On February 9, 2025, the KCF Academy subscribers will have the opportunity to meet with an extraordinary Player during a live Sunday session. Peter Svidler is one of the most accomplished chess grandmasters of his generation. His career is marked by numerous victories and a consistent presence in elite tournaments. He is regarded as one […]
Monthly Archives: February 2025
The inaugural tournament of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam is taking place in Weissenhaus, Germany on 7-14 February. The elite participants, including Magnus Carlsen and Gukesh Dommaraju, first play a single round-robin with a 10+10 time control. Eight out of ten players then move on to the knockout stage, played with a classical time control. […]
The Tata Steel Challengers tournament once again showcased the remarkable rise of young chess talents. Among the standout participants were three exceptionally young players: Faustino Oro (11), Lu Miaoyi (14) and Ediz Gürel (16). Competing against strong opposition, they demonstrated skill and resilience in their performances. We take a closer look at how each of […]
In their latest episode of “Two Knights Talk”, Johannes Fischer and Arne Kähler welcome Katharina Reinecke, the well-known and popular German streamer. They discuss the pros and cons of Freestyle Chess, the upcoming Freestyle Tournament in Weissenhaus, the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the performance of Faustino Oro in Wijk and Levy Rozman’s […]
Levy Rozman is the world’s most successful chess streamer. His YouTube channel Gotham Chess has 5.94 million subscribers, hundreds of thousands of whom regularly watch the 29-year-old New Yorker talking almost every day about current chess events and analysing games. But on 4 February, on his way to the Freestyle Grand Slam in Weissenhaus, Rozman […]
The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is set to begin with its inaugural tournament in Weissenhaus, Germany, from 7 to 14 February. This new five-event series, featuring elite players competing in the Freestyle Chess format (a.k.a. chess960), marks a significant addition to the chess calendar. With a structured format combining rapid and classical games and […]
Sagar Shah is the founder of ChessBase India, a trainer, organiser and author. He is a regular guest at top tournaments around the world and has made countless videos filming chess events and interviewing top players and organisers. But during a visit to the ChessBase studio he changed roles and was interviewed. He talked to […]
The 8th edition of the “Ciudad de Montevideo Open” is underway at the Montevideo Municipality Conference Center, bringing together players from across South America. With over $5,000 in prizes, the tournament has attracted top players such as Egyptian GM Samy Shoker and Argentine IMs Lucas Coro and Julian Villca. After five rounds, four players share […]
Ding Liren remains at the top of the FIDE Circuit 2025 standings, having earned 40.64 points from his world title match against Gukesh Dommaraju. Following the Tata Steel Masters, Praggnanandhaa Ramesbabu has moved into second place, while Gukesh and Nodirbek Abdusattorov follow closely behind. Other players who participated in the Wijk aan Zee event have […]
Indian FM Vedant Panesar scored an unbeaten 6/9 to win the Tata Steel Chess Qualifiers 2025. This triumph earned him a place in the Challengers section of the 2026 edition. He finished a half point ahead of the field. FM Leandro Slagboom and FM Tim Grutter, both from the Netherlands, scored 5½/9 each. They secured […]