2015 in chess
Overview of the events of 2015 in chess
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Events in chess during the year 2015:
2015 tournaments
This is a list of significant 2015 chess tournaments:
Key dates
- 26 May: Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura clinch the top two positions in the FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15, securing their spots in the 2016 Candidates Tournament
- 5 October: Sergey Karjakin and Peter Svidler place first and second, respectively, in the Chess World Cup 2015, securing two spots in the 2016 Candidates Tournament
- 12 October: Magnus Carlsen defends the World Chess Rapid Championship title
- 14 October: Alexander Grischuck wins the World Chess Blitz Championship title
FIDE world rankings
The FIDE World Rankings in December was[2]
Rank | Player | Rating |
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1 | Magnus Carlsen | 2834 |
2 | Veselin Topalov | 2803 |
3–4 | Viswanathan Anand | 2796 |
3–4 | Vladimir Kramnik | 2796 |
5 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2793 |
6 | Levon Aronian | 2788 |
7 | Fabiano Caruana | 2787 |
8 | Anish Giri | 2784 |
9 | Ding Liren | 2776 |
10 | Wesley So | 2775 |
11 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2773 |
12 | Sergey Karjakin | 2766 |
13 | Pavel Eljanov | 2763 |
14 | Peter Svidler | 2751 |
15 | Li Chao | 2750 |
16 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2748 |
17 | Alexander Grischuk | 2747 |
18 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 2744 |
19 | Pentala Harikrishna | 2743 |
20–21 | Michael Adams | 2737 |
20–21 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 2737 |
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