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The FIDE World Cup for Cadets 2025 (Under 8, 10, and 12) is scheduled to take place from June 22 to July 3, 2025, in Batumi, Georgia. This event targets young chess players in three age categories Under 8, Under 10, and Under 12 – divided into Open and Girls sections, with 48 participants in each category. The FIDE World Cup for Under 8, 10, and 12 categories in Batumi has come to a close. After nine days of intense battles over the chessboard, champions emerged in all six sections.

Kielce Chess Open is taking place June 30 – July 6 in Kielce, Poland. It is an open tournament with Jakub Kosakowski (2548), Volodymyr Vetoshko (2517), Eduardas Rozentalis (2455), Taron Shagbazyan (2446), Vladimir Hamitevici (2436), Jadranko Plenca (2436), Marcin Sieciechowicz (2413), Marco Dobrikov (2404), Damian Lewtak (2367), Oleksandr Yurovskykh (2344), Wadhawan Daaevik (2344), Jha Sriram (2301), V Raghav (2301), Lukasz Nowak (2300), Jain Rosh (2299), Michal Rudolf (2295), Savitha Shri B (2293), etc. Scroll down for the full participants list.

Annual World Open 2025 is a traditional chess tournament taking place in Philadelphia, USA. Top participants include GM Jeffery Xiong (2646), GM S.

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

XLIV Open Internacional de ajedrez Villa de Benasque aka Benasque Chess Open 2025 is taking place July 4 – July 13 in Benasque, Spain. It is one of the major open tournaments this summer in the European Chess Calendar, part of The Chess Calendar, and includes 554 players from 34 countries.

The ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championships 2025 is taking place in Penang, Malaysia. It is a major regional championship with U06/G06, U08, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18/U20, S50/W50/S65

The SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2025 aka Grand Chess Tour Zagreb 2025, part of the Grand Chess Tour, is scheduled for June 30 to July 7, 2025, in Zagreb, Croatia, at The Westin Zagreb Hotel. This is the third leg of the 2025 Grand Chess Tour, marking its 10th anniversary, and features a 10-player round-robin tournament with a $175,000 prize fund.

Just several days after the publication of the official July FIDE Top 100 chess players rating list – with Pragg as the top Indian player and with 7 players above the 2700 elo mark – Indian players continue to send shockwaves through the ratings.

The SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2025 aka Grand Chess Tour Zagreb 2025, part of the Grand Chess Tour, is scheduled for June 30 to July 7, 2025, in Zagreb, Croatia, at The Westin Zagreb Hotel. This is the third leg of the 2025 Grand Chess Tour, marking its 10th anniversary, and features a 10-player round-robin tournament with a $175,000 prize fund.

GM Christopher Yoo has been temporarily suspended by FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission. However, the suspension is not a result of the incident in Saint Louis, rather it is a new case of harassment complaint.