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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 Saint Louis chess club and the organizers of the US Championship did not approve of the reaction of Christopher Yoo and expelled him from the US Championship.

Trofeo de Ajedrez Principado de Asturias takes place 28 April – May 4. It started with a delay due to the “apagon” on the peninsula. It is a 10 player round robin with Himal Gusain, Renier Vazquez Igarza, Milosz Szpar, Danyyil Dvirnyy, Daniel Eduardo Pulvett Marin, Alex Garrido Outon, Miaoyi Lu, Salvador G. Del Rio De Angelis, Jonas Prado Lobo, Lionel Sierra Vallina. Live games will be daily on Chessdom.com and the tournament will be featured in the Chessdom Newsletter

The Canadian Chess Championship 2025 and the Canadian Women’s Chess Championship 2025 were held simultaneously from April 17–22 in Toronto, Ontario. IM Nikolay Noritsyn and WIM Li Yunshan have been crowned the 2025 Canadian Chess Champions. This is the third title for Nikolay Noritsyn and the first national title for Li Yunshan.

American Continental Women Chess Championship aka Campeonato Continental Femenino de Ajedrez de las Américas is taking place May 1 – May 6, 2025 in Morelos, Mexico. The winner of the championship qualifies for the FIDE Women World Cup and wins the WGM title. The second and third are awarded WIM titles.

Top players include WGMs Candela Francisco Guecamburu, Yerisbel Miranda Llanes, Maritza Arribas Robaina and WIMs Fiorella Contreras Huaman, Javiera Belen Gomez Barrera, Maria Jose Campos, Yunshan Li, etc. Scroll down to the full list of participants

The Hong Kong China Chess Federation proudly hosted an electrifying evening of chess, blitz battles, and live entertainment on April 29, 2025, featuring global chess influencer and Twitch superstar Nemo Zhou aka akaNemsko

Just a few weeks after stunning everyone at the FIDE World Youth and Cadet Championships 2025, Kazakhstan young players dominates yet another event. This time the Kazakhstan players won 16 of the possible 36 medals from the Western Asian Youth Chess Championship 2025 – leaving Uzbekistan at second place with 6 medals, and India with 5 medals.

The Sunway Formentera Chess Festival is taking place 29 April – May 9 at the Hotel Club Sunway Punta Prima in Es Pujols, Formentera, a picturesque island in Spain’s Balearic archipelago, near Ibiza. Top players include Valentin Dragnev, Arthur Kogan, Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez, Suvradeepta Das, Daniel Aishwin, Thomas Bauer, Vedant Pimpalkhare, Olivier Baillon, Vrushali Umesh Deodhar, Bhat Sudarshan. Live games will be daily on Chessdom

The Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de León, one of the most prestigious chess tournaments in the world, is set to celebrate its 38th edition from July 3 to July 7, 2025. Held in the vibrant city of León, Spain, this iconic event continues to captivate chess enthusiasts with its unique blend of high-level competition, cultural festivities, and a commitment to promoting the game across generations.

The 2025 Charlotte Spring ALTO (At Least Twenty-One) Chess Tournament is a 5-round chess event organized by the Charlotte Chess Center (CCC) in Charlotte, North Carolina, that took place April 25-27, 2025. ALTO is a 5 rounds Swiss event, with a registration cap of 140 players and a guaranteed prize fund of $5,000.

WGM Dina Belenkaya emerged victorious collecting 4,5/5 and adding +39,6 ELO rating

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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 Saint Louis chess club and the organizers of the US Championship did not approve of the reaction of Christopher Yoo and expelled him from the US Championship.