Major

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

events that took place in 2018 included the

Candidates Tournament The Candidates Tournament (or in some periods Candidates Matches) is a chess tournament organized by FIDE, chess's international governing body, since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship. The win ...

, won by

Fabiano Caruana Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an Italian and American chess grandmaster who is the reigning four-time United States Chess Champion. With a peak rating of 2844, Caruana is the third-highest-rated player in history. Born in Mia ...

, who earned the right to challenge

Magnus Carlsen Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion, five-time World Rapid Chess Championship, World Rapid Chess Champio ...

in the

World Chess Championship 2018 The World Chess Championship 2018 was a match between the reigning world champion since 2013, Magnus Carlsen, and the challenger Fabiano Caruana to determine the World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion. The 12-game match, organised by FI ...

. Magnus Carlsen won the match on tiebreaks and retained the title of World Chess Champion. There were two

Women's World Chess Championship The Women's World Chess Championship is a chess match played to determine the Women's World Chess Champion. It has been administered by FIDE since its inception in 1927, unlike the absolute World Chess Championship, which only came under FIDE's ...

events; the first a match held in May between

Ju Wenjun Ju Wenjun (; born 31 January 1991) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. She is the reigning five-time Women's World Champion, the reigning Women's World Blitz Chess Champion, and a two-time Women's World Rapid Chess Champion. In March 2017, she be ...

and

Tan Zhongyi Tan Zhongyi (; born 29 May 1991) is a Chinese chess player who holds the title of grandmaster (GM). She is a former Women's World Champion, winning the 2017 knockout edition of the world championship in Iran where she defeated Anna Muzychuk i ...

, won by Ju Wenjun, and the second, held in November, a 64-player knockout tournament where Ju Wenjun defended her title.

2018 tournaments

This is a list of 15 significant 2018

chess tournament A chess tournament is a series of chess games played competitively to determine a winning individual or team. Since the first international chess tournament in London 1851 chess tournament, London, 1851, chess tournaments have become the standard ...

Transfer

Deaths

* Robert Abbott (2 March 1933 – 20 February 2018), American game designer and chess variant creator. * Peggy Clarke (29 October 1937 – 15 September 2018), British Women's Champion in 1966. * Roberto Luis Debarnot (5 August 1947 – 25 May 2018), Argentine International Master and three-time Olympian. * Győző Forintos (30 July 1935 – 5 December 2018), Hungarian Grandmaster, chess writer and six-time Olympian. * Giam Choo Kwee (7 May 1942 – 13 August 2018), Singaporean International Master, four-time Olympian, and two-time Singapore Chess Champion. * Ruth Haring (23 January 1955 – 29 November 2018), American chess Woman International Master and five-time Olympian. *

Nino Khurtsidze Nino Khurtsidze (28 August 1975 – 22 April 2018) was a Georgian chess player. She was awarded the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1993 and International Master (IM) in 1999. She won the World Girls U-20 Chess Championship in 1993 and ...

(28 September 1975 – 22 April 2018), Georgian International Master and Woman Grandmaster, five-time Olympian, Georgian Champion in 1998, and five-time Georgian Women's Champion. *

Stefán Kristjánsson Stefán Kristjánsson (8 December 1982 – 28 February 2018) was an Icelandic chess grandmaster and professional poker player. Stefán began playing chess at the age of 11 and earned his international master title in 2002, at age 19. He won t ...

(8 December 1982 – 28 February 2018), Icelandic Grandmaster and five-time Olympian. * Aloyzas Kveinys (9 July 1962 – 26 July 2018), Lithuanian Grandmaster and eight-time Olympian. * Milunka Lazarević (1 December 1932 – 15 December 2018), Serbian chess player and journalist. * Anatoly Lein (28 March 1931 – 1 March 2018), Soviet and American Grandmaster. * Erwin Nievergelt (29 April 1929 – 4 August 2018), Swiss Olympian in 1954 and 1958. * Eric Schiller (20 March 1955 – 3 November 2018), American FIDE Master and chess author. * Philip Short (15 May 1960 – 31 August 2018), Irish FIDE Master and five-time Irish Champion. * Evgeni Vasiukov (5 March 1933 – 10 May 2018), Soviet Grandmaster and 1995 World Senior Champion.

References

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