Σκακιστικά νέα

The German Women Chess Championship 2025 aka Deutsche Frauen Schachmeisterschaft is taking place May 15-May 23 in Munich, Germany. The event is a 10 player round robin with WFM Lisa Sickmann (GER, 2249), WGM Kateryna Dolschykowa (GER, 2299), WGM Hanna Marie Klek (GER, 2290), WFM Tetyana Kostak (GER, 2127), WGM Josefine Heinemann (GER, 2308), FM Lara Schulze (GER, 2266), FM Jana Schneider (GER, 2260), IM Dinara Wagner (GER, 2437), WFM Charis Peglau (GER, 2210), WGM Fiona Sieber (GER, 2263).

The German Chess Championship 2025 aka Deutsche Schachmeisterschaft is taking place May 15-May 23 in Munich, Germany. The event is a 10 player round robin with GM Vincent Keymer (GER, 2719) as top seeded and GM Matthias Blübaum (GER, 2643), IM Leonardo Costa (GER, 2500), IM Marco Dobrikov (GER, 2410), GM Alexander Donchenko (GER, 2627), GM Niclas Huschenbeth (GER, 2589), GM Martin Krämer (GER, 2577), GM Frederik Svane (GER, 2654), GM Rasmus Svane (GER, 2627), GM Dennis Wagner (GER, 2614).

Klaudia Kulon is the Polish Women National Chess Champion. At the 2025 edition of the tournament, IM Klaudia Kulon finished sole first with 6,5/9, ahead of IM Aleksandra Malcewska with 6,0/9 and IM Alina Kaszlińska with 5,5/9. Kulon won the title with a round to spare, you can replay the games here

GM Paweł Teclaf is the winner of the national Polish Chess Championship 2025. He finished shared first with GM Jakub Kosakowski, both gaining 6,0/9. In the rapid tiebreak, Teclaf won the title with 1,5/2. See the women section final standings here

This is a second tournament win for Teclaf this spring as he also got the gold medal at the Southend Chess Masters 2025

Zhu Jiner is the first player to qualify for the 2026 FIDE Women’s Candidates Chess Tournament. She qualified via the FIDE Women Grand Prix after her R8 game in Austria

FIDE Candidates Chess 2026 participants come via:

This is not a secret – computer chess is undergoing an explosive advancement. Just recently Stockfish crossed the 3700 ELO mark, while even 4KiB (4096 bytes) size engines are playing with strength 3100+ (see it to believe it)

Stepan Avagyan Memorial is taking place in Jermuk from May 28 to June 6, 2025. The tournament is a 10 player round robin with the participation of two 2700+ players – Praggnanandhaa Ramesh Babu and Aravindh Chithambaram VR.

Samuel Sevian is also back to Armenia, after being winning the event in 2023 and silver medalist in 2024.

Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025 participants

The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships take place June 10-16, 2025, in London, United Kingdom. See the participants and information here

There are a total of 93 female players in the list, of which 70 are titled. Three are from top 10 of the world – GM Yifan Hou, GM Anna Muzychuk , and GM Kateryna Lagno

Caleb Levi Levitan, born June 15, 2010, is a 14-year-old South African chess prodigy and FIDE Master, recognized as one of the country’s top chess players.

Caleb Levitan last week achieved a rating that will make him the newest International Master and the youngest in South Africa to attain this title. He will officially receive his title after the FIDE Congress in June.

His notable accomplishments include:

The Interclubes “Centenario de Ajedrez Club Chile” 2025 is a chess tournament organized by the Club de Ajedrez Chile to celebrate the club’s 100th anniversary. The Club de Ajedrez Chile, founded in 1924, is one of the oldest and most active chess clubs in Chile, located at Serrano 14, Office 102, near Metro Universidad de Chile in Santiago. This tournament follows the success of previous Interclubes events, such as the XV Torneo Interclubes Clausura 2024 – 100 Aniversario, which was also part of the centennial celebrations