Below is a list of events in chess during the year 2007:
Events
(Top events in bold)
January
January 1 – Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) lost 30 rating points but still tops the FIDE rating list at 2783. Viswanathan Anand (India) is second at 2779 and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) is third at 2766. There is only one change in the players in the top eleven: Peter Svidler (Russia) dropped from number 4 to number 12 with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) jumping from 12 to 4. At number 13 and rated 2727, Judit Polgár (Hungary) is the only woman in the top 100. Top juniors are Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan, number 11 at 2729), Magnus Carlsen (Norway, number 24 at 2690), and Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine, number 29 at 2678). Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) reenters the world top 100 at age 74, earning the 85th position with a rating of 2629. January 5 – David Howell, age 16 years 1 month, becomes the youngest British Grandmaster ever. His second-place finish at the Rilton Cup in Stockholm with the score 7/9 gives him his third grandmaster norm and a rating of 2501. January 7 – 82nd Hastings International Congress 2006/7 won by GM Merab Gagunashvili (Georgia) and GM Valerij Neverov (Ukraine). January 7 – 49th Reggio Emilia won by GM Viorel Iordăchescu (Moldava). January 8 – 1st ACP World Rapid Cup in Odesa won by Peter Leko (Hungary) over Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) by 2½–1½ in the final. January 9 – 2006/7 Australian Open Championships in Canberra won by IM Zong-Yuan Zhao (Australia). GM Ian Rogers (Australia) is 2nd, and Darryl Johansen (Australia) and GM Mark Bluvshtein (Canada) are 3rd=. January 11 – Moscow-London "Ice Chess" exhibition game is played by satellite link on large outdoor boards in Moscow and London with giant pieces sculpted of ice in the shapes of local landmarks. Anatoly Karpov (Russia) and Nigel Short (England) serve as honorary captains with eight-year-old Russian and English chess prodigies choosing the moves. The game is agreed drawn after about an hour of play, with the pieces melting due to temperatures above freezing in both cities. January 12 – Paul Keres Memorial Tournament in Tallinn "A Group" won by Georgy Timoshenko (Ukraine). January 12 – 114th New Zealand Championship in Wanganui won by 16-year-old FM Puchen Wang. January 15 – 32nd Ciudad de Sevilla won by GM Karel van der Weide (Netherlands) on tie-break over GM Daniel Cámpora (Argentina). January 20 – Belarus Championship in Minsk won by GM Aleksej Aleksandrov. January 26 – 67th Armenian Championship in Yerevan won by GM Karen Asrian in a playoff with GM Tigran Kotanjian. January 27 – German Championship in Bad Koenigshofen won by GM Arkadij Naiditsch on tie-break over IM Rainer Buhmann. January 27 – Estonian Championship in Tallinn won by GM Meelis Kanep after a playoff against GM Kaido Kulaots. WIM Tatyana Fomina won the women's title after a three-way playoff. January 28 – Wijk aan Zee is a three-way tie between GM Levon Aronian (Armenia), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), and Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan). January 31 – Cuban Chess Championship in Santa Clara won by Lázaro Bruzón.
February
February 4 – Moscow Open won by GM Evgeniy Najer on tie-break over GM Vasily Yemelin in a field of 245 players. February 11 – Fenach Chilean Championship in Santiago won by Eduardo Arancibia on tie-break over IM Luis Rojas. (Chile has two chess federations. Fenach is the longer established of the two.) February 16 – Czech Championship in Prague won by GM Tomas Polak. February 20 – Brazilian Women's Championship in Americana won by Suzana Chang. February 22 – 6th Aeroflot Open in Moscow won by GM Evgeny Alekseev in a field of 88, including 73 GMs, 11 IMs, 2 WGMs, and 1 WFM. February 22 – Polish Championship in Opole won by GM Tomasz Markowski. February 25 – Romanian Chess Championship in Amara won by GM Constantin Lupulescu.