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17th Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Open Chess Tournament is going to take place May 22 in Pune, India. It is a rapid tournament with 595 players and follows the 16th Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial which was the blitz section.

Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura faced off in the Winners’ Bracket Final of the Champions Chess Tour (CCT) Finals, aka Chess.com Classic. This highly anticipated match featured the world’s top two ranked players in a thrilling showdown, with the winner advancing directly to the Grand Final.

Today, May 21, 2025, Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura faced off in the Winners’ Bracket Final of the Champions Chess Tour (CCT) Finals, aka Chess.com Classic. This highly anticipated match featured the world’s top two ranked players in a thrilling showdown, with the winner advancing directly to the Grand Final.

Kipiti Chess Open takes place in New Zealand. Participants include IM Anthony F Ker (2221), IM Russell J Dive (2219), WIM Layla Timergazi (1961), Nicholas Winsley (1934), FM Ollie Archer (1933), Kayden Loke (1928), L Ross Jackson (1875), Luke Chang (1839), Leo Malcolm (1824), Edgar Benitez (1819), Lawrence B Farrington (1810), Dion Charles (1779), Andy Hicks (1767)

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The Colombia Amateur Championship 2025 is taking place in May 22 – May 24 in Honda Tolima, Columbia. It is open to women under 2300. Colombia Amateur will be daily live on Chessdom.

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The French Club Chess Championship Top 16 aka Championnat de France d’échecs des clubs takes place May 22 – June 1, 2025 in Belfort, France. In Top 16, the top sixteen teams in France compete in teams of eight players and players during these eleven days. The teams are divided into two groups of 8. In each group, they clash with each other in seven rounds. At the end of this phase, the first four of each group progress to the elimination phase. See the pairings below.

16th Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Open Chess Tournament is going to take place May 21 in Pune, India. It is a blitz tournament with 467 players, including IM Neelash Saha, IM Kashish Jain, FM Suyog Wagh, IM Aaryan Varshney, FM Nikhil Dixit, FM Aakash Dalvi, FM Akshay Borgaonkar, FM Vaibhav Raut.

The 2025 edition of Svetozar Gligoric Cup takes place May 22-25 in Paracin. It is a team event with Open and Women section with top players GM Robert Markus, GM Ivan Ivanisevic, GM Mikhail Bryakin, GM Aleksandar Kovacevic, GM Suat Atalik, GM Branko Tadic, GM Branko Damljanovic, IM Ivan Sarenac, WGM Ekaterina Goltseva, WIM Adela Velikic, WIM Jovana Srdanovic, WFM Vera Vujovic, WFM Andjela Bojicic, etc.

WGM Shrook Wafa achieved her fifth continental title at the Africa Women Chess Champion 2025. She finished 8,0/9 ahead of WIM Lina Nassr. The third position is for the top youngster of the event – the U16 player Jana Mohamed Zaki. Replay the games here and scroll down for the full standings. For more events in Africa visit The Chess Calendar and the Africa section

Algerian Grandmaster Bilel Bellahcene is the continental champion of Africa for 2025. Bilel Bellahcene achieved 7,0/9, the same points as Ahmed Adly and Amin Bassem, but with a better tiebreak (average rating of opponents) won the gold medal.

18 year old IM Hamed Wafa finished clear fourth with 6,5/9 and is the top youngster of the event.

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