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2018 in chess

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Major chess events that took place in 2018 included the Candidates Tournament, won by Fabiano Caruana, who earned the right to challenge Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2018. Magnus Carlsen won the match on tiebreaks and retained the title of World Chess Champion. There were two Women's World Chess Championship events; the first a match held in May between Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi, won by Ju Wenjun, and the second, held in November, a 64-player knockout tournament where Ju Wenjun defended her title.

2018 tournaments

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This is a list of 15 significant 2018 chess tournaments:

Tournament System Dates Players (2700+) Winner Runner-up Third
Tata Steel Chess Tournament Round robin 12–28 Jan 14 (11) Norway Magnus Carlsen Netherlands Anish Giri Russia Vladimir Kramnik
Gibraltar Chess Festival Swiss 23 Jan – 1 Feb 276 (12) Armenia Levon Aronian France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave United States Hikaru Nakamura
Candidates Tournament 2018 Round robin 10–28 Mar 8 (8) United States Fabiano Caruana Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Russia Sergey Karjakin
Grenke Chess Classic 2018 Round robin 31 Mar – 9 Apr 10 (7) United States Fabiano Caruana Norway Magnus Carlsen France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Russia Nikita Vitiugov
Shamkir Chess 2018 Round robin 18–28 Apr 10 (10) Norway Magnus Carlsen China Ding Liren Russia Sergey Karjakin
Women's World Chess Championship 2018 (match) Match 2–20 May 2 (0) China Ju Wenjun China Tan Zhongyi
Norway Chess 2018 Round robin 27 May – 7 Jun 10 (10) United States Fabiano Caruana Norway Magnus Carlsen United States Hikaru Nakamura
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2018 Round robin 14–22 Jul 8 (5) Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi Netherlands Anish Giri Belarus Vladislav Kovalev
Biel Chess Festival 2018[1][better source needed] Round robin 22 Jul – 1 Aug 6 (5) Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Norway Magnus Carlsen France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Sinquefield Cup 2018 Round robin 18–28 Aug 10 (10) Norway Magnus Carlsen
United States Fabiano Caruana
Armenia Levon Aronian
43rd Chess Olympiad (open event) Swiss 23 Sep – 6 Oct teams  China  United States  Russia
43rd Chess Olympiad (women event) Swiss 23 Sep – 6 Oct teams  China  Ukraine  Georgia
Women's World Chess Championship 2018 (tournament) Knockout 2–23 Nov 64 China Ju Wenjun Russia Kateryna Lagno Ukraine Mariya Muzychuk
Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk
World Chess Championship 2018 Match 9–28 Nov 2 (2) Norway Magnus Carlsen
United States Fabiano Caruana
London Chess Classic 2018 Knockout 11–17 Dec 4 (4) United States Hikaru Nakamura France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave United States Fabiano Caruana

Transfer

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Chessplayer From which Whither
José González García  Mexico  Spain
Boris Nikolov Chatalbashev [ru]  Bulgaria  Denmark
Alexei Shirov  Latvia  Spain

Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter. "Carlsen Finishes 2nd Behind Mamedyarov In Biel". Chess.com.
  2. ^ Brynjólfur Þór Guðmundsson (1 March 2018). "Stefán Kristjánsson látinn". ruv.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 March 2018.