2015 in chess

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Events in chess during the year 2015:

This is a list of significant 2015 chess tournaments:

TournamentDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
2015 Tata Steel Chess Tournament12–27 Jan14Norway Magnus CarlsenFrance Maxime Vachier-LagraveNetherlands Anish Giri
2015 Grenke Chess Classic2–9 Feb8Norway Magnus CarlsenGermany Arkadij NaiditschEngland Michael Adams
2015 Zurich Chess Challenge13–19 Feb6United States Hikaru NakamuraIndia Viswanathan AnandRussia Vladimir Kramnik
FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 Tbilisi14–28 Feb12Russia Evgeny TomashevskyRussia Dmitry JakovenkoAzerbaijan Teimour Radjabov
Women's World Chess Championship 201516 Mar – 7 Apr64Ukraine Mariya MuzychukRussia Natalia PogoninaIndia Dronavalli Harika
Sweden Pia Cramling
2015 Aeroflot Open27 Mar – 7 Apr68Russia Ian NepomniachtchiRussia Daniil DubovRussia Ivan Bukavshin
Shamkir Chess 201516–26 Apr10Norway Magnus CarlsenIndia Viswanathan AnandUnited States Wesley So
FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 Khanty-Mansiysk14–26 May12Russia Dmitry JakovenkoUnited States Hikaru NakamuraItaly Fabiano Caruana
Norway Chess 201515–26 Jun10Bulgaria Veselin TopalovIndia Viswanathan AnandUnited States Hikaru Nakamura
2015 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting27 Jun – 5 Jul8United States Fabiano CaruanaUnited States Wesley SoGermany Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
2015 Biel Chess Festival20–30 Jul6France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave[1]Poland Radosław WojtaszekEngland Michael Adams
2015 Sinquefield Cup22 Aug – 3 Sept10Armenia Levon AronianNorway Magnus CarlsenUnited States Hikaru Nakamura
Chess World Cup 201510 Sep – 5 Oct128Russia Sergey KarjakinRussia Peter SvidlerNetherlands Anish Giri
Ukraine Pavel Eljanov
Millionaire Chess 20158–12 OctUnited States Hikaru NakamuraVietnam Lê Quang LiêmChina Yu Yangyi
2015 World Rapid Chess Championship10–12 Oct158Norway Magnus CarlsenRussia Ian NepomniachtchiAzerbaijan Teimour Radjabov
2015 World Blitz Chess Championship13–14 Oct188Russia Alexander GrischukFrance Maxime Vachier-LagraveRussia Vladimir Kramnik
2015 Bilbao Chess Masters Final25 Oct – 1 Nov4United States Wesley SoNetherlands Anish GiriIndia Viswanathan Anand
China Ding Liren
2015 London Chess Classic4–13 Dec10Norway Magnus CarlsenNetherlands Anish GiriFrance Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
2015 Qatar Masters Open20–29 Dec132Norway Magnus CarlsenChina Yu YangyiRussia Vladimir Kramnik

Key dates

FIDE world rankings

References

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