2021 in chess

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The 2021 chess calendar was again disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but major events that have taken place included the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, won by Jorden van Foreest.

The Candidates Tournament 2020–21, disrupted by the pandemic, concluded on April 27, 2021. It was won by Ian Nepomniachtchi.[1]

In November, Nepomniachtchi subsequently faced defending champion Magnus Carlsen for the World Chess Championship title in Dubai, UAE during Expo 2020. Carlsen won the match 7½–3½ to retain the title with three games to spare and become a five-time world champion.[2]

The International Chess Federation, FIDE, admitted four new member federations: Dominica, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Niger, and Belize.[3]

2021 tournaments[]

This is a list of significant 2021 chess tournaments:

Supertournaments[]

Tournament System Dates Players (2700+) Winner Runner-up Third
Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021 Round robin 15–31 January 14 (8) Netherlands Jorden van Foreest Netherlands Anish Giri Russia Andrey Esipenko
Champions Chess Tour Opera Euro Rapid 2021 Hybrid 6–14 February 16 (14) United States Wesley So Norway Magnus Carlsen Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov
Champions Chess Tour Magnus Carlsen Invitational Hybrid 13–21 March 16 (12) Netherlands Anish Giri Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi Norway Magnus Carlsen
2020–2021 Candidates Tournament Double round robin 17–25 March 2020 and 19–27 April 8 (7) Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Netherlands Anish Giri
Champions Chess Tour New In Chess Classic Hybrid 24 April – 2 May 16 (12) Norway Magnus Carlsen United States Hikaru Nakamura Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Chess World Cup 2021 Single-elimination tournament 12 July – 6 August 206 (25) Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda Russia Sergey Karjakin Norway Magnus Carlsen
Women's Chess World Cup 2021 Single-elimination tournament 12 July – 3 August 103 (-) Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk Russia Aleksandra Goryachkina China Tan Zhongyi
World Chess Championship 2021 Best-of-14 match, with tie breaks 24 November – 16 December 2 Norway Magnus Carlsen[4] Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi -

FIDE Events[]

Tournament City System Dates Players Winner Runner-up Third
FIDE Grand Swiss Latvia Riga Swiss 27 October–7 November 154 France Alireza Firouzja United States Fabiano Caruana Russia Grigoriy Oparin
World Rapid Chess Championship Poland Warsaw Swiss 26–28 December 204 Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi Norway Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Chess Championship Poland Warsaw Swiss 29–30 December 206 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda France Alireza Firouzja

Team events[]

Tournament City System Dates Teams Winner Runner-up Third
Women's World Team Chess Championship Spain Sitges Round robin 26 September - 3 October 10 Russia India Georgia
European Team Chess Championship Slovenia Čatež ob Savi Round robin 11 – 22 November 40 Ukraine France Poland
Women's European Team Chess Championship Slovenia Čatež ob Savi Round robin 11 - 22 November 32 Russia Georgia Azerbaijan

Rapid & Biltz Tournaments[]

Tournament City System Dates Players Winner Runner-up Third
Superbet Rapid & Blitz Romania Bucharest Round robin 3-15 June 10 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Russia Alexander Grischuk
Wesley So
Levon Aronian		 -
Paris Rapid & Blitz France Paris Round robin 20-24 June 10 Wesley So Ian Nepomniachtchi Alireza Firouzja
Croatia Rapid & Blitz Croatia Zagreb Round robin 7-11 July 10 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Viswanathan Anand Anish Giri
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz United States St. Louis Round robin 11-16 August 10 Hikaru Nakamura Fabiano Caruana Richard Rapport
Sinquefield Cup United States St. Louis Round robin 17–27 August 12 (12) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Fabiano Caruana
Leinier Domínguez
Wesley So		 -
Shamkir Chess Azerbaijan Shamkir Round robin 17-24 December 10 (10) United States Fabiano Caruana Hungary Richard Rapport Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Deaths[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Magnus Carlsen wins 5th World Championship title". chess24.com. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  3. ^ 92nd FIDE General Assembly: results and decisions, FIDE, 29 December 2021
  4. ^ "Magnus Carlsen wins 5th World Championship title". chess24.com. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  5. ^ "Suurmestari Yrjö Rantanen on kuollut". Suomen Shakkiliitto (in Finnish). 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  6. ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2021-01-15). "Luto en el ajedrez colombiano: muere el Gran Maestro Gildardo García". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  7. ^ Langer, Emily. "Lubomir Kavalek, international chess grandmaster, dies at 77". Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  8. ^ "Fallece el Gran Maestro cubano de ajedrez Román Hernández". OnCubaNews (in Spanish). 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  9. ^ "Yuri Dokhoian passes away".
  10. ^ I, K. T. (2021-07-28). "Gyász: elhunyt Csom István sakkolimpiai bajnok - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  11. ^ "Ушел из жизни Евгений Эллинович Свешников (1950-2021)". Федерация шахмат России (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  12. ^ Miguel Zometa (15 October 2021). "Homenaje a Boris Pineda" (in Spanish). Diario Co Latino. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Ve věku 62 let zemřel šachový velmistr Marek Vokáč - Sport.cz". www.sport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  14. ^ "IN MEMORIAM – VELEMAJSTOR BOŠKO ABRAMOVIĆ (1951-2021) - Šahovski savez Srbije" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  15. ^ "Meghalt Kállai Gábor nemzetközi sakknagymester". telex (in Hungarian). 2021-12-31. Retrieved 2022-01-02.


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