4		Morozevich wins with 7.5/10. (29 games, 6 players, 20 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Biel Int'l Festival (Ladies) Biel, Switzerland Jul 22-Aug 4		Cramling wins with 7/10. (30 games, 6 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Politiken Cup Copenhagen July 22-30		Three way tie among Nigel Short, Vadim Malakhatko, Jonny Hector. Hundreds of games have been uploaded; more to come soon. (396 games, 194 players, 2 discussion pages.)

North Urals Cup Krasnoturyinsk, Russia Jul 22-Aug 1		Kateryna Lahno won the event by a whole point with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Swedish Championship Gothenburg, Sweden Jul 1-14		Hellsten wins with an impressive +8 -0 =4. Hermansson withdrew due to illness. (81 games, 14 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Swiss Championship Lenzerheide, Switzerland Jul 13-21		Florian Jenni is the new Swiss champion, beating Korchnoi and others with 7/9 points. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Amsterdam Tournament Amsterdam, NL Jul 15-23		Tiviakov, Erenburg, and Nijboer tied for first place with 7/9. (371 games, 86 players, 1 discussion page.)

National Open Las Vegas, Nevada Jun 15-19		Wojtkiewicz took first place on tiebreaks ahead of Varuzhan Akobian, Nikola Mitkov, Merab Gagunashvili and Lubomir Ftacnik all of whom finished on 5/9. (116 games, 75 players, 1 discussion page.)

10th Petr Izmailov Memorial Jul 11-16 Tomsk, Russia		Karjakin beat the strong GM field in this rapid tournament. (22 games, 6 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Norwegian Championship Jul 8-15 Moss, Norway		Carlsen blows the last round, which sets up a playoff between Carlsen and Agdestein for the 2nd year in a row. (99 games, 22 players, 9 discussion pages, crosstable.)

34th World Open Philadelphia Jun 28-Jul 4		Kamsky wins in blitz tiebreaks against Milov. (361 games, 205 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Midnight Sun Chess Challenge Tromso, Norway Jun 24-Jul 2		Sergei Shipov wins with 7.5/9. (222 games, 62 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Dutch Championship Hilversum, NL Jun 16-Jul 2		Tiviakov wins with 9/11 points, a point and a half above 2nd place Sokolov. (66 games, 12 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Aerosvit GM Tournament Foros, Ukraine Jun 16-29		Sergei Rublevsky wins the event with 7.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 26 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Hockenheim Willingen GM Tournament Hockenheim & Willingen, Germany		Rainer Buhmann wins with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

XIX Ciudad de Leon Leon, Spain Jun 9-11		Rapid chess knockout featuring Anand, Bruzon, Topalov, Vallejo. Anand beats Topalov in the finals 2.5-1.5. (16 games, 4 players, 5 discussion pages.)

37th Chess Olympiad Turin, Italy May 20-Jun 4		Armenia wins the gold medal; China wins silver; and the United States wins the bronze. (3,643 games, 915 players, 176 discussion pages.)

37th Chess Olympiad: Women Turin, Italy May 20-Jun 4		Ukraine takes the gold; Russia takes the silver; China, bronze. (1,891 games, 402 players, 4 discussion pages.)

14th World Computer Chess Championship Turin, Italy May 25-Jun 1		Junior wins with 9/11 points. (93 games, 18 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Match de Légendes Porto-Vecchio, Corsica May 26		Boris Spassky defeated Anatoly Karpov in a two game rapid match, 15 minutes + 3 seconds per move. The audience included 300 children. (2 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Mtel Masters Sofia, Bulgaria May 10-21		Topalov wins with 6.5/10 followed by Kamsky with 6/10. (30 games, 6 players, 151 discussion pages, crosstable.)

4th "Young Stars of the World" Kirishi, Russia May 8-21		Ivan Popov wins with 8.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Bosna Sarajevo Tournament May 7-16		Malakhov, Nisipeanu and Carlsen tied with 5.5/10. (30 games, 6 players, 15 discussion pages, crosstable.)

6th International CSVN Computer Tournament Leiden, NL May 5-7		This all-computer tournament was dominated by Rybka with a chilling 8.5/9 score. (58 games, 14 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Sigeman & Co Tournament Malmöt, Sweden Apr 28-May 6		Jan Timman placed first with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

XIII Russian Club Championship Sochi, Russia Apr 19-May 1		The top four teams now qualify for the European Club Cup: Ural (Sverdlovsk), TPS (Saransk), Tomsk-400 (Tomsk), Termosteps (Sarama). Also see the women's section. (350 games, 93 players, 2 discussion pages.)

8th Dubai Open United Arab Emirates Apr 22-May 2		Three way tie for first place among Fedorchuk, Sargissian, and Petrosian (7/9 points each). (310 games, 112 players, 1 discussion page.)

Magnus Carlsen vs Loek Van Wely Apr 28-May 1 Schagen, NL		The four game match was tied, but Carlsen emerged victorious after the blitz tiebreakers. (8 games, 2 players, 13 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Spring North American FIDE Invitational Schaumburg, Illinois Apr 18-22		Gilberto Hernandez wins with 8/9. (135 games, 30 players, no discussion, crosstable.)

Danish Championship Aalborg, Denmark Apr 8-17		Sune Berg Hansen is the 2006 Danish Champion with 6.5/9. Also see the Gladiator Games, which are 25+10s/move and 10+5s/move tiebreakers. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

43rd Indian Championship Visakhapatnam, India Apr 3-17		Surya Shekhar Ganguly is the new Indian champion. The new women's champion is Ghate Swathi. (199 games, 21 players, 6 discussion pages.)

7th European Individual Championship Kusadasi, Turkey Apr 4-17		Zdenko Kozul is the new European Champion. (745 games, 138 players, 6 discussion pages.)

7th European Individual Women's Championship Kusadasi, Turkey Apr 4-17		Ekaterina Atalik is the new European Women's Champion. (520 games, 97 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Topalov vs Nisipeanu Bucharest, Romania Apr 6-9		Topalov wins 3 to 1. (4 games, 2 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Bangladesh Championship Dhaka, Bangladesh Mar 10-23		Enamul Hossain dominated the field with an incredible 12/13 performance. (91 games, 14 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

2006 Amber Tournament Monte Carlo Mar 18-Mar 30		Morozevich dominated the blindfold section with 9.5/11, while Anand won the rapid section with 8/11. Both players tied for best overall standing. Also see the rapid games. (66 games, 12 players, 11 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Trophee Universitaire La Roche sur Yon, France Mar 15-24		Krishnan Sasikiran scored clear first with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Poikovsky VII Poikovsky, Siberia Mar 18-28		Shirov wins with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Turkish Championship Istanbul, Turkey Mar 11-23		Mikhail Gurevich became the Turkish Champion on his first attempt. (91 games, 14 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

66th Armenian Championship Yerevan, Armenia Mar 16-25		Artashes Minasian won by a full point with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

FIDE Women's World Championship Ekaterinburg, Russia Mar 10-27		Yuhua Xu defeated Galliamova to become the 2006 Women's World Chess Champion. (181 games, 63 players, 30 discussion pages.)

22nd Reykjavik Open Reykjavik, Iceland Mar 6-14		Five players score 7/9, but the tiebreak system placed Gabriel Sargissian as the winner, ahead of Adly Ahmed, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Pentala Harikrishna and Igor Nataf. (229 games, 87 players, 1 discussion page.)

US Championship San Diego Mar 2-12		Alexander Onischuk is the new US Champion after defeating Shulman in the finals. Anna Zatonskih is the new US Women's Champion. (288 games, 64 players, 20 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Linares 2006 Morelia, Mexico & Linares, Spain Feb 18-Mar 12		Levon Aronian wins with 8.5/14 after defeating Peter Leko in the final round. (56 games, 8 players, 120 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Hungarian Championship Szekesfehervar, Hungary Mar 1-9		Zoltan Almasi took the title by beating Adam Horvath in the final round. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Polish Championship Krakow, Poland Feb 25-Mar 9		Mateusz Bartel wins by a wide margin with 8.5/12. (78 games, 13 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

22nd Cappelle la Grande France Feb 18-25		Moiseenko takes 1st place with 7.5/9. (518 games, 282 players, 1 discussion page.)

Aeroflot Open Moscow Feb 8-17		Baadur Jobava beats out Bologan, Sasikiran, and Mamedyarov on tiebreaks, all scoring 6.5/9. (259 games, 90 players, 15 discussion pages.)

Queenstown Chess Classic Queenstown, New Zealand Jan 15-24		Murray Chandler wins first prize with 8.5/10. (250 games, 138 players, 1 discussion page.)

German Championship Osterburg, Germany Feb 2-12		Thomas Luther beat out Kunin and Yusupov on tiebreaks with 6.5/9. 46 players competed. (204 games, 46 players, 1 discussion page.)

Cuernavaca Young Masters Mexico Feb 1-11		Ponomariov and Vallejo Pons tied for first with 6.5/9. Ponomariov takes first on tiebreaks. (44 games, 10 players, 23 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Chess Tournament Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Jan 13-29		Topalov and Anand tied for first with 9/13. Motylev and Carlsen tied for first in group B with 9/13. Atalik dominated group C with 10.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 177 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Chess Tournament Group B Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Jan 13-29		Motylev and Carlsen finish with 9/13. (91 games, 14 players, 29 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Chess Tournament Group C Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Jan 13-29		Suat Atalik finishes on 10.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Gibtelecom Chess Festival Gibraltar Jan 24-Feb 2		Kiril Georgiev wins with 8.5/10. A special consultation game occurred to kick off the event. (529 games, 127 players, 8 discussion pages.)

Keres Memorial Rapid Tournament Tallinn, Estonia Jan 6-9		Three way tie between Ivanchuk, Karpov, and Kasimdzhanov. (43 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Rilton Cup Stockholm, Sweden Dec 27-Jan 5		Five players finished on 7/9, but Rozentalis won on tiebreaks. (223 games, 91 players, 1 discussion page.)

Hastings Chess Congress Hastings, England Dec 28-Jan 6		Neverov won the event with 8/10. (339 games, 98 players, 1 discussion page.)

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Pamplona International Pamplona, Spain Dec 23-29		Ponomariov took clear first with 5/7. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Russian Championship Superfinal Moscow, Russia Dec 18-30		Rublevsky is the new Russian Champion. He was the only player to go undefeated, with 7.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 104 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Reggio Emilia International Italy Dec 29-Jan 6		Konstantin Landa wins by a clear point, with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

XVIII Carlos Torre Memorial Mérida, Mexico Dec 15-23		Bruzon beats Krasenkow in the final after winning the third playoff game. (40 games, 16 players, 1 discussion page.)

FIDE World Chess Cup Khanty Mansyisk, Russia Nov 26-Dec 18		Aronian beats Ponomariov in the tiebreaks to win the 2005 World Cup. (470 games, 128 players, 115 discussion pages.)

2nd Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Man-Machine Bilbao, Spain Nov 19-23		Ponomariov, Kasimdzhanov, and Khalifman took on Junior, Fritz and Hydra. The machines won 8-4. (12 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Croatian Championships Vukovar, Croatia Nov 7-17		Krunoslav Hulak is the 2005 Croatian champion. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

World Junior Championship (Boys) Istanbul, Turkey Nov 9-22		Shakhriyar Mamedyarov regains the title with 10.5/13. (497 games, 92 players, 2 discussion pages.)

World Junior Championship (Girls) Istanbul, Turkey Nov 9-22		Elisabeth Paehtz wins with 10/13. (358 games, 67 players, 1 discussion page.)

Norwegian Championship Playoffs Nov 7-10 Oslo, Norway		Agdestein defeated Carlsen in the rapid playoffs to become 2005 Norwegian champion. (2 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

World Team Championship Oct 31-Nov 11 Beer Sheva, Israel		Russia emerges victorious after defeating China in the final round. (144 games, 54 players, 10 discussion pages.)

9th Essent Tournament Oct 21-30 Hoogeveen, NL		Pentala Harikrishna won the event with 4/6. (12 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Corsica Masters International Rapid Oct 30-Nov 3 Bastia, France		Vadim Milov defeated Vishy Anand 3-1 in the finals to win the top prize. (173 games, 86 players, 1 discussion page.)

Casino de Barcelona Masters Oct 24-28 Barcelona, Spain		Ivanchuk tied Moskalenko but placed first with tiebreaks. (15 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

5th Asian Individual Championship Hyderabad, India Oct 6-15		Zhong Zhang took clear first with 7.5/9. (328 games, 85 players, 1 discussion page.)

21st European Club Cup Saint-Vincent, Italy Sep 18-24		Tomsk-400 (Tkachiev, Inarkiev, Bologan, Jakovenko, Belozerov, Smirnov, and Aronian) won the gold medal. NTN Tbilisi won the women's event. (943 games, 328 players, 2 discussion pages.)

World Seniors Championship Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy Sep 27-Oct 10		Liuben Spassov wins with 8.5/11. (634 games, 141 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Karabakh International Stepanakert Oct 1-11		Levon Aronian won with 6/9. The winner of the B-group tournament was T L Petrosian. (42 games, 10 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

2005 FIDE World Chess Championship San Luis, Argentina Sep 27-Oct 16		Topalov is the new FIDE World Chess Champion with 10/14 points. (56 games, 8 players, 337 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Mario Covas Tournament São Paulo, Brazil Sep 26-Oct 1		Rafael Duailibe Leitao wins with 5.5/7 (21 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dutch Rapid Open Vlaardingen, NL Oct 4		Arkadi Naiditsch wins by a full point and a half. (81 games, 34 players, 1 discussion page.)

58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals Kazan, Tatarstan Sep 2-12		Evgeny Bareev took first on tie-break from Alexander Khalifman, both qualifying for the next phase of the championship. (270 games, 65 players, 1 discussion page.)

80th Argentinean Championship Los Polvorines Sep 8-16		Diego Flores defeated Pablo Ricardi in the playoff. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Lausanne Young Masters Lausanne, Switzerland Sep 14-19		Eight of the strongest under-20 players in the world lock horns at the Casino de Montbenon. Volokitin defeats Nakamura 2-0 in the final. (31 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page.)

Dutch Championships Leeuwarden, NL Sep 5-16		Loek Van Wely won his 6th Dutch title. Zhaoqin Peng wins the women's section. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

74th Ukrainian Championship Rivne, Ukraine Aug 24-Sep 2		Alexander Areshchenko came out on top of this 32 player knockout tournament. (77 games, 32 players, 1 discussion page.)

French Championships Chartres, France Aug 15-27		Lautier is the new French Champion. Skripchenko won the women's event. (66 games, 12 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Staunton Memorial III London, England Aug 19-30		Jonathan Levitt beat Jon Speelman on tiebreaks, with 6/10 points. The brilliancy prize was awarded to Howell-Levitt which features a brilliant king-hunt. (30 games, 6 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

American Continental Championship Buenos Aires Aug 5-16		Lazaro Bruzon won with 8.5/11. (433 games, 132 players, 1 discussion page.)

Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada Igualada, Spain Aug 16-21		Luke McShane wins with 4/6 points. (12 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Smith & Williamson British Chess Championship Aug 1-13 Isle of Man		Jonathan Rowson is the 92nd British Chess Champion with an impressive 8.5/11 points. (253 games, 46 players, 1 discussion page.)

Anand-Grischuk Match Aug 11-14 Mainz, Germany		Anand beat Grischuk 5 to 3. (8 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Unzicker's 80th Birthday Aug 9-10 Mainz, Germany		As a preliminary event of Mainz, four chess legends gathered in Germany to celebrate Wolfgang Unzicker's 80th birthday. Karpov and Korchnoi came out on top with 3.5/6, Spassky had 3 points, and the guest of honor scored 2. (12 games, 4 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

15th European Team Championship Jul 30-Aug 8 Gothenburg, Sweden		The Netherlands wins the gold. Poland wins the women's event. (711 games, 195 players, 2 discussion pages.)

2005 Mercosur Cup Vicente Lopez, Argentina Jul 14-25		The 8th Republica Argentina Chess Masters tournament allowed the computer software Shredder to participate this year. The computer was the undisputed champ with 8.5/10. The top scoring human was Andres Rodriguez with 6/10. (55 games, 11 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

38th Biel Chess Festival Biel, Switzerland Jul 17-29		Gelfand and Volokitin tied for 1st place with 6/10. (30 games, 6 players, 9 discussion pages, crosstable.)

38th Biel Chess Festival (Women) Biel, Switzerland Jul 17-29		Almira Skripchenko was the winner of the Women's section, beating Vijayalakshmi on tiebreaks. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

2nd Amsterdam Chess Tournament Amsterdam, NL Jul 16-24		Pavel Eljanov emerges on top of a very strong field, winning by a half-point with 7/9. (241 games, 91 players, 1 discussion page.)

Swiss Championships Saas Almagell, Switzerland Jul 7-15		Joe Gallagher is the new Swiss Champion. Monika Seps is the new Swiss Women's Champion. (134 games, 87 players, 1 discussion page.)

17th Maccabiah Tournament Jerusalem Jul 10-20		Evgeny Najer wins the gold medal, tied with Ilya Smirin at 3.5/5. (15 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup Tiayuan, China Jul 8-20		Pentala Harikrishna wins by a clear point with 8.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

XVI Milan Vidmar Memorial Jul 9-17 Pororoz, Slovenia		Beliavsky came in clear first with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Canadian Open Edmonton, Alberta Jul 9-17		Five way tie for first place among Ivanchuk, Chowdhury, Shirov, Bluvshtein, and Bologan. We have only a few games at this time--more to come soon. (52 games, 49 players, 1 discussion page.)

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting Dortmund, Germany Jul 8-17		The local favorite, Naiditsch took clear first with 5.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 98 discussion pages, crosstable.)

USA vs Russia Distance Tournament St. Petersberg/New York Jul 10		Four Russian GMs (Khalifman, Sakaev, E. Alekseev, and Vitiugov) played four American GMs (S. Polgar, Onischuk, Gulko, and Stripunsky) in a long-distance chess match. The Russians won 6 to 2. (8 games, 8 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Norwegian Championships Sandnes, Norway Jul 2-9		Agdestein and Carlsen both finished with 7/9. (99 games, 22 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Efim Geller Memorial Odessa, Ukraine Jul 1-3		Ponomariov won the event wth 7.5/9, a clear point ahead of the field. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

6th European Individual Championship Warsaw, Poland June 17-July 3		Nisipeanu beats Beliavsky in the final round to take the title. (1,287 games, 229 players, 3 discussion pages.)

6th European Individual Women's Championship Chisinau, Moldova Jun 10-25		Kateryna Lahno won the event by scoring 9/12 and beating Nadezhda Kosintseva in the playoff match. (620 games, 156 players, 1 discussion page.)

Volokitin-Timman Leon, Spain June 24		Andrei Volokitin defeated Jan Timman 2.5-1.5 (4 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Adams vs Hydra London, England Jun 21-27		The Hydra computer has won the match with an incredible score of 5.5 to 0.5. (6 games, 2 players, 22 discussion pages, crosstable.)

3rd Marx György Tournament Paks, Hungary Jun 12-22		Zoltan Almasi wins with 6.5/10. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Foxwoods Open Ledyard, CT Mar 23-27		Nakamura won with 7.5/9. (93 games, 76 players, 1 discussion page.)

Ciudad de Leon XVIII Leon, Spain Jun 9-13		Anand won the final by defeating Kasimdzhanov 2.5-1.5. (12 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page.)

Bosna XXXV International Tournament May 18-25		Bologan and Sokolov finished with 6.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Leko-Adams Rapid Match Miskolc, Hungary Jun 2-5		Match drawn at 4-4. (8 games, 2 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

69th Bulgarian Championship Pleven, Bulgaria May 23-Jun 3		Topalov's second, Ivan Cheparinov, wins the tournament with 9.5/13. (75 games, 14 players, 1 discussion page.)

HB Global Chess Challenge Minneapolis, USA May 18-22		Zviad Izoria wins the $50,000 top prize by scoring 7.5/9. (336 games, 184 players, 4 discussion pages.)

Mtel Masters Sofia, Bulgaria May 11-22		Topalov wins the tournament by a full point, with 6.5/10. You can see his games here. (30 games, 6 players, 133 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Capablanca Memorial Havana, Cuba May 5-19		Ivanchuk dominates the field with 9.5/12 points. (41 games, 7 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Armenian Championship Yerevan, Armenia Apr 29-May 12		Ashot Anastasian wins with 7.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Grand Prix d'Echecs de Bordeaux Apr 28-May 1 France		Karpov beat Hamdouchi in the final. (18 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page.)

13th Sigeman & Co. Tournament Apr 15-24 Malmo/Copenhagen		Jan Timman and Krishnan Sasikiran tied for first with 6.5 out of 9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

XIII Dos Hermanas International Apr 1-9		Teimour Radjabov won the event with 5.5 out of 9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

II Copa ENTEL Mar 15-22 Santiago, Chile		Johan Hellsten won the event with 10 out of 12. (78 games, 13 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

European Union Championship and Cork Chess Congress Mar 21-Apr 3		Zoltan Gyimesi from Hungary won the Championship with 8.5/10. (561 games, 123 players, 1 discussion page.)

14th Amber Tournament Mar 19-31 Monaco		Anand was clear winner in both the rapid and blindfold events. (66 games, 12 players, 37 discussion pages, crosstable.)

XI Anibal Open Feb 25-Mar 4 Spain		Ivan Cheparinov of Bulgaria won with 7/8. (175 games, 75 players, 1 discussion page.)

6th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament Feb 26-Mar 7 Poikovsky, Russia		Bacrot and Bologan finished with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares Feb 22-Mar 10 Spain		Topalov and Kasparov finish with 8/12 points; Kasparov wins on tiebreaks. (42 games, 7 players, 197 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Aeroflot Open Moscow, Russia Feb 15-23		Sutovsky wins on tiebreaks with 6.5/9. You can see his games here. (249 games, 94 players, 9 discussion pages.)

Czech Championship Feb 1-11		David Navara and Jiri Stocek finished 8/11; Navara won the title on the tiebreak. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Bermuda International Jan 30-Feb 9		Harikrishna and Gelfand tied with 6/10. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Gibraltar Masters Jan 25-Feb 3		There was a five way tie for first among Aronian, Efimenko, Georgiev, Shirov and Sutovsky, all with 7.5/10. (436 games, 117 players, 1 discussion page.)

Corus Chess Jan 14-30 Wijk aan Zee, NL		Peter Leko is the winner, undefeated with 8.5/13 points. Karjakin won the B group with 9.5/13. Georgiev is the winner of the C group with 10.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 252 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Indochess Man vs Machine Jan 10-11 Jakarta, Indonesia		The chips clobbered the humans 14.5 to 1.5! (16 games, 8 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Drammen International Chess Festival Dec 27-Jan 5 Drammen, Norway		Shirov and Nielsen finished with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 38 discussion pages, crosstable.)

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Pamplona Tournament Dec 20-29 Spain		Boris Gelfand wins by a full point with 5.5 out of 7. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Harmonie Chess Tournament Dec 21-30 Gronnigen, Netherlands		Yuri Kuzubov places first on tie-break. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Zürich Christmas Open Dec 26-Dec 30 Switzerland		Kveinys, Pelletier, Roiz, Pikula, Ginsburg, and Malakhatko all scored 5.5/7, and Kveinys won on tiebreaks. (101 games, 85 players, 1 discussion page.)

XVII Carlos Torre Memorial Dec 13-21 Mexico		Ivanchuk beat Graf in the playoffs to win the event. We also have some games from the qualifier open tournament. (38 games, 16 players, 1 discussion page.)

Greek Championships Dec 4-12 Athens, Greece		Nikolaidis will play Banikas in the playoff to determine the 2004 Greek Champion. (40 games, 20 players, 1 discussion page.)

Grand Prix d'Echecs Dec 8-11 d'Aix en Provence, France		Karpov wins. (19 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Nakamura vs Karjakin Dec 9-14 Cuernavaca, Mexico		New US Champ Hikaru Nakamura defeated Sergey Karjakin 4.5:1.5. (6 games, 2 players, 36 discussion pages, crosstable.)

2005 Chessmaster US Championships Nov 23-Dec 5 San Diego, California		Hikaru Nakamura is the new US Champion. Rusudan Goletiani is the new US Women's Champion. (288 games, 64 players, 13 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Championships 2004 Nov 14-Dec 1 Hotel Russia		Kasparov is the new Russian Champion, finishing a full 1 1/2 points ahead of runner-up Grischuk. (55 games, 11 players, 103 discussion pages, crosstable.)

1st Iberoamerican Tournament Nov 11-Nov 19 Ayamonte, Spain		Ruben Felgaer won the event with an impressive 8/9. (41 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page.)

Corsica Masters Knockout Oct 29-Nov 4 Bastia, France		Anand won the final with 7.5 points out of 8! (27 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page.)

36th Olympiad Oct 14-31 Calvià, Majorca		The Ukraine team wins with a three point lead over Russia and Armenia. We also have the women's games. (3,296 games, 818 players, 16 discussion pages.)

Kramnik-Leko World Championship Match Sep 25-Oct 18 Brissago, Switzerland		KRAMNIK RETAINS TITLE! Kramnik won the first game to secure an early lead, but Leko fought back in game 5, then took the lead in the dramatic 8th game. Finally, in the final game Kramnik wins to draw the match and retain his crown. (14 games, 2 players, 72 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Canadian Championships Aug 20-29 Toronto, Canada		Pascal Charbonneau beats Eric Lawson in the playoffs to become Canada's 77th national champion. (327 games, 69 players, 1 discussion page.)

79th Argentine Championship Sep 24-Oct 1 Buenos Aires		Ariel Sorin is the new Champion of Argentina, scoring 7.5 out of 9. (265 games, 103 players, 1 discussion page.)

European Club Cup Oct 2-9 Izmir, Turkey		The NAO Chess Club (Adams, Grischuk, Bacrot, etc.) comes out on top with 6/7. (588 games, 236 players, 1 discussion page.)

Piloo Mody Open Oct 1-9 Gomti Nagar, India		Dzhumaev Marat of Uzbeckstan wins with 7.5/9. (34 games, 29 players, 1 discussion page.)

Kasparov Simul Aug 21 Sao Paulo, Brazil		Kasparov scored a perfect 20 wins out of 20 boards. (17 games, 18 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Israeli Championships Ramat Aviv, Israel Sep 19-29		Sergey Erenburg and Vitali Golod tied for first. (162 games, 36 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

5th Lausanne Young Masters Tournament Lausanne, Switzerland Sep 15-20		Luke McShane came in first in this knockout competition. (36 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page.)

Pune SuperGM Tournament Sep 2-12 Pune, India		Nisipeanu tied with FIDE Champion Kasimdzhanov with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

73rd Ukrainian Championship Ayg 23-Sep 2 Kharkiv, Ukraine		Andrei Volokitin is the new Ukrainian champion. (73 games, 32 players, 1 discussion page.)

Sao Paulo Rapid Aug 20-24 Sao Paulo, Brazil		Anand dominated the field with 8.5/10. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

US Open 2004 Aug 7-15 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida		Seven way tie for 1st place included Alexander Onischuk, Rodrigo Vasquez, Aleksander Wojtkiewicz, Ildar Ibragimov, Andran Matikozyan, Renier Gonzalez, and Marcel Martinez. (72 games, 78 players, 1 discussion page.)

11th Ordix Open Mainz, Germany Aug 7-8		Grischuk wins with 9.5 out of 11. You can see his games here. (53 games, 47 players, 1 discussion page.)

British Championships Scarborough, Yorkshire Aug 1-14		Jonathan Rowson is the new British Champion. (290 games, 62 players, 1 discussion page.)

Chess Classic Mainz Mainz, Germany Aug 4-8		Anand beat Shirov 5:3. (8 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Biel Ladies' Tournament Biel, Switzerland Jul 19-Jul 29		Tatiana Kosintseva wins with 7/10. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dortmund-Sparkassen Chess Meeting Jul 22-Aug 1 Dortmund, Germany		Vishy beats out Kramnik for first place. (67 games, 8 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Dutch Championships Jun 28-Jul 10 Leeuwarden, NL		Loek Van Wely retains his crown. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

37th Biel International Chess Festival Jul 19-29 Biel, Switzerland		Alexander Morozevich takes clear first for the second year in a row. (29 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Scottish Championships Jul 10-18 Hamilton, Scottland		Jonathan Rowson took clear first place with 7.5/9. (82 games, 20 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Swiss Championships Jul 8-Jul 16 Samnaun, Switzerland		Joe Gallagher wins with 6.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Norwegian Championship Jul 3-10 Molde, Norway		Magnus Carlsen and Berge Ostenstad shared 1st place and will have a playoff match in August. (99 games, 22 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

World Computer Chess Championship Jul 4-July 12 Ramat-Gan, Israel		Deep Junior wins with 9/11. (77 games, 14 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

World Chess Championship 2004 Jun 18-Jul 13 Tripoli, Libya		Kasimdzhanov defeated Adams in the tiebreaks to become the 2004 FIDE Champion. (393 games, 124 players, 103 discussion pages.)

Korchnoi vs Vallejo Jul 9-11 Vera, Spain		"Paco" beats Korchnoi 3.5 to 2.5. (6 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

32nd Annual World Open Jun 28-Jul 6 Philadelphia, USA		Varuzhan Akobian has bested the field with 7.5/9. (209 games, 163 players, 1 discussion page.)

Marx György Chess Memorial Paks, Hungary Jun 5-15		Korchnoi won the event with 7.5/10 and a 2780 performance rating! (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Armenia vs The Rest of the World Jun 10-16 Moscow		The "Rest of the World" team defeated the Armenian Team 18.5-17.5. (36 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page.)

Russian Championship Qualifiers May 20-31 St. Petersberg & Tomsk		Dreev places first in St. Petersberg; Motylev, Tomsk. (311 games, 70 players, 1 discussion page.)

European Individual Championships May 14-May 31 Antalya, Turkey		Ivanchuk wins after beating Predrag Nikolic in the finals. Levon Aronian took the bronze. You can see Ivanchuk's games here. (478 games, 74 players, 1 discussion page.)

FIDE Women's Championships 2004 May 21-Jun 8 Elista, Kalmykia		Antoaneta Stefanova wins the title by defeating Ekaterina Kovalevskaya in the final. (197 games, 64 players, 1 discussion page.)

XXXIV Bosnia Tournament May 18-27 Sarajevo		Shirov wins with 7.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dutch Team Championships May 20-21 Enschede, Netherlands		Won by team ZZICT Breda (Van Wely, Van den Doel, Van der Wiel, Timman, Cuijpers, etc.) (40 games, 41 players, 1 discussion page.)

Capablanca Memorial 2004 Havana, Cuba May 5-19		Lenier Dominguez wins the Elite section with 8.5/10. We also have the games from the other sections: Premier I, Premier II, and MIXTO. (60 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

12th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament Malmo/Copenhagen		Curt Hansen and Peter Heine Nielsen tied for 1st with 6/9. Magnus Carlsen, the world's youngest GM, came in 3rd with 5.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Bulgarian Championip Sophia, Bulgaria Apr 24-May 4		Ivan Cheparinov is the new Bulgarian champion. (88 games, 14 players, 1 discussion page.)

Beer Shiva Rapid Israel Apr 18-21		Viktor Korchnoi wins with 8/11. (38 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page.)

6th Dubai Open Dubai, UAE Apr 18-28		Mamedyarov wins with 7/9. Magnus Carlsen makes his third norm to become the 2nd youngest person to have achieved the title of Grandmaster. (350 games, 113 players, 1 discussion page.)

Russian Team Championships Sochi, Russia Apr 20-28		Morozevich and his team Tomsk 400 Yukos won the event. With 6.5/8. Morozevich had a performance rating of 2900! See his games here. (188 games, 71 players, 1 discussion page.)

77th St. Petersberg Championship Russia Apr 1-11		Loginov and Popov tied with 7/10. (55 games, 11 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Copa ENTEL Tournament Santiaga, Chile Mar 21-28		Granda Zuniga places first. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Cogas Energy Match Netherlands Apr 8-10		Loek Van Wely beat Jan Timman 3-1. (4 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Miskolc GM Tournament Miskolc, Hungary Mar 10-Mar 19		Varga wins with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

13th Amber Rapid Tournament Monaco Mar 20-Apr 1		Anand wins the rapid. Morozevich wins the blindfold event. Morozovich and Kramnik share 1st place for their combined scores. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

13th Amber Blindfold Tournament Monaco Mar 20-Apr 1		Morozevich wins the blindfold event. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

5th Karpov International Poikovsky, Russia Mar 17-26		Grischuk wins with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Reykjavik Open Reykjavik, Iceland Mar 7-Mar 16		Dreev wins on tiebreaks with 6.5/9. See his games here. (335 games, 80 players, 1 discussion page.)

Reykjavik Rapid Reykjavik, Iceland March 17-21		Time controls: 25 minutes + 5 seconds/move. Kasparov beats Short in the final. More games may become available soon. (31 games, 16 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Petrosian Memorial Stepanakert, Karabakh March 8-18		Karen Asrian places first. (44 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Makita-Lakoni GM Tournament Jakarta, Indonesia Feb 16-25		Stefanova and Juswanto tied for 1st. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

2nd Fraenkische Grossmeistertage Bayreuth, Germany Feb 18-28		Jan Gustafsson takes first place. (55 games, 11 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Cappelle-la-Grande Open France Feb 28-Mar 6		Evgeny Najer places first. (231 games, 207 players, 1 discussion page.)

21st Linares Tournament Linares, Spain Feb 19-Mar 5		Kramnik wins +2 -0 =10 (42 games, 7 players, 61 discussion pages, crosstable.)

3rd Aeroflot Festival Moscow, Russia Feb 17-26		Sergei Rublevsky wins on tie-breaks with 7/9 points. (253 games, 126 players, 1 discussion page.)

German Championships Hoeckendorf, Germany Jan 29-Feb 7		Graf wins by a clear point. See his games here. (197 games, 46 players, 1 discussion page.)

GibTelecom Chess Festival Gibraltar Jan 26-Feb 5		Nigel Short wins with 8/10. See his games here. (303 games, 86 players, 1 discussion page.)

Bermuda GM Round Robin Fourways Inn, Bermuda Jan 15-25		Giovanni Vescovi wins. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Wijk aan Zee Corus Chess Tournament The Netherlands Jan 9-25		Vishy wins the prestigious event's "A group." B Group winner Lazaro Bruzon of Cuba. C Group winner Magnus Carlsen of Norway. (91 games, 14 players, 11 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Excelsior Cup 2004 Gothenburg, Sweden Jan 8-16		Won by Leif-Erlend Johannessen. (34 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Hastings 2003/2004 Hastings, England Dec 28-Jan 5		Rowson and Kotronias tied with 6 out of 9 points. (43 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page.)

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Marshall Chess Club Championships 2003 New York		Jaan Ehlvest places first. (83 games, 23 players, 1 discussion page.)

Pamplona International Pamplona, Spain Dec 20-28		Three way tie among Illescas-Cordoba, McShane, and Sutovsky. (28 games, 8 players, no discussion, crosstable.)

Harmonie 2003 Groningen, Netherlands Dec 21-30		Friso Nijboer wins with 7 out of 9 points. (41 games, 10 players, no discussion.)

6th Belfort Masters Belfort, France Dec 15-24		Mikhail Gurevich wins with 7 out of 10 points. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

NAO Chess Club GM International Paris, France Dec 15-23		Andrei Shchekachev won with 7.5 out of 9. (43 games, 11 players, no discussion.)

16th Carlos Torre Memorial Merida, Mexico Dec 12-20		Yuniesky Quezada beat Valerij Filippov in the knockout phase to secure 1st place. (70 games, 47 players, 1 discussion page.)

2nd Selfoss Milk Tournament Selfoss, Iceland Oct 29-Nov 7		Sokolov placed 1st. (44 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Tournament of Stars Benidorm, Spain Nov 21-28		Topalov takes first place. (55 games, 11 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

The 7th Bavarian Open Bad Wiessee, Germany Nov 8-16		1st place tie among IM Stefan Bromberger, GM Suat Atalik and GM Fabian Doettling. (220 games, 149 players, 1 discussion page.)

Kasparov vs. 3DX Fritz Manhattan, USA Nov 11-18		Kasparov drew X3D Fritz and the match. (4 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

The 7th Corsica Open Bastia, Corisica Oct 28-Nov 3		Anand takes home another trophy. (49 games, 16 players, 1 discussion page.)

300 Years of St. Petersburg Russian Cup Oct 17-26 St. Petersburg, Russia		Lastin and Najer tied for 1st. (456 games, 151 players, no discussion.)

World Rapid Chess Championship Oct 24-27 Cap d'agde, France		"Vishy" is the world rapid-chess champion. (71 games, 16 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Kasparov Simul Oct 20 London, England		Final score: a perfect +24 -0 =0 (5 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page.)

7th Essent Chess Tournament Oct 11-18 Hoogeveen, NL		Judit Polgar wins by a full point. (12 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

European Club Cup Sep 28-Oct Rethymnon, Crete		NAO Chess Club took the title. Polonia Plus beat Kasparov's Ladia Kazan 4-2 to take 2nd. (664 games, 297 players, 1 discussion page.)

Torneo Continental Americano Buenos Aires, Argentina Aug 17-29		Alex Goldin tied with Giovanni Vescovi for 1st place. (615 games, 151 players, 1 discussion page.)

International Kings Challenge Beijing, China Sep 22-23		The International Team beat Chinese Team A, drew with Chinese Team B. (15 games, 9 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Young Masters Lausanne, France Sep 17-23		Luke McShane claims first place. (25 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Kings and Queens Yong Chuan, China Sep 13-15		The Zhao Xue/Short team came out on top. (12 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

56th Russian Championships Krasnoyarsk, Russia Sep 3-12		Svidler edged out Morozevich by tie-breaks. See Svidler's games here. (348 games, 79 players, 1 discussion page.)

50th World Champions Jubilee Tournament 2001-2003		A world correspondence tournament won by Mikhail Umansky. (36 games, 9 players, 1 discussion page.)

Staunton Memorial Simpsons in the Strand London, England Aug 25-27		Jonathan Speelman took first place. (11 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Polgar-Anand Rapid Match Mainz, Germany Aug 14-17		Anand beats Polgar 5 to 3 (8 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

1st Mälmo Masters Mälmo, Sweden Jul 28-Aug 6		Another excellent outing for Luke McShane with 7.5/9 points. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Biel International Chess Festival Switzerland, Biel Jul 19-Aug 1		Alexander Morozevich trounced the competition with 8/10 points. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Kasparov-Ponomariov World Championship Match Yalta, Ukraine CANCELED		Discussion forum is now online. (0 games, 0 players, 10 discussion pages.)

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting Dortmund, Germany Jul 31-Aug 10		Bologan takes clear first place after a solid 6.5/10 performance. (30 games, 6 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

18th North Sea Cup Esbjerg, Denmark Jul 4-12		Dreev, McShane, and Sasikiran tied for 1st. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Polgar-Gelfand Rapid Match Pacs, Hungary Jul 10-13		Gelfand won the match 6-2. (8 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

The 31st World Open Philadelphia Jun 28-Jul 6		Jaan Ehlvest placed 1st, beating Smirin in the blitz tie-breaker. (162 games, 162 players, 1 discussion page.)

Swedish Championships Jun 29-Jul 12		Agrest is the 2003 Swedish Champion. (68 games, 14 players, no discussion.)

Chicago Open 2003 May 23-26		US Champ Shabalov won the event. (48 games, 53 players, no discussion.)

World Junior Championships Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan Jun 21-Jul 3		Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov is the new under-20 champion. See his games here. (221 games, 50 players, 1 discussion page.)

Dutch Championships '03 Leeuwarden, Netherlands Jun 24-Jul 5		Loek Van Wely is the new Dutch Champion. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dutch Womens' Championships Leeuwarden, Netherlands Jun 23-Jul 5		Peng Zhaoqin blew away all competition with 9/10 points. (28 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Greenland Open Jun 28-Jul 1 Qaqortoq, Greenland		Luke McShane crushed his peers with 8.5/9 points. See his games here. (41 games, 23 players, 1 discussion page.)

Euro Women's Championships '03 May 30-Jun 14 Silivri, Turkey		Pia Cramling wins the women's event. See how she did it here. (272 games, 91 players, 1 discussion page.)

Enghien-les-Bains June 13-22 France		Evgeny Bareev won with 6.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Pula Open 2003 May 31-June 7		Five IMs tied for 1st, beating out several grandmasters. (151 games, 94 players, 1 discussion page.)

Euro Championships '03 May 30-June 14 Silivri, Turkey		Azmaiparashvili takes clear first in the men's event. See his games here. (1,173 games, 207 players, 1 discussion page.)

53rd Hungarian Championships Heviz City, Hungary May 12-20		Zoltan Almasi wins 7/9. (42 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page.)

16th Ciudad de León June 5-9 León, Spain		Ponomariov finishes 1st. (12 games, 4 players, no discussion, crosstable.)

33rd Bosnian Sarajevo Tournament May 17-27		Sokolov scores first place. See his games here. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

4th Karpov International Poikovsky, Russia Apr 20-29		Svidler takes 1st place. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Generation Chess International Marshall Chess Club, NYC Apr 23-May 2		IM Perelshteyn beat out several strong GMs! (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

11th Sigeman & Co Tournament Malmo & Copenhagen Apr 29-May 8		"Chucky" wins clear first place. (43 games, 10 players, no discussion, crosstable.)

Moscow vs. St. Petersberg Russia, May 3-5		Moscow wins, 43.5 to 36.5 (80 games, 84 players, no discussion.)

Hunguest Hotels Super Chess Tournament Budapest Apr 11-20		Nigel Short clears first place by a whole point. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Danish Championships Apr 12-20		Peter Neilsen is, once more, the champion of Denmark. (46 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Karpov-Macieja Rapid Match Warsaw, Poland Apr 7-10		Karpov crushes 6:2 (8 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dos Hermanas XII Mar 28-Apr 5		Rustemov and Dreev finished with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

SIS-MH Masters Middlefart, Denmark Apr 5-6		Anand breezed through the competition with 5.5 out of 6. (12 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

12th Annual Amber Tournament		> rapid games > blindfold games Vishy wins with the best overall performance! Kramnik wins the blindfold event; Bareev wins the rapid event. (64 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page.)

6th United Insurance Mar 8-20 Dhaka, Bangladesh		Marat Dzhumaev takes 1st. See his games here. (87 games, 14 players, no discussion.)

Anibal Open Feb 28-Mar 9 Linares, Spain		Anton Korobov placed first. (200 games, 83 players, 1 discussion page.)

XX Ciudad de Linares Feb 21-Mar 9 Linares, Spain		Peter Leko beats out Kramnik on the tiebreak system (most wins) (42 games, 7 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Cappelle La Grande, France Feb 22-Mar 1		Vladimir Burmakin mauled his way through a field of over 80 GM's. See his games here. (373 games, 203 players, no discussion.)

Hrokurinn Chess Club Reykjavik, Iceland Feb 18-27		Shirov takes home another trophy. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Aeroflot Open Feb 10-20 Moscow		Viktor Bologan wins first place by beating Aleksandrov, Fedorov, and Svidler in the tie-break. (98 games, 83 players, 1 discussion page.)

Kasparov vs Deep Junior Jan 26-Feb 7 New York, USA		Match end in a tie, 3:3 (6 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page.)

Dannemann Classico Feb 1-6 Brissago, Switzerland		Prodigy Sergey Karjakin defeated the lovely Alexandra Kosteniuk 4:2 (6 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page.)

Indian Championships '03 Jan 18-31 Mumbai, India		Krishnan Sasikiran finished with an impressive 16 points out of 20. See his games here. (208 games, 21 players, no discussion.)

Bareev vs HIARCS Jan 28-31		Evgeny Bareev draws four games with the computer program HIARCS. (4 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page.)

65th Corus Tournament Jan 10-26 Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands		Vishy wins; Judit takes second. The "B" group was won by Zhang Zhong. (182 games, 28 players, 1 discussion page.)

32nd Rilton Cup Dec 27-Jan 5 '03 Stockholm, Sweden		Jonas Barkhagen takes the trophy. (167 games, 83 players, 1 discussion page.)

US Championships		Congratulations to Alexander Shabalov, the new US Champion. (Click here to see his games.) The new US Women's Champion is the lovely Anna Hahn. (214 games, 58 players, 1 discussion page.)

Match in Kazakhstan		Sadvakasov beat Korchnoi 5:3 (8 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page.)

Paul Keres Memorial Rapid Tallinn, Estonia Jan 11-12 '03		Morozevich takes the trophy. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page.)

Hastings 2002 Dec 28-Jan 5		Hats off to Peter Heine Nielsen for winning this prestigious event. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page.)

2002

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Harmonie Tournament Dec 21-30 '02 Gronigen, Netherlands		Nijboer takes 1st place. (39 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page.)

Junior Championships Dec 8-21 '02 Panaji, Goa		Levon Aronian is the new junior champion. (264 games, 75 players, 1 discussion page.)

Girls Junior Championships		Zhao Xue takes the women's title. (38 games, 24 players, 1 discussion page.)

Karpov-Kasparov Rapid Match (25/10) New York, Dec 19-20th '02		Congratulations to Anatoli Karpov, winning 2.5:1.5 (4 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page.)

Carlos Torre Tournament Yucatán, Mexico Dec 13-21		(94 games, 64 players, no discussion.)

Bali Hotel International Benidorm, Spain Nov 22-Dec 1 '02		Judit Polgar took the trophy by beating Ponomariov in the blitz playoffs. (67 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page.)

Curacao Open Nov 16-28 2002		Korchnoi, Kosashvili tied for 1st. (84 games, 36 players, 1 discussion page.)

2002 Bled Olympiad Oct 25-Nov 11 '02		Russian team wins gold! Hungary takes Silver; Armenia, Bronze. Also see: women's section. (1,782 games, 630 players, 1 discussion page.)

Spanish Championships Ayamonte, Oct 4-12		Shirov won with an incredible 8.5/9 points. See his games here. (46 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page.)

Brains in Bahrain Oct 2-22		World Champion Kramnik drew the match with the computer Deep Fritz. (8 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page.)

Russia vs the Rest of the World Moscow, Sep 8-11		Final Result: Rest of the World 52; Russia 48 (99 games, 24 players, 1 discussion page.)

Russian Championships '02		(189 games, 49 players, 1 discussion page.)

Duel of the Graces Mainz '02		Kosteniuk beats Paehtz on tie breaks. (8 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page.)

Linares '01/'02		Kasparov takes first place; see his games here. (115 games, 18 players, 1 discussion page.)

2009

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2009 Spice Cup Texas, USA Sep 19-29		Texas Tech once again hosts one of strongest chess tournaments in America. The B Group which includes four (!) IMs striving for their third GM norm: Ray Robson, Ben Finegold, Davorin Kuljasevic, and Gergely Antal. (45 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

2011

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US Championship (Group A) Saint Louis, Missouri Apr 15-28		Knock-out for the US Championship. (11 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page.)

Chessgames Masters-Machines Invitational Apr 16-May 15		A tournament organized online by Chessgames member "chessmoron", humans and computers collaborate. (12 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

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