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CHESS TOURNAMENTS AROUND THE WORLD

Tata Steel Chess tournament


15th - 31st January, 2016

Wijk aan Zee , Netherlands - Masters tournament: 14 players - Round robin - Average rating: 2748

Players - ratings

Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2844
Giri, Anish NED 2798
Caruana, Fabiano USA 2787
So, Wesley USA 2773
Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2769
Ding, Liren CHN 2766
Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2760
Mamedyarov, Shakhryar AZE 2747
Adams, Michael ENG 2744
Navara, David CZE 2730
Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS 2728
Wei, Yi CHN 2706
Hou, Yifan CHN 2673
Van Wely, Loek NED 2640



Tournament site

London Chess Classic tournament


4th - 13th December,2015


London, UK -- 10 players -- Round robin -- Average rating: 2785

Players

Alexander Morozevich RUS 2711
Csaba Balogh HUN 2657
Karen Grigoryan ARM 2600
Axel Bachmann PAR 2593
Marc Narciso Dublan ESP 2529
Hipolito Asis Gargatagli ESP 2483
Fabiano Caruana USA 2787
Anish Giri NED 2784
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2773
Alexander Grischuk RUS 2747
Michael Adams ENG 2737


Official site

Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona Chess Tournament


4th - 8th November,2015


Barcelona, Spain -- 6 players -- Round robin -- Average rating: 2596

Players

Alexander Morozevich RUS 2711
Csaba Balogh HUN 2657
Karen Grigoryan ARM 2600
Axel Bachmann PAR 2593
Marc Narciso Dublan ESP 2529
Hipolito Asis Gargatagli ESP 2483


Official site

Chess Masters Bilbao


26th October - 1st November,2015


Bilbao, Spain -- 4 players -- Double rounds robin -- Average rating: 2786



Official site

European Club Cup ECCC 2015


17th - 25th October,2015


Skopja, Macedonia -- 48 teams -- 7 rounds robin



Official site

Poikovsky Chess 2015


27th September - 8th October , 2015


Poikovsky, Khanti-Mansisk,Russia -- 10 players -- Round robin

Players

Shirov, Alexei 2712 LAT
Morozevich, Alexander 2711 RUS
Korobov, Anton 2700 UKR
Laznicka, Viktor 2676 CZE
Lysyj, Igor 2671 RUS
Inarkiev, Ernesto 2660 RUS
Smirin, Ilia 2655 ISR
Khismatullin, Denis 2651 RUS
Sutovsky, Emil 2635 ISR
Bologan, Viktor 2607 MDA


All results

World Chess Cup 2015


22nd August - 3rd September,2015


Baku, Azerbaijan -- 128 players -- Knock-Out system



Official site

Sinquefield Cup 2015


22nd August - 3rd September,2015


Saint Louis, USA -- 10 players -- Round robin -- Average rating: 2795

Players

Magnus Carlsen NOR 2853
Viswanathan Anand IND 2816
Veselin Topalov BUL 2816
Hikaru Nakamura USA 2814
Fabiano Caruana USA 2808
Anish Giri NED 2793
Wesley So USA 2779
Alexander Grischuk RUS 2771
Levon Aronian ARM 2765
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2731


Official site

French chess championship


9th - 20th August,2015

Saint-Quentin, France -- 12 players -- Round robin --

Players

Etienne Bacrot 2693
Tigran Gharamian 2649
Romain Edouard 2639
Andrei Istratescu 2619
Christian Bauer 2618
Matthieu Cornette 2582
Sébastien Maze 2575
Yannick Gozzoli 2567
Jean-Marc Degraeve 2555
Andreď Shchekachev 2552
Maxime Lagarde 2544
Jules Moussard 2464



Official site

Russian Super Final


9th - 20th August,2015

Chita, Russia Federation -- 12 players -- Round robin --

Players

Igor Lysyj
Dmitry Jakovenko
Denis Khismatullin
Sergey Karjakin
Evgeny Tomashevsky
Peter Svidler
Nikita Vitiugov
Vladislav Artemiev
Alexander Motylev
Ivan Bukavshin
- Ildar Khairullin
Daniil Dubov


Official site

Biel 2015


20th - 30th July,2015

Biel, Switzerland -- 6 players -- Double round robin -- Average rating: 2720


Players

Michael Adams, ENG, 2740
Radoslaw Wojtaszek, POL, 2733
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, FRA, 2731
David Navara, CZE, 2724
Pavel Eljanov, UKR, 2723
Richard Rapport, HUN, 2671


Official site

Dortmund 2015


27th June - 5 July,2015

Dortmund, Germany -- 8 players -- Round robin -- Average rating: 2724


Players

Caruana, Fabiano USA 2805
Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2783
So, Wesley USA 2778
Naiditsch, Arkadij 2722 GER
Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2720
Hou, Yifan CHN 2676
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter GER 2654
Meier, Georg GER 2654


Official site

Norway Chess 2015 supertournament


15th - 26th June,2015

Stavenger Forus , Norway -- 10 players -- Round robin -- Average rating: 2781


Players - Elite group

Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2876
Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 2805
Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2804
Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2799
Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2798
Levon Aronian (ARM) 2780
Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2781
Anish Giri (NED) 2773
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2723
Jon Ludvig Hammer (NOR) 2677


Official site

Capablanca Memorial 2015


14th - 26th June,2015

Havana,Cuba -- 6 players -- Average rating: 2716



Players - Elite group

Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB 2746
Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2720
Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 2718
Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2718
Yu, Yangyi CHN 2715
Bruzon Batista CUB 2677


Official site



French Team Championship 2015


30th May - 9th June ,2015

Le Grau-du-Roi , France -- 12 teams



Teams

Bischwiller
Clichy
Evry Grand Roque
Strasbourg
Vandoeuvre
Chalons-En-Champagne
Montpellier
Poitiers-Migne
Mulhouse Philidor
Grasse
Bois-Colombes
Metz Fischer


Official site

FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk


14th - 26th May,2015

Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia -- 12 players -- Average rating: 2755



Players & ratings

Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 2803
Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2799
Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2780
Anish Giri (NED) 2776
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2754
Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2753
Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) 2749
Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2744
Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 2738
Peter Svidler (RUS) 2734
Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2734
Baadur Jobava (GEO) 2699


Tournament site

Gashimov memorial


16th - 26th April,2015

Shamkir, Azerbaijan -- 10 players -- Average rating: 2773



Players & ratings

Carlsen Magnus 2863 NOR
Caruana Fabiano 2802 ITA
Anand Viswanathan 2791 IND
Giri Anish 2790 NED
So Wesley 2788 USA
Kramnik Vladimir 2783 RUS
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2762 FRA
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2754 AZE
Adams Michael 2746 ENG
Mamedov Rauf 2651 AZE


Tournament site

World Team Chess Championship 2015


18th - 29th April,2015

Tsakhkadzor, Armenia -- 10 teams -- Round robin



Teams

Russia
China
Ukraine
Armenia
USA
Egypt
Hungary
India
Israel
Cuba


Tournament site

U.S. chess championship


31st March - 14th April,2015

Saint Louis, USA -- 12 rounds -- Average rating: 2732



Players & ratings

Hikaru Nakamura, 2865
Wesley So, 2834
Ray Robson, 2770
Gata Kamsky, 2748
Alexander Onischuk, 2740
Daniel Naroditsky, 2737

Sam Shankland, 2735
Varuzhan Akobian, 2713
Timur Gareev, 2698
Kayden Troff, 2662
Sam Sevian, 2645
Conrad Holt, 2632


Tournament site

Women's World Chess Championship


16th March - 7 April ,2015

Sochi , Russian Federation -- 64 players -- Knock out system





Tournament site



European Individual Championship


24th February - 8th March,2015

Sochi , Russian Federation -- 11 rounds -- Average rating: 2341



Players with highest ratings

Navara David CZE 2735
Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2735
Eljanov Pavel UKR 2727

Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2714
Bacrot Etienne FRA 2711
Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2706


Tournament site

Grand Prix - Tbilisi 2015


14th - 28th February,2015

Tbilisi,Georgia -- Round robin -- Average rating: 2744



Players - ratings

Grischuk, Alexander , RUS , 2810
Giri, Anish , NED , 2797
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime , FRA , 2775
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar , AZE , 2759
Svidler, Peter , RUS , 2739
Andreikin, Dmitry , RUS ,2737

Jakovenko, Dmitry ,RUS ,3 2733
Radjabov, Teimour ,AZE , 2731
Dominguez Perez, Leinier , CUB , 2726
Tomashevsky, Evgeny , RUS , 2716
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam , UZB , 2705
Jobava, Baadur , GEO , 2696


Tournament site



Zurich Chess Challenge


13nd - 19th February , 2015

Zurich, Switzerland -- Round robin -- Average rating: 2785



Players - ratings

Magnus Carlsen, 2862 , NOR
Fabiano Caruana 2820, ITA
Viswanathan Anand, 2797 , IND
Levon Aronian, 2797, ARM
Michael Adams, 2738, ENG
Etienne Bacrot, 2711, FRA
Arkadij Naiditsch, 2694, GER
David Baramidze, 2594, GER


Tournament site



Grenke Chess tournament


2nd - 9th February , 2015

Baden-Baden, Germany - 8 players - Round robin - Average rating: 2752


Players - ratings

Magnus Carlsen, 2862 , NOR
Fabiano Caruana 2820, ITA
Viswanathan Anand, 2797 , IND
Levon Aronian, 2797, ARM
Michael Adams, 2738, ENG
Etienne Bacrot, 2711, FRA
Arkadij Naiditsch, 2694, GER
David Baramidze, 2594, GER


Tournament site



18th International Lienz Open 2015


7th - 14th February ,2015

Lienz, Austria - 9 rounds, Swiss system - Average rating: 1989


Top Players - ratings

Vallejo Pons Francisco , ESP
Korneev Oleg , ESP 2597
Rozentalis Eduardas , LTU 2559
Indjic Aleksandar , SRB 2546
Nosenko Alexander , UKR 2525
Tomic Bosko , BIH 2471
Prasanna. V Vishnu , IND 2463
Venkatesh M.R. , IND 2460
Kumar Thej , IND 2437
Loetscher Roland , SUI 2436


Tournament site





Moscow Open


31st January - 8th February ,2015

Moscow,Russia - 9 rounds, Swiss system - Average rating: 2339


Top 10 Players - ratings

Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2714
Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2706
Lysyj Igor RUS 2700
Korobov Anton UKR 2687
Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2679
Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2678
Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2675
Khismatullin Denis RUS 2673
Grachev Boris RUS 2670
Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2668


Tournament site



Gibraltar Chess Festival - Masters tournament


27th January - 5th February ,2015

Gibraltar - 10 rounds, Swiss system - Average rating: 2285


Top 10 Players - ratings

Topalov Veselin , BUL ,2800
Nakamura Hikaru , USA ,2776
Svidler Peter , RUS,2739
Vitiugov Nikita , RUS, 2735
Jakovenko Dmitry , RUS, 2733
Yu Yangyi , CHN , 2724
Harikrishna P. , IND, 2723
Rapport Richard , HUN ,2716
Matlakov Maxim , RUS ,2695
Cheparinov Ivan, BUL ,2681


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