2019 in chess
Major chess events taking place in 2019.
December 12 – The United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution designating July 20 as "World Chess Day", marking the date of the establishment of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Paris on July 20, 1924.[1]
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
- Tamar Khmiadashvili, a Georgian Woman Grandmaster with multiple wins in the Georgian Women's Championship and Women's World Senior Championship.
- 7 January. Khosro Harandi, first Iranian International Master and three-time winner of the Iranian Chess Championship, dies at age 87.
- 31 March. Eva Moser, Austria's first Woman Grandmaster and in 2006 became the first woman to win the absolute Austrian Chess Championship, dies at age 36.
- 6 July. Ragnar Hoen, Norwegian FIDE Master who won the Norwegian Chess Championship in 1963, 1978, and 1981, dies at age 78.
- 11 August. Shelby Lyman, American chess player and teacher, dies at age 82.
- 26 August. Pal Benko, Hungarian-American Grandmaster, author and composer of endgame studies, dies at age 91.[2]
- September 5. Nenad Šulava, Croatian Grandmaster, dies at age 56.[3][4]
- 11 September. Zbigniew Szymczak, Polish International Master and Polish chess champion in 1983, dies at age 67.
- 9 September. Yoel Aloni, Israeli chess player and problemist, dies at age 90.
- 23 September. Harri Hurme, Finnish FIDE Master and International Solving Master, dies at age 74.
- 30 December. Beatriz Alfonso Nogue, Spanish Woman FIDE Master, dies at age 51.
References
- ^ UN adopts July 20 as World Chess Day, FIDE, 13 December 2019, retrieved 2 May 2020
- ^ 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.
- ^ International Chess Federation [@FIDE_Chess] (8 September 2019). "Croatian GM Nenad Sulava passed away on September 5" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ International Chess Federation (6 September 2019), Nenad Sulava dies at 56, retrieved 26 January 2020
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