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FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk Nov 20-Dec 15		This knockout format features 128 of the world's strongest players and is part of the World Championship Cycle. Discussion forum now open. (0 games, 0 players, no discussion.)

World Blitz Championship Moscow, Russia Nov 16-18		Carlsen is the world Blitz Chess Champion after defeating Anand and 20 other GMs. (461 games, 22 players, 51 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tal Memorial Moscow, Russia Nov 4-19		One of the strongest tournaments ever, this event included ex-World Champion Kramnik, World Champion Anand, Carlsen, Ivanchuk, and many other eminent GMs. After 9 rounds, Kramnik won with 6 points (+3 -0 =6). (45 games, 10 players, 100 discussion pages, crosstable.)

48th World Junior Championship Puerto Madryn, Argentina Oct 21-Nov 4		Maxime Vachier Lagrave is the new World Junior Chess Champion, beating out Sergei Zhigalko on tiebreaks. Both finished with 10.5/13. (412 games, 82 players, 10 discussion pages, crosstable.)

48th World Junior Championship (Girls) Puerto Madryn, Argentina Oct 21-Nov 4		Swaminathan Soumya is the new World Female Junior Chess Champion, beating out Betul Yildiz and Deysi Cori Tello on tiebreaks. (221 games, 45 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Chigorin Memorial Open St. Petersburg Oct 14-25		The open tournament was won by Sergey Volkov on tie-break from Zhou Weiqi, Rychagov, Deviatkin and Melkumyan, all finished on 7/9. Most games of the leaders are available now. (546 games, 249 players, 1 discussion page.)

17th European Team Championship Novi Sad, Serbia Oct 21-31		The young Azerbaijan team (including Radjabov, Gashimov, Mamedyarov, et al.) took the gold. Russia took the silver medal; Ukraine, the bronze. (676 games, 183 players, 34 discussion pages.)

17th European Team Championship (Women) Novi Sad, Serbia Oct 21-31		The Russian women took the gold, Georgia took the silver, and the Ukraine ladies took the bronze. (494 games, 137 players, 1 discussion page.)

2009-2010 Bundesliga (Various venues) Oct' 09-Mar '10		The Schachbundesliga in Germany is the strongest chess league in the world. The first two rounds of the 2009-2010 season is just beginning. Svidler, Shirov, Movsesian, and Vachier are playing. (143 games, 133 players, 1 discussion page.)

US Women's Chess Championship St. Louis, Missouri Oct 4-13		Anna Zatonskih clinches her second consecutive US Women's Championship with a staggering 8.5 of 9 points. (45 games, 10 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

13th Unive Tournament Hoogeveen, NL Oct 16-24		Tiviakov won the main group with 3.5/6. (12 games, 4 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

13th Unive Tournament (Open) Hoogeveen, NL Oct 16-24		This large Swiss open was won by Stewart Haslinger with 7.5/9. (275 games, 63 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Pan-American Junior Championship Montevideo, Uruguay Oct 6-Oct 11		Roy Robson won with 7 consecutive victories, followed by a draw in the final round. This gives Ray his third GM norm, just in time for his 15th birthday later in the month. (152 games, 34 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Pearl Spring Chess Tournament Nanjing, China Sep 28-Oct 9		Magnus Carlsen finished with an incredible 8/10 points, thereby pushing his "live rating" over 2800. Carlsen, Topalov, Radjabov, Leko, Jakovenko, and Wang Yue competed. (30 games, 6 players, 75 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Nanjing Women's FIDE Grand Prix Nanjing, China Sep 28-Oct 9		Alongside the Pearl Spring tournament is this high level women's event. Yuhua Xu won the event with 8/11. (66 games, 12 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

European Club Cup Ohrid, Macedonia Oct 3-10		Economist-SGSEU-1 of Saratov took first place (Alekseev, Eljanov et al.) (1,100 games, 370 players, 7 discussion pages.)

Marx Gyorgy Memorial VII Paks, Hungary Sep 24-Oct 5		Zoltan Almasi took clear first with 7/10. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

2009 SPICE Cup Texas, USA Sep 19-29		Texas Tech is host to this very strong tournament with an average rating of 2631. Kuzubov won in the playoffs beating Mamedov and Andreikin all at 5.5/10. The B Group saw a three way tie among Finegold, Bhat, and Perelshteyn. Benjamin Finegold finally got his GM title. Daniel Rensch got his IM title. (30 games, 6 players, 24 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Inventi Chess Tournament Antwerp, Belgium		10 players compete in Belgium in this high-calibre contest. Emil Sutovsky won with 7 out of 9 points. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Kasparov-Karpov Rapid Match Sep 21-24 Valencia, Spain		25 years after their infamous aborted match, Kasparov and Karpov play each other in a set of four rapid games, followed by 8 blitz games. Kasparov won the rapid games 3 to 1. (4 games, 2 players, 37 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Kasparov-Karpov Blitz Match Sep 21-24 Valencia, Spain		Kasparov won the blitz games 6 to 2. (8 games, 2 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Short-Efimenko Match Mukachevo, Ukraine Sep 20-26		A first-class matches to be organized by Universal Event Promotion. Discussion forum now open. One game will be played each day, except for September 23rd, which is a rest day. (6 games, 2 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Dutch Championship Haaksbergen, NL Sep 12-20		Anish Giri took clear first place with 6/8. There was controversy which resulted in Tiviakov leaving after three rounds. (39 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final Bilbao, Spain Sep 5-12		The winners of the Nanching Pearl Spring, Corus-Wijk aan Zee, Ciudad de Linares and Mtel Masters-Sofia tournaments were due to compete, but last minute replacement for Topalov, Levon Aronian, took first place. (12 games, 4 players, 21 discussion pages.)

62nd Russian Championship Higher League Tournament Ulan Ude, Buryatia Sep 2-13		Evgeny Tomashevsky took clear first with 8/11. (305 games, 57 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Yinzhou Cup Women Team Championship Yingbo, China Sep 2-11		The 2009 Women's World Team Championship took place in China. "China Team One" overtook Poland after beating them in Round 8. (178 games, 50 players, 3 discussion pages.)

4th Kolkata Open Calcutta, India Sep 1-10		Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Nigel Short are headliners at this open tournament in Calcutta. New games will be uploaded as they become available. (148 games, 69 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Montreal International Chess Tournament Montreal, Quebec Aug 27-Sep 7		Naiditsch wins with 7.5 point against 11 leading grandmasters. (66 games, 12 players, 8 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Rising Stars vs Experience Amsterdam, Holland Aug 20-31		This Scheveningen-style match pits 5 experienced GMs against 5 young "rising stars". For the first year, the "Experience Team" won, 27.5 to 22.5. (50 games, 10 players, 21 discussion pages.)

Russia vs China Match (Men) Sochi, Russia Aug 14-24		Some of China's finest players face off against leading Russian grandmasters. Russia emerged victorious in the men's division, 13 to 12. (24 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Russia vs China Match (Women) Sochi, Russia Aug 14-24		The women's division of the China vs Russia match; here China won 13.5 to 11.5. (23 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page.)

Zurich Champions Rapid Zurich, Switzerland Aug 23		This rapid event featured eight world champions: Anand, Hug, Karpov, Khalifman, Kramnik, Polgar, Ponomariov and Topalov. Kramnik edged out the competition with 5/7. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix Jermuk, Armenia Aug 8-24		"Vassily Ivanchuk continues to amaze his followers" beating Kasimdzhanov, Akopian, Aronian, Leko, and a bevy of other world-class players. (90 games, 14 players, 77 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Howard Staunton Memorial London, England Aug 7-17		The round robin saw Jan Timman take first, by winning 6 out of 9 games. (45 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Howard Staunton Memorial: UK vs NL London, England Aug 7-17		This Scheveningen-style match between the top UK players and the top Dutch players saw Nigel Short score an enormous 8 out of 10 points, carrying the British team to victory. (49 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Arctic Chess Challenge Tromso, Norway Aug 1-9		Monika Socko took first place on tie-break from Ray Robson, Marijan Petrov and Emanuel Berg after all four finished on 7/9. (350 games, 121 players, 1 discussion page.)

Ordix Open Mainz, Germany Jul 27-Aug 2		Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won this year's giant ORDIX rapid open. (110 games, 86 players, 1 discussion page.)

Zürich Chess Club 200th Anniversary Zurich, Switzerland Aug 9-15		Areshchenko took the title on a tiebreak. We are still trying to gather more games from this event; thank you for your patience. (213 games, 125 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

British Championship Torquay, England Jul 26-Aug 8		The 96th British Championship will be held in Torquay, Devon. (418 games, 76 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Chess Classic Mainz Mainz, Germany Jul 27-Aug 2		The Grenkeleasing Rapid World Championship saw Levon Aronian beating Ian Nepomniachtchi in the finals. Other events include the Chess960 world championship, the ORDIX rapid open, FiNet Chess960 Open, U14 tournaments, and Levon Aronian's 40 game simul. (12 games, 4 players, 20 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Dutch Open Dieren, Netherlands Jul 21-30		Erwin L'Ami took first place with 7.5/9 at the "Open Netherlands Championship." (237 games, 86 players, 1 discussion page.)

42nd Biel International Chess Festival Jul 18-31 Biel, Switzerland		Vachier-Lagrave beat out Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Morozevich, Alekseev, and Caruana. (30 games, 6 players, 35 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Politiken Cup Helsingor, Denmark Jul 18-26		New games will be uploaded daily. Discussion forum now open. (1,518 games, 308 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

2009 Najdorf Memorial Warsaw, Poland Jul 18-26		Radoslaw Wojtaszek achieved first with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Canadian Open Chess Championship Edmonton, Alberta Jul 11-Jul 19		GM Mark Bluvshtein defeated IM Eduard Porper in the tiebreak phase. (212 games, 129 players, 7 discussion pages.)

Donostia Chess Festival San Sebastian, Spain Jul 7-16		Nakamura won this category 18 event after defeating Ponomariov in the tiebreaks. Also playing were Karpov, Granda-Zuniga, Kasimdzhanov, Movsesian, Svidler, and more. (45 games, 10 players, 44 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Sparkassen Chess Meeting Dortmund, Germany Jul 2-12		Kramnik wins by a full point, over Leko, Carlsen, Jakovenko, Bacrot, and Naiditsch. (30 games, 6 players, 78 discussion pages, crosstable.)

2009 World Open Philadelphia, USA Jun 25-Jul 5		Evgeny Najer beat Jaan Ehlvest to secure a 1st place tie with Hikaru Nakamura, who had taken two half-point byes on the final day as he jetted off to another tournament. (158 games, 85 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Big Slick Chess Tournament London, England Jun 27-Jul 5		The 1st annual Big Slick Chess Tournament took place at the Big Slick Poker Club, Purley (London), England. Keith Arkell tied Alexander Cherniaev with 6.5/9. (42 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

17th World Computer Chess Championship Pamplona, Spain May 11-17		Rybka, as usual, dominated the field. It finished with +7 -0 =2, a full point and a half ahead of 2nd place Deep Sjeng. (45 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Bazna Tournament Bazna, Romania Jun 14-25		"Chucky" beats out Radjabov, Shirov, Gelfand, Kamsky, and Nisipeanu compete in this double round robin. (30 games, 6 players, 29 discussion pages, crosstable.)

44th Capablanca Memorial Habana, Cuba Jun 8-18		Leinier Dominguez-Perez wins the "elite group", beating Meier, Khenkin, Savchenko, Bruzon Batista, and Timofeev. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

10th Karpov Tournament Poikovsky, Russia Jun 3-12		Alexander Motylev won the event with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 11 discussion pages, crosstable.)

XXII Leon Tournament Leon, Spain Jun 5-8		A rapid knockout tournament, featuring Carlsen, Morozevich, Ivanchuk, and Wang Yue. Magnus Carlsen beat Vassily Ivanchuk 4-3 after the blitz playoff in the final. (17 games, 4 players, 9 discussion pages.)

Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament Malmo, Sweden Jun 3-7		Six leading player play 5 rounds for this quick round robin. Nigel Short won with 4.5/5: a 2990 performance rating. (15 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Leko-Anand Rapid Match Miskolc, Hungary Jun 3-7		World Champion Anand defeats Peter Leko 5-3 in this rapid match. (8 games, 2 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Chinese Championship Xinghua Jiangsu May 26-Jun 6		Ding Liren won the tournament after receiving a forfeit point in the final round, due to the new "no tolerance" policy of arriving late at the board. (66 games, 12 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Chinese Championship (Women) Xinghua Jiangsu May 26-Jun 6		12 of the strongest female Chinese players vie for the women's title. Discussion forum now open. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Cez Trophy 2009: Navara vs Ivanchuk Prague, Czech Republic May 27-31		Ivanchuk defeated Navara 5.5 to 2.5 in this rapid match. (8 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

3rd ACP World Rapid Cup Odessa, Ukraine May 22-24		Boris Gelfand took clear first place with a 3-1 victory over Peter Svidler in the finals. (44 games, 16 players, 1 discussion page.)

M-Tel Masters Sofia, Bulgaria May 12-23		Alexey Shirov places first with 6.5/10, beating Topalov, Carlsen, Ivanchuk, Wang Yue, and Dominguez-Perez. The event was a double round robin played in a glass pavilion on the square in front of the National Theatre Ivan Vazov. (30 games, 6 players, 46 discussion pages, crosstable.)

8th Asian Continental Chess Championship Subic, Philippines May 13-24		Surya Sekhar Ganguly beat out Zhou Weiqi on tiebreaks, both finishing with 8/11 points. Players from 15 countries competed, including 40 GMs, 15 IMs, and 8 FMs. Zhang Xiaowen won the women's event with 9/11. (692 games, 130 players, 5 discussion pages.)

US Championship St. Louis, Missouri May 7-17		With 7 out of 9 points, Nakamura is the 2009 US Champion. (107 games, 25 players, 40 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Bosnia 2009 Sarajevo, Bosnia May 8-18		Pavel Eljanov won this 6 player double round robin, beating out Movsesian, Sokolov, Wang Hao, Harikrishna, and Predojevic. (30 games, 6 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Azerbaijan vs the World Baku, Azerbaijan May 7-9		The Azerbaijan team (Radjabov, Gashimov, Mamedyarov, and Guseinov) was defeated by "The World" (Anand, Kramnik, Shirov, and Karjakin) at rapid chess (25m) 21.5 to 10.5. (32 games, 9 players, 12 discussion pages.)

4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik, Russia Apr 14-29		The fourth FIDE Grand Prix Series Tournament is took place in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria. Aronian won on 8.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 51 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Akobian vs Shulman Rapid Match California, USA Apr 22-25		There were 6 rapid games over three days, then 10 blitz games on the final day. Akobian edged out Shulman in the rapid games 3.5 to 2.5, but dominated in the blitz event 6 to 2. (6 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

PWC Toronto Open Toronto, Canada Apr 17-19		Bator Sambuev and Joshua Friedel both finished with a perfect 5/5. GM Nakamura was held back due to a surprise upset by IM Artem Samsonkin. (119 games, 79 players, 1 discussion page.)

Russian Team Championship Dagomys, Russia Apr 4-10		Tomsk-400 (Jakovenko, Timofeev, Inarkiev, Tiviakov, et al) captured first place in the Premier League. (168 games, 57 players, 4 discussion pages.)

Russian Team Championship: Women's League Dagomys, Russia Apr 4-10		Spartak (Stefanova, the Kosintseva sisters, Lahno, et al) won the women's division. (112 games, 40 players, 1 discussion page.)

Russian Team Championship: Higher League Dagomys, Russia Apr 4-10		Polytechnik (Kokarev, Maletin, et al) won the second tier. (240 games, 72 players, 1 discussion page.)

Foxwoods Open Mashantucket, Connecticut Apr 8-12		Darmen Sadvakasov defeated Yury Shulman by drawing with the black pieces in the Armageddon blitz tiebreaker. (178 games, 106 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Gedeon Barcza Memorial Budapest, Hungary Apr 6-17		Tournament was cancelled in what some call a scandal; read kibitzing for more info. (6 games, 12 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Reykjavik Open Reykjavik, Iceland Mar 24-Apr 1		Four way tie among Hedinn Steingrimsson, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Hannes Stefansson, and Mihail Marin, all finishing on 7/9. (480 games, 110 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

2008-2009 Bundesliga (Various venues) Oct '08-Mar '09		The 2008/2009 season of Schachbundesliga is now over, and OSC Baden-Baden retained the title. (946 games, 247 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Amber Tournament (Blindfold) Nice, France Mar 14-26		In the blindfold event, there was a three-way tie for first among Kramnik, Aronian, and Carlsen. The overall winner (rapid and blindfold combined) was Aronian who scored 7/11 in both events. (66 games, 12 players, 79 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Amber Tournament (Rapid) Nice, France Mar 14-26		In the rapid section, Anand, Aronian, and Kamsky tied for first place, all with 7/11. (66 games, 12 players, 61 discussion pages, crosstable.)

10th European Individual Championship Budva, Montenegro Mar 6-17		Evgeny Tomashevsky won the title after winning an enormous playoff of 11 players who all finished on 8/11. (1,650 games, 305 players, 12 discussion pages.)

10th European Individual Women's Championship St. Petersburg, Russia Mar 7-21		Tatiana Kosintseva emerged victorious after defeating Lilit Mkrtchian in the playoffs. (923 games, 168 players, 1 discussion page.)

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Istanbul, Turkey Mar 5-20		Koneru Humpy wins in the final round, breaking a three-way tie and winning the event 8.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 12 discussion pages, crosstable.)

25th Cappelle la Grande France Feb 28-Mar 7		Yuri Vovk won this large Swiss style open with 7.5/9. We are still missing some games and will upload them when they become available. (338 games, 224 players, 1 discussion page.)

Linares XXVI Linares, Spain Feb 18-Mar 8		Alexander Grischuk and Vassily Ivanchuk finished on top with 8/14. (56 games, 8 players, 192 discussion pages, crosstable.)

7th International Chess Festival Nancy, France Feb 16-22		Pentala Harikrishna won with 7/9 in the main section, while Nikolai Ninov won the B Group. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Topalov-Kamsky Match Sofia, Bulgaria Feb 17-27		Veselin Topalov defeated Gata Kamsky 4.5 to 2.5 in an 8 game match to determine the right to play World Champion Anand later in the year. (7 games, 2 players, 99 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Aeroflot Open Moscow, Russia Feb 16-27		Bacrot beat Moiseenko on tiebreaks, both with 6.5/9. (340 games, 81 players, 12 discussion pages, crosstable.)

2nd Queenstown Chess Classic Queenstown, New Zealand Jan 15-24		David Smerdon took first place with 8/10. (176 games, 82 players, 1 discussion page.)

Gibtelecom Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar Jan 27-Feb 5		Peter Svidler took first after defeating Vadim Milov 2-0 in the rapid tiebreaks. (850 games, 192 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Mate of the King Tehran, Iran Jan 26-Feb 3		To mark the 30th Anniversary of the Islamic revolution there was a match between Anatoly Karpov and Ehsan Ghaem Maghami. After a tie in the rapids, Maghami won the event after edging out Karpov in the blitz event. (4 games, 2 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

71st Corus Tournament Wijk aan Zee, NL Jan 16-Feb 1		Sergey Karjakin defeated Leinier Dominguez in the final round to achieve victory with 8/13. (91 games, 14 players, 120 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus (Group B) Wijk aan Zee, NL Jan 16-Feb 1		Fabiano Caruana beat Nigel Short in the final round to win the B group with 8.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 14 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus (Group C) Wijk aan Zee, NL Jan 16-Feb 1		Wesley So placed first with a point to spare, 9.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 9 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Aker Chess Challenge Gjovik, Norway Jan 2-Jan 5		Magnus Carlsen, Peter Svidler, Hikaru Nakamura, and Kjetil Lie play in a super rapid tournament. Peter Svidler emerged victorious in the blitz playoffs to emerge triumphant in the final rounds. (16 games, 4 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Ivanchuk-Leko Match Mukachevo, Ukraine Jan 3-5		Ivanchuk defeated Leko 3.5 to 2.5. (6 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Hastings Chess Congress Hastings, England Dec 28-Jan 5		The legendary Hastings tournament finished. Igor Kurnosov finished first with 7.5/9. (445 games, 105 players, 1 discussion page.)

51st Reggio Emilia Tournament Reggio Emilia, Italy Dec 27-Jan 4		Ni Hua wins by an entire point and half, with 7.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

18th Pamplona International Pamplona, Spain Dec 22-29		This invitational GM tournament features Sasikiran, Malakhov, Delchev, Caruana, Vallejo-Pons, Roiz, Nepomniachtchi, and Salgado Lopez. Krishnan Sasikiran won with 5/7. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

FIDE Grand Prix Elista, Kalmykia Dec 13-29		Radjabov, Javkovenko and Grischuk finished on 8/13. (91 games, 14 players, 26 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Pearl Spring Chess Tournament Nanjing, China Dec 10-22		Topalov had a commanding performance, winning with 7/10. (30 games, 6 players, 32 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Israeli Championship Haifa, Israel Nov 30-Dec 12		A swiss open tournament will determine the champion. Boris Avrukh won the title on tiebreaks. (46 games, 24 players, 2 discussion pages.)

United States Chess League Internet Aug 25-Dec 6		Some of America's strongest players compete online, organized geographically. Team "Dallas Destiny" (Zivanic, Kuljasevic, Boskovic, et al) beat "Boston Blitz" (Christiansen, Perelshteyn, Sammour-Hasbun, et al) in the tiebreaks. By individual scores, IM Alex Lenderman from Queens amassed 22.5 points, edging out Miami's Julio Becerra with 20. (251 games, 122 players, 1 discussion page.)

21st Belgrade Trophy Obrenovac, Serbia Nov 7-Dec 5		This large open tournament ended in a three-way tie among Dejan Antic, Jon Viktor Gunnarsson, and Srdjan Cvetkovic, all with 7.5/9. (881 games, 228 players, 1 discussion page.)

Remco Heite Invitational Welvega, Netherland Nov 28-30		Loek Van Wely and Bartlomiej Macieja tie for first, beating Yusupov, Tiviakov, Agdestein, and Van Den Doel. (15 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

2008 Olympiad Dresden, Germany Nov 12-25		Armenia repeats their success and wins the gold medal. Israel wins the silver medal, and the USA takes the bronze. (3,072 games, 708 players, 197 discussion pages.)

2008 Women's Olympiad Dresden, Germany Nov 12-25		Perennial powerhouse Georgia broke China's hegemony of the women's division. Ukraine secured the silver medal, and the USA won the bronze. (2,357 games, 540 players, 7 discussion pages.)

World Blitz Championship Almaty, Kazakhstan Nov 7-8		Leinier Dominguez-Perez wins with 11.5/15. All games are now online, but some of the game scores are incomplete. (120 games, 16 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Casino de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Oct 30-Nov 7		Dreev wins clear first with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Anand-Kramnik World Championship Match Bonn, Germany Oct 14-Nov 2		Viswanathan Anand defends his title with a final score of 6.5 to 4.5. (11 games, 2 players, 443 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Cap d'Agde Cap d'Agde, France Oct 26-Nov 1		Hikaru Nakamura defeated Vassily Ivanchuk in the final. (74 games, 16 players, 40 discussion pages.)

Magistral Internacional Ruibal Buenos Aires, Argentina Sep 29-Oct 9		Club Argentino de Ajedrez sponsored this 10 way round robin invitational. Andres Rodriguez won with 7.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

12th Essent Chess Tournament Hoogeveen, NL Oct 17-25		Ivan Sokolov beat out Smeets, Adly, and Sebag with 5/6. (12 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

European Club Cup Kallithea, Greece Oct 16-24		URAL Sverdlovskaya (Radjabov, Kamsky, Shirov, Grischuk, Malakhov, Motylev and Dreev) won the event. (1,330 games, 444 players, 7 discussion pages.)

European Club Cup (Women) Kallithea, Greece Oct 16-24		Cercle d'Echecs Monte Carlo won the European Club Cup for Women. (251 games, 82 players, 1 discussion page.)

Commonwealth Championship Nagpur, India Sep 28-Oct 6		Nigel Short wins with 9.5 out of 11. (1,147 games, 287 players, 1 discussion page.)

Russian Superfinals Moscow, Russia Oct 2-16		A three way tie on 7/9 among Svidler, Jakovenko, and Alekseev led to a playoff, in which Svidler emerged victorious with 3/4. (66 games, 12 players, 20 discussion pages, crosstable.)

SPICE Cup Lubbock, Texas Sep 19-28		The highest rated 10-player international round-robin chess tournament in US history. Four-way tie for 1st place (5.5/10) among Akobian, Onischuk, Harikrishna, and Kritz. Pentala Harikrishna placed highest in the tiebreak protocol. (40 games, 10 players, 5 discussion pages.)

Russia vs China Match Ningpo, China Sep 18-27		Russia's strongest grandmasters face off against China's biggest stars. China won the main event narrowly, 26 to 24. (50 games, 20 players, 7 discussion pages.)

Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final Bilbao, Spain Sep 2-13		Topalov wins this category 22 monster tournament with 17 points, under the special scoring system where wins are worth 3 points and draws are worth 1. (30 games, 6 players, 106 discussion pages.)

Women's World Championship Nalchik, Russia Aug 28-Sep 18		Alexandra Kosteniuk defeated Hou Yifan in the finals to become the 2008 Women's World Chess Champion. (145 games, 53 players, 41 discussion pages.)

European Union Championships Liverpool, England Sep 9-18		Jan Werle won first place with 8/10. (678 games, 141 players, 2 discussion pages.)

61st Russian Championship Higher League Novokuznetsk, Russia Sep 3-14		Some very strong players compete in a large swiss style tournament. We will upload new games as they become available. (301 games, 56 players, 1 discussion page.)

NH Chess Tournament Amsterdam, NL Aug 20-30		Also known as Youth vs Experience, the youth beat the experience 33.5 to 16.5. Especially notable was Wang Yue finished on 8.5/10. (50 games, 10 players, 8 discussion pages.)

Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament Moscow, Russia Aug 27-28		Ivanchuk wins the blitz tournament (after winning the main event). (297 games, 18 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tal Memorial Moscow, Russia Aug 17-27		Ivanchuk wins by a full point finishing on 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 103 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tournoi international de Montreal Aug 24-Sep 2		Yury Shulman wins with 6.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Antwerp Tournament Antwerp, Belgium Aug 23-31		Bu Xiangzhi wins with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

French Championships Pau, France Aug 11-23		Etienne Bacrot took the title after beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the rapid tiebreaker. Sophie Milliet won the French Women's Championship. (68 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Villarrobledo International Rapid Open Villarrobledo, Spain Aug 2-3		Topalov took clear first with 8/9. (36 games, 28 players, 1 discussion page.)

Najdorf Memorial Warsaw, Poland Aug 2-10		Sasikiran won with 6.5/9, a clear point ahead of the field. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page.)

World Junior Championship Gaziantep, Turkey Aug 2-16		Abhijeet Gupta is the new World Junior Champion. Dronavalli Harika won the girls' section. (697 games, 111 players, 11 discussion pages.)

FIDE Grand Prix Sochi, Russia July 31-Aug 14		Levon Aronian places first by half a point, finishing with 8.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 108 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Howard Staunton Memorial London, England Aug 7-18		Michael Adams wins with 8/11. (66 games, 12 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Chess Classic Mainz Mainz, Germany July 28-Aug 3		Anand beats Carlsen in the finals 3-1 to win this four way rapid event. (20 games, 4 players, 17 discussion pages.)

Ordix Open Mainz, Germany Aug 2-3		Nepomniachtchi beat Eljanov on tiebreaks in this rapid chess tournament. (109 games, 80 players, 1 discussion page.)

41st Biel International Chess Festival Biel, Switzerland July 19-Aug 1		Alekseev beat Dominguez-Perez in the playoff. (30 games, 6 players, 73 discussion pages, crosstable.)

North Urals Cup Krasnoturinsk, Russia July 26-Aug 3		Antoaneta Stefanova took clear first with 4.5 out of 7. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Gyorgy Marx VI Paks, Hungary July 25-Aug 4		A round robin among Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Gabriel Sargissian, Ferenc Berkes, Daniel Stellwagen, Alexander Beliavsky and Peter Acs. New games will be uploaded as they become avialable. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

British Championship Liverpool, England July 27-Aug 9		Stuart Conquest defeated Keith Arkell in the rapid-chess tiebreaks to become the 2008 British Chess Champion. (123 games, 48 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Poikovsky Tournament Poikovsky, Russia July 8-17		A four way tie for first place among Shirov, Rublevsky, Jakovenko, and Gashimov, all finishing with 5.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 11 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Lake Sevan Martuni, Armenia July 10-20		Arman Pashikian won with 6.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

World Open Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 2-6		Four way tie for 1st place included Najer, Neji, Ftacnik, and Moiseenko. (209 games, 104 players, 1 discussion page.)

Sparkassen Chess Meeting Dortmund, Germany Jun 28-Jul 6		Peter Leko wins this 8 player round-robin featuring Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Leko, Ivanchuk, Van Wely, Nepomniachtchi, Naiditsch, and Gustafsson. (28 games, 8 players, 52 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Karjakin-Short Rapid Match Kiev, Ukraine July 3-7		Sergey Karjakin beat Nigel Short 7.5 to 2.5 in a 10 game rapid match in Kiev. (10 games, 2 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Aerosvit 2008 Foros, Crimea June 7-20		Magnus Carlsen wins with 8/11, a full point ahead of 2nd place Ivanchuk. (66 games, 12 players, 53 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Karen Asrian Memorial Yerevan, Armenia Jun 8-15		Formerly "Yerevan Chess Giants", this rapid time control tournament featuring eight of the world's leading grandmasters. Levon Aronian wins with 8.5/14. (56 games, 8 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Bosnia Sarajevo Tournament Sarajevo, Bosnia May 23-Jun 2		Morozevich dominated the field and finished with 7.5/10. (30 games, 6 players, 9 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Bosnia Sarajevo Tournament (Group B) Sarajevo, Bosnia May 23-Jun 2		Dalibor Stojanovic wins the B-group with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Bazna King's Tournament Bazna, Romania May 24-Jun 4		Nigel Short clinches first place with a round to spare. (55 games, 11 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Magistral Ciudad de Leon Leon, Spain May 29-Jun 2		Ivanchuk beats Anand, Vallejo Pons, and Shirov. (14 games, 4 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Carlsen-Leko Rapid Match Miskolc, Hungary May 28-Jun 1		Carlsen wins the match 5-3. (8 games, 2 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup Odessa, Ukraine May 30-Jun 2		Pavel Tregubov wins on tiebreaks over Yuri Drozdovskij, Boris Gelfand and Ruslan Ponomariov, all with 9/14. (56 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Argentine Championship Mendoza, Argentina May 20-31		Ruben Felgaer beat Fernando Peralta and Diego Valerga on tiebreaks. (66 games, 12 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

US Championship Tulsa, Oklahoma May 13-21		Yury Shulman is the new American Chess Champion. (108 games, 24 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

US Women's Championship Tulsa, Oklahoma May 13-21		Anna Zatonskih beats Irina Krush in the tiebreaks to become the new American Women's Champion (45 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

M-Tel Masters Sofia, Bulgaria May 7-May 18		Ivanchuk wins with 8/10 after a bold start of 5 consecutive wins. (30 games, 6 players, 104 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Cez Chess Trophy Prague, Czech Republic May 14-18		Kramnik beats Navara 5.5 to 2.5 in a rapid match. (8 games, 2 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

President's Cup Baku, Azerbaijan May 11-21		A large swiss tournament dedicated to the memory of Haydar Aliyev. Evgeniy Najer takes clear first with 7.5/9. (213 games, 114 players, 1 discussion page.)

Sigeman & Co Tournament Malmo, Sweden Apr 22-30		Tiger Hillarp Persson wins with 7.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Baku Grand Prix Azerbaijan Apr 20-May 6		Vugar Gashimov, Wang Yue and Magnus Carlsen shared first place on 8/11. (91 games, 14 players, 141 discussion pages, crosstable.)

European Individual Championship Plovdiv, Bulgaria Apr 20-May 3		Sergei Tiviakov wins with 8.5/11. (1,743 games, 323 players, 8 discussion pages.)

European Individual Championship (Women) Plovdiv, Bulgaria Apr 20-May 3		Kateryna Lahno won the women's event on 8.5/11. (850 games, 157 players, 1 discussion page.)

Japfa Match Jakarta, Indonesia Apr 15-20		Wesley So defeats Susanto Megaranto in a 6 game match. (6 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Japfa WGM Tournament Jakarta, Indonesia Apr 15-20		Li Ruofan won the this round robin featuring 6 of the world's strongest females. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dos Hermanas XIV Spain Apr 18-20		Topalov won the final beating Francisco Vallejo Pons. (12 games, 4 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Team Championship Dagomys, Sochi Apr 1-14		Ural-Ekaterininburg (Radjabov, Shirov, Kamsky, Grischuk, Malakhov, Akopian, Dreev, Motylev) wins with 37.5 points. (396 games, 95 players, 27 discussion pages.)

Gausdal Chess Classic Norway Apr 8-16		Kaidanov wins with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dubai Open Dubai, UAE Apr 6-15		Prodigy Wesley So won the cup with 7/9 points. (249 games, 100 players, 1 discussion page.)

Ruy Lopez Chess Festival Mérdia, Spain Apr 4-13		Michael Adams wins with 5.5/7. (28 games, 8 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Dutch Championships Hilversum, NL Apr 2-13		Jan Smeets is the new Dutch Champion, by defeating Stellwagen in the last round and finishing with 7.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Heviz Tournament Hungary Mar 18-28		Balogh, Naiditsch, Nisipeanu, and Almasi tied with 5.5/10, and Csaba Balogh wins first place on a tiebreak. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page.)

Foxwoods Open Connecticut, USA Mar 19-22		Yury Shulman defeats Alexander Ivanov in an Armageddon playoff for the title. (140 games, 86 players, 1 discussion page.)

Amber Tournament (Rapid) Nice, France Mar 14-28		Aronian wins handily with 8/11, a point and a half against 2nd place Ivanchuk. (66 games, 12 players, 77 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Amber Tournament (Blindfold) Nice, France Mar 14-28		Four way tie for first, including Kramnik, Topalov, Aronian, and Morozevich. (66 games, 12 players, 52 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Under-20 Championship St. Petersburg, Russia Mar 8-18		Sanan Sjugirov and Nikolai Chadaev tie at 8/11 and are now qualified in the World Under 20 Championship. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Isbank Ataturk Women Masters Mar 10-21 Istanbul, Turkey		Yifan Hou wins by a full point. (45 games, 10 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Reykjavic Open Mar 3-11 Reykjavic, Iceland		A three-way tie for first place among Wang Hao, Hannes Stefansson, and Wang Yue, all with 7/9. Rounds 1-5 uploaded now; more to come. (364 games, 91 players, 1 discussion page.)

Morelia-Linares Morelia, Mexico Linares, Spain Feb 15-Mar 7		World Champion Viswanathan Anand wins with 8.5/14. (56 games, 8 players, 203 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Aeroflot Open Moscow Feb 14-22		Ian Nepomniachtchi takes clear first place with 7/9. (296 games, 76 players, 10 discussion pages.)

Moscow Open Moscow, Russia Feb 2-10		Timofeev took sole first place. (159 games, 125 players, 12 discussion pages.)

Croatian Championship Split, Croatia Jan 16-29		Hrvoje Stevic won the event with 8/12. (78 games, 13 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Gibtelecom Chess Festival Gibraltar Jan 22-31		Nakamura defeats Bu Xiangzhi in the tiebreaks to take first place. (935 games, 215 players, 7 discussion pages.)

Corus 2008 Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Jan 11-27		A category 20 tournament featuring 14 of the strongest players in the world. Aronian and Carlsen tie for first with 8/13. (91 games, 14 players, 307 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Group B Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Jan 11-27		Movsesian wins with 9.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 15 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Group C Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Jan 11-27		Fabiano Caruana wins with 10/13. (91 games, 14 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Honorary Group Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Jan 18-27		Four legendary players compete: Korchnoi, Timman, Ljubojevic, and Portisch. Ljubojevic wins with 4/6. (12 games, 4 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

New Zealand Championship Auckland, NZ Jan 15-23		Murray Chandler wins with 9/11. (121 games, 22 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Armenian Championship Yerevan, Armenia Jan 7-21		Karen Asrian beats out Minasian Artashes (both with 8/13) on Sonneborn-Berger tiebreaks. (57 games, 13 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

83rd Hastings Chess Congress Hastings, England Dec 28-Jan 6		Malakhatko and Mamedov tied for first with 7.5/10. (499 games, 103 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Torneo di Capodanno Reggio Emilia, Italy Dec 29-Jan 6		Zoltan Almasi cleared first place by a half-point, finishing with 6/10. (40 games, 10 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Championship Superfinals Moscow, Russia Dec 18-30		Morozevich is the new Russian Champion. (66 games, 12 players, 46 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Championship Superfinals (Women) Moscow, Russia Dec 18-30		Tatiana Kosintseva beat out Ovod, Korbut, and Tairova on tiebreaks. (66 games, 12 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Pamplona International Pamplona, Spain Dec 21-29		Francisco Vallejo-Pons beats out 7 other grandmasters in Spain. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

World Chess Cup Khanty-Mansiysk Nov 24-Dec 18		A seven round knockout event featuring 128 of the strongest players in the world. Kamsky defeated Shirov in the finals to claim the cup. (377 games, 128 players, 206 discussion pages.)

World Blitz Cup Moscow, Russia Nov 19-20		Ivanchuk wins with 25.5/38, beating second place Anand by a full point. (380 games, 20 players, 10 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tal Memorial Moscow, Russia Nov 9-19		Kramnik secures his victory with a round to spare, finishing with 6.5/9 points. (45 games, 10 players, 50 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Femida Super Tournament Oct 30 Kharkov, Ukraine		14 year old IM Sanan Sjugirov won this rapid event with 8/11, leading by an entire point. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Liga de Campeones Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain Nov 1-15		Topalov wins by a whopping 1.5 point margin at 7/10. (30 games, 6 players, 15 discussion pages, crosstable.)

USSR vs Yugoslavia Match Moscow, Russia Nov 8-10		The USSR team (Korchnoi, Taimanov, Zaitsev, et al) defeated their old Yugoslavian rivals. (19 games, 20 players, 2 discussion pages.)

European Team Chess Championships Tournament Crete, Greece Oct 27-Nov 7		Russia wins. (677 games, 191 players, 31 discussion pages.)

European Team Chess Championships Tournament (Women) Crete, Greece Oct 27-Nov 7		Russia wins. (504 games, 141 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Corsica Masters Bastia, Corsica Oct 28-30		Nakamura beats Kasimdzhanov in the finals to win this annual rapid chess (10 min + 3s/move) knockout. (45 games, 19 players, 1 discussion page.)

Ivanchuk - Leko Rapid Tournament Mukachevo, Ukraine Oct 26-28		Ivanchuk wins the match in the tiebreaks. (14 games, 2 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Calvia Chess Festival: CECLUB Finals Calvia, Mallorca (Spain) Oct 6-24		Linex Magic (Shirov, Adams, Sublevsky, Sargissian, Cheparinov, Perez-Candelario) claims the Spanish CECLUB title. (23 games, 25 players, 1 discussion page.)

Casino de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Oct 18-26		Hikaru Nakamura wins with 7/9, a clear point ahead of Dominguez-Perez. (45 games, 10 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup Bilbao, Spain Oct 16-20		Bu Xiangzhi defeats Topalov, Carlsen, Polgar, Karjakin, and Harikrishna, with his eyes closed! (30 games, 6 players, 7 discussion pages.)

11th Essent Chess Tournament Hoogeveen, NL Oct 12-20		Mamedyarov won the event on 4.5/6. (12 games, 4 players, 8 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Essent Open Hoogeveen, NL Oct 12-20		Eltaj Safarli wins with 7/9. (337 games, 77 players, 1 discussion page.)

World Junior Championship Yerevan, Armenia Oct 2-17		Ahmed Adly wins with 10/13. (387 games, 78 players, 6 discussion pages.)

World Junior Championship (Girls) Yerevan, Armenia Oct 2-17		Vera Nebolsina wins with 10/13. (258 games, 55 players, 1 discussion page.)

European Club Cup Kemer-Antalya, Turkey Oct 2-10		Linux Magic won the cup. (1,169 games, 391 players, 12 discussion pages.)

European Club Cup (Women) Kemer-Antalya, Turkey Oct 2-10		Cercle d'Echecs wins the women's cup. (252 games, 84 players, 1 discussion page.)

FIDE World Championship Tournament Mexico City, Mexico Sep 12-30		Undefeated "Vishy" Anand finishes with 9/14 and claims the title of World Chess Champion. (56 games, 8 players, 477 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Monarch Assurance International Isle of Man Sep 22-30		Mateusz Bartel, Vitali Golod, Zahar Efimenko, Yuri Yakovich, Michael Roiz and Mikhail Kobalia all tied at 6.5/9. (385 games, 86 players, 1 discussion page.)

Clash of the Computer Titans Mexico City, Mexico Sep 20-27		Zappa defeats Rybka 5.5 to 4.5. We will post the remaining games shortly. (10 games, 2 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Asian Individual Championship Cebu City, Philippines Sep 18-30		Discuss forum now open. We will post more games as they become available. (345 games, 73 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Czech Coal Carlsbad Tournament Carlsbad, Czech Republic Sep 7-15		Movsesian edges out Ponomariov on tiebreaks (both finished 4.5/7). (27 games, 8 players, 11 discussion pages, crosstable.)

UK vs China Match Liverpool, England Sep 4-Sep 9		China beat the UK 28 to 20. (48 games, 16 players, 16 discussion pages.)

Russian Championship (Higher League) Sep 3-11 Krasnoyarsk, Russia		A massive 11-way tie for first place, but Nikita Vitiugov wins on tiebreak criteria. (358 games, 66 players, 1 discussion page.)

Bratto Festival Bratto, Italy Aug 23-31		Vladimir Burmakin beat out Miso Cebalo on tiebreaks (both with 7/9). (121 games, 79 players, 1 discussion page.)

Euwe Stimulans Arnhem, NL Aug 17-26		Amon Simutowe won the event with 7.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Russia vs China Match Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Aug 18-31		China won the match overall 52.5-47.5 coming back to win the men's half with three victories in the final round, and winning the women's event 27-23. (100 games, 20 players, 6 discussion pages.)

NH Chess Tournament Amsterdam, NL Aug 22-Sep 1		"Rising Stars" beat "Experience" 26.5-23.5 and Karjakin won with 7/10 and earned an invitation to next year's Amber tournament. (50 games, 10 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

IBCA European Individual Championship Durham, UK Aug 13-24		Jaroslav Olsar wins with 8/9 points, a half point clear of Yuri Meshkov. (334 games, 76 players, 1 discussion page.)

Chess Classic Mainz Mainz, Germany Aug 13-19		Anand defeated Aronian in the final. However, Aronian defeated Anand to become the victor of the Chess960 event. (4 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Ordix Open Mainz, Germany Aug 13-19		David Navara beat out Mchedlishvili and Sasikiran on tiebreaks, all with 9.5/11. (114 games, 83 players, 1 discussion page.)

French Championships Aix-les-Bains, France Aug 13-25		Vachier-Lagrave beats Tkachiev in the blitz tiebreaks for the title. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Staunton Memorial London, England Aug 7-18		Michael Adams wins the tournament by a full point. (66 games, 12 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Arctic Chess Challenge Tromsø, Norway Aug 4-12		Moiseenko wins with 7.5/9. You can see his games here. (401 games, 101 players, 1 discussion page.)

British Championships Great Yarmouth, England Jul 29-Aug 11		The 94th Championships of The British Isles Organised by the English Chess Federation was won by Jacob Aagaard. (374 games, 69 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Folkschack Festival Täby, Sweden Aug 4-11		Li Chao wins with a stunning 8.5/9 points. (229 games, 154 players, 1 discussion page.)

5th György Marx Memorial Paks, Hungary Aug 4-15		Peter Acs edged out Pentala Harikrishna (both with 6/10) on tiebreak criteria. (30 games, 6 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament Vlissingen, NL		Four way tie between FM Migchiel De Jong, IM Fabiano Caruana, IM Ralf Appel, and GM Sergei Tiviakov. (327 games, 177 players, 4 discussion pages.)

Biel Chess Festival Biel, Switzerland July 21-Aug 3		Carlsen and Onischuk tied for 1st place with 5.5/9, but Carlsen wins the top honors by beating Onischuk in the blitz tiebreakers. (45 games, 10 players, 48 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Politiken Cup Copenhagen, Denmark July 21-29		Five way tie for 1st among Emanuel Berg, Krasenkow, Sargissian, DeFirmian, and Malakhov. (538 games, 223 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Banja Luka Tournament Bosnia and Herzegovina July 22-30		Ilincic and Korchnoi tied for 1st with 6.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

North Urals Cup Krasnoturinsk, Russia July 22-31		10 of the strongest women compete in Krasnoturinsk. Zhu Chen and Zhao Xue tie for 1st place with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Monroi International Women's Grand-Prix Montreal, Canada July 21-28		This 8 player round robin features some of the strongest female players in the world. Pia Cramling wins with 5/7. (28 games, 8 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Frank K. Berry US Women's Championship Stillwater, Oklahoma July 16-20		Irina Krush defeated Abrahamyan in round 9 to win the title, finishing with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Montreal International Tournament Montreal, Canada July 19-28		10 super GMs compete in Quebec for a $22,000 purse. Ivanchuk wins with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 15 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Canadian Open Ottawa, Canada July 7-15		Bu Xiangzhi placed first with 8/10. (355 games, 158 players, 4 discussion pages.)

Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup Odessa, Ukraine July 4-6		Ivanchuk wins with 7/9 points. (45 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Ciudad de León León, Spain July 6-9		Anand beats Topalov, Ponomariov and Kasimdzhanov to win the annual speed-chess battle in Spain. (12 games, 4 players, 17 discussion pages.)

World Open King of Prussia, Pennsylvania Jun 30-Jul 4		Varuzhan Akobian won after beating Stripunsky in the Armageddon tiebreak game. (262 games, 106 players, 15 discussion pages.)

15th World Computer Chess Championship Amsterdam, NL June 11-18		Rybka won with 10/11. (63 games, 12 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Sparkassen Chess Meeting Dortmund, Germany Jun 23-Jul 1		Kramnik wins with 5/7, a full point ahead of the rest. (28 games, 8 players, 62 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Bazna "Turnuel Regilor" Bazna, Romania Jun 15-27		Khalifman wins the "King's Tournament" with 7/10. (55 games, 11 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Dutch Championship Hilversum, Holland Jun 16-28		Sergei Tiviakov wins the two game playoff against Daniel Stellwagen to take the title. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dutch Women's Championship Hilversum, Holland Jun 16-28		Zhaoqin Peng took the title with an astounding 8/9. (45 games, 10 players, no discussion, crosstable.)

Aerosvit Tournament 2007 Foros, Ukraine Jun 17-30		"Chucky" wins with 7.5/11. (65 games, 12 players, 34 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Gorenje Tournament Valjevo, Serbia June 13-21		Roiz wins after edging out Atalik on the tie-breaks. (45 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

National Open Las Vegas, NV Jun 7-11		Hikaru Nakamura took clear first place with 5.5/6. Click here to see Nakamura's games. (127 games, 80 players, 1 discussion page.)

Candidates Match: Grischuk vs Rublevsky		Grischuck wins by scoring 2 to 0.5 in the tiebreaks. (9 games, 2 players, 30 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Aronian vs Shirov		Aronian wins 3.5 to 2.5. (6 games, 2 players, 43 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Gelfand vs Kamsky		Gelfand wins the match 3.5 to 1.5. (5 games, 2 players, 33 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Bareev vs Leko		Leko wins the match 3.5 to 1.5. (5 games, 2 players, 14 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Aronian-Carlsen		Aronian wins the tiebreaks 4-2 after a double victory in the blitz phase. (12 games, 2 players, 88 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Shirov-Adams		Shirov wins the tiebreaks 2.5 to 0.5. (9 games, 2 players, 22 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Gelfand-Kasimdzhanov		Gelfand wins the tiebreaks 2.5 to 0.5. (9 games, 2 players, 12 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Polgar-Bareev		Bareev beats Polgar 3.5 to 2.5. (6 games, 2 players, 35 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Ponomariov-Rublevsky		Rublevsky wins 3.5 to 2.5. (6 games, 2 players, 12 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Grischuk-Malakhov		Grischuk wins the match 3.5 to 1.5. (5 games, 2 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Bacrot-Kamsky		Kamsky wins the match 3.5 to 0.5. (4 games, 2 players, 13 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Candidates Match: Leko-Gurevich		Leko wins the match 3.5 to 0.5. (4 games, 2 players, 10 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Deep Fritz vs Deep Junior Match Elista, Kalmykia Jun 6-8		Deep Junior defeats Deep Fritz with a final score of 3.5 to 1.5. (6 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

42nd Capablanca Memorial Havana, Cuba May 17-29		Ivanchuk wins by two full points, finishing with 7.5/9. (44 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

1st Women's World Team Championship Ekaterinburg, Russia May 19-30		With an emphatic 8 wins, 1 draw and no losses, China took the 15 kilogram golden trophy in the first-ever World Women's Team Chess Championship; Russia and Ukraine came in second and third respectively. (180 games, 52 players, 7 discussion pages.)

37th Bosna Sarajevo Tournament Sarajevo May 18-28		Movsesian wins with 6.5/10, a full point ahead of the pack. Finishing +3 -0 =7, he was the only undefeated contestant. (30 games, 6 players, 21 discussion pages, crosstable.)

World Youth Stars Tournament Kirishi, Russia May 14-28		Ian Nepomniachtchi beat Mamedov, Negi, and Andriasian on tiebreaks (all finished 7/11). (66 games, 12 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

US Championships Stillwater, Oklahoma May 15-23		Shabalov wins with 7/9 points to become, once again, the U.S. Champion. (162 games, 36 players, 17 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Mtel Masters Sofia, Bulgaria May 9-20		In the final round, Topalov defeated Sasikiran to take first place alone with 5.5/10. (30 games, 6 players, 154 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Team Championship Sochi, Russia May 1-12		Tomsk-400 wins with a perfect 9/9 score. (Team includes Morozevich, Jakovenko, Karjakin, and Kasimdzhanov.) (267 games, 80 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Baku Chess Festival Baku, Azerbaijan Apr 30-May 12		Arkadi Naiditsch takes clear first place with 7.5/9. (241 games, 112 players, 1 discussion page.)

"Match of the Hopes" Porto-Vecchio, France May 18		Radjabov defeats Carlsen in the "Armageddon" tiebreak in this match of speed chess (15 minutes + 3 seconds/move). (5 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Kramnik-Aronian Rapid Match Yerevan, Armenia May 4-6		Aronian beats Kramnik 4-2 in this match of six rapid games (25+10s/move) in Armenia. (6 games, 2 players, 40 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Spassky-Portisch Match Heviz, Hungary Apr 13-15		Boris Spassky tied Lajos Portisch in a six game match. (6 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Leko vs Kramnik Rapid Match Miskolc, Hungary Apr 24-29		Kramnik wins 4.5 to 3.5. (8 games, 2 players, 21 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Gausdal Chess Classics Gausdal, Norway Apr 18-26		Magnus Carlsen wins by a full point and a half. (45 games, 10 players, 12 discussion pages, crosstable.)

15th Sigeman & Co Tournament Malmo, Sweden Apr 18-26		Ivan Cheparinov wins by a full point and a half. (44 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Moscow Championship Moscow, Russia Apr 18-24		Vladimir Belov beat Boris Grachev in the tiebreaks to place first. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

8th European Individual Championships Dresden, Germany Apr 2-16		Vladislav Tkachiev won the tiebreaks beating out Cheparinov, Jakovenko, and Sutovsky in the final. (2,157 games, 400 players, 16 discussion pages.)

8th European Individual Championships (Women) Dresden, Germany Apr 2-16		Tatiana Kosintseva is the new European Women's Champion. (813 games, 150 players, 4 discussion pages.)

Villa de Canada de Calatrava Spain Apr 6-8		Shirov wins this rapid event (G/25) on tiebreaks, beating out Daniel Fridman, Ivan Sokolov and Boris Gelfand all of whom finished with 7.5/9. (84 games, 63 players, 1 discussion page.)

Foxwoods Open Connecticut, USA Apr 4-8		Gata Kamsky is the winner on speed playoff, beating out Izoria, Ibragimov and Stripunsky (all finished with 7/9). (186 games, 106 players, 1 discussion page.)

Danish Championship Aalborg, Denmark Mar 31-Apr 8		Defending champion Sune Berg Hansen wins the event. (84 games, 24 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Bangladesh Championship Dhaka, Bangladesh Apr 2-Apr 15		Al-Rakib Abdulla with a convining result of 11/13, with only two draws. (91 games, 14 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

16th Amber Tournament (Blindfold) Monte Carlo, Monaco Mar 17-29		Kramnik wins the overall prize, mostly due to his stunning 9/11 score in the blindfold event. (66 games, 12 players, 86 discussion pages, crosstable.)

16th Amber Tournament (Rapid) Monte Carlo, Monaco Mar 17-29		The rapid event of the Amber tournament was won by Viswanathan Anand with 8.5/11, a full two points ahead of the pack. (66 games, 12 players, 92 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Ruy Lopez Festival Zafra, Spain Mar 16-25		Gabriel Sargissian dominated the event, finishing with 6.5/7, a point-and-a-half above the rest. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

8th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament Russia Mar 15-23		Dmitry Jakovenko wins the event by a clear point. (44 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Cappelle la Grande France Mar 3-10		Over 600 players, including 87 GMs and 81 IMs. Wang Yue beat out Miroshnichenko, Gashimov, Arutinian, Drozdovskij, and Yemelin on tiebreaks (all scoring 7/9). (244 games, 157 players, 1 discussion page.)

Linares-Morelia Linares, Spain Morelia, Mexico Feb 16-March 11		Vishy wins with 8.5/14 points. (56 games, 8 players, 287 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Moscow Open Russia Jan 27-Feb 4		Najer and Yemelin shared first place with 7.5/9 from a field of 250 players. (534 games, 228 players, 1 discussion page.)

6th Aeroflot Festival Moscow, Russia Feb 13-Feb 23		Evgeny Alekseev beats some of the world's strongest GMs to take clear first place. (389 games, 88 players, 16 discussion pages.)

5th Gibraltar Chess Festival Jan 23-Feb 1 Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar		Vladimir Akopian emerges with 7.5/9 from a field of 176 players. (752 games, 192 players, 21 discussion pages.)

Corus Tournament Wijk Aan Zee, NL Jan 12-28		Topalov, Radjabov, and Aronian all finish with 8.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 367 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Group B Wijk Aan Zee, NL Jan 12-28		Pavel Eljanov wins with 9/13. (91 games, 14 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Group C Wijk Aan Zee, NL Jan 12-28		Krasenkow wins with 10.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Armenian Championsip Yerevan, Armenia Jan 16-26		After 6 rounds, Karen Asrian won the event by beating Tigran Kotanjian 2-0 in the playoffs. (68 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Rilton Cup Sweden Dec 27-Jan 5		Robert Fontaine took clear first with 7.5/9. David Howell earned his 3rd GM norm. (228 games, 101 players, 1 discussion page.)

Reggio Emilia Italy Dec 30-Jan 7		Viorel Iordachescu wins with 7/9 points. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

ACP Rapid Tournament Odessa, Ukraine Jan 5-8		Leko beats Ivanchuk in the final. (41 games, 16 players, 24 discussion pages.)

Hastings Chess Congress 2006/2007 England Dec 28-Jan 7		Gagunashvili and Neverov tie with 7/9. (432 games, 100 players, 1 discussion page.)

16th International Computer Chess Championship Paderborn, Germany Dec 27-30		Rybka bested 9 other chess computers with a score of 6.5/7. (28 games, 10 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Ciudad de Pamplona Pamplona, Spain Dec 22-29		Morozevich wins with a stunning 6/7. (28 games, 8 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Lahno vs Negi Match New Delhi, India Dec 17-25		Kateryna Lahno defeated Parimarjan Negi in an 18 game match dubbed "The Amity Grandmasters Challenge". (18 games, 2 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

University of Texas GM Invitational Dalls, TX Dec 5-13		Yury Shulman and Drasko Boskovic tie with 7.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Russian Championship Superfinals Dec 3-15 Moscow		Evgeny Alekseev defeated Jakovenko in the rapid tiebreaks to become the 2006 Russian champion. (66 games, 12 players, 8 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Blind Chess World Duel Bilbao, Spain Dec 7-9		Veselin Topalov defeated Judit Polgar in a six game match of blindfold chess with a score of 3.5 to 2.5. (6 games, 2 players, 7 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Remco Heite Chess Tournament Nov 24-26 Wolvega, NL		Loek Van Wely blows away the competition with four wins and one draw. (15 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Capablanca Memorial Nov 19-30 Havana, Cuba		Ivanchuk wins with 6.5/10. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Kramnik vs Deep Fritz Nov 25-Dec 5 Bonn, Germany		The World Champion tackled a popular commercial chess program in a 6 game match. The computer won, 4 to 2. (6 games, 2 players, 136 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Tal Memorial Moscow, Russia Nov 5-19		The main event is a ten player round-robin featuring Aronian, Svidler, Leko, Shirov, Gelfand, Mamedyarov, Carlsen, Morozevich, Grischuk and Ponomariov. Leko, Ponomariov, and Aronian all finish on 5.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 134 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Spanish Team Championship Olite, Spain Sep 13-Nov 4		Team "Linex Magic" (Ponomariov, Shirov, etc.) wins. (142 games, 65 players, 1 discussion page.)

Corsica Masters Bastia, France Nov 5		Kasimdzhanov beat Anand in the finals to win the knockout event. (38 games, 16 players, 1 discussion page.)

Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona-Casino Spain Oct 19-27		Lenier Dominguez-Perez won with an outstanding 8/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Essent Chess Tournament Netherlands Oct 22-28		Judit Polgar was edged-out by Mamedyarov on tiebreakers; both finished with 4.5/6 points. (12 games, 4 players, 98 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Cap D'Agde Oct 26-Nov 2		16 players compete for 16,000 euros. Teimour Radjabov won the final against Sergey Karjakin. (75 games, 16 players, 40 discussion pages.)

Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match Elista, Russia Sep 21-Oct 13		Kramnik wins the tiebreaks to become the unified World Chess Champion. (16 games, 2 players, 1,160 discussion pages, crosstable.)

World Junior Championship Yerevan, Armenia Oct 2-17		Zaven Andriasian is the world U20 champion. (383 games, 78 players, 1 discussion page.)

World Junior Championship (Girls)		Yang Shen is the new U20 female champion. (254 games, 56 players, 1 discussion page.)

European Club Cup Feugen, Austria October 8-14		Team Tomsk-400 won the men's event. Also see women's section. (1,067 games, 414 players, 6 discussion pages.)

European Club Cup (Women)		Team Yerevan wins the women's event. (119 games, 51 players, 1 discussion page.)

Norwegian Championship Playoff Oslo, Norway Sep 19-20		Magnus Carlsen has become the 2006 Norwegian champion after defeating Agdestein in the playoff match. (4 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

7th Lausanne Young Masters Tournament Lausanne, Switzerland Sep 13-18		Eight of the strongest young players in the world compete. Vachier-Lagrave takes top honors. (44 games, 8 players, 2 discussion pages.)

European Individual Championships Sep 6-15 Liverpool, England		Nigel Short took clear first place with 7.5/10. (408 games, 84 players, 6 discussion pages.)

59th Russian Championship Tournament Sep 3-11 Tomsk, Russia		Ernesto Inarkiev is the 2006 Russian Champion with 6.5/9. (261 games, 58 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

World Blitz Championship Tournament Sep 7 Rishon Le Zion, Israel		Alexander Grischuk defeated Svidler in the playoff to win the title. Not all games are available, sorry. (119 games, 16 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Hereford International Hereford, England Aug 29-Sep 3		Daniel Gormally wins with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Leko-Karpov Match Miskolc, Hungary Aug 29-Sep 3		Leko wins the match 4.5 to 3.5. (8 games, 2 players, 5 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Belzberg Invitational Canadian Closed Aug 18-27 Toronto, Ontario		Igor Zugic won the event with 7/9. (134 games, 58 players, 1 discussion page.)

NH Chess "Youth vs Experience" Amsterdam, NL Aug 19-29		Five old-timers (team "Experience") tackled five youth (team "Rising Stars") in Amsterdam. The "Rising Stars" beat the old guard, 28-22. (50 games, 10 players, 25 discussion pages.)

French Championships Besancon, France Aug 14-26		Tkachiev defeated Fressinet in a rapid play off for the title. (68 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Lichthof Chess Champions Zurich, Switzerland Aug 22		Kasparov, Karpov, Korchnoi and Judit Polgar participated in this blitz chess tournament. Kasparov and Karpov tie with 4.5/6. (12 games, 4 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament London, UK		Sokolov wins the strongest lineup ever for this prestigious event with 9/11. (66 games, 12 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Chess Classic Mainz Mainz, Germany Aug 17-20		Anand beats Radjabov in the annual rapid match 5 to 3. (8 games, 2 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

British Championship Swansea, Wales Aug 6-19		Rowson beats Parker in the final round to win the title. (341 games, 63 players, 13 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Montreal Empresa International Montreal, Canada Aug 8-16		Pavel Eljanov wins the "A" group with 6.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Acropolis Tournament Athens, Greece Aug 13-21		We will post more games as they become available. (284 games, 68 players, no discussion.)

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting Dortmund, Germany Jul 29-Aug 6		Svidler and Kramnik tie for first place with 4.5/7 points. (28 games, 8 players, 51 discussion pages, crosstable.)

4th Marx György Memorial Paks, Hungary Jul 28-Aug 7		Pentela Harikrishna is in the lead by a solid point, with 5.5/8. (29 games, 6 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Biel Int'l Festival Biel, Switzerland Jul 22-Aug 4		Morozevich wins with 7.5/10. (29 games, 6 players, 20 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Biel Int'l Festival (Ladies) Biel, Switzerland Jul 22-Aug 4		Cramling wins with 7/10. (30 games, 6 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Politiken Cup Copenhagen July 22-30		Three way tie among Nigel Short, Vadim Malakhatko, Jonny Hector. Hundreds of games have been uploaded; more to come soon. (396 games, 194 players, 2 discussion pages.)

North Urals Cup Krasnoturyinsk, Russia Jul 22-Aug 1		Kateryna Lahno won the event by a whole point with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Swedish Championship Gothenburg, Sweden Jul 1-14		Hellsten wins with an impressive +8 -0 =4. Hermansson withdrew due to illness. (81 games, 14 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Swiss Championship Lenzerheide, Switzerland Jul 13-21		Florian Jenni is the new Swiss champion, beating Korchnoi and others with 7/9 points. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Amsterdam Tournament Amsterdam, NL Jul 15-23		Tiviakov, Erenburg, and Nijboer tied for first place with 7/9. (371 games, 86 players, 1 discussion page.)

National Open Las Vegas, Nevada Jun 15-19		Wojtkiewicz took first place on tiebreaks ahead of Varuzhan Akobian, Nikola Mitkov, Merab Gagunashvili and Lubomir Ftacnik all of whom finished on 5/9. (116 games, 76 players, 1 discussion page.)

10th Petr Izmailov Memorial Jul 11-16 Tomsk, Russia		Karjakin beat the strong GM field in this rapid tournament. (22 games, 6 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Norwegian Championship Jul 8-15 Moss, Norway		Carlsen blows the last round, which sets up a playoff between Carlsen and Agdestein for the 2nd year in a row. (99 games, 22 players, 9 discussion pages, crosstable.)

34th World Open Philadelphia Jun 28-Jul 4		Kamsky wins in blitz tiebreaks against Milov. (361 games, 205 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Midnight Sun Chess Challenge Tromso, Norway Jun 24-Jul 2		Sergei Shipov wins with 7.5/9. (222 games, 62 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Dutch Championship Hilversum, NL Jun 16-Jul 2		Tiviakov wins with 9/11 points, a point and a half above 2nd place Sokolov. (66 games, 12 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Aerosvit GM Tournament Foros, Ukraine Jun 16-29		Sergei Rublevsky wins the event with 7.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 26 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Hockenheim Willingen GM Tournament Hockenheim & Willingen, Germany		Rainer Buhmann wins with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

XIX Ciudad de Leon Leon, Spain Jun 9-11		Rapid chess knockout featuring Anand, Bruzon, Topalov, Vallejo. Anand beats Topalov in the finals 2.5-1.5. (16 games, 4 players, 5 discussion pages.)

37th Chess Olympiad Turin, Italy May 20-Jun 4		Armenia wins the gold medal; China wins silver; and the United States wins the bronze. (3,644 games, 936 players, 176 discussion pages.)

37th Chess Olympiad: Women Turin, Italy May 20-Jun 4		Ukraine takes the gold; Russia takes the silver; China, bronze. (1,891 games, 402 players, 4 discussion pages.)

14th World Computer Chess Championship Turin, Italy May 25-Jun 1		Junior wins with 9/11 points. (93 games, 18 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Match de Légendes Porto-Vecchio, Corsica May 26		Boris Spassky defeated Anatoly Karpov in a two game rapid match, 15 minutes + 3 seconds per move. The audience included 300 children. (2 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Mtel Masters Sofia, Bulgaria May 10-21		Topalov wins with 6.5/10 followed by Kamsky with 6/10. (30 games, 6 players, 151 discussion pages, crosstable.)

4th "Young Stars of the World" Kirishi, Russia May 8-21		Ivan Popov wins with 8.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Bosna Sarajevo Tournament May 7-16		Malakhov, Nisipeanu and Carlsen tied with 5.5/10. (30 games, 6 players, 15 discussion pages, crosstable.)

6th International CSVN Computer Tournament Leiden, NL May 5-7		This all-computer tournament was dominated by Rybka with a chilling 8.5/9 score. (58 games, 14 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Sigeman & Co Tournament Malmöt, Sweden Apr 28-May 6		Jan Timman placed first with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

XIII Russian Club Championship Sochi, Russia Apr 19-May 1		The top four teams now qualify for the European Club Cup: Ural (Sverdlovsk), TPS (Saransk), Tomsk-400 (Tomsk), Termosteps (Sarama). Also see the women's section. (350 games, 93 players, 2 discussion pages.)

8th Dubai Open United Arab Emirates Apr 22-May 2		Three way tie for first place among Fedorchuk, Sargissian, and Petrosian (7/9 points each). (310 games, 112 players, 1 discussion page.)

Magnus Carlsen vs Loek Van Wely Apr 28-May 1 Schagen, NL		The four game match was tied, but Carlsen emerged victorious after the blitz tiebreakers. (8 games, 2 players, 13 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Spring North American FIDE Invitational Schaumburg, Illinois Apr 18-22		Gilberto Hernandez wins with 8/9. (135 games, 30 players, no discussion, crosstable.)

Danish Championship Aalborg, Denmark Apr 8-17		Sune Berg Hansen is the 2006 Danish Champion with 6.5/9. Also see the Gladiator Games, which are 25+10s/move and 10+5s/move tiebreakers. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

43rd Indian Championship Visakhapatnam, India Apr 3-17		Surya Shekhar Ganguly is the new Indian champion. The new women's champion is Ghate Swathi. (199 games, 21 players, 6 discussion pages.)

7th European Individual Championship Kusadasi, Turkey Apr 4-17		Zdenko Kozul is the new European Champion. (745 games, 138 players, 6 discussion pages.)

7th European Individual Women's Championship Kusadasi, Turkey Apr 4-17		Ekaterina Atalik is the new European Women's Champion. (520 games, 97 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Topalov vs Nisipeanu Bucharest, Romania Apr 6-9		Topalov wins 3 to 1. (4 games, 2 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Bangladesh Championship Dhaka, Bangladesh Mar 10-23		Enamul Hossain dominated the field with an incredible 12/13 performance. (91 games, 14 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

2006 Amber Tournament Monte Carlo Mar 18-Mar 30		Morozevich dominated the blindfold section with 9.5/11, while Anand won the rapid section with 8/11. Both players tied for best overall standing. Also see the rapid games. (66 games, 12 players, 11 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Trophee Universitaire La Roche sur Yon, France Mar 15-24		Krishnan Sasikiran scored clear first with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Poikovsky VII Poikovsky, Siberia Mar 18-28		Shirov wins with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 6 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Turkish Championship Istanbul, Turkey Mar 11-23		Mikhail Gurevich became the Turkish Champion on his first attempt. (91 games, 14 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

66th Armenian Championship Yerevan, Armenia Mar 16-25		Artashes Minasian won by a full point with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

FIDE Women's World Championship Ekaterinburg, Russia Mar 10-27		Yuhua Xu defeated Galliamova to become the 2006 Women's World Chess Champion. (181 games, 63 players, 30 discussion pages.)

22nd Reykjavik Open Reykjavik, Iceland Mar 6-14		Five players score 7/9, but the tiebreak system placed Gabriel Sargissian as the winner, ahead of Adly Ahmed, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Pentala Harikrishna and Igor Nataf. (229 games, 87 players, 1 discussion page.)

US Championship San Diego Mar 2-12		Alexander Onischuk is the new US Champion after defeating Shulman in the finals. Anna Zatonskih is the new US Women's Champion. (288 games, 64 players, 20 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Linares 2006 Morelia, Mexico & Linares, Spain Feb 18-Mar 12		Levon Aronian wins with 8.5/14 after defeating Peter Leko in the final round. (56 games, 8 players, 120 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Hungarian Championship Szekesfehervar, Hungary Mar 1-9		Zoltan Almasi took the title by beating Adam Horvath in the final round. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Polish Championship Krakow, Poland Feb 25-Mar 9		Mateusz Bartel wins by a wide margin with 8.5/12. (78 games, 13 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

22nd Cappelle la Grande France Feb 18-25		Moiseenko takes 1st place with 7.5/9. (518 games, 282 players, 1 discussion page.)

Aeroflot Open Moscow Feb 8-17		Baadur Jobava beats out Bologan, Sasikiran, and Mamedyarov on tiebreaks, all scoring 6.5/9. (259 games, 90 players, 15 discussion pages.)

Queenstown Chess Classic Queenstown, New Zealand Jan 15-24		Murray Chandler wins first prize with 8.5/10. (250 games, 145 players, 1 discussion page.)

German Championship Osterburg, Germany Feb 2-12		Thomas Luther beat out Kunin and Yusupov on tiebreaks with 6.5/9. 46 players competed. (204 games, 46 players, 1 discussion page.)

Cuernavaca Young Masters Mexico Feb 1-11		Ponomariov and Vallejo Pons tied for first with 6.5/9. Ponomariov takes first on tiebreaks. (44 games, 10 players, 23 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Chess Tournament Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Jan 13-29		Topalov and Anand tied for first with 9/13. Motylev and Carlsen tied for first in group B with 9/13. Atalik dominated group C with 10.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 177 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Chess Tournament Group B Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Jan 13-29		Motylev and Carlsen finish with 9/13. (91 games, 14 players, 29 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Corus Chess Tournament Group C Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands Jan 13-29		Suat Atalik finishes on 10.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Gibtelecom Chess Festival Gibraltar Jan 24-Feb 2		Kiril Georgiev wins with 8.5/10. A special consultation game occurred to kick off the event. (529 games, 127 players, 8 discussion pages.)

Keres Memorial Rapid Tournament Tallinn, Estonia Jan 6-9		Three way tie between Ivanchuk, Karpov, and Kasimdzhanov. (43 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Rilton Cup Stockholm, Sweden Dec 27-Jan 5		Five players finished on 7/9, but Rozentalis won on tiebreaks. (223 games, 91 players, 1 discussion page.)

Hastings Chess Congress Hastings, England Dec 28-Jan 6		Neverov won the event with 8/10. (339 games, 98 players, 1 discussion page.)

Pamplona International Pamplona, Spain Dec 23-29		Ponomariov took clear first with 5/7. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Russian Championship Superfinal Moscow, Russia Dec 18-30		Rublevsky is the new Russian Champion. He was the only player to go undefeated, with 7.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 104 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Reggio Emilia International Italy Dec 29-Jan 6		Konstantin Landa wins by a clear point, with 7/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

XVIII Carlos Torre Memorial Mérida, Mexico Dec 15-23		Bruzon beats Krasenkow in the final after winning the third playoff game. (40 games, 16 players, 1 discussion page.)

FIDE World Chess Cup Khanty Mansyisk, Russia Nov 26-Dec 18		Aronian beats Ponomariov in the tiebreaks to win the 2005 World Cup. (471 games, 128 players, 115 discussion pages.)

2nd Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Man-Machine Bilbao, Spain Nov 19-23		Ponomariov, Kasimdzhanov, and Khalifman took on Junior, Fritz and Hydra. The machines won 8-4. (12 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Croatian Championships Vukovar, Croatia Nov 7-17		Krunoslav Hulak is the 2005 Croatian champion. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

World Junior Championship (Boys) Istanbul, Turkey Nov 9-22		Shakhriyar Mamedyarov regains the title with 10.5/13. (497 games, 92 players, 2 discussion pages.)

World Junior Championship (Girls) Istanbul, Turkey Nov 9-22		Elisabeth Paehtz wins with 10/13. (358 games, 67 players, 1 discussion page.)

Norwegian Championship Playoffs Nov 7-10 Oslo, Norway		Agdestein defeated Carlsen in the rapid playoffs to become 2005 Norwegian champion. (2 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

World Team Championship Oct 31-Nov 11 Beer Sheva, Israel		Russia emerges victorious after defeating China in the final round. (144 games, 54 players, 10 discussion pages.)

9th Essent Tournament Oct 21-30 Hoogeveen, NL		Pentala Harikrishna won the event with 4/6. (12 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Corsica Masters International Rapid Oct 30-Nov 3 Bastia, France		Vadim Milov defeated Vishy Anand 3-1 in the finals to win the top prize. (173 games, 86 players, 1 discussion page.)

Casino de Barcelona Masters Oct 24-28 Barcelona, Spain		Ivanchuk tied Moskalenko but placed first with tiebreaks. (15 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

5th Asian Individual Championship Hyderabad, India Oct 6-15		Zhong Zhang took clear first with 7.5/9. (328 games, 86 players, 1 discussion page.)

21st European Club Cup Saint-Vincent, Italy Sep 18-24		Tomsk-400 (Tkachiev, Inarkiev, Bologan, Jakovenko, Belozerov, Smirnov, and Aronian) won the gold medal. NTN Tbilisi won the women's event. (943 games, 328 players, 2 discussion pages.)

World Seniors Championship Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy Sep 27-Oct 10		Liuben Spassov wins with 8.5/11. (634 games, 141 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Karabakh International Stepanakert Oct 1-11		Levon Aronian won with 6/9. The winner of the B-group tournament was T L Petrosian. (42 games, 10 players, 4 discussion pages, crosstable.)

2005 FIDE World Chess Championship San Luis, Argentina Sep 27-Oct 16		Topalov is the new FIDE World Chess Champion with 10/14 points. (56 games, 8 players, 336 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Mario Covas Tournament São Paulo, Brazil Sep 26-Oct 1		Rafael Duailibe Leitao wins with 5.5/7 (21 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Dutch Rapid Open Vlaardingen, NL Oct 4		Arkadi Naiditsch wins by a full point and a half. (81 games, 34 players, 1 discussion page.)

58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals Kazan, Tatarstan Sep 2-12		Evgeny Bareev took first on tie-break from Alexander Khalifman, both qualifying for the next phase of the championship. (270 games, 65 players, 1 discussion page.)

80th Argentinean Championship Los Polvorines Sep 8-16		Diego Flores defeated Pablo Ricardi in the playoff. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Lausanne Young Masters Lausanne, Switzerland Sep 14-19		Eight of the strongest under-20 players in the world lock horns at the Casino de Montbenon. Volokitin defeats Nakamura 2-0 in the final. (31 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page.)

Dutch Championships Leeuwarden, NL Sep 5-16		Loek Van Wely won his 6th Dutch title. Zhaoqin Peng wins the women's section. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

74th Ukrainian Championship Rivne, Ukraine Aug 24-Sep 2		Alexander Areshchenko came out on top of this 32 player knockout tournament. (77 games, 32 players, 1 discussion page.)

French Championships Chartres, France Aug 15-27		Lautier is the new French Champion. Skripchenko won the women's event. (66 games, 12 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Staunton Memorial III London, England Aug 19-30		Jonathan Levitt beat Jon Speelman on tiebreaks, with 6/10 points. The brilliancy prize was awarded to Howell-Levitt which features a brilliant king-hunt. (30 games, 6 players, 3 discussion pages, crosstable.)

American Continental Championship Buenos Aires Aug 5-16		Lazaro Bruzon won with 8.5/11. (433 games, 132 players, 1 discussion page.)

Magistral Ciutat d'Igualada Igualada, Spain Aug 16-21		Luke McShane wins with 4/6 points. (12 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Smith & Williamson British Chess Championship Aug 1-13 Isle of Man		Jonathan Rowson is the 92nd British Chess Champion with an impressive 8.5/11 points. (253 games, 46 players, 1 discussion page.)

Anand-Grischuk Match Aug 11-14 Mainz, Germany		Anand beat Grischuk 5 to 3. (8 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Unzicker's 80th Birthday Aug 9-10 Mainz, Germany		As a preliminary event of Mainz, four chess legends gathered in Germany to celebrate Wolfgang Unzicker's 80th birthday. Karpov and Korchnoi came out on top with 3.5/6, Spassky had 3 points, and the guest of honor scored 2. (12 games, 4 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

15th European Team Championship Jul 30-Aug 8 Gothenburg, Sweden		The Netherlands wins the gold. Poland wins the women's event. (711 games, 195 players, 2 discussion pages.)

2005 Mercosur Cup Vicente Lopez, Argentina Jul 14-25		The 8th Republica Argentina Chess Masters tournament allowed the computer software Shredder to participate this year. The computer was the undisputed champ with 8.5/10. The top scoring human was Andres Rodriguez with 6/10. (55 games, 11 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

38th Biel Chess Festival Biel, Switzerland Jul 17-29		Gelfand and Volokitin tied for 1st place with 6/10. (30 games, 6 players, 9 discussion pages, crosstable.)

38th Biel Chess Festival (Women) Biel, Switzerland Jul 17-29		Almira Skripchenko was the winner of the Women's section, beating Vijayalakshmi on tiebreaks. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

2nd Amsterdam Chess Tournament Amsterdam, NL Jul 16-24		Pavel Eljanov emerges on top of a very strong field, winning by a half-point with 7/9. (241 games, 91 players, 1 discussion page.)

Swiss Championships Saas Almagell, Switzerland Jul 7-15		Joe Gallagher is the new Swiss Champion. Monika Seps is the new Swiss Women's Champion. (134 games, 87 players, 1 discussion page.)

17th Maccabiah Tournament Jerusalem Jul 10-20		Evgeny Najer wins the gold medal, tied with Ilya Smirin at 3.5/5. (15 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup Tiayuan, China Jul 8-20		Pentala Harikrishna wins by a clear point with 8.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

XVI Milan Vidmar Memorial Jul 9-17 Pororoz, Slovenia		Beliavsky came in clear first with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Canadian Open Edmonton, Alberta Jul 9-17		Five way tie for first place among Ivanchuk, Chowdhury, Shirov, Bluvshtein, and Bologan. We have only a few games at this time--more to come soon. (51 games, 48 players, 1 discussion page.)

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting Dortmund, Germany Jul 8-17		The local favorite, Naiditsch took clear first with 5.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 98 discussion pages, crosstable.)

USA vs Russia Distance Tournament St. Petersberg/New York Jul 10		Four Russian GMs (Khalifman, Sakaev, E. Alekseev, and Vitiugov) played four American GMs (S. Polgar, Onischuk, Gulko, and Stripunsky) in a long-distance chess match. The Russians won 6 to 2. (8 games, 8 players, 3 discussion pages.)

Norwegian Championships Sandnes, Norway Jul 2-9		Agdestein and Carlsen both finished with 7/9. (100 games, 23 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Efim Geller Memorial Odessa, Ukraine Jul 1-3		Ponomariov won the event wth 7.5/9, a clear point ahead of the field. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

6th European Individual Championship Warsaw, Poland June 17-July 3		Nisipeanu beats Beliavsky in the final round to take the title. (1,287 games, 229 players, 3 discussion pages.)

6th European Individual Women's Championship Chisinau, Moldova Jun 10-25		Kateryna Lahno won the event by scoring 9/12 and beating Nadezhda Kosintseva in the playoff match. (620 games, 156 players, 1 discussion page.)

Volokitin-Timman Leon, Spain June 24		Andrei Volokitin defeated Jan Timman 2.5-1.5 (4 games, 2 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Adams vs Hydra London, England Jun 21-27		The Hydra computer has won the match with an incredible score of 5.5 to 0.5. (6 games, 2 players, 22 discussion pages, crosstable.)

3rd Marx György Tournament Paks, Hungary Jun 12-22		Zoltan Almasi wins with 6.5/10. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Foxwoods Open Ledyard, CT Mar 23-27		Nakamura won with 7.5/9. (93 games, 76 players, 1 discussion page.)

Ciudad de Leon XVIII Leon, Spain Jun 9-13		Anand won the final by defeating Kasimdzhanov 2.5-1.5. (12 games, 4 players, 1 discussion page.)

Bosna XXXV International Tournament May 18-25		Bologan and Sokolov finished with 6.5/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Leko-Adams Rapid Match Miskolc, Hungary Jun 2-5		Match drawn at 4-4. (8 games, 2 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

69th Bulgarian Championship Pleven, Bulgaria May 23-Jun 3		Topalov's second, Ivan Cheparinov, wins the tournament with 9.5/13. (75 games, 14 players, 1 discussion page.)

HB Global Chess Challenge Minneapolis, USA May 18-22		Zviad Izoria wins the $50,000 top prize by scoring 7.5/9. (336 games, 184 players, 4 discussion pages.)

Mtel Masters Sofia, Bulgaria May 11-22		Topalov wins the tournament by a full point, with 6.5/10. You can see his games here. (30 games, 6 players, 133 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Capablanca Memorial Havana, Cuba May 5-19		Ivanchuk dominates the field with 9.5/12 points. (41 games, 7 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Armenian Championship Yerevan, Armenia Apr 29-May 12		Ashot Anastasian wins with 7.5/11. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Grand Prix d'Echecs de Bordeaux Apr 28-May 1 France		Karpov beat Hamdouchi in the final. (18 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page.)

13th Sigeman & Co. Tournament Apr 15-24 Malmo/Copenhagen		Jan Timman and Krishnan Sasikiran tied for first with 6.5 out of 9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

XIII Dos Hermanas International Apr 1-9		Teimour Radjabov won the event with 5.5 out of 9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

II Copa ENTEL Mar 15-22 Santiago, Chile		Johan Hellsten won the event with 10 out of 12. (78 games, 13 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

European Union Championship and Cork Chess Congress Mar 21-Apr 3		Zoltan Gyimesi from Hungary won the Championship with 8.5/10. (561 games, 128 players, 1 discussion page.)

14th Amber Tournament Mar 19-31 Monaco		Anand was clear winner in both the rapid and blindfold events. (66 games, 12 players, 37 discussion pages, crosstable.)

XI Anibal Open Feb 25-Mar 4 Spain		Ivan Cheparinov of Bulgaria won with 7/8. (175 games, 75 players, 1 discussion page.)

6th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament Feb 26-Mar 7 Poikovsky, Russia		Bacrot and Bologan finished with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares Feb 22-Mar 10 Spain		Topalov and Kasparov finish with 8/12 points; Kasparov wins on tiebreaks. (42 games, 7 players, 197 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Aeroflot Open Moscow, Russia Feb 15-23		Sutovsky wins on tiebreaks with 6.5/9. You can see his games here. (249 games, 94 players, 9 discussion pages.)

Czech Championship Feb 1-11		David Navara and Jiri Stocek finished 8/11; Navara won the title on the tiebreak. (66 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Bermuda International Jan 30-Feb 9		Harikrishna and Gelfand tied with 6/10. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Gibraltar Masters Jan 25-Feb 3		There was a five way tie for first among Aronian, Efimenko, Georgiev, Shirov and Sutovsky, all with 7.5/10. (436 games, 117 players, 1 discussion page.)

Corus Chess Jan 14-30 Wijk aan Zee, NL		Peter Leko is the winner, undefeated with 8.5/13 points. Karjakin won the B group with 9.5/13. Georgiev is the winner of the C group with 10.5/13. (91 games, 14 players, 252 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Indochess Man vs Machine Jan 10-11 Jakarta, Indonesia		The chips clobbered the humans 14.5 to 1.5! (16 games, 8 players, 2 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Drammen International Chess Festival Dec 27-Jan 5 Drammen, Norway		Shirov and Nielsen finished with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 38 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Pamplona Tournament Dec 20-29 Spain		Boris Gelfand wins by a full point with 5.5 out of 7. (28 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Harmonie Chess Tournament Dec 21-30 Gronnigen, Netherlands		Yuri Kuzubov places first on tie-break. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Zürich Christmas Open Dec 26-Dec 30 Switzerland		Kveinys, Pelletier, Roiz, Pikula, Ginsburg, and Malakhatko all scored 5.5/7, and Kveinys won on tiebreaks. (101 games, 88 players, 1 discussion page.)

XVII Carlos Torre Memorial Dec 13-21 Mexico		Ivanchuk beat Graf in the playoffs to win the event. We also have some games from the qualifier open tournament. (38 games, 16 players, 1 discussion page.)

Greek Championships Dec 4-12 Athens, Greece		Nikolaidis will play Banikas in the playoff to determine the 2004 Greek Champion. (40 games, 20 players, 1 discussion page.)

Grand Prix d'Echecs Dec 8-11 d'Aix en Provence, France		Karpov wins. (19 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

Nakamura vs Karjakin Dec 9-14 Cuernavaca, Mexico		New US Champ Hikaru Nakamura defeated Sergey Karjakin 4.5:1.5. (6 games, 2 players, 35 discussion pages, crosstable.)

2005 Chessmaster US Championships Nov 23-Dec 5 San Diego, California		Hikaru Nakamura is the new US Champion. Rusudan Goletiani is the new US Women's Champion. (288 games, 64 players, 13 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Russian Championships 2004 Nov 14-Dec 1 Hotel Russia		Kasparov is the new Russian Champion, finishing a full 1 1/2 points ahead of runner-up Grischuk. (55 games, 11 players, 103 discussion pages, crosstable.)

1st Iberoamerican Tournament Nov 11-Nov 19 Ayamonte, Spain		Ruben Felgaer won the event with an impressive 8/9. (41 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page.)

Corsica Masters Knockout Oct 29-Nov 4 Bastia, France		Anand won the final with 7.5 points out of 8! (27 games, 12 players, 1 discussion page.)

36th Olympiad Oct 14-31 Calvià, Majorca		The Ukraine team wins with a three point lead over Russia and Armenia. We also have the women's games. (3,296 games, 851 players, 16 discussion pages.)

Kramnik-Leko World Championship Match Sep 25-Oct 18 Brissago, Switzerland		KRAMNIK RETAINS TITLE! Kramnik won the first game to secure an early lead, but Leko fought back in game 5, then took the lead in the dramatic 8th game. Finally, in the final game Kramnik wins to draw the match and retain his crown. (14 games, 2 players, 73 discussion pages, crosstable.)

Canadian Championships Aug 20-29 Toronto, Canada		Pascal Charbonneau beats Eric Lawson in the playoffs to become Canada's 77th national champion. (327 games, 69 players, 1 discussion page.)

79th Argentine Championship Sep 24-Oct 1 Buenos Aires		Ariel Sorin is the new Champion of Argentina, scoring 7.5 out of 9. (265 games, 108 players, 1 discussion page.)

European Club Cup Oct 2-9 Izmir, Turkey		The NAO Chess Club (Adams, Grischuk, Bacrot, etc.) comes out on top with 6/7. (588 games, 236 players, 1 discussion page.)

Piloo Mody Open Oct 1-9 Gomti Nagar, India		Dzhumaev Marat of Uzbeckstan wins with 7.5/9. (34 games, 29 players, 1 discussion page.)

Kasparov Simul Aug 21 Sao Paulo, Brazil		Kasparov scored a perfect 20 wins out of 20 boards. (17 games, 18 players, 2 discussion pages.)

Israeli Championships Ramat Aviv, Israel Sep 19-29		Sergey Erenburg and Vitali Golod tied for first. (162 games, 36 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

5th Lausanne Young Masters Tournament Lausanne, Switzerland Sep 15-20		Luke McShane came in first in this knockout competition. (36 games, 8 players, 1 discussion page.)

Pune SuperGM Tournament Sep 2-12 Pune, India		Nisipeanu tied with FIDE Champion Kasimdzhanov with 6/9. (45 games, 10 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)

73rd Ukrainian Championship Ayg 23-Sep 2 Kharkiv, Ukraine		Andrei Volokitin is the new Ukrainian champion. (73 games, 32 players, 1 discussion page.)

Sao Paulo Rapid Aug 20-24 Sao Paulo, Brazil		Anand dominated the field with 8.5/10. (30 games, 6 players, 1 discussion page, crosstable.)