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The European Youth Chess Championship 2025 – Open U18 will take place from October 29 to November 07 in Budva, Montenegro. This tournament is separated into 12 sections – U18, U16, U14, U12, U10, U08, Girls U18, Girls U16, Girls U14, Girls U12, Girls U10, and Girls U08. All categories are a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move.

Daniel Naroditsky, the acclaimed American chess grandmaster, author, streamer, and beloved commentator affectionately known as “Danya,” tragically passed away. The sad and shocking news overwhelmed the chess world and left the community in dismay and shock. Daniel Naroditsky was not only a great player, but a fantastic streamer and educator, a true ambassador of the chess game. One of the frequents tributes on social media today reads, “I started playing chess because of Daniel Naroditsky”

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2026 is taking place in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, from 16 January – 1 February 2026. The Masters line-up is the youngest ever for the event, but it is also impressively strong.

World Champion Gukesh, who will be back in top 10 in the November rating list, is back to Tata Steel in 2026. He is accompanied by his 2700+ compatriots Arjun Erigaisi, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, and Aravindh Chithambaram.

In a brave public act, David Navara explains in details what he went through after the baseless allegations of Kramnik. Navara describes the emotional torture by Kramnik’s allegations, the silence of FIDE, their posterior inadequate reaction and total disregard of basic FIDE ethical and moral values.

The Asian Schools Chess Championships 2025 will take place from October 26 to October 31 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from the Mongolia, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The first interview with Magnus Carlsen after he becomes a dad is by Sagar Shah from Chessbase India, right before the start of Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown 2025. Carlsen talks about how he feels about being a dad, his expectations for the tournament

Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown with Carlsen, Nakamura, Gukesh, and Caruana will take place October 25 – October 30. With $412,000 in prize money, including daily win bonuses and a Champion’s Jackpot, the stakes have never been higher. The event’s 18-game rapid double round-robin format (10 minutes plus a 5-second increment) will feature escalating point values each day: Wins are worth 1 point on Day 1, 2 points on Day 2 and 3 points on Day 3–a comeback-friendly format that cultivates increased tension and fan excitement into the very last round.

The XTX Markets London Chess Classic (LCC) returns to the capital between 26th November and 7th December 2025. Following GM Gawain Jones’s victory in 2024, the event will once again be held largely at the iconic Emirates Stadium, switching to London Novotel West in Hammersmith to avoid clashes with Arsenal home matches.

The FIDE World Senior Individual Chess Championship 2025 has reached its halfway mark in Gallipoli, Italy. A total of 429 players, of which titled are 189 players, hailing from 62 federation, are participating in this year’s competition. In the 50+ Open, four GMs Michal Krasenkow, Mikheil Kekelidze, Rogelio Antonio, and Victor Mikhalevski share the lead with 5,0/6. In the 65+ Open, Alexander Mikhalevski stands alone at the top with 5,5/6. In the 50+ Women’s, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant leads with 5,0/6.

Daniel Naroditsky, the acclaimed American chess grandmaster, author, streamer, and beloved commentator affectionately known as “Danya,” tragically passed away. The sad and shocking news overwhelmed the chess world and left the community in dismay and shock. Daniel Naroditsky was not only a great player, but a fantastic streamer and educator, a true ambassador of the chess game. One of the frequents tributes on social media today reads, “I started playing chess because of Daniel Naroditsky”