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The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025 is taking place September 3 – September 16 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It will be an 11-round Swiss-system tournament and forms part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2026. The winner and runner-up of the tournament will earn the right to play in the Candidates Tournament 2026.

he FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025 is taking place September 3 – September 16 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It will be an 11-round Swiss-system tournament and forms part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2026. The winner and runner-up of the tournament will earn the right to play in the Candidates Tournament 2026.

Festival International de La Plagne Soleil aka La Plagne 2025 is taking place July 5 – July 11 in France. The championship is organized by Club d’Échecs du Bassin Annemassien and features a prize fund of 20 000 eur.

The Norwegian Chess Championship 2025 aka Landsturneringen 2025 is taking place July 4 – July 12 in Bergen, Norway. It features the Elite tournament with GM Aryan Tari (2636), IM Aksel Bu Kvaløy (2477), GM Jon Ludvig Hammer (2608), GM Elham Amar (2600), IM Jens Evang Ingebretsen (2415), FM Eivind Grunt Kreken (2379), GM Simen Agdestein (2565), IM Tor Fredrik Kaasen (2469), GM Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen (2411), IM S.

Magnus Carlsen is the winner of the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2025, part of the Grand Chess Tour. Carlsen won the Zagreb part of the Grand Chess Tour with a round to spare, collecting 22,5 points in nine rounds of rapid and eighteen rounds of blitz.

Magnus Carlsen is the winner of the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2025, part of the Grand Chess Tour. Carlsen won the Zagreb part of the Grand Chess Tour with a round to spare, after collecting 21,5 points in nine rounds of rapid and seventeen rounds of blitz (developing story, stay tuned for more)

Grand Chess Tour 2025 so far

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. Live games will be daily with analysis on Chessdom.

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. Live games will be daily with analysis on Chessdom.

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. Live games will be daily with analysis on Chessdom.

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. Live games will be daily with analysis on Chessdom.