2019
January
Armenia. Arman Pashikian scored 6.5/9 and took a clear first at the 79th ch-ARM Highest League in Yerevan.
Austria. The 2nd Schilcherland Open in Deutschlandsberg was won by Zdenko Kozul, who collected 7/9 points.
Brazil. Alexandr Fier won the 5th Floripa Open in Florianopolis on tie-break ahead of the Peruvian GM, Julio Granda Zuniga. Both of them scored 9/10.
China. At the 1st Binhai Cup in Tianjin, Zhao Jun reached 7.5/9 and won the event with one clear point.
Czech Republic. The 18th Prague Open was won by Evgeny Postny. He finished on 8/9 points.
England. Oleg Korneev won the 94th Tradewise Hastings Congress on a big tie-break edged out Sarunas Sulskis, Danny Gormally, Martin Petrov, Alexander Cherniaev and Conor Murphy. All of them scored 7/10.
The Gibraltar Chess Festival in Caleta was won clearly by Vladislav Artemiev, who collected 8.5/10 points. Murali Karthikeyan took the second place with 8/10.
France. Christian Bauer reached 8/9 and was the clear winner at the 15th Vandoeuvre Open in Vandoeuvre les Nancy.
Germany. At the 31st Staufer-Open in Schwaebisch Gmuend, Jan-Christian Schroeder won the title after finishing on 7.5/9 points.
Guatemala. The Caissa Guatemala Open in Guatemala City was won by the Argentine GM, Sandro Mareco on tie-break from Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez and Ilja Zaragatski. They scored 7.5/9.
India. There was a huge tie-break at the 17th Delhi Open in New Delhi. Levan Pantsulaia won the tournament ahead of Masoud Mosadeghpour, Kirill Stupak, Farrukh Amonatov, Diptayan Ghosh, Abhijeet Gupta and SL Narayanan. All of them finished with 8/10 points.
The Georgian GM, Levan Pantsulaia scored 8.5/10 and took a clear first at the 11th Chennai Open ahead of 5 other players with 8/10 points.
Italy. Samvel Ter-Sahakyan reached 6.5/9 and won the 3rd Vergani Cup in Villorba with a clear half pont.
Russia. At the Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup in Taganrog, Dmitri Kokarev finished on 7.5/9 and took a clear first ahead of Aleksey Pridorozhnyy (6.5/9).
Sweden. The 48th Rilton Cup in Stockholm was won by Tamir Nabaty, who scored 8/9.
The Netherlands. The World Champion, Magnus Carlsen won the 81st Tata Steel Chess in Wijk aan Zee with a clear half (9/13) ahead of Anish Giri (8.5/13). Ian Nepomniachtchi took the third place with 7.5/13 on tie-break from Viswanathan Anand and Santosh Gujrathi Vidit. Vladislav Kovalev won the B Group with 10/13 points.
U.S.A. Quang Liem Le won the Bay Area International in Burlingame on tie-break edged out Andrey Stukopin. Both of them finished with 7/9 points.
February
Cuba. The 56th Cuban Chess Championship was won by the 18-year-old Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera on tie-break from Roberto Garcia Pantoja. They both scored 7.5/11.
Denmark. Dmitrij Kollars won the Aarhus Chess House GM tournament on tie-break edged out Jesper Thybo and Jonas Bjerre. All of them finished with 6/9 points.
France. At the 33rd Cannes Open, the Indian GM, Abhijeet Gupta took a clear first and won the title with 7.5/9 points.
Iceland. The Reykjavik Chess Congress was won clearly by Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson, who reached 8/9.
Iran. Alireza Firouzja dominated and took a clear first at the Iranian Championship in Bushehr with 9/11. Pouya Idani reached the second place with 7.5/11 points.
The Karoun International Masters Cup in Ahvaz was won by the Ukrainian Grandmaster, Vitaliy Bernadskiy on tie-break edged out Vahe Danielyan. Both of them scored 7/9.
Ireland. The English GM, Luke McShane won the 26th Bunratty Masters on a blitz tie-break against Mark Hebden. They finished on 5/6 at the main tournament.
At the 27th Fajr Open in Tehran, Alireza Firouzja won the tournament with half a point clear with 7.5/9 points.
Norway. Jon Ludvig Hammer won the Kragero Resort Chess Open on tie-break ahead of Thomas Beerdson and Benjamin Notkevich. They finished with 7/9 points.
Portugal. At the Portugal Open in Lisbon, Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli collected 7.5/9 and won the title with a clear half point.
Russia. Boris Savchenko scored 7.5/9 and took a clear first at the 15th Moscow Open. Pavel Ponkratov took the second place on tie-break from 5 other players with 7/9 points.
The 17th Aeroflot Open in Moscow was won by Kaido Kulaots on tie-break edged out Haik M. Martirosyan. They reached 7/9 points. Krishnan Sasikiran took the third place with 6.5/9.
Slovenia. At the 24th HIT Open in Nova Gorica, Xu Xiangyu won the event on tie-break ahead of Zdenko Kozul and Branko Tadic. All of them finished on 7/9.
The Netherlands. The 79th Noteboom Tournament in Leiden was won by Predrag Nikolic, who scored 5.5/6. Loek van Wely took the second place on tie-break edged out 3 other players with 5/6 points.
Ukrain. The Ukrainian GM, Yuri Vovk took a clear first at the Chess Title Chase Winter GM tournament in Lviv with 6.5/9.
U.S.A. At the 10th Southwest Class Championship in Fort Worth, the Armenian GM, Hovhannes Gabuzyan won the event with a clear half (7.5/9) ahead of Anton Kovalyov (7/9) and Brandon Jacobson (7/9).
March
Bulgaria. Aleksander Delchev became the champion at the 83rd Bulgarian Chess Championship in Kozloduy, on tie-break edged out Momchil Nikolov and Radoslav Dimitrov. They reached 6.5/9 points.
Czech Republic. The 1st Prague International Chess Festival was won by Nikita Vitiugov with half a point clear, who scored 5.5/9. David Anton Guijarro won the Challengers Group with 6/9 points.
Germany. The Ukrainian GM, Vitaliy Bernadskiy won the 10th Pfalz Open in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse on a huge tie-break from 6 other players. They all finished on 7/9 points.
Greece. At the 5th Vardaris Open in Thessaloniki, Francisco Vallejo Pons won the title on tie-break from Georgios Kanakaris. Both of them collected 6/7.
Kazakhstan. The FIDE World Team Championship in Astana was won by Russia. England took the second place and China reached the third place. At the Women’s Group, China was the winner, Russia was the second and Georgia was the third.
Macedonia. Vladislav Artemiev became the champion at the 20th European Individual Championship in Skopje, on tie-break edged out Nils Grandelius. Both of them reached 8.5/11 points.
U.A.E. At the 3rd Sharjah Masters, Ernesto Inarkiev won the tournament on a big tie-break edged out Wang Hao, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Alireza Firouzja, Maxim Matlakov, Nodirbek Yakubboev and Sandro Mareco. All of them scored 7/9.
U.S.A. The American GM, Jeffery Xiong scored 6/9 and won the St Louis Spring Chess Classic with a clear half point head of Illya Nyzhnyk (5.5/9). Le Quang Liem took the third placed on tie-break edged out Ray Robson. They both finished with 5/9.
Uzbekistan. At the 13th Agzamov Memorial in Tashkent, Alexei Fedorov took a clear first with 7.5/9 points.
Vietnam. Wang Hao reached 7.5/9 and won the 9th HD Bank Cup in Ho Chi Minh City with half a point clear.
April
Argentina. The 50th Mar Del Plata Open was won by Diego Flores with a clear half point (8/9).
Australia. At the O2C Doeberl Cup in Canberra, the Armenian GM, Hrant Melkumyan took a clear first with 7.5/9 points.
Azerbaijan. Magnus Carlsen dominated and won the 6th Vugar Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir with 2 points clear (7/9) ahead of Ding Liren (5/9) and Sergey Karjakin (5/9).
China. The 3rd Du Te Cup in Shenzhen was won by Anish Giri, who scored 6.5/10 and won the tournament with a clear half ahead of Pentala Harikrishna. Ding Liren took the third place with 5.5/10 points.
At the 2nd Longtou Cup in Qinhuangdao, Idani Pouya scored 7.5/9 and won the event with a clear point ahead of Wang Hao (6.5/9).
Croatia. Marin Bosiocic became the champion at the Croatian Championship in Bjelovar, on tie-break from Ivan Saric. Both of them collected 8/11 points.
France. At the 37th Metz Open, Maksim Chigaev won the tournament on tie-break ahead of Sebastien Feller, Andrei Shchekachev, Yuri Solodovnichenko and Vladimir Epishin. All of them finished on 6.5/9 points.
The 17th Malakoff Open in Paris was won by Sergey A. Fedorchuk with a perfect 9/9 performance.
Germany. Magnus Carlsen dominated and won the GRENKE Chess Classic in Karlsruhe/Baden Baden with one and a half clear (7.5/9) ahead of Fabiano Caruana (6/9). Arkadij Naiditsch took the third place on tie-break from Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (5/9).
Daniel Fridman won the GRENKE Open in Karlsruhe on a big tie-break edged out Anton Korobov, Andreas Heimann, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, D Gukesh, Matthias Bluebaum, Alexander Donchenko and Tamas Banusz. They all scored 7.5/9.
At the 7th Hofheim Spring Open, Vladimir Epishin won the title on tie-break from Maxim Turov. Both of them finished with 7.5/9 points.
Hungary. The Budapest Spring Festival was won by Artyom Timofeev on tie-break from Vladimir Onischuk, Laszlo Gonda and Jaime Santos Latasa. All these players collected 7/9 points.
Iceland. The Romanian GM, Constantin Lupulescu won the GAMMA Reykjavik Open on a huge tie-break ahead of Alireza Firouzja, Nils Grandelius, Gawain Jones, Mircea-Emilian Parligras, Tigran L Petrosian, Aryan Tari and Abhijeet Gupta. All of them reached 7/9 points.
Jersey. The Polar Capital Jersey Open in St Clement Bay was won by the Dutch GM, Sergei Tiviakov (7.5/9) with half a point clear ahead of Tiger Hillarp Persson (7/9).
Norway. Anton Demchenko scored 7/9 and took a clear first at the Fagernes Chess International.
Russia. At the Moscow Championship, Ivan Popov finished on 7.5/9 and won the event with a clear half point.
Serbia. Ivan Ivanisevic scored 6.5/9 and took a clear first at the 13th Serbian Championship in Belgrade.
Spain. The Spanish GM, Manuel Perez Candelario won the 46th La Roda Open on tie-break edged out Alexandr Predke. They finished with 7.5/9.
Sweden. The Paskturneringen Open in Norrkoping was won by Johan-Sebastian Christiansen, who reached 7.5/8 points.
Switzerland. The French GM, Christian Bauer won the 2nd Zurich Easter Open on tie-break ahead of Predrag Nikolic and Vadim Shishkin. All these players collected 5.5/7 points.
Thailand. The 19th Bangkok Chess Club Open was won by the German GM, Jan Gustafsson on tie-break edged out Sengupta Deep. Both of them reached 7.5/9 points.
U.A.E. The Russian GM, Maxim Matlakov won the 21st Dubai Open on a huge tie-break ahead of Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Le Quang Liem, Yuriy Kuzubov, Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli, Vahap Sanal, Aleksandar Indjic and P Iniyan. They all finished with 7/9 points.
U.S.A. Hikarua Nakamura took a clear first at the US Chess Championships in Saint Louis with 8/11 points. Leinier Dominguez Perez took the second place on tie-break from Fabiano Caruana. They both scored 7.5/11.
At the 13th Foxwoods Open in Ledyard, John Michael Burke reached 7.5/9 and took a clear first.
May
Azerbaijan. The American GM, Timur Gareyev was the clear winner of the Nakhchivan Open after finishing with 7.5/9 points. Nijat Abasov took the second place with 7/9.
Brazil. At the V. Concordia Open, Neuris Delgado Ramirez won the title on tie-break from Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian. They reached 7.5/9 points.
China. Lu Shanglei dominated and took a clear first (with a clear one and a half point) at the Chinese Championships in Hangzhou with 8.5/11 points.
Cuba. The 54th Capablanca Memorial in Havana was won Vassily Ivanchuk with 7./10 points. Samuel Sevian reached the second place on tie-break from David Anton Guijarro (6.5/10).
Czech Republic. David Navara scored 8/9 and took a clear first at the Ostravsky Konik Festival in Ostrava.
Greece. The 26th Heraklion Internationals in Irakleio was won by Eduardas Rozentalis on tie-break ahead of Spyridon Kapnisis. Both of them collected 6.5/9 points.
Italy. Mikhail Kobalia won the 8th Salento Open in Gallipoli on tie-break edged out Andriy Vovk. They finished on 6.5/9.
Kenya. The Egyptian GM, Ahmed Adly scored 8/9 and won the African Zonal 4.2 in Mombasa with a clear half point.
Latvia. At the Latvian Championships in Riga Arturs Neiksans reached 7.5/9 points and became the clear champion.
Lebanon. The 10th Beirut International Open was won by the Ukrainian GM, Vitaliy Bernadskiy, who scored 7.5/9 and took a clear first.
Macedonia. Kiril Georgiev dominated and won the Championship of North Macedonia in Skopje with an impressive 8.5/9 performance.
Montenegro. Nikola Djukic collected 7/9 and took a clear first at the 71st Championship of Montenegro.
Poland. The Polish Chess Championship in Warsaw was won by Kamil Dragun, who became the clear champion with 6/9 points.
Russia. At the 1st Archibald Chess Professional Open in Sochi, Stanislav Bogdanovich won the event in a rapid playoff against Kirill Stupak. They finished on 7/9 at the main tournament.
Spain. The Danish GM, Allan Stig Rasmussen reached 8/9 and won the 8th Llucmajor Chess Festival with a clear point.
Sweden. Gawain Jones took a clear firts at the 25th Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament in Malmo with 5/7. Pentala Harikrishna reached the second place (4.5/7) and Nils Grandelius had the third place (4/7).
The Netherlands. The 10th WLC Weekender in Eindhoven was won by Benjamin Bok, who scored 5.5/6.
U.S.A. The Azerbaijani GM, Vasif Durarbayli reached 7/9 and took a clear first at the 28th Chicago Open.
Zhou Jianchao won the 7th Cherry Blossom Classic in Dulles on tie-break from Karen H Grigoryan. They finished with 7/9 points.
Uzbekistan. The Zonal 3.4 in Tashkent was won by Rinat Jumabayev on tie-break ahead of Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Both of them collected 6.5/9.
June
China. Le Quang Liem took a clear first at the 18th Asian Continental in Xingtai with 7/9 points.
Czech Republic. The 14th Teplice Open was won by Evgeny Vorobiov, who took a clear first with 7.5/9 points.
Germany. At the German Championship Summit in Magdeburg, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu became the champion on tie-break ahead of Georg Meier. They finished on 4.5/7. Niclas Huschenbeth won the 37th ch-GER 2019 with 8/9.
Iceland. Ivan Sokolov scored 7.5/9 and won the Icelandic Open in Akureyri with half a point clear.
India. The 12th KIIT International in Bhubaneswar was won by Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli on tie-break ahead of Valeriy Neverov and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan. They collected 8/10 points.
At the 12th Mayors Cup Open in Mumbai, Farrukh Amonatov won the event on tie-break from Manuel Petrosyan. They both finished with 8/10 points.
The Armenian GM, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan won the 2nd Goa Open in Taleigao on tie-break edged out Manuel Petrosyan and Pouya Idani. They reached 8/10 points.
Italy. The 10th Dolomiti Open in Forni di Sopra was won by the Peruvian GM, Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara with a clear half (7/9) point.
Norway. Magnus Carlsen won the 7th Altibox Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger. Yu Yangyi took the second place and Levon Aronian got the third place.
Russia. Alexey Sarana won the 41st Nezhmetdinov Memorial in Kazan on a huge tie-break edged out 7 other players. All these players reached 7/9 points.
Aleksandra Goryachkina took the first place at the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament in Kazan, so she qualified for the World Championship match against Ju Wenjun.
The 20th Karpov Poikovsky tournament was won by Vladislav Artemiev on tie-break ahead of Dmitry Jakovenko. Both of them finished on 5.5/9 points.
Boris Savchenko won the 23rd Voronezh Chess Festival on tie-break edged out NR Visakh. They both reached 7/9.
The Netherlands. At the HSG Open in Hilversum, Loek van Wely won the title on tie-break from Casper Schoppen. They collected 5.5/6 points.
Matthew Sadler scored 5/6 and won the 16th ROC Nova College in Haarlem clearly.
Turkey. The 4th Baskent University Open in Ankara was won by the Ukrainian GM, Vitaliy Bernadskiy with half a point clear (7.5/9).
Ukraine. Stanislav Bogdanovich dominated and won the Championship of Odessa Region with 2 points clear (9/11).
U.S.A. Illia Nyzhnyk took a clear first at the Las Vegas International Chess Festival with 7/9 points.
At the St Louis Summer Chess Classic 2019, the Vietnamese Gm, Le Quang Liem won the A group with a clear half point (6/10) ahead of David Howell (5.5/10) and Jeffery Xiong (5.5/10). Grigoriy Oparin won the B group with 6.5/10 points and Arturs Neiksans took a clear first at the C group with 6.5/10 points.
July
Austria. At the 34th Schwarzacher Open in Schwarzach, Ante Brkic took the title on tie-break ahead of Jerne Spalir. They finished with 7/9 points.
Brazil. Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli from Venezuela became the champion at the 14th American Continental in Sao Paulo on tie-break edged out Neuris Delgado Ramirez, Yuri Gonzalez Vidal and Sergio Duran Vega. They scored 8.5/11 points.
China. The Hungarian GM, Richard Rapport won the 10th Danzhou GM tournament with a clear half point (4.5/7). Yu Yangyi took the second place on tie-break edged out Wei Yi. They both finished on 4/7 points.
Croatia. Magnus Carlsen took a clear first at the Croatia Grand Chess Tour in Zagreb with 8/11 points ahead of So Wesley (7/11), Fabiano Caruana (6/11) and Levon Aronian (6/11).
Czech Republic. The Icelandic GM, Hannes Stefansson won the Ceske Budejovice Chess Festival alone with 6/9 points.
The 30th Czech Open in Pardubica was clearly won by Jiri Stocek, who scored 7.5/9.
France. At the 6th Purtichju Open in Porticcio, Maxime Lagarde took the title after finishing with 7.5/9 points.
Jules Moussard dominated and won the 94th ch-Paris IdF with one and a half point clear (8.5/9).
Georgia. Tornike Sanikidze won the 5th Batumi Municipality Cup on tie-break ahead of Shant Sargsyan. They collected 7/9 points.
Germany. At the 47th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, Leinier Dominguez Perez took a clear first with 4.5/7 points.
Greece. Mikhail Kobalia won the 12th Paleochora Open on tie-break edged out Hristos Banikas. They gained 7/9 points.
India. The Commonwealth Chess Championship in New Delhi was won by Abhijeet Gupta with a clear half (7.5/9) point.
Israel. Boris Gelfand won the Netanya Masters on tie-break from Leinier Dominguez Perez. Both of them reached 5.5/9 points. Pavel Eljanov (5/9) took the third place ahead of Daniil Dubov (5/9). Mikhail Antipov took a clear first at the Netanya Open with 7.5/9 points.
Italy. Sabino Brunello won the 18th Bergamo Open on tie-break ahead of Luca Moroni Jr and Amirmasoud Moradi. They scored 5/6.
Latvia. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won the Riga FIDE Grand Prix after defeating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the final.
Norway. At the Norwegian Championship in Larvik, Aryan Tari became the champion on tie-break ahead of Jon Ludwig Hammer. They took 6.5/9 points.
Russia. The 72nd ch-RUS Higher League in Yaroslavl was won by Alexandr Predke on tie-break edged out Alexey Sarana. They finished with 6.5/9 points.
Serbia. Ivan Ivanisevic won the 12th Paracin Sports Summer with a clear half point (7.5/9).
Spain. The Armenian GM, Robert Hovhannisyan won the 39th Benasque Open on tie-break from Mateusz Martel. They reached 8.5/10 points.
Fernando Peralta took a clear first at the 42nd Barbera Open after finishing with 7.5/9 points.
Switzerland. At the 119th ch-SUI Masters in Leukerbad, Christian Bauer won the event with a clear point (7.5/9).
Santosh Vidit won the 52nd Biel Chess Festival. Sam Shankland took the second place and Peter Leko reached the third place.
The Netherlands. Lucas Van Foreest became the champion at the Dutch Championships in Amsterdam after beating Jorden Van Foreest 1.5-0.5 in the final tie-break. They collected 5/7 points in the main tournament.
The 13th Leiden Chess Tournament was won by Predrag Nikolic with a clear half point (6/9).
Tunisia. The Egyptian GM, Ahmed Adly took a clear first at the African Championships in Hammamet after scoring 8/9. Bassem Amin reached the second place (7/9) and Essam El Gindy took the third place (6.5/9).
U.S.A. At the 47th Annual World Open in Philadelphia, Le Quang Liem took the title after made a draw against Jeffery Xiong on the Armageddon tie-break. They finished with 7.5/9 points at the tournament.
Yaroslav Zherebukh was the clear winner at the 12th New York International with 7/9 points.
The 13th Annual Philadelphia International was won by Aleksandr Lenderman, Aleksandr, who scored 7/9.
August
Andorra. Maxime Lagarde dominated and won the 37th Andorra Open in Escaldes with one and a half points clear (8.5/9).
Austria. At the 35th Faaker See Open in Latschach, the Ukrainian GM, Yuri Solodovnichenko took a clear first with 8.5/9 points.
China. The Belt and Road Hunan Open in Changsha was won by the Indian GM, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, who reached 7/9 points. Yu Yangyi took the second place (6.5/9) and Bassem Amin finished on the third place (6.5/9).
England. Michael Adams became the champion at the 106th British Chess Championships in Torquay after finishing with 7.5/9 points ahead of David Howell (7/9).
France. Maxime Lagarde became the French Champion at the 94th French Chess Championship in Chartres after defeating Laurent Fressinet on the final tie-break. They both reached 6/9 points in the main tournament.
Germany. At the 1st Berlin Open, Matthias Bluebaum took a clear first after scoring 6.5/7,
Sergei Ovsejevitsch dominated and won the Lueneburg Chess Festival with 8/9 points.
Greece. The 28th Kavala Open was won by Vojtech Plat on tie-break edged out Zaven AndriasianThey finished with 7.5/9 points.
India. Boris Savchenko won the 1st Athens of the East Open in Madurai tie-break ahead of Sayantan Das, MR Venkatesh and Adam Tukhaev. They all gained 8/10 points.
Italy. At the 17th Spilimbergo Open, Vladislav Kovalev won the tournament on tie-break edged out Ivan Saric. They reached 7.5/9 points.
Latvia. Igor Kovalenko won the Riga Technical University Openon tie-break ahead of Sarunas Sulskis. Both of them finished on 7.5/9 points.
Russia. At the 72nd Russian Chess Championship in Izhevsk, Evgeny Tomashevsky became the clear champion after scoring 7/11 points.
The St Petersburg Summer Tournament was won by Gata Kamsky on tie-break from Vadim Zvjaginsev. They finished with 7.5/9 points.
Spain. Alexei Shirov won the 7th Pontevedra Open with a clear haf point (7.5/9). Karen Grigoryan took the second place with 7/9.
At the 7th ch-Iberoamericano Championship in Linares, Jorge Cori won the event on tie-break from Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera and Francisco Vallejo Pons. They gained 7/9 points.
Sweden. The CellaVision Cup in Lund was won by Alexei Shirov on tie-break edged out Dmitry Kryakvin and Kaido Kulaots. They finished on 7/8 points.
Switzerland. M.Amin Tabatabaei won the Josef Kupper Memorial in Zurich with 6/7 points. Parham Maghsoodloo reached the second place (5.5/7) and Igor Kovalenko took the third place (5.5/7).
The Netherlands. At the 23rd Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen, Gata Kamsky won the event with a clear half point (7.5/9).
U.A.E. Baadur Jobava took a clear first at the 26th Abu Dhabi Masters with 8/9 points.
U.S.A. The 120th US Open was won by Illya Nyzhnyk, who took the title with a clear half point (8/9).
Jianchao Zhou won the 49th Annual Continental Open in Sturbridge with a clear half point (7/9).
At the 7th Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis, Ding Liren took the title on tie-break from Magnus Carlsen. They both scored 6.5/11 points.
September
Argentina. At the 94th Argentine Championship in Buenos Aires, Diego Flores took a clear first with 9/11 points.
Austria. Erik Van Den Doel won the 3rd Innsbruck Open with half a point clear (7.5/9).
Azerbaijan. Gadir Guseinov was the clear winner of the Baku Open after finishing on 8/9 points.
Canada. The Toronto Open Crown was won by Nikolay Noritsyn, who took a clear first with 5.5/6 points.
China. At the Shanghai Haiwan Cup, Bai Jinshi was the clear winner after scoring 5/7.
Germany. Evgeny Romanov dominated and took a clear first at The Wuerttemberg Chess Festival in Weissach with 8.5/9 points.
The Hans Wild Tournament in Bremen was clearly won by Vitaly Kunin with 4/5 points.
Greece. At the Chania International Open, the Venezuelan GM, Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo won the event on tie-break edged out 5 other players with 6.5/9 points.
Hungary. Alexander Kovchan won the Mongolia & Hungary Friendship Cup in Debrecen on tie-break from Davaademberel Nomin-Erdene. They finished on 7/10 points.
India. At the 2nd Gujarat Open in Ahmedabad, Ivan Rozum took a clear first after scoring 8.5/10.
Italy. The 21st Trieste Festival was won by Aleksey Dreev on tie-break ahead of Andrey Sumets. They reached 7/9 points.
Pier Luigi Basso won the 25th Cutro Open with half a point clear (7/9).
Russia. The Skolkovo Women’s FIDE Grand Prix was won by Humpy Koneru with a clear half point (8/11) ahead of Aleksandra Goryachkina (7.5/11) and Ju Wenjun (7.5/11).
Sergey Volkov took a clear first at the Panchenko Memorial in Chelyabinsk after finishing with 7.5/9 points.
Spain. At the 2nd San Cristobal de La Laguna Open, Arthur Kogan took the title on tie-break edged out Vladimir Petkov. They both collected 7.5/9 points.
Tunisia. Hannes Stefansson won the International Go-Makkah Chess Festival in Sousse on tie-break ahead of Normunds Miezis. They finished on 7/9 points.
U.S.A. The 141st Annual New York State Championship in Albany was won by Oliver Barbosa, who became the champion with a clear half point (5/6).
Ray Robson dominated and took a clear first at the St Louis Fall Chess Classic with 7/9 points.
October
England. The FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss in Douglas was won by Wang Hao on tie-break ahead of Fabiano Caruana. They both scored 8/11 points.
India. R Praggnanandhaa took a clear first at the World Youth Championship in the U18 Category in Mumbai with 9/11 points.
The Ukrainian GM, Evgeny Shtembuliak became the champion at the 58th World Junior Chess Championship in New Delhi (9/11). Shant Sargsyan took the second place with 8.5/11 and Aram Hakobyan reached the third place with 8/11 points.
Italy. At the 41st Arco Open, Nikita Petrov was the clear winner after collecting 8/9 points.
Kazakhstan. The Almaty Open was won by Alexandr Fier, who took the title with a clear half point (7/9).
Romania. Marius Manolache won the Targu Mures Open on tie-break ahead of Vlad-Cristian Jianu and Teodor Anton. They finished with 6/7 points.
Russia. Teimour Radjabov became the champion at the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk after defeating Ding Liren in the final.
At the Chigorin Memorial in St Petersburg, Vitaly Sivuk won the tournament on tie-break edged out Aleksej Aleksandrov and Ivan Bocharov. They finished on 7.5/9 points.
Spain. Alexander Donchenko took a clear first at the 24th City of Barcelona Open with 7.5/9 points. Gata Kamsky reached the second place on tie-break from Tigran Gharamian. They both scored 7/9.
U.S.A. The SPICE Cup Open in Saint Louis was won by the American GM, Akshat Chandra with half a point clear 6.5/9 ahead of 6 players.
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Argentina. The Timbues Open was won by Alan Pichot, who won the title with a clear point (6.5/7) ahead of 7 players.
England. At the Hull 4NCL International Congress, Plat Vojtech took a clear first with 6.5/9 points.
France. Bilel Bellahcene won the 17th Cap D’Agde Open on tie-break ahead of Gabriel Flom, Vitaly Sivuk, GA Stany and Jules Moussard. They all scored 7/9.
Georgia. Russia won the 22nd European Team Championship in Batumi. Ukraine took the second place and England reached the third place. Russia was the winner in the Women’s Group, too. Georgia was the second and Azerbaijan was the third.
Germany. At the 23rd OIBM in Tegernsee, Vitaliy Bernadskiy won the event on tie-break edged out Pavel Eljanov. They finished on 7.5/9 points.
Yuriy Kuzubov won the Heusenstamm Sparkassen Open with half a point clear (6.5/7).
Iran. The 4th Paytakht Cup in Tehran was won by Ehsan Ghaem Maghami on tie-break from Parham Maghsoodloo. They collected 7/9 points.
Romania. Alexei Fedorov won the Romanian Open in Alba Iulia on tie-break ahead of Artem Omelja. They reached 7/9 points.
Russia. At the 15th Ugra Governor’s Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Pavel Ponkratov took a clear first with 6.5/9 points.
Spain. Alexei Shirov became the champion at the 84th Spanish Championship in Marbella on a big tie-break with 6 other players. They all finished with 7/9 points.
Turkey. The 4th Mersin Open was won by Nodirbek Abdusattorov on tie-break from Misratdin Iskandarov, Nikita Petrov and Meilis Annaberdiev. They all scored 7/9.
U.S.A. At the St Louis Winter Chess Classic, Jeffery Xiong took a clear first at the A-Group after scoring 5.5/9. The Peruvian GM, Emilio Cordova won the B-Group with 6.5/9 points.