by Chessbox Tournaments Calendar 2021: Keep track of the upcoming Chess Tournaments.
Last year’s chess calendar was really messed up by the pandemic. But fortunately, Magnus Carlsen’s Chess Tour and other online events took the center stage. This year has many championships planned ahead of the Grand Final in September. If the virus is managed, this year we may witness the completion of the Candidates Tournament, a World Championship match, two Chess World Cups, Two Grand Swisses, the Grand Chess Tour and many more.
Here is Chessbox.in’s overview of the most significant chess tournaments and events of the year 2021. Don’t miss out!
| DATE | EVENT | LOCATION |
| March 13 – 21 | Champions Chess Tour Major #2 The fourth leg in the Champions Chess Tour is a “major” with 12 players and a $100,000 prize fund. | Chess24 |
| April 19 – 27 | FIDE Candidates Tournament (Second Half) The second half of the eight-player, double round-robin that will determine the next opponent of Magnus Carlsen. Kirill Alekseenko, Fabiano Caruana, Ding Liren, Anish Giri, Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Maxime-Vachier-Lagrave, and Wang Hao play. (Classical) | Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| April 24-30 | TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2021 The TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament takes place April 24-30, 2021 in Malmo, Sweden and has GMs Le Quang Liem, David Navara, Jorden van Foreest, Nils Grandelius, Alexei Shirov, Nihal Sarin, Anatoly Karpov(!) and Harika Dronavalli. (Classical) | Malmo, Sweden |
| April 24-May 2 | Champions Chess Tour Regular #3 The fifth leg in the Champions Chess Tour is a “regular” with 16 players and a $100,000 prize fund. | Chess24 |
| May 9-21 | Norway Chess This year’s Norway Chess will take place May 9–21 in Stavanger, Norway. Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Ding Liren, Levon Aronian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Wesley So, Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Aryan Tari have been announced as participants. (Classical) | Stavanger, Norway |
| May 23-31 | Champions Chess Tour Major #3 The sixth leg in the Champions Chess Tour is a “major” with 12 players and a $100,000 prize fund. | Chess24 |
| June 3-15 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania A classical tournament in Bucharest with top grandmasters, part of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour. (Classical) | Bucharest, Romania |
| June 13-22 | Prague Chess Festival The third edition of the Prague Chess Festival with both Czech top players, aspiring juniors, and international top grandmasters. | Prague, Czech Republic |
| June 16-23 | Paris Rapid & Blitz A rapid and blitz tournament in Paris with top grandmasters, part of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour. (Rapid, blitz) | Paris, France |
| June 26-July 4 | Champions Chess Tour Regular #4 The seventh leg in the Champions Chess Tour is a “regular” with 16 players and a $100,000 prize fund. | Chess24 |
| July 5-12 | Croatia Rapid & Blitz | Zagreb, Croatia |
| July 9-11 | Leon Masters | Leon, Spain |
| July 13-18 | Anand-Kramnik No Castling Match | Dortmund, Germany |
| July 15-26 | U.S. Championships | St. Louis, USA |
| July 31-August 8 | Champions Chess Tour Regular #5 | Chess24 |
| August 9-16 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | St. Louis, USA |
| August 16-28 | Sinquefield Cup | St. Louis, USA |
| August 28-September 5 | Champions Chess Tour Regular #6 | Chess24 |
| September 7 | Ultimate Moves Exhibition Event | St. Louis, USA |
| September 8-10 | Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX | St. Louis, USA |
| September 25-October 3 | Champions Chess Tour Final | Chess24 |
