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Emmanuel Carter Dominates Grand Prix Open at 2025 DKC Heart of the Carolinas

Emmanuel Carter Dominates Grand Prix Open at 2025 DKC Heart of the Carolinas

XB
August 12, 2025

The 2025 DKC Heart of the Carolinas FIDE Summer Classic delivered a thrilling weekend of competitive chess in Winston-Salem, North...

10-Year-Old Bodhana Sivanandan Beats Grandmaster, Breaks Record at British Chess Championships

10-Year-Old Bodhana Sivanandan Beats Grandmaster, Breaks Record at British Chess Championships

LR
August 11, 2025

Liverpool’s St George’s Hall witnessed history in the final round of the 2025 British Chess Championships, and it wasn’t just...

Adams Outplays the Field in Thrilling Playoff to Win 9th British Championship

Adams Outplays the Field in Thrilling Playoff to Win 9th British Championship

LR
August 10, 2025

Michael Adams has done it again. The 53-year-old chess legend from Cornwall – known as “The Spider” – has won...

14-Year-Old Creates Huge Shock at Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2025

14-Year-Old Creates Huge Shock at Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2025

XB
August 10, 2025

When the final pieces were placed back into their boxes at Dortmund’s Kulturzentrum „Alte Schmiede“ on August 10, 2025, the...

30th Annual Pacific Coast Open Returns with a $30,000 Prize Pool and Star-Studded Lineup

30th Annual Pacific Coast Open Returns with a $30,000 Prize Pool and Star-Studded Lineup

LR
August 4, 2025

The Pacific Coast Open is back, and it’s bigger than ever. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, this long-running tournament is set...

Battle in the Carolinas: 2025 DKC Heart of the Carolinas FIDE Summer Classic Draws Top Talent to Winston-Salem

Battle in the Carolinas: 2025 DKC Heart of the Carolinas FIDE Summer Classic Draws Top Talent to Winston-Salem

NM
August 4, 2025

As summer chess fever spreads across the United States, one tournament stands out in the Southeast: the 2025 DKC Heart...

How GM Dariusz Swiercz Won the 2025 U.S. Open Chess Championship

How GM Dariusz Swiercz Won the 2025 U.S. Open Chess Championship

XB
August 4, 2025

GM Dariusz Swiercz is the new U.S. Open Champion! The 31-year-old grandmaster sealed the title with a thrilling last-round victory...

Individual Heroes Emerge as FIDE World Schools Team Chess Championship Heats Up

Individual Heroes Emerge as FIDE World Schools Team Chess Championship Heats Up

LR
August 4, 2025

The first 2 rounds of the FIDE World Schools Team Championship 2025 kicked off in Washington, D.C. with fireworks on...

Big Shock in British Chess Championship: IM Eggleston Stuns GM Gawain Jones

Big Shock in British Chess Championship: IM Eggleston Stuns GM Gawain Jones

NM
August 3, 2025

The 2025 British Chess Championship promised drama. But few expected the biggest surprise to come this early. In Round 2,...

FIDE World Schools Team Championship 2025: Everything You Need to Know

FIDE World Schools Team Championship 2025: Everything You Need to Know

LR
August 2, 2025

The second edition of the FIDE World Schools Team Championship (WSTC) will take place from August 2nd to August 7th,...