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The Kazakhstan Women Chess Championship 2025 takes place May 21 – June 1 in Astana. It is a single round robin tournament with 14 players, including IM Meruert Kamalidenova (2345), WIM Amina Kairbekova (2344), WGM Alua Nurman (2338), WGM Xeniya Balabayeva (2311), WFM Elnaz Kaliakhmet (2258), WGM Liya Kurmangaliyeva (2246), WFM Zarina Nurgaliyeva (2235), WIM Assel Serikbay (2223), WFM Mariya Kholyavko (2130), WIM Ayaulym Kaldarova (2115), WFM Kristina Popandopulo (2061), WFM Zhaniya Nauanova (2031), Zhanbota Kamarova (1954), Asiya Assylkhan (1939).

The Kazakhastan Chess Championship 2025 takes place May 21 – June 1 in Astana. It is a single round robin tournament with 14 players, including GM Kazybek Nogerbek (2538), GM Denis Makhnev (2526), GM Alisher Suleymenov (2515), IM Aldiyar Ansat (2489), IM Zhandos Agmanov (2480), GM Ramazan Zhalmakhanov (2456), IM Daniyal Sapenov (2415), IM Ayan Akhmetov (2410), IM Abilmansur Abdilkhair (2401), IM Satbek Akhmedinov (2392), IM Alibek Igambergenov (2315), FM Ergali Suleimen (2302), FM Aldiyar Zhauynbay (2265).

Chess Grandmaster Saparmyrat Atabayev is among the leaders of the Chess.com Classic 2025 Play In. After 5 rounds he is top of the table with 4,5/5, sharing the position with renowned names as Fabiano Caruana and Duda.

The French Chess Federation breaks its own record for federated players, registering 76,390 licensees. The French Chess Federation comments, “The FFE expresses its deep gratitude to those who contribute with passion to this spectacular progression of our sport throughout the country”

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The European Corporate Chess Championship 2025, organised by Asnière Le Grand Echiquier under the auspices of the European Chess Union, will be held on 7-8 November in Asnieres sur Seine, Paris, France.

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.

Dinara Wagner is the sole leader of the German Individual Women Chess Championship. Wagner leads with perfect 4,0/4. Having started as the rating favorite of the event, Dinara Wagner is now in pole position at the German Championship, adding 13 elo points in the first four rounds.

Vincent Keymer is in a similar situation on the German Individual Open Chess Championship. Keymer has 4,0/4 and has gained 11 elo points.

The 8th Sharjah Masters, a prestigious 9-round Swiss chess tournament for players rated 2500+ Elo, is ongoing from May 17–26, 2025, at the Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club in the UAE. Grandmasters Changren Dai, Visakh, and Alexander Indjic are the only three players that remain perfect at Sharjah Masters after round 2.

Interview: Indjic: “My appetite for wins started growing after the European title.”

Top Chess Engine Championship (TCEC), the world’s premier championship for computer chess, started its new season with the highly anticipated TCEC Swiss 8 tournament on May 16, 2025, at 19:00 CEST. Featuring 44 of the world’s most advanced chess engines, this event surpassed the record set by last season’s Swiss 7, cementing its status as the strongest chess championship ever.

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.