Barcelona Christmas IM Barcelona ESP· Dec 27 – 31, 2018 | Dec 27 – 31, 2018 | Classical | 10 | 2320 | 25 |
Cup Binhai Open Tianjin CHN· Dec 25 – 31, 2018 | Dec 25 – 31, 2018 | Classical | 11 | 2095 | 9 |
| RB-00367LSS· Dec 30 – 31, 2018 | Dec 30 – 31, 2018 | Classical | 7 | 1890 | 20 |
Obro Copenhagen DEN· Dec 27 – 31, 2018 | Dec 27 – 31, 2018 | Classical | 23 | 2173 | 22 |
Australian Open 2019 Melbourne AUS· Dec 27 – 31, 2018 | Dec 27 – 31, 2018 | Classical | 58 | 2124 | 95 |
| OP-04701LSS· Dec 30 – 31, 2018 | Dec 30 – 31, 2018 | Classical | 6 | 1709 | 9 |
2. Schilcherland Open Deutschlandsberg AUT· Dec 29 – 31, 2018 | Dec 29 – 31, 2018 | Classical | 47 | 2258 | 60 |
Litomysl Open 2018-19 Litomysl CZE· Dec 26 – 31, 2018 | Dec 26 – 31, 2018 | Classical | 49 | 1921 | 115 |
2. Montebelluna Cup 2018 Montebelluna ITA· Dec 27 – 31, 2018 | Dec 27 – 31, 2018 | Classical | 35 | 2311 | 84 |
Maidenhair Tree Asian Am Zhengzhou CHN· Dec 31, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Classical | 65 | 1651 | 34 |
29. Cracovia Open A Krakow POL· Dec 27 – 31, 2018 | Dec 27 – 31, 2018 | Classical | 97 | 2242 | 142 |
Hastings Masters 2018-19 Hastings ENG· Dec 28 – 31, 2018 | Dec 28 – 31, 2018 | Classical | 85 | 2050 | 148 |
27. Donau Open 2018 Aschach AUT· Dec 26 – 31, 2018 | Dec 26 – 31, 2018 | Classical | 45 | 2240 | 65 |
48. Rilton Cup 2018-19 Stockholm SWE· Dec 27 – 31, 2018 | Dec 27 – 31, 2018 | Classical | 165 | 2292 | 400 |
4. IIFL Wealth Mumbai Op Mumbai IND· Dec 30 – 31, 2018 | Dec 30 – 31, 2018 | Classical | 123 | 2204 | 122 |
1. Binhai Cup 2018 Tianjin CHN· Dec 25 – 31, 2018 | Dec 25 – 31, 2018 | Classical | 62 | 2148 | 214 |
| RC-00225LSS· Dec 20 – 30, 2018 | Dec 20 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 4 | 1777 | 5 |
It Australian Open Melbourne AUS· Dec 27 – 30, 2018 | Dec 27 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 6 | 2173 | 5 |
| OP-04696LSS· Dec 23 – 30, 2018 | Dec 23 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 5 | 1824 | 10 |
| SC-00365LSS· Nov 22 – Dec 30, 2018 | Nov 22 – Dec 30, 2018 | Classical | 7 | 1856 | 18 |
Ch World (blitz) St Petersburg RUS· Dec 30, 2018 | Dec 30, 2018 | Blitz | 9 | 2608 | 7 |
Pere Noel Open 2018 Montreal CAN· Dec 26 – 30, 2018 | Dec 26 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 34 | 1947 | 68 |
28. North American Open Las Vegas, NV USA· Dec 26 – 30, 2018 | Dec 26 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 74 | 2225 | 119 |
Pan-Am Intercollegiate Burlingame USA· Dec 27 – 30, 2018 | Dec 27 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 64 | 2392 | 72 |
35. Boeblinger Open 2018 Boeblingen GER· Dec 26 – 30, 2018 | Dec 26 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 59 | 2277 | 68 |
56. Groningen Open 2018 Groningen NED· Dec 22 – 30, 2018 | Dec 22 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 59 | 2257 | 252 |
9. Arco Christmas Open Arco ITA· Dec 26 – 30, 2018 | Dec 26 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 33 | 2046 | 90 |
45. Eastern Open 2018 Tysons USA· Dec 27 – 30, 2018 | Dec 27 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 49 | 2012 | 93 |
Karlstad Open 2018 Karlstad SWE· Dec 28 – 30, 2018 | Dec 28 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 25 | 2145 | 34 |
15. Schachtuerken Cup Paderborn GER· Dec 27 – 30, 2018 | Dec 27 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 31 | 2108 | 36 |
42. Zurich Christmas Zurich SUI· Dec 26 – 30, 2018 | Dec 26 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 41 | 2360 | 54 |
TCh-GER Junior U20 2018 Osnabrueck GER· Dec 27 – 30, 2018 | Dec 27 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 104 | 1922 | 283 |
7. Lorca Open 2018 Lorca ESP· Dec 26 – 30, 2018 | Dec 26 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 99 | 2226 | 213 |
28. Erfurt Master Open Erfurt GER· Dec 26 – 30, 2018 | Dec 26 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 87 | 2156 | 162 |
World Blitz Women 2018 St Petersburg RUS· Dec 29 – 30, 2018 | Dec 29 – 30, 2018 | Blitz | 128 | 2304 | 1,022 |
World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS· Dec 29 – 30, 2018 | Dec 29 – 30, 2018 | Blitz | 224 | 2500 | 2,093 |
| It Kireka OpenKampala (Uganda)· Dec 27 – 30, 2018 | Dec 27 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 63 | 1485 | 104 |
Bremen Silvester Open Bremen GER· Dec 27 – 30, 2018 | Dec 27 – 30, 2018 | Classical | 62 | 1895 | 190 |
| FICGS__CHESS__RAPID_B__000308FICGS· Dec 29, 2018 | Dec 29, 2018 | Classical | 4 | 1776 | 5 |
| Lefkos Pyrgos RapidThessaloniki, Neo Dimarheio· Dec 28 – 29, 2018 | Dec 28 – 29, 2018 | Rapid | 8 | 2040 | 7 |
| FICGS__CHESS__RAPID_A__000229FICGS· Dec 29, 2018 | Dec 29, 2018 | Classical | 5 | 1884 | 9 |
| SA-00660LSS· Dec 27 – 28, 2018 | Dec 27 – 28, 2018 | Classical | 8 | 2043 | 22 |
V.E. Raev Memorial 2018 Voronezh RUS· Dec 20 – 28, 2018 | Dec 20 – 28, 2018 | Classical | 10 | 2246 | 42 |
| Tournament Pan-Am IntercollegiateBurlingame (USA)· Nov 23 – Dec 28, 2018 | Nov 23 – Dec 28, 2018 | Classical | 16 | 1968 | 14 |
| SM-00402LSS· Aug 5 – Dec 28, 2018 | Aug 5 – Dec 28, 2018 | Classical | 8 | 2323 | 17 |
Bhopal International Open Bhopal IND· Dec 21 – 28, 2018 | Dec 21 – 28, 2018 | Classical | 93 | 2006 | 122 |
World Rapid Women 2018 St Petersburg RUS· Dec 26 – 28, 2018 | Dec 26 – 28, 2018 | Rapid | 127 | 2298 | 751 |
World Rapid 2018 St Petersburg RUS· Dec 26 – 28, 2018 | Dec 26 – 28, 2018 | Rapid | 221 | 2509 | 1,572 |
| OP-04698LSS· Dec 27, 2018 | Dec 27, 2018 | Classical | 5 | 1631 | 7 |
Hong Kong Open 2018 Hong Kong HKG· Dec 22 – 27, 2018 | Dec 22 – 27, 2018 | Classical | 76 | 1559 | 254 |