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
  
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 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	 
 
		
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London Chess Classic  tournament  |  
  
4th - 13th December,2015 
  
 
London, UK --
10 players --
Round robin --
Average rating: 2785
  
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 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 
 
 
 
 
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Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona Chess Tournament  |  
  
4th - 8th November,2015 
  
 
Barcelona, Spain --
6 players --
Round robin --
Average rating: 2596
  
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 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 
 
 
 
 
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Chess Masters Bilbao |  
  
26th October - 1st November,2015 
  
 
Bilbao, Spain --
4 players --
Double rounds robin -- Average rating: 2786
  
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European Club Cup ECCC 2015 |  
  
17th - 25th October,2015 
  
 
Skopja, Macedonia --
48 teams --
7 rounds robin 
  
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Poikovsky Chess 2015 |  
  
27th September - 8th October , 2015 
  
 
Poikovsky, Khanti-Mansisk,Russia --
10 players --
Round robin
  
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Players
  
	Shirov, Alexei	2712	LAT 
Morozevich, Alexander	2711	RUS 
Korobov, Anton	2700	UKR	 
	Laznicka, Viktor	2676	CZE	 
	Lysyj, Igor	2671	RUS 
		
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		Inarkiev, Ernesto	2660	RUS	 
	Smirin, Ilia	2655	ISR	 
	Khismatullin, Denis	2651	RUS	 
	Sutovsky, Emil	2635	ISR	 
Bologan, Viktor	2607	MDA 
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World Chess Cup  2015 |  
  
22nd August - 3rd September,2015 
  
 
  Baku, Azerbaijan --
128 players --
Knock-Out system
  
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Sinquefield Cup  2015 |  
  
22nd August - 3rd September,2015 
  
 
 Saint Louis, USA --
10 players --
Round robin --
Average rating: 2795
  
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Players
  
Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2853 
Viswanathan Anand	IND	2816 
Veselin Topalov	BUL	2816	 
	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2814	 	
	Fabiano Caruana	USA	2808	 
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	Anish Giri	NED	2793	 
	Wesley So	USA	2779	 
	Alexander Grischuk	RUS	2771 
Levon Aronian	ARM	2765	 
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2731	 
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French  chess championship  |  
  
9th - 20th August,2015 
  
Saint-Quentin, France -- 
12 players -- 
Round robin -- 
  
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Players
  
Etienne Bacrot		2693	 
Tigran Gharamian		2649	 
Romain Edouard		2639	 
	Andrei Istratescu		2619	 
Christian Bauer		2618	 
Matthieu Cornette		2582	 
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	 Sébastien Maze		2575	 
Yannick Gozzoli		2567 
	Jean-Marc Degraeve		2555	 
	Andreď Shchekachev		2552	 
	Maxime Lagarde		2544	 
	Jules Moussard		2464
  
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Russian Super Final  |  
  
9th - 20th August,2015 
  
Chita, Russia Federation -- 
12 players -- 
Round robin -- 
  
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Players
  
Igor Lysyj	 
	Dmitry Jakovenko	 
	Denis Khismatullin	 
	Sergey Karjakin	 
Evgeny Tomashevsky	 
Peter Svidler 
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	Nikita Vitiugov	 
Vladislav Artemiev	 
Alexander Motylev	 
	Ivan Bukavshin -
	Ildar Khairullin	 
Daniil Dubov	 
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Biel  2015  |  
  
20th - 30th July,2015 
  
Biel, Switzerland -- 
6 players -- 
Double round robin -- 
Average rating: 2720 
  
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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 
    
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Dortmund  2015  |  
  
27th June - 5 July,2015 
  
Dortmund, Germany -- 
8 players -- 
Round robin -- 
Average rating: 2724 
  
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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  
    
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Norway Chess 2015 supertournament |  
  
15th - 26th June,2015 
  
Stavenger Forus  , Norway -- 
10 players -- 
Round robin -- 
Average rating: 2781 
  
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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
    
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Capablanca Memorial  2015 |  
  
14th - 26th June,2015 
  
Havana,Cuba -- 6 players -- Average rating: 2716
  
  
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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	 
    
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French Team Championship 2015 |  
  
30th May - 9th June ,2015
  
Le Grau-du-Roi , France -- 12 teams 
  
  
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 Teams 
  
 Bischwiller  
 Clichy   
Evry Grand Roque   
 Strasbourg  
Vandoeuvre  
    
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	  Chalons-En-Champagne 
 Montpellier 
 Poitiers-Migne  
 Mulhouse Philidor 
 Grasse 
 Bois-Colombes  
 Metz Fischer   
	
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 FIDE Grand Prix  Khanty-Mansiysk  |  
  
14th - 26th May,2015
  
Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia -- 12 players -- Average rating: 2755
  
  
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  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  
    
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	   Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) 2749  
  Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2744  
  Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 2738  
  Peter Svidler (RUS) 2734  
  Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2734  
  Baadur Jobava (GEO) 2699     
	
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Gashimov memorial |  
  
16th - 26th April,2015
  
Shamkir, Azerbaijan -- 10 players -- Average rating: 2773
  
  
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 Carlsen Magnus 2863 NOR                             
Caruana Fabiano 2802 ITA                               
 Anand Viswanathan 2791 IND                            
 Giri Anish 2790 NED                           
 So Wesley 2788 USA                   
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	 Kramnik Vladimir 2783 RUS                            
 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2762 FRA                
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2754 AZE                        
 Adams Michael 2746 ENG                            
 Mamedov Rauf 2651 AZE                      
	
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World Team Chess Championship 2015 |  
  
18th - 29th April,2015
  
Tsakhkadzor, Armenia -- 10 teams -- Round robin
  
  
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 Teams
  
Russia   
  China  
  Ukraine  
 Armenia  
  USA 
 
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 Hungary 
  India   
 Israel 
 Cuba 
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U.S. chess championship |  
  
31st March - 14th April,2015
  
Saint Louis, USA -- 12 rounds -- Average rating: 2732
  
  
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 Players & ratings
  
Hikaru Nakamura,  2865 
Wesley So, 2834 
Ray Robson, 2770 
Gata Kamsky, 2748 
Alexander Onischuk, 2740 
Daniel Naroditsky, 2737
  
 
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	 Sam Shankland, 2735 
Varuzhan Akobian, 2713 
Timur Gareev, 2698 
Kayden Troff, 2662 
Sam Sevian, 2645 
Conrad Holt, 2632    
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Women's World Chess Championship |  
  
16th March - 7 April ,2015
  
Sochi , Russian Federation -- 64 players -- Knock out system
  
  
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European Individual  Championship |  
  
24th February - 8th March,2015
  
Sochi , Russian Federation -- 11 rounds -- Average rating: 2341
  
  
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 Players with highest ratings
  
Navara David  CZE 2735  
Vitiugov Nikita  RUS 2735  
Eljanov Pavel  UKR 2727  
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Nepomniachtchi Ian  RUS 2714  
Bacrot Etienne  FRA 2711  
Vallejo Pons Francisco  ESP 2706  
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Grand Prix - Tbilisi 2015 |  
  
14th - 28th February,2015
  
Tbilisi,Georgia -- Round robin  -- Average rating: 2744
  
  
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 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  
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	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  
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Zurich Chess Challenge  |  
  
13nd - 19th February , 2015
  
Zurich, Switzerland -- Round robin  -- Average rating: 2785
  
  
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 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  
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Grenke Chess  tournament  |  
  
2nd - 9th February , 2015
  
Baden-Baden, Germany - 8 players - Round robin - Average rating: 2752 
  
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 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  
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18th International Lienz Open 2015 |  
  
7th - 14th February ,2015
  
Lienz, Austria - 9 rounds, Swiss system - Average rating: 1989 
  
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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 
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Moscow Open |  
  
31st January - 8th February ,2015
  
Moscow,Russia - 9 rounds, Swiss system - Average rating: 2339 
  
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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  
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Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2678  
 Inarkiev Ernesto  RUS 2675  
 Khismatullin Denis  RUS 2673  
 Grachev Boris  RUS 2670  
 Fedoseev Vladimir  RUS 2668  
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Gibraltar Chess Festival - Masters tournament  |  
  
27th January - 5th February ,2015
  
Gibraltar - 10 rounds, Swiss system - Average rating: 2285 
  
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Top 10  Players - ratings
  
Topalov Veselin , BUL ,2800  
 Nakamura Hikaru , USA ,2776  
 Svidler Peter , RUS,2739  
 Vitiugov Nikita , RUS, 2735  
 Jakovenko Dmitry , RUS, 2733  
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 Yu Yangyi , CHN , 2724  
 Harikrishna P. , IND, 2723  
 Rapport Richard , HUN ,2716  
 Matlakov Maxim , RUS ,2695  
Cheparinov Ivan, BUL ,2681  
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