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The Campeonatos de España de Ajedrez Rápido 2025 is taking place July 26 – July 28 in Badajoz, Spain. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 15min + 5 sec / move. For more events from Spain check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

After nearly two weeks of high-level competition, the 58th edition of the Biel International Chess Festival has concluded with an exciting finish. Vladimir Fedoseev claimed the top spot in the prestigious Grandmaster Triathlon (GMT-Masters), narrowly defeating Aravindh Chithambaram thanks to a tie-break.

The Maia Chess Festival 2025 is taking place August 22 – August 30 in Maia, Portugal. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from Portugal check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The Maia Chess Festival 2025 is taking place August 22 – August 30 in Maia, Portugal. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from Portugal check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The Croatian Youth Individual Chess Championships 2025 is taking place July 24 – July 30 in Split. Crpatoa. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from Croatia, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

At the age of 14, Turkish chess grandmaster Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş has achieved a remarkable milestone by entering the top 100 of the world’s elite chess players. In the first game of the Clash of Generations match, Erdoğmuş, playing with the black pieces, secured a decisive victory against Grandmaster Peter Svidler. This triumph added 6.0 Elo points to his rating, elevating his FIDE rating to 2632.0 and positioning him at the virtual 98th rank globally.

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) compete for 691 000 eur prize fund. Live games will be daily with analysis on Chessdom

The Indian player and world number 1 junior girl Divya Deshmukh is at the World Chess Cup final after a roller coaster game against Women World Chess Championship match finalist Tan Zhongyi.

In an interview right after the game, Divya Deshmukh said, “I was winning at a certain point and then it got complicated. I think I messed up in he middlegame and I think I should have had a much smoother win. Tan put up such a good fight at a certain point.” Divya also added for the fans, “Thank you so much for all your love and support”

The Indian player and world number 1 junior girl Divya Deshmukh is at the World Chess Cup final after a roller coaster game against Women World Chess Championship match finalist Tan Zhongyi.

The emotions: Divya Deshmukh emotional at the semifinal of the World Chess Cup 2025

The Chess Federation of Russia has commented the indignation of the European chess union (ECU) regarding FIDE Council’s decision to approve the participation of a team of athletes of Russian nationality in the 2025 Women’s World Team Championship under the FIDE flag. This opinion was expressed for TASS by the Executive Director of the Chess Federation of Russia CFR Alexander Tkachev.