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  • World Rapid Team Chess Championship update



    London, England.
    Rapid 11th - 13th June 2025
    Blitz 14th - 15th June 2025
    55 teams

    Top 5 teams - ratings

    WR Chess Team (2695) : 1st board: Nepo
    Hexamind Chess Team (2636) : 1st board:Aronian
    Kazchess - (2510) : 1st board: Rapport
    Freedom (2605) : 1st board: Anand
    Team MGD1 (2580) 1st board: Erigaisi

    Continue to read for the games and standings about World Rapid Team Chess Championship





  • Top 30 players - Ratings June 2025 update

    Carlsen at the top with 2837 points , Nakamura 2804

    Continue to read for the Ratings of the top 30 players





  • Norway Chess 2025 update

    20- 27 May 2025
    Malmö, Sweden
    8 players
    Round robin
    Time control: 90 mn / 40 moves + 30 mn to the end + an increment of 30 seconds
    per move, starting from move 1

    Players - Ratings

    Carlsen, Magnus NOR

    Caruana, Fabiano USA

    Nakamura, Hikaru USA

    Gukesh, IND

    Arjun Erigaisi, IND

    Wei Yi CHN

    Continue to read for the games and standings about Norway Chess 2025





  • Champions Chess Tour 2025 update

    2nd leg of the Champions Chess Tour
    . 18 - 23 May, 2025 Time control: 10 mn

    Grand Final

     Players Total

    Carlsen
    2.5

    Vachier-Lagrave
    0.5


    Semifinals

     Players Total

    Carlsen
    3

    Abdusattorov
    1


     Players Total

    Nakamura
    3

    Nepo
    2

    Continue to read for the games and standings about Champions Chess Tour 2025





  • Tepe Sigeman & Co 2025 update

    20- 27 May 2025
    Malmö, Sweden
    8 players
    Round robin
    Time control: 90 mn / 40 moves + 30 mn to the end + an increment of 30 seconds
    per move, starting from move 1

    Players - Ratings

    Erwin l'Ami NED
    Richard Rapport HUN
    Javokhir Sindarov UZB
    Ray Robson USA

    Nils Grandelius SWE
    Vasyl Ivanchuk UKR
    Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus TUR
    Tan Zhongyi CHN

    Continue to read for the games and standings about Tepe Sigeman & Co 2025





  • Asian Individual Men's Chess Championships 2025

    7 - 15 May 2025
    Final Standings - top 3
    Rank PlayersCountry Points
    1 Daneshvar, Bardiya IRI 7
    2 Nihal, Sarin IND 7
    3 Vokhidov, Shamsiddin UZB 6.5







  • Superbet Chess Classic Romania - Grand chess Tour

    7 - 16 May 2025
    Bucharest, Romania
    10 players
    Round robin
    90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes +
    30-second increment starting from move one

    Praggnanandhaa won Grand Chess Tour - Superbet Chess Classic Romania

    Players - Ratings

    Gukesh Dommaraju 2787
    Fabiano Caruana 2776
    Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2771
    Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 2758
    Alireza Firouzja 2757

    Wesley So 2751
    Levon Aronian 2747
    Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2739
    Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2723
    Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2668

    Continue to read for the games and standings about Superbet Chess Classic Romania





  • FIDE Women's Grand Prix Austria

    26 - 15 May 2025
    Austria
    10 players



    Players - Ratings

    Zhu Jiner
    Tan Zhongyi
    Anna Muzychuk
    Nana Dzagnidze
    Mariya Muzychuk
    Alexandra Kosteniuk
    Vaishali Rameshbabu
    Lela Javakhishvili
    Olga Badelka
    Nurgyul Salimova

    Continue to read for the games and standings about FIDE Women's Grand Prix Austria





  • Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland 2025 - Grand chess Tour

    24 April - 1 May, 2025
    Warsaw, Poland
    Average rating : 2739

    Rapid : Round robin
    Blitz: Double Round robin

    Time control: 25mn + 10s and 5mn + 2s
    Rapid games : win 2 points
    draw 1 point.
    Blitz games : win 1 points
    draw 0.5 point.

    Fedoseev won Grand Chess Tour - Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz


    Players - Ratings

    Praggnanandhaa, R IND 2758
    Firouzja, Alireza FRA 2757
    Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. IND 2749
    Aronian, Levon USA 2747
    Duda, Jan-Krzysztof POL 2739

    Fedoseev, Vladimir SLO 2739
    Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2722
    Topalov, Veselin BUL 2717
    Deac, Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2668
    Gavrilescu, David ROU 2554

    Continue to read for the games and standings about Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland





  • Grenke Freestyle Chess Open A

    17 - 21 April 2025
    Karlsruhe , Germany

    238 players
    Swiss system


    Carlsen is the winner. 9 out of 9 games. 1 Carlsen NOR 9
    2 Maghsoodloo IRI 7
    3-4 Esipenko FID 7
    3-4 Svane GER






  • Women’s Grand Prix Pune, India

    Koneru IND won Grand Prix Pune, India thanks to the better tie-break point.

    13 - 24 April 2025
    Pune, India
    10 players
    Round-robin




    Zhu Jiner
    Dronavalli Harika
    Koneru Humpy
    Kashlinskaya Alina
    Vaishali Rameshbabu
    Melia Salome
    Munguntuul Batkhuyag
    Salimova Nurgyul
    Deshmukh Divya
    Shuvalova Polina







  • Women's World Chess Championship 2025

    3 - 21 April 2025
    First stage in Shanghai, the second stage in Chongqing
    12 games .

    ju wenjun
    Ju Wenjun


    tan zhongyi
    Tan Zhongyi






  • Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025 Paris

    7 - 14 April 2025
    Paris, France

    Chess960 - freestyle chess tournament
    Round-robin & knockout




    Carlsen won Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Paris after beating Nakamura 1.5-0.5

    Carlsen, Magnus
    Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
    Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
    Nepomniachtchi, Ian
    Nakamura, Hikaru
    Erigaisi, Arjun

    Praggnanandhaa R.
    Caruana, Fabiano
    Keymer, Vincent
    Gukesh Dommaraju
    Rapport, Richard
    Vidit Gujrathi












  • European Women's Chess Championship 2025

    31 March - 11 April 2025
    Rhodes, Greece
    136 players
    11 rounds, Swiss system
    Average rating: 2154



    Continue to read for the games , results and standingsEuropean Women's Chess Championship





  • European Individual Chess Championship 2025

    15 - 26 March 2025
    Eforie Nord, Romania
    376 players
    40/90 min + 30 min. + 30 sec. for each move


    Continue to read for the games , results and standingsEuropean Individual Chess Championship 2025





  • Nicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix

    15 - 24 March 2025
    Nicosia , Cyprus
    10 players


    Players

    Goryachkina Aleksandra
    Dronavalli Harika
    Dzagnidze, Nana
    Muzychuk, Mariya
    Muzychuk, Anna

    Tsolakidou, Stavroula
    Zhu Jiner
    Divya Deshmukh
    Paehtz, Elisabeth
    Badelka , Olga


    Continue to read for the games , results and standingsNicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix





  • Prague Chess Festival Masters March 2025

    26 February - 7 March 2025
    Prague, Czechia
    Masters t. : 10 players
    Round robin
    Average rating: 2706

    Aravindh is the winner.
    Players

    Aravindh Chithambaram
    Praggnanandhaa
    Vincent Keymer
    Liem Le
    Anish Giri
    Wei Yi
    Sam Shankland
    David Navara
    Thai Dai Van Nguyen
    Ediz Gurel


    Continue to read for the games , results and standings of Prague Chess Festival Masters





  • Champions Showdown

    4 - 6 March 2025
    Saint Louis USA
    Round robin
    Blitz, Rapid, Semi-classical


    Caruana won Champions Showdown - The Kings
    Players

    Fabiano Caruana
    Hikaru Nakamura
    Levon Aronian
    Wesley So
    Leinier Dominguez Perez
    Ray Robson


    Continue to read for the games , results and standings ofChampions Showdown





  • Monaco Women's Grand Prix round 1

    17 - 28 February 2025
    Monaco
    10 players




    Goryachkina won Monaco Women's Grand Prix on tiebreaks

    Harika Dronavalli
    Elisabeth Paehtz
    Batkhuyag Munguntuul
    Tan Zhongyi
    Humpy Koneru
    Aleksandra Goryachkina
    Bibisara Assaubayeva
    Alexandra Kosteniuk
    Sarasadat Khademalsharieh
    Kateryna Lagno







  • Chessable Masters

    1st event of Champions Chess Tour 2025

    Carlsen won Chessable Masters

    Carlsen - Yu Yangyi : 2.5 - 0.5
    Erigaisi - Wei Yi : 3 - 0
    Nakamura - Nepo : 3 - 0
    Caruana - Firouzja : 2 - 3






  • Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025 Weissenhaus

    7 - 14 February 2025
    Weissenhaus, Germany

    Masters & Challengers : 14 players each one
    Round-robin & knockout
    Feb 7 - 8 Round-robin Feb 9 - 14 Knockout
    $750,000 prize fund



    Carlsen, Magnus NOR
    Gukesh Dommaraju IND
    Fabiano Caruana USA
    Nakamura, Hikaru USA
    Firouzja, Alireza FRA

    Nodirbek Abdusattorov UZB
    Aronian, Levon USA
    Vladimir Fedoseev SLO
    Sindarov, Javokhir UZB
    Keymer, Vincent GER






  • 87th Tata Steel Masters chess tournament 2025

    Praggnanandhaa won Tata Steel Masters after beating Gukesh in play-off. 2 - 1

    18 January - 2 February 2025
    Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

    Masters & Challengers : 14 players each one
    Round robin

    Average rating: 2712

    Time control: 100'/40 moves + 50 mn for 20 moves and
    15 mn the rest of the game + 30 sec from 1st move.

    Fabiano Caruana USA
    Arjun Erigaisi IND
    Gukesh Dommaraju IND
    Nodirbek Abdusattorov UZB
    Wei Yi CHN
    Harikrishna Pentala
    Praggnanandhaa IND
    Anish Giri NED

    Vincent Keymer GER
    Vladimir Fedoseev SLO
    Jorden Van Foreest NED
    Alexey Sarana SRB
    Max Warmerdam NED
    Leon Luke Mendonca NED






  • European Women's Rapid & Blitz Ch.

    Monte-Carlo , Monaco
    Blitz : 10 January 2025
    Rapid: 11 - 12 January 2024
    Blitz : 132 players, 13 rounds
    3 minutes + 2 second-increment
    Rapid : 118 players, 11 Rounds
    15 minutes + 3 seconds-increment


    Ushenina and Maltsevskaya are the champions respectively in European Women's Rapid & Blitz Championship.










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