M-Tel Masters
Sofia, Bulgaria
May 7-May 18

| | A 10 round double round robin featuring Veselin Topalov, Vassily Ivanchuk, Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov, Ivan Cheparinov and Bu Xiangzhi. (3 games, 6 players, 11 discussion pages, crosstable.)
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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.)
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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.)
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Dos Hermanas XIV
Spain
Apr 18-20

| | Topalov won the final beating Francisco Vallejo Pons. (12 games, 4 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)
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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.)
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Dubai Open
Dubai, UAE
Apr 6-15

| | Prodigy Wesley So won the cup with 7/9 points. (249 games, 100 players, 1 discussion page.)
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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.)
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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.)
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Foxwoods Open
Connecticut, USA
Mar 19-22

| | Yury Shulman defeats Alexander Ivanov in an Armageddon playoff for the title. (140 games, 87 players, 1 discussion page.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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Moscow Open
Moscow, Russia
Feb 2-10

| | Timofeev took sole first place. (159 games, 125 players, 12 discussion pages.)
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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, 306 discussion pages, crosstable.)
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Corus Group B
Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Jan 11-27

| | Movsesian wins with 9.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 15 discussion pages, crosstable.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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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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, 129 players, 206 discussion pages.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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European Club Cup
Kemer-Antalya, Turkey
Oct 2-10

| | Linux Magic won the cup. (1,169 games, 391 players, 12 discussion pages.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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Asian Individual Championship
Cebu City, Philippines
Sep 18-30

| | Discuss forum now open. We will post more games as they become available. (344 games, 73 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)
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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.)
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UK vs China Match
Liverpool, England
Sep 4-Sep 9

| | China beat the UK 28 to 20. (48 games, 16 players, 16 discussion pages.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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Canadian Open
Ottawa, Canada
July 7-15

| | Bu Xiangzhi placed first with 8/10. (354 games, 159 players, 4 discussion pages.)
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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.)
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World Open
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Jun 30-Jul 4

| | Varuzhan Akobian won after beating Stripunsky in the Armageddon tiebreak game. (261 games, 104 players, 15 discussion pages.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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, 52 players, 6 discussion pages.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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"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.)
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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.)
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