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Kaggle Game Arena organized the first AI exhibition chess tournament. A unique and powerful approach to understanding AI capabilities, Kaggle Game Arena, in partnership with Google DeepMind, announced a new platform where leading AI models will compete head-to-head in chess and other games. It will feature Kimi k2 (Moonshot AI), Gemini 2.5 Pro (Google), Gemini 2.5 Flash (Google), o3 (OpenAI), o4-mini (OpenAI), Claude 4 Opus (Anthropic), Grok 4 (xAI), and DeepSeek R1.

The XXVIII Open Internacional de Ajedrez Moratalaz is taking place September 07 – September 14 in Madrid, Spain. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Spain, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The Württembergische Einzelmeisterschaft 2025 is taking place August 29 – September 04 in Illertissen, Germany. It is a 10-player round-robin tournament with time control 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Germany, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

Thanks to The Chess Viking @ZibbitVideos, a never-before-published footage from the 1972 World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. The footage was made in 1975 and narrated by legendary Icelandic GM Friðrik Ólafsson (FIDE President 1978–1982). In it, Friðrik reflects on the match three years after its conclusion, while we are shown unique clips from the games themselves and from the closing ceremony.

The Sahel Chess Festival 2025 is taking place September 02 – September 08 in Monastir, Tunisia. The tournament is separated into 3 rating categories – Open A upper 2000, OPEN B 1700-2000, and OPEN C under 1700,. The OPEN C under 1700 section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec/move.

The Sahel Chess Festival 2025 is taking place September 02 – September 08 in Monastir, Tunisia. The tournament is separated into 3 rating categories – Open A upper 2000, OPEN B 1700-2000, and OPEN C under 1700,. The OPEN B 1700-2000 section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec/move.

The Sahel Chess Festival 2025 is taking place September 02 – September 08 in Monastir, Tunisia. The tournament is separated into 3 rating categories – Open A upper 2000, OPEN B 1700-2000, and OPEN C under 1700,. The Open A upper 2000 section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Tunisia, check out The African Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The US Grandmaster Brewington Hardaway is the winner of Fujairah Global Chess 2025 in the Masters section. Brewington Hardaway collected 7,5/9 and finished half a point ahead of Umut Ata Akbas, Artin Ashraf, Venkataraman Karthik, Reza Mahdavi, and Nico Chasin.

This is a second success this month for Brewington Hardaway after his convincing win at Abu Dhabi blitz

Pranav Venkatesh is the winner of Fujairah Global Chess 2025 in the Superstars section. Entering into the final round Pranav V had half a point advantage ahead of Sanan Sjugirov and Amin Tabatabaei. A draw would have been enough for the Indian player to secure a high prize, but he pushed with white and won his final game to finish with 7,0/9. Along the way Pranav V defeated Nihal Sarin, Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli, Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, M.

Article by Leon Watson, World Chess

World Chess has seen sharp growth in its user base as online gamers increasingly choose to play on its alternative platform.

One million people worldwide are now registered on World Chess, demonstrating for the first time that the official partner of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) can be considered a major player.

World Chess, which operates the worldchess.com playzone, is the only platform where chess enthusiasts can play official FIDE-recognized games online and gain official online titles.