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Uzchess Cup second edition will be a 10 player round robin with 2726 ELO average (according to the June rating list). Top seeded in the Masters section is Arjun Erigaisi who will be accompanied by his fellow countrymen Pragg and Aravindh. The local heroes on the board will be Abdusattorov, Sindarov, Yakubboev, and Vokhidov.

Chess Festival Cesis Open 2025 is taking place in Latvia. Top players include GM Valery Kazakouski, WFM Marija Kuznecova, GM Tomi Nyback, GM Zigurds Lanka, Zanas Nainys, GM Ilmars Starostits, GM Normunds Miezis, FM Reinis Valdats, FM Maksims Golubovskis, FM Gleb Pidluznij, Artjoms Tolmacevs, WGM Laura Rogule, FM Arturs Bernotas, CM Nikita Rychagov, WGM Priyanka Nutakki, WGM Ilze Berzina, etc. Scroll down for the full list

Peter Stuart Memorial Open 2025 is a chess tournament taking place June 20 – June 22 in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. It is a 6 rounds Swiss event with strong local participation. Scroll down for the full players list.

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The Asian Chess Club Champions League 2025 the is going to take place June 17 – June 26 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The Asian Chess Club Champions League is a a round-robin event with 10 participating teams.

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team 2025 participants, one of the Major events in The Chess Calendar for the month of June, featured 104 Grandmasters (including 5 from the World top 10 – Hikaru Nakamura, Arjun Erigaisi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Alireza Firouzja, Ian Nepomniachtchi) 63 IMs, and a total of 316 titled players.

Belt and Road Chess is a series of tournaments by the Chinese Chess Association with solid prize fund and expected strong participation.

2025 “Belt and Road” China International Chess Open in Bengbu, Anhui takes place August 12-18.

2025 “Belt and Road” China International Chess Open in Aksu, Xinjiang is scheduled for August 19-25.

The 2025 edition of the South African Chess Open takes place June 28 – July 5. In the open category top players include IM Daniel Cawdery, FM Jack Van Zyl-Rudd, FM Banele Mhango, CM Keith Khumalo, IM Providence Oatlhotse, CM Raphael Felix, IM Michael Simpson, CM Benjamin Vincent Hercules, RM James Dinham, FM Claus Pitschka, PM Heinco Du Plessis, CM Khanya Mazibuko, Vusimuzi Mlahleki, CM Neathan Peter, RM Bhekinkosi Mgobhozi

Attica Chess Open takes place June 14 – June 22 in Irakleio, Greece.

Open Internacional Escacs Barbera del Valles 2025 will take place July 4 – July 12 in Spain. Top players include GM Manuel Petrosyan, GM Jaime Alexander Cuartas, GM Karen H. Grigoryan, GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason, GM Daniel Alsina Leal, GM Luis Lazaro Aguero Jimenez, IM Michel Alejandro Diaz Perez, GM Marc Narciso Dublan, FM Artyom Bogdanov, FM Miguel Ruiz Buendia, IM Jonathan Alonso Moyano, GM Miguel Munoz, FM Sergio Adan Bermudez, FM Liwia Jarocka, MK Isaac Herman Gamazo, FM Nitin Vekhande Kshatriya, FM Suvradeepta Das, FM Erik Martinez Ramirez, FM Alex Villa Tornero, etc.

Buenos Aires Chess Open aka Open Ajedrez Ciudad de Buenos Aires takes place June 16 – June 22 in Argentina. It is one of the top events of the week for the South America Chess Calendar (see all events in The Chess Calendar) and features GM Federico Perez Ponsa, IM Pablo Ismael Acosta, IM Mario Villanueva, IM Lucas Coro, IM Facundo Vazquez, IM Lucas Liascovich, GM Carlos Horacio Garcia Palermo, IM Cristian Dolezal, GM Sergio Slipak, IM Horacio Saldano Dayer, etc.