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The Scottish Championship Open is taking is taking place July 7 – July 13 in Dunfermline, Scotland. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec /move. For more events from Scotland, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The Najdorf Memorial aka Warsaw Chess Festival is taking place July 8 – July 16 in Warsaw, Poland. It is a nine round Swiss tournament with classical time control.

The WCF Grand-Prix Final aka “Rhodes WCF Open 2025” will be held in the 5-star Conference Hotel “Rodos Palace”, on the northern seaside of Rhodes. WCF Grand-Prix Final is going to take place July 10 – July 18 and is the final tournament of the WCF Grand-Prix Series 2024-25. This event is a great opportunity to combine 5-star summer holidays on a famous Greek island together with an open tournament giving the WCF Champion Title and 11,000 euros in prizes for all categories: general standings, women and juniors.

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 on basic FIDE ethical and moral values.

There are just 5 days to go until ChessFest 2025, our annual chess extravaganza in Trafalgar Square, London. On Sunday 13th July 2025, 11am-7pm, we’re taking over the whole square for a day of free, family-friendly chess activities, including:

Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 is taking place August 6-15 in Chennai, India. The tournament was previously known as Chennai Chess Masters and featured 10 high ELO players in a Round Robin. Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 is expected to be stronger than last year’s edition, now that Quantbox has joined as sponsor.

The 24th European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2025 is set to bring together Europe’s brightest young chess talents in Thessaloniki, Greece.

The European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship will take place August 4 – August 8 in Porto Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki. Over 400 talented young players from across Europe will compete in this prestigious championship in the U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18 Open and Girls.

Slovakia Women Chess Championship is taking place July 8 – July 16 in Balnea Palace Piešťany, Slovakia, parallel to the Slovakia men championship. It is a ten player round robin with WGM Zuzana Borosova (2234), WIM Svetlana Sucikova (2160), WFM Viktoria Nadzamova (2105), WFM Lucia Sevcikova (2100), WFM Ema Walter (2073), WFM Niki Vrbova (2072), WFM Lucia Striskova (2041), WFM Simona Bochnickova (2039), Jana Sosovickova (2016), Diana Vasylchuk (1977)

Slovakia Chess Championship is taking place July 8 – July 16 in Balnea Palace Piešťany, Slovakia. It is a ten player round robin with GM Jergus Pechac (2580), GM Viktor Gazik (2564), IM Martin Neugebauer (2511), IM Samir Sahidi (2481), IM Filip Haring (2466), GM Lubomir Ftacnik (2439), IM Juraj Druska (2429), IM Stefan Mazur (2416), GM Martin Mrva (2406), IM Vladimir Bochnicka (2354).

The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025 is taking place September 3 – September 16 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It will be an 11-round Swiss-system tournament and forms part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2026. The winner and runner-up of the tournament will earn the right to play in the Candidates Tournament 2026.