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The World Champion Gukesh dominated the rapid section of the Grand Chess Tour Croatia, co-leading after day 1, continuing to sole lead in day 2, and finally Gukesh finished top of the table after the rapid stage.

The World Champion Gukesh is the winner of Grand Chess Tour Croatia rapid. Gukesh collected 14.0/18 points, scoring along the way five consecutive victories between rounds 2 and 5, including a victory against World Number 1 Magnus Carlsen

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.

The SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2025 aka Grand Chess Tour Zagreb 2025, part of the Grand Chess Tour, is scheduled for June 30 to July 7, 2025, in Zagreb, Croatia, at The Westin Zagreb Hotel. This is the third leg of the 2025 Grand Chess Tour, marking its 10th anniversary, and features a 10-player round-robin tournament with a $175,000 prize fund.

The FIDE World Cup for Cadets 2025 (Under 8, 10, and 12) is scheduled to take place from June 22 to July 3, 2025, in Batumi, Georgia. This event targets young chess players in three age categories Under 8, Under 10, and Under 12 – divided into Open and Girls sections, with 48 participants in each category. The FIDE World Cup for Under 8, 10, and 12 categories in Batumi has come to a close. After nine days of intense battles over the chessboard, champions emerged in all six sections.

Kielce Chess Open is taking place June 30 – July 6 in Kielce, Poland. It is an open tournament with Jakub Kosakowski (2548), Volodymyr Vetoshko (2517), Eduardas Rozentalis (2455), Taron Shagbazyan (2446), Vladimir Hamitevici (2436), Jadranko Plenca (2436), Marcin Sieciechowicz (2413), Marco Dobrikov (2404), Damian Lewtak (2367), Oleksandr Yurovskykh (2344), Wadhawan Daaevik (2344), Jha Sriram (2301), V Raghav (2301), Lukasz Nowak (2300), Jain Rosh (2299), Michal Rudolf (2295), Savitha Shri B (2293), etc. Scroll down for the full participants list.

Annual World Open 2025 is a traditional chess tournament taking place in Philadelphia, USA. Top participants include GM Jeffery Xiong (2646), GM S.

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

XLIV Open Internacional de ajedrez Villa de Benasque aka Benasque Chess Open 2025 is taking place July 4 – July 13 in Benasque, Spain. It is one of the major open tournaments this summer in the European Chess Calendar, part of The Chess Calendar, and includes 554 players from 34 countries.

The ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championships 2025 is taking place in Penang, Malaysia. It is a major regional championship with U06/G06, U08, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18/U20, S50/W50/S65