The Reggio Emilia chess tournament was an annual

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tournament held in Reggio Emilia, Italy. In Italian the tournament is called ''Torneo di Capodanno'' (New Year's tournament), as it used to start just after

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and end on the day of Epiphany (6 January). It was established as an annual event in 1958 by grandmaster

Enrico Paoli Enrico Paoli (January 13, 1908 – December 15, 2005) was an Italian International chess master. He was born in Trieste, Italy, and learned chess when he was nine years old. He was the winner of international tournaments in Vienna (1951) and Im ...

. In 1982/83 the tournament attracted a new sponsor and by the 1990s the tournament had gained significant international reputation, climaxing in the 1991/1992 edition. This was the first Category 18 tournament ever played; it was won by the 22-year-old

Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former five-time World Chess Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating o ...

ahead of

Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist and commentator. His peak rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by ...

Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov ( rus, links=no, Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов, p=ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈkarpəf; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Che ...

and Vassily Ivanchuk.Cross table for Category 18 1991-92 tournament
/ref> It was Italy's oldest and most renowned chess tournament. The tournament was usually played as a 10 to 16 player round-robin tournament. The announced 55th edition had to be canceled due to economic reasons.

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Results, games and crosstables of all editions

2006 edition
from chessbase.com * The 2007 edition from chessbase.co

Introduction to the 2007 edition

2010/11 edition
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Winners

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