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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.

Just several days after the publication of the official July FIDE Top 100 chess players rating list – with Pragg as the top Indian player and with 7 players above the 2700 elo mark – Indian players continue to send shockwaves through the ratings.

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.

GM Christopher Yoo has been temporarily suspended by FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission. However, the suspension is not a result of the incident in Saint Louis, rather it is a new case of harassment complaint.

The SUPER FIDE CACOAL is going to take place July 5 – July 6 in Cacoal, Rondônia, Brazil. It is 6-round Swiss system tournament, with time control 60 min + 30 sec / move. Top seeded participants Gabriel Carckeno do Carmo (2033), Everson de Moura Araujo (1988), Marcos Vinicius Cruz Filho (1854), Sabino Jose Cardoso Junior (1807), Mauricio Mathioli Freitas (1789), etc. Scroll down for the full participants list.

The North Island Chess Championships 2025 is going to take place July 4 – July 7 in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Top seeded participants are FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang (2468), IM Anthony F Ker (2298), IM Russell J Dive (2271), FM Robert W Smith (2234), CM Ollie Archer (2218), FM Daqi Mao (2185), CM Zachary Yu (2107), Joshua Langford (2065), Dylan Tama Piwari (2044), CM Liu, William Rui Liu (2028).

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.

The Biel Chess International Festival 2025 is taking place July 12 – July 25 in Switzerland. Biel Masters 2025 is one of the Top Events in The Chess Calendar and features Aravindh Chithambaram, Quang Liem Le (now replaced by Fedoseev, see below), Frederik Svane, Volodar Murzin, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, and Saleh Salem

GM Christopher Yoo has been temporarily suspended by FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission. However, the suspension is not a result of the incident in Saint Louis, rather it is a new case of harassment complaint.

The traditional chess open Open Internacional Escacs Barbera del Valles is going to take place July 4 – July 12 in Barbera del Valles, Barcelona, Spain. It is the 47th edition of the tournament, making it one of the long standing events on the Iberian Peninsula. Top seeded participants are GM Manuel Petrosyan (2541), GM Jaime Alexander Cuartas (2521), GM Karen H. Grigoryan (2520), GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason (2488), GM Daniel Alsina Leal (2487), GM Luis Lazaro Aguero Jimenez (2483).