2019 in chess

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Major chess events taking place in 2019.

Events

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]

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

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.

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