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In an Ask Me Anything session with FIDE, Nodirbek Abdusattorov was asked to give his unpopular opinion about Gukesh. Abdusattorov said, “Gukesh will lose his title in the next World Championship match. Is that controversial?”

Tennyson Ewomazino Olisa is the lowest rated player in the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025. The Nigerian talent is rated 2287 elo in the September rating list. This is 191 elo lower than the second lowest seed, World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh who has 2478 elo, and 498 elo lower than the top seeded Praggnanandhaa R.

The #43 player in the Top 100 Women rating list and #23 seeded at the upcoming FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss Irina Bulmaga has arrived in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. After gaining rating for six consecutive months, she is now participating in one of the most important events of The Chess Calendar, giving two qualification spots to the FIDE Women’s Candidates.

The FIDE Grand Swiss Chess Tournament 2025, one of the most prestigious events in the global chess calendar, is set to captivate chess enthusiasts from September 3 to September 16, 2025, in the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Organized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE), this tournament serves as a qualifier for the World Chess Championship 2026, offering players a chance to secure coveted spots in the Candidates Tournament.

The FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss Chess 2025 is taking place September 3 – September 16 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It will be an 11-round Swiss-system tournament and forms part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2026. The winner and runner-up of the tournament will earn the right to play in the Candidates Tournament 2026.

The FIDE Grand Swiss Chess Tournament 2025 is taking place September 3 – September 16 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It will be an 11-round Swiss-system tournament and forms part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2026. The winner and runner-up of the tournament will earn the right to play in the Candidates Tournament 2026.

Kaggle Game Arena organized the first AI exhibition chess tournament. A unique and powerful approach to understanding AI capabilities, Kaggle Game Arena, in partnership with Google DeepMind, announced a new platform where leading AI models will compete head-to-head in chess and other games. It will feature Kimi k2 (Moonshot AI), Gemini 2.5 Pro (Google), Gemini 2.5 Flash (Google), o3 (OpenAI), o4-mini (OpenAI), Claude 4 Opus (Anthropic), Grok 4 (xAI), and DeepSeek R1.

The XXVIII Open Internacional de Ajedrez Moratalaz is taking place September 07 – September 14 in Madrid, Spain. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Spain, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The Württembergische Einzelmeisterschaft 2025 is taking place August 29 – September 04 in Illertissen, Germany. It is a 10-player round-robin tournament with time control 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Germany, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

Thanks to The Chess Viking @ZibbitVideos, a never-before-published footage from the 1972 World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. The footage was made in 1975 and narrated by legendary Icelandic GM Friðrik Ólafsson (FIDE President 1978–1982). In it, Friðrik reflects on the match three years after its conclusion, while we are shown unique clips from the games themselves and from the closing ceremony.