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Major chess events taking place in 2019.

2019 tournaments

This is a list of significant 2019 chess tournaments:

Tournament System Dates Players (2700+) Winner Runner-up Third
Sinquefield Cup Round robin 12 (12) Ding Liren Magnus Carlsen Viswanathan Anand

Deaths

References

  1. ^ McClain, Dylan Loeb (August 26, 2019). "Pal Benko, who stepped aside for Bobby Fischer, dies at 91". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 28, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  2. ^ International Chess Federation [@FIDE_Chess] (8 September 2019). "Croatian GM Nenad Sulava passed away on September 5" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ International Chess Federation (6 September 2019), Nenad Sulava dies at 56, retrieved 26 January 2020