List of strong chess tournaments

1850–1859 1860–1869 1870–1879 1880–1889 1890–1899 , Schlechter, Janowski, Marco, Blackburne, Maróczy, Schiffers, Gunsberg, Burn, Tinsley. Vergani, Steinitz, Chigorin, Lasker, Pillsbury, Tarrasch, Mieses, Teichmann. von Bardeleben, Mason, Pollock, Walbrodt. 1900–1909 1910–1919 1920–1929 1930–1939 1940–1949 1950–1959 1960–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029 ==Individual tournaments==

• AVRO 1938 chess tournament • Baden-Baden 1870 chess tournament • Berlin 1881 chess tournament • Berlin 1897 chess tournament • Bled 1931 chess tournament • Buenos Aires 1939 chess tournament • Cambridge Springs 1904 chess tournament • Carlsbad 1907 chess tournament Carlsbad • Carlsbad 1911 chess tournamentCarlsbad • Carlsbad 1923 chess tournamentCarlsbad • Carlsbad 1929 chess tournamentCarlsbad • Dallas 1957 chess tournament • Groningen 1946 chess tournament • Hamburg 1910 chess tournament • Hastings 1895 chess tournament • Kemeri 1937 chess tournament • London 1851 chess tournament • London 1862 chess tournament • London 1883 chess tournament • London 1899 chess tournament • Mannheim 1914 chess tournament • Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament • Montevideo 1938 chess tournament • Moravská Ostrava 1923 chess tournament • Moscow 1925 chess tournament • Munich 1941 chess tournament • New York 1924 chess tournament • New York 1927 chess tournament • New York 1931 chess tournament • Nottingham 1936 chess tournament • Nuremberg 1896 chess tournament • Ostend 1907 chess tournament • Paris 1867 chess tournament • Paris 1878 chess tournament • Paris 1900 chess tournament • Prague 1908 chess tournament • Salzburg 1942 chess tournament • San Antonio 1972 chess tournament • San Remo 1930 chess tournament • St. Petersburg 1914 chess tournament • Vienna 1873 chess tournament • Vienna 1882 chess tournament • Vienna 1898 chess tournament • Vienna 1908 chess tournament • Zurich 1934 chess tournament • Zurich 1953 chess tournament ==Major recurring tournaments==

• Aerosvit chess tournament • American Chess Congress • Berlin City Chess Championship • Biel International Chess Festival • Grand Slam Masters Final • British Chess Congress • Capablanca Memorial • Chennai Grand Masters • Chigorin Memorial • Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting • DSB Congress • Euwe Memorial • General Government chess tournament • Gibraltar Chess Festival • Hastings International Chess Congress • IBM international chess tournament • Keres Memorial • Konex chess tournament • Leningrad City Chess Championship • Leopold Trebitsch Memorial Tournament • Linares chess tournament • London Chess Classic • Lone Pine International • Lublin Grandmaster Tournament • Mar del Plata chess tournament • Monte Carlo chess tournament • Moscow City Chess Championship • M-Tel Masters • Netanya chess tournament • North Sea Cup • Norway Chess • Paris City Chess Championship • Pearl Spring chess tournament • Phillips & Drew Kings • Qatar Masters Open • Reggio Emilia chess tournament • Rubinstein Memorial • San Sebastián chess tournament • Shamkir Chess • Shenzhen Masters • Schlechter Memorial • Silesian Chess Congress • Sinquefield Cup • Staunton Memorial • Tal Memorial • Tata Steel Chess Tournament • Tilburg chess tournament • Torre Memorial • Trebitsch Memorial • Triberg chess tournament • US Chess Championship • UzChess Cup • Vidmar Memorial • Vlissingen chess tournament • World Open chess tournament • Xtracon Chess Open • Zurich Chess Challenge ==World Cup==

• Chess World Cup 1988–1989 • Chess World Cup 2000 • Chess World Cup 2002 • Chess World Cup 2005 • Chess World Cup 2007 • Chess World Cup 2009 • Chess World Cup 2011 • Chess World Cup 2013 • Chess World Cup 2015 • Chess World Cup 2017 • Chess World Cup 2019 • Chess World Cup 2021 • Chess World Cup 2023 • Chess World Cup 2025 ==See also==