2021 in chess

The 2021 chess calendar was again disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but major events that have taken place included the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, won by Jorden van Foreest.

Years in chess

2021 in sports

The Candidates Tournament 2020–21, disrupted by the pandemic, concluded on April 27, 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 7½–3½ 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
TournamentSystemDatesPlayers (2700+)WinnerRunner-upThird
Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021Round robin15–31 January14 (8) Jorden van Foreest Anish Giri Andrey Esipenko
Champions Chess Tour Opera Euro Rapid 2021 Hybrid 6–14 February 16 (14) Wesley So Magnus Carlsen Teimour Radjabov
Champions Chess Tour Magnus Carlsen Invitational Hybrid 13–21 March 16 (12) Anish Giri Ian Nepomniachtchi Magnus Carlsen
2020–2021 Candidates Tournament Double round robin 17–25 March 2020 and 19–27 April 8 (7) Ian Nepomniachtchi Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Anish Giri
Champions Chess Tour New In Chess Classic Hybrid 24 April – 2 May 16 (12) Magnus Carlsen Hikaru Nakamura Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Chess World Cup 2021 Single-elimination tournament 12 July – 6 August 206 (25) Jan-Krzysztof Duda Sergey Karjakin Magnus Carlsen
Women's Chess World Cup 2021 Single-elimination tournament 12 July – 3 August 103 (-) Alexandra Kosteniuk Aleksandra Goryachkina Tan Zhongyi
World Chess Championship 2021 Best-of-14 match, with tie breaks 24 November – 16 December 2 Magnus Carlsen[4] Ian Nepomniachtchi -

FIDE Events
TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
FIDE Grand Swiss RigaSwiss27 October–7 November154 Alireza Firouzja Fabiano Caruana Grigoriy Oparin
World Rapid Chess Championship WarsawSwiss26–28 December204 Nodirbek Abdusattorov Ian Nepomniachtchi Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Chess Championship WarsawSwiss29–30 December206 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Jan-Krzysztof Duda Alireza Firouzja

Team events
TournamentCitySystemDatesTeamsWinnerRunner-upThird
Women's World Team Chess Championship SitgesRound robin26 September - 3 October10 Russia India Georgia
European Team Chess Championship Čatež ob Savi Round robin11 – 22 November40 Ukraine France Poland
Women's European Team Chess Championship Čatež ob SaviRound robin11 - 22 November32 Russia Georgia Azerbaijan

Rapid & Biltz Tournaments
TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
Superbet Rapid & Blitz BucharestRound robin3-15 June10 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Alexander Grischuk
Wesley So
Levon Aronian		-
Paris Rapid & Blitz ParisRound robin20-24 June10 Wesley So Ian Nepomniachtchi Alireza Firouzja
Croatia Rapid & Blitz ZagrebRound robin7-11 July10 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Viswanathan Anand Anish Giri
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz St. LouisRound robin11-16 August10 Hikaru Nakamura Fabiano Caruana Richard Rapport
Sinquefield Cup St. LouisRound robin17–27 August12 (12) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Fabiano Caruana
Leinier Domínguez
Wesley So		-
Shamkir Chess ShamkirRound robin17-24 December10 (10) Fabiano Caruana Richard Rapport Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Deaths

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