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  • 87th Tata Steel Masters chess tournament 2025 update



    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. update

    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.






  • Top 30 players - Ratings January 2025 update

    Carlsen at the top with 2831 points ,Caruana is 2nd.

    Continue to read for the Ratings of the top 30 players










  • World Blitz Chess Championship 2024 30 - 31 December 2024
    New York , USA
    207 players ( Open ), 124 players ( Women )
    13 rounds
    Time control: 3 minutes + 2 sec per move.

    Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi share gold in World Blitz Chess Ch.






  • World Rapid Chess Championship 2024 26 - 28 December 2024
    New York , USA
    207 players ( Open ), 124 players ( Women )
    13 rounds
    Time control: 15 minutes + 10 sec per move

    Murzin and Koneru won World Rapid Chess Championship and Womens's World Rapid Chess Championship respectively.






  • Champions Chess Tour Finals

    Oslo, Norway,
    17 - 21 December 2024
    Round-robin & Knockout
    8 players
    10 + 2 rapid

    Carlsen, Magnus NOR
    Firouzja, Alireza FRA
    Nepo , Ian FID
    So , Wesley
    Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA
    Aronian, Leon USA
    Lazavik Denis FID
    Keymer , Vincent GER







  • Turkish Chess Championship 13 - 22 December 2024
    Antalya, T rkiye


    Top 5 according to the ratings

    Y lmaz, Mustafa 2574
    Da tan, Muhammed Batuhan 2560
    anal, Vahap 2553
    Y lmazyerl i, Mert 2515
    G kerkan, Cem Kaan 2486







  • World Chess Championship update

    23 November - 13 December 2024C
    Singapore


    Gukesh is World Chess Champion after beating Ding Liren 7.5 - 6.5


    Gukesh
    Gukesh







  • European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship

    7 - 11 December 2024
    Skopje, N.Macedonia
    Rapid : 11-round Swiss , Time control: 15+10
    Blitz: 13-round Swiss Time control: 3+2

    Fedoseev won European Rapid , Van Foreest won European Blitz Chess Championship.

    Continue to read for the games, results and standings of





  • London Chess Classic Elite

    29 November - 6 December 2024
    London UK
    8 players
    90 minutes + 30 seconds per move Jones Gawain C B ENG
    Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND
    Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE
    Adams Michael ENG

    Hong Andrew USA
    Vitiugov Nikita ENG
    Ju Wenjun CHN
    Royal Shreyas ENG






  • European Individual Chess Champ.

    8 - 19 November 2024
    Petrovac , Montenegro
    404 players
    40/90 min + 30 min. + 30 sec. for each move

    Final standings

    1- Indjic SRB
    2- Dardha BEL
    3- Svane GER






  • Tata Steel Chess India Rapid -- Tata Steel Chess India Blitz

    13-17 November 2024
    Kolkata , India
    10 players
    Rapid games: 25 + 10

    Carlsen won Tata Steel Chess India Blitz and Rapid.

    Carlsen,M
    Abdusattorov,N
    So,W
    Dubov,D
    Praggnanandhaa Rl

    Narayanan S L
    Keymer,V
    Nihal Sarin
    Vidit,S
    Erigaisi Arjun







  • European Individual Chess Championship

    8 - 19 November 2024
    Petrovac , Montenegro
    404 players
    40/90 min + 30 min. + 30 sec. for each move






  • Chennai Grand Masters

    5 - 11 November 2024
    Chennai, India
    8 players
    90 minutes + 30 seconds per move

    Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
    Erigaisi, Arjun
    Aronian, Levon
    Tabatabaei, M. Amin

    Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
    Maghsoodloo, Parham
    Sarana, Alexey
    Aravindh, Chithambaram







  • Shymkent FIDE Women's Grand Prix

    30 October - 8 November 2024
    Shymkent , Kazakhstan
    10 players


    Goryachkina is the winner






  • St. Louis Champions Showdown: Chess9LX

    Caruana is the winner

    28 - 30 October 2024
    Saint Louis, USA

    10-players
    Round Robin Chess 960 ( Fischer Random )
    20 mn + 5sec increment

    Players

    Fabiano Caruana
    Hikaru Nakamura
    Garry Kasparov
    Wesley So
    Levon Aronian

    Sam Sevian
    Leinier Dominguez
    Grigoriy Oparin
    Ray Robson
    Sam Shankland





  • European Chess Club Cup

    20 - 26 October 2024
    Vrnjacka Banja , Serbia
    7 rounds
    84 teams

    Novy Bor and TAJFUN-SK Ljubljana are the champions s in Open and Womens section.






  • U.S. Chess Championship

    Caruana is the winner.

    11 - 24 October 2024
    Saint Louis , USA
    12 players
    Average rating : 2698

    Caruana, Fabiano
    So Wesley
    Dominguez Perez, L
    Aronian, Levon
    Shankland Sam
    Niemann, Hans Moke

    Robson Ray
    Mishra, Abhimanyu
    Sevian, Samuel
    Liang, Awonder
    Oparin, Grigoriy
    Yoo, Christopher Woojin






  • WR Chess Masters

    14-18 October 2024
    London , UK
    16 players
    Knock out tournament


    SEMIFINALS

    Erigaisi - Praggnanandhaa: 1.5 - 0.5
    Firouzja - Vachier-Lagrave: 1 - 2








  • Global Chess League
    Firouzja's team Triveni Continental Kings won after beating Giri's team PBG Alaskan Knights : 9 - 7 and 13 - 7 .

    6 Teams - Double Round Robin tournament with Unique Scoring System in London between 3 - 12 October 2024 .

    Carlsen , Nakamura, Anand , MVL , Giri , Firouzja in 6 different teams . Total 36 players.

    Continue to read for all players , games and standings of Global Chess League





  • Julius Baer Generation Cup
    4th event of Champions Chess Tour 2024
    27 September - 2 October 2024

    Carlsen
    Nepo
    Vachier-Lagrave
    Aronian
    Firouzja
    Fedoseev
    Grischuk
    Erigaisi







  • Gashimov Memorial
    26 - 28 September 2024
    Shusha, Azerbaijan
    8 players
    Round robin

    Nepomniachtchi won Gashimov Memorial with 19 points ahead of Abdusattorov.

  • Chess Olympiad
    11 - 22 September 2024
    Budapest Hungary
    197 teams open , 184 teams women
    11 rounds, Swiss system

    India won Olympiad in Open and Women's section.

  • Sinquefield Cup
    19 - 29 August 2024
    St Louis , USA
    10 players


    Firouzja Alireza FRA
    So Wesley USA
    Giri Anish NED
    Ding Liren CHN
    Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA
    Caruana Fabiano USA
    Nepomniachtchi Ian FID
    Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 0
    Dominguez Leinier USA
    Praggnanandhaa IND

    Continue to read for the games and standings about Sinquefield Cup




  • Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix
    14 - 25 August 2024
    Tbilisi , Georgia
    10 players


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




  • Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
    August 12 - 16 2024
    Saint Louis, USA
    10 players
    Average rating: 2757

    Rapid Round Robin
    Blitz Double Round Robin
    Rapid: 25 mn + 5 sec
    Blitz: 5 mn + 3sec
    Rapid : Victory: 2, draw: 1 , 0 point
    Blitz : Victory: 1, draw: 0.5 , 0 point


    Caruana Fabiano
    Nakamura Hikaru
    So Wesley
    Dominguez Leinier
    Aronian Leon
    Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
    Nepomniachtchi Ian
    Firouzja Alireza
    Abdusattorov
    Praggnanandhaa

    Continue to read for the games and standings about Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz update





  • World Rapid - Blitz Team Chess Championships
    Astana, Kazakhstan
    Rapid 2 - 4 August 2024
    Blitz 5 - 6 August 2024
    39 teams

    Carlsen's team WR Chess won World Blitz Champ .
    Al-Ain ACMG UAE won World Rapid Champ .

    Continue to read for the games and standings about World Rapid - Blitz Team Chess Championships update





  • Top 30 players - Ratings August 2024

    Carlsen at the top with 2832 points in front of Caruana and Nakamura.

    Continue to read for the Ratings of the top 30 players





  • CrunchLabs Masters - Champions Chess Tour

    17 - 24 July 2024:
    3rd event of the Champions Chess Tour 2024 .

    Vachier-Lagrave beat Firouzja in the final 3-2 and won CrunchLabs Masters

    Continue to read for the games and standings about CrunchLabs Masters - Champions Chess Tour





  • Biel Grandmaster Triathlon

    14 - 25 July 2024
    Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
    6 players
    Chess triathlon :
    classical and rapid round-robin and
    Blitz double round-robin.
    Then Play-off : classical round-robin

    Players - ratings
    Praggnanandhaa , IND 2757
    Liem Le , VIE , 2731
    Vincent Keymer , GER, 2721
    Sam Shankland , USA , 2661
    Haik Martirosyan, ARM , 2661
    Abhimanyu Mishra , USA , 2604

    Continue to read for the games and standings about Biel Grandmaster Triathlon







  • Isbank Turkish Chess Super League

    13 - 26 July 2024
    Ankara
    16 teams
    Round robin


    Continue to read for the games and standings about Turkish Chess Super League





  • SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia

    10 - 14 July 2024
    Zagreb, Croatia
    10 players
    Single rapid round-robinand
    Blitz double round-robin.

    Average rating: 2745

    Caruana lis the winner.

    Players - ratings
    Caruana, Fabiano , USA 2805
    Nepomniachtchi, Ian , FID, 2770
    Gukesh Dommaraju , IND , 2763
    So, Wesley ,USA , 2757
    Giri, Anish , NED , 2745

    Firouzja, Alireza , FRA , 2737
    Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime , FRA , 2732
    Aronian Levon , USA , 2729
    Vidit Gujrathi , IND , 2720
    Saric Ivan , CRO , 2690

    Continue to read for the games and standings about SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia







  • Superbet Romania Chess Classic

    June 25 - July 5, 2024
    Bucharest, Romania
    10 players
    Round robin
    Average rating: 2750

    Players - ratings
    Caruana, Fabiano , USA 2805
    Nepomniachtchi, Ian , FID, 2770
    Abdusattorov Nodirbek , UZB , 2766
    Gukesh Dommaraju , IND , 2763
    So, Wesley ,USA , 2757

    Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu , IND , 2747
    Giri, Anish , NED , 2745
    Firouzja, Alireza , FRA , 2737
    Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime , FRA , 2732
    Deac, Bogdan-Daniel , ROU , 2680

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





  • Norway Chess

    New format: The games started from selected positions derived from historical games

    27 May - 7 June 2024
    Stavenger , Norway
    Double round-robin

    In case of the draw Armageddon game will be played.

    Tiime control: 120 mn + 10 second from move 41

    Players

    Carlsen, Magnus 2830
    Caruana, Fabiano 2805
    Nakamura, Hikaru 2795
    Ding Liren 2762
    Praggnanandhaa 2747
    Firouzja, Alireza 2738

    Continue to read for the games and standings about Norway Chess





  • Casablanca Chess

    New format: The games started from selected positions derived from historical games

    18 - 19 May, 2024
    Casablanca, Morocco
    Double round-robin

    Rapid

    Tiime control: 15 mn - 10 s

    Carlsen won Casablanca Chess tournament .



    Players

    Carlsen,
    Nakamura,
    Anand,
    Amin

    Continue to read for the games and standings about Casablanca Chess





  • Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland - Grand chess Tour

    7 - 12 May, 2024
    Warsaw, Poland
    Rapid : Round robin
    Blitz: Double Round robin
    Rapid games : 2 points for a win and
    1 for a draw.

    Players - Ratings


    Magnus Carlsen 2828
    Wei Yi 2758
    Giri, Anish 2745
    Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2733
    Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2733

    Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 2704
    Arjun Erigaisi 2671
    Gukesh Dommaraju 2649
    Vincent Keymer 2647
    Kirill Shevchenko 2622

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





  • Champions Chess Tour Chess com Classic

    8 - 15 May, 2024. Online tournament.

    Carlsen beat Lazavik avand advanced to the final against Keymer

    Carlsen NOR - Lazavik FID : 2.5 - 1.5
    Duda POL - Keymer GER : 0.5 - 2.5




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





  • Sigeman & Co Chess tournament

    27 April - 3 May 2024
    Malm , Sweden
    8 players
    Round robin

    Nodirbek Abdusattorov UZB
    Arjun Erigaisi IND
    Ju Wenjun CHN
    Vincent Keymer GER

    Peter Svidler FID
    Anton Korobov UKR
    Nils Grandelius SWE
    Marc'Andria Maurizzi FRA

    Continue to read for the games and standings about Sigeman & Co Chess tournament







  • European Women's Chess Champ update

    19 - 29 April 2024
    Rhodes, Greece
    182 players
    10 rounds, Swiss system
    Average rating: 2127

    Continue to read for the games and standings about European Women's Chess Champ





  • Candidates 2024

    April 2 - 23 2024
    Toronto s Great Hall , Canada

    8 players
    Round robin
    Average rating: 2748

    Nepomniachtchi (FIDE, 2758) : previous World Championship match runner-up.
    Praggnanandhaa R (India, 2747) :2023 World Cup runner-up.
    Caruana (USA, 2804) :third-place finisher at the 2023 World Cup.
    Vidit G. (India, 2747) : 2023 Grand Swiss winner.
    Nakamura (USA, 2789) :2023 Grand Swiss runner-up.
    Firouzja (France, 2760) : the best by rating on January 1, 2024.
    Gukesh D (India, 2747) : 2023 FIDE Circuit winner.
    Abasov (Azerbaijan, 2632) : fourth-place finisher at the 2023 World Cup after the winner, Magnus Carlsen, declined his right to participate.

    Continue to read for the games and standings about Candidates 2024





  • Grenke Chess Classic 2024

    26 March - 1 April 2024
    Karlsruhe , Germany

    8 players
    Round robin
    Average rating: 2717

    Carlsen, Magnus NOR
    Liren Ding CHN
    Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA
    Rapport Richard ROU
    Keymer, Vincent GER
    Fridman Daniel GER


    Continue to read for the games and standings about Grenke Chess Classic 2024





  • American Cup

    12-20 March in the St. Louis Chess Club
    8-player double elimination knockout tournament
    Time control: 10+10
    2 classical (90min + 30s increment) games in the Champions and
    2rapid (25+10) games in the Elimination bracket.

    Semifinals
    Aronian
    - Caruana: 4 - 2
    SoRobson: 1 - 3


    Quarterfinals
    Aronian
    - Sevian: 4 - 2
    Caruana - Oparin: 2.5 - 0.5
    So - Shankland: 2.5 - 0.5
    Dominguez Perez - Robson: 1.5 - 2.5

    Continue to read for the American Cup







  • Team Chess Battle

    21 February - 15 March 2024:
    Two-player teams will challenge in a single-elimination bracket.
    Team members can freely communicate while facing other teams in a series of rapid chess games.
    Time control: 10+10

    Team Caruana - Chirila checkmated Team Naroditsky - Hessl and won Team Chess Battle . 1.5 - 0 5 .

    Continue to read for the Team Chess Battle





  • Prague Chess Festival Masters

    27 February - 7 March 2023
    Prague, Czechia
    Masters t. : 10 players
    Round robin
    Average rating: 2710


    Maghsoodloo Parham IRI
    Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB
    Gukesh D IND
    Praggnanandhaa R IND
    Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND

    Rapport Richard ROU
    Navara David CZE
    Bartel Mateusz POL
    Keymer Vincent GER
    Nguyen Thai Dai Van CZE


    Continue to read for the Prague Chess Festival Masters







  • Grand Chess Tour 2024 The players selected to compete in the full 2024 tour for $1.5 Million Purse .

    Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz: May 6-13, Warsaw, Poland
    Superbet Romania Classic: June 24-July 6 Bucharest, Romania
    SuperUnited Croatia Rapid & Blitz: July 8-15 Zagreb, Croatia
    Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: August 10-17 Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
    Sinquefield Cup: August 17-31 Saint Louis, Missouri, USA


    Players
    Country URS rating FIDE rating
    Fabiano Caruana USA 2789 2804
    Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2766 2732
    Wesley So USA 2765 2757
    Gukesh Dommaraju IND 2719 2743
    Ian Nepomniachtchi FIDE 2774 2758
    Alireza Firouzja FRA 2743 2760
    Anish Giri NED 2758 2762
    Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa IND 2759 2747
    Nodirbek Abdusattorov UZB 2759 2744







  • Mitropa Cup

    15 - 23 February 2024
    Apolda , Germany

    Final Standings
    Country Points
    1 Germany 18
    2 Switzerland 14
    3 Czechia 12
    4 Italy 9
    5 Slovenia 8
    6 Slovakia 8
    7 France 7
    8 Hungary 6
    9 Austria 6
    10 Croatia 2





  • Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T Challenge

    Carlsen is the champion

    9 - 16 February 2024
    Chess960 tournament
    Weissenhaus Private Nature Luxury Resort , Germany

    Rapid and Single round-robin Event

    Players - Ratings

    Magnus Carlsen 2823
    Ding Liren 2818
    Levon Aronian 2746
    Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2733

    Fabiano Caruana 2729
    Alireza Firouzja 2724
    Gukesh Dommaraju 2649
    Vincent Keymer 2627


    Final: Carlsen - Caruana : 1.5 - 0.5

    Continue to read for the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T Challenge





  • Chessable Masters

    Carlsen beat Firouzja in the final and won Chessable Masters.

    31 January -7 February 2024

    Carlsen , So , MVL , Firouzja , Nepo , Fedoseev , Matinez , Lazavik

    In Division I the Winners bracket matches are played over four games, in the Losers bracket there are two games.

    Time control for normal games were 15 minutes per player for all moves, with a 3-second increment each move.

    Continue to read for the Chessable Masters







  • Tata Steel Masters 13 - 28 January 2024
    Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

    Masters & Challengers : 14 players each one
    Round robin

    Average rating: 2712

    Players - Masters tournament

    Ding Liren 2780
    Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2769
    Firouzja, Alireza 2759
    Giri, Anish 2749
    Praggnanandhaa 2743
    Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2742
    Wei Yi 2740

    Maghsoodloo, Parham 2740
    Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2727
    Gukesh 2725
    Van Foreest, Jorden 2682
    Donchenko, Alexander 2643
    Warmerdam, Max 2625 14 Ju Wenjun 2549
    Continue to read for the Tata Steel Masters







  • European Women's Blitz and Rapid Chess Championship Monte-Carlo , Monaco
    Blitz : 12 Januaryr 2024
    Rapid: 13 - 14 January 2024
    Blitz : 110 players, 13 rounds
    3 minutes + 2 second-increment
    Rapid : 118 players, 11 Rounds
    15 minutes +3 seconds-increment

    Double champion: Kosteniuk is European Women's Blitz and Rapid Chess Champion.
    Blitz: 1.Kosteniuk 2. Khademalsharieh 3. Khotenashvili.
    Rapid : 1. Kosteniuk 2. Stefanova 3. Paehtz




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