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US Chess SuperNationals 2025 is a massive 6000+ players event. The SuperNationals VIII is a major scholastic chess event organized by US Chess, scheduled for May 8–11, 2025, at the West Concourse, Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. It combines national championships for various scholastic divisions, attracting young chess players from across the United States.

Zarina Nurgaliyeva is among the leaders at Grenke Open 2025 with a perfect 3,0/3. She has defeated two International Masters and gained 71 ELO so far in the Open section of the massive Grenke Open. Zarina Nurgaliyeva is sharing the first position with 51 more players (out of 875 participants) and is playing tomorrow with GM Alexei Shirov.

The first round of the massive Grenke Chess 2025 (live games / information and schedule) saw practically no upsets. We have to go down to board 43 to actually find a result that is not a victory for the favorite.

The Georgian Grandmaster Levan Pantsulaia is the winner of Bengaluru Grandmasters Open Chess Tournament. The massive Bengalure Open featured 2200 players across three sections, making it the only comparable tournament to Grenke, which is currently ongoing with 3000+ players

Grenke Chess 2025 is a massive chess event that takes place 17-21 April in Germany (live games / information and schedule). Among the many strong players is Alexander Grischuk, who gave an interview for the organizers.

Alexander Grischuk says that freestyle chess removes this “this idiotic 6 hours preparation for the game.” He adds, “Classical is my least preferred format, it is either blitz, rapid of freestyle”.

A new chess song by kramnikstudentc24 (@kramnikstudentc24 on Tiwtter/X) has been released under the title “No Foolin’ This Time (Hans Niemann)”. It is dedicated to the Hans Niemann controversies and specifically to his appearance at Grenke Chess 2025

Yes, you have read the title correctly! Hans Niemann is not killed, nor is in jail as some speculations suggested. He is alive and ready for action at round 1 of Grenke Freestyle Chess. (see the pairings here / follow the live games)

Grenke Chess 2025 is a massive chess event that takes place 17-21 April in Germany. Thirteen days before the start of the event it crossed the 2900 players mark, and eventually collected 3000+ players. The festival contains the Grenke Open and the Grenke Freestyle Chess with Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Arjun Erigaisi, etc.

Grenke Chess 2025 is a massive chess event that takes place 17-21 April in Germany. Thirteen days before the start of the event it crossed the 2900 players mark, and eventually collected 3000+ players. The festival contains the Grenke Open and the Grenke Freestyle Chess with Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Arjun Erigaisi, etc.

Chess master Tunde Onakoya is attempting a 70-hour Guinness World Record chess marathon in Times Square. As with his previous record-breaking run, the goal is much bigger than the game itself. Tunde hopes to inspire people around the world and rally support to build the largest free school for homeless children in Nigeria. He’s also extended an open invitation to every chess player in New York City to come and challenge them in Times Square.