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Gukesh to face Caruana, Aronian, MVL, Abdusattorov, Leinier, Liem and co. at Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025

11/08/2025 -

The fourth event of the Grand Chess Tour 2025 season is Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz. The defending champion, Alireza Firouzja (FRA) is not playing this year as he has already played the required two Rapid and Blitz events of the season. Therefore, a new champion is guaranteed to be crowned. The current World Champion, D Gukesh will be seen in action along with Fabiano Caruana (USA), Levon Aronian (USA), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), Leinier Dominguez-Perez (USA), Wesley So (USA), Liem Quang Le (VIE), Grigoriy Oparin (USA) and Sam Shankland (USA). The tournament takes place at Richmond Heights in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. Aronian, Oparin and Liem are Gukesh's first three opponents. Three rounds will be played today. Round 1 starts at 12 p.m. local time, 10:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Grand Chess Tour

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Quantbox Chennai GM R4: Nihal Sarin stuns World no.5, Arjun Erigaisi

11/08/2025 -

GM Anish Giri (NED) halted GM Vincent Keymer's (GER) winning streak in the fourth round of Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025. GM Nihal Sarin won a topsy-turvy battle against GM Arjun Erigaisi. This was Nihal's first win and Arjun's first loss of the event. It resulted in Keymer increasing his sole lead by a full point 3.5/4. Only Arjun is at 2.5/4, followed by five players at 2/4. GM Karthikeyan Murali scored the only other victory of the round in Masters as he got the better of the reigning Dutch champion, GM Jorden van Foreest (NED). In the Challengers, GM Abhimanyu Puranik defeated GM R Vaishali to emerge sole leader 3.5/4. Birthday boy, GM Diptayan Ghosh scored a win against IM Harshavardhan G B to move to 3/4. Round 5 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photos: Anmol Bhargav

Loic Travadon wins 44th Villa de Benasque Open 2025, Pranav Anand third

10/08/2025 -

Four players - IM Loic Travadon (FRA), GM Dan Zoler (ISR), GM Pranav Anand and GM Pierre Laurent-Paoli (FRA) scored 8.5/10 each at 44th Villa de Benasque Open 2025. Loic remained undefeated and won the tournament due to better tie-breaks. The remaining three were placed second to fourth respectively. GM Aditya S Samant and GM Karthik Venkataraman scored 8/10 each. They were placed fifth and sixth according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund was €51000. The top three prizes were €10000, €8000 and €5000 along with a trophy each. Photo: WIM FA FT Raluca Sgircea / Benasque Open

New: ChessBase Magazine #226

10/08/2025 -

European Championship 2025: Analyses by Bluebaum, Frederik Svane, Abasov, Alonso Rosell, Cheparinov, Grandelius, Lagarde, Navara, Ponomariov, Rodshtein, Sargissian, Suleymanli, Tari, Velten, Vogel, Volokitin, Wojtaszek and Yuffa – Raid in the Sveshnikov: Lars Schandorff shows that Black has to be extremely careful after 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.Qf3!? – ‘Queen sacrifice with dividend’: Oliver Reeh's tactical tests with over 30 current games + four interactive videos – Kramnik at his best: Dorian Rogozenco reviews the ‘Modern Classic’ Kramnik-Ehlvest (Tal Memorial 1995), including the novelty in move 16 and the impressive play by the former world champion, and much more. Photo: ChessBase

Quantbox Chennai GM R3: Vincent Keymer outplays Karthikeyan Murali, scores a hat-trick

10/08/2025 -

GM Vincent Keymer (GER) has made a perfect start at Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025. He completely outplayed GM Karthikeyan Murali after the latter made a couple of positional mistakes in consecutive moves. Keymer is the sole leader at 3/3. GM Arjun Erigaisi is the only player at 2.5/3. Arjun defeated GM Ray Robson (USA) comfortably after getting a dream position out of the English opening. GM Awonder Liang (USA) and GM Vidit Gujrathi scored their first wins of the event against GM Jorden van Foreest (NED) and GM Nihal Sarin respectively. Nihal for the second consecutive game, struggled to convert his advantage into a win. This time, the outcome cost him a full point. Round 4 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photos: Anmol Bhargav

Velammal MHS Golden at World Schools Team Championship 2025 with a perfect score

09/08/2025 -

Velammal MHS scored a perfect 16/16 to become World Schools Team champions. They won the event with a round to spare when they defeated Seed Educational Complex (KAZ) by 0.5-3.5 in Round 7. National School of Physics and Mathematics (KAZ), The Harker School (USA) and Astana 2 RSPM (KAZ) scored 12/16 each. They secured second to fourth place respectively according to tie-breaks. Velammal MHS Mogappair won the inaugural edition in the Under-12 category back in 2023. Instead of two separate events in Under-12 and Under-18 categories, there was only one event this time. IM Ilamparthi A R and FM Pranav K P won individual Gold on Board no.4 and 5 respectively with a score of 93.8% and 92.9% Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

Harsh Suresh prevails at 18th Paracin Open 2025, Srihari L second and Vignesh N R third

09/08/2025 -

IM Harsh Suresh scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win 18th Paracin International Chess Festival Open A (>2100) 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. IM Srihari L scored 7/9 to secure second place. GM Vignesh N R, IM Arif Abdul Hafiz (INA) and GM Nikita Matinian scored 6.5/9 each. They secured third, fourth and fifth place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund in Open A was RSD 1170000 (≈ €10000). The top three prizes were RSD 300000, 200000 and 160000 along with a trophy each respectively. Vignesh won the Blitz Rating event scoring an unbeaten 10/11. Ajay Mushini became an International Master at this event by scoring his final IM-norm. Photo: FM FT IA IO Sasa Jevtic

Quantbox Chennai GM R2: Nihal misses big against Giri, Keymer wins two in-a-row

09/08/2025 -

The second round of Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 witnessed four decisive games. The reigning Dutch champion, GM Jorden van Foreest (NED) held the World no.5, GM Arjun Erigaisi to a draw. GM Ray Robson (USA) won an exciting rollercoaster game against GM Vidit Gujrathi. GM Nihal Sarin missed quite a few opportunities to beat GM Anish Giri (NED). It ended in a draw. World no.21, GM Vincent Keymer (GER) scored his second consecutive win at the event. This time he got the better of the reigning World Junior champion, GM Pranav Venkatesh. In the Challengers section, GM Iniyan Pa and GM Abhimanyu Puranik scored the full point over GM Harika Dronavalli and GM Leon Luke Mendonca respectively. Round 3 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Himank Ghosh

Nihaan Pohane clear first at Late Ramesh Vinayakrao Kotwal Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2025

08/08/2025 -

Top seed, Nihaan Pohane scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win Late Ramesh Vinayakrao Kotwal Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. Sabir Adnan scored sole 8/9 to secure second place. Shubham Basone scored 7.5/9 to finish third. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹50000. The top three prizes were ₹21000, ₹11000 and ₹5000 along with a trophy each respectively. The two-day nine-round Swiss League Rapid Rating Open tournament  was organized by Gondia District Chess Association  at Vinayakrao Kotwal Memorial Hall, Bhavbhuti Ranga Mandir in Gondia, Maharashtra on 12th and 13th July 2025. This is Nihaan's first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Gondia District Chess Association

Yeoh Li Tian becomes the first-ever Grandmaster of Malaysia

08/08/2025 -

It has been a long time coming, but Malaysia finally has a chess grandmaster in 26-year-old Yeoh Li Tian. This milestone comes 51 years after the formation of the Malaysian Chess Federation in 1974. With this achievement, Yeoh joins an elite group of about 2000 players recognised by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) for their mastery of the game. Quah Seng Sun writes about this historic feat. He is a former chess columnist in The Star from 1980 to 2012. Yeoh earned his final GM-norm at Chess Hub - MCF 1st GM Invitational tournament 2025. He also became champion in it. Get to know about his journey in chess, etching his name in the Malaysian history forever. Photo: Malaysian Chess Federation

Quantbox Chennai GM R1: Keymer, Arjun, Leon, Diptayan and Pranesh make a winning start

08/08/2025 -

Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 is off to a great start. Arjun Erigaisi and Vincent Keymer (GER) scored the wins in the Masters section. Leon Luke Mendonca, Diptayan Ghosh and Pranesh M won their respective games in the Challengers. Arjun got the better of Awonder Liang (USA) who could not navigate his attack well. Nihal Sarin had an opportunity to bounce back in the endgame after an initial mistake. Unfortunately he could not find it in low time. Jorden van Foreest (NED) quite possibly played the most exciting game of the round after he sacrificed his knight against Vidit Gujrathi. Both player could not capitalize on their game and it ended in a draw. Round 2 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Anmol Bhargav

Marium Fatima clear first at 47th Barbera del Valles B 2025, Pratik Gengaje second and Parth Moghe third

07/08/2025 -

Marium Fatima scored an unbeaten 7.5/8 to win XLVII Barbera del Valles Open B (<2099) 2025. The teenager finished a half point ahead of the rest. Pratik Gengaje scored 7/8 to finish second. Four players scored 6/8. Out of them, Parth Moghe was placed third due to better tie-break scores. The top three prizes in Open B were €400, €300 and €250 each respectively. The nine-day eight-round Swiss League Rating tournament was organized by  Marina Ponsa Alcubierre at Barbera del Valles in Barcelona, Spain from 4th to 12th July 2025. The tournament was truncated by one round due to a force majeure situation. This is Marium's second rating tournament triumph of the year. Few months ago she won Bihar State Women Rating 2025. Photo: FI Niklesh Jain

Zaven Andriasian dominates MRU Blitz 2025, Velavaa Ragavesh third

07/08/2025 -

GM Zaven Andriasian scored an unbeaten 10/11 to win MRU Blitz Rating Open 2025. It was part of Vilnius Open 2025. He finished a whopping 1.5 points ahead of the field. Three players - FM Andrey Levitskiy (UKR), CM Velavaa Ragavesh and IM Vaidas Sakalauskas (LTU) scored 8.5/11 each. They secured second, third and fourth place respectively according to tie-breaks. Velavaa drew against the eventual winner of the tournament, Zaven in the ninth round. The total prize fund was €500. The top three prizes were €100, €70 and €50 along with a medal each. The one-day eleven round Blitz Rating Open tournament was organized by Public institution Chess World, MRU SSC and Vilnius Chess Club at Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, Lithuania on 11th July 2025. Velavaa gained 108.85 Blitz Elo rating points at this event. Photo: Vilnius Chess Club

Pranav Venkatesh beats Kazybek Nogerbek in a Wild Card match to earn his place at FIDE Grand Swiss 2025

07/08/2025 -

In a battle of two World Junior champions, the current champion, GM Pranav Venkatesh defeated the former champion, GM Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) 1.5-0.5. The match was for a Wild Card entry into the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025. Pranav did not qualify via rating, thus he had to play this match. The first game was a draw, Pranav won the second one, which resulted in him winning the match. A total of 18 Indians, 13 in Open and five in Women have qualified to FIDE Grand Swiss and Grand Swiss for Women event respectively. It will take place from 3rd to 15th September in Samarkand, Uzbekistan next month. Photo: Asian Chess Federation

World Champion D Gukesh to face World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda in Katowice, Poland

07/08/2025 -

Currently, there is a trend of various matches between two chess players. However, this match is quite a unique one. The reigning 18th World Champion, D Gukesh will battle FIDE World Cup 2023 winner, Jan-Krzysztof Duda. It will be a match of six Blitz games with a time control of 3'+2" each. The match will take place at Rialto Cinema in Katowice, Poland. Silesian Chess Federation and Mokate are organising this event. IM Jakub Seemann became Poland's latest Grandmaster a few days ago. It is a great time for chess fans in Poland. Check out a vlog created by our very own Aditya Sur Roy who is present at the venue. Catch all the action live on our youtube channel today from 10 a.m. local time, 1:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Official site

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