The 2025 US Chess Championships for Juniors, Girls and Seniors produced three new title-holders. Andy Woodward secured first place in the Junior section with 6½/9, while top seed Zoey Tang finished half a point ahead of Megan Paragua to win the Girls’ Junior Championship. In the Senior Championship, Alexander Fishbein triumphed in a three-way playoff […]
Monthly Archives: July 2025
During the FIDE World Cup, the FIDE Council held an online meeting and decided to allow a “neutral team” featuring Russian players to participate in the upcoming Women’s Team World Championship. The European Chess Union (ECU) issued a statement protesting this decision.
Oskemen has made a new entry into the international tournament calendar. In the largest city of East Kazakhstan, three open tournaments are currently taking place, including a Masters event featuring nearly 20 grandmasters competing for a substantial prize fund. Oskemen is notable not only for its strong chess field but also for its rich and […]
Vladimir Fedoseev fought back after his painful defeat the day before and defeated Saleh Salem in the last round of the Biel GMT-Masters in commanding style. Since Aravindh missed the victory needed to win the tournament against Murzin and only played to a draw, Fedoseev secured victory in the Biel Grandmaster Triathlon. | Photos: Schachfestival […]
In early July, the Norwegian Chess Championships were held in Bergen. The Landsturneringen is a lively chess festival that features events not found at other national championships, such as bughouse chess and the chaotic team blitz known as “Team Talk Blitz.” Holger Blauhut reports. | Elite podium: IM/GM Aksel Bu Kvaløy (2nd), GM Jon Ludvig […]
Humpy Koneru defeated Lei Tingjie in a closely contested tiebreak match to join Divya Deshmukh in the final of the Women’s World Cup in Batumi, marking the first all-Indian final in the event’s history. After two drawn classical games, Humpy prevailed 5–3 following rapid and blitz stages. Both finalists have secured places in the 2026 […]
In his Fritz Trainer, Grandmaster S.P. Sethuraman presents a modern repertoire for the classical Sicilian. Reviewer Lukas Köpl, an experienced tournament player and licensed trainer with over 15 years’ experience, introduces the course and shows how ambitious players and Sicilian fans can benefit from Sethuraman’s work.
Aravindh Chithambaram has taken the lead of the GMT-Masters in the Biel Grandmaster Triathlon with a victory over the previous leader Saleh Salem. Aravindh has thus not only overtaken Salem, but also Fedoseev, who lost his game against Murzin after a rollercoaster ride and thus falls back to 3rd place. The final round on Thursday […]
Divya Deshmukh became the first finalist of the Women’s World Cup after defeating Tan Zhongyi in a dramatic 101-move game, securing both a place in the final and qualification for the 2026 Candidates Tournament. The second semifinal between Humpy Koneru and Lei Tingjie ended in another draw after a complex rook endgame, and will be […]
Over the past 20 years Larry List has curated exhibitions, and written primarily about the interrelationships between chess and visual art. To coincide with a Man Ray exhibition of photos at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this September, Hirmer Verlag of Munich is publishing his new book On Man Ray, the closest artist friend of […]