List of round-robin chess tournaments

This is a list of chess round-robin tournaments.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Major present round-robin tournaments

Candidates Tournament of the World Chess Championship (1950–1962, 1985, 2013–)
Russian Chess Championship (most years)
US Chess Championship (most years)
Beverwijk and Wijk aan Zee (Corus & Tata Steel Chess Tournament)
Sinquefield Cup
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (most years)
Biel Chess Festival (most years)
Norway Chess
Shamkir Chess
Capablanca Memorial (most years)

Major historic round-robin tournaments

London (1862)
Hastings (1895)
Nuremberg (1896)
Monte Carlo chess tournament (1901–1904, 1967–1969)
Ostend (B) (1907)
St. Petersburg (1909)
San Sebastián (1911)
Carlsbad (1911)
Mannheim (1914)
Carlsbad (1929)
San Remo (1930)
New York (1931)
Nottingham (1936)
Kemeri (1937)
AVRO tournament (1938)
General Government (1940–1944)
Munich (1942)
Groningen (1946)
World Chess Championship 1948
Interzonal of the World Chess Championship (most years, 1948–1993)
USSR Chess Championship (most years)
Linares International Chess Tournament (1981–2010)
Reggio Emilia chess tournament
World Chess Championship 2007
Pearl Spring chess tournament (Nanjing, 2008)
M-Tel Masters (Sofia)
Tal Memorial (Moscow, 2009–2013)

v t e Major recurring international chess tournaments
Strong chess tournaments Mini chess tournaments Round-robin chess tournaments
Major present (average rating > 2700; round-robin system generally)	Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (since 1973) Grand Chess Tour (since 2015) Grenke Chess Classic (since 2013) London Chess Classic (since 2009) Norway Chess (since 2013) Shamkir Chess (since 2014) Shenzhen Masters (since 2017) Sinquefield Cup (since 2013) Tata Steel Chess Tournament (since 1938) UzChess Cup (since 2024)
Other present (Swiss system generally)	Aeroflot Open (since 2002) Australasian Masters (since 1987) Biel Chess Festival (since 1968) Canadian Open (since 1956) Capablanca Memorial (since 1962) Cappelle-la-Grande Open (since 1985) Carlos Torre Repetto Memorial (since 1987) Chigorin Memorial (since 1909) Doeberl Cup (since 1963) Dubai Open (since 1999) Gibraltar Chess Festival (since 2003) Hastings International Chess Congress (since 1920) Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament (since 1995) Lublin Grandmaster Tournament (since 2009) Paul Keres Memorials (Tallinn, since 1969) (Vancouver, since 1975) Prague Chess Festival (since 2019) Qatar Masters Open (2014–2015, since 2023) Reykjavik Open (since 1964) Riga Technical University Open (since 2011) Rilton Cup (since 1971) Rubinstein Memorial (since 1963) South African Open (since 1962) U.S. Open (since 1900) TePe Sigeman & Co chess tournament (since 1993) Vidmar Memorial (since 1969) World Open (since 1973) Xtracon Chess Open (since 1979) Zurich Christmas Open (since 1977)
Recently cancelled (after 2000)	Alekhine Memorial (1956–2013, irregular) Acropolis (1968–2009) Aerosvit (2006–2008) Amber (1992–2011) Bilbao Chess Masters Final (2008–2016) Howard Staunton Memorial (2003–2009) Linares (1978–2010) Mar del Plata (1928–2001) Millionaire Chess (2014–2016) M-Tel Masters (2005–2009) North Sea Cup (1976–2008) Pearl Spring (2008–2010) Reggio Emilia (1947–2012) Tal Memorial (2006–2018) Zurich Chess Challenge (2012–2017)
Major past (19th–20th century)	American Chess Congress (1857–1923) Carl Schlechter Memorial (1923–1996) DSB Congress (1879–1932) General Government (1940–1944) IBM international (1961–1981) Konex (1977–1994) Leopold Trebitsch Memorial (1907–1938) Lone Pine International (1971–1981) Max Euwe Memorial (1987–1996) Monte Carlo (1901–1904; 1967–1969) Netanya (1961–1983) Palma de Mallorca (1965–1972) Phillips & Drew Kings (1980–1986) Piatigorsky Cup (1963–1966) San Sebastián (1911–1912) Silesian Chess Congress (1922–1939) Tilburg (1977–1998) Triberg (1914–1917)
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