The 2020 chess calendar was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but major events that took place included the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, won by Fabiano Caruana, and Norway Chess, won by Magnus Carlsen. The Candidates began in March, but, due to the pandemic, was postponed at the half-way stage with Ian Nepomniachtchi and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave leading.
2020 tournaments edit
This is a list of significant 2020 chess tournaments:
Supertournaments edit
| Tournament | System | Dates | Players (2700+) | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020 | Round robin | 10–26 Jan | 14 (11) |  Fabiano Caruana |
 Magnus Carlsen |
Wesley So
|
| Tata Steel Challengers 2020 | Round robin | 10–26 Jan | 14 (0) |  David Anton Guijarro |
 Nodirbek Abdusattorov |
 Pavel Eljanov
|
| Prague Chess Festival 2020 | Round robin | 12–21 Feb | 10 (6) |  Alireza Firouzja |
 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi |
 Jan-Krzysztof Duda
|
| Biel Chess Festival 2020 | Round-robin | 18–29 Jul | 8 (4) | Radoslaw Wojtaszek |
Pentala Harikrishna |
 Michael Adams
|
| Norway Chess 2020 | Round robin | 5–16 Oct | 6 (5) | Magnus Carlsen |
Alireza Firouzja |
 Levon Aronian
|
| Russian Championship Superfinal 2020 | Round robin | 6–14 Dec | 11 (6) |  Ian Nepomniachtchi |
Sergey Karjakin |
Vladimir Fedoseev
|
Open events edit
| Tournament | System | Dates | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibraltar Chess Festival 2020 | Swiss | 21–30 Jan | David Paravyan |
 Wang Hao |
Andrey Esipenko
|
| Aeroflot Open 2020 | Swiss | 19–27 Feb |  Aydin Suleymanli |
 Rinat Jumabayev |
Rauf Mamedov
|
Deaths edit
- 28 February — Gennady Kuzmin[1]
- 5 March — Stanislav Bogdanovich[2]
- 20 April — Arsen Yegiazarian[3]
- 22 August — Miron Sher[4]
- 24 August — Wolfgang Uhlmann[5]
- 4 September — Dmitry Svetushkin[6]
- 1 November — Markus Stangl[7]
- 17 December — Krzysztof Bulski[8]
References edit
- ^ Solomatin (Marignon), Yury. "Gennady Kuzmin, 1946-2020". Chess.com.
- ^ "Станислав Богданович и его девушка найдены мёртвыми | chess-news.ru". chess-news.ru. Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Մահացել է գրոսմայստեր Արսեն Եղիազարյանը". www.1lurer.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ Hartmann, John (21 August 2020). "GM Miron Sher (1952-2020)". US Chess.org. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ McClain, Dylan Loeb (1 September 2020). "Wolfgang Uhlmann, East Germany's Top Chess Player, Dies at 85". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "GM Dmitry Svetushkin (1980-2020)". Chess News. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "GM Markus Stangl verstorben". Schach Nachrichten (in German). 2 November 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "PZSzach - Polski Związek Szachowy" (in Polish). Retrieved 13 February 2021.
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