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Alexandar Indjic won Baku Open 2025, remaining undefeated through the tournament and adding extra ELO in his bag (replay the games here) Alexandar Indjic won his first Serbia Championship when he was 19. Since then he repeated the success in 2018, 2020, 2023, and 2024.

The Tunisia Rapid Chess Championship is taking place 10-11 May in Tunisia. Top players include IM Kamel Njili, IM Mohamed Ali Boudriga, FM Zoubaier Amdouni, CM Ahmed Bouzidi, FM Hamed Ben Ghanem, FM Mohamed Nouali, Fathi Mabrouk, CM Mohamed Ben Ammar, CM Mohamed Khalil Abdallah. Live games daily on Chessdom

Neither the tallest skyscraper in the Middle East or China, nor even the largest temple in the world, the heaviest building constructed by mankind is the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, weighing in at just over 4 million tons (in size, it’s the third-largest administrative building in the world after the American Pentagon and the Long’ao of Jinan in China). Its volume, 2,550,000 cubic meters, exceeds that of the Great Pyramid of Giza and is the third largest in the world, after the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center and the Quetzalcoatl Pyramid in Mexico.

Ostravsky Konik 2025 will take place 10-18 May in Ostrava, Czech Republic. This is the 30th edition of the traditional tournament and will feature more than 200 players. Scroll down for the participants list

Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic, the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian region and the important centre of culture, business and sport.

The Charlotte Chess Center’s 2025 Club Championships will be held over Memorial Day Weekend.  This special event will crown the 2025 CCC Club Champions in Classical, Rapid, and Blitz formats.  Players may play 1, 2, or all 3 events.

The traditional tournament Dubai Chess Open 2025 will take place 27 May – June 4 in Dubai Chess and Culture Club. The event features a stellar participants list, including the 2700 club member Nihal Sarin, the winner of Baku Open Alexander Indjic, the winner of Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship 2025 Jingyao Tin, etc.

Ryan Amburgy finished top of the table at the 30th Space Coast Open in Melbourne. “Had a great tournament in Melbourne, Florida this weekend! Have gained 63 FIDE rating points over my last two tournaments as I push toward 2400 and the IM title!” said Ryan Amburgy, celebrating his title on X.

Chessdom had the pleasure to interview Ryan Amburgy after his success at the 30th Space Coast Open.

This week, exactly 30 days after the start of the Paris Freestyle withdrawal drama, Hans Niemann spoke on the topic for the first time. Besides other things, he mentioned the promised polygraph test, “A quick note regarding the polygraph: the initial test was canceled for logistical reasons, but after traveling, I have now arranged to complete it very soon. I am taking this polygraph solely because it was a condition of the match—not because I have anything to prove.”

The Asian Individual Women Chess Championship 2025 is taking place 7-15 May in Al Ain, UAE. The event features IM Leya Garifullina, GM Valentina Gunina, GM Olga Girya, IM Yuxin Song, IM Le Thao Nguyen Pham, IM Medina Warda Aulia, IM Agrawal Vantika, IM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova, WGM P V Nandhidhaa, IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag, IM Rout Padmini, IM Meruert Kamalidenova, WIM Amina Kairbekova, WIM Afruza Khamdamova, WGM Mobina Alinasab, WGM Alua Nurman.

The Baku Open 2025 finished with a resounding victory of GM Alexander Indjic (final ranking / replay games)

10-year-old FM Roman Shogdzhiev continues making history – he scored an IM norm in Baku, finishing with 5,5/9 and 2500+ elo performance. The victory means extra 43 ELO points for Roman Shogdzhiev.