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Major [[chess]] events that took place in 2018 included the [[Candidates Tournament 2018|Candidates Tournament]], won by [[Fabiano Caruana]], who earned the right to challenge [[Magnus Carlsen]] in the [[World Chess Championship 2018]]. Magnus Carlsen won the match on tiebreaks and retained the title of World Chess Champion. There were two [[Women's World Chess Championship]] events; the first a match [[Women's World Chess Championship 2018 (May)|held in May]] between [[Ju Wenjun]] and [[Tan Zhongyi]], won by Ju Wenjun, and the second, [[Women's World Chess Championship 2018 (November)|held in November]], a 64-player knockout tournament where Ju Wenjun defended her title.

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== 2018 tournaments ==
This is a list of 15 significant 2018 [[chess tournament]]s:
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! Tournament !! System !! Dates !! Players (2700+) !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Third
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| [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament]] || Round robin || 12–28 Jan || 14 (11) || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Magnus Carlsen]] || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Anish Giri]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Kramnik]]
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| [[Gibraltar Chess Festival]] || Swiss || 23 Jan – 1 Feb || 276 (12) || {{flagicon|ARM}} [[Levon Aronian]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hikaru Nakamura]]
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| [[Candidates Tournament 2018]] || Round robin || 10–28 Mar || 8 (8) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fabiano Caruana]] || {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergey Karjakin]]
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| [[Grenke Chess Classic]] 2018 || Round robin || 31 Mar – 9 Apr || 10 (7) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fabiano Caruana]] || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Magnus Carlsen]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]<br />{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nikita Vitiugov]]
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| [[Shamkir Chess]] 2018 || Round robin || 18–28 Apr || 10 (10) || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Magnus Carlsen]] || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ding Liren]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergey Karjakin]]
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| [[Women's World Chess Championship 2018 (match)]] || Match || 2–20 May || 2 (0) || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ju Wenjun]] || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tan Zhongyi]] ||align="center"|—
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| [[Norway Chess]] 2018 || Round robin || 27 May – 7 Jun || 10 (10) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fabiano Caruana]] || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Magnus Carlsen]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hikaru Nakamura]]
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| [[Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting]] 2018 || Round robin || 14–22 Jul || 8 (5) || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]] || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Anish Giri]] || {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Vladislav Kovalev]]
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| [[Biel Chess Festival]] 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-2nd-behind-mamedyarov-in-biel-as-georgiadis-blunders|title=Carlsen Finishes 2nd Behind Mamedyarov In Biel|first=Peter|last=Doggers (PeterDoggers)|website=Chess.com}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=February 2021}}|| Round robin || 22 Jul – 1 Aug || 6 (5) || {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]] || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Magnus Carlsen]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]
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| [[Sinquefield Cup]] 2018 || Round robin || 18–28 Aug || 10 (10) || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Magnus Carlsen]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fabiano Caruana]] <br /> {{flagicon|ARM}} [[Levon Aronian]] || align="center"|— || align="center"|—
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| [[43rd Chess Olympiad]] ([[Open event at the 43rd Chess Olympiad|open event]]) || Swiss || 23 Sep – 6 Oct || teams || {{CHN}} || {{USA}} || {{RUS}}
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| [[43rd Chess Olympiad]] ([[Women's event at the 43rd Chess Olympiad|women event]]) || Swiss || 23 Sep – 6 Oct || teams || {{CHN}} || {{UKR}} || {{GEO}}
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| [[Women's World Chess Championship 2018 (tournament)]] || Knockout || 2–23 Nov || 64 || {{flagicon|China}} [[Ju Wenjun]] || {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Kateryna Lagno]] || {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Mariya Muzychuk]]<br /> {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]]
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| [[World Chess Championship 2018]] || Match || 9–28 Nov || 2 (2) ||{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Magnus Carlsen]] <br /> || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fabiano Caruana]] <br /> ||align="center"|—
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| [[London Chess Classic]] 2018 || Knockout || 11–17 Dec || 4 (4) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hikaru Nakamura]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fabiano Caruana]]
|}

== Transfer ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
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!Chessplayer !!From which !!Whither
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|[[José González García]] ||{{MEX}} ||{{ESP}}
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|{{ill|Boris Nikolov Chatalbashev|ru|Чаталбашев, Борис}} ||{{BUL}} ||{{DEN}}
|-
|[[Alexei Shirov]] ||{{LAT}} ||{{ESP}}
|}

==Deaths==

* [[Robert Abbott (game designer)|Robert Abbott]] (2 March 1933 – 20 February 2018), American game designer and chess variant creator.
* [[Peggy Clarke (chess player)|Peggy Clarke]] (29 October 1937 – 15 September 2018), [[British Women's Chess Championship|British Women's Champion]] in 1966.
* [[Roberto Luis Debarnot]] (5 August 1947 – 25 May 2018), Argentine International Master and three-time Olympian.
* [[Győző Forintos]] (30 July 1935 – 5 December 2018), Hungarian Grandmaster, chess writer and six-time Olympian.
* [[Giam Choo Kwee]] (7 May 1942 – 13 August 2018), Singaporean International Master, four-time Olympian, and two-time [[Singaporean Chess Championship|Singapore Chess Champion]].
* [[Ruth Haring]] (23 January 1955 – 29 November 2018), American chess Woman International Master and five-time Olympian.
* [[Nino Khurtsidze]] (28 September 1975 – 22 April 2018), Georgian International Master and Woman Grandmaster, five-time Olympian, [[Georgian Chess Championship|Georgian Champion]] in 1998, and five-time Georgian Women's Champion.
* [[Stefán Kristjánsson]] (8 December 1982 – 28 February 2018), Icelandic Grandmaster and five-time Olympian.<ref>{{cite web |title = Stefán Kristjánsson látinn |author=Brynjólfur Þór Guðmundsson |url= http://www.ruv.is/frett/stefan-kristjansson-latinn    |website = ruv.is |language=is |date=1 March 2018 |access-date=24 March 2018 }}</ref>
* [[Aloyzas Kveinys]] (9 July 1962 – 26 July 2018), Lithuanian Grandmaster and eight-time Olympian.
* [[Milunka Lazarević]] (1 December 1932 – 15 December 2018), Serbian chess player and journalist.
* [[Anatoly Lein]] (28 March 1931 – 1 March 2018), Soviet and American Grandmaster.
* [[Erwin Nievergelt]] (29 April 1929 – 4 August 2018), Swiss Olympian in 1954 and 1958.
* [[Eric Schiller]] (20 March 1955 – 3 November 2018), American FIDE Master and chess author.
* [[Philip Short (chess player)|Philip Short]]  (15 May 1960 – 31 August 2018), Irish FIDE Master and five-time [[Irish Chess Championship|Irish Champion]].
* [[Evgeni Vasiukov]] (5 March 1933 – 10 May 2018), Soviet Grandmaster and 1995 [[World Senior Chess Championship|World Senior Champion]].

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