31st Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2026

31st Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2026 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Fri May 1 11:20:00 2026)

The 31st Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament takes place Fri 1st May to Thu 7th May 2026. Players: Magnus, Carlsen, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Arjun Erigaisi, van Foreest Jorden, Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, Nils Grandelius, Andy Woodward and Jiner Zhu. Read more ....

• Erdogmus leads the Sigeman tournament with 3/4, Van Foreest beats Carlsen
• Five way tie for the lead in the Sigeman & Co tournament after three rounds
• Carlsen impresses in beating Grandelius in Sigeman Round 2
• Abdusattorov and Woodward take an early lead in the Sigeman & Co Chess tournament

Chess.com Open Playoffs 2026

Chess.com Open Playoffs 2026 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Sun Apr 26 18:30:00 2026)

The Chess.com Open Playoffs took Thu 23rd to Sun 26th Apr 2026. This offered two places in the Esports World Cup. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Denis Lazavik, Sam Sevian, Javokhir Sindarov, Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Keymer, Qualified through Play-Ins, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Pranesh M, Yu Yangyi, Sina Movahed, Daniil Dubov, Nihal Sarin and Shant Sargsyan. The event is a Double Elimination KO. Magnus Carlsen beat Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the Final, lost the Grand Final and then finally won again in the reset final. Both players qualified for the Esports World Cup. Read more ....

26th European Individual Championship 2026

26th European Individual Championship 2026 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Thu Apr 23 14:19:00 2026)

The 26th European Individual Championship took place 6th (arrival day) to 20th April 2026. In an astonishing result 17 year-old Roman Dehtiarov who started as 126th seed and has had travel limited by the war won with 9/11. There is a reworked game file now. 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