Matthias Bluebaum’s quiet draw with Nodirbek Abdusattorov allowed three players to catch him at the top of the FIDE Grand Swiss standings, setting up a four-way tie with two rounds to go. Alireza Firouzja outlasted Nihal Sarin in a dramatic 82-move encounter, Vincent Keymer claimed a second consecutive win by beating Parham Maghsoodloo, while Anish […]
Monthly Archives: September 2025
From 17 to 25 September, the closed tournament “Legends and Prodigies” will be held in Madrid, featuring five GMs and five IMs in a generational clash. The event will be played as a single round-robin with a classical time control. Among the participants are Peruvian GM Julio Granda, a legend of Latin American chess, and […]
GM Felix Blohberger takes the road less traveled with his two-part video course on the Réti Opening. In nearly eight hours of material, he explains the ideas he has developed for the Réti – drawing on his own practical experience. Hannes Langrock, an International Master and literary editor at a fiction publishing house, lives in […]
On 9 September 2025, Jacob Murey passed away in a care home in Israel. Born in Moscow in 1941, Murey immigrated to Israel in 1976. In 1978, he worked as Viktor Korchnoi’s second in the World Championship match against Anatoly Karpov. In 2001, he became the first European Senior Champion. At his peak, Murey was […]
On Saturday, December 6, 2025, leading educators, academics, and chess professionals will share their experiences, research, and insights on the dynamic field of chess in education. Drawing broadly on the concept of mindsets, this conference will explore the role of chess in education–ranging from fundamental concerns about curriculum, educational policy, the positive uses of failure, […]
For the second time, Hamburg played host to a unique combined chess and tennis tournament. To manage the Swiss-system draw, a specially developed combined rating was introduced. Georgi Davidov once again proved his class, successfully defending his title from last year. | Pictured: Group photo at the close of the tournament – champion Georgi Davidov […]
Hikaru Nakamura is working to meet the requirement of playing enough classical games in 2025 to qualify for the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament by rating. The world number two recently entered two state-level events in the United States, scoring perfect results in both. He won all seven games at the Louisiana State Championship in New […]
The Saint Louis Chess Club will soon host the 2025 US Chess Championship and the 2025 US Women’s Championship, running from 12 to 24 October in its newly expanded venue. With a prize fund exceeding $400,000, the 12-player fields feature America’s elite, including Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Carissa Yip, Alice Lee and Irina Krush. Alongside […]
As part of the Fortune Brainstorm Tech Conference, Anna Cramling will play a game of chess against Noland Arbaugh. Arbaugh is paraplegic, but with the help of a novel neurochip in his brain, he can move the pieces via a Brain Computer interface using pure thought power.
The XTX Markets London Chess Classic (LCC) returns to the capital between 26th November and 7th December 2025. Following GM Gawain Jones’s victory in 2024, the event will once again be held largely at the iconic Emirates Stadium, switching to London Novotel West in Hammersmith to avoid clashes with Arsenal home matches.