2021 in chess
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The 2021 chess calendar was again disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and because of this many chess OTB tournaments were stopped, but major events that took place included the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, won by Jorden van Foreest.
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
FIDE Events
| Tournament | City | System | Dates | Players | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
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| FIDE Grand Swiss | Riga | Swiss | 27 Oct – 7 Nov | 154 | Alireza Firouzja | Fabiano Caruana | Grigoriy Oparin |
| World Rapid Chess Championship | Warsaw | Swiss | 26–28 Dec | 204 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Magnus Carlsen |
| World Blitz Chess Championship | Warsaw | Swiss | 29–30 Dec | 206 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Alireza Firouzja |
| Womens World Rapid Chess Championship | Warsaw | Swiss | 26–28 Dec | 102 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | Bibisara Assaubayeva | Valentina Gunina |
| Womens World Blitz Chess Championship | Warsaw | Swiss | 29–30 Dec | 105 | Bibisara Assaubayeva | Alexandra Kosteniuk | Valentina Gunina |
Team events
| Tournament | City | System | Dates | Teams | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
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| Women's World Team Chess Championship | Sitges | Round robin | 26 Sep – 3 Oct | 10 | Russia | India | Georgia |
| European Team Chess Championship | Čatež ob Savi | Round robin | 11–22 Nov | 40 | Ukraine | France | Poland |
| Women's European Team Chess Championship | Čatež ob Savi | Round robin | 11–22 Nov | 32 | Russia | Georgia | Azerbaijan |
Rapid & Biltz Tournaments
| Tournament | City | System | Dates | Players | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
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| Superbet Rapid & Blitz | Bucharest | Round robin | 3–15 Jun | 10 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Alexander Grischuk Wesley So Levon Aronian |
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| Paris Rapid & Blitz | Paris | Round robin | 20–24 Jun | 10 | Wesley So | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Alireza Firouzja |
| Croatia Rapid & Blitz | Zagreb | Round robin | 7–11 Jul | 10 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Viswanathan Anand | Anish Giri |
| Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | St. Louis | Round robin | 11–16 Aug | 10 | Hikaru Nakamura | Fabiano Caruana | Richard Rapport |
| Sinquefield Cup | St. Louis | Round robin | 17–27 Aug | 12 (12) | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Fabiano Caruana Leinier Domínguez Wesley So |
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| Shamkir Chess | Shamkir | Round robin | 17–24 Dec | 10 (10) | Fabiano Caruana | Richard Rapport | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
Deaths
- 14 January – Yrjö Rantanen[4]
- 15 January – Gildardo García[5]
- 18 January – Lubomir Kavalek[6]
- 13 March – Nikola Spiridonov[7]
- 1 June – Román Hernández Onna[8]
- 1 July – Yury Dokhoian[9]
- 28 July – István Csom[10]
- 18 August – Evgeny Sveshnikov[11]
- 11 October – Boris Pineda[12]
- 14 November – Marek Vokáč[13]
- 19 December – Boško Abramović[14]
- 31 December – Gábor Kállai[15]
References
- ^ "Candidates Tournament 2020-2021: A happy and tired winner". Chess News. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Magnus Carlsen wins 5th World Championship title". chess24.com. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ 92nd FIDE General Assembly: results and decisions, FIDE, 29 December 2021
- ^ "Suurmestari Yrjö Rantanen on kuollut". Suomen Shakkiliitto (in Finnish). 14 January 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (15 January 2021). "Luto en el ajedrez colombiano: muere el Gran Maestro Gildardo García". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ Langer, Emily. "Lubomir Kavalek, international chess grandmaster, dies at 77". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "Nikola Spiridonov nous a quittés". www.echecs.asso.fr. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Fallece el Gran Maestro cubano de ajedrez Román Hernández". OnCubaNews (in Spanish). 1 June 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Yuri Dokhoian passes away". www.fide.com.
- ^ I, K. T. (28 July 2021). "Gyász: elhunyt Csom István sakkolimpiai bajnok - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Ушел из жизни Евгений Эллинович Свешников (1950-2021)". Федерация шахмат России (in Russian). Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ Miguel Zometa (15 October 2021). "Homenaje a Boris Pineda" (in Spanish). Diario Co Latino. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Ve věku 62 let zemřel šachový velmistr Marek Vokáč - Sport.cz". www.sport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "IN MEMORIAM – VELEMAJSTOR BOŠKO ABRAMOVIĆ (1951-2021) - Šahovski savez Srbije" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Meghalt Kállai Gábor nemzetközi sakknagymester". telex (in Hungarian). 31 December 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.