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Tournaments
Personal
| Tournament | date | Σ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72nd Armenian Championship | January 11-22 | eleven | Petrosyan, Tigran L. |
| Wijk aan Zee 2012 | January 14-29 | 14 | Aronian, Levon |
| European Championship 2012 | March 19 - April 1 | Yakovenko, Dmitry | |
| World Championship 2012 match | May 10-30 | 2 | Viswanathan Anand |
| Tal Memorial 2012 | June 7-18 | ten | Carlsen, Magnus |
| Dortmund 2012 | July 13-22 | ten | Caruana, Fabiano |
| Biel 2012 | July 23-28 | 6 | Wang Hao |
| French Championship 2012 | August 13-24 | 12 | Edouard, Romain Bacrot, Etienne Vashier-Lagrave, Maxim Bauer, Christian |
| Grand Prix London 2012 | September 20 - October 4 | 12 | |
| Bilbao 2012 | September 24 - October 13 | 6 | Carlsen, Magnus |
| Poikovsky 2012 | October 1-8 | ten | Yakovenko, Dmitry |
| Grand Prix Tashkent 2012 | November 21 - December 5 | 12 |
Team
| Tournament | date | Σ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chess Olympiad 2012 | August 27 - September 10 | 157 | Armenia |
| Women's Chess Olympiad 2012 | August 27 - September 10 | 125 | Russia |
Elo (Top 10)
| Chess player | A country | 01.2012 | 03.2012 | 05.2012 | 07.2012 | 08.2012 | 09.2012 | 10.2012 | 11.2012 | 12.2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlsen, Magnus | Norway | 2835 | 2835 | 2835 | 2837 | 2837 | 2843 | 2843 | 2848 | 2848 |
| Aronian, Levon | Armenia | 2805 | 2820 | 2825 | 2816 | 2816 | 2816 | 2821 | 2815 | 2815 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | Russia | 2801 | 2801 | 2801 | 2799 | 2797 | 2797 | 2795 | 2795 | 2795 |
| Anand, Viswanathan | India | 2799 | 2799 | 2791 | 2780 | 2780 | 2780 | 2780 | 2775 | 2775 |
| Radjabov, Teymur | Azerbaijan | 2773 | 2784 | 2784 | 2788 | 2788 | 2788 | 2792 | 2793 | 2793 |
| Topalov, Veselin | Bulgaria | 2770 | 2769 | 2771 | ||||||
| Karjakin, Sergey | Russia | 2769 | 2766 | 2779 | 2779 | 2785 | 2778 | 2780 | 2775 | 2775 |
| Ivanchuk, Vasily | Ukraine | 2766 | 2764 | 2764 | 2769 | 2769 | 2769 | 2771 | 2766 | |
| Morozevich, Alexander | Russia | 2763 | 2765 | 2769 | 2770 | 2770 | 2758 | 2758 | ||
| Hashimov, Vugar | Azerbaijan | 2761 | ||||||||
| Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2771 | 2775 | 2778 | 2778 | 2783 | 2786 | |||
| Caruana, Fabiano | Italy | 2767 | 2770 | 2775 | 2773 | 2773 | 2772 | 2786 | 2782 | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | Russia | 2764 | 2764 | |||||||
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | Azerbaijan | 2764 | 2764 |
New Grandmasters
| Chess player | A country |
|---|---|
| Arnold, Mark | USA |
| Bacagliao Alonso, Yusnel | Cuba |
| Bulsky, Krzysztof | Poland |
| Suri, Waibhav | India |
| Marani Rajedran Venkates | India |
| Gabuzyan, Hovhannes | Armenia |
| Gozzoli, Yannick | France |
| Gorovykh, Edward | Russia |
| Grover, Sahaj | India |
| Domogaev, Sergey | Russia |
| Kremer, Martin | Germany |
| Christiansen, Jens | Denmark |
| Cruz Sanchez, Kristjan | Peru |
| Krylov, Mikhail | Russia |
| Lalit, Babu | India |
| Milov, Leonid | Germany |
| Muzychuk, Anna | Slovenia |
| Munoz Pantoha, Miguel | Spain |
| Neykshans, Arthur | Latvia |
| Ninov, Nikolay | Bulgaria |
| Onishchuk, Vladimir | Ukraine |
| Paichadze, Luka | Georgia |
| Perez Mithans, Orelvis | Spain |
| Perez Ponsa, Federico | Argentina |
| Perun, Katsper | Poland |
| Poso Vera, Sandro | Cuba |
| Preussers, Ruland | Netherlands |
| Sevigliano, Enrico | USA |
| Solveld, Martin | Netherlands |
| Stoyanovich, Dalibor | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Tomczak, Jacek | Poland |
| Ushenina, Anna | Ukraine |
| Holt, Conrad | USA |
| Hushenbet, Niklas | Germany |
| Tsegmidiin Batchulun | Mongolia |
| Chernushevich, Alexey | France |
| Shabenik, Matei | Slovenia |
| Yilmaz, Mustafa | Turkey |
| China |
Transfer
| Chess player | From where | Where |
|---|---|---|
| David, Alberto | Luxembourg | Italy |
| Gareev, Timur | Uzbekistan | USA |
| Ipatov, Alexander | Spain | Turkey |
| Korneev, Oleg | Russia | Spain |
| Moskalenko, Victor | Ukraine | Spain |
Died
- Akhmylovskaya, Elena Bronislavovna (March 11, 1957 - November 18, 2012)
- Geth, Dick Van (March 1, 1932 - April 29, 2012)
- Gligorich, Svetozar (February 2, 1923 - August 14, 2012)
- Gorenstein, Rafail Yakovlevich (July 4, 1923 - September 23, 2012)
- Thrush, Richard (June 16, 1934 - March 7, 2012)
- Round, Palle (December 13, 1928 - May 20, 2012)
- Kharitonov, Andrey Vladimirovich (April 4, 1959 - January 13, 2012)
- Chuprov, Dmitry Mikhailovich (October 5, 1978 - September 14, 2012)
- Shedey, Sergey Alexandrovich (June 9, 1940 - November 26, 2012)