26th European Individual Championship 2026

26th European Individual Championship 2026 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Thu Apr 9 18:50:00 2026)

The 26th European Individual Championship takes place 6th (arrival day) to 20th April 2026.

Players: Igor Kovalenko, David Anton Guijarro, Daniel Deac Bogdan Aydin Suleymanli, Shant Sargsyan, David Navara, Alexander Donchenko, Anton Demchenko, Ediz Gurel, Haik Martirosyan Buhl Bjerre Jonas Robert Hovhannisyan, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Maxime Lagarde, Gabriel Sargissian, Aleksandar Indjic, Anton Korobov, Jaime Santos Latasa, MarcAndria Maurizzi, Mahammad Muradli, Lorenzo Lodici, Maxim Rodshtein, Maxim Dardha Ihor Samunenkov, Daniil Yuffa, Szymon Gumularz, Casper Schoppen, Constantin Lupulescu, Nijat Abasov, Elham Amar, Manuel Petrosyan, Bartosz Socko, Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis, Mustafa Yilmaz, Alan Pichot, Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli, Peter Acs, Valery Kazakouski, Vaclav Finek, Gleb Dudin etc. Read more ....

FIDE Candidates Tournaments 2026

FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Sun Mar 29 00:12:00 2026)

The FIDE Candidates Tournaments both open and women's events take place in the Cap St Georges resort, Cyprus, Sun 29th Mar to Thu 16th Apr 2026. I would argue that this is the highlight of the entire FIDE World Championship cycle. The poor form of the current champion Gukesh has to be a major motivating factor for anyone in the open event. The event is on the periphery of the current Iran conflict and Humpy Koneru decided that she would not participate in the women's event due to the perceived danger and was at the last minute replaced by Anna Muzychuk.

Players open: Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, R Praggnanandhaa, Javokhir Sindarov, Andrey Esipenko, Matthias Bluebaum and Wei Yi.

Players: women: Tan Zhongyi, Anna Muzychuk, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Kateryna Lagno, Deshmukh Divya, Rameshbabu Vaishali and Zhu Jiner.

• Vaishali wins the Women's Candidates Tournament
• Javokhir Sindarov wins the FIDE Candidates with a round to spare
• Sindarov on the brink of winning the Candidates after Round 12, Zhu beats Vaishali to catch her in the Women's event
• Sindarov defends confidently against Caruana, Vaishali moves a point clear in the women's event. Candidates Round 11

American Cup 2026

American Cup 2026 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Mon Mar 16 18:30:00 2026)

The American Cup was a double elimination knockout tournament held in Saint Louis. There is an open and women's event.

Players Open event: Fabiano, Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Levon Aronian, Awonder Liang, Samuel Sevian, Ray Robson and Abhimanyu Mishra

Players Women's event: Carissa Yip, Alice Lee, Irina Krush, Tatev Abrahamyan, Anna Sargsyan, Zoey Tang, Anna Zatonskih and Rachael Li.

Wesley So won the final against Fabiano Caruana and the Grand Final against Levon Aronian. Alice Lee won the women's event, she beat Carissa Yip in the final, then lost a long tie to the same opponent in the Grand Final setting up a final Grand Final Reset which she won 1.5-0.5. Read more ....

8th Prague International Chess Festival 2026

8th Prague International Chess Festival 2026 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Fri Mar 6 21:59:00 2026)

The 8th Prague International Chess Festival took place Tue 24th Feb to Fri 6th Mar 2026. Players Masters: Vincent Keymer, D Gukesh, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Hans Moke, Niemann, Parham Maghsoodloo, Jorden Van Foreest, Aravindh Chithambaram V, Nodirbek Yakubboev, David Anton Guijarro and David Navara. There's a strong Challengers section, Futures and an open too.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov won his third classical tournament in a row after London and Tata Steel. He won three and drew six games. Jorden Van Foreest took an early lead but defeats in the final two rounds took him down to a tie for second place with Maghsoodloo and Aravindh. World Champion Gukesh finished tied for last place with David Anton, his only win came in the last round against Anton. Top seed Vincent Keymer tied for 8th place. Vaclav Finek won the challengers. Read more ....