List of strong chess tournaments

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

Magnus Carlsen vs. Levon Aronian at Linares 2007

Typical tournament crosstable, showing individual and total scores

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, 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 edit

1850–1859 edit

1851 London Anderssen
1851 London (London Club) Anderssen
1857 Manchester Löwenthal
1857 New York (American Chess Congress) Morphy
1858 Birmingham Löwenthal

1860–1869 edit

1861 Bristol Paulsen
1862 London Anderssen
1865 Dublin Steinitz
1867 Paris Kolisch
1867 Dundee Neumann
1868 Aachen (WDSB Congress) Lange
1869 Hamburg (NDSB Congress) Anderssen
1869 Barmen (WDSB Congress) Anderssen

1870–1879 edit

1870 Baden-Baden Anderssen
1871 Krefeld (WDSB Congress) Paulsen
1872 Altona (NDSB Congress) Anderssen
1872 London Steinitz
1873 Vienna Steinitz
1874 Chicago (American Chess Congress) Mackenzie
1876 New York Mackenzie
1876 Philadelphia (American Chess Congress) Mason
1876 New York (Clipper) Mason
1876 Leipzig (MDSB Congress) Anderssen
1876 London Blackburne
1877 Leipzig (MDSB Congress) Paulsen
1878 Paris Zukertort
1878 Frankfurt (WDSB Congress) Paulsen
1879 London Bird
1879 Leipzig (DSB Congress) Englisch

1880–1889 edit

1880 Wiesbaden Blackburne, Englisch, Schwarz
1880 Braunschweig (WDSB Congress) Paulsen
1881 Berlin (DSB Congress) Blackburne
1882 Vienna Steinitz, Winawer
1883 London Zukertort
1883 Nuremberg (DSB Congress) Winawer
1885 Hamburg (DSB Congress) Gunsberg
1885 Hereford Blackburne
1886 London Blackburne
1886 London (BCA Congress) Blackburne
1886 Belfast Pollock
1886 Nottingham Burn
1887 Frankfurt (DSB Congress) Mackenzie
1887 London Burn, Gunsberg
1888 Leipzig von Bardeleben, Riemann
1888 Bradford Gunsberg
1889 Amsterdam Burn
1889 New York (American Chess Congress) Weiss, Chigorin
1889 Breslau (DSB Congress) Tarrasch

1890–1899 edit

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

1890 Manchester Tarrasch
1890 Vienna Weiss
1890 Graz Makovetz
1890 Berlin Lasker, Lasker B.
1891 Berlin Caro
1892 Dresden (DSB Congress) Tarrasch
1892 London Lasker
1893 New York Lasker
1894 Leipzig (DSB Congress) Tarrasch
1894 New York Steinitz
1895 Hastings Pillsbury
1895/96 St Petersburg Lasker
1896 Budapest Chigorin
1896 Nuremberg Lasker
1897 Berlin (Schachverein Centrum) von Bardeleben
1897 Berlin Charousek
1898 Budapest Charousek
1898 Cologne (DSB Congress) Burn
1898 Vienna Tarrasch
1899 London Lasker
1899/1900 Vienna Maróczy

1900–1909 edit

St. Petersburg, 1909.

1900 Paris Lasker
1900 Munich (DSB Congress) Pillsbury, Schlechter
1901 Monte Carlo Janowski
1901 Moscow (Russian Championship) Chigorin
1902 Vienna Janowski, Wolf
1902 Monte Carlo Maroczy
1902 Hannover (DSB Congress) Janowski
1903 Monte Carlo Tarrasch
1904 Cambridge Springs Marshall
1904 Monte Carlo Maroczy
1904 Coburg (DSB Congress) von Bardeleben, Schlechter, Swiderski
1905 Ostend Maroczy
1905 Barmen Janowski, Maroczy
1906 Ostend Schlechter
1906 Stockholm Bernstein, Schlechter
1906 Nuremberg (DSB Congress) Marshall
1906 St Petersburg (Russian Championship) Salwe
1907 Vienna Mieses
1907 Ostend Tarrasch
1907 Carlsbad Rubinstein
1908 Vienna Maroczy, Schlechter, Duras
1908 Prague Duras, Schlechter
1909 St. Petersburg Lasker, Rubinstein

1910–1919 edit

1910 Hamburg (DSB Congress) Schlechter
1910/11 Vienna Schlechter
1911 New York Marshall
1911 San Sebastián Capablanca
1911 Carlsbad Teichmann
1912 San Sebastián Rubinstein
1912 Bad Pistyan Rubinstein
1912 Budapest Marshall, Schlechter
1912 Vilnius (Russian Championship) Rubinstein
1912 Breslau (DSB Congress) Rubinstein, Duras
1913 New York Capablanca
1913 Havana Marshall
1913 Vienna Schlechter
1913 Vienna (Vienna Club) Spielmann
1914 St Petersburg (Russian Championship) Alekhine, Nimzowitsch
1914 St. Petersburg Lasker
1914 Baden bei Wien Spielmann
1914 Mannheim (DSB Congress) Alekhine
1914 Vienna Schlechter
1915 New York Capablanca
1916/17 Vienna Schlechter
1917/18 Vienna Vidmar
1918 Berlin Lasker
1918 Berlin (Four Masters) Vidmar
1918 Kaschau Réti
1918 New York Capablanca
1919 Stockholm Spielmann
1919 Hastings Capablanca

1920–1929 edit

1920 Amsterdam Réti
1920 Göteborg Réti
1920 Berlin Breyer
1921 Kiel Bogoljubov
1921 Triberg Alekhine
1921 Budapest Alekhine
1921 The Hague Alekhine
1921 Triberg (2) Rubinstein
1922 Bad Pistyan Bogoljubov
1922 London Capablanca
1922 Vienna Rubinstein
1922 Teplitz-Schönau Reti, Spielmann
1922 Hastings Alekhine
1922/23 Hastings Rubinstein
1923 Margate Grünfeld
1923 Carlsbad Alekhine, Bogoljubov, Maroczy
1923 Vienna Tartakower
1923 Moravska Ostrava Lasker
1923 Copenhagen Nimzowitsch
1924 New York Lasker
1924 Meran Grünfeld
1924 Moscow (USSR Championship) Bogoljubov
1924/25 Hastings Maroczy, Tartakower
1925 Debrecen Kmoch
1925 Baden-Baden Alekhine
1925 Paris Alekhine
1925 Breslau (DSB Congress) Bogoljubov
1925 Marienbad Rubinstein, Nimzowitsch
1925 Moscow Bogoljubov
1925 Leningrad (USSR Championship) Bogoljubov
1925/26 Hastings Alekhine, Vidmar
1926 Hannover Nimzowitsch
1926 Budapest Grünfeld, Monticelli
1926 Semmering Spielmann
1926 Lake Hopatcong Capablanca
1926 Chicago Marshall
1926 Dresden Nimzowitsch
1926 Berlin Bogoljubov
1927 London Nimzowitsch, Tartakower
1927 Kecskemét Alekhine
1927 Bad Homburg Bogoljubov
1927 Magdeburg (DSB Congress) Spielmann
1927 New York Capablanca
1928 Budapest Capablanca
1928 Vienna Réti
1928 Dortmund Sämisch
1928 Bad Kissingen Bogoljubov
1928 Berlin Capablanca
1928 Berlin (BSG) Nimzowitsch
1929 Carlsbad Nimzowitsch
1929 Bradley Beach Alekhine
1929 Budapest Capablanca
1929 Barcelona Capablanca
1929 Rogaska Slatina Rubinstein
1929/30 Hastings Capablanca

1930–1939 edit

1930 Frankfurt Nimzowitsch
1930 Stockholm Kashdan
1930 San Remo Alekhine
1930 Scarborough Colle
1930 Amsterdam Weenink
1930 Liege Tartakower
1930/31 Hastings Euwe
1931 New York Capablanca
1931 Rotterdam Landau
1931 Bled Alekhine
1931/32 Hastings Flohr
1932 Bad Sliac Flohr, Vidmar
1932 London Alekhine
1932 Pasadena Alekhine
1932 Bern Alekhine
1932 Mexico City Alekhine, Kashdan
1932/33 Hastings Flohr
1933 Paris Alekhine
1933 Scheveningen Flohr
1933/34 Hastings Flohr
1934 Syracuse Reshevsky
1934 Zurich Alekhine
1934 Ujpest Lilienthal
1934 Leningrad Botvinnik
1934/35 Hastings Euwe, Flohr, Thomas
1935 Moscow Botvinnik, Flohr
1935 Margate Reshevsky
1935/36 Hastings Fine
1936 Margate Flohr
1936 New York (USA Championship) Reshevsky
1936 Bad Nauheim Alekhine, Keres
1936 Zandvoort Fine
1936 Amsterdam Euwe, Fine
1936 Dresden Alekhine
1936 Moscow Capablanca
1936 Nottingham Botvinnik, Capablanca
1936 Podebrady Flohr
1936/37 Hastings Alekhine
1937 Kemeri Flohr, Petrovs, Reshevsky
1937 Pärnu Schmidt
1937 Margate Fine, Keres
1937 Ostend Fine, Grob, Keres
1937 Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch Euwe
1937 Semmering/Baden Keres
1937 Moscow Fine
1937/38 Hastings Reshevsky
1938 Noordwijk Eliskases
1938 New York (USA Championship) Reshevsky
1938 AVRO Tournament (Netherlands) Keres, Fine
1938/39 Hastings Szabó
1939 Amsterdam Euwe, Szabo, Flohr
1939 Amsterdam (VARA) Euwe, Landau
1939 Leningrad – Moscow Flohr
1939 New York (USA Open) Fine
1939 Margate Keres
1939 Stuttgart Bogoljubov
1939 Bournemouth Euwe
1939 Leningrad (USSR Championship) Botvinnik

1940–1949 edit

1940 New York (USA Championship) Reshevsky
1940 Moscow (USSR Championship) Lilienthal, Bondarevsky
1941 Leningrad/Moscow (USSR Absolute Championship) Botvinnik
1941 Mar del Plata Ståhlberg
1941 Munich Stoltz
1941 Kraków/Warsaw (General Government chess tournament) Alekhine, Schmidt
1942 Mar del Plata Najdorf
1942 Salzburg Alekhine
1942 Munich (European Championship) Alekhine
1942 Prague Alekhine, Junge
1943 Mar del Plata Najdorf
1943 Sverdlovsk Botvinnik
1943 Prague Alekhine
1943 Salzburg Keres, Alekhine
1944 Mar del Plata Pilnik, Najdorf
1944 La Plata Najdorf
1944 Moscow (USSR Championship) Botvinnik
1945 Hollywood Reshevsky
1945 Mar del Plata Najdorf
1945 Buenos Aires Najdorf
1945 Moscow (USSR Championship) Botvinnik
1946 Mar del Plata Najdorf
1946 Groningen Botvinnik
1947 Moscow Botvinnik
1947 Pärnu Keres
1947 Warsaw Gligorić
1947 Mar del Plata Najdorf
1947 Buenos Aires/La Plata Ståhlberg
1947 Leningrad (USSR Championship) Keres
1948 Mar del Plata Eliskases
1948 Buenos Aires/La Plata Najdorf, Ståhlberg
1948 Venice Najdorf
1948 The Hague-Moscow (World Championship) Botvinnik
1948 Saltsjöbaden (Interzonal Tournament) Bronstein
1948 Moscow (USSR Championship) Bronstein, Kotov
1948/49 New York Fine
1949 Moscow (USSR Championship) Bronstein, Smyslov

1950–1959 edit

1950 Amsterdam Najdorf
1950 Szczawno Zdrój Keres
1950 Venice Kotov
1950 Budapest (Candidates Tournament) Bronstein
1950 Moscow (USSR Championship) Keres
1951 New York Reshevsky
1951 Birmingham Gligorić
1951 Moscow (USSR Championship) Keres
1952 Havana Reshevsky, Najdorf
1952 Budapest Keres
1952 Saltsjöbaden (Interzonal Tournament) Kotov
1952 Moscow (USSR Championship) Botvinnik
1953 Bucharest Tolush
1953 Gagra Smyslov
1953 Zurich (Candidates Tournament) Smyslov
1954 Belgrade Bronstein
1954 Kiev (USSR Championship) Averbakh
1954/55 Hastings Keres, Smyslov
1955 Mar del Plata Ivkov
1955 Zagreb Smyslov
1955 Gothenburg (Interzonal Tournament) Bronstein
1955 Moscow (USSR Championship) Geller
1955/56 Hastings Korchnoi
1956 Moscow Botvinnik, Smyslov
1956 Amsterdam (Candidates Tournament) Smyslov
1956 Leningrad (USSR Championship) Taimanov
1957 Moscow (USSR Championship) Tal
1957/58 Hastings Keres
1958 Riga (USSR Championship) Tal
1958 Portorož (Interzonal Tournament), Tal
1959 Moscow Bronstein, Smyslov, Spassky
1959 Zurich Tal
1959 Dresden Geller, Taimanov
1959 Riga Spassky
1959 Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade (Candidates Tournament) Tal
1959 Tbilisi (USSR Championship) Petrosian

1960–1969 edit

1960 Mar del Plata Fischer, Spassky
1960 Buenos Aires Korchnoi, Reshevsky
1960 Santa Fe Szabo, Taimanov
1960 Copenhagen Petrosian
1960 Córdoba Korchnoi
1960 Moscow Smyslov, Kholmov
1960 Leningrad (USSR Championship) Korchnoi
1961 Moscow (USSR Championship) Petrosian
1961 Bled Tal
1961 Zurich Keres
1961 Dortmund Taimanov
1961 Budapest Korchnoi
1961 Baku (USSR Championship) Spassky
1961/62 Hastings Botvinnik
1962 Havana Najdorf
1962 Stockholm (Interzonal Tournament) Fischer
1962 Willemstad (Candidates Tournament) Petrosian
1962 Yerevan (USSR Championship) Korchnoi
1963 Los Angeles (Piatigorsky Cup) Keres, Petrosian
1963 Havana Korchnoi
1963 Moscow Smyslov
1963 Sochi Polugaevsky
1963 Leningrad (USSR Championship) Stein
1964 Belgrade Spassky
1964 Buenos Aires Keres, Petrosian
1964 Moscow (Zonal Tournament) Spassky
1964 Amsterdam (Interzonal Tournament) Smyslov, Larsen, Spassky, Tal
1964/65 Kiev (USSR Championship) Korchnoi
1965 Yerevan Korchnoi
1965 Havana Smyslov
1965 Santiago Smyslov
1965 Zagreb Ivkov, Uhlmann
1965 Tallinn (USSR Championship) Stein
1966 Santa Monica (Piatigorsky Cup) Spassky
1966 Mar del Plata Smyslov
1966 Moscow Petrosian
1966 Sochi Korchnoi
1966 Kislovodsk Geller
1966/67 Tbilisi (USSR Championship) Stein
1967 Beverwijk Spassky
1967 Monte Carlo Fischer
1967 Havana Larsen
1967 Winnipeg Larsen, Darga
1967 Venice Donner
1967 Moscow Stein
1967 Palma de Mallorca Larsen
1967 Skopje Fischer
1967 Sousse (Interzonal Tournament) Larsen
1967 Kharkov (USSR Championship) Tal, Polugaevsky
1968 Wijk aan Zee Korchnoi
1968 Monte Carlo Larsen
1968 Bamberg Keres
1968 Skopje/Ohrid Portisch
1968 Gori Tal
1968 Palma de Mallorca Korchnoi
1968/69 Alma-Ata (USSR Championship) Polugaevsky
1969 Wijk aan Zee Botvinnik, Geller
1969 Buesum Larsen
1969 San Juan Spassky
1969 Palma de Mallorca Larsen
1969 Belgrade Polugaevsky, Ivkov, Gligoric, Matulovic
1969 Moscow (USSR Championship) Petrosian
1969/70 Hastings Portisch

1970–1979 edit

1970 Amsterdam Spassky, Polugaevsky
1970 Rovinj/Zagreb Fischer
1970 Buenos Aires Fischer
1970 Leiden Spassky
1970 Vinkovci Larsen
1970 Palma de Mallorca (Interzonal Tournament) Fischer
1970 Riga (USSR Championship) Korchnoi
1971 Wijk aan Zee Korchnoi
1971 Pärnu Stein
1971 Moscow Karpov, Stein
1971 Tallinn Keres, Tal
1971 Amsterdam Smyslov
1971 Palma de Mallorca Panno, Ljubojević
1971 Leningrad (USSR Championship) Savon
1971/72 Hastings Karpov, Korchnoi
1972 Wijk aan Zee Portisch
1972 Amsterdam Polugaevsky
1972 Teesside Larsen
1972 Kislovodsk Polugaevsky
1972 Las Palmas Portisch
1972 Sarajevo Szabo
1972 San Antonio Portisch, Petrosian, Karpov
1972 Palma de Mallorca Panno, Korchnoi, Smejkal
1972 Baku (USSR Championship) Tal
1973 Amsterdam Petrosian, Planinc
1973 Tallinn Tal
1973 Sochi Tal
1973 Dortmund Spassky, Hecht, Andersson
1973 Las Palmas Petrosian, Stein
1973 Madrid Karpov
1973 Leningrad (Interzonal Tournament) Korchnoi, Karpov
1973 Petropolis (Interzonal Tournament) Mecking
1973 Moscow (USSR Championship) Spassky
1974 Manila Vasiukov
1974 Las Palmas Ljubojević
1974 Solingen Kavalek, Polugaevsky
1974 Leningrad (USSR Championship) Tal, Beliavsky
1975 Wijk aan Zee Portisch
1975 Amsterdam Ljubojevic
1975 Teesside Geller
1975 Moscow Geller
1975 Portorož – Ljubljana Karpov
1975 Milan Karpov
1975 Las Palmas Ljubojevic
1975 Manila Ljubojević
1975 Budapest Ribli, Polugaevsky
1975 Yerevan (USSR Championship) Petrosian
1976 Wijk aan Zee Ólafsson, Ljubojevic
1976 Manila (Interzonal Tournament) Mecking
1976 Manila Torre
1976 Biel (Interzonal Tournament) Larsen
1976 Skopje Karpov
1976 Sochi Polugaevsky, Sveshnikov
1976 Las Palmas Geller
1976 Moscow (USSR Championship) Karpov
1977 Leningrad Romanishin, Tal
1977 Portorož – Ljubljana Larsen
1977 Las Palmas Karpov
1977 Tilburg Karpov
1977 Sochi Tal
1977 Leningrad (USSR Championship) Dorfman, Gulko
1977/78 Hastings Dzindzichashvili
1978 Wijk aan Zee Portisch
1978 Lone Pine Larsen
1978 Bugojno Karpov, Spassky
1978 Reykjavik Browne
1978 Niksic Gulko, Timman
1978 Tilburg Portisch
1978 Montilla/Moriles Spassky
1978 Vilnius Tukmakov
1978 Tbilisi (USSR Championship) Tal, Tseshkovsky
1979 Montreal Karpov, Tal
1979 Tilburg Karpov
1979 Waddinxveen Karpov
1979 Wijk aan Zee Polugaevsky
1979 Bled – Portorož Timman
1979 Munich Spassky, Balashov, Andersson, Hübner
1979 Riga (Interzonal Tournament) Tal
1979 Tallinn Petrosian
1979 Lone Pine Liberzon, Gheorghiu, Gligoric, Hort
1979 Banja Luka Kasparov
1979 Buenos Aires Larsen
1979 Rio de Janeiro (Interzonal Tournament) Portisch, Petrosian, Hübner
1979 Minsk (USSR Championship) Geller

1980–1989 edit

1980 Wijk aan Zee Seirawan, Browne
1980 Baden bei Wien Beliavsky, Spassky
1980 Amsterdam Karpov
1980 Lone Pine Dzindzichashvili
1980 Bugojno Karpov
1980 Bad Kissingen Karpov
1980 Baku Kasparov
1980 London (Phillips & Drew Kings) Miles, Korchnoi, Andersson
1980 Tilburg Karpov
1980 Buenos Aires Larsen
1980/81 Vilnius (USSR Championship) Psakhis, Beliavsky
1981 Amsterdam Timman
1981 Lone Pine Korchnoi
1981 Johannesburg Andersson
1981 Las Palmas Timman
1981 Linares Christiansen, Karpov
1981 Moscow Karpov
1981 Tilburg Beliavsky
1981 Moscow (USSR Championship) Kasparov, Psakhis
1982 Bugojno Kasparov
1982 London (Phillips & Drew Kings) Andersson, Karpov
1982 Sochi Tal
1982 Lugano Korchnoi
1982 Wijk aan Zee Balashov, Nunn
1982 Chicago Hübner
1982 Mar del Plata Timman
1982 Tilburg Karpov
1982 Turin Andersson, Karpov
1982 Las Palmas (Interzonal Tournament) Ribli
1982 Moscow (Interzonal Tournament) Kasparov
1982 Toluca (Interzonal Tournament) Portisch, Torre
1983 Wijk aan Zee Andersson
1983 Indonesia Timman
1983 Tallinn Tal, Vaganian
1983 Linares Spassky
1983 Niksic Kasparov
1983 Tilburg Karpov
1983 Moscow (USSR Championship) Karpov
1984 Lvov Vaganian, Dorfman
1984 Oslo Karpov
1984 Lugano Sax
1984 Wijk aan Zee Beliavsky, Korchnoi
1984 Bugojno Timman
1984 London (Phillips & Drew Kings) Karpov
1984 Sarajevo Korchnoi, Timman
1984 Tilburg Miles
1984/85 Reggio Emilia Portisch
1985 Amsterdam Karpov
1985 Portorož – Ljubljana Portisch, Ribli, Miles
1985 Linares Hübner, Ljubojevic
1985 Lugano Tukmakov
1985 Tilburg Hübner, Korchnoi, Miles
1985 Wijk aan Zee Timman
1985 Moscow Romanishin
1985 Zagreb Timman
1985 Brussels Korchnoi
1985 Naestved Vaganian, Larsen, Browne
1985 Tunis (Interzonal Tournament) Yusupov
1985 Taxco (Interzonal Tournament) Timman
1985 Biel (Interzonal Tournament) Vaganian
1985 Montpellier (Candidates Tournament) Yusupov, Vaganian, Sokolov
1985/86 Reggio Emilia Andersson
1986 Wijk aan Zee Short
1986 Brussels Karpov
1986 Brussels (OHRA) Kasparov
1986 Bugojno Karpov
1986 Vienna Korchnoi, Beliavsky
1986 Lugano Korchnoi
1986 Sochi Vaganian, Beliavsky, Gligoric
1986 Amsterdam Ljubojevic
1986 Tilburg Beliavsky
1986 Solingen Hübner
1986 Sarajevo Portisch, Psakhis, Georgiev
1986 London (Phillips & Drew Kings) Flear
1986/87 Reggio Emilia Ribli
1987 Wijk aan Zee Korchnoi
1987 Belgrade Ljubojevic
1987 Bilbao Karpov
1987 Sarajevo Nikolić
1987 Leningrad Vaganian
1987 Brussels Kasparov, Ljubojevic
1987 Tilburg Timman
1987 Reykjavik Short
1987 Amsterdam Karpov, Timman
1987 Subotica (Interzonal Tournament) Sax, Short, Speelman
1987 Szirak (Interzonal Tournament) Salov, Hjartarson
1987 Zagreb (Interzonal Tournament) Korchnoi
1987 Minsk (USSR Championship) Beliavsky
1987/88 Reggio Emilia Tukmakov
1988 Wijk aan Zee Karpov
1988 Amsterdam (Optiebeurs) Kasparov
1988 Amsterdam Short
1988 Brussels (GMA World Cup) Karpov
1988 Belfort (GMA World Cup) Kasparov
1988 Reykjavik (GMA World Cup) Kasparov
1988 Linares Timman
1988 Tilburg Karpov
1988 Moscow (USSR Championship) Kasparov, Karpov
1988/89 Reggio Emilia Gurevich
1988/89 Hastings Short
1989 Wijk aan Zee Viswanathan Anand, Predrag Nikolić, Zoltán Ribli, Gyula Sax
1989 Amsterdam Timman
1989 Amsterdam (OHRA) Beliavsky
1989 Lugano Korchnoi, Petursson
1989 Clermont-Ferrand Korchnoi, Renet, Dolmatov, Sax, Ehlvest
1989 Barcelona (GMA World Cup) Kasparov, Ljubojevic
1989 Linares Ivanchuk
1989 Rotterdam (GMA World Cup) Timman
1989 Skelleftea (GMA World Cup) Karpov, Kasparov
1989 Tilburg Kasparov
1989 Belgrade Kasparov
1989/90 Reggio Emilia Ehlvest

1990–1999 edit

1990 Wijk aan Zee Nunn
1990 Linares Kasparov
1990 Amsterdam Beliavsky
1990 Haninge Seirawan
1990 Rotterdam Korchnoi
1990 Prague Timman
1990 Tilburg Ivanchuk, Kamsky
1990 Pamplona Korchnoi
1990 Manila (Interzonal Tournament) Gelfand, Ivanchuk
1990 Leningrad (USSR Championship) Beliavsky, Yudasin, Bareev, Vyzmanavin
1990/91 Reggio Emilia Karpov
1991 Wijk aan Zee Nunn
1991 Amsterdam Salov, Short
1991 Harlingen Korchnoi
1991 Linares Ivanchuk
1991 Munich Christiansen
1991 Belgrade Gelfand
1991 Reykjavik Ivanchuk, Karpov
1991 Terrassa Adams, Ehlvest
1991 Tilburg Kasparov
1991 Bled/Rogaska Slatina Nikolic
1991/92 Reggio Emilia Anand
1992 Wijk aan Zee Gelfand, Salov
1992 Biel Karpov
1992 Amsterdam Short, Anand
1992 Dortmund Ivanchuk, Kasparov
1992 Linares Kasparov
1992 Madrid Karpov
1992 Moscow Anand, Gelfand
1992 Tilburg Adams
1992 Baden-Baden Karpov
1993 Wijk aan Zee Karpov
1993 Amsterdam Anand, Kramnik, Short
1993 Dortmund Karpov
1993 Linares Kasparov
1993 Chalkidiki Gelfand
1993 Las Palmas Morovic Fernandez
1993 Munich Shirov
1993 Madrid Anand, Kramnik, Topalov
1993 Biel (FIDE Interzonal Tournament) Gelfand
1993 Groningen (PCA Candidates Qualifier) Adams, Anand
1993 Tilburg Karpov
1994 Amsterdam Kasparov
1994 Las Palmas Kamsky
1994 Dortmund Piket
1994 Horgen Kasparov
1994 Linares Karpov
1994 Munich Ivanchuk
1994 Madrid Polgár
1994 Dos Hermanas Gelfand
1994 Novgorod Ivanchuk, Kasparov
1994 Tilburg Salov
1995 Wijk aan Zee Dreev
1995 Dortmund Kramnik
1995 Leon Shirov, Bareev
1995 Madrid Korchnoi
1995 Belgrade Kramnik, Gelfand
1995 Dos Hermanas Adams, Kamsky, Karpov
1995 Amsterdam Lautier
1995 Amsterdam (Donner Memorial) Timman, Granda Zuniga
1995 Linares Ivanchuk
1995 Novgorod Kasparov
1995 Riga Kasparov
1995 Biel Dreev
1995 Horgen Ivanchuk, Kramnik
1995 Groningen Karpov
1995 Elista (Russian Championship) Svidler
1996 Wijk aan Zee Ivanchuk
1996 Amsterdam Kasparov, Topalov
1996 Dortmund Anand, Kramnik
1996 Dos Hermanas Kramnik, Topalov
1996 Las Palmas Kasparov
1996 Amsterdam (Donner Memorial) Granda Zuniga, Ivanchuk
1996 Groningen Short
1996 Belgrade Bareev
1996 Belgrade (Stara Pazova) Karpov
1996 Leon Polgár, Topalov
1996 Madrid Illescas Córdoba, Topalov
1996 Novgorod Topalov
1996 Vienna Gelfand, Karpov, Topalov
1996 Elista (Russian Championship) Khalifman
1996 Tilburg Piket, Gelfand
1997 Wijk aan Zee Salov
1997 Belgrade Anand, Ivanchuk
1997 Biel Anand
1997 Dortmund Kramnik
1997 Dos Hermanas Anand, Kramnik
1997 Linares Kasparov
1997 Madrid Shirov, Topalov
1997 Polanica Zdroj Rublevsky
1997 Novgorod Kasparov
1997 Tilburg Kasparov, Kramnik, Svidler
1997 Elista (Russian Championship) Svidler
1997 Groningen (FIDE Knockout Championship) Anand
1998 Wijk aan Zee Anand, Kramnik
1998 Dortmund Adams, Kramnik, Svidler
1998 Linares Anand
1998 Madrid Anand
1998 Polanica Zdroj Gelfand
1998 Elista Ivanchuk
1998 Tilburg Anand
1998 St Petersburg (Russian Championship) Morozevich
1999 Wijk aan Zee Kasparov
1999 Dortmund Leko
1999 Dos Hermanas Adams
1999 Linares Kasparov
1999 Sarajevo Kasparov
1999 Las Vegas (FIDE Knockout Championship) Khalifman

2000–2009 edit

2000 Wijk aan Zee Kasparov
2000 Dortmund Anand, Kramnik
2000 Linares Kasparov, Kramnik
2000 Montecatini Terme Ivanchuk
2000 Polanica Zdroj Gelfand
2000 Shenyang (Chess World Cup) Anand
2000 Sarajevo Kasparov
2000 New Delhi/Tehran (FIDE Knockout Championship) Anand
2001 Wijk aan Zee Kasparov
2001 Astana Kasparov
2001 Dortmund Kramnik, Topalov
2001 Biel Korchnoi
2001 Linares Kasparov
2001/02 Moscow (FIDE Knockout Championship) Ponomariov
2002 Cannes Gelfand, Topalov
2002 Wijk aan Zee Bareev
2002 Linares Kasparov
2002 Dortmund (Candidates Tournament) Leko
2002 Hyderabad (Chess World Cup) Anand
2003 Wijk aan Zee Anand
2003 Budapest Short
2003 Dortmund Bologan
2003 Enghien-les-Bains Bareev
2003 Reykjavik Shirov
2003 Linares Kramnik, Leko
2003 Krasnoyarsk (Russian Championship) Svidler
2004 Wijk aan Zee Anand
2004 Dortmund Anand
2004 Biel Morozevich
2004 Linares Kramnik
2004 Tripoli (FIDE Knockout Championship) Kasimdzhanov
2004 Moscow (Russian Championship) Kasparov
2005 Wijk aan Zee Leko
2005 Dortmund Naiditsch
2005 Linares Kasparov, Topalov
2005 Sofia Topalov
2005 Khanty-Mansiysk (Chess World Cup) Aronian
2005 San Luis (FIDE World Championship) Topalov
2005 Moscow (Russian Championship) Rublevsky
2006 Wijk aan Zee Anand, Topalov
2006 Dortmund Kramnik, Svidler
2006 Biel Morozevich
2006 Foros Rublevsky
2006 Morelia/Linares Aronian
2006 Moscow Aronian, Leko, Ponomariov
2006 Sofia Topalov
2007 Wijk aan Zee Aronian, Radjabov, Topalov
2007 Morelia/Linares Anand
2007 Sofia Topalov
2007 Dortmund Kramnik
2007 Foros Ivanchuk
2007 Biel Carlsen
2007 Khanty-Mansiysk (Chess World Cup) Kamsky
2007 Moscow Kramnik
2007 Mexico City (World Championship) Anand
2007 Moscow (Russian Championship) Morozevich
2008 Wijk aan Zee Aronian, Carlsen
2008 Morelia/Linares Anand
2008 Baku (Grand Prix 2008–2010) Gashimov, Wang Yue, Carlsen
2008 Sofia Ivanchuk
2008 Foros Carlsen
2008 Dortmund Leko
2008 Yerevan Aronian
2008 Sochi (Grand Prix 2008–2010) Aronian
2008 Moscow Ivanchuk
2008 Bilbao Topalov
2008 Nanjing Topalov
2008 Elista (Grand Prix 2008–2010) Radjabov, Jakovenko, Grischuk
2008 Moscow (Russian Championship) Svidler
2009 Wijk aan Zee Karjakin
2009 Linares Grischuk, Ivanchuk
2009 Nalchik (Grand Prix 2008–2010) Aronian
2009 Sofia Shirov
2009 Bazna Ivanchuk
2009 Dortmund Kramnik
2009 Biel Vachier-Lagrave
2009 Jermuk (Grand Prix 2008–2010) Ivanchuk
2009 Bilbao Aronian
2009 Nanjing Carlsen
2009 Moscow Kramnik
2009 Khanty-Mansiysk (Chess World Cup) Gelfand
2009 London Carlsen
2009 Moscow (Russian Championship) Grischuk

2010–2019 edit

2010 Wijk aan Zee Carlsen
2010 Linares Topalov
2010 Astrakhan (Grand Prix 2008–2010) Eljanov
2010 Mediaș Carlsen
2010 Dortmund Ponomariov
2010 Shanghai Shirov
2010 Bilbao Kramnik
2010 Nanjing Carlsen
2010 Moscow Aronian, Karjakin, Mamedyarov
2010 London Carlsen
2010 Moscow (Russian Championship) Nepomniachtchi
2010/11 Reggio Emilia Gashimov
2011 Wijk aan Zee Nakamura
2011 Mediaș Carlsen, Karjakin
2011 Dortmund Kramnik
2011 Biel Carlsen
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk (Chess World Cup) Svidler
2011 São Paulo/Bilbao Carlsen
2011 Moscow Aronian, Carlsen
2011 London Kramnik
2011 Moscow (Russian Championship) Svidler
2011/12 Reggio Emilia Giri
2012 Wijk aan Zee Aronian
2012 Moscow Carlsen
2012 Dortmund Caruana, Karjakin
2012 Biel Wang Hao
2012 London (Grand Prix 2012–2013) Topalov, Gelfand, Mamedyarov
2012 São Paulo/Bilbao Carlsen
2012 Bucharest Ivanchuk
2012 Tashkent (Grand Prix 2012–2013) Karjakin, Wang Hao, Morozevich
2012 London Carlsen
2012 Moscow (Russian Championship) Andreikin
2013 Wijk aan Zee Carlsen
2013 Baden-Baden Anand
2013 Zug (Grand Prix 2012–2013) Topalov
2013 Zurich Caruana
2013 Paris-St Petersburg Aronian
2013 Moscow Gelfand
2013 Thessaloniki (Grand Prix 2012–2013) Domínguez Pérez
2013 Dortmund Adams
2013 London (Candidates Tournament) Carlsen
2013 Beijing (Grand Prix 2012–2013) Mamedyarov
2013 Stavanger Karjakin
2013 Tromsø (Chess World Cup) Kramnik
2013 St Louis Carlsen
2013 Bilbao Aronian
2013 Paris (Grand Prix 2012–2013) Caruana, Gelfand
2013 Bucharest Caruana
2013 Nizhny Novgorod (Russian Championship) Svidler
2014 Wijk aan Zee Aronian
2014 Zurich Carlsen
2014 Khanty-Mansisyk (Candidates Tournament) Anand
2014 Shamkir Carlsen
2014 Stavanger Karjakin
2014 Biel Vachier-Lagrave
2014 Dortmund Caruana
2014 St Louis Caruana
2014 Baku (Grand Prix 2014–2015) Caruana, Gelfand
2014 Tashkent (Grand Prix 2014–2015) Andreikin
2014 Bilbao Anand
2014 Moscow Grischuk
2014 London Anand, Kramnik, Giri
2014 Doha Yu Yangyi
2014 Kazan (Russian Championship) Lysyj
2015 Wijk aan Zee Carlsen
2015 Gibraltar Nakamura
2015 Baden-Baden Carlsen
2015 Zurich Nakamura
2015 St Louis (USA Championship) Nakamura
2015 Tbilisi (Grand Prix 2014–2015) Tomashevsky
2015 Shamkir Carlsen
2015 Khanty-Mansisyk (Grand Prix 2014–2015) Jakovenko, Caruana, Nakamura
2015 Stavanger (Grand Chess Tour) Topalov
2015 Dortmund Caruana
2015 St Louis (Grand Chess Tour) Aronian
2015 Las Vegas Nakamura
2015 Baku (Chess World Cup) Karjakin
2015 Bilbao So
2015 London (Grand Chess Tour) Carlsen
2015 Doha Carlsen
2015 Chita (Russian Championship) Tomashevsky
2016 Wijk aan Zee Carlsen
2016 Gibraltar Nakamura
2016 Moscow (Candidates Tournament) Karjakin
2016 Stavanger Carlsen
2016 Shamkir Mamedyarov
2016 St Louis (USA Championship) Caruana
2016 Dortmund Vachier-Lagrave
2016 Bilbao Carlsen
2016 St Louis (Grand Chess Tour) So
2016 Moscow Nepomniachtchi
2016 London (Grand Chess Tour) So
2017 Wijk aan Zee So
2017 Gibraltar Nakamura
2017 Shenzhen Ding Liren
2017 Sharjah (Grand Prix 2017) Grischuk, Mamedyarov, Vachier-Lagrave
2017 Shamkir Mamedyarov
2017 St Louis (USA Championship) So
2017 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Aronian
2017 Moscow (Grand Prix 2017) Ding Liren
2017 Stavanger Aronian
2017 Geneva (Grand Prix 2017) Radjabov
2017 Dortmund Wojtaszek
2017 St Louis (Grand Chess Tour) Vachier-Lagrave
2017 Tbilisi (Chess World Cup) Aronian
2017 Isle of Man Carlsen
2017 Palma de Mallorca (Grand Prix 2017) Aronian, Jakovenko
2017 London (Grand Chess Tour) Caruana
2018 Wijk aan Zee Carlsen
2018 Gibraltar Aronian
2018 Berlin (Candidates Tournament) Caruana
2018 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Caruana
2018 Shamkir Carlsen
2018 St Louis (USA Championship) Shankland
2018 Stavanger Caruana
2018 Dortmund Nepomniachtchi
2018 Biel Mamedyarov
2018 St Louis (Grand Chess Tour) Carlsen, Aronian, Caruana
2018 Shenzhen Vachier-Lagrave, Ding Liren, Giri
2018 Isle of Man Wojtaszek
2018 London (Grand Chess Tour) Nakamura
2019 Wijk aan Zee Carlsen
2019 Gibraltar Artemiev
2019 Shamkir Carlsen
2019 Shenzhen Giri
2019 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Carlsen
2019 St Louis (USA Championship) Nakamura
2019 Moscow (Grand Prix 2019) Nepomniachtchi
2019 Stavanger Carlsen
2019 Zagreb (Grand Chess Tour) Carlsen
2019 Dortmund Dominguez Perez
2019 Riga (Grand Prix 2019) Mamedyarov
2019 St Louis (Grand Chess Tour) Ding Liren
2019 Khanty-Mansiysk (Chess World Cup) Radjabov
2019 Isle of Man (Grand Swiss) Wang Hao
2019 Hamburg (Grand Prix 2019) Grischuk
2019 London (Grand Chess Tour) Ding Liren
2019 Jerusalem (Grand Prix 2019) Nepomniachtchi

2020–2029 edit

2020 Wijk aan Zee Caruana
2020 Gibraltar Paravyan
2020 Stavanger Carlsen
2020 Moscow (Russian Championship) Nepomniachtchi
2021 Wijk aan Zee van Foreest
2020/21 Yekaterinburg (Candidates Tournament) Nepomniachtchi
2021 Bucharest (Grand Chess Tour) Mamedyarov
2021 Sochi (Chess World Cup) Duda
2021 Ufa (Russian Championship) Vitiugov
2021 St Louis (Sinquefield Cup) Vachier-Lagrave
2021 Stavanger Carlsen
2021 St Louis (USA Championship) So
2021 Riga (Grand Swiss) Firouzja
2022 Wijk aan Zee Carlsen
2022 Berlin (Grand Prix 2022) Nakamura
2022 Belgrade (Grand Prix 2022) Rapport
2022 Berlin (Grand Prix 2022) So
2022 St. Louis (American Cup) Caruana
2022 Bucharest (Grand Chess Tour) Vachier-Lagrave
2022 Stavanger Carlsen
2022 Madrid (Candidates Tournament) Nepomniachtchi
2022 St. Louis (Sinquefield Cup) Firouzja
2022 St Louis (USA Championship) Caruana
2023 Wijk aan Zee Giri
2023 Dusseldorf (WR Chess Masters 2023) Aronian
2023 St. Louis (American Cup 2023) Nakamura
2023 Bucharest (Grand Chess Tour) Caruana
2023 Stavanger Nakamura
2023 Baku (Chess World Cup) Carlsen
2024 Wijk aan Zee Wei Yi

Individual tournaments edit

Major recurring tournaments edit

World Cup edit

References edit

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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