Alexandra Kosteniuk won the Women World Cup 2021
Alexandra Kosteniuk beat Goryachkina in the Women World Cup 2021 final in Sochi.
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Magnus Carlsen won Norway Chess 2021
Magnus Carlsen won his home Norway Chess 2021 (May, Stavanger).
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Ian Nepomniachtchi won the 2021 Candidates and earned a title shot
Ian Nepomniachtchi scored 8½/14 to win the Candidates with a round to spare (April 27, 2021).
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Levon Aronian announced his transfer from Armenia to the USA
World vice-champion Levon Aronian announced on Feb 25, 2021 his move from Armenia to the USA, citing lack of government support.
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Jorden van Foreest won the Tata Steel 2021
Jorden van Foreest beat Giri in a playoff to win Tata Steel 2021 — the first Dutch champion in 36 years (Jan 31).
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Magnus Carlsen ends 2020 as world No. 1
Magnus Carlsen retained the world No. 1 FIDE rating throughout 2020 — the year that changed chess forever.
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Aleksandra Goryachkina won the 2020 Russian Women’s Championship
Aleksandra Goryachkina defeated Polina Shuvalova in a tiebreak to take the 2020 Russian Women’s Championship title (Moscow, December).
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Ian Nepomniachtchi won the 2020 Russian Championship
Ian Nepomniachtchi scored 7½/11 to become Russian champion for the second time (Moscow, December 5–16, 2020), ahead of Sergey Karjakin and Vladimir Fedoseev.
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Chess online: the year that changed everything
2020 made online learning the norm. How online chess lessons work at our school.
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