2018

January

Australia. Max Illingworth won with 10/11 his second title of Australian Champion.
Azerbaijan. Without the participation of the top players, Adulla Gadimbayli and Ravan Aliyev shared first with 7/9. Adulla Gadimbayli took the national title on tiebreak.
Brazil. At the 4th Floripa Open in Florianopolis, the GMs Andres Rodriguez Vila took the title on tiebreak ahead of Alexandr Fier, Evandro Amorim Barbosa, Axel Bachmann and Neuris Delgado Ramirez with 8/10.
Belarus. Alexey Alexandrov won his 5th title of Belarus Champion.
England. The Indian GM Deep Sengupta and the Chinese IM  Yiping Lou shared first at the 93rd Tradewise Hastings Congress with 7/9.
Georgia. At the 77th Georgian Championship which this year was a 16 player knockout format, Mikheil Mchedlishvili beat Davit Jojua 2.5-1.5 in the final.
Germany. In Schwaebisch Gmuend, the German IM Jonas Lampert won the 30th Staufer-Open on tie-break ahead of 7 players all finishing with 7/9.
Arik Braun edged, In Panneerselvam, Mads Andersen and Misa Pap shared first at the 34th Boeblinger Open with 7/9. Braun won the title on tie-break.
Gibraltar. The 2018 Tradewise Gibraltar Masters was won by Levon Aronian of Armenia, following an exciting playoff after the tournament ended with a seven-way tie for first place on 7½.
India. The German -Azeri GM Arkadij Naiditsch won with 8.5/10 the 16th Delhi Open ahead of Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh.
At the 10^th Chennai Open, five players shared first: R.R. Laxman (India), Ivan Rozum  (Russia), Timur Gareyev (USA), Dzhumaev Marat (Uzbekistan), and Erigaisi Arjun (India. Laxman won the title.
At the 3rd IIFL Wealth Mumbai Open, the GM Parham Maghsoodloo from Iran won the title with 8/9.
Laos. The Armenian Karen H. Grigoryan won with 7.5/9 the first Laos Open.
The Netherlands. Magnus Carlsen won the 6^th title in Wijk and Zee after beating Anish Giri in a blitz tie-break.Both players finished with 9/13 then follow  Kramnik and Mamedyarov with 8.5/13.
New Zealand. The French GM Adrien Demuth won with 8/9 the 125th New Zealand Open.
The Indian GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit won the Group B.
Peru. Peruvian GMs Emilio Cordova and Jorge Cori shared first with 7/9 at the Copa Latinoamericana tournament in Lima.
Russia. The Russian GMs Aleksey Sarana and Sergey Volkov shared first at the Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup with 7/9.
The Russian GM Simen Lomasov won the A-Group of the 14th Moscow Open with 8/9. WGM  Anastasia Bodnaruk won the B-Group.
Slovenia. Jure Skoberne from Slovenia and Andrey Sumets from Ukraine shared first with 7/9 at the 23rd HIT Open in Nova Gorica.
Spain. The 2017 Women’s Chinese Champion and WGM Tingjie Lei surprisingly won with 8/9 the 43rd Seville Open ahead of 13 GMs.
At the 29th Roquetas de Mar Open, the Georgian Davit Jojua edged out a large group on tie-break after all scored 7/9.
Sweden. At the 47th Rilton Cup in Stockholm, the Russian GM Kirill Alekseenko took the first place with 7.5/9.
Switzerland. Boris Chatalbashev, Andreas Heimann and Vadim Milov with 7/9 shared first at the traditional new year Basel Schachfestival.

February

Bulgaria. Ivan Cheparinov won the 2018 Bulgaria Championship and his own 4th national title.
Chili. Cristobal Henriquez Villagra won with 10/11 the 2018 Chilean Championship.
China.Hou Yifan played Anatoly Karpov in a 6 game rapid match in Harbin. Karpov won 3.5-2.5.
Cuba.At the 55th Cuban Championship, Yuri Gonzalez Vidal, Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez, Ermes Espinosa Veloz and Yasser Quesada Perez shared first with 5.5/9. Yuri Gonzalez Vidal took the 2018 national title.
France.  The Chinese GMs Rui Gao and Jinshi Bai shared the first prize of the Pierre and Vacances Open 7 with /9.
Germany. The American Fabiano Caruana has won the Candidates tournament in Berlin. With the victory, he earned 95,000 euros and will face Magnus Carlsen, the world champion, in a title match in London in November. Caruana finished with 9/14, a full point ahead of his closest pursuers. Sergey Karjakin of Russia and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan tied for second, each with 8/14.   
Iran. The Iranian GM Parham Maghsoodloo won with 7.5/9 the 26th Fajr Open.
Ireland. Sergei Tiviakov from the Netherlands took first place on tie-break at the 25th Bunratty Chess Festival ahead of Gawain Jones after both scored 5/6.
Portugal. In Lisbon at the Portugal Open, Aleksandar Indjic Anton Demchenko and Nikita Petrov shared first prize with 7.5/9. 
U.A.E. The GM Mohamed Haddouche from Algeria won with 6.5/9 the 2018 Arab Individual Championship.
Uruguay. In Montevideo, GMs Sandro Mareco and Salvador Alonso shared first the 2nd Marcel Duchamp Cup with 7.5/9.
U.S.A. The Ukrainian GM Pavlo Vorontsov won the GM St. Louis Congress with 5.5/8 ahead of Patel, Advait Patel and WGM Stavroula Tsolakidou with 5 points.

March

France: Christian Bauer from France and Momchil Nikolov from Bulgaria shared first at the 34th Cappelle-la-Grande Open with 8/9.
Germany. Milos Pavlovic and Evgeny Vorobiov shared first at the 34th  Bad Woerishofen Chess festival with 7/9.
Georgia. The Croatian Ivan Saric triumphed at the 18th European Individual Chess Championship in Batumi with 8.5 points ahead of Radoslaw Wojtaszek from Poland and the Russian Sanan Sjugirov with 8/11.
Irak. Many Grandmasters at the 6th Iraq International Open, the Georgian Merab Gagunashvili shared first with the Syrian Malek Koniahli with 7/9.
Iran. Five players tied first at the 16th Khazar Cup Homayoon Toufighi, Vitaliy Bernadskiy, Seyed Khalil Mousavi, Noe Tutisani and Sergey Volkov, all scored 6.5/9.
Iceland. The Indian GM B. Adhiban won with 7.5/9  the Gamma Reykjavik Open ahead of the French M. Lagarde and the Turc M. Yilmaz with 7/9.
Lithuania. Malisauskas won his ninth title of national champion.
Serbia. Aleksandar Indic, Nikola Sedlak, and Miroslav Markovic shared first at the Serbian championship with 6/9. Indic was declared the champion.
Vietnam. The Argentine GM Sandro Mareco won with 7.5/9 the 8th HD Bank Cup in Hanoi.
U.S.A. At the St Louis Spring Classics, the American GM Jeffery Xiong won the A-group with 6.5/9 and the Israeli GM Victor Mikhalevski the B-group with 7/9.

April

Argentina. At the traditional 49th Mar del Plata Open, Leonardo Tristan from Argentina won the festival with 8/9.
Azerbaijan. In Shamkir at the 5th Vugar Gashimov Memorial, World Champion Magnus Carlsen won the event with 6/9 half a point clear of Ding Liren and one point of Sergey Karjakin.
China. In Liaocheng, China beat a World Team 30-20 in a rapid match in China. The best individual scores are 1 Yu, Yangyi 7.0/10 2 Ding, Liren 6.5/10 3 Bu, Xiangzhi 6.5/10 4 Dubov, Daniil 5.5/10 5 Wei, Yi 5.5/10.
Croatia. The recent European Champion Saric won the Croatian Championship
Denmark. IM Bjørn Møller Ochsner won the 108th Danish championship with 8/9.
Faroe Island. No big problem for the local GM Helgi Dam Ziska who won in Klaksvik the  3rd European Small Nations Individual Championship with 8.5/9 ahead of Igor Efimov 7/9.
Germany. The 13-year-old Vincent Keymer of Germany made the headlines by winning with 8/9 the Grenke Chess Open.
The American GM Caruana scored another victory with the first place at Genke Chess Classic with 6.5/9, a full point ahead of Carlsen and one point and a half ahead of Aronian.
Mexico. The Cuban Bruzon took the first prize at the 64th Mexico Open.
Jersey. The Swedish GM Tiger Hillarp Persson and  Alan Merry shared first at the Polar Capital Jersey Open with 7/9.
Nepal. The IM Indian Bharathakoti Harsha won with 7.5/9 the Kathmandu Open.
Norway. The Russian GMs Maxim Turov and Dmitry Kryakvin won with 7/9 the TV2 Fagernes Chess International.
Slovakia. At Vysoke Tatry, the Russian GM Valentina Gunina won the 19th Women’s European Individual Championship with a  score of 9/11 ahead of Nana Dzagnidze and Anna Ushenina.
Spain. Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany from Cuba and Christof Sielecki from Germany shared first at the  41st San Sebastian International Open with 7.5/9.
Russia. Klementiy Sychev is the new Moscow’s Champion after winning the tournament with 7/9.
Thailand. At the 18th Bangkok Chess Club, the Indonesian FM  Novendra Priasmoro created the surprise by winning the event with 8/9 ahead of top players like Nigel Short and Jan Gustafsson.
Turkey. The Georgian GM Giga Quparadze won the 4th Ordu Open with 7/9.
U.A.E. The Argentine GM Diego Flores won with 7.5/9 the 20th Dubai Open ahead of Iturrizaga, Sethuraman, and Adly.
Parham Maghsoodloo from Iran won with an amazing  8/9 the 2nd Sharjah Masters ahead of two dozens of GMs.
Vietnam. In Hanoi at the strongest Open in Asia, the Argentine GM Sandro Mareco won the 8th HD Bank with 7.5/9.

May

China. In Xinghua at the Chinese Chess Championship, Wen Yang shared first with Bai Jinshi with 7.5/11 but won on tie-break. Zhai Mo won the women’s title on tie-break from Huang Qian.
Ju Wenjun is the new Women’s World Champion. She was crowned World Champion after beating Tan Zhongyi 5.5-4.5.
Cuba. The 2018 U.S. Champion won the 53rd Capablanca Memorial with 7.5/10 ahead of Dreev 6/9 and Anton Guijarro 5.5.
India. At the 3rd Kolkata Open, Narayan and Deepan shared first with 7.5/9.
Indonesia. At the Japfa International Chess Tournament, the American GM Timur Gareyev won the Round Robin with 7.5 ahead of Qun Ma from China with 7/9.
Norway. Fabiano Caruana won the €75,000 first prize at the Altibox Norway Chess tournament with 5/9 with ahead of Carlsen, Anand and Nakamura with 4.5.
Poland. Duda won the Polish Championship with 6.5/9 following by Piorun 5.5 and Tomczak with 5.
U.S.A. Sam Shankland won the U.S. Championship with 8.5/11 half a point clear of Fabiano Caruana.  Nazi Paikidze won her second U.S. Women’s title after she beat Annie Wang (15-year-old) in an Armageddon tie-break playoff for the women’s title.
Uzbekistan. In Tashkent, Kirill Stupak from Belarus won the 12th Agzamov Memorial with 7.5/9.

June

Armenia. The Armenian GM Haik M. Martirosyan won with 7/9 the 11th Karen Asrian Memorial.
Belgium: Wesley So won the Grand Chess Tour rapid and blitz event in Leuven.
China. Wang Hao won the first Longtou Cup with 7.5/9.
At the 11th Russia-China Match, the Russian team beat the Chinese team 14.5-10.5. In the women competition, Russia beat China 15.5-9.5.
Czech Republic. The Cez Trophy (12 games rapid match) between David Navara and Pentala Harikrishna in Prague finished with the victory of the Indian Grandmaster 7-5.
France. Nakamura won the Paris Grand Chess Tour Rapid and Blitz tournament ahead of Karjakin.
Finland. Mikael Agapov won its third title of Finnish Champion.
Iceland. Helgi Ass Gretarsson won the Icelandic Open with 8.5/10  and became the 2018 Icelandic Championship.
India.  At the 11th Mayors Cup Open in Mumbai, the Tajik GM Farrukh Amonatov edged out Roeland Pruijssers both scored 8/10.
Italia. The national team of Italy signed its second success in the Mitropa Cup, this time ahead of Hungary and Germany. Germany won the Women’s section.
Russia. Jakovenko won the 18th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament with 6.5/9. Gelfand at age of 50 finished in the second position.
Singapore. The Mongolian GM Batchuluun Tsegmed won the Lim Kok Aan Memorial tournament in Singapore with 6/9 ahead of Goh Wei Ming of Singapore.
Uruguay. The U.S Champion Sam Shankland won the American Continental Championship with 9/11 half a point clear of Diego Flores.
U.S.A. Victor Mikhalevski, Robert Hess, John Burke shared first at the 11th New York International with 6.5/9.
In Las Vegas, the National Open was won by Iaon Chirila and the women’s open by Saikhanchimeg Tsogtsaikhan.

July

Austria. The 33rd Schwarzacher Open was won by the Hungarian Grandmaster, Ferenc Berkes, who scored 7.5/9.

Czech Republic. Sergei Movsesian reached 7.5/9 points and won the 29th Czech Open in Pardubice with half a point clear.

Denmark. The Norwegian GM, Jon Ludvig Hammer won the Xtracon Chess Open in Helsingor on tie-break ahead of Dmitry Andreikin. Both of them scored 8.5/10.

Finland. At the 28th Heart of Finland Open in Jyvaskyla, Kaido Kulaots took a clear first with 7.5/9 points.

France. The German GM, Alexander Donchenko scored  7.5/9 and won the title alone ahead of 4 other players at the 5th Purtichju Open.

Christian Bauer won the 26th Saint-Affrique Open on tie-break from Yannick Gozzoli and Matthieu Cornette. All of them collected 7.5/9 points.

Georgia. The 4th Batumi Municipality Cup was won by Rinat Jumabayev on tie-break, who edged out Levan Pantsulaia. They reached 6.5/9.

Germany. Ian Nepomniachtchi won the 46th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting with one point chear ahead of Anish Giri, Vladislav Kovalev and Jan-Krzysztof Duda.

The 7th FC St. Pauli International Open in Hamburg was won by the Polish Grandmaster, Bartosz Socko, who had a perfect tournament (9/9 points).

Israel. At the 4th Gideon Japhet Mem Op Jerusalem, Arkadij Naiditsch took a clear first with 6/7 points.

Kazakhstan. The Astana Open was won by Igor Kovalenko, who was the clear winner of the tournament after collecting 7.5/9.

Latvia. Igor Kovalenko won the 3rd and final Baltic Zonal in Liepaja with half a point clear (7/9) ahead of Sarunas Sulskis (6.5/9).

Morocco. The 17th Chefchaouen Chess Festival was won by Sergei Tiviakov, who took a clear first with 8.5/9 points.

Norway. Jon Ludvig Hammer scored 7.5/9 and became the champion at the Norwegian Championship in Sarpsborg with 1 clear point ahead of Aryan Tari (6.5/9).

Poland. At the 2nd Baltic Cup in Darlowko, the Polish GM, Jacek Tomczak took a clear first with 7/9 points.

The 18th Warsaw Najdorf Chess Festival was won by Aleksander Mista on tie-break from  Marcel Kanarek, Tomasz Markowski and Anton Smirnov. They reached 7/9.

Russia. Alexey Sarana won the 71st ch-RUS Higher League in Yaroslavl on tie-break edged out Grigoriy Oparin. Both of them scored 6.5/9.

Spain. The Hungarian GM, Peter Prohaszka took a clear first at the 38th Benasque Open with 8.5/10 points.

At the 41st Barbera Open in Barbera del Valles, Gadir Guseinov collected 7.5/9 and won the tournament alone.

Gadir Guseinov scored 7.5/9 points and won the 20th Sant Marti Open in Barcelona with half a point clear.

The 44th Sitges Open was won by Gadir Guseinov, who finished with 7.5/9.

The Netherlands. The Netherlands Chess Championship in Amsterdam was won by Sergei Tiviakov, who reached 5.5/7 points and won the tournament with a clear one and a half point.

U.S.A. At the 12th Annual Philadelphia International, Sam Sevian had 7.5/9 points and won the event half a point clear ahead of Alexandr Lenderman and Sergey Erenburg.

Illia Nyzhnyk won the 46th Annual World Open in Philadelphia with 7.5/9, a clear half point ahead of 4 other players.

 

August

Argentina. The 93rd Argentine Championship was won by Fernando Peralta, who gained the title with 10/13 points.

Belgium. Mikhail Gurevich finished with 7.5/9 and took a clear first at the Pays de Charleroi Open.

Brazil. At the 6th Brazil Open in Teresina, Neuris Delgado Ramirez won the title on tie-break ahead of Amorim Barbosa Evandro. Both of them reached 5.5/6 points.

Julio Granda Zuniga reached 8/9 and won the Copel Telecom SESC Open in Caioba with half a point clear.

China. The 9th Hainan Danzhou GM was won by Yangyi Yu, who scored 4.5/7 and took a clear first.

Lu Shanglei was the clear winner of the China Zinal 3.5 in Daqing after finishing with 8/11 points.

England. At the 105th British Chess Championships in Hull, Michael Adams won the title in the blitz tie-break against Luke McShane.

France. Sebastien Feller won the 15th Plancoet Open on tie-break ahead of Namig Guliyev. Both of them reached 7/9 points.

At the 93rd French Chess Championship in Nimes, Tigran Gharamian became the champion on a blitz tie-break. Romain Edouard reached the second place and Yannick Gozzoli got the third place. They all finished the main tournament with 6/9 points.

Iran. Parham Maghsoodloo took a clear first at the 2nd Aftab Cup Open with 8.5/9 points.

Italy. The 16th Spilimbergo Open was won by Aleksey Dreev, who took a clear first with 7.5/9.

Latvia. At the Riga Technical University Open, the Armenian GM, Robert Hovhannisyan won the tournament on tie-break edged out Manuel Petrosyan. They scored 7.5/9.

Malaysia. The 15th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Open in Kuala Lumpur was won by Wang Hao, who collected 8/9 points.

Mongolia. Ray Robson reached 7/9 points and took a clear first at the Chinggis Invitational in Ulaanbaatar.

Montenegro. The 70th Montenegro Championship was won by Nikola Djukic who finished with 9/11 points.

Poland. Jacek Tomczak scored 7.5/9 and won the 2nd Irena Warakomska Memorial in Suwalki with a clear half point.

Russia. The Eurasia Open Cup SKB Kontur in Yekaterinburg was won by Alexey Sarana. He had 7.5/9 points.

Spain. The Russian GM, Anton Demchenko won the 6th Pontevedra Open on tie-break ahead of MR Venkatesh. They scored 7.5/9.

The 20th Sants Open in Barcelona was won by Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu on a big tie-break with 4 other players (8/10 points).

Sweden. At the CellaVision Cup in Lund, Alexei Shirov won the event on tie-break from Jonny Hector. They both reached 7/8.

Switzerland. Shakhriyar Mamedayarov won the 51st Biel Chess Festival with 7.5/10 ahead of Magnus Carlsen (6/10) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (5.5/10). The Indian GM, Suri Vaibhav took a clear first at the Master Open with 7/9 points.

The Netherlands. At the Condigne Dutch Open in Dieren, Erwin L’Ami won the title on tie-break ahead of Erik Van den Doel and Lucas Van Foreest. They finished with 7/9 points.

The 22nd Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen was won by Sandro Mareco on tie-break edged out Eduard Iturrizaga Bonelli and Roeland Pruijssers. Both of them reached 7.5/9.

U.A.E. At the 25th Abu Dhabi Masters, Daniil Dubov won the tournament on tie-break from Anton Korobov and Saleh Salem. They all finished with 7.5/9 points.

U.S.A. Timur Gareyev scored 8/9 points and took a clear first at the 119th US Open in Middleton.

The 6th Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis was won by Levon Aronian (5.5/9 points) ahead of Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana.

September

Albania. The Greek GM, Dimitrios Mastrovasilis won the 6th ch-Francophonie Championships in Tirana with one point clear (8/9).

Italy. At the 20th Trieste Festival, Andrey Sumets won the title on tie-break from Vladimir Burmakin. They collected 7/9 points.

Portugal. Vyacheslav Ikonnikov scored 8/9 and won the 1st Sao Martinho do Porto Open with half a point clear.

At the 1st Ferreira do Alentejo Open Boris Chatalbashev won the title on tie-break ahead of Sergey Fedorchuk, Vadim Malakhatko and Vitaly Kunin. They all reached 6/9.

Romania. The Tasnad Open was won by Andrei Istratescu on tie-break. Artem Omelja gained the second place. They both finished with 7/9 points.

Russia. Dmitry Andreikin won the 71st Russian Championship Superfinal in Satka in a rapid tie-break against Dmitry Jakovenko. Both of them reached 7/11 in the main tournament.

The 40th Nezhmetdinov Memorial in Kazan was won by Vladislav Artemiev on tie-break ahead of Tigran Arutyunyan. They both  finished with 7/9 in the main event.

Spain. At the 11th Sabadell Open, the Peruvian GM, Cristhian Cruz scored 7/9 and won the event with a clear half point.

The 1st Compostela Masters in Santiago de Compostela was won by Sandro Mareco, who dominated and reached 8/9 points.

Sweden. Yuri Solodovnichenko won the Vasteras Open on tie-break from Dagur Ragnarsson. Both of them scored 7/8.

Turkey. Parham Maghsoodloo finished on 9.5/11 and became the champion at the 57th World Juniors.

U.S.A. The 84th Southwest Open in Irving was won by Jeffery Xiong who edged out Julio Sadorra and Cameron Wheeler on tie-break. They all had 6.5/9 points.

October

Armenia. Haik Martirosyan took a clear first at the Tsaghkadzor Open after scoring 7.5/9.

Canada. At the Varennes Open in Montreal, Anton Kovalyov won the event on tie-break edged out Bator Sambuev. Both of them finished on 4.5/5 points.

England. The chess.com Isle of Man International in Douglas was won by the Polish GM, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, who defeated Arkadij Naiditsch in the final Armageddon tie-break game. They both scored 7/9 in the main tournament.

France. Alexander Motylev scored 7.5/9 and won the 22nd Corsican Circuit in Bastia with half a point clear ahead of Maxime Lagarde, Etienne Bacrot, Maxim Matlakov and Ivan Saric. They all gained 7/9 points.

At the 17th Menton Open, Matthieu Cornette took a clear first with 8.5/9 points.

Igors Rausis won the 18th Sautron Open on tie-break from Egor Bogdanov. They scored 7.5/9.

Georgia. China won the 43rd World Chess Olympiad in Batumi on tie break ahead of the USA and Russia. In the Women Group, China also won the title. Ukraine reached the second place and Georgia took the third place.

Guernsey. The 44th Guernsey Chess Festival in Vale was won by Tiger Hillarp Persson on tie-break edged out Jean-Pierre Le Roux. They finished with 6/7 points.

India. The Ukrainian GM, Martyn Kravtsiv scored 8.5/10 and won the 1st Gujarat Open in Ahmedabad with half a point clear.

Pouya Idani reached 8.5/10 and took a clear first at the 1st Goa Open in Taleigao.

Kazakhstan. The Almaty Open was won by Alexandr Fier on tie-break from Vladimir Burmakin and Azamat Utegaliyev. They all collected 6.5/9 points.

Lithuania. Alexei Fedorov won the Max Zavanelli Memorial Open in Vilnius on tie-break from Gevorg Harutjunyan. They reached 7/9 points.

Poland. At the 8th Dziedzica Memorial in Trzcianka, Michal Krasenkow finished on 8/9 and won the tourmanent alone.

Portugal. Yuri Solodovnichenko scored 6.5/7 and won the 2nd Guimaraes Chess Open with a clear half point.

The Netherlands. The Egyptian GM, Bassem Amin  won the 22nd Hoogeveen Open.

U.S.A. The St Louis Fall Chess Classic was won by Aleksey Dreev, who reached 6.5/9 points.

The Peruvian GM, Jorge Cori won the SPICE Cup in Saint Louis on tie-break ahead of Illya Nyzhnyk. They scored 6.5/9 in the main tournament.

November

China. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the 2nd DT Cup in Shenzhen on tie-break edged out Anish Giri and Ding Liren. They finished with 5.5/10 points.

Croatia. The Zagreb Tournament of Peace was won by the Indian GM, Baskaran Adhiban, who scored 7.5/11. Etienne Bacrot took the second place on tie-break edged out Vassily Ivanchuk. They reached 7/11 points.

England. At the 4NCL International Congress in Telford, Oleg Korneev won the event on tie-break ahead of Tamas Fodor. They collected 6.5/9 points.

Magnus Carlsen defended his World Champion title against Fabiano Caruana at the World Chess Championship in London. After the first 12 games, it was 6-6 (every game was draw) but Carlsen dominated and won the rapid playoff  3-0.

France. Yannick Gozzoli finished on 7.5/9 and took a clear first at the 16th Cap D’Agde Open.

Germany. The 22nd OIBM in Tegernsee was won by the Latvian GM, Igor Kovalenko on tie-break ahead of Gabor Papp and Alireza Firouzja. They scored 7.5/9.

Momchil Nikolov won the Heusenstamm Sparkassen Open on tie-break edged out Christopher Noe, Orest Gritsak and Radoslaw Barski. They collected 6/7 points. 

Paraguay. At the Paraguayan Championship in Asuncion, Neuris Delgado Ramirez became the champion after finishing with 8/9.

Russia. Pouya Idani scored 8/9 and took a clear first at the Chigorin Memorial in St. Petersburg. Evgeny Alekseev took the second place with 7.5/9 points.

At the Women’s World Championship Knockout in Khanty-Mansiysk, Ju Wenjun defended her title after defeating Kateryna Lagno in the final.

Sanan Sjugirov won the 14th Ugra Governor’s Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk on tie-break edged out Ivan Rozum and Alexandr Predke. They reached 6.5/9 points.

Sweden. The Hasselbacken Chess Open in Stockholm was won by Simen Agdestein with half a point clear. He finished with 7/8 points.

Ukraine. At the 15th Vasylyshyn Memorial in Lviv,  Yuri Vovk took a clear first after scoring 7.5/9.

U.S.A. The Cuban GM, Yuniesky Quesada Perez scored 7/9 and won the St Louis Winter Chess Classic with 2 points clear. Zaven Andriasian won the B Group on tie-break edged out Victor Mikhalevski. They finished with 5.5/9 points.

The North Carolina Closed in Charlotte was won by Elshan Moradiabadi after scoring a perfect 5/5.

Sergei Azarov collected 8/9 and took a clear first at the 102nd Marshall Chess Club Championship in New York.

December

Argentine. The Szmetan-Giardelli Chess Festival in Buenos Aires was won by Sandro Mareco on tie-break, who gained the title ahead of Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli, Alan Pichot and Axel Bachmann. They reached 7.5/11.

Australia. At the Australasian Masters in Melbourne, Anton Smirnov took a clear first with 7.5/9 points.

Austria. The Ukrainian GM, Andrey Sumets won the 27th Donau Open in Aschach on tie-break from Nikola Sedlak and Nikita Maiorov. They finished the tournament with 5.5/7 points.

Azerbaijan. Eltaj Safarli collected 7.5/9 and won the Baku Open with half a point clear ahead of 6 other players.

Chile. At the 5th Arica Open, Alexei Shirov won the title with a clear half point (8.5/10).

Croatia. The 3rd Krunoslav Hulak Memorial in Zagreb was won by Sasa Martinovic on tie-break from Momchil Nikolov. They finished on 7.5/9.

England. Hikaru Nakamura won the 10th London Chess Classic after defeating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the final. Fabiano Caruana took the third place. Jules Moussard won the London Classic Open on tie-break edged out Nicholas Pert. They scored 7.5/9.

Germany. At the 35th Boeblinger Open, Qun Ma won the tournament on tie-break from Bjorn Moller Ochsner . Both of them finished with 6/7 points.

India. The 45th Indian Championship in Jammu was won by Chithambaram Vr. Aravindh, who reached 10/13 points to gain the title.

Italy. Lorenzo Lodici defeated Alberto David to win the Italian Championship in Salerno. They both finished on 7.5/11 in the main tournament.

At the Rome City Open, the Ukrainian GM, Yuri Solodovnichenko won the event on tie-break edged out Vitaly Kunin and Nikita Maiorov. They all reached 7/9 points.

Kazakhstan. Igor Lysyj collected  7/9 points and won the Akim Cup Pavlodar with half a point clear.

Mexico. The 30th Carlos Torre Memorial in Merida was won by Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera on tie-break, who won the event ahead of Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany, Yuri Gonzalez Vidal and Evgeny Shtembuliak. They finished on 7/9 points.

Philippines. At the 17th Asian Continental in Makati, Wei Yi became the champion on tie-break edged out Amin Tabatabaei and Le Quang Liem. They all reached 6.5/9 points.

Russia. The World Rapid and Blitz Championships was held in St Petersburg. Daniil Dubov won the rapid event. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov took the second place and Hikaru Nakamura reached the third place. Ju Wenjun won the Women’s Rapid Championship. Magnus Carlsen won the Blitz Championship and Kateryna Lagno won the Wonen’s Blitz event.

Spain. Karen H. Grigoryan collected 8/9 points and took a clear first at the 7th Lorca Open.

Switzerland. The 42nd Zurich Christmas Open was won by Haik M. Martirosyan on a big tie-break from Rasmus Svane, SL Narayanan, Dennis Wagner and Andrei Istratescu. All these players finished with 5.5/7 points.

U.A.E. Saleh Salem A.R. took a clear first at the Emirates Arab Championship in Dubai after scoring 8/9.

Ukraine. At the 87th Ukraine Championship in Kyiv, Anton Korobov took a clear first with 5.5/9 points.

U.S.A. The 45th Eastern Open in Tysons was won by Aleksaner Lenderman, who reached 6/7 points.