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Fressinet – Moussard is the final of the French Chess Championship 2024. French Chess Championship 2024 is a 16-player knockout tournament held from the 16th to the 25th of August at the L’Alpe d’Huez, France. In the semi-finals Fressinet defeated Laurent Paoli after tiebreak. Extra games were needed for Moussard too, who defeated Romain Edouard.

The first game of the final is today at 14:30 CET.

The Women World Chess Cup will take place in Batumi, Georgia, from July 5 to 29, 2025. It will be a 103 player tournament with a total prize fund of US$676,250, with the first prize of US$50,000. Top participants (invited) will include the Women’s World Chess Champion, the top four at the Women’s World Cup, and the 2024 World Girls U20 champion.

The exact format of the Women World Chess Cup 2025 is to be announced.

F1 World Champion Max Verstappen plays chess in an Oracle commercial. Oracle joins the long list of companies that use chess for branding, and Verstappen joins the list of sports celebrities to get associated with chess.

It is not April 1st, but it is certainly a fun day over at TCEC. While waiting for Swiss 7 (advance: the strongest Swiss event the chess world has seen) that is scheduled to start next week, TCEC display a “Viewer Submitted Opening Bonus”. In that mini event all openings are submitted by users and top engines are creating pure art on the board.

Today, this was the starting position for Stockfish (3667 elo) vs Berserk (3565 elo), submitted by CrazyIgelFan. You can see the game live here and replay it later in the archives.

Veselin Topalov was a guest at the online studio of Kod Sport in his home country, Bulgaria. In a video titled “I was among 3000 prisoners in Medelin” he talked on multiple topics, including the current state of chess, his manager Danailov, the role of computer chess, his loss from Anand in Sofia, the state of Bulgarian chess, his games in the prison in Medelin, and more.

Topalov extensively talked about cheating in chess and the connection to his match with Kramnik in Elista.

Topalov on cheating in chess

David Llada, the author of the best seller “The Thinkers”, is one of those people you will always count on seeing at the Chess Olympiad. He has worked in every edition (“except Khanty-Mansiysk”) for the past 22 years. Since Istanbul 2012, he has been head photographer, Chief Marketing and Communications officer for FIDE, and head of the media team. David Llada’s iconic photos and work are an essential part of the image the world of chess has today.

Nepomniachtchi defeated Anish Giri in round 3 of the Sinquefield Cup 2024. While all focus has been on Gukesh – Ding Liren from round 1, there certainly have been more solid chess games on display. The Nepo – Giri game is a masterpiece, and Nakamura was quick to note it. Hikaru Nakamura said, “Marvelous win for Nepo… for Ian this probably goes as the top game of his career!”

WGP Series consists of six Women’s Grand Prix tournaments held over two years 2024-2025. A total of twenty players compete in the WGP series, as each Women Grand Prix event will have ten participants. Full information / All games live

This is the game Lela Javakhishvili – Mariya Muzychuk from round 7 of the Tbilisi Grand Prix

Javakhishvili – Mariya Muzychuk, Tbilisi Grand Prix 2024

WGP Series consists of six Women’s Grand Prix tournaments held over two years 2024-2025. A total of twenty players compete in the WGP series, as each Women Grand Prix event will have ten participants. Full information / All games live

This is the game Sarasadat Khademalsharieh – Alina Kashlinskaya from round 7 of the Tbilisi Grand Prix

Khademalsharieh – Kashlinskaya, Tbilisi Grand Prix 2024

WGP Series consists of six Women’s Grand Prix tournaments held over two years 2024-2025. A total of twenty players compete in the WGP series, as each Women Grand Prix event will have ten participants. Full information / All games live

This is the game R Vaishali – Anna Muzychuk from round 7 of the Tbilisi Grand Prix

Vaishali – Anna Muzychuk, Tbilisi Grand Prix 2024