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Sheridan Wyoming Chess Open 2025 takes place Friday, May 2, 2025 – Sunday, May 4 in USA. It is an open tournament with Corrales Jimenez, Luk Budisavljevic, Alexande Fishbein, Sulliva Mcconnell, Eamon Montgomery, Griffin Mcconnell, Brian Wall, Richard Shtivelband, Rhett Langseth, Daniel Joelson, William Ale Aepli, etc.

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Rose Atwell says, “Now I’m in Florida! I’m here for 2 tournaments: the Space Coast Open and SuperNationals. Space Coast starts tonight.” (See Space Coast here and SuperNationals here) But she does not waste her time waiting for the events to start. Tonight, Rose Atwell entered Chess.com’s Freestyle Friday… and defeated the top US player Hikaru Nakamura!

The Panhellenic School Chess Championship in Thessaloniki will take place May 3-4. The venue of the event is the International Trade Fair of Thessaloniki where two Chess Olympiads have taken place. 1500 students will participate in the final round of the Greek School Chess Championships 2025. Together with their parents, teachers, organising staff and visitors, more than 4000 people are expected at the venue.

The Open NK Rapid tournament will take place in Helmond on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025. The winners of the tournament will be crowned Dutch Rapid Champion 2025 and Open Women Dutch Rapid Champion 2025. Top players include GM Benjamin Bok, GM Daniel Fridman, GM Max Warmerdam, GM Li Min Peng, GM Thomas Beerdsen, GM Alexandre Dgebuadze, GM Igor Glek, IM Ilja Schneider, FM Luuk Baselmans, IM Eline Roebers, IM Vadim Cernov, FM Bayastan Sydykov, FM Henrik Cernov, WGM Anne Kuipers-Haast

Chessdom will have coverage of the top 50 boards live.

Space Coast Chess Open 2025 takes place 3-4 May in Florida, USA. It is an open event with 20 000 USD prize fund. Top seeded is 2023 and 2024 winner GM Jinchao Zhou. Scroll down for the full list of winners.

Participants include GM Jianchao Zhou, GM Gabriel Flom, GM Nikola Mitkov, IM John Ludwig, FM Eric Rodriguez, FM Ryan Amburgy, FM Brejesh Chakrabarti, FM Rose Atwell, FM Corey Acor, Nick Moore, FM Jean Marco Cruz, Jacorey Bynum, Theodore Slade, Ryan Hamley, etc. Live games will be daily on Chessdom

The Mitropacup 2025 will take place from May 13 to 22 in Trencin, Slovakia in Hotel Magnus. The Mitropa Cup is a team chess competition involving countries from Central Europe, organized by the Mitropa Chess Association. It includes an open section and a women’s section, with each team typically consisting of four players and one reserve. The following chess federations are invited to participate in the Mitropa Cup 2025: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland.

Shafira Devi Herfesa is the winner of the Asian Women Zone 3.3 Chess Championship 2025. Shafira Devi Herfesa is only 17 years old and was not among the favorites of the event, finishing before WGMs, WIMs, and WFMs.

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Final standings

Grandmaster Jingyao Tin is the winner of the Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship 2025. Tin Jingyao collected 7,0/9, the same points as IMs Uurtsaikh Agibileg and Sugar Gan-Erdene, but won the first position on tiebreak.

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Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship 2025 final standings