2015 in chess

Events in chess during the year 2015:

2015 tournaments
This is a list of significant 2015 chess tournaments:

Key dates

 * 26 May: Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura clinch the top two positions in the FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15, securing their spots in the 2016 Candidates Tournament
 * 5 October: Sergey Karjakin and Peter Svidler place first and second, respectively, in the Chess World Cup 2015, securing two spots in the 2016 Candidates Tournament
 * 12 October: Magnus Carlsen defends the World Chess Rapid Championship title
 * 14 October: Alexander Grischuck wins the World Chess Blitz Championship title

FIDE world rankings
The FIDE World Rankings in December was