<r> The Match of Two Capitals took place in Moscow Sat 24th to Mon 26th May 2025. Daniil Dubov representing Moscow and Maxim Matlakov representing St Petersburg played a six game classical (90m + 30spm) two games per day. Dubov won game three, the rest were drawn with a final result of 3.5-2.5.<br/>...

<r> The 3rd Cambridge International Open takes place Mon 26th to Sat 31st May 2025. Top seeds Michael Adams and Sergei Tiviakov.<br/> <br/> Source: <URL url="https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/3rd-cambridge-international-open-2025"><s>[url]</s><LINK_TEXT text="https://theweekinchess.com/che...

<r> The 13th Norway Chess tournament takes place Mon 26th May to Fri 6th Jun 2025 in Stavanger, Norway. There are two elite tournaments, the regular tournament and a women's event, both are 6 players and 10 rounds. Norway chess have a unique twist in that if games are drawn there is an additional Ar...

<r> Magnus Carlsen beat World Champion D Gukesh in the first round of the <URL url="https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/13th-norway-chess-2025"><s>[url=https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/13th-norway-chess-2025]</s>13th Norway Chess tournament<e>[/url]</e></URL>. Carlsen tried to sur...

<r> The second Hans Moke Niemann match against Daniil Dubov took place in the Raketa Creative Studio in Moscow, 27th to 28th May 2025. Just like the first match it was an 18 game 3m+2spm match, this time they were tied at 9-9 and the match was settled by two additional games, Niemann won the first a...

<r> The Titled Tuesday Blitz 27th May 2025 events were missing both regular winners Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen who were otherwise engaged in Stavanger. The early event was won by Wesley So. Key to victory was his Round 9 win over second placed Rinat Jumabayev, 33.Bf4? was the decisive error....

<r> The 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial takes place Thu 29th May to Fri 6th Jun 2025 in Jermuk, Armenia. The event has gradually grown in strength, starting at Category 10, then 15, then 16 twice, now 17 this year and last. Players: R Praggnanandhaa, Aravindh Chithambaram V, Samuel Sevian, Nodirbek Yaku...

<r> The Norway Chess Open takes place 26th May to 1st June 2025. Gergely Kantor and Elham Amar are the top seeds. <br/> <br/> Source: <URL url="https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/norway-chess-open-2025"><s>[url]</s><LINK_TEXT text="https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/ev ... -open-2025">htt...

<r> <URL url="https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/13th-norway-chess-2025"><s>[url=https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/13th-norway-chess-2025]</s>Norway Chess<e>[/url]</e></URL> is being led by Fabiano Caruana with 6 points out of 9 after three rounds, the women's event is being led b...

<r> The Chess.com Classic was the second and final of two Champions Chess Tour events that acted as qualifiers for the Esports World Cup. 12 players qualified. The tour moved to a blitz time control of 10 minutes per player. The event was a Double Elimination KO. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vach...