Elmira Mirzoeva is the winner of the 2025 ECF English Women Championship. Elmira Mirzoeva was sole leader after round 4, but Shambavi Hariharan managed to catch up with her. Both finished at 5,5/7 and the match headed to a tiebreak. There Elmira Mirzoeva won game 1 with black and drew the second game to claim […]
Michael Adams is the winner of the 2025 ECF English Championship. After taking the early lead, Adams finished top of the table with 6,0/7, the same points as Nikita Vitiugov. The two played a tiebreak, where Adams prevailed 2,5 – 1,5. More: Elmira Mirzoeva is ECF English Women Champion 2025 Developing story, stay tuned for […]
The Biel Chess International Festival 2025 is taking place July 12 – July 25 in Switzerland. Biel Masters 2025 is one of the Top Events in The Chess Calendar For the next two weeks, the chess world will once again be looking to Biel: for the 58 th time in a row, the Biel International […]
The second FIDE Council Meeting of 2025 took place on July 18 in Batumi, Georgia, alongside the ongoing FIDE Women’s World Cup. Held in a hybrid format, the meeting addressed a range of important topics, including development projects, budget matters, the FIDE calendar, fair-play measures, and the approval of new player titles. One of the […]
FIDE World Chess Cup 2025 is going to take place October 20 – November 27 in India. It will feature 208 players in 8 knockout rounds of classical games. The FIDE World Cup 2025 will award three spots to the Candidates 2026. Format The FIDE World Chess Cup has used several formats over the years, […]
he 18th PALEOCHORA INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT is taking place July 19 – July 26 in Greece. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min / 40 moves + 15 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from Greece, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess […]
The 15.Nordhaeuser Schachopen-Hauptturnier is taking place July 31 – August 03 in Germany. It is a 7 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from Germany, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar. The 15.Nordhaeuser […]
Levon Aronian is the winner of Freestyle Chess Las Vegas after defeating Hans Niemann 1,5-0,5 in the final match. Replay the games here Levon Aronian had an outstanding performance at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Las Vegas, held from July 16–20, 2025, at the Wynn Las Vegas. He advanced to the Grand Final, defeating […]
After her victory in the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup, Lei Tingjie is officially the second highest rated chess player in the women rating list. Lei Tingjie added 4,2 elo more today and overtakes the World Champion Ju Wenjun. The new rating is also new peak rating for Lei Tingjie. In the July 2025 […]
The 15.Nordhaeuser Schachopen-Meisterturnier is taking place July 31 – August 03 in Germany. It is a 7 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from Germany, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar. The 15.Nordhaeuser […]
