Live games will be daily on Chessdom.com. For more events from Poland, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

Cesme Open is one of the largest opens in the country and it is among the top opens in The Chess Calendar. Here are some recent large tournaments around the world.

More large events: Grenke with 3000+ players / Bengaluru Open with 2200+ players / Supernationals with 6000 players / Kenya National Schools Chess Championship with 7000+ players / Panhellenic School Chess Championship with 1500 players / Uganda National Schools Team Chess Championships with 1100 players / Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Open Chess Tournament / Delhi Chess Open with 2200 participants

GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus Meets Chess Lovers with Special Events

The 11th The Cesme Open Chess Tournament is hosting multiple parallel events this year. Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, one of the rising stars of Turkish chess, will meet with chess lovers at special events to be held within the scope of the tournament. See he full Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus calendar here

Cesme Open participants

Throwback: Shrook Wafa wins the title in 2014

African Women Individual Chess Championship final standings

Chessdom had the pleasure to interview Ryan Amburgy after his success at the 30th Space Coast Open.

The 30th Space Coast Open in Melbourne has just finished. Congratulations on your victory! How does it feel to win in a field containing 2600+ GM and multiple titled players?

It feels amazing. After playing very well in a norm tournament in Charlotte a few weeks ago (information / replay games), it was encouraging to have a good follow-up at this event. I haven’t won an open tournament out of state in over four years, so it’s a really nice feeling, especially being able to hold my highest rated draw ever against GM Zhou in the final round, knowing that a draw would possibly give me a chance to tie for 1st.

What was your best game of the tournament?

My best game of the tournament was my game against FM Rose Atwell, where I managed to win in a very complicated position out of the opening (replay the games here). Rose is a very talented player with a bright future. I was following the US Women’s Junior Championship in July of last year, where she finished a close second behind IM Alice Lee. I knew that she was a dangerous opponent that I couldn’t take lightly. I decided to play a surprise out of the opening and while it didn’t lead to an advantage at the board, I managed the complications a little better and her low time ended up being too much to overcome.

Throwback: Interview with Rose Atwell / 16 year old FM Rose Atwell takes Hikaru Nakamura’s scalp in Freestyle chess

You are close to reaching the 2400 mark. How far is the IM title?

I still need about 70 more FIDE points to get to 2400 FIDE, as well as needing one more norm which I hope to get at the Chicago Open in a few weeks. After that I’m hoping to play a GM Norm tournament in Austin, in mid-June.

Follow: Ryan Amburgy on X

Space Coast Open final standings

The record attempt starts April 17 and Chessdom will cover the event live at this page (refresh for the latest info, coverage starts soon). The Tunde Onakoya will be part of the FIRST edition of the Chessdom newsletter, that is scheduled to start next week. Signup for free in the form below

20.04.2025 12:00, New York

The record is official! Tunde Onakoya says, “We did the impossible and gave the world something new to believe in. Official record holders of the Longest Chess Marathon for 64 hours. We did it!”

20.04.2025 03:00, New York

Record broken! Tunde Onakoya and Shawn Martinez have played 62 hours of chess non-stop, a record marathon!

19.04.2025 13:00, New York

Two full days of chess! What Tunde Onakoya is doing is tremendous!

19.04.2025 10:00, New York

Now it is the 45 hours mark for the record attempt of Tunde Onakoya

18.04.2025 19:00, New York

The 30 hour mark of the world chess record is here!

18.04.2025 16:00, New York

It is 27 hours!

18.04.2025 13:00, New York

24 hours! A full day of chess by Tunde Onakoya. 70 hours is the target

09:00, New York

20 hours mark! 50 to go! Tunde says, “It’s about the child who never got a seat at the table. The ones who never got to dream beyond survival. Every move I make is for them. This is more than a Guinness World Record attempt — It’s a love letter to the forgotten. A dream unfolding in real time. We’re raising $1,000,000 to build a tuition-free school for homeless children. A home for learning, healing, and second chances. Last year, we made history. This year, we’re building legacy. If you’re in New York, come stand with us. St. Luke’s Theater, 308 West 46th Street. We need volunteers. Timekeepers. Storytellers. Dreamers. Anyone who believes in what we’re building.”

01:00, New York

Half a day of chess! Tunde Onakoya is now at the 12 hour mark!

23:00, New York

Tunde Onakoya crosses the 10 hours mark in his world record attempt for a chess marathon. No sign of tiredness!

18:00, New York

It’s been five hours now of the chess record marathon of Tunde Onakoya

17:00, New York

It’s been four hours since Tunde Onakoya started his record attempt. Tunde is in good spirits, the supporters around him too! Their task is not easier, they have to cheer for 70 hours, a record of its own!

16:15, New York

Three hours into the record – picture by The Gift of Chess

14:20, New York

A lovely promotion for chess, as Yunde Onakoya continues his record attempt

11:21, New York

This is it! The record attempt of Tunde Onakoya has begun!

11:00, New York

Here are the main actors of the day, or better said of the next 70 hours, ready on stage – Times Square, New York!

08:25, New York

Tunde Onakoya is ready for the record attempt! Joining Tunde Onakoya on this mission is fellow chess coach and US National Master, Shawn Martinez.

Anish Giri revealed he has signed with an esports club, ahead of the Esports World Chess Cup 2025.

It has been 24 hours since the news of Hans Niemann withdrawal from Freestyle Chess Paris became public knowledge. No news from Niemann himself spark speculations. See all reactions to Hans Niemann withdrawing from Paris Freestyle Chess 2025

The organizer of Freestyle Chess Paris Jan Henric Buettner commented in a video interview for Take Take Take on the withdraw of Hans Niemann. “I texted him the day before yesterday, Friday evening at 7 pm, I said, ‘Hans, we are already here, are you here as well’. He read the Whatsapp message (because of the two blue checkmarks), but he did not answer. The yesterday we came to the venue, where I was very impressed what [the Freestyle team] has done. I did a video inside and outside, and I sent it to Hans to remind him that we are here and we have an appointment this afternoon. I sent the videos to him and he did not read it. […] So I called him on Whatsapp, it rang through, and nothing. Then I called him on the regular phone – voicemail. […] Around 7pm Sebastien came to me, ‘Look, we have a big problem.’ Hans sent him an email and he said, ‘Due to personal situation out of my control, I cannot participate’ Obviously he is not coming, so I wrote him and email with three words – Call Me Now. Nothing happened. So, it is one day before media day. We can’t care about the reasons whatever happened to Hans, we have to focus on our tournament.” Jan Henric Buettner continued, “For me it does not really matter if he is in a North Korea prison camp or whatever, he could have just called me. It makes more sense than not taking my calls, not answering my messages, not getting to me at all. ” See the full statement in the video

Regarding the news about the new security measures, the organizer of Freestyle Chess Paris Jan Henric Buettner said, “I do not know exactly the timing [when that was announced], but I can say we have very strict security measures. I even talked to Hans Niemann about that earlier, much earlier. In your own interest, I said, you want to clear your name, you want chess to peak for itself, you want to get rid of all the rumors about cheating and so on. So it is in your own interest that we are having the strongest security measures that we can ever have. I informed him long ago, but I was not specific in what we are doing. […] There was a technical meeting document that was 40 pages long that also covered security measures. I really do not want to speculate. I am still waiting for Hans Niemann to give a real explanation.” More about Take Take Take here

Timeline of Hans Niemann withdrawing from Freestyle Chess Paris

05.04. Norwegian TV reports that Niemann is withdrawing after he was informed about anti-cheating
05.04 Breaking: Hans Niemann withdraws from Freestyle Chess Paris 2025 (rolling updates)
06.04 Reactions to Hans Niemann withdrawing from Paris Freestyle Chess 2025
06.04 Chess Song: Disappearing stars (Hans Niemann & Alireza Firouza) #TweetOftheDay
06.04 The organizer of Freestyle Chess Paris comments on the withdraw of Hans Niemann