Forni di Sopra 2025 is part of the Italian chess summer. The tournament, now in its 16th edition, is taking place June 7 – June 14 in the beautiful Forni de Sopra in Udine. Participants include GM Martin Petrov (2524), IM Himal Gusain (2490), GM Vasilios Kotronias (2429), CM Leonardo Vincenti (2199), FM Llewellyn Vidal […]
WCF Malta Rapid Challenge 2025 took place this weekend in La Valeta. It was a rapid competition, part of the WCF series. The Italian player Luca Magini was the surprise of the event, winning it ahead of the titled players. Magini finished with 6,0/9, the same points as Grandmaster Xavier Vila Gazquez (who recently won […]
It took great moves, superb tactics, emotions, chess drama, table banging, but there it is – the number 1 among the top 100 chess players Magnus Carlsen is the winner of Norway Chess 2025. Replay all the games here See he future tournaments of the Norway Chess 2025 champion in the Magnus Carlsen chess calendar […]
The Ukranian Grandmaster Anna Muzychuk is the winner of Norway Chess Women 2025. Anna Muzychuk entered the last round with solid advantage. A draw with Vaishali R was enough for her to secure the win. Congratulations! Replay all games here See the Norway Chess 2025 champion future tournaments in the Anna Muzychuk chess calendar Stay […]
Reinter Chess Open 2025 is going to take place June 6 – June 8 in Slovakia. It is a seven round Swiss tournament with a mix of young players and veterans. Participants include Ryszard Kasperek, Peter Smetana, Vladimir Verba, Juraj Fecko, Oleksii Dolhosh, Michal Fecilak, Dominik Kochan, Stefan Kovac, Matej Mizanin, Jakub Lakata, Peter Vrastiak, […]
Yallow Dance Cup 2025 will take place July 1 – July 7 in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, China. Organized by the State Sports Administration Chess Sports Management Center and the Chinese Chess Association, Yallow Dance Cup 2025 is featuring a match between local star Wei Yi and one of America’s top stars Levon Aronian. See: […]
Aleksey Grebnev is the winner of Dubai Chess Open 2025. Grebnev won the event with 7,0/9, the same points but better tiebreak than Alan Pichot. Top woman is Zsoka Gaal, again with better tiebreak ahead of Ravi Rakshitta and half a point ahead of Eline Roebers. Replay all games here The Women League Elite 2025 […]
Xavier Vila Gazquez is the winner of XXI Obert Escacs Actius – Torneo de Ajedrez Vila de Santa Coloma de Queralt. Xavier Vila Gazquez collected 8,0/9 and edged on tiebreak Abel Lazaro Pujol for first. The third position is for Josep Oms Pallisse with 7,5/9. XXI Obert Escacs Actius – Torneo de Ajedrez Vila de […]
Rishon Lezion is the winner of the women team national championship of Israel aka Women League Elite 2025. Rishon Lezion collected 17 game points, edging for first Maccabi Kiryat-Yam with 16 and Ashdod with 15,5. Replay the games here Team captain and board 2 player of the champions Rishon Lezion IM Marsel Efroimski commented for […]
The Polish Team Chess Championship aka Ekstraliga 2025 is taking place June 2 – June 10 in Chotowa, Poland. Ekstraliga 2025 is a ten team round robin event with strong participation including Pentala Harikrishna (2707), Frederik Svane (2667), Matthias Bluebaum (2663), David Navara (2657), Daniel Dardha (2646), Andrei Volokitin (2626), Rasmus Svane (2626), Maxime Lagarde […]
