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WIM Trisha Kanyamarala is the winner Carlow Rapid Chess 2025 that took place this weekend in Seven Oaks Hotel, Carlow, Ireland. Trisha Kanyamarala collected 6,0/7, the same score as Saptorshi Gupta, IM Tarun Kanyamarala, and Vitaliy Salmin, but won the gold medal on a better tiebreak.

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.

16 year old Afruza Khamdamova won the top women prize at the Aktobe Open – Dvorkovich Memorial. Along the way, Afruza Khamdamova completed the requirements for a final WGM norm and the requirements for an IM norm. She achieved a new peak rating of 2378 ELO, adding 52 points this month, and completed her first 2500+ elo performance.

Her next event: FIDE Women World Chess Cup 2025 – participants and information

Alexey Sarana is the winner of Aktobe Open – Dvorkovich Memorial. Sarana collected 7,5/9, half a point ahead of a large group of players, including GM Aryan Chopra (2620), GM Zhamsaran Tsydypov (2514), GM Pa Iniyan (2573), GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2500), and GM Hao Wang (2701). The top woman prize is for Afruza Khamdamova who scored final WGM and one IM norms along the way. Scroll down for the full standings

Brazilian Chess Open SESC Caioba 2025 takes place June 29 – July 7 in Brazil. It is one of the major open tournaments of the South American Chess Calendar with 204 players, 55 of them titled. Top participants include GM Sandro Mareco, GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian, GM Alexandr Fier, GM Conrad Holt, GM Leonardo Tristan, GM Renato R.

The European Youth Team Chess Championship 2025 will take place from 4th July to 12th July in Terme Čatež, Slovenia. The event will include four separate competitions, an open competition and a girl’s competition in both age categories U12 and U18. Each national federation member of the European Chess Union (ECU) has the right to enter up to four (4) teams of four (4) players and one (1) reserve in the open competitions and up to four (4) teams of two (2) female players and one (1) reserve in the girl competitions.

Kingston Invitational IM is taking place August 12 – August 16 in Kingston-upon-Thames, England. It is a round robin tournament with GM Jakub Kosakowski, IM Vladyslav Larkin, IM Peter Large, CM Supratit Banerjee, FM Roland Bezuidenhout, CM David Maycock, IM Graeme Buckley, Adam A Taylor, WIM/FM Liwia Jarocka, and CM Peter Lalic.

Parallel to the tournament, there will be a Swiss event. Scroll down for more information by the tournament director Stephen Moss.

The SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 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 SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 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.

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.