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World Chess Championship
Chess's leading individual classical title, now decided through a qualification cycle that culminates in a match for the crown.
Candidates Tournament
An elite competition whose winner earns the right to challenge the World Chess Champion in the next title match.
FIDE World Cup
A major individual FIDE competition that combines a title of its own with qualification places for the Candidates Tournament.
FIDE Grand Swiss
An International Chess Federation (FIDE) tournament using score-based pairings that forms part of World Championship qualification.
FIDE Grand Prix
An official tournament series that awarded Candidates places in certain world championship cycles.
Interzonal Tournament
A historical world-cycle stage bringing together zonal qualifiers and sending leading finishers to the Candidates.
Women's World Chess Championship
An individual world title restricted to women, with its own history since 1927 and a competition cycle separate from the open championship.
Women's Candidates Tournament
The International Chess Federation competition that selects the challenger to the reigning Women's World Champion.
FIDE Women's World Cup
An official women's knockout competition whose leading finishers can qualify for the Women's Candidates.
FIDE Women's Grand Swiss
An official women's Swiss-system tournament that can award places in the Women's Candidates.
FIDE Women's Grand Prix
An official women's tournament series whose cumulative results feed the world championship cycle.
Chess Olympiad
The International Chess Federation's leading national-team competition, normally held every two years with Open and Women's sections.
World Team Chess Championship
An International Chess Federation competition in which national teams contest encounters made up of several simultaneous games.
U.S. Chess Championship
The premier national tournament that determines the overall chess champion of the United States.
USSR Chess Championship
The Soviet national championship series held from 1920 to 1991 and renowned for the exceptional strength of its fields.
World Junior Chess Championship
The International Chess Federation world championship for players who satisfy the event's under-20 age requirement.
World Youth Chess Championships
The International Chess Federation group of world championships for the under-14, under-16, and under-18 age categories.
World Rapid Chess Championship
The official International Chess Federation championship that awards the world title in rapid chess.
World Blitz Chess Championship
The official International Chess Federation championship that awards the world title in blitz chess.
World Computer Chess Championship
An international championship held from 1974 to 2024 in which computer chess systems competed for the world title.
Tata Steel Chess Tournament
An elite annual tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, with a tradition dating back to 1938.
Linares International Chess Tournament
A historic Spanish elite tournament held in Linares, Andalusia, which grew from a modest 1978 event into a world-class fixture.
Grand Chess Tour
An elite international circuit combining several tournaments under one season points table.
Sinquefield Cup
A recurring elite classical invitational tournament held in Saint Louis, United States.
