[1] In 2010 and 2011, the winner of the tournament, Magnus Carlsen, qualified for the Bilbao Chess Masters Final which took place at the year end.
Ivanchuk - Nisipeanu 1 - 0 The tournament, initially due to take place from 23 June to 4 July 2012, was cancelled after the withdrawal of the sponsor Romgaz.
Vassili Ivantchouk (2763) - Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (2668) [CODE ECO E32] 1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 0–0 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 b5 7.cxb5 c6 8.Fg5 cxb5 9.e3 Fb7 10.Cf3 a6 11.Fd3 h6 12.Fh4 d6 13.0–0 Cbd7 14.Db4 Db6 15.Fg3 Fe4 16.Fe2 Tfc8 17.Tfc1 Ce8 18.Cd2 Fc2 19.h3 Tab8 20.a4 bxa4 21.Dxb6 Cxb6 22.Fxa6 Tc7 23.Fb5 f6 24.Fxe8 Txe8 25.Fxd6 Tc6 26.Fc5 Fg6 27.Cc4 Cxc4 28.Txc4 Ta8 29.Tcxa4 Txa4 30.Txa4 Fd3 31.Ta3 Fe2 32.Ta8+ Rf7 33.Ta7+ Rg8 34.Tb7 Ta6 35.Fb4 Ta1+ 36.Rh2 Tc1 37.h4 h5 38.Fc3 Fc4 39.Tc7 Fd3 40.Tc5 Tc2 41.Rg3 Fe2 [See diagram] 42.e4 Rf7 43.d5 exd5 44.Txd5 Fg4 45.f3 Fe6 46.Txh5 Fc4 47.e5 Rg6 48.Th8 Ff1 49.exf6 1–0 In 2014 the Kings Tournament was a preliminary blitz tournament between six Romanian and four Chinese players, followed by a four-round match between a team of four Romanians (Lupulescu, Parligras, Jianu and Nevednichy) and four Chinese (Wang Yue, Wei Yi, Ni Hua and Lu shanglei).
Vassili Ivantchouk won the blitz and rapid tournaments beating Sergueï Kariakine, Wei Yi and Bogdan-Daniel Deac.
Anna Muzychuk won the two women's tournaments, beating Elisabeth Pähtz, Pia Cramling and Corina-Isabela Peptan.