OTB chess tournaments

Over-the-board tournaments found in the game databases ChessHunter imports (Lumbras GigaBase and The Week in Chess), 7,048,610 games in all. Open a tournament to see its standings, then a player to explore their openings and prepare for them.

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Tournament	Dates	Type	Players	Avg. Elo	Games
Reggio Emilia 5960Reggio Emilia ITA· Dec 28 – 31, 1959	Dec 28 – 31, 1959	Classical	5	2027	6
Reggio Emilia ITAReggio Emilia ITA· Jan 3 – Dec 31, 1959	Jan 3 – Dec 31, 1959	Classical	13	2027	20
London Boys U18 ChLondon ENG· Dec 28 – 31, 1959	Dec 28 – 31, 1959	Classical	9	1902	8
USA ChNew York, NY USA· Dec 18 – 30, 1959	Dec 18 – 30, 1959	Classical	10	2137	10
Quick PracticeHayes· Jun 5 – Dec 27, 1959	Jun 5 – Dec 27, 1959	Rapid	6	1742	16
PracticeHayes· Mar 26 – Dec 21, 1959	Mar 26 – Dec 21, 1959	Classical	5	1742	19
HUN Ch 15thBudapest HUN· Nov 21 – Dec 20, 1959	Nov 21 – Dec 20, 1959	Classical	20	2087	72
HUN Ch Budapest HUNHUN-ch Budapest HUN· Nov 21 – Dec 20, 1959	Nov 21 – Dec 20, 1959	Classical	19	2072	75
RigaRiga LAT· Dec 5 – 20, 1959	Dec 5 – 20, 1959	Classical	21	2034	90
New York ch-USANew York ch-USA· Dec 19, 1959	Dec 19, 1959	Classical	13	2120	57
Montreal Open 58/59Montreal CAN· Nov 4 – Dec 11, 1959	Nov 4 – Dec 11, 1959	Classical	10	1701	8
United States Open ChampionshipOmaha· Jan 8 – Dec 7, 1959	Jan 8 – Dec 7, 1959	Classical	10	2088	9
Illinois Ch· Dec 6, 1959	Dec 6, 1959	Classical	6	1585	5
Hastings5960Hastings ENG· 1959	1959	Classical	10	1944	42
GDR Ch Leipzig GERGDR-ch Leipzig GER· 1959	1959	Classical	14	2261	71
Hayes & Harlington Jr ch (Minet Shield)Hayes· Oct 9 – Nov 20, 1959	Oct 9 – Nov 20, 1959	Classical	7	1742	6
ArgentinaArgentina· Oct 23 – Nov 13, 1959	Oct 23 – Nov 13, 1959	Classical	19	2067	33
Candidats TournamentBled/Zagreb/Belgrade· Sep 7 – Oct 29, 1959	Sep 7 – Oct 29, 1959	Classical	9	1763	56
Chess FestivalBelgrade SRB· 1959	1959	Classical	9	2058	11
FRG Ch 05thNuerenberg GER· 1959	1959	Classical	16	2017	49
NurembergNuerenberg GER· 1959	1959	Classical	10	1982	9
DresdenDresden GER· 1959	1959	Classical	22	2128	115
FRG Ch Nuerenberg GERFRG-ch Nuerenberg GER· 1959	1959	Classical	14	1951	51
Krakow POLKrakow POL· Sep 13 – 25, 1959	Sep 13 – 25, 1959	Classical	12	1902	19
KrakowKrakow POL· Sep 11 – 25, 1959	Sep 11 – 25, 1959	Classical	14	1983	41
So California ChHollywood, CA· Sep 13 – 20, 1959	Sep 13 – 20, 1959	Classical	10	1642	5
California Open ChampionshipFresno· Sep 5 – 7, 1959	Sep 5 – 7, 1959	Classical	8	1928	7
Oakland· Apr 24 – Sep 4, 1959	Apr 24 – Sep 4, 1959	Classical	10	2037	6
Montreal ch CANMontreal ch CAN· Aug 25 – Sep 4, 1959	Aug 25 – Sep 4, 1959	Classical	7	1468	6
CAN ChMontreal CAN· Aug 25 – Sep 4, 1959	Aug 25 – Sep 4, 1959	Classical	13	1468	21
KielKiel GER· 1959	1959	Classical	7	1789	20
It Kiel GERIt Kiel GER· 1959	1959	Classical	7	1683	6
FRG Ch U20Heidenheim· Aug 16 – 30, 1959	Aug 16 – 30, 1959	Classical	15	2176	17
GBR-ch46 Major OpenYork ENG· Aug 10 – 21, 1959	Aug 10 – 21, 1959	Classical	23	1819	22
GBR-ch46 U15York ENG· Aug 10 – 21, 1959	Aug 10 – 21, 1959	Classical	14	1922	13
BCF ChYork ENG· Aug 10 – 19, 1959	Aug 10 – 19, 1959	Classical	22	1993	15
GBR Ch 46thYork ENG· Aug 13 – 18, 1959	Aug 13 – 18, 1959	Classical	8	2109	5
York ch-BCFYork ch-BCF· Aug 17, 1959	Aug 17, 1959	Classical	41	1964	169
Cerveny KostelecCerveny Kostelec· Aug 6 – 14, 1959	Aug 6 – 14, 1959	Classical	8	1997	28
C.F.N.C. Experts TournamentSonoma· Aug 6 – 8, 1959	Aug 6 – 8, 1959	Classical	8	2068	7
Wch U20 fin-BMuenchenstein/Basel· Jul 27 – Aug 7, 1959	Jul 27 – Aug 7, 1959	Classical	9	2238	36
Wch U20 fin-CMuenchenstein/Basel· Jul 27 – Aug 7, 1959	Jul 27 – Aug 7, 1959	Classical	5	1717	19
Wch U20 fin-AMuenchenstein/Basel· Jul 27 – Aug 7, 1959	Jul 27 – Aug 7, 1959	Classical	12	2255	54
URS Team ChMoscow RUS· 1959	1959	Classical	101	2011	100
OmahaOmaha· Jul 23 – 30, 1959	Jul 23 – 30, 1959	Classical	10	2091	6
US-opOmaha· Jul 20 – 30, 1959	Jul 20 – 30, 1959	Classical	25	2088	20
US-op OmahaUS-op Omaha· Jul 21 – 28, 1959	Jul 21 – 28, 1959	Classical	10	2178	8
Wch U20 prel-AMuenchenstein/Basel· Jul 18 – 26, 1959	Jul 18 – 26, 1959	Classical	8	2309	28
Wch U20 prel-CMuenchenstein/Basel· Jul 18 – 26, 1959	Jul 18 – 26, 1959	Classical	9	2332	30
Wch U20 prel-BMuenchenstein/Basel· Jul 18 – 26, 1959	Jul 18 – 26, 1959	Classical	9	1979	36

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