Σκακιστικά νέα

The 24th European Youth Rapid & Blitz Championship 2025 is taking place August 05 – August 08 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The Rapid tournament is separated in 12 categories – Open U18. Girls U18, Open U16, Girls U16, Open U14, Girls U14, Open U12, Girls U12, Open U10, Girls U10, Open U8 and Girls U8. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 15 min + 10 sec / move.

The 24th European Youth Rapid & Blitz Championship 2025 is taking place August 05 – August 08 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The Rapid tournament is separated in 12 categories – Open U18. Girls U18, Open U16, Girls U16, Open U14, Girls U14, Open U12, Girls U12, Open U10, Girls U10, Open U8 and Girls U8.. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 15 min + 10 sec / move.

The 24th European Youth Rapid & Blitz Championship 2025 is taking place August 05 – August 08 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The Rapid tournament is separated in 12 categories – Open U18. Girls U18, Open U16, Girls U16, Open U14, Girls U14, Open U12, Girls U12, Open U10, Girls U10, Open U8 and Girls U8. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 15 min + 10 sec / move.

The 24th European Youth Rapid & Blitz Championship 2025 is taking place August 05 – August 08 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The Rapid tournament is separated in 12 categories – Open U18. Girls U18, Open U16, Girls U16, Open U14, Girls U14, Open U12, Girls U12, Open U10, Girls U10, Open U8 and Girls U8.. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 15 min + 10 sec / move.

Faustino Oro and Mateusz Bartel match will decide the wild card spot at the Grand Swiss Chess 2025 in a direct encounter. The match will follow a similar structure to the Pranav Venkatesh vs Kazybek Nogerbek, Grand Swiss WC qualifier

The AI models are still far from the Top Chess Engine Championship , which has just started its Premier division of Season 28, and you can follow it live at the official website. Still, it will be an interesting experiment to see where AI stands, compared to “traditional” chess engines on monster hardware.

Recent: New record: Stockfish crosses the 3700 elo mark

Kaggle Game Arena is starting with an 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.

The Turkish Chess Super League takes place August 4 – August 16 in Ankara, Türkiye. It is one of the major events of the European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

Yeoh Li Tian, born October 16, 1999, is Malaysia’s first-ever chess Grandmaster (GM). He earned the GM title after securing his third norm and surpassing the 2500 FIDE rating mark by winning the GM-IM Invitational Chess Championship in Kuala Lumpur on August 3, 2025. This lifelong honor, awarded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE), places him among a little more than 2,000 Grandmasters worldwide.

Szachy w Ustroniu łączą pokolenia aka Chess Festival Katowice is taking place August 2 – August 8 in Katowice, Poland.