Major

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

events that took place in 2018 included the Candidates Tournament, won by

Fabiano Caruana Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, Caruana became a grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, and 20 days—the youngest grandmaster in the history of both Italy and the United Sta ...

, who earned the right to challenge

Magnus Carlsen Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the reigning five-time World Chess Champion. He is also a three-time World Rapid Chess Champion and five-time World Blitz Chess Champion. Carlsen has h ...

in the

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

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

Women's World Chess Championship The Women's World Chess Championship (WWCC) is played to determine the world champion in women's chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE. Unlike with most sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee, wh ...

events; the first a match held in May between

Ju Wenjun Ju Wenjun (; born 31 January 1991) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. She is the current Women's World Chess Champion. In March 2017 she became the fifth woman to achieve a rating of 2600. She is a three-time Women's World Chess Champion having w ...

and

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

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

2018 tournaments

This is a list of 15 significant 2018

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

Transfer

Deaths

* Robert Abbott (2 March 1933 – 20 February 2018), American game designer and chess variant creator. * Peggy Clarke (29 October 1937 – 15 September 2018), British Women's Champion in 1966. *

Roberto Luis Debarnot Roberto Luis Debarnot (5 August 1947 – 25 May 2018) was an Argentina, Argentine chess FIDE titles, International Master (1977), two-times Argentine Chess Championship medalist (1973, 1980). Biography In the 1970s, Roberto Luis Debarnot was one ...

(5 August 1947 – 25 May 2018), Argentine International Master and three-time Olympian. *

Győző Forintos Győző Victor Forintos (30 July 1935 – 5 December 2018) was a Hungarian chess player and by profession, an economist. He was awarded the titles International Master, in 1963, and Grandmaster, in 1974, by FIDE. He first participated in the ...

(30 July 1935 – 5 December 2018), Hungarian Grandmaster, chess writer and six-time Olympian. * Giam Choo Kwee (7 May 1942 – 13 August 2018), Singaporean International Master, four-time Olympian, and two-time Singapore Chess Champion. * Ruth Haring (23 January 1955 – 29 November 2018), American chess Woman International Master and five-time Olympian. *

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

(28 September 1975 – 22 April 2018), Georgian International Master and Woman Grandmaster, five-time Olympian, Georgian Champion in 1998, and five-time Georgian Women's Champion. * Stefán Kristjánsson (8 December 1982 – 28 February 2018), Icelandic Grandmaster and five-time Olympian. *

Aloyzas Kveinys Aloyzas Kveinys (9 July 1962 – 26 July 2018) was a Lithuanian chess player who was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1992. Biography Kveinys was awarded the Soviet Master of Sport title for chess in 1981. He won the Lithuanian championship ...

(9 July 1962 – 26 July 2018), Lithuanian Grandmaster and eight-time Olympian. * Milunka Lazarević (1 December 1932 – 15 December 2018), Serbian chess player and journalist. *

Anatoly Lein Anatoly Yakovlevich Lein (russian: Анатолий Яковлевич Лейн; March 28, 1931 – March 1, 2018) was a Soviet-born American chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster by FIDE in 1968. Chess care ...

(28 March 1931 – 1 March 2018), Soviet and American Grandmaster. * Erwin Nievergelt (29 April 1929 – 4 August 2018), Swiss Olympian in 1954 and 1958. * Eric Schiller (20 March 1955 – 3 November 2018), American FIDE Master and chess author. *

Philip Short Philip Short (born 17 April 1945) is a British journalist and author. He was born in Bristol. He studied at Queens' College, Cambridge. After graduation, he spent from 1967 to 1973 as a freelance journalist, first in Malawi, then in Uganda. He ...

(15 May 1960 – 31 August 2018), Irish FIDE Master and five-time Irish Champion. *

Evgeni Vasiukov Evgeni Andreyevich Vasiukov (russian: Евгений Андреевич Васюко́в, March 5, 1933 – May 10, 2018) was a Russian chess player, one of the strongest in the world during his peak. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by ...

(5 March 1933 – 10 May 2018), Soviet Grandmaster and 1995 World Senior Champion.

References

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