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World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju will play Poland’s top player Jan-Krzysztof Duda this August 7 in Katowice. The match is a 6 games blitz event and games will be daily live on Chessdom

Calendar of Gukesh / Calendar of Duda

Vladimir Fedoseev won Biel Chess 2025 and went on to play the Esports World Chess Cup. There he qualified from the group stage, but (without further information given) has withdrawn and was substituted by Artemiev in the quarterfinal.

The 125th edition of the US Open took place July 29 – August 3 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Dariusz Swiercz is the winner of the event with 8,0/9, ahead of Daniel Naroditsky, Jianchao Zhou, Joshua Friedel, Tanguy Ringoir, Harsha Bharathakoti, Varuzhan Akobian, Praveen Balakrishnan, Sam Schmakel, Oleksii Bilych, Sebastian Kostolansky with 7,5/9.

Vignesh Advaith Vemula becomes the latest International Master of India The 15-year-old from Telangana earned his final IM-norm at 100th Paris IdF Masters held in Paris, France from 12th to 18th July. The teenager earned his first IM-norm at 1st SOA International Chess Festival 2024 GM tournament in February last year. A little over ten months later, he earned his second IM-norm at 15th Odisha Open Grandmaster Chess Festival in December 2024. He also crossed 2400 at the same event. In January 2025 he had a published rating of 2424. Currently, his rating is his highest so far 2441.

Coventry will host the 2026 British Chess Championships at the University of Warwick, transforming the city into a hub for chess. Over 1,000 players from across the UK are expected to compete in various tournaments, from under-8s to seniors. This will be the 112th British Chess Championship.

The Znojemská Rotunda Open 2025 is taking place August 02- August 08 in Znojmo, Czech Republic. It is a 7 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 10 sec / move. For more events from Czech Republic, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The 7mo IRT Centro Comercial AV. Chile 2025 is taking place on August 03 in Bogotá, Colombia. It is a 7 round Swiss system tournament with time control 15 min + 10 sec / move. For more events from Colombia, check out The South American Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The Shimbulak Summer Chess 2025 is taking place on August 03 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is a 8 round double round-robin tournament with time control 3 min + 2 sec / move. For more events from Kazakhstan, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2025 is taking place August 02- August 09 in Dortmund, Germany. The tournament is separated in 3 categories – A Open, B Open and Women. The Women section is a 4-player double round-robin tournament with time control 120 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 10 sec / move. For more events from Germany, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2025 is taking place August 02- August 09 in Dortmund, Germany. The tournament is separated in 3 categories – A Open, B Open and Women. The B Open section is a 8 round Swiss system tournament with time control 91 min + 10 sec / move. For more events from Germany, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.