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The Semifinal of the Serbian Individual Championship 2025 is taking place 5-11 May in Senta, Serbia. Top participants include GM Aleksander Delchev, IM Novak Cabarkapa, GM Misa Pap, GM Suat Atalik, GM Danilo Milanovic, GM Milan Zajic, FM Petar Spasic, IM Vuk Djordjevic, FM Andrej Ljepic, WIM Sofia Pogorelskikh, FM Luka Radovic, FM Pavle Ciric, FM Milan A Gagic, FM Aleksa Alimpic, WIM Adela Velikic, FM Danilo Besedes, FM Milan Jocev, FM Ivan Martic, GM Sinisa Drazic.

The African Individual Chess Championship 2025 will take place 13-20 May in Egypt. Top seeded is FM Salah Yousry. Live games will be daily on Chessdom, while additional news can be found in the Chessdom Newsletter – you can sign up for free in the form below

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The African Individual Women Chess Championship 2025 will take place 13-20 May in Egypt. Top seeded is WIM Jesse Nikki February. Live games will be daily on Chessdom, while additional news can be found in the Chessdom Newsletter – you can sign up for free in the form below

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Copa Ajedrez Marcelo Salado 2025 is taking place 5-10 May in Santa Clara, Cuba. It is an 8 round Swiss with top seeded Carlos Ernesto Piedra Toboso and WFM Jinela De Cari Rodriguez Rivero.

Ajeduni Chess Festival 2025 aka Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez por Equipos AJEDUNI 2025 is a university team championship in Cuba. It features 40 teams with 200 players, 26 of them titled. Top rated players are FM Miguel Ruiz Buendia, Adrian Jesus Almaguel Mendez, FM Brayan Torres Valiente, IM Jorge Marcos Gomez Sanchez, WFM Greter Caballero Ramos, WFM Ivette Catala Matienzo, etc. The Ajeduni Chess Festival 2025 takes place 2-8 May and is a 9 rounds Swiss team event.

The star of Romanian chess, the silver medalist of Europe, and just recently the Team Champion of Montenegro – Irina Bulmaga is much more than a chess player. Known for her resilience, strategic brilliance, and dedication to the game, Irina Bulmaga is active both on the board and in social life – a true asset for the game of chess.

Chessdom had the honor to speak to her right after her team victory in the Montenegro Women Chess League

Granada Chess Open 2025 is taking place July 27 – August 3 in Granada, Spain. Three months before the start of the event, there are already 119 players signed up, among them 31 titled players and 8 Grandmasters. Top seeded at the moment are GMs Gergley Kantor, Bartlomiej Heberla, Casper Schoppen, Yuri Solodovnichenko, Liam Vrolijk, Joseph Girel, Renier Castellanos Rodriguez and IMs Marcos Camacho Collados, Khumoyun Begmuratov, Aaron Alonso Garcia, Francisco Fiorito, etc.

The Uganda National Schools Team Chess Championships are taking place 5-7 May in Uganda. A total of 1100 kids from the country’s schools have collected to play in this massive chess event.

The 48th Thailand Women Chess Championship 2025 took place this April in Thailand. Araya Prommuang is the national champion, having scored 7,5/9. Second place is for Sasinat Tawankanjana with 7,0/9, the bronze is Sirin Bootsumran with 6,5/9

48th Thailand Women Chess Championship 2025 final standings

Pirc Memorial 2025 aka Memorial Vasje Pirca will take place May 10 in Slovenia. With a 3000 eur prize fund, the event has created serious local interest, attracting 26 titled players.

Pirc Memorial 2025 participants