2020 in chess
Overview of the events of 2020 in chess
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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
This is a list of significant 2020 chess tournaments:
Supertournaments
Tournament | System | Dates | Players (2700+) | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
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Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020 | Round robin | 10–26 Jan | 14 (11) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Tata Steel Challengers 2020 | Round robin | 10–26 Jan | 14 (0) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Prague Chess Festival 2020 | Round robin | 12–21 Feb | 10 (6) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Biel Chess Festival 2020 | Round-robin | 18–29 Jul | 8 (4) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Norway Chess 2020 | Round robin | 5–16 Oct | 6 (5) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Russian Championship Superfinal 2020 | Round robin | 6–14 Dec | 11 (6) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Open events
Tournament | System | Dates | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
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Gibraltar Chess Festival 2020 | Swiss | 21–30 Jan | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Aeroflot Open 2020 | Swiss | 19–27 Feb | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Deaths
- 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
- ^ 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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