Σκακιστικά νέα

The form can be filled in the actual website url.

The chess world witnessed a blockbuster showdown as Magnus Carlsen emerged victorious over Hikaru Nakamura in the final of the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, securing the $200,000 top prize. The highly anticipated clash between the world’s top two players lived up to its billing, delivering drama and brilliance in equal measure at the second leg of the multi-million dollar Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour.

Formula 1 fans, did you follow the Bahrein Grand Prix? A fantastic race! But for black and white pieces fans, it was a blast – the Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, now Ferrari teammates in 2025, shared a humorous story during an interview about playing online chess

The story he tell with a friend starts with Hamilton saying the awkward statement, “We were both in bed… playing chess” Leclerc quickly had to revert, “Not in the same bed! He was in London and I was in Monaco! And we were playing chess.”

England, England and England again! The English teams dominate the European Senior Team Chess Championships as they won the titles in the Open 50+, Open 65+, and Women 50+ sections. The Open 65+ was especially impressive, as the team won the event with maximum score of 16 match points. Replay all games here

The 2025 edition of the Zimbabwe Chess Championships took place in Harare, 8-12 April. The open and women chess championships collected the top players of the country in two round robin events.

Tapiwa Jele is the 2025 Zimbabwe Chess Champion for men. He gained 7,0/9, the same score as Vitalis Mapuranga, but took gold with better tiebreaks. The third position was shared by the two titled players in the event – FM Zhemba Jemusse and FM Roy Mwadzura – a point behind the winner.

2025 Zimbabwe Chess Championship final ranking

Rhodes continues to host important events of the FIDE and ECU calendars.

Chess master Tunde Onakoya is attempting a 70-hour Guinness World Record chess marathon in Times Square.

In April 2024, Tunde played chess for 60 hours straight in Times Square, New York, smashing the previous record and raising funds for children’s education across Africa. He initially set out to play for 58 hours but pushed himself to 60 in the hope of raising $1 million for out-of-school children.

Teodora Injac stunned pundits at the European Women Individual Chess Championship 2025 – starting with a missed mate in 2 and loss in the first round, she continued to 9 consecutive victories and clinching the title a round before the end. Teodora Injac’s gold is the first ever European Women Individual title for Serbia Updated list of European Women Chess Champions

The 5th leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2024-2025 series will take place in Pune, India, 13th-24th April, 2025. The FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2024–2025 is a series of six chess tournaments for top female players, running from August 14, 2024, to May 17, 2025. It’s the seventh cycle of the series, designed to promote women’s chess and determine two qualifiers for the Women’s Candidates Tournament 2026, where the winner will challenge for the Women’s World Chess Championship title.

The 5th leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2024-2025 series will take place in Pune, India, 13th-24th April, 2025. Participants in Pune Women Grand Prix include Humpy Koneru, Divya Deshmukh, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Harika Dronavalli, Nurgyul Salimova, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Polina Shuvalova, Alina Kashlinskaya, and Salome Melia.