2021 in chess

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

Years in chess
2021 in sports

The Candidates Tournament 2020–21, disrupted by the pandemic, concluded on 27 April 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 71⁄2–31⁄2 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
TournamentSystemDatesPlayers (2700+)WinnerRunner-upThird
Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021Round robin15–31 Jan14 (8)Netherlands Jorden van ForeestNetherlands Anish GiriRussia Andrey Esipenko
Champions Chess Tour Opera Euro Rapid 2021 Hybrid 6–14 Feb 16 (14) United States Wesley So Norway Magnus Carlsen Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov
Champions Chess Tour Magnus Carlsen Invitational Hybrid 13–21 Mar 16 (12) Netherlands Anish Giri Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi Norway Magnus Carlsen
2020–2021 Candidates Tournament Double round robin 17–25 Mar 2020
and 19–27 Apr		 8 (7) Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Netherlands Anish Giri
Champions Chess Tour New In Chess Classic Hybrid 24 Apr – 2 May 16 (12) Norway Magnus Carlsen United States Hikaru Nakamura Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Chess World Cup 2021 Single-elimination tournament 12 Jul – 6 Aug 206 (25) Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda Russia Sergey Karjakin Norway Magnus Carlsen
Women's Chess World Cup 2021 Single-elimination tournament 12 Jul – 3 Aug 103 (-) Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk Russia Aleksandra Goryachkina China Tan Zhongyi
World Chess Championship 2021 Best-of-14 match, with tie breaks 24 Nov – 16 Dec 2 Norway Magnus Carlsen[2] Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi -

FIDE Events
TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
FIDE Grand SwissLatvia RigaSwiss27 Oct – 7 Nov154France Alireza FirouzjaUnited States Fabiano CaruanaRussia Grigoriy Oparin
World Rapid Chess ChampionshipPoland WarsawSwiss26–28 Dec204Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov Russia Ian NepomniachtchiNorway Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Chess ChampionshipPoland WarsawSwiss29–30 Dec206France Maxime Vachier-LagravePoland Jan-Krzysztof DudaFrance Alireza Firouzja
Womens World Rapid Chess ChampionshipPoland WarsawSwiss26–28 Dec102 Alexandra KosteniukKazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva Valentina Gunina
Womens World Blitz Chess ChampionshipPoland WarsawSwiss29–30 Dec105Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva Alexandra Kosteniuk Valentina Gunina

Team events
TournamentCitySystemDatesTeamsWinnerRunner-upThird
Women's World Team Chess ChampionshipSpain SitgesRound robin26 Sep – 3 Oct10 Russia India Georgia
European Team Chess ChampionshipSlovenia Čatež ob Savi Round robin11–22 Nov40 Ukraine France Poland
Women's European Team Chess ChampionshipSlovenia Čatež ob SaviRound robin11–22 Nov32 Russia Georgia Azerbaijan

Rapid & Biltz Tournaments
TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
Superbet Rapid & BlitzRomania BucharestRound robin3–15 Jun10Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Russia Alexander Grischuk
Wesley So
Levon Aronian		-
Paris Rapid & BlitzFrance ParisRound robin20–24 Jun10 Wesley So Ian Nepomniachtchi Alireza Firouzja
Croatia Rapid & BlitzCroatia ZagrebRound robin7–11 Jul10 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Viswanathan Anand Anish Giri
Saint Louis Rapid & BlitzUnited States St. LouisRound robin11–16 Aug10 Hikaru Nakamura Fabiano Caruana Richard Rapport
Sinquefield CupUnited States St. LouisRound robin17–27 Aug12 (12) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Fabiano Caruana
Leinier Domínguez
Wesley So		-
Shamkir ChessAzerbaijan ShamkirRound robin17–24 Dec10 (10)United States Fabiano CaruanaHungary Richard RapportAzerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Deaths

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