Reggio Emilia chess tournament

The Reggio Emilia chess tournament was an annual chess tournament held in Reggio Emilia, Italy. In Italian the tournament is called Torneo di Capodanno (New Year's tournament), as it used to start just after Christmas and end on the day of Epiphany (6 January). It was established as an annual event in 1958 by grandmaster Enrico Paoli.

In 1982/83 the tournament attracted a new sponsor and by the 1990s the tournament had gained significant international reputation, climaxing in the 1991/1992 edition. This was the first Category 18 tournament ever played; it was won by the 22-year-old Viswanathan Anand ahead of Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov and Vassily Ivanchuk.[http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/tdc_storia/data/1991-92.htm Cross table for Category 18 1991-92 tournament]

It was Italy's oldest and most renowned chess tournament. The tournament was usually played as a 10 to 16 player round-robin tournament. The announced 55th edition had to be canceled due to economic reasons.

Winners

class="sortable wikitable" ! # !!Year !! Winner
	1947	{{flagathlete\|Esteban Canal\|PER}}
-	1951	{{flagathlete\|Moshe Czerniak\|ISR}}
1	1958–59	{{flagathlete\|Otto Marthaler\|SUI}}
2	1959–60	{{flagathlete\|Cveto Trampuz\|YUG}}
3	1960–61	{{flagathlete\|Péter Dely\|HUN}}
4	1961–62	{{flagathlete\|Alberto Mario Giustolisi\|ITA}}
5	1962–63	{{flagathlete\|Győző Forintos\|HUN}}
6	1963–64	{{flagathlete\|Rudolf Teschner\|GER}}
7	1964–65	{{flagathlete\|Mario Bertok\|YUG}}
8	1965–66	{{flagathlete\|Bruno Parma\|YUG}}
9	1966–67	{{flagathlete\|Victor Ciocâltea\|ROM}}
10	1967–68	{{flagathlete\|Milan Matulović\|YUG}}
11	1968–69	{{flagathlete\|Ladislav Mista\|CZE}}
12	1969–70	{{flagathlete\|Sergio Mariotti\|ITA}}
13	1970–71	{{flagathlete\|Bruno Parma\|YUG}}
14	1971–72	{{flagathlete\|Andrew Soltis\|USA}}
15	1972–73	{{flagathlete\|Levente Lengyel\|HUN}}
16	1973–74	{{flagathlete\|Luben Popov\|BUL}}
17	1974–75	{{flagathlete\|Orestes Rodríguez Vargas\|PER}}
18	1975–76	{{flagathlete\|Luděk Pachman\|GER}}
19	1976–77	{{flagathlete\|Gennadi Kuzmin\|RUS}}
20	1977–78	{{flagathlete\|László M. Kovács\|HUN}}
21	1978–79	{{flagathlete\|Ralf Hess\|GER}}
22	1979–80	{{flagathlete\|Alexander Kochyev\|RUS}}
23	1980–81	{{flagathlete\|Nils Renman\|SWE}}
24	1981–82	{{flagathlete\|Arne Dür\|AUT}}
25	1982–83	{{flagathlete\|Nona Gaprindashvili\|URS}}
26	1983–84	{{flagathlete\|Karel Mokry\|TCH}}
27	1984–85	{{flagathlete\|Lajos Portisch\|HUN}}
28	1985–86	{{flagathlete\|Ulf Andersson\|SWE}}
29	1986–87	{{flagathlete\|Zoltán Ribli\|HUN}}
30	1987–88	{{flagathlete\|Vladimir Tukmakov\|URS}}
31	1988–89	{{flagathlete\|Mikhail Gurevich\|URS}}
32	1989–90	{{flagathlete\|Jaan Ehlvest\|URS}}
33	1990–91	{{flagathlete\|Anatoly Karpov\|URS}}
34	1991–92	{{flagathlete\|Viswanathan Anand\|IND}}
35	1992–93	{{flagathlete\|Rafael Vaganian\|ARM}}
36	1993–94	{{flagathlete\|Lajos Portisch\|HUN}}
37	1994–95	{{flagathlete\|Rafael Vaganian\|ARM}}
38	1995–96	{{flagathlete\|Yuri Razuvayev\|RUS}}
39	1996–97	{{flagathlete\|Michał Krasenkow\|POL}}
40	1997–98	{{flagathlete\|Dimitri Komarov\|UKR}}
41	1998–99	{{flagathlete\|Evgeniy Solozhenkin\|RUS}}
42	1999–00	{{flagathlete\|Leonid Yudasin\|ISR}}
43	2000–01	{{flagathlete\|Oleg Romanishin\|UKR}}
44	2001–02	{{flagathlete\|Vladimir Georgiev\|BUL}}
45	2002–03	{{flagathlete\|Jean-Luc Chabanon\|FRA}}
46	2003–04	{{flagathlete\|Igor Miladinović\|GRE}}
47	2004–05	{{flagathlete\|Aleksander Delchev\|BUL}}
48	2005–06	{{flagathlete\|Konstantin Landa\|RUS}}
49	2006–07	{{flagathlete\|Viorel Iordăchescu\|MDA}}
50	2007–08	{{flagathlete\|Zoltán Almási\|HUN}}
51	2008–09	{{flagathlete\|Ni Hua\|CHN}}
52	2009–10	{{flagathlete\|Gata Kamsky\|USA}}
53	2010–11	{{flagathlete\|Vugar Gashimov\|AZE}}[http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/53rd-reggio-emilia-2010-11/gashimov-wins-reggio-on-tie-break-from-vallejo Gashimov wins Reggio on tie-break from Vallejo. The Week in Chess. Mark Crowther. Thursday 6 January 2011] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130024510/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/53rd-reggio-emilia-2010-11/gashimov-wins-reggio-on-tie-break-from-vallejo \|date=30 November 2011 }}
54	2011–12	{{flagathlete\|Anish Giri\|NED}}

References

External links

[http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/tdc_storia.asp Results, games and crosstables of all editions]
[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2844 2006 edition] from chessbase.com
The 2007 edition from chessbase.com [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4363], [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4368]
[http://previews.chessdom.com/reggio-emilia Introduction to the 2007 edition]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080307023456/http://www.italiascacchistica.com/a_reggio_emilia_1.htm History of the tournament 1958–1985 ]
[http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/tablaGeneral.asp?iTorneoIppogrifo=25 2010/11 edition]

Category:Invitational chess tournaments

Category:Chess in Italy

Category:Reggio Emilia

Category:1958 in chess

Category:Recurring events established in 1958

Reggio Emilia chess tournament

Winners

See also

References

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