Chess tournaments

The big ones

• World titles · About every 2 years (2024; next match November to December 2026)World Chess Championship →

  Holder

  Gukesh Dommaraju

  Next

  Geneva, November to December 2026: Gukesh against Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan), the 2026 Candidates winner

  India

  Viswanathan Anand won in 2000 (FIDE), 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012; he was runner-up in 1995, 1998, 2005, 2013 and 2014. Gukesh Dommaraju won in 2024

  The match for the world title, the most famous title in the game

• World titles · Every 2 yearsChess Olympiad →

  Latest

  open, Uzbekistan 20 points

  Next

  Abu Dhabi 2028, the 47th

  India

  Gold at Budapest 2024 (21 points); silver at Samarkand 2026; bronze in 2014 and in 2022, where India's second team ("India 2") won it at Chennai

  The national-team world title; India won both golds in 2024

• World titles · Every 2 years (Cyprus 2026)Candidates Tournament →

  Latest

  Javokhir Sindarov won

  India

  Viswanathan Anand won in 2014 and was third in 2016; Gukesh Dommaraju won in 2024

  Decides the challenger for the world title

• World titles · To checkWomen's World Chess Championship →

  Holder

  Gukesh Dommaraju

  Next

  Geneva, November to December 2026: Gukesh against Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan), the 2026 Candidates winner

  India

  Viswanathan Anand won in 2000 (FIDE), 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012; he was runner-up in 1995, 1998, 2005, 2013 and 2014. Gukesh Dommaraju won in 2024

  The women's world title

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