The finals have begun in the Biel Grand Master Triathlons. Saleh Salem and Vladimir Fedoseev are leading in the Masters. In the Challengers, Nikolas Theodorou has pulled away from his competitors. Christian Glöckler drew in the Masters Open and is now eleventh, one point behind the leader. | Photos: Biel Chess Festival
Monthly Archives: July 2025
Summit chess was played once again at an altitude of 2,315 metres in the Rudolfshütte in Pinzgau, Austria. Robert Wiesinger and Gerhard Tobler from Upper Austria won the team competition alongside Florian Raber. Stefan Löffler reports on Europe’s highest chess tournament. | Photos: Harald Sammer / Stefan Löffler
The International Chess Federation has announced the venue for the 2025 FIDE World Cup. The knockout tournament will take place in India in November. The exact location is not yet known. 206 players will compete for prize money and three places in the Candidates Tournament. | Graphics and photos: FIDE
In the only match that went to tiebreaks in the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup, Divya Deshmukh secured a 2–0 victory over her compatriot Harika Dronavalli, thus becoming the fourth player to advance to the semi-finals. In the second rapid game, Harika twice missed a winning continuation in the endgame. In the semifinals, India’s […]
While the finalists of the Grand Master Triathlon took a day off on Monday to prepare for the final rounds, the participants of the Master Open played their seventh round. Thirteen-year-old German talent Christian Glöckler was among the leaders but lost the top match against Pranav. | Photo: Biel Chess Festival
Last weekend, spanning four days, the English Chess Federation hosted the English Championship. Michael Adams claimed the title, edging out Nikita Vitiugov on tiebreak, with both players finishing on equal points. In the Women’s Championship, the title went to 14-year-old Shambavi Hariharan. | Photo: Melinda Wilde
Radoslaw (Radek) Wojtaszek came out on top in the separate Accentus Chess 960 Masters at the 58th International Biel/Bienne Chess Festival 2025. Our author Eduard Frey, who lives in Biel, met the proficient player from Poland during the tournament. | Photo: Simon Bohnenblust, Organiser
Last week Problem expert Werner Keym gave us some remarkable chess problems to solve. They were from his latest eBook, Problem Chess Art, which is available to everyone, free of charge. Here today are the solutions of the problems he selected for us. Were you able to solve them?
Levon Aronian won the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Las Vegas by defeating Hans Niemann 1½–½ in Sunday’s final, securing his first title and the $200,000 top prize. Magnus Carlsen beat Hikaru Nakamura to finish third and maintain his lead in the overall tour standings. Fabiano Caruana and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu claimed fifth and seventh place, […]
The opening is tricky. If you don’t know what you are doing, you can quickly find yourself on the losing side, but if you know what you are doing, you can also quickly gain an advantage. ChessBase offers help! The Opening Encyclopaedia offers a complete overview of all openings, and with Fritz 20 you can […]