2017 in chess

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This article details the year of 2017 with respect to the game of chess. Major chess-related events that took place in 2017 include the Women's World Chess Championship 2017 knockout tournament, the Chess World Cup, the FIDE Grand Prix Series, and the abolishing of the consecutiveness requirement within the fivefold repetition rule.

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2017 tournaments

This is a list of significant 2017 chess tournaments:

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TournamentSystemDatesPlayers (2700+)WinnerRunner-upThird
Tata Steel Chess TournamentRound robin13–29 Jan14 (13){{flagicon|USA}} Wesley So{{flagicon|NOR}} Magnus Carlsen{{flagicon|IND}} Baskaran Adhiban
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess FestivalSwiss24 Jan – 2 Feb255 (12){{flagicon|USA}} Hikaru Nakamura{{flagicon|ESP}} David Antón Guijarro{{flagicon|CHN}} Yu Yangyi
FIDE Grand Prix 2017 (Sharjah)Swiss18–27 Feb18 (13){{flagicon|RUS}} Alexander Grischuk{{flagicon|FRA}} Maxime Vachier-Lagrave{{flagicon|AZE}} Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Zurich Chess ChallengeRound robin12–27 Apr8 (6){{flagicon|USA}} Hikaru Nakamura{{flagicon|RUS}} Ian Nepomniachtchi{{flagicon|IND}} Viswanathan Anand
Women's World Chess Championship 2017Knockout10 Feb – 5 Mar64{{flagicon|CHN}} Tan Zhongyi{{flagicon|UKR}} Anna Muzychuk{{flagicon|RUS}} Alexandra Kosteniuk
{{flagicon|IND}} Harika Dronavalli
U.S. Chess ChampionshipRound robin28 Mar – 10 Apr12 (3){{flagicon|USA}} Wesley So{{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Onischuk{{flagicon|USA}} Fabiano Caruana
FIDE Grand Prix 2017 (Moscow)Swiss12–21 May18 (14){{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Liren{{flagicon|AZE}} Shakhriyar Mamedyarov{{flagicon|CHN}} Hou Yifan
European Individual Chess ChampionshipSwiss29 May – 10 Jun402 (9){{flagicon|RUS}} Maxim Matlakov{{flagicon|GEO}} Baadur Jobava{{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Fedoseev
Norway Chess 2017Round robin5–17 Jun10 (10){{flagicon|ARM}} Levon Aronian{{flagicon|USA}} Hikaru Nakamura{{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Kramnik
World Team Chess ChampionshipTeam16–28 Jun10 teams{{flagicon|CHN}} China{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia{{flagicon|POL}} Poland
FIDE Grand Prix 2017 (Geneva)Swiss6–15 Jul18 (14){{flagicon|AZE}} Teimour Radjabov{{flagicon|RUS}} Ian Nepomniachtchi{{flagicon|RUS}} Alexander Grischuk
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2017Round robin15–23 Jul8 (5){{flagicon|POL}} Radoslaw Wojtaszek{{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Fedoseev{{flagicon|FRA}} Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Sinquefield Cup 2017Round robin2–11 Aug10 (10){{flagicon|FRA}} Maxime Vachier-Lagrave{{flagicon|NOR}} Magnus Carlsen{{flagicon|IND}} Viswanathan Anand
Chess World Cup 2017Knockout3–27 Sep128 (40){{flagicon|ARM}} Levon Aronian{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Liren{{flagicon|USA}} Wesley So
{{flagicon|FRA}} Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Isle of Man International Masters 2017Swiss23 Sep – 1 Oct161 (13){{flagicon|NOR}} Magnus Carlsen{{flagicon|IND}} Viswanathan Anand{{flagicon|USA}} Hikaru Nakamura
FIDE Grand Prix 2017 (Palma de Mallorca)Swiss16–27 Nov18 (14){{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitry Jakovenko{{flagicon|ARM}} Levon Aronian{{flagicon|AZE}} Teimour Radjabov
London Chess Classic 2017Round robin30 Nov – 11 Dec10 (10){{flagicon|USA}} Fabiano Caruana{{flagicon|RUS}} Ian Nepomniachtchi{{flagicon|NOR}} Magnus Carlsen
2017 World Rapid Chess ChampionshipSwiss26–28 Dec134 (32){{flagicon|IND}} Viswanathan Anand{{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Fedoseev{{flagicon|RUS}} Ian Nepomniachtchi
2017 World Blitz Chess ChampionshipSwiss29–30 Dec138 (25){{flagicon|NOR}} Magnus Carlsen{{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Karjakin{{flagicon|IND}} Viswanathan Anand

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