Reggio Emilia chess tournament

Italian event (1947–2012)

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.[1]

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

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# | Year | Winner

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

## See also

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* Hastings International Chess Congress

## References

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1. ^ Cross table for Category 18 1991-92 tournament
2. ^ Gashimov wins Reggio on tie-break from Vallejo. The Week in Chess. Mark Crowther. Thursday 6 January 2011 Archived 30 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

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* Results, games and crosstables of all editions
* 2006 edition from chessbase.com
* The 2007 edition from chessbase.com [1], [2]
* Introduction to the 2007 edition
* History of the tournament 1958-1985
* 2010/11 edition

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Major recurring international chess tournaments

* Strong chess tournaments
* Mini chess tournaments
* Round-robin chess tournaments

Major present
(average rating > 2700;
round-robin system generally)|

* Chennai Grand Masters (since 2023)
* Grand Chess Tour (since 2015)
* Grenke Chess Festival (since 2013)
* Norway Chess (since 2013)
* Prague Chess Festival (since 2019)
* Shamkir Chess (since 2014)
* Shenzhen Masters (since 2017)
* Sinquefield Cup (since 2013)
* Tata Steel Chess Tournament (since 1938)
* UzChess Cup (since 2024)
* Tata Steel India (since 2018)

Other present
(Swiss system generally)|

* Aeroflot Open (since 2002)
* Australasian Masters (since 1987)
* Biel Chess Festival (since 1968)
* Canadian Open (since 1956)
* Capablanca Memorial (since 1962)
* Cappelle-la-Grande Open (since 1985)
* Carlos Torre Repetto Memorial (since 1987)
* Chigorin Memorial (since 1909)
* Doeberl Cup (since 1963)
* Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (since 1973)
* Dubai Open (since 1999)
* Hastings International Chess Congress (since 1920)
* Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament (since 1995)
* London Chess Classic (since 2009)
* Lublin Grandmaster Tournament (since 2009)
* Paul Keres Memorials (Tallinn, since 1969) (Vancouver, since 1975)
* Qatar Masters Open (2014–2015, since 2023)
* Reykjavik Open (since 1964)
* Riga Technical University Open (since 2011)
* Rilton Cup (since 1971)
* Rubinstein Memorial (since 1963)
* South African Open (since 1962)
* U.S. Open (since 1900)
* TePe Sigeman & Co chess tournament (since 1993)
* Vidmar Memorial (since 1969)
* World Open (since 1973)
* Xtracon Chess Open (since 1979)
* Zurich Christmas Open (since 1977)

Recently cancelled
(after 2000)|

* Alekhine Memorial (1956–2013, irregular)
* Acropolis (1968–2009)
* Aerosvit (2006–2008)
* Amber (1992–2011)
* Bilbao Chess Masters Final (2008–2016)
* Gibraltar Chess Festival (2003–2020)
* Howard Staunton Memorial (2003–2009)
* Linares (1978–2010)
* Mar del Plata (1928–2001)
* Millionaire Chess (2014–2016)
* M-Tel Masters (2005–2009)
* North Sea Cup (1976–2008)
* Pearl Spring (2008–2010)
* Reggio Emilia (1947–2012)
* Tal Memorial (2006–2018)
* Zurich Chess Challenge (2012–2017)

Major past
(19th–20th century)|

* American Chess Congress (1857–1923)
* Carl Schlechter Memorial (1923–1996)
* DSB Congress (1879–1932)
* General Government (1940–1944)
* IBM international (1961–1981)
* Konex (1977–1994)
* Leopold Trebitsch Memorial (1907–1938)
* Lone Pine International (1971–1981)
* Max Euwe Memorial (1987–1996)
* Monte Carlo (1901–1904; 1967–1969)
* Netanya (1961–1983)
* Palma de Mallorca (1965–1972)
* Phillips & Drew Kings (1980–1986)
* Piatigorsky Cup (1963–1966)
* San Sebastián (1911–1912)
* Silesian Chess Congress (1922–1939)
* Tilburg (1977–1998)
* Triberg (1914–1917)

* Chess competitions
* National championships
* Supranational championships

*[PER]: Peru
*[ISR]: Israel
*[SUI]: Switzerland
*[YUG]: Yugoslavia
*[HUN]: Hungary
*[ITA]: Italy
*[GER]: Germany
*[ROM]: Romania
*[CZE]: Czech Republic
*[USA]: United States
*[BUL]: Bulgaria
*[RUS]: Russia
*[SWE]: Sweden
*[AUT]: Austria
*[URS]: Soviet Union
*[TCH]: Czechoslovakia
*[IND]: India
*[ARM]: Armenia
*[POL]: Poland
*[UKR]: Ukraine
*[FRA]: France
*[GRE]: Greece
*[MDA]: Moldova
*[CHN]: China
*[AZE]: Azerbaijan
*[NED]: Netherlands
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