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Space Coast Chess Open 2025 takes place 3-4 May in Florida, USA. It is an open event with 20 000 USD prize fund. Top seeded is 2023 and 2024 winner GM Jinchao Zhou. Scroll down for the full list of winners.

Participants include GM Jianchao Zhou, GM Gabriel Flom, GM Nikola Mitkov, IM John Ludwig, FM Eric Rodriguez, FM Ryan Amburgy, FM Brejesh Chakrabarti, FM Rose Atwell, FM Corey Acor, Nick Moore, FM Jean Marco Cruz, Jacorey Bynum, Theodore Slade, Ryan Hamley, etc. Live games will be daily on Chessdom

The Mitropacup 2025 will take place from May 13 to 22 in Trencin, Slovakia in Hotel Magnus. The Mitropa Cup is a team chess competition involving countries from Central Europe, organized by the Mitropa Chess Association. It includes an open section and a women’s section, with each team typically consisting of four players and one reserve. The following chess federations are invited to participate in the Mitropa Cup 2025: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland.

Shafira Devi Herfesa is the winner of the Asian Women Zone 3.3 Chess Championship 2025. Shafira Devi Herfesa is only 17 years old and was not among the favorites of the event, finishing before WGMs, WIMs, and WFMs.

More: Jingyao Tin wins Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship 2025

Final standings

Grandmaster Jingyao Tin is the winner of the Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship 2025. Tin Jingyao collected 7,0/9, the same points as IMs Uurtsaikh Agibileg and Sugar Gan-Erdene, but won the first position on tiebreak.

More: Shafira Devi Herfesa wins Asian Women Zone 3.3 Chess Championship 2025

Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship 2025 final standings

Montenegro Women Chess League 2025 takes place 1-3 May in Herceg Novi. The participants are IM Irina Bulmaga, WGM Evgeniya Doluhanova, WIM Sandra Djukic, WFM Nikolina Koljevic, WIM Lena Govedarica, WFM Ivana Manova, Milanka Tomic, Milica Popadic, Jana Tadic, WGM Beloslava Krasteva, WFM Alena Skvortsova, WIM Jovana Srdanovic, WIM Aleksandra Milovic, Marija Bajic, Mateja Popovic, Katarina Djukic, Milena Mosurovic, Tara Ivanovic, Marija Mia Maras, Nastasija Roganovic, Iva Svrkota, Anja Acimic and they are part of four teams.

Montenegro Premier Chess League 2025 takes place 5-8 May in Herceg Novi. It is a 10 teams round robin with Grandmasters Milos Perunovic, Artem Iljin, Dragan Kosic, Nebojsa Nikcevic, Slavisa Brenjo, Milan Drasko, Denis Kadric, Nikita Petrov, Luka Draskovic, Mikhail Bryakin, Alexandr Predke, Nikola Djukic, Dragisa Blagojevic.

Live games will be daily on Chessdom. The League will also be featured at the Chessdom Newsletter, sign up with your mail below

Japan Chess Championship 2025 is going to take place 2-6 May in Tokyo. It will feature IM Tran Thanh Tu, FM Aoshima Mirai, IM Nanjo Ryosuke, FM Otsuka Shou, IM Kojima Shinya, CM Nakahara Kan, Chen Muxi, FM Yamada Kohei, FM Jones Stephen, Okuno Rion, CM Averbukh Alex, CM Kobayashi Atsuhiko, Higashino Tetsuo, CM Matsuo Tomohiko and a total of 85 players.

Games will be daily on Chessdom and you can subscribe for FREE to the Chessdom Newsletter for further information and coverage

The USA vs India chess match will take place Saturday October 4th 2025 at E-Sports Stadium Arlington, Texas. USA vs India consists of 5 rounds, played sequentially, one board at a time.

Each round follows this time control structure:

The Czech Grandmaster GM Petr Neuman passed away at the age of 47. He was found dead in his apartment in Prague.

Petr Neuman (March 11, 1978 – April 28, 2025) was a Czech chess grandmaster, renowned for his active participation and success in national and international tournaments. Born in Rakovník, Czech Republic, Neuman achieved the International Master title in 2001 and the Grandmaster title in 2013.

The FIDE rating list for May 2025 is now officially published. Check out the newest at the links below:

Top 100 Players May 2025 / Top 100 Women May 2025 / Top 100 Juniors May 2025 / Top 100 Girls May 2025

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