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Israel Women Elite Chess League takes place may 29 – May 31 in Netanya, Israel. Top players include Yuliia Osmak (Ashdod, 2471), Olga Badelka (Rishon Lezion A, 2426), Ticia Gara (Queens Maccabi Ramat-Gan, 2359), Alina Bivol (Rishon Lezion B, 2358), Marsel Efroimski (Rishon Lezion A, 2372), Inna Gaponenko (Hapoel Center Of Excellence in chess Afula, 2318), Olga Karavaeva (Maccabi Kiryat-Yam, 2271), Dina Belenkaia (Maccabi Kiryat-Yam, 2240), Masha Klinova (Beer-Sheva, 2231), Dana Kochavi (Queens Maccabi Ramat-Gan, 2226).

From June 2 to 15, La Versiliana will host Chess Roads – an exhibition of 40 rare and original chess sets from Asia and Europe. On June 1, the event will open with a match between Faustino Oro and Viswanathan Anand: the youngest titled chess player in the world versus the legendary former World Champion (full details here).

If you are following The Chess Calendar, you know that a fantastic chess event is starting in Italy. 1° Torneo Internazionale Città di Vigevano is taking place May 31 – June 2 in Vigevano – Pavia. The tournament is a fast classical 60+30 and has 11 titled players from 20 countries. IM Kostya Kavutskiy is top seeded player.

1° Torneo Internazionale Città di Vigevano participants

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.

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 European Chess Union, in cooperation with Chessdom.com and its Chess Calendar, have launched a new calendar on their official website. You can find it at https://www.europechess.org/calendar/

The calendar includes all ECU events from 2014 with detailed information and links to the official websites and/or results. It also has sections for 2026 and 2027 events, which will be timely updated.

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.

David Navara does not have social media, but he has a big heart. No one has the right to bully or disrespect him, and he will always have our support. Today we launch a David Navara calendar where you can see the future events, cheer for, and follow David Navara.

Roman Shogdzhiev is the youngest International Master at only 10 years, 3 months, and 21 days. With this achievement Roman Shogdzhiev beats the record set by Faustino Oro. Shogdzhiev won his final norm at the RadnickiChess May IM tournament in Belgrade, Serbia (find the tournament in The Chess Calendar and the Serbia Chess Calendar). The previous norm was achieved at Baku Open 2025

Anish Giri is the winner of Sharjah Masters 2025. In a solid fashion, Anish Giri was always near the top and a final round victory secured his sole first at the championship (replay the games here)

With his victory Anish Giri added 10,3 elo points and is getting close to the top 10 in the world. Check out the next events of Anish Giri in The Chess Calendar