Peter – Chessdom https://www.chessdom.com Chess, chess news, live chess games Tue, 01 Jul 2025 22:38:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Top 100 Players July 2025 https://www.chessdom.com/top-100-players https://www.chessdom.com/top-100-players#respond Tue, 01 Jul 2025 21:53:00 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=97439 Top 100 Chess Players

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Top 100 Women Chess Players in the World

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]]> Grand Chess Tour 2025 – Bucharest, Classical https://www.chessdom.com/grand-chess-tour-2025-bucharest-classical/ Mon, 05 May 2025 01:15:00 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=97783
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The third event in this year’s Grand Chess Tour. This is the 10th edition of the tour and the players will compete for $1.6m in prizes.

Tournament Details

  • Dates: 5th May-17th May
  • Location: Bucharest, Romania
  • Prize Fund: $1.6m tour prize fund
  • Time Control: 90 mins for 40 moves + 30 mins after, with 30-sec increment
  • Official Website: https://grandchesstour.org/

Top Players

Rank Name FIDE Profile Federation Rating
1 GM Fabiano Caruana FIDE Profile USA 2803
2 GM Gukesh Dommaraju FIDE Profile IND 2777
3 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov FIDE Profile UZB 2766
4 GM Alireza Firouzja FIDE Profile FRA 2760
5 GM Wesley So FIDE Profile USA 2749
6 GM Levon Aronian FIDE Profile USA 2745
7 GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu FIDE Profile IND 2741
8 GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda FIDE Profile POL 2739
9 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FIDE Profile FRA 2729
10 GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac FIDE Profile ROU 2692

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The form can be filled in the actual website url. ]]> Asian Individual Championships 2025 https://www.chessdom.com/asian-individual-championships-2025/ Sat, 03 May 2025 01:26:00 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=97767
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The top 10 in the Open section and the top 2 in the Women’s section will qualify for their respective FIDE World Cups.

Tournament Details

  • Dates: 7th May-15th May
  • Location: Al Ain, UAE
  • Prize Fund: $80,000
  • Time Control: 90 mins for 40 moves + 30 mins after, with 30-sec increment
  • Official Website:

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Date Time Round / Event Time Zone
2025-05-07 15:00 Rd 1 GMT+4
2025-05-08 15:00 Rd 2 GMT+4
2025-05-09 15:00 Rd 3 GMT+4
2025-05-10 10:00 Rd 4 GMT+4
2025-05-10 17:00 Blitz Tournament GMT+4
2025-05-11 15:00 Rd 5 GMT+4
2025-05-12 15:00 Rd 6 GMT+4
2025-05-13 15:00 Rd 7 GMT+4
2025-05-14 15:00 Rd 8 GMT+4
2025-05-15 10:00 Rd 9 GMT+4
2025-05-15 18:00 Awards Ceremony GMT+4
The form can be filled in the actual website url. ]]> Sunway Formentera 2025 https://www.chessdom.com/sunway-formentera-2025/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:08:15 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=97683 website url.
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The Hotel Club Sunway Punta Prima in Formentera is pleased to announce that it will organize the edition of the Sunway Formentera International Chess Festival, from 29.04.2025 – 09.05.2025, with more than € 20,000 in prizes.

Tournament Details

  • Dates: 29th April-9th May
  • Location: Formentera, Spain
  • Prize Fund: € 20,000
  • Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest, with increment of 30 seconds from the first move.
  • Official Website: https://www.sunwaychessfestival.com/en/formentera

Top Players

Rank Name FIDE Profile Federation Rating
1 GM Valentin Dragnev FIDE Profile AUT 2545
2 GM Arthur Kogan FIDE Profile ISR 2478
3 GM Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez FIDE Profile ESP 2454
4 FM Suvradeepta Das FIDE Profile IND 2324
5 CM Daniel Aishwin FIDE Profile IND 2236
6 CM Thomas Bauer FIDE Profile AUT 2236
7 CM Vedant Pimpalkhare FIDE Profile IND 2199
8 Olivier Baillon FIDE Profile FRA 2188
9 WFM Vrushali Umesh Deodhar FIDE Profile IND 2120
10 Bhat Sudarshan FIDE Profile IND 2103

Schedule

Date Time Round / Event Time Zone
April 29 15:00 Round 1 CEST
April 30 15:00 Round 2 CEST
May 1 15:00 Round 3 CEST
May 2 15:00 Round 4 CEST
May 3 15:00 Rest day CEST
May 4 15:00 Round 5 CEST
May 5 15:00 Round 6 CEST
May 6 15:00 Round 7 CEST
May 7 15:00 Round 8 CEST
May 8 15:00 Round 9 CEST
May 9 09:00 Round 10 CEST
May 9 15:30 Play-off(if necessary) CEST
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Menorca Chess Open 2025

22-27 April

Menorca, Spain

The tournament will be played in Ciutadella de Menorca, at the MarSenses Paradise Club Hotels and at the Grupotel Macarella Suites & Spa on the beautiful island of Menorca. The top seeds are GM Nihal Sarin and GM Sam Shankland.

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Top Players

Rank Name FIDE Profile Federation Rating
1 GM Sarin Nihal FIDE Profile IND 2687
2 GM Sam Shankland FIDE Profile USA 2670
3 GM Volodar Murzin FIDE Profile FID 2658
4 GM Murali Karthikeyan FIDE Profile IND 2651
5 GM Abhimanyu Puranik FIDE Profile IND 2636
6 GM V Pranav FIDE Profile IND 2628
7 GM Shanglei Lu FIDE Profile CHN 2618
8 GM Vasyl Ivanchuk FIDE Profile UKR 2604
9 GM Adam Kozak FIDE Profile HUN 2598
10 GM Tuan Minh Le FIDE Profile VIE 2598

Schedule

Date Time Round / Event Time Zone
April 22 18:00 1 CEST
April 23 10:00 2 CEST
April 23 17:00 3 CEST
April 24 10:00 4 CEST
April 24 17:00 5 CEST
April 25 17:00 6 CEST
April 26 10:00 7 CEST
April 26 17:00 8 CEST
April 27 10:00 9 CEST
]]> Tepe Sigeman 2025 https://www.chessdom.com/tepe-sigeman-2025/ Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:55:00 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=97777
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The 30th edition of the strongest Swedish tournament.

Tournament Details

  • Dates: 20th May-26th May
  • Location: Malmö, Sweden
  • Prize Fund:
  • Time Control: 90 minutes for 40 moves and then 30 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move
  • Official Website: https://www.tepesigemanchess.com/

Top Players

Rank Name FIDE Profile Federation Rating
1 GM Vidit Gujrathi FIDE Profile India 2720
2 GM Richard Rapport FIDE Profile Hungary 2713
3 GM Javokhir Sindarov FIDE Profile Uzbekistan 2689
4 GM Ray Robson FIDE Profile USA 2689
5 GM Nils Grandelius FIDE Profile Sweden 2640
6 GM Vasyl Ivanchuk FIDE Profile Ukraine 2604
7 GM Tan Zhongyi FIDE Profile China 2555
8 GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus FIDE Profile Turkiye 2618

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Date Time Round / Event Time Zone
May 20th 15:00 Round 1 CEST
May 21st 15:00 Round 2 CEST
May 22nd 15:00 Round 3 CEST
May 23rd 15:00 Round 4 CEST
May 24th 15:00 Round 5 CEST
May 25th 15:00 Round 6 CEST
May 26th 12:00 Round 7 CEST
The form can be filled in the actual website url. ]]> Fagernes Chess International 2025 https://www.chessdom.com/fagernes-chess-international-2025/ Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:48:07 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=97600
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The tournament is played at the major Norwegian Chess Hotel Scandic Valdres at Fagernes, 187 km north of Oslo.

Tournament Details

  • Dates: 13th Apri-20th April
  • Location: Fagernes, Norway
  • Prize Fund: €8,200
  • Time Control: 100 minutes/40 moves + 40 minutes/rest with 30 seconds increment from move 1.
  • Official Website: https://fagerneschess2025.blogspot.com/

Top Players

Rank Name FIDE Profile Federation Rating
1 GM Diptayan Ghosh FIDE Profile IND 2570
2 GM Gergely Kantor FIDE Profile HUN 2566
3 GM Gopal G. Narayanan FIDE Profile IND 2556
4 GM Rinat Jumabayev FIDE Profile KAZ 2549
5 GM Frode Urkedal FIDE Profile NOR 2541
6 GM Denis Makhnev FIDE Profile KAZ 2537
7 GM Elham Amar FIDE Profile NOR 2529
8 GM Raja Rithvik R FIDE Profile IND 2524
9 GM Kaido Kulaots FIDE Profile EST 2512
10 GM Ameet Ghasi FIDE Profile ENG 2509

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Date Time Round / Event Time Zone
13 April 12:00 Registration CEST
13 April 17:30 Round 1 CEST
14 April 14:00 Round 2 CEST
15 April 14:00 Round 3 CEST
16 April 10:00 Round 4 CEST
16 April 17:30 Round 5 CEST
17 April 14:00 Round 6 CEST
18 April 14:00 Round 7 CEST
19 April 13:00 Round 8 CEST
20 April 09:00 Round 9 CEST
20 April 14:30 Prize giving CEST
The form can be filled in the actual website url. ]]> Kvika Reykjavik Open 2025 https://www.chessdom.com/kvika-reykjavik-open-2025/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:26:00 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=97477

Kvika Reykjavik Open 2025

9th-15th April

Reykjavik, Iceland

The popular Reykjavik open started in 1964 and it's still going strong, attracting hundreds of players every year. Previous winners include Mikhail Tal, Vassily Smyslov, Fabiano Caruana and Anish Giri. This year's edition features Parham Maghsoodloo and the legendary Vasyl Ivanchuk.

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  • Dates: 9th-15th April
  • Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
  • Prize Fund: €11,500
  • Time Control: 90 mins for 40 moves + 30 mins after, with a 30-second increment from move 1.
  • Watch Live: Watch Live Games
  • Official Website: Visit Official Site

Top Players

Rank Name FIDE Profile Federation Rating
1 GM Parham Maghsoodloo FIDE Profile IRI 2677
2 GM Velimir Ivic FIDE Profile SRB 2622
3 GM Shanglei Lu FIDE Profile CHN 2618
4 GM Eltaj Safarli FIDE Profile AZE 2609
5 GM Vasyl Ivanchuk FIDE Profile UKR 2604
6 GM Mahammad Muradli FIDE Profile AZE 2584
7 GM Tamas Banusz FIDE Profile HUN 2580
8 GM Abhijeet Gupta FIDE Profile IND 2571
9 GM Brandon Jacobson FIDE Profile USA 2561
10 GM Ido Gorshtein FIDE Profile ISR 2554

Schedule

Date Time Round / Event Time Zone
Apr 8 Harpa Blitz 5:30 PM GMT
Apr 9 Round 1 3:00 PM GMT
Apr 10 Round 2 09:00 AM GMT
Apr 10 Round 3 3:00 PM GMT
Apr 11 Round 4 3:00 PM GMT
Apr 12 Round 5 3:00 PM GMT
Apr 13 Round 6 09:00 AM GMT
Apr 13 Round 7 4:00 PM GMT
Apr 14 Round 8 08:00 AM GMT
Apr 15 Round 9 10:30 PM GMT
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