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Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, or as he is better known in the chess community Pragg, has secured a three way tie at the UzChess Cup 2025 after a fantastic performance and 5,5/9. With this Pragg added 11,3 ELO points to his rating and climbed to 4th position in the Top 100 players list – which effectively made him the top Indian player ahead of Gukesh and Erigaisi.

Nouri Alekhine (PHI) is the Asian Junior Rapid Chess Champion. He won the 2025 edition with 6,5/9, ahead of Jaiveer Mahendru (IND) and Velarde Jerish John (IND). Scroll down for the full standings

Tomorrow starts the classical section of the Asian Junior Chess Championship 2025

Asian Junior Rapid Chess Championship final standings

Yet another top F1 driver has declared himself a fan of the game of chess. After Charles Leclerc ,Carlos Sainz, Mick Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen etc. now it is Oscar Piastri who brags on Twitter/X about his chess skills. Oscar Jack Piastri is an Australian racing driver who competes in Formula One for McLaren. Piastri has won seven Formula One Grands Prix across three seasons. It remains to be seen how many chess games he won against fellow F1 pilots.

In a brave public act, David Navara explains in details what he went through after the baseless allegations of Kramnik. Navara describes the emotional torture by Kramnik’s allegations, the silence of FIDE, their posterior inadequate reaction and total disregard on basic FIDE ethical and moral values.

The Dutch Chess Championship 2025 is taking place July 5 – July 12 in The Netherlands. It is a closed 16 player knockout with GM Jorden Van Foreest, GM Sergei Tiviakov, GM Sipke Ernst, GM Erwin l’Ami, GM Max Warmerdam, GM Liam Vrolijk, GM Twan Burg, GM Loek Van Wely, GM Ivan Sokolov, GM Robin Swinkels, GM Martijn Dambacher, GM Benjamin Bok, GM Erik Van Den Doel, IM Arthur De Winter, IM Eelke De Boer, GM Thomas Beerdsen.

The Dutch Women Chess Championship 2025 is taking place July 5 – July 12 in The Netherlands. It is a closed 12 player knockout with a preliminary round, with FM Machteld Van Foreest, WGM Anne Haast, FM Anna-Maja Kazarian, Robin Duson, Lisanne Taams, Marleen Van Amerongen, WIM Jessica Harmsen, Colleen Otten, Rolinde Den Heijer, WFM Yvette Nagel, Fleur Westerhof, Marijke Kok

The Asian Junior Ches Championships 2025 take place June 27 – July 03 in Citrus Hotel, Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka. The Asian Junior Ches Championships are divided in Open and Girls category and feature 93 and 72 players respectively.

The young talented Grandmaster Ediz Gürel will play a chess match with Czech Republic’s number one player, Grandmaster David Navara at the Art Nouveau Municipal House Palace in Prague on June 26-27. It will be an 8 games rapid match. Chess fans can attend both days of the event in person, with games scheduled from 3 p.m. to approximately 7 p.m. Tickets will be available directly at the venue.

The 18th annual Philadelphia International is taking place June 26 – June 30 in Philadelphia, USA.

Richard Rapport won his round 6 game of the UzChess Cup vs Praggnanandhaa in style. Many now consider this the “game of the year” and something that “we have not seen since Kasparov”. Kasparov himself commented, “Wonderful game by Rapport! And I thank him for refreshing some fond memories of my own games with 15..Nxd5! similar to what I played against Jan Timman in two games (Moscow 1981 & Linares 1992).