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Reinter Chess Open 2025 is going to take place June 6 – June 8 in Slovakia. It is a seven round Swiss tournament with a mix of young players and veterans. Participants include Ryszard Kasperek, Peter Smetana, Vladimir Verba, Juraj Fecko, Oleksii Dolhosh, Michal Fecilak, Dominik Kochan, Stefan Kovac, Matej Mizanin, Jakub Lakata, Peter Vrastiak, Filip Kordovan, Stefan Schichman, Kamil Haraj, Zoltan Fonos, Robert Kankula, etc.

Yallow Dance Cup 2025 will take place July 1 – July 7 in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, China. Organized by the State Sports Administration Chess Sports Management Center and the Chinese Chess Association, Yallow Dance Cup 2025 is featuring a match between local star Wei Yi and one of America’s top stars Levon Aronian.

See: Chess calendar of Wei Yi / Chess calendar of Levon Aronian

Aleksey Grebnev is the winner of Dubai Chess Open 2025. Grebnev won the event with 7,0/9, the same points but better tiebreak than Alan Pichot. Top woman is Zsoka Gaal, again with better tiebreak ahead of Ravi Rakshitta and half a point ahead of Eline Roebers. Replay all games here

Xavier Vila Gazquez is the winner of XXI Obert Escacs Actius – Torneo de Ajedrez Vila de Santa Coloma de Queralt. Xavier Vila Gazquez collected 8,0/9 and edged on tiebreak Abel Lazaro Pujol for first. The third position is for Josep Oms Pallisse with 7,5/9.

XXI Obert Escacs Actius – Torneo de Ajedrez Vila de Santa Coloma is part of The Chess Calendar and the European Chess Calendar.

Rishon Lezion is the winner of the women team national championship of Israel aka Women League Elite 2025. Rishon Lezion collected 17 game points, edging for first Maccabi Kiryat-Yam with 16 and Ashdod with 15,5. Replay the games here

The Polish Team Chess Championship aka Ekstraliga 2025 is taking place June 2 – June 10 in Chotowa, Poland.

Vitaly Kunin is the winner of Norway Chess Open 2025. Vitaly Kunin collected 7,0/9, the same points as Lev Yankelevich and Torben Knuedel, but won on better tiebreak.

This year’s edition of Norway Chess Open brought together 190+ players from 34+ countries, including 45+ titled players across the GM and ELO groups. Held from 26 May to 1 June 2025 at IMI Forum, Stavanger, this was a week of big battles and breakout moments.

FIDE Women World Chess Cup 2025 is taking place July 5 – July 29 in Batumi, Georgia, and is one of the major events of The Chess Calendar. A total of 107 participants (increased from the initially announced 103 participants) will compete for 691 000 eur prize fund.

The 8th Rapid Open of Sassenage aka 8^e Open d’Echecs de Sassenage Rapide International will take place on Sunday June 15, 2025, in Gymnase des Pies, Sassenage. It is a 7 rounds rapid with time control 15 + 5. Games will be live on Chessdom

For more events similar to the 8th Rapid Open of Sassenage check out The Chess Calendar and its Rapid and blitz and European chess calendar sections.

Computer chess is undergoing an explosive advancement. Just recently Stockfish crossed the 3700 ELO mark, its main competitor Leela Chess Zero is on the brink of doing so, while even 4KiB (4096 bytes) size engines are playing with strength 3100+ (see it to believe it)