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List of strong chess tournaments

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Magnus Carlsen vs. Levon Aronian at Linares 2007
Typical tournament crosstable, showing individual and total scores

This article depicts many of the strongest chess tournaments in history.

The following list is not intended to be an exhaustive or definitive record of tournament chess, but takes as its foundation the collective opinion of chess experts and journalists over the strongest tournaments in history.

Events that merit inclusion have been largely judged according to the strength (and relative strength in depth) of their participants. Other factors were taken into account, but have less influence; for example the quality of chess played, the closeness of the contest and the number of world top 10 and/or 'big reputation' players who took part, and the time control (no fast chess tournaments are listed). Inevitably, this introduces a degree of subjectivity, but the vast majority of tournaments in the list range from FIDE Category 10 to FIDE category 21 and beyond.

The names of the tournament winners have been included next to the year and venue. Many of the tournaments have had books written about them and whilst these will be mostly out of print, they are occasionally available at online auction sites, second-hand specialist book shops etc.

No attempt is made at comparing the relative strengths of tournaments in the list, as this is, and continues to be, the subject of inconclusive debate amongst experts.

While events are listed in year order, they are not listed chronologically within the same year.

Tournaments and winners

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1850–1859

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Year Tournament Location Winner Ref
1851 London 1851 chess tournament London Adolf Anderssen
London Club
1857 Manchester Johann Löwenthal
American Chess Congress New York Paul Morphy
1858 Birmingham Johann Löwenthal

1860–1869

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Year Tournament Location Winner Ref
1861 Bristol Louis Paulsen
1862 London 1862 chess tournament London Adolf Anderssen
1865 Dublin Wilhelm Steinitz
1867 Paris 1867 chess tournament Paris Ignác Kolisch
Dundee Gustav Neumann
1868 WDSB Congress Aachen Max Lange
1869 NDSB Congress Hamburg Adolf Anderssen
WDSB Congress Barmen

1870–1879

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Year Tournament Location Winner Ref
1870 Baden-Baden 1870 chess tournament Baden-Baden Adolf Anderssen
1871 WDSB Congress Krefeld Louis Paulsen
1872 NDSB Congress Altona Adolf Anderssen
London Wilhelm Steinitz
1873 Vienna 1873 chess tournament Vienna
1874 American Chess Congress Chicago George Henry Mackenzie
1876 New York
American Chess Congress Philadelphia James Mason
Clipper New York
MDSB Congress Leipzig Adolf Anderssen
London Joseph Henry Blackburne
1877 MDSB Congress Leipzig Louis Paulsen
1878 Paris 1878 chess tournament Paris Johannes Zukertort
WDSB Congress Frankfurt Louis Paulsen
1879 London Henry Edward Bird
DSB Congress Leipzig Berthold Englisch

1880–1889

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Year Tournament Location Winner(s) Ref
1880 Wiesbaden
WDSB Congress Braunschweig Louis Paulsen
1881 Berlin 1881 chess tournament (DSB Congress) Berlin Joseph Henry Blackburne
1882 Vienna 1882 chess tournament Vienna
1883 London 1883 chess tournament London Johannes Zukertort
DSB Congress Nuremberg Szymon Winawer
1885 Hamburg Isidor Gunsberg
Hereford Joseph Henry Blackburne
1886 London
BCA Congress
Belfast William H. K. Pollock
Nottingham Amos Burn
1887 DSB Congress Frankfurt George Henry Mackenzie
London
1888 Leipzig
Bradford Isidor Gunsberg
1889 Amsterdam Amos Burn
American Chess Congress New York
DSB Congress Breslau Siegbert Tarrasch

1890–1899

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Masters at Hastings 1895.
Standing: Albin, Schlechter, Janowski, Marco, Blackburne, Maróczy, Schiffers, Gunsberg, Burn, Tinsley. Seated: Vergani, Steinitz, Chigorin, Lasker, Pillsbury, Tarrasch, Mieses, Teichmann. Absent: von Bardeleben, Mason, Pollock, Walbrodt
Year Tournament Location Winner(s) Ref
1890 Manchester Siegbert Tarrasch
Vienna Max Weiss
Graz Gyula Makovetz
Berlin
1891 Horatio Caro
1892 DSB Congress Dresden Siegbert Tarrasch
London Emanuel Lasker
1893 New York
1894 DSB Congress Leipzig Siegbert Tarrasch
New York Wilhelm Steinitz
1895 Hastings 1895 chess tournament Hastings Harry Nelson Pillsbury
1895/96 Saint Petersburg 1895–96 chess tournament St Petersburg Emanuel Lasker
1896 Budapest Mikhail Chigorin
Nuremberg 1896 chess tournament Nuremberg Emanuel Lasker
1897 Schachverein Centrum Berlin Curt von Bardeleben
Berlin 1897 chess tournament Charousek
1898 Budapest
DSB Congress Cologne Amos Burn
Vienna 1898 chess tournament Vienna Siegbert Tarrasch
1899 London 1899 chess tournament London Emanuel Lasker
1899/1900 Vienna Géza Maróczy

1900–1909

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St. Petersburg, 1909.
Year Tournament Location Winner(s) Ref
1900 Paris 1900 chess tournament Paris Emanuel Lasker
DSB Congress Munich
1901 Monte Carlo chess tournament Monte Carlo Dawid Janowski
Russian Chess Championship Moscow Mikhail Chigorin
1902 Vienna
Monte Carlo Géza Maróczy
DSB Congress Hannover Dawid Janowski
1903 Monte Carlo Siegbert Tarrasch
1904 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress Cambridge Springs Frank Marshall
Monte Carlo Géza Maróczy
DSB Congress Coburg
1905 Ostend Géza Maróczy
Barmen
1906 Ostend Carl Schlechter
Stockholm
DSB Congress Nuremberg Frank Marshall
Russian Chess Championship St Petersburg Salwe
1907 Leopold Trebitsch Memorial Tournament Vienna Jacques Mieses
Ostend 1907 chess tournament Ostend Siegbert Tarrasch
Carlsbad 1907 chess tournament Carlsbad Akiba Rubinstein
1908 Vienna 1908 chess tournament Vienna
Prague 1908 chess tournament Prague
1909 Chigorin Memorial St. Petersburg

1910–1919

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Year Tournament Location Winner(s) Ref
1910 DSB Congress Hamburg Carl Schlechter
1910/11 Vienna
1911 New York Frank Marshall
San Sebastián chess tournament San Sebastián José Raúl Capablanca
Carlsbad 1911 chess tournament Carlsbad Richard Teichmann
1912 San Sebastián Akiba Rubinstein
Bad Pistyan Piešťany
Budapest
Russian Chess Championship Vilnius Akiba Rubinstein
DSB Congress Breslau
1913 New York José Raúl Capablanca
Havana Frank Marshall
Vienna Carl Schlechter
Vienna Club Rudolf Spielmann
1914 Russian Chess Championship St Petersburg
St. Petersburg 1914 chess tournament Emanuel Lasker
Baden bei Wien Rudolf Spielmann
DSB Congress (Mannheim 1914 chess tournament) Mannheim Alexander Alekhine
Vienna Carl Schlechter
1915 New York José Raúl Capablanca
1916/17 Vienna Carl Schlechter
1917/18 Milan Vidmar
1918 Berlin Emanuel Lasker
Four Masters Milan Vidmar
Kaschau Richard Réti
New York José Raúl Capablanca
1919 Stockholm Rudolf Spielmann
Hastings José Raúl Capablanca

1920–1929

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Year Tournament Location Winner(s) Ref
1920 Amsterdam Richard Réti
Göteborg
Berlin Gyula Breyer
1921 Kiel Efim Bogoljubov
Triberg Alexander Alekhine
Budapest
The Hague
Triberg (2) Akiba Rubinstein
1922 Bad Pistyan Piešťany Efim Bogoljubov
London José Raúl Capablanca
Vienna Akiba Rubinstein
Teplitz-Schönau
Hastings Alexander Alekhine
1922/23 Hastings International Chess Congress Akiba Rubinstein
1923 Margate Ernst Grünfeld
Carlsbad 1923 chess tournament Carlsbad
Vienna Savielly Tartakower
Moravská Ostrava 1923 chess tournament Ostrava Emanuel Lasker
Copenhagen Aron Nimzowitsch
1924 New York 1924 chess tournament New York Emanuel Lasker
Meran Ernst Grünfeld
USSR Chess Championship Moscow Efim Bogoljubov
1924/25 Hastings
1925 Debrecen Hans Kmoch
Baden-Baden Alexander Alekhine
Paris
DSB Congress Breslau Efim Bogoljubov
Marienbad
Moscow 1925 chess tournament Moscow Efim Bogoljubov
USSR Chess Championship Leningrad
1925/26 Hastings
1926 Hannover Aron Nimzowitsch
Budapest
Semmering Rudolf Spielmann
Lake Hopatcong José Raúl Capablanca
Chicago Frank Marshall
Dresden Aron Nimzowitsch
Berlin Efim Bogoljubov
1927 London
Kecskemét Alexander Alekhine
Bad Homburg Efim Bogoljubov
DSB Congress Magdeburg Rudolf Spielmann
New York 1927 chess tournament New York José Raúl Capablanca
1928 Budapest
Vienna Richard Réti
Dortmund Friedrich Sämisch
Bad Kissingen Efim Bogoljubov
Berlin José Raúl Capablanca
BSG Aron Nimzowitsch
1929 Carlsbad 1929 chess tournament Carlsbad
Bradley Beach Alexander Alekhine
Budapest José Raúl Capablanca
Barcelona
Rogaska Slatina Akiba Rubinstein
1929/30 Hastings José Raúl Capablanca

1930–1939

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Year Tournament Location Winner(s) Ref
1930 Frankfurt Aron Nimzowitsch
Stockholm Isaac Kashdan
San Remo 1930 chess tournament Sanremo Alexander Alekhine
Scarborough Edgar Colle
Amsterdam Henri Weenink
Liège Savielly Tartakower
1930/31 Hastings Max Euwe
1931 New York 1931 chess tournament New York José Raúl Capablanca
Rotterdam Salo Landau
Bled 1931 chess tournament Bled Alexander Alekhine
1931/32 Hastings Salo Flohr
1932 Bad Sliač
London Alexander Alekhine
Pasadena
Bern
Mexico City
1932/33 Hastings Salo Flohr
1933 Paris Alexander Alekhine
Scheveningen Salo Flohr
1933/34 Hastings
1934 Syracuse Samuel Reshevsky
Zurich Alexander Alekhine
Ujpest Andor Lilienthal
Leningrad Mikhail Botvinnik
1934/35 Hastings
1935 Moscow
Margate Samuel Reshevsky
1935/36 Hastings Reuben Fine
1936 Margate Salo Flohr
U.S. Chess Championship New York Samuel Reshevsky
Bad Nauheim
Zandvoort Reuben Fine
Amsterdam
Dresden Alexander Alekhine
Moscow José Raúl Capablanca
Nottingham 1936 chess tournament Nottingham
Podebrady Salo Flohr
1936/37 Hastings Alexander Alekhine
1937 Kemeri 1937 chess tournament Kemeri
Pärnu Paul Felix Schmidt
Margate
Ostend
Bad Nauheim, Stuttgart, Garmisch Max Euwe
Semmering/Baden Paul Keres
Moscow Reuben Fine
1937/38 Hastings Samuel Reshevsky
1938 Noordwijk Erich Eliskases
U.S. Chess Championship New York Samuel Reshevsky
AVRO 1938 chess tournament Netherlands
1938/39 Hastings László Szabó
1939 Amsterdam
VARA
Leningrad, Moscow Salo Flohr
U.S. Open Chess Championship New York Reuben Fine
Margate Paul Keres
Stuttgart Efim Bogoljubov
Bournemouth Max Euwe
USSR Chess Championship Leningrad Mikhail Botvinnik

1940–1949

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Year Tournament Location Winner(s) Ref
1940 U.S. Chess Championship New York Samuel Reshevsky
USSR Chess Championship Moscow
1941 USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad, Moscow Mikhail Botvinnik
Mar del Plata Gideon Ståhlberg
Munich 1941 chess tournament Munich Gösta Stoltz
General Government chess tournament Kraków, Warsaw
1942 Mar del Plata chess tournament Mar del Plata Miguel Najdorf
Salzburg 1942 chess tournament Salzburg Alexander Alekhine
1942 European Individual Chess Championship Munich
Prague
1943 Mar del Plata Miguel Najdorf
Sverdlovsk Mikhail Botvinnik
Baku Salo Flohr
Prague Alexander Alekhine
Salzburg
1944 Mar del Plata
La Plata Miguel Najdorf
Kyiv Salo Flohr
USSR Chess Championship Moscow Mikhail Botvinnik
1945 Hollywood Samuel Reshevsky
Mar del Plata Miguel Najdorf
Buenos Aires
USSR Chess Championship Moscow Mikhail Botvinnik
1946 Mar del Plata Miguel Najdorf
Groningen 1946 chess tournament Groningen Mikhail Botvinnik
1947 Moscow
Pärnu Paul Keres
Warsaw Svetozar Gligorić
Mar del Plata Miguel Najdorf
Buenos Aires, La Plata Gideon Ståhlberg
USSR Chess Championship Leningrad Paul Keres
1948 Mar del Plata Erich Eliskases
Buenos Aires, La Plata
Venice Miguel Najdorf
World Chess Championship 1948 The Hague, Moscow Mikhail Botvinnik
Interzonal Tournament Saltsjöbaden David Bronstein
USSR Chess Championship Moscow
1948/49 New York Reuben Fine
1949 USSR Chess Championship Moscow

1950–1959

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Year Tournament Location Winner(s) Ref
1950 Amsterdam Miguel Najdorf
Szczawno Zdrój Paul Keres
Venice Alexander Kotov
Candidates Tournament Budapest David Bronstein
USSR Chess Championship Moscow Paul Keres
1951 New York Samuel Reshevsky
Birmingham Svetozar Gligorić
USSR Chess Championship Moscow Paul Keres
1952 Havana
Budapest Paul Keres
Interzonal Tournament Saltsjöbaden Alexander Kotov
USSR Chess Championship Moscow Mikhail Botvinnik
1953 Bucharest Alexander Tolush
Gagra Vasily Smyslov
Candidates Tournament Zurich
1954 Belgrade David Bronstein
USSR Chess Championship Kyiv Yuri Averbakh
1954/55 Hastings
1955 Mar del Plata Borislav Ivkov
Zagreb Vasily Smyslov
Interzonal Tournament Gothenburg David Bronstein
USSR Chess Championship Moscow Efim Geller
1955/56 Hastings Viktor Korchnoi
1956 Moscow
Candidates Tournament Amsterdam Vasily Smyslov
USSR Chess Championship Leningrad Mark Taimanov
1957 Moscow Mikhail Tal
1957/58 Hastings Paul Keres
1958 USSR Chess Championship Riga Mikhail Tal
Interzonal Tournament Portorož
1959 Moscow
Zurich Mikhail Tal
Dresden
Riga Boris Spassky
Candidates Tournament Bled, Zagreb, Belgrade Mikhail Tal
USSR Chess Championship Tbilisi Tigran Petrosian

1960–1969

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Year Tournament Location Winner(s) Ref
1960 Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Santa Fe
Copenhagen Tigran Petrosian
USSR Chess Championship Leningrad Viktor Korchnoi
Córdoba Viktor Korchnoi
Moscow
1961 USSR Chess Championship Moscow Tigran Petrosian
Baku Boris Spassky
Bled Mikhail Tal
Zurich Paul Keres
Dortmund Mark Taimanov
Budapest Viktor Korchnoi
1961/62 Hastings Mikhail Botvinnik
1962 Capablanca Memorial Havana Miguel Najdorf
Interzonal Tournament Stockholm Robert James Fischer
Candidates Tournament Willemstad Tigran Petrosian
USSR Chess Championship Yerevan Viktor Korchnoi
1963 Piatigorsky Cup Los Angeles
Havana Viktor Korchnoi
Moscow Vasily Smyslov
Sochi Lev Polugaevsky
USSR Chess Championship Leningrad Leonid Stein
1964 Belgrade Boris Spassky
Buenos Aires
Zonal Tournament Moscow Boris Spassky
Interzonal Tournament Amsterdam
1964/65 USSR Chess Championship Kyiv Viktor Korchnoi
1965 Yerevan
Havana Vasily Smyslov
Santiago
Zagreb
USSR Chess Championship Tallinn Leonid Stein
1966 Piatigorsky Cup Santa Monica Boris Spassky
Mar del Plata Vasily Smyslov
Moscow Tigran Petrosian
Sochi Viktor Korchnoi
Kislovodsk Efim Geller
1966/67 USSR Chess Championship Tbilisi Leonid Stein
1967 Beverwijk Boris Spassky
Monte Carlo chess tournament Monte Carlo Robert James Fischer
Havana Bent Larsen
Winnipeg
Venice Jan Hein Donner
Moscow Leonid Stein
Palma de Mallorca Bent Larsen
Skopje Robert James Fischer
Interzonal Tournament Sousse Bent Larsen
USSR Chess Championship Kharkov
1968 Corus chess tournament Wijk aan Zee Viktor Korchnoi
Monte Carlo Bent Larsen
Bamberg Paul Keres
Skopje, Ohrid Lajos Portisch
Gori Mikhail Tal
Palma de Mallorca Viktor Korchnoi
1968/69 USSR Chess Championship Alma-Ata Lev Polugaevsky
1969 Wijk aan Zee
Buesum Bent Larsen
San Juan Boris Spassky
Palma de Mallorca Bent Larsen
Belgrade
USSR Chess Championship Moscow Tigran Petrosian
1969/70 Hastings Lajos Portisch

1970–1979

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Year Tournament Location Winner(s) Ref
1970 IBM international chess tournament Amsterdam
Rovinj, Zagreb Robert James Fischer
Buenos Aires
Leiden Boris Spassky
Vinkovci Bent Larsen
Interzonal Tournament Palma de Mallorca Robert James Fischer
USSR Chess Championship Riga Viktor Korchnoi
1971 Wijk aan Zee
Pärnu Leonid Stein
Moscow
Tallinn
Amsterdam Vasily Smyslov
Palma de Mallorca
USSR Chess Championship Leningrad Vladimir Savon
1971/72 Hastings
1972 Wijk aan Zee Lajos Portisch
Amsterdam Lev Polugaevsky
Teesside Bent Larsen
Kislovodsk Lev Polugaevsky
Las Palmas Lajos Portisch
Sarajevo László Szabó
San Antonio
Palma de Mallorca
USSR Chess Championship Baku Mikhail Tal
1973 Amsterdam
Tallinn Mikhail Tal
Sochi
Dortmund
Las Palmas
Madrid Anatoly Karpov
Interzonal Tournament Leningrad
Petropolis Henrique Mecking
USSR Chess Championship Moscow Boris Spassky
1974 Manila Evgeni Vasiukov
Las Palmas Ljubomir Ljubojević
Solingen
USSR Chess Championship Leningrad
1975 Wijk aan Zee Lajos Portisch
Amsterdam Ljubomir Ljubojević
Teesside Efim Geller
Moscow
Portorož, Ljubljana Anatoly Karpov
Milan
Las Palmas Ljubomir Ljubojević
Manila
Budapest
USSR Chess Championship Yerevan Tigran Petrosian
1976 Wijk aan Zee
Interzonal Tournament Biel Bent Larsen
Manila Henrique Mecking
Eugenio Torre
Skopje Anatoly Karpov
Sochi
Las Palmas Efim Geller
USSR Chess Championship Moscow Anatoly Karpov
1977 Leningrad
Portorož, Ljubljana Bent Larsen
Las Palmas Anatoly Karpov
Tilburg chess tournament Tilburg
Sochi Mikhail Tal
USSR Chess Championship Leningrad
1977/78 Hastings Roman Dzindzichashvili
1978 Wijk aan Zee Lajos Portisch
Lone Pine International Lone Pine Bent Larsen
Bugojno
Reykjavik Walter Shawn Browne
Niksic
Tilburg Lajos Portisch
Montilla, Moriles Boris Spassky
Vilnius Vladimir Tukmakov
USSR Chess Championship Tbilisi
1979 Montreal
Tilburg Anatoly Karpov
Waddinxveen
Wijk aan Zee Lev Polugaevsky
Bled, Portorož Jan Timman
Munich
Interzonal Tournament Riga Mikhail Tal
Rio de Janeiro
Tallinn Tigran Petrosian
Lone Pine
Banja Luka Garry Kasparov
Buenos Aires Bent Larsen
USSR Chess Championship Minsk Efim Geller

1980–1989

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Year Tournament Location Winner(s) Ref
1980 Wijk aan Zee
Baden bei Wien
Amsterdam Anatoly Karpov
Lone Pine Roman Dzindzichashvili
Bugojno Anatoly Karpov
Bad Kissingen
Baku Garry Kasparov
Phillips & Drew Kings London
Tilburg Anatoly Karpov
Buenos Aires Bent Larsen
1980/81 USSR Chess Championship Vilnius
1981 Amsterdam Jan Timman
Lone Pine Viktor Korchnoi
Johannesburg Ulf Andersson
Las Palmas Jan Timman
Linares International Chess Tournament Linares
Moscow Anatoly Karpov
Tilburg Alexander Beliavsky
USSR Chess Championship Moscow
1982 Bugojno Garry Kasparov
Phillips & Drew Kings London
Sochi Mikhail Tal
Lugano Viktor Korchnoi
Wijk aan Zee
Chicago Robert Hübner
Mar del Plata Jan Timman
Tilburg Anatoly Karpov
Turin
Interzonal Tournament Las Palmas Zoltán Ribli
Moscow Garry Kasparov
Toluca
1983 Wijk aan Zee Ulf Andersson
Indonesia Jan Timman
Tallinn
Linares Boris Spassky
Niksic Garry Kasparov
Tilburg Anatoly Karpov
USSR Chess Championship Moscow
1984 Lvov
Oslo Anatoly Karpov
Lugano Gyula Sax
Wijk aan Zee
Bugojno Jan Timman
Phillips & Drew Kings London Anatoly Karpov
Sarajevo
Tilburg Tony Miles
1984/85 Reggio Emilia chess tournament Reggio Emilia Lajos Portisch
1985 Amsterdam Anatoly Karpov
Portorož, Ljubljana
Linares
Lugano Vladimir Tukmakov
Tilburg
Wijk aan Zee Jan Timman
Moscow Oleg Romanishin
Zagreb Jan Timman
Brussels Viktor Korchnoi
Naestved
Interzonal Tournament Tunis Artur Yusupov
Taxco Jan Timman
Biel Rafael Vaganian
Candidates Tournament Montpellier
1985/86 Reggio Emilia Ulf Andersson
1986 Wijk aan Zee Nigel Short
Brussels Anatoly Karpov
OHRA Garry Kasparov
Bugojno Anatoly Karpov
Vienna
Lugano Viktor Korchnoi
Sochi
Amsterdam Ljubomir Ljubojević
Tilburg Alexander Beliavsky
Solingen Robert Hübner
Sarajevo
Phillips & Drew Kings London Glenn Flear
1986/87 Reggio Emilia Zoltán Ribli
1987 Wijk aan Zee Viktor Korchnoi
Belgrade Ljubomir Ljubojević
Bilbao Anatoly Karpov
Sarajevo Predrag Nikolić
Leningrad Rafael Vaganian
Brussels
Tilburg Jan Timman
Reykjavik Nigel Short
Max Euwe Memorial Tournament Amsterdam
Interzonal Tournament Subotica
Szirak
Zagreb Viktor Korchnoi
USSR Chess Championship Minsk Alexander Beliavsky
1987/88 Reggio Emilia Vladimir Tukmakov
1988 Wijk aan Zee Anatoly Karpov
Optiebeurs Amsterdam Garry Kasparov
Nigel Short
GMA World Cup Brussels Anatoly Karpov
Belfort Garry Kasparov
Reykjavik
Linares Jan Timman
Tilburg Anatoly Karpov
USSR Chess Championship Moscow
1988/89 Reggio Emilia Mikhail Gurevich
Hastings Nigel Short
1989 Wijk aan Zee
Amsterdam Jan Timman
OHRA Alexander Beliavsky
Lugano
Clermont-Ferrand
GMA World Cup Barcelona
Rotterdam Jan Timman
Skelleftea
Linares Vassily Ivanchuk
Tilburg Garry Kasparov
Belgrade
1989/90 Reggio Emilia Jaan Ehlvest

1990–1999

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Year Tournament Location Winner(s) Ref
1990 Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1990 Wijk aan Zee John Nunn
Linares Garry Kasparov
Amsterdam Alexander Beliavsky
Haninge Yasser Seirawan
Rotterdam Viktor Korchnoi
Prague Jan Timman
Tilburg
Pamplona Viktor Korchnoi
Interzonal Tournament Manila
USSR Chess Championship Leningrad
1990/91 Reggio Emilia Anatoly Karpov
1991 Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1991 Wijk aan Zee John Nunn
Amsterdam
Harlingen Viktor Korchnoi
Linares Vassily Ivanchuk
Munich Larry Christiansen
Belgrade Boris Gelfand
Reykjavik
Terrassa
Tilburg Garry Kasparov
Bled, Rogaska Slatina Predrag Nikolić
1991/92 Reggio Emilia Anand
1992 Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1992 Wijk aan Zee
Biel Chess Festival Biel Anatoly Karpov
Amsterdam
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting Dortmund
Linares Garry Kasparov
Madrid Anatoly Karpov
Moscow
Tilburg Michael Adams
Baden-Baden Anatoly Karpov
1993 Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1993 Wijk aan Zee
Amsterdam
Dortmund Anatoly Karpov
Linares Garry Kasparov
Chalkidiki Boris Gelfand
Las Palmas Ivan Morovic Fernandez
Munich Alexei Shirov
Madrid
Interzonal Tournament Biel Boris Gelfand
PCA Candidates Qualifier Groningen
Tilburg Anatoly Karpov
1994 Amsterdam Garry Kasparov
Las Palmas Gata Kamsky
Dortmund Jeroen Piket
Horgen Garry Kasparov
Linares Anatoly Karpov
Munich Vassily Ivanchuk
Madrid Judit Polgár
Dos Hermanas Boris Gelfand
Novgorod
Tilburg Valery Salov
1995 Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1995 Wijk aan Zee Alexey Dreev
Dortmund Vladimir Kramnik
Leon
Madrid Viktor Korchnoi
Belgrade
Dos Hermanas
Amsterdam Joël Lautier
Donner Memorial
Linares Vassily Ivanchuk
Novgorod Garry Kasparov
Riga Garry Kasparov
Biel Alexey Dreev
Horgen
Groningen Anatoly Karpov
Russian Chess Championship Elista Peter Svidler
1996 Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1996 Wijk aan Zee Vassily Ivanchuk
Amsterdam
Dortmund
Dos Hermanas
Las Palmas Garry Kasparov
Donner Memorial Amsterdam
Groningen Nigel Short
Belgrade Evgeny Bareev
Belgrade, Stara Pazova Anatoly Karpov
Leon
Madrid
Novgorod Veselin Topalov
Vienna
Russian Chess Championship Elista Alexander Khalifman
Tilburg
1997 Wijk aan Zee Valery Salov
Belgrade
Biel Viswanathan Anand
Dortmund Vladimir Kramnik
Dos Hermanas
Linares Garry Kasparov
Madrid
Polanica Zdroj Sergei Rublevsky
Novgorod Garry Kasparov
Tilburg
Russian Chess Championship Elista Peter Svidler
FIDE Knockout Championship Groningen Viswanathan Anand
1998 Wijk aan Zee
Dortmund
Linares Viswanathan Anand
Madrid
Polanica Zdroj Boris Gelfand
Elista Vassily Ivanchuk
Tilburg Viswanathan Anand
Russian Chess Championship St Petersburg Alexander Morozevich
1999 Wijk aan Zee Garry Kasparov
Dortmund Peter Leko
Dos Hermanas Michael Adams
Linares Garry Kasparov
Sarajevo
FIDE Knockout Championship Las Vegas Alexander Khalifman

2000–2009

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Year Tournament Location Winner(s) Ref
2000 Wijk aan Zee Garry Kasparov
Dortmund
Linares
Montecatini Terme Vassily Ivanchuk
Polanica Zdroj Boris Gelfand
Chess World Cup Shenyang Viswanathan Anand
Sarajevo Garry Kasparov
FIDE Knockout Championship New Delhi, Tehran Viswanathan Anand
2001 Wijk aan Zee Garry Kasparov
Astana
Dortmund
Biel Viktor Korchnoi
Linares Garry Kasparov
2001/02 FIDE Knockout Championship Moscow Ruslan Ponomariov
2002 Cannes
Wijk aan Zee Evgeny Bareev
Linares Garry Kasparov
Candidates Tournament Dortmund Peter Leko
Chess World Cup Hyderabad Viswanathan Anand
2003 Wijk aan Zee
Budapest Nigel Short
Dortmund Viktor Bologan
Enghien-les-Bains Evgeny Bareev
Reykjavik Alexei Shirov
Linares
Russian Chess Championship Krasnoyarsk Peter Svidler
2004 Wijk aan Zee Viswanathan Anand
Dortmund
Biel Alexander Morozevich
Linares Vladimir Kramnik
FIDE Knockout Championship Tripoli Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Russian Chess Championship Moscow Garry Kasparov
2005 Wijk aan Zee Peter Leko
Dortmund Arkadij Naiditsch
Linares
M-Tel Masters Sofia Veselin Topalov
Chess World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk Levon Aronian
FIDE World Championship San Luis Veselin Topalov
Russian Chess Championship Moscow Sergei Rublevsky
2006 Wijk aan Zee
Dortmund
Biel Alexander Morozevich
Aerosvit chess tournament Foros Sergei Rublevsky
Morelia, Linares Levon Aronian
Tal Memorial Moscow
Sofia Veselin Topalov
2007 Wijk aan Zee
Morelia, Linares Viswanathan Anand
Sofia Veselin Topalov
Dortmund Vladimir Kramnik
Foros Vassily Ivanchuk
Biel Magnus Carlsen
Chess World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk Gata Kamsky
Moscow Vladimir Kramnik
World Chess Championship 2007 Mexico City Viswanathan Anand
Russian Chess Championship Moscow Alexander Morozevich
2008 Wijk aan Zee
Morelia, Linares Viswanathan Anand
Grand Prix 2008–2010 Baku
Sochi Levon Aronian
Elista
Sofia Vassily Ivanchuk
Foros Magnus Carlsen
Dortmund Peter Leko
Yerevan Levon Aronian
Moscow Vassily Ivanchuk
Bilbao Chess Masters Final Bilbao Veselin Topalov
Pearl Spring Chess Tournament Nanjing
Russian Chess Championship Moscow Peter Svidler
2009 Wijk aan Zee Sergey Karjakin
Linares
Grand Prix 2008–2010 Nalchik Levon Aronian
Jermuk Vassily Ivanchuk
Sofia Alexei Shirov
Bazna Vassily Ivanchuk
Dortmund Vladimir Kramnik
Biel Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Bilbao Levon Aronian
Nanjing Magnus Carlsen
Moscow Vladimir Kramnik
Chess World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk Boris Gelfand
London Chess Classic London Magnus Carlsen
Russian Chess Championship Moscow Alexander Grischuk

2010–2019

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Year Tournament Location Winner(s) Ref
2010 Wijk aan Zee Magnus Carlsen
Linares Veselin Topalov
Grand Prix 2008–2010 Astrakhan Pavel Eljanov
Mediaș Magnus Carlsen
Dortmund Ruslan Ponomariov
Shanghai Alexei Shirov
Bilbao Vladimir Kramnik
Nanjing Magnus Carlsen
Moscow
London Magnus Carlsen
Russian Chess Championship Moscow Ian Nepomniachtchi
2010/11 Reggio Emilia Vugar Gashimov
2011 Wijk aan Zee Hikaru Nakamura
Mediaș
Dortmund Vladimir Kramnik
Biel Magnus Carlsen
Chess World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk Peter Svidler
São Paulo, Bilbao Magnus Carlsen
Moscow
London Vladimir Kramnik
Russian Chess Championship Moscow Peter Svidler
2011/12 Reggio Emilia Anish Giri
2012 Wijk aan Zee Levon Aronian
Moscow Magnus Carlsen
Dortmund
Biel Wang Hao
Grand Prix 2012–2013 London
Tashkent
São Paulo, Bilbao Magnus Carlsen
Bucharest Vassily Ivanchuk
London Magnus Carlsen
Russian Chess Championship Moscow Dmitry Andreikin
2013 Wijk aan Zee Magnus Carlsen
Grenke Chess Classic Baden-Baden Viswanathan Anand
Grand Prix 2012–2013 Zug Veselin Topalov
Thessaloniki Leinier Domínguez Pérez
Beijing Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Paris
Zurich Chess Challenge Zurich Fabiano Caruana
Paris, St Petersburg Levon Aronian
Moscow Boris Gelfand
Dortmund Michael Adams
Candidates Tournament London Magnus Carlsen
Norway Chess Stavanger Sergey Karjakin
Chess World Cup Tromsø Vladimir Kramnik
Sinquefield Cup St Louis Magnus Carlsen
Bilbao Levon Aronian
Bucharest Fabiano Caruana
Russian Chess Championship Nizhny Novgorod Peter Svidler
2014 Wijk aan Zee Levon Aronian
Zurich Magnus Carlsen
Candidates Tournament Khanty-Mansiysk Viswanathan Anand
Shamkir Chess Shamkir Magnus Carlsen
Stavanger Sergey Karjakin
Biel Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Dortmund Fabiano Caruana
St Louis
Grand Prix 2014–2015 Baku
Tashkent Dmitry Andreikin
Bilbao Viswanathan Anand
Moscow Alexander Grischuk
London
Qatar Masters Open Doha Yu Yangyi
Russian Chess Championship Kazan Igor Lysyj
2015 Wijk aan Zee Magnus Carlsen
Gibraltar Chess Festival Gibraltar Hikaru Nakamura|
Baden-Baden Magnus Carlsen
Zurich Hikaru Nakamura
U.S. Chess Championship St Louis
Grand Prix 2014–2015 Tbilisi Evgeny Tomashevsky
Khanty-Mansiysk
Shamkir Magnus Carlsen
Grand Chess Tour Stavanger Veselin Topalov
London Magnus Carlsen
St Louis Levon Aronian
Dortmund Fabiano Caruana
Millionaire Chess Las Vegas Hikaru Nakamura
Chess World Cup Baku Sergey Karjakin
Bilbao Wesley So
Doha Magnus Carlsen
Russian Chess Championship Chita Evgeny Tomashevsky
2016 Wijk aan Zee Magnus Carlsen
Gibraltar Hikaru Nakamura
Candidates Tournament Moscow Sergey Karjakin
Stavanger Magnus Carlsen
Shamkir Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
U.S. Chess Championship St Louis Fabiano Caruana
Dortmund Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Bilbao Magnus Carlsen
Grand Chess Tour St Louis Wesley So
London
Moscow Ian Nepomniachtchi
2017 Wijk aan Zee Wesley So
Gibraltar Hikaru Nakamura
Shenzhen Ding Liren
Grand Prix 2017 Sharjah
Moscow Ding Liren
Geneva Teimour Radjabov
St Louis Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Palma de Mallorca
Shamkir Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
U.S. Chess Championship St Louis Wesley So
Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden Levon Aronian
Stavanger Levon Aronian
Dortmund Radosław Wojtaszek
Chess World Cup Tbilisi Levon Aronian
Isle of Man Magnus Carlsen
Grand Chess Tour London Fabiano Caruana
2018 Wijk aan Zee Magnus Carlsen
Gibraltar Levon Aronian
Candidates Tournament Berlin Fabiano Caruana
Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden
Shamkir Magnus Carlsen
U.S. Chess Championship St Louis Samuel Shankland
Stavanger Fabiano Caruana
Dortmund Ian Nepomniachtchi
Biel Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Grand Chess Tour St Louis
London Hikaru Nakamura
Shenzhen
Isle of Man Radosław Wojtaszek
2019 Wijk aan Zee Magnus Carlsen
Gibraltar Vladislav Artemiev
Shamkir Magnus Carlsen
Shenzhen Anish Giri
Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden Magnus Carlsen
U.S. Chess Championship St Louis Hikaru Nakamura
Grand Prix 2019 Moscow Ian Nepomniachtchi
Jerualem
Riga Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Hamburg Alexander Grischuk
Stavanger Magnus Carlsen
Grand Chess Tour Zagreb
St Louis Ding Liren
London
Dortmund Leinier Domínguez Pérez
Chess World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk Teimour Radjabov
Grand Swiss Isle of Man Wang Hao

2020–2029

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Year Tournament Location Winner(s) Ref
2020 Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020 Wijk aan Zee Fabiano Caruana
Gibraltar David Paravyan
Stavanger Magnus Carlsen
Russian Chess Championship Moscow Ian Nepomniachtchi
2020/21 Candidates Tournament Yekaterinburg
2021 Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021 Wijk aan Zee Jorden van Foreest
Grand Chess Tour Bucharest Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Chess World Cup Sochi Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Russian Chess Championship Ufa Vitiugov
Sinquefield Cup St Louis Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Stavanger Magnus Carlsen
U.S. Chess Championship St Louis Wesley So
Grand Swiss Riga Alireza Firouzja
2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022 Wijk aan Zee Magnus Carlsen
Grand Prix 2022 Berlin
Belgrade Richárd Rapport
American Cup St Louis Fabiano Caruana
Grand Chess Tour Bucharest Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Stavanger Magnus Carlsen
Candidates Tournament Madrid Ian Nepomniachtchi
Sinquefield Cup St Louis Alireza Firouzja
U.S. Chess Championship Fabiano Caruana
2023 Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023 Wijk aan Zee Anish Giri
WR Chess Masters 2023 Dusseldorf Levon Aronian
American Cup 2023 St Louis Hikaru Nakamura
Grand Chess Tour Bucharest Fabiano Caruana
Stavanger Hikaru Nakamura
Chess World Cup Baku Magnus Carlsen
Grand Swiss Isle of Man Vidit Gujrathi
2024 Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee Wei Yi
FIDE Candidates Toronto Gukesh D
Stavanger Magnus Carlsen

Individual tournaments

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Major recurring tournaments

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World Cup

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See also

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References

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  • Sunnucks, Anne (1970). The Encyclopaedia of Chess. Hale. ISBN 0-7091-1030-8.
  • Kenneth Whyld (1986). Guinness Chess, The Records. Guinness Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-455-0.
  • Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986). Szachy od A do Z (1. A-M). Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7.
  • Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1987). Szachy od A do Z (2. N-Z). Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2745-X.
  • British Chess Magazine (January 1978) – Your Hundred Best Chess Tournaments To 1960 (by Ken Whyld)
  • British Chess Magazine (August 1979) – Reflections on Montreal (by Raymond Keene)
  • British Chess Magazine (November 1987) – The 'Super-tournaments' in chess history (by Romelio Milian Gonzalez)
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