2018 in chess

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.

Years in chess

2018 in sports

2018 tournaments

This is a list of 15 significant 2018 chess tournaments:

TournamentSystemDatesPlayers (2700+)WinnerRunner-upThird
Tata Steel Chess TournamentRound robin12–28 Jan14 (11) Magnus Carlsen Anish Giri Vladimir Kramnik
Gibraltar Chess FestivalSwiss23 Jan – 1 Feb276 (12) Levon Aronian Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Hikaru Nakamura
Candidates Tournament 2018Round robin10–28 Mar8 (8) Fabiano Caruana Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Sergey Karjakin
Grenke Chess Classic 2018Round robin31 Mar – 9 Apr10 (7) Fabiano Caruana Magnus Carlsen Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Nikita Vitiugov
Shamkir Chess 2018Round robin18–28 Apr10 (10) Magnus Carlsen Ding Liren Sergey Karjakin
Women's World Chess Championship 2018 (match)Match2–20 May2 (0) Ju Wenjun Tan Zhongyi
Norway Chess 2018Round robin27 May – 7 Jun10 (10) Fabiano Caruana Magnus Carlsen Hikaru Nakamura
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2018Round robin14–22 Jul8 (5) Ian Nepomniachtchi Anish Giri Vladislav Kovalev
Biel Chess Festival 2018[1]Round robin22 Jul – 1 Aug6 (5) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Magnus Carlsen Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Sinquefield Cup 2018Round robin18–28 Aug10 (10) Magnus Carlsen
Fabiano Caruana
Levon Aronian
43rd Chess Olympiad (open event)Swiss23 Sep – 6 Octteams China United States Russia
43rd Chess Olympiad (women event)Swiss23 Sep – 6 Octteams China Ukraine Georgia
Women's World Chess Championship 2018 (tournament)Knockout2–23 Nov64 Ju Wenjun Kateryna Lagno Mariya Muzychuk
Alexandra Kosteniuk
World Chess Championship 2018Match9–28 Nov2 (2) Magnus Carlsen
Fabiano Caruana
London Chess Classic 2018Knockout11–17 Dec4 (4) Hikaru Nakamura Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Fabiano Caruana

Transfer

ChessplayerFrom whichWhither
José González García Mexico Spain
Boris Nikolov Chatalbashev Bulgaria Denmark
Alexei Shirov Latvia Spain

Deaths

References

  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.


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