56 relations: Aeroflot Open, Alexander Grischuk, Anish Giri, Arkadij Naiditsch, Biel Chess Festival, Bilbao Chess Masters Final, Chess, Chess tournament, Chess World Cup 2015, Daniil Dubov, Ding Liren, Dmitry Jakovenko, Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Fabiano Caruana, FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15, FIDE world rankings, Grenke Chess Classic, Harika Dronavalli, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ivan Bukavshin, Lê Quang Liêm, Levon Aronian, Li Chao (chess player), Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, London Chess Classic, Magnus Carlsen, Mariya Muzychuk, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Michael Adams (chess player), Millionaire Chess, Natalia Pogonina, Norway Chess, Pavel Eljanov, Pentala Harikrishna, Peter Svidler, Pia Cramling, Qatar Masters Open, Radosław Wojtaszek, Sergey Karjakin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Shamkir Chess, Sinquefield Cup, Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Teimour Radjabov, Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Wesley So, ..., Women's World Chess Championship 2015, World Blitz Chess Championship, World Chess Championship 2016, World Rapid Chess Championship, Yu Yangyi, Zurich Chess Challenge. Expand index (6 more) »
Aeroflot Open
The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot.
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Alexander Grischuk
Alexander Igorevich Grischuk (Алекса́ндр И́горевич Грищу́к; born October 31, 1983) is a Russian chess grandmaster.
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Anish Giri
Anish Kumar Giri (अनिश कुमार गिरी; born June 28, 1994) is a Russian-born Dutch Grandmaster and former chess prodigy.
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Arkadij Naiditsch
Arkadij Naiditsch (Arkadiy Naydiç; born 25 October 1985) is an Azerbaijani (since 2015) chess grandmaster that previously represented Latvia (until 2005) and Germany (2005–2015).
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Biel Chess Festival
The Biel International Chess Festival is an annual chess tournament that takes place in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.
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Bilbao Chess Masters Final
The Bilbao Chess Masters Final (previously called the Grand Slam Chess Final) is an annual chess tournament which between 2008-12 brought together the strongest players from the previous year's "Grand Slam" events.
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Chess
Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.
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Chess tournament
A chess tournament is a series of chess games played competitively to determine a winning individual or team.
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Chess World Cup 2015
The Chess World Cup 2015 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 10 September to 5 October 2015.
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Daniil Dubov
Daniil Dmitrievich Dubov (Даниил Дмитриевич Дубов; born 18 April 1996 in Moscow) is a Russian chess grandmaster.
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Ding Liren
Ding Liren (born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese chess grandmaster.
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Dmitry Jakovenko
Dmitry Olegovich Jakovenko (Дмитрий Олегович Яковенко; born 29 June 1983) is a Russian chess grandmaster.
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Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an elite chess tournament held every summer in Dortmund, Germany.
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Evgeny Tomashevsky
Evgeny Yuryevich Tomashevsky (Евгений Юрьевич Томашевский; born 1 July 1987) is a Russian chess grandmaster.
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Fabiano Caruana
Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an Italian-American chess grandmaster.
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FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15
The FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 was a series of four chess tournaments that formed part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2016.
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FIDE world rankings
The Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) is the organization that governs international chess competition.
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Grenke Chess Classic
Grenke Chess Classic is an elite chess tournament held in the German cities of Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden and sponsored by Grenke Leasing.
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Harika Dronavalli
Harika Dronavalli (born 12 January 1991) is an Indian chess grandmaster She has won three bronze medals in the Women's World Chess Championship, in 2012, 2015 and 2017.
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Hikaru Nakamura
is a Japanese-American chess grandmaster.
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Ian Nepomniachtchi
Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi (Yan Aleksandrovich Nepomnyashchiy; born 14 July 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster.
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Ivan Bukavshin
Ivan Aleksandrovich Bukavshin (Иван Александрович Букавшин; 3 May 1995 – 12 January 2016) was a Russian chess Grandmaster (2011).
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Lê Quang Liêm
Lê Quang Liêm (born 13 March 1991 in Ho Chi Minh City) is a Vietnamese chess grandmaster and the 2013 World Blitz Chess Champion.
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Levon Aronian
Levon Grigori Aronian (Լևոն Գրիգորի Արոնյան Levon Grigori Aronyan; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.
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Li Chao (chess player)
Li Chao (born 21 April 1989 in Taiyuan, Shanxi) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and Asian champion in 2013.
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Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (born 1 August 1976) is a Romanian (until 2014) and German (since 2014) chess grandmaster.
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London Chess Classic
The London Chess Classic is a chess festival held at the Olympia Conference Centre, West Kensington, London.
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Magnus Carlsen
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion.
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Mariya Muzychuk
Mariya Olehivna Muzychuk (Марія Олегівна Музичук; born 21 September 1992) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from April 2015 to March 2016.
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (born 21 October 1990) is a French chess grandmaster.
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Michael Adams (chess player)
Michael Adams (born 17 November 1971) is an English chess grandmaster.
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Millionaire Chess
Millionaire Chess (MC) is a company which organises the Millionaire Chess Open tournament.
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Natalia Pogonina
Natalia Andreevna Pogonina (Наталья Андреевна Погонина; born 9 March 1985) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
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Norway Chess
Norway Chess is an annual closed chess tournament, typically taking place in the May to June time period every year.
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Pavel Eljanov
Pavel Eljanov (translit; born 10 May 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.
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Pentala Harikrishna
Pentala Harikrishna (born 10 May 1986) is a chess Grandmaster from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Peter Svidler
Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler (Пётр Вениами́нович Сви́длер; born 17 June 1976) is a Russian chess grandmaster.
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Pia Cramling
Pia Ann Rosa-Della Cramling (born 23 April 1963) is a Swedish chess player.
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Qatar Masters Open
The Qatar Masters Open is an open chess tournament organized by the Qatar Chess Association in Doha, Qatar.
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Radosław Wojtaszek
Radosław Wojtaszek (born 13 January 1987, in Elbląg, Poland) is a Polish chess grandmaster.
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Sergey Karjakin
Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin (Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Каря́кин,; born 12 January 1990) is a Russian (formerly representing Ukraine) chess grandmaster.
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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Shakhriyar Hamid oglu Mamedyarov (Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov; born 12 April 1985) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.
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Shamkir Chess
Shamkir Chess is a chess supertournament played in Shamkir, Azerbaijan in memory of Vugar Gashimov (1986–2014).
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Sinquefield Cup
The Sinquefield Cup is an annual, invite-only chess tournament in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, honoring Rex Sinquefield and his wife Jeanne, the founders of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.
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Tata Steel Chess Tournament
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is an annual chess tournament held in January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.
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Teimour Radjabov
Teimour Radjabov (also spelled Teymur Rajabov; Teymur Rəcəbov; born 12 March 1987) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.
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Veselin Topalov
Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov (pronounced; Весели́н Александров Топа́лов; born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Chess Champion.
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Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, and the current World Rapid Chess Champion.
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Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster.
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Wesley So
Wesley Barbasa So (born October 9, 1993) is a Filipino-American chess grandmaster.
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Women's World Chess Championship 2015
The Women's World Chess Championship was held from 16 March to 7 April 2015 in Sochi, Russia.
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World Blitz Chess Championship
The World Blitz Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls.
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World Chess Championship 2016
The World Chess Championship 2016 was a chess match between reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Sergey Karjakin to determine the World Chess Champion.
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World Rapid Chess Championship
The World Rapid Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under rapid time controls.
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Yu Yangyi
Yu Yangyi (born 8 June 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster.
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Zurich Chess Challenge
The Zurich Chess Challenge (ZCC) is one of the major recurring international chess tournaments, combining rapid chess with classical or blitz chess.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_in_chess