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FIDE Ethics Commission has finally acted on the case of GM Christopher Yoo. After losing his game of round 5 from the US Chess Championship, GM Christopher Yoo destroyed his scoresheet, stormed out of the playing hall, “and struck a videographer from behind”.

The 2nd International Killer Chess Training, which now is Peter Long Memorial, takes place May 10 – May 16 in Roquetas de Mar, Spain. A total of 34 players will play in the event, including GM Joseph Girel (FRA, 2498), GM Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez (ESP, 2495), GM Renier Castellanos Rodriguez (ESP, 2474), GM Daniel W Gormally (ENG, 2443), GM Salvador G. Del Rio De Angelis (ESP, 2402), IM Rasmus Skytte (DEN, 2360), IM Kostya Kavutskiy (USA, 2356), Hugo Guillen Martinez (ESP, 2155), FM Doug Eckert (USA, 2146), FM Matthias Tonndorf (GER, 2139), Stanislaw Praczukowski (POL, 2134), etc.

Evgeny Sveshnikov Memorial 2026 will take place February 20-22, 2026, in Jurmala, Latvia. Evgeny Sveshnikov Memorial is part of the Jurmala Chess Festival and consists of a rapid and blitz tournament.

The eldest son of Evgeny Sveshnikov, IM Vladimir Sveshnikov, has already confirmed participation. Among the pre-registered players is also GM Alexei Shirov.

One of the strongest female super-tournaments in the world returns in 2025 with the fifth edition of the Cairns Cup! This elite tournament takes place June 10 – June 20 features ten of the best female chess players from around the world as they compete for a $250,000 prize fund, the largest in the event’s history. The Cairns Cup shares its format with other prestigious events like the illustrious Sinquefield Cup — a prestigious ten-player round-robin format of classical chess.

Alexandar Indjic won Baku Open 2025, remaining undefeated through the tournament and adding extra ELO in his bag (replay the games here) Alexandar Indjic won his first Serbia Championship when he was 19. Since then he repeated the success in 2018, 2020, 2023, and 2024.

The Tunisia Rapid Chess Championship is taking place 10-11 May in Tunisia. Top players include IM Kamel Njili, IM Mohamed Ali Boudriga, FM Zoubaier Amdouni, CM Ahmed Bouzidi, FM Hamed Ben Ghanem, FM Mohamed Nouali, Fathi Mabrouk, CM Mohamed Ben Ammar, CM Mohamed Khalil Abdallah. Live games daily on Chessdom

Neither the tallest skyscraper in the Middle East or China, nor even the largest temple in the world, the heaviest building constructed by mankind is the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, weighing in at just over 4 million tons (in size, it’s the third-largest administrative building in the world after the American Pentagon and the Long’ao of Jinan in China). Its volume, 2,550,000 cubic meters, exceeds that of the Great Pyramid of Giza and is the third largest in the world, after the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center and the Quetzalcoatl Pyramid in Mexico.

Ostravsky Konik 2025 will take place 10-18 May in Ostrava, Czech Republic. This is the 30th edition of the traditional tournament and will feature more than 200 players. Scroll down for the participants list

Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic, the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian region and the important centre of culture, business and sport.

The Charlotte Chess Center’s 2025 Club Championships will be held over Memorial Day Weekend.  This special event will crown the 2025 CCC Club Champions in Classical, Rapid, and Blitz formats.  Players may play 1, 2, or all 3 events.

The traditional tournament Dubai Chess Open 2025 will take place 27 May – June 4 in Dubai Chess and Culture Club. The event features a stellar participants list, including the 2700 club member Nihal Sarin, the winner of Baku Open Alexander Indjic, the winner of Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship 2025 Jingyao Tin, etc.