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FIDE Women World Chess Cup 2025 is taking place July 5 – July 29 in Batumi, Georgia, and is one of the major events of The Chess Calendar. A total of 107 participants (increased from the initially announced 103 participants) will compete for 691 000 eur prize fund. This is the third edition of the […]
The 2025 UK Open Blitz Championship features an expanded format, with 16 qualifiers in 14 cities around the United Kingdom, with the winner of each qualifying for the Final. The total prize fund for the event is in excess of £10,000. For more UK events, check out The Chess Calendar and the European Chess Calendar […]
The first ever Ding on “Ding Ding” Chess on the Tram Event happened in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s century-old Ding Ding trams became the stage for a truly historic event—the “Ding on Ding Ding” simultaneous chess match organized by the Caissa Hong Kong Chess Club. This one-of-a-kind initiative brought together former World Chess Champion Ding […]
Peru have won all the medals at the U20 Girls Pan American Chess Championship 2025. Gold: WIM Maria Teresa Jimenez Salas (Peru)Silver: WIM Fiorella Contreras Huaman (Peru)Bronze: WIM Kate Azumi Bravo Mallco (Peru) Scroll down for the full standings of the event. In a strange twist, all the medalists in the open section are from […]
US players have won the full set of medals at the U20 Pan American Chess Championship 2025. With 41 players from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and United States of America the medalists are Gold: IM Jason Liang (USA)Silver: IM Nico Chasin (USA)Bronze: WGM Zoey Tang (USA) Scroll down […]
The 50th edition of Lebanese Individual Chess Championship is taking place June 21 – July 1 in Keshmat, Lebanon. The Keshmat Chess Club will be the venue, which has operated the Lebanese Chess Championship for the past 4 years. Top players are Joe Assaad, Michel Adeimi, Adib Arkadan, Akram Khoder, Ahmad Najjar, etc. Live games […]
Sheki Open is a chess tournament taking place June 19 – June 25 in Azerbaijan. Top participants include GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2497), IM Murad Ibrahimli (2448), IM Vugar Manafov (2415), IM Khagan Ahmad (2394), IM Toghrul Hasanzade (2349), GM Urfan Sevdimaliyev (2344), FM Rustam Rustamov (2334), IM Parviz Gasimov (2327), WIM Ayan Allahverdiyeva (2308), CM […]
Malaysian Chess Masters is taking place June 18 – June 22 in Kuala Lumpur. The tournament has an open and women sections. The participants in the open section are FM Lik Zang Lye (2264), FM Nirish Kumar Siva Kumar (2151), CM Zaidan Zulkipli (2144), CM Genivan A/L Genkeswaran (2124), Jin Cheng Chong (2117), Uzair Shahar […]
Press release by Lichess Lichess will resume cooperation with Saint Louis Chess Club after positive changes, but will maintain its boycott on the US Chess Federation Following the public statement issued by the Saint Louis Chess Club (STLCC) in October 2023, and after our own independent investigation, Lichess has decided to lift our boycott on […]
Zandanshatar Gombojav, the current President of the Mongolian Chess Federation, appointed prime minister. He won election by a vote of 108 to 9 in the 126-member parliament. The other nine members were absent. AP published an article saying, “Mongolia gets a new prime minister who pledged to address the economic demands of protesters” and notes, […]