THE WEEK IN CHESS 1574 6th January 2025 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2024
3) 132nd New Zealand Congress 2025
4) 15th Chennai Open 2025
5) 1st Kuwait International Chess Festival 2025
6) 29th Bosnjaci Open 2025
7) 36th Roquetas de Mar Festival 2025
8) Hanoi GM1 2025
9) ch-AUS 2025
10) 98th Hastings Congress 2024-25
11) 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25
12) 4th Athens of the East Open 2024
13) 35th Cracovia 2024-25
14) 13th Palmanova Open 2024
15) 34th North American Open 2024
16) 54th Citta di Torino 2024-25
17) Hong Kong International Open 2024
18) 15th Calgary International 2024
19) Montreal Pere Noel Open 2024
20) Muscat International Chess Championship 2024
21) Uhlenkoeper Open 2024
22) XLIII Ludwika Zamenhofa Memorial 2024
23) ch-Lower Saxony 2025
24) 35th Staufer-Open 2025
25) 41st Tim Just Winter Open 2025
26) Basel Christmas Schachfestival 2024
27) TCEC Season 27 2024
28) 6th SCO Int Team 2024-25
29) Pan-American Intercollegiate 2025
30) Titled Tuesday Blitz 31st Dec 2024
31) Freestyle Weissenhaus Play-In 2025
32) FIDE's Swiss Queens Wednesday series ends
33)>RIP Robert Huebner (1948-2025)
34) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Event	Time	Games
World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2024	bli	1852 games
132nd New Zealand Congress 2025	cl	80 games
15th Chennai Open 2025	cl	104 games
1st Kuwait International Chess Festival 2025	cl	15 games
29th Bosnjaci Open 2025	cl	100 games
36th Roquetas de Mar Festival 2025	cl	217 games
ch-AUS 2025	cl	48 games
98th Hastings Congress 2024-25	cl	258 games
52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25	cl	370 games
4th Athens of the East Open 2024	cl	9 games
35th Cracovia 2024-25	cl	256 games
13th Palmanova Open 2024	cl	70 games
34th North American Open 2024	cl	89 games
54th Citta di Torino 2024-25	cl	18 games
Hong Kong International Open 2024	cl	134 games
Muscat International Chess Championship 2024	cl	49 games
Uhlenkoeper Open 2024	cl	20 games
XLIII Ludwika Zamenhofa Memorial 2024	cl	313 games
ch-Lower Saxony 2025	cl	105 games
35th Staufer-Open 2025	cl	171 games
41st Tim Just Winter Open 2025	cl	24 games
Basel Christmas Schachfestival 2024	cl	2 games
TCEC Season 27 2024	cl	324 games
6th SCO Int Team 2024-25	rap	63 games
Pan-American Intercollegiate 2025	cl	168 games
Titled Tuesday Blitz 31st Dec 2024	bli	4398 games
Freestyle Weissenhaus Play-In 2025	rap	651 games
		9807 games

Abbreviations: cl - classical, rap - rapid, bli - blitz, arm - armageddon, bul - Bullet.

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Thomas Niessen, Leszek Zega, Alex Jansen, Dennis Monokroussos, Tom Ewers, and everyone else who helped with this issue and indeed throughout 2024.

The World Blitz Championship ended with Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi agreeing to a draw and sharing the title. The regulations had no provision for a final tie-break. Let's hope this is the last Carlsen controversy of the year. Carlsen capped an interesting week for himself by getting married. Hastings (winner Haowen Xue) and the Rilton Cup (Bassem Amin) concluded this week. There's been the usual mix of Christmas and New Year events. The Tata Steel tournament starts on January 17th which isn't until a week on Friday.

Finally there was some very sad news from Germany with the passing of Robert Huebner at the age of 76 from cancer. A unique player who probably didn't quite make the best of his powerful understanding of the game but very few players managed to become a four time Candidate and that achievement speaks for itself. Huebner was a polymath, as well as a chess player, he was a papyrologist, formidable linguist and chess historian.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

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The Doctor

2) World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2024

The World Rapid & Blitz Championship took place on Wall Street in New York 26th to 31st December 2024. Carlsen, Caruana, MVL, Wei Yi, Nepomniachtchi, Aronian, Firouzja, Nakamura, Abdusattorov, Duda, Wesley So etc. In the women's event Ju Wenjun, Lei Tingjie, Tan Zhongyi, Kosteniuk etc.

Magnus Carlsen was defaulted in round 9 of the rapid when he didn't change his clothes after being informed they broke the regulations. He stated this was likely his final FIDE event, he would not play the blitz. This seemed very final from Carlsen but then on the rest day a blurred photo emerged of him talking to Viswanthan Anand (I'm guessing there's maybe a story that someone made sure there was a photo) and after some flex in the regulations Carlsen will play the blitz in which he is one of the favourites. Two points occur to me, firstly this isn't over in the sense that FIDE and Carlsen have points of tension over the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam and the Esports World Cup that aren't going to go away, but secondly I highly doubt Carlsen would be playing the blitz without FIDE having Anand for him to talk to, and being able to do this kind of thing is entirely what should qualify a person to be FIDE President somewhere down the line.

The rapid title was taken by 18 year old and 59th seed Volodar Murzin. Whilst the victory can't be described as anything other than a surprise he has been a force in rapid and blitz chess for many years and scored a very respectable 8/15 in this event in 2019. The key moment in his victory was where he hustled Praggnanandhaa to defeat via an objectively lost position in round 12, his only Alexander Grischuk drew quickly in the final round leaving Murzin the task, to which he was equal, of drawing with Karen H. Grigoryan for the title.

Humpy Koneru won the women's rapid title for the second time, she was the 10th seed. In spite of being India's number one women's player she can be seen as a bit of an outsider due to her fractious relationship with the Indian Chess Federation. She is always an interesting player to follow as she has a solid positional style which she scores well with.

The final blitz had a Swiss section on the 30th and a knockout on the 31st for the medals among the top players. Ju Wenjun won the women's title. Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi agreed to draw their match after 7 games. Nepomniachtchi came from 2-0 down to take the match into a tie-break. Whether you think the players should have been able to agree to share the title is going to be a matter of opinion and it's been a divisive move. I believe you should stick to regulations and rewrite them afterwards if they turn out to be misguided. Clearly, at least in December 2024, this isn't the way. I was very much surprised at the open ended nature of "play until there is a decisive result" as written in the regs for the tie-break and I doubt this will happen again. I'm open to this format being repeated but many of the ordinary players who make this the event it is want a return to a straight Swiss. They pay to play in the event, without much hope of prizes, but they don't want to pay for an extra day (including accommodation) they almost certainly won't be playing any chess on and would prefer the extra rounds.

Event: World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2024
Place: New York
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Thu 26th Dec 2024
EndDate: Mon 30th Dec 2024
Website
Results

World Rapid 2024
Thu 26th Dec 2024
Tue 31st Dec 2024
New York
USA
13 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 15m+10spm

World Rapid 2024 New York USA Thu 26th Dec 2024 - Mon 30th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	59	Murzin, Volodar	GM	FID	2588	10	100.5	107	2695
2	20	Grischuk, Alexander	GM	FID	2675	9.5	96.5	101	2588
3	5	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	GM	FID	2758	9.5	91	96.5	2591
4	14	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	GM	USA	2699	9	101.5	108	2619
5	16	Erigaisi, Arjun	GM	IND	2694	9	97.5	101.5	2644
6	24	Sindarov, Javokhir	GM	UZB	2655	9	92.5	98	2605
7	7	Firouzja, Alireza	GM	FRA	2756	9	92	97	2606
8	19	Dubov, Daniil	GM	FID	2677	9	92	96.5	2597
9	41	Grigoryan, Karen H.	GM	ARM	2622	9	88.5	93.5	2504
10	45	Sevian, Samuel	GM	USA	2614	8.5	99.5	104.5	2675
11	18	Giri, Anish	GM	NED	2678	8.5	96.5	100.5	2636
12	113	Muradli, Mahammad	GM	AZE	2464	8.5	94	99	2655
13	15	Yu, Yangyi	GM	CHN	2698	8.5	93.5	99.5	2602
14	13	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2711	8.5	93	99	2594
15	2	Caruana, Fabiano	GM	USA	2766	8.5	91	95	2591
16	29	Robson, Ray	GM	USA	2645	8.5	91	95	2580
17	17	Praggnanandhaa, R	GM	IND	2688	8.5	88	93.5	2558
18	30	Bortnyk, Olexandr	GM	UKR	2642	8.5	86.5	90.5	2531
19	4	Wei, Yi	GM	CHN	2760	8.5	86	91	2564
20	43	Niemann, Hans Moke	GM	USA	2618	8.5	83.5	88	2546
21	28	Salem, A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2647	8.5	79.5	83.5	2505
22	10	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	GM	POL	2740	8	98.5	104.5	2609
23	84	Durarbayli, Vasif	GM	AZE	2531	8	96.5	100.5	2670
24	116	Jacobson, Brandon	GM	USA	2459	8	94.5	101	2668
25	6	Aronian, Levon	GM	USA	2757	8	93.5	99.5	2608
26	52	Sargsyan, Shant	GM	ARM	2601	8	93.5	97	2601
27	75	Lazavik, Denis	GM	FID	2553	8	93	98	2645
28	9	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	GM	UZB	2740	8	92.5	98.5	2616
29	31	Esipenko, Andrey	GM	FID	2642	8	91.5	96	2619
30	83	Theodorou, Nikolas	GM	GRE	2535	8	91	96.5	2550
31	48	Martirosyan, Haik M.	GM	ARM	2609	8	89	94.5	2571
32	88	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	GM	DEN	2524	8	87	92	2593
33	56	Antipov, Mikhail Al.	GM	USA	2591	8	85.5	89	2600
34	3	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	GM	FRA	2763	8	85	91	2575
35	35	Anton Guijarro, David	GM	ESP	2635	8	83.5	88.5	2495
36	26	van Foreest, Jorden	GM	NED	2651	8	83.5	87.5	2497
37	62	Shimanov, Aleksandr	GM	FID	2578	8	83	88	2507
38	37	Gelfand, Boris	GM	ISR	2630	8	82.5	87.5	2526
39	12	Xiong, Jeffery	GM	USA	2714	8	82.5	87	2508
40	78	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	GM	IND	2546	8	82	85.5	2492
180 players

World Rapid Women 2024
Thu 26th Dec 2024
Tue 31st Dec 2024
New York
USA
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 15m+10spm

World Rapid Women 2024 New York USA Thu 26th Dec 2024 - Mon 30th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	10	Koneru, Humpy	GM	IND	2431	8.5	63	67	2344
2	1	Ju, Wenjun	GM	CHN	2536	8	75	80.5	2414
3	8	Lagno, Kateryna	GM	FID	2433	8	72	77	2381
4	3	Tan, Zhongyi	GM	CHN	2502	8	67	72	2372
5	12	Dronavalli, Harika	GM	IND	2416	8	65	69.5	2373
6	4	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	GM	SUI	2486	8	64.5	68.5	2354
7	83	Khamdamova, Afruza	WIM	UZB	2188	8	64	68	2410
8	6	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	IM	KAZ	2444	7.5	69	73	2328
9	30	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	IM	INA	2354	7.5	67.5	71.5	2381
10	23	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	IM	GRE	2381	7.5	61.5	65.5	2315
11	70	Cori T., Deysi	IM	PER	2243	7.5	61	61.5	2347
12	11	Muzychuk, Mariya	GM	UKR	2422	7.5	58.5	62	2313
13	35	Munkhzul, Turmunkh	WGM	MGL	2333	7	68.5	72	2340
14	15	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GM	GER	2406	7	67.5	71.5	2319
15	43	Wagner, Dinara	IM	GER	2307	7	63.5	67.5	2362
16	26	Kamalidenova, Meruert	IM	KAZ	2368	7	62	67	2287
17	14	Muzychuk, Anna	GM	UKR	2408	7	61.5	65.5	2324
18	5	Zhu, Jiner	GM	CHN	2449	7	61	65.5	2304
19	9	Zhao, Xue	GM	CHN	2433	7	57.5	61.5	2317
20	16	Huang, Qian	WGM	CHN	2399	7	57	60.5	2270
21	18	Divya, Deshmukh	IM	IND	2393	7	55	59	2262
22	34	Batsiashvili, Nino	GM	GEO	2333	6.5	68	72.5	2359
23	39	Mammadzada, Gunay	IM	AZE	2319	6.5	68	72	2344
24	2	Lei, Tingjie	GM	CHN	2518	6.5	67.5	73	2319
25	19	Yip, Carissa	IM	USA	2389	6.5	65	69	2353
26	61	Padmini, Rout	IM	IND	2267	6.5	61.5	65.5	2310
27	13	Lee, Alice	IM	USA	2415	6.5	61	65.5	2339
28	46	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	IM	FID	2302	6.5	61	65.5	2294
29	25	Kashlinskaya, Alina	IM	POL	2378	6.5	60	64	2308
30	78	Beydullayeva, Govhar	WGM	AZE	2212	6.5	59.5	63.5	2347
31	7	Dzagnidze, Nana	GM	GEO	2436	6.5	53.5	58	2245
32	41	Guichard, Pauline	IM	FRA	2316	6.5	50	53	2168
33	60	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	IM	POL	2269	6	67.5	72.5	2406
34	65	Kairbekova, Amina	WIM	KAZ	2256	6	64.5	69	2374
35	51	Injac, Teodora	IM	SRB	2295	6	63.5	67	2339
36	57	Toncheva, Nadya	WGM	BUL	2283	6	63	68	2328
37	74	Mou, Iris	WIM	USA	2226	6	62.5	64	2368
38	72	Balajayeva, Khanim	IM	AZE	2242	6	62	67	2366
39	50	Yu, Jennifer	WGM	USA	2296	6	62	66	2280
40	32	Song, Yuxin	IM	CHN	2347	6	61.5	66.5	2286
110 players

World Blitz 2024
Thu 26th Dec 2024
Tue 31st Dec 2024
New York
USA
13 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+2spm

World Blitz 2024 New York USA Thu 26th Dec 2024 - Mon 30th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	9	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	GM	FID	2770	9.5	102.5	107.5	2699
2	5	Caruana, Fabiano	GM	USA	2796	9.5	101	107	2721
3	1	Carlsen, Magnus	GM	NOR	2890	9.5	101	107	2715
4	4	So, Wesley	GM	USA	2803	9.5	100.5	107	2697
5	2	Firouzja, Alireza	GM	FRA	2871	9.5	100.5	106	2723
6	18	Niemann, Hans Moke	GM	USA	2709	9.5	99	104.5	2701
7	7	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	GM	POL	2776	9.5	97.5	103.5	2677
8	41	Murzin, Volodar	GM	FID	2629	9.5	95.5	99.5	2639
9	17	Naroditsky, Daniel	GM	USA	2711	9.5	92	97	2593
10	6	Dubov, Daniil	GM	FID	2784	9.5	91.5	101	2648
11	10	Bortnyk, Olexandr	GM	UKR	2762	9	90.5	96	2598
12	48	Bortnyk, Mykola	IM	UKR	2616	9	87	91.5	2594
13	24	Martirosyan, Haik M.	GM	ARM	2692	9	82.5	88	2525
14	13	Aronian, Levon	GM	USA	2737	8.5	104	110	2710
15	23	Sevian, Samuel	GM	USA	2693	8.5	97.5	102.5	2629
16	34	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	GM	USA	2656	8.5	94	99	2602
17	85	Antipov, Mikhail Al.	GM	USA	2545	8.5	94	97	2684
18	26	Grischuk, Alexander	GM	FID	2684	8.5	92.5	97.5	2607
19	37	Lu, Shanglei	GM	CHN	2648	8.5	91.5	98	2568
20	43	Bok, Benjamin	GM	NED	2627	8.5	91.5	96.5	2606
21	3	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	USA	2860	8.5	91	95.5	2597
22	105	Nogerbek, Kazybek	GM	KAZ	2511	8.5	90	96.5	2681
23	16	Praggnanandhaa, R	GM	IND	2716	8.5	89.5	94	2617
24	32	Oparin, Grigoriy	GM	USA	2659	8.5	88.5	94.5	2537
25	50	Lazavik, Denis	GM	FID	2610	8.5	86	90.5	2548
26	93	Le Tuan, Minh	GM	VIE	2532	8.5	85	88.5	2629
27	68	Lenderman, Aleksandr	GM	USA	2582	8.5	83.5	89	2587
28	57	Suleymanli, Aydin	GM	AZE	2593	8.5	79	82	2489
29	20	Xiong, Jeffery	GM	USA	2707	8	97.5	103.5	2604
30	31	Giri, Anish	GM	NED	2659	8	93.5	99.5	2607
31	135	Lomasov, Semyon	GM	ISR	2445	8	91.5	95.5	2620
32	160	Woodward, Andy	GM	USA	2353	8	87.5	92	2609
33	69	Makarian, Rudik	IM	FID	2581	8	86.5	91.5	2578
34	54	Svane, Rasmus	GM	GER	2597	8	86	90.5	2526
35	30	Sadhwani, Raunak	GM	IND	2663	8	85.5	90	2560
36	58	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	GM	UZB	2593	8	85.5	90	2529
37	42	Sindarov, Javokhir	GM	UZB	2628	8	84.5	89	2541
38	76	Dardha, Daniel	GM	BEL	2563	8	83	87.5	2555
39	19	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	GM	UZB	2707	8	82.5	87.5	2555
40	28	Salem, A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2674	8	81.5	86.5	2512
188 players

World Blitz Women 2024
Thu 26th Dec 2024
Tue 31st Dec 2024
New York
USA
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+2spm

World Blitz Women 2024 New York USA Thu 26th Dec 2024 - Mon 30th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	21	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	GM	IND	2359	9.5	72.5	76.5	2350
2	1	Lei, Tingjie	GM	CHN	2491	8.5	67.5	71.5	2304
3	5	Lagno, Kateryna	GM	FID	2444	8	73.5	79	2354
4	17	Gunina, Valentina	GM	FID	2374	8	72.5	76.5	2351
5	3	Ju, Wenjun	GM	CHN	2480	8	70.5	76.5	2321
6	42	Yip, Carissa	IM	USA	2285	8	69.5	73.5	2341
7	6	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	IM	KAZ	2443	8	63	67	2284
8	7	Zhu, Jiner	GM	CHN	2434	8	62	66	2266
9	10	Koneru, Humpy	GM	IND	2414	8	57.5	60.5	2279
10	27	Wagner, Dinara	IM	GER	2335	7.5	68.5	71.5	2328
11	16	Garifullina, Leya	IM	FID	2382	7.5	68	73	2297
12	39	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	IM	POL	2289	7.5	68	72.5	2329
13	24	Narva, Mai	IM	EST	2336	7.5	57	60.5	2243
14	19	Dzagnidze, Nana	GM	GEO	2371	7	75.5	81	2349
15	12	Muzychuk, Anna	GM	UKR	2402	7	70	74.5	2340
16	50	Song, Yuxin	IM	CHN	2271	7	67.5	70.5	2376
17	9	Shuvalova, Polina	IM	FID	2415	7	65.5	69	2270
18	29	Divya, Deshmukh	IM	IND	2333	7	64	68	2279
19	30	Vantika, Agrawal	IM	IND	2333	7	63.5	67.5	2313
20	34	Munkhzul, Turmunkh	WGM	MGL	2317	7	63	67.5	2258
21	26	Danielian, Elina	GM	ARM	2335	7	61	65.5	2291
22	13	Dronavalli, Harika	GM	IND	2400	7	61	65	2227
23	45	Kulon, Klaudia	IM	POL	2276	7	55.5	59.5	2260
24	48	Cori T., Deysi	IM	PER	2273	7	55.5	59.5	2210
25	37	Sargsyan, Anna M.	IM	ARM	2298	6.5	73.5	78.5	2378
26	67	Injac, Teodora	IM	SRB	2212	6.5	68.5	73.5	2348
27	57	Mammadova, Gulnar	IM	AZE	2237	6.5	64	68	2327
28	63	Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene	WCM	MGL	2224	6.5	64	67	2380
29	28	Kamalidenova, Meruert	IM	KAZ	2334	6.5	62.5	65.5	2247
30	47	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	IM	GRE	2274	6.5	62	65.5	2281
31	32	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GM	GER	2321	6.5	62	65	2309
32	64	Yu, Jennifer	WGM	USA	2223	6.5	59.5	63	2310
33	4	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	GM	SUI	2451	6.5	58.5	62.5	2249
34	36	Javakhishvili, Lela	IM	GEO	2311	6.5	57.5	61.5	2236
35	56	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	IM	FID	2242	6.5	52	55.5	2200
36	14	Kashlinskaya, Alina	IM	POL	2392	6.5	48.5	51.5	2211
37	54	Garcia Martin, Marta	IM	ESP	2245	6	63.5	65	2289
38	23	Lee, Alice	IM	USA	2337	6	63	68	2249
39	69	Charkhalashvili, Inga	WGM	GEO	2201	6	63	67	2311
40	31	Huang, Qian	WGM	CHN	2326	6	61	65	2235
108 players

World Blitz Final KO 2024
Thu 26th Dec 2024
Mon 30th Dec 2024
New York
USA
8 Players.
3 Rounds.
KO
Time Control: 3m+2spm

World Blitz Final KO 2024 New York USA Thu 26th Dec 2024 - Mon 30th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1st=	Carlsen, Magnus	3.5
1st=	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	3.5
	Semi-final
1	Carlsen, Magnus	3.0
2	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	0.0
1	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	3.0
2	So, Wesley	2.0
	Quarter-final
1	Carlsen, Magnus	2.5
2	Niemann, Hans Moke	1.5
1	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	2.5
2	Caruana, Fabiano	1.5
1	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2.5
2	Murzin, Volodar	1.5
1	So, Wesley	3.0
2	Firouzja, Alireza	1.0
17 players

World Blitz Women Final
Thu 26th Dec 2024
Mon 30th Dec 2024
New York
USA
8 Players.
3 Rounds.
KO
Time Control: 3m+2spm

World Blitz Women Final New York USA Thu 26th Dec 2024 - Mon 30th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Ju, Wenjun	3.5
2	Lei, Tingjie	2.5
	Semi-final
1	Ju, Wenjun	2.5
2	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	1.5
1	Lei, Tingjie	3.5
2	Lagno, Kateryna	2.5
	Quarter-final
1	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	2.5
2	Zhu, Jiner	1.5
1	Ju, Wenjun	2.5
2	Gunina, Valentina	0.5
1	Lei, Tingjie	2.5
2	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	1.5
1	Lagno, Kateryna	2.5
2	Yip, Carissa	1.5
17 players

3) 132nd New Zealand Congress 2025

The 132nd New Zealand Congress takes place 2nd to 12th January 2025.

Event: 132nd New Zealand Congress 2025
Place: Wellington
CountryCode: NZL
StartDate: Thu 2nd Jan 2025
EndDate: Sun 12th Jan 2025
Website
Results

132nd ch-NZL Open 2025
Thu 2nd Jan 2025
Sun 12th Jan 2025
Wellington
NZL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

132nd ch-NZL Open 2025 Wellington NZL Thu 2nd Jan 2025 - Sun 12th Jan 2025 Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern	FM		2361	3.5	8.5	10.5	8.75
2	Gong, Daniel Hanwen	FM		2191	3.5	8.5	10.5	8.75
3	Xie, Felix	FM		2284	3.5	8	10	8.25
4	Van Riemsdijk, Herman C.	IM		2249	3.5	8	10	8.25
5	Nagy, Gabor	GM		2469	3.5	7	8	6.75
6	Ker, Anthony F	IM		2228	3.5	7	8	6.5
7	McLaren, Leonard J	FM		2035	3	8.5	10.5	7.5
8	Rains, Edward	CM		2044	3	7.5	9.5	6
9	Chen, Yining	FM		2240	3	7.5	8.5	6.5
10	Mao, Daqi			2015	3	7	7.5	4
11	Jin, Yanbo			1976	3	6.5	7.5	5.5
12	Guerra, Romie Lord			2003	3	6	7.5	6
13	Steele, Hayden			1789	3	5.5	6.5	4
14	Smith, Robert W	FM		2035	2.5	9.5	11	6
15	Yu, Zachary	CM		2040	2.5	8.5	11	6.25
16	Dive, Russell J	IM		2197	2.5	8.5	10.5	5.75
17	Young, Cohen	CM		2034	2.5	8	9.5	4.75
18	Metge, J Nigel			1885	2.5	8	9	4.25
19	Wang, Justin Zhide			1894	2.5	6.5	7	2.75
20	Xu, Luna Yuexiu	WCM		1709	2.5	6	6.5	3.5
21	Weng, Winston			1911	2.5	5.5	6	2.75
22	Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan			1907	2.5	5.5	6	2.75
23	Malcolm, Leo			1793	2.5	5.5	6	2.5
24	Fulo, Nunilon III			1972	2.5	4.5	5.5	3.5
25	Ning, Isabelle Yixuan	CM		1942	2	9	11	4.5
26	Liu, William Rui			1947	2	8	9.5	3.75
27	Van Meter, Lester	FM		1942	2	8	8.5	2.75
28	Forster, William	CM		1867	2	8	8.5	2
29	Braganza, Nadia	WFM		1884	2	7.5	9.5	4
30	Archer, Ollie	CM		1960	2	7.5	8.5	2
31	Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)			1909	2	7.5	8.5	2
32	Masters, Andrew D			1878	2	7	7.5	1
33	Zhu, David Junyang			1826	2	7	7.5	1
34	Van der Hoorn, Thomas			1970	2	6.5	8	3.25
35	Thurner, Anya			1830	2	6.5	7	2.5
36	Wilson, Dion A			1899	2	6.5	7	1.5
37	Lin, Xianzhe			1762	2	6.5	7	1.5
38	Sethuramalingam, Karthik			1783	2	6	6.5	1.5
39	Wiratunga, Jenith			2089	2	5.5	6.5	3.25
40	Liu, Richard Jingjie			1796	2	5.5	6	1
61 players

132nd ch-NZL Rapid 2025
Thu 2nd Jan 2025
Sun 12th Jan 2025
Wellington
NZL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 25m+5spm

4) 15th Chennai Open 2025

The 15th Chennai Open takes place 2nd to 9th January 2025.

Event: 15th Chennai Open 2025
Place: Chennai
CountryCode: IND
StartDate: Thu 2nd Jan 2025
EndDate: Thu 9th Jan 2025
Website

15th Chennai Open 2025
Thu 2nd Jan 2025
Thu 9th Jan 2025
Chennai
IND
10 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

15th Chennai Open 2025 Chennai IND Thu 2nd Jan 2025 - Thu 9th Jan 2025 Leading Round 7 (of 10) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	Iniyan, Pa	GM	IND	2508	6	29	32	26.50
2	15	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	IM	IND	2379	6	26.5	29.5	24,00
3	2	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	GM	SGP	2515	5.5	31	34	25,25
4	10	Vaz, Ethan	IM	IND	2412	5.5	31	33	24.50
5	9	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	GM	IND	2413	5.5	29	33.5	26,25
6	1	Aronyak, Ghosh	IM	IND	2544	5.5	29	33	24,75
7	8	Das, Sayantan	GM	IND	2434	5.5	29	33	24.50
8	28	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	IM	IND	2328	5.5	27.5	31	24,25
9	25	Mohamed, Anees M	FM	IND	2334	5.5	27	30.5	22,75
10	12	Kaustuv, Kundu	IM	IND	2409	5.5	27	28	19,75
11	17	Shahil, Dey	IM	IND	2374	5.5	24.5	27	19.50
12	37	Czebe, Attila	GM	HUN	2278	5.5	23	25.5	20,00
13	36	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	CM	IND	2281	5.5	22	24.5	19,00
14	18	Venkatesh, M.R.	GM	IND	2362	5	27	29	18,75
15	16	Sanket, Chakravarty	IM	IND	2374	5	26	29.5	20,00
16	38	Dhananjay, S	FM	IND	2270	5	26	29	19,25
17	67	Anadkat, Kartavya		IND	2139	5	25.5	28	18,00
18	119	Vijay, Shreeram P		IND	2025	5	24.5	26	15.50
19	5	Mayank, Chakraborty	IM	IND	2457	5	24	26	17,75
20	34	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	FM	IND	2292	5	22.5	24.5	16,75
21	164	Vaidyanathan, Kannan		USA	1940	5	22	24	17,25
22	76	Jai, Sankar Subramanian		IND	2113	4.5	29	32	19,00
23	13	Sathvik, Adiga	IM	IND	2395	4.5	27.5	31	17,75
24	128	Mayukh, Majumder		IND	2013	4.5	27.5	30	17,75
25	11	Fedorov, Alexei	GM	BLR	2409	4.5	27	30	18,00
26	88	Jaiswal, Rupesh	FM	NEP	2093	4.5	27	27.5	15,25
27	56	Varun, V		IND	2173	4.5	26	28.5	16.50
28	35	Karthikeyan, P.	GM	IND	2286	4.5	25.5	27.5	17,00
29	23	Slizhevsky, Alexander	IM	RUS	2340	4.5	25.5	27.5	15,25
30	7	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	GM	COL	2435	4.5	25	28	17.50
31	26	Setumadhav, Yellumahanthi	FM	IND	2334	4.5	25	28	16,75
32	138	Madhesh, Kumar S		IND	2006	4.5	24.5	27	15,75
33	152	Mohmad, Bashiq Imrose	CM	IND	1991	4.5	24.5	27	15,25
34	29	Adireddy, Arjun	FM	IND	2326	4.5	24.5	26	14,75
35	33	Daakshin, Arun	FM	IND	2293	4.5	23.5	26.5	16,25
36	80	Sneha, Halder	WFM	IND	2105	4.5	23.5	24.5	12,25
37	30	Laxman, R.R.	GM	IND	2303	4.5	23	27.5	17,00
38	59	Sri, Sai Baswanth P		IND	2161	4.5	23	25.5	13,75
39	68	Vignesh, B	AGM	IND	2135	4.5	22.5	27	14,75
40	137	Arnav, Agrawal		IND	2006	4.5	22.5	25	15.50
176 players

5) 1st Kuwait International Chess Festival 2025

The 1st Kuwait International Chess Festival takes place 5th to 13th January 2025.

Event: 1st Kuwait International Chess Festival 2025
Place: Kuwait City
CountryCode: KUW
StartDate: Sun 5th Jan 2025
EndDate: Mon 13th Jan 2025
Website
Results

1st Kuwait Int Open 2025
Sun 5th Jan 2025
Mon 13th Jan 2025
Kuwait City
KUW
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

1st Kuwait Int Open 2025 Kuwait City KUW Sun 5th Jan 2025 - Mon 13th Jan 2025 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	11	Ammar, Sedrani	FM	UAE	2199	2	0	3	3,00
2	1	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy	GM	UKR	2545	2	0	2	2,00
	4	Lorparizangeneh, Shahin	GM	IRI	2456	2	0	2	2,00
	6	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	IM	IND	2380	2	0	2	2,00
5	5	Stany, G.A.	GM	IND	2439	2	0	1	1,00
	7	Tissir, Mohamed	IM	MAR	2329	2	0	1	1,00
	9	Wafa, Hamed	IM	EGY	2304	2	0	1	1,00
	10	Vuelban, Virgilio	IM	PHI	2237	2	0	1	1,00
9	3	Fawzy, Adham	GM	EGY	2498	1.5	0	1.5	1,25
10	8	Barsov, Alexei	GM	UZB	2324	1.5	0	1.5	1,00
11	21	Ahlam, Rashed	WFM	UAE	1935	1	0	3	1,00
12	20	Al Ibrahim, Abdulrahman	CM	KUW	1953	1	0	3	1,00
	31	Rashed Abubaker, Alhemeiri		UAE	1796	1	0	3	1,00
	36	Altrairi, Bader Abdulrahman S		KSA	1735	1	0	3	1,00
15	35	Alrefae, Ahmad		KUW	1762	1	0	2.5	1,00
16	32	Aldaihani, Turki		KUW	1781	1	0	2.5	0.50
17	2	Bellahcene, Bilel	GM	ALG	2521	1	0	2	1,00
18	15	Abed, Rabou		JOR	2067	1	0	2	0,00
	17	Al-Hajiri, Bader	FM	KUW	1992	1	0	2	0,00
	33	Hussain, Hashem		KUW	1779	1	0	2	0,00
21	12	Prasad, Devaki V	IM	IND	2193	1	0	2	0,00
	22	Sawan, Eman	WFM	PLE	1922	1	0	2	0,00
	25	Saksham, Upadhyay		IND	1903	1	0	2	0,00
24	39	Alsayer, Bader		KUW	1634	1	0	1.5	0.50
25	18	Mohammed, Ali Mahdial-Kinani	CM	IRQ	1981	1	0	1	0,00
26	13	Jain, Kushagra		IND	2150	1	0	1	0,00
	29	Alhejab, Meshal	CM	KUW	1828	1	0	1	0,00
	38	Alazmi, Amani	WCM	KUW	1648	1	0	1	0,00
29	23	Mithilesh, Ranjithkumar		IND	1918	0.5	0	3	0,75
30	14	Rouda Essa, Alserkal	WCM	UAE	2129	0.5	0	2	0.50
31	37	Sulaiman, Yousef		KUW	1694	0.5	0	1.5	0,25
32	24	Al-Blooshi, Hamad Essa	CM	UAE	1912	0	0	3	0,00
	26	Youssef Ahmed, Youssef		EGY	1898	0	0	3	0,00
	27	Habboosh, O		JOR	1893	0	0	3	0,00
	28	Alaa, Dema		EGY	1877	0	0	3	0,00
36	16	Sharvaanica, A S	WCM	IND	2030	0	0	2	0,00
	30	Hamdan Edrees, Alhamed		UAE	1817	0	0	2	0,00
	34	Alasfour, Zaid		KUW	1762	0	0	2	0,00
39	19	Dolas, Aarush	CM	IND	1976	0	0	0	0,00
39 players

6) 29th Bosnjaci Open 2025

The 29th Bosnjaci Open takes place 3rd to 9th January 2025.

Event: 29th Bosnjaci Open 2025
Place: Bosnjaci
CountryCode: CRO
StartDate: Fri 3rd Jan 2025
EndDate: Thu 9th Jan 2025
Website
Results

29th Bosnjaci Open
Fri 3rd Jan 2025
Thu 9th Jan 2025
Bosnjaci
CRO
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

29th Bosnjaci Open Bosnjaci CRO Fri 3rd Jan 2025 - Thu 9th Jan 2025 Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	Zaja, Ivan	GM	CRO	2418	4.5	15	17.5	0
2	6	Kovacević, BlaEimir	GM	CRO	2379	4.5	15	16	0
3	1	Sarić, Ante	GM	CRO	2483	4.5	14.5	17.5	0
4	3	Pap, Misa	GM	SRB	2436	4.5	14	17	0
5	8	Hadzovic, Amir	FM	BIH	2316	4.5	14	15.5	0
6	26	Đurić, Leon	MK	CRO	2145	4	13.5	15	0
7	25	Bobanac, Miro	FM	CRO	2157	4	13.5	15	0
8	38	Petricević, Mateo	MK	CRO	2060	4	13	15.5	0
9	9	Zufić, Miroslav	IM	CRO	2313	4	13	15	0
10	37	Maravić, Ivan	MK	CRO	2074	4	13	15	0
11	15	Gal, Andrej	FM	CRO	2256	4	12	14.5	0
12	5	Fercec, Nenad	GM	CRO	2382	4	12	14	0
13	17	Besedes, Danilo	FM	SRB	2239	4	9.5	10	0
14	2	Culum, Sanjin	IM	BIH	2446	3.5	15.5	17	0
15	7	Muratovic, Efim	FM	BIH	2322	3.5	14	16	0
16	31	Ljubicić, Mario	MK	CRO	2115	3.5	14	15	0
17	10	Kovac, Petar	FM	CRO	2289	3.5	13.5	15.5	0
18	12	Zadravec, Matija	FM	CRO	2283	3.5	13	15	0
19	14	Vucenović, Damian	MK	CRO	2272	3.5	12.5	14.5	0
	41	KejEar, Petra	WFM	SLO	2040	3.5	12.5	14.5	0
21	13	Jaković, Roko	FM	CRO	2273	3.5	12.5	14.5	0
22	33	KaniEaj, Benjamin	MK	CRO	2096	3.5	12	14	0
23	11	Franc, Borna	FM	CRO	2287	3.5	12	14	0
24	20	Starcević, Ante Leon		CRO	2200	3.5	12	13.5	0
25	30	Vujnović, Patricija	WFM	CRO	2121	3.5	11	14.5	0
26	23	Vidović, Sasa	FM	CRO	2173	3.5	11	13.5	0
27	34	Konjević, Nikola	MK	CRO	2095	3.5	11	13	0
28	19	Sipić, Hrvoje	MK	CRO	2213	3.5	10	12	0
29	40	Pirvulescu, Ekaterina	WFM	ROU	2043	3	14.5	17.5	0
30	28	Berke, Ana	WIM	CRO	2133	3	14	16.5	0
31	53	Topalić, Fran		CRO	1968	3	14	15.5	0
32	32	Fauković, Matija	MK	CRO	2107	3	13.5	15.5	0
33	56	Kukić, Lora		CRO	1961	3	13.5	14	0
34	35	Tomas, Ante	MK	CRO	2084	3	13	15	0
35	16	Glavas, Dragan	FM	CRO	2251	3	12.5	14.5	0
	79	BoEić, Niko		CRO	1874	3	12.5	14.5	0
37	24	Colev, Ivor	MK	CRO	2169	3	12.5	14.5	0
38	36	Carić, Mato	MK	CRO	2080	3	12.5	14	0
39	45	Fridl, Miroslav		CRO	1992	3	12.5	13.5	0
40	21	Grgantov, Marin	CM	CRO	2191	3	12.5	13.5	0
125 players

7) 36th Roquetas de Mar Festival 2025

The 36th Roquetas de Mar Festival takes place 2nd to 7th January 2025.

Event: 36th Roquetas de Mar Festival 2025
Place: Roquetas de Mar
CountryCode: ESP
StartDate: Thu 2nd Jan 2025
EndDate: Tue 7th Jan 2025
Website
Results

36th Roquetas de Mar Open
Thu 2nd Jan 2025
Tue 7th Jan 2025
Roquetas de Mar
ESP
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

36th Roquetas de Mar Open Roquetas de Mar ESP Thu 2nd Jan 2025 - Tue 7th Jan 2025 Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Gms	+	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Xu, Xiangyu	GM	CHN	2611	7	5	6.0	30.7	30.0	2398
2	Li, Di	GM	CHN	2544	7	5	6.0	30.6	31.5	2426
3	Wadsworth, Matthew J	IM	ENG	2473	7	5	6.0	29.6	29.0	2405
4	Sivuk, Vitaly	GM	SWE	2493	7	6	6.0	29.2	28.5	2413
5	Szpar, Milosz	IM	POL	2457	7	4	5.5	29.6	26.5	2393
6	Habans Aguerrea, Javier	IM	ESP	2438	7	5	5.5	29.3	27.5	2331
7	Merario Alarcon, Andres	IM	ESP	2376	7	5	5.5	28.6	27.5	2270
8	Domingo Nunez, Alejandro	FM	ESP	2316	7	5	5.5	28.3	24.0	2198
9	Narayanan S L	GM	IND	2638	7	5	5.5	27.4	28.5	2361
10	Vignesh N R	GM	IND	2523	7	4	5.5	27.1	27.5	2358
11	Macias Pino, Diego	IM	ESP	2491	7	4	5.5	27.1	24.5	2245
12	Xu, Minghui	IM	CHN	2428	7	4	5.0	29.1	27.0	2367
13	Vergara Anton, Diego	FM	ESP	2415	7	4	5.0	28.6	24.5	2325
14	Suarez Uriel, Adrian	IM	ESP	2401	7	4	5.0	28.4	27.0	2284
15	Sousa, Andre Ventura	IM	POR	2387	7	4	5.0	28.4	25.0	2244
16	Grigoryan, Karen H.	GM	ARM	2572	7	4	5.0	28.3	29.0	2387
17	Gloeckler, Christian	FM	GER	2301	7	4	5.0	28.1	21.5	2187
18	Kopylov, Daniel	FM	GER	2435	7	4	5.0	28.0	21.5	2208
19	Roebers, Eline	IM	NED	2381	7	4	5.0	27.7	24.5	2270
20	Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca	WFM	ESP	2114	7	4	5.0	27.6	23.0	2219
21	Marin Ferragut, Pau	FM	ESP	2387	7	5	5.0	27.4	24.0	2322
22	Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier	GM	ESP	2482	7	4	5.0	26.4	21.5	2186
23	Fiorito, Joaquin	IM	ARG	2411	7	4	5.0	26.0	22.0	2146
24	Perea Fruet, Lorenzo	FM	ESP	2369	7	4	5.0	25.6	25.0	2267
25	Narciso Dublan, Marc	GM	ESP	2378	7	4	5.0	25.6	24.5	2225
26	Grieve, Harry	IM	ENG	2458	7	2	4.5	28.4	25.5	2294
27	Suarez Hernan, Santiago		ESP	2098	7	4	4.5	28.0	26.0	2303
28	Pham, Khoi	IM	NED	2296	7	4	4.5	27.9	31.0	2400
29	Gonzalez Castillo, Jose Javier	CM	ESP	2217	7	4	4.5	27.4	25.5	2260
30	Hernandez, Cristian Andres	IM	COL	2361	7	3	4.5	27.2	27.5	2252
31	Brodowski, Piotr	IM	POL	2469	7	4	4.5	26.8	26.0	2281
32	Rey Martinez, Jaime	FM	ESP	2318	7	3	4.5	26.4	27.0	2300
33	Dwilewicz, Katarzyna	WFM	POL	2173	7	3	4.5	26.1	25.0	2239
34	Luch, Michal	IM	POL	2328	7	3	4.5	26.0	27.5	2333
35	Lazaro Azcutia, Miguel	CM	ESP	2176	6	3	4.5	26.0	18.5	2170
36	Castro Quijano, Eduardo	CM	ESP	2146	7	4	4.5	25.8	23.5	2046
37	Arce Gonzalez, Dario		ESP	2172	7	3	4.5	25.8	21.5	2146
38	Fiorito, Fabian	IM	ARG	2263	7	3	4.5	25.7	23.0	2215
39	Mikrut, Dariusz	IM	POL	2308	7	4	4.5	25.5	24.0	2226
40	Kaczmarek, Aleksander	IM	POL	2339	5	3	4.5	25.2	17.0	2244
182 players

8) Hanoi GM1 2025

The Hanoi Round Robin tournaments take place 3rd to 8th January 2025.

Event: Hanoi GM1 2025
Place: Hanoi
CountryCode: VIE
StartDate: Fri 3rd Jan 2025
EndDate: Wed 8th Jan 2025
Website
Results

Hanoi GM1 2025
Fri 3rd Jan 2025
Wed 8th Jan 2025
Hanoi
VIE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Hanoi GM1 2025 Hanoi VIE Fri 3rd Jan 2025 - Wed 8th Jan 2025 Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1
1	4	Tran, Tuan Minh	GM	VIE	2437	4	10,25
2	7	Dang, Hoang Son	FM	VIE	2338	4	9.50
3	1	Dau, Khuong Duy	IM	VIE	2410	3.5	11,00
4	10	Nguyen, Anh Dung	GM	VIE	2429	3.5	10.50
5	3	Gomez, John Paul	GM	PHI	2405	3.5	9,75
6	2	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	IM	SRI	2397	3	7,75
7	6	Lee, Junhyeok	IM	KOR	2438	3	7.50
8	5	Setyaki, Azarya Jodi	IM	INA	2417	3	6,25
9	8	Kojima, Shinya	IM	JPN	2316	1.5	4,75
10	9	Jani, Kushal R		IND	2319	1	3,75
10 players

Hanoi GM2 2025
Fri 3rd Jan 2025
Wed 8th Jan 2025
Hanoi
VIE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Hanoi IM1 2025
Fri 3rd Jan 2025
Wed 8th Jan 2025
Hanoi
VIE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Hanoi IM2 2025
Fri 3rd Jan 2025
Wed 8th Jan 2025
Hanoi
VIE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

9) ch-AUS 2025

The Australian Open takes place 2nd to 11th January 2025.

Event: ch-AUS 2025
Place: Melbourne
CountryCode: AUS
StartDate: Thu 2nd Jan 2025
EndDate: Sat 11th Jan 2025
Website
Results

ch-AUS Open 2024
Thu 2nd Jan 2025
Sat 11th Jan 2025
Melbourne
AUS
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

ch-AUS Open 2024 Melbourne AUS Thu 2nd Jan 2025 - Sat 11th Jan 2025 Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB2
1	Morris, James	IM	2433	4	2144
2	Radovanovic, Mihajlo	IM	2429	4	2089
3	Zhu, Harvey		1904	3.5	2098
4	Asaka, Samuel		2169	3.5	2035
5	Johansen, Darryl K	GM	2321	3	2152
6	Liu, Yi	FM	2290	3	2144
7	Odenthal, Aidan	CM	1985	3	2092
8	Tan, Zhong Kai		2107	3	2085
9	Lee, Alexandre KM		2017	3	2048
10	Le, Tri Kien	CM	2232	3	2037
11	Koh, Cedric		2065	3	2030
12	Li, Hui	CM	2052	3	2006
13	Sze-To, Jonas		1776	3	1996
14	Zafirakos, Jesse	CM	2079	3	1989
15	Soo, Kai Jie	FM	2175	3	1952
16	Chan, Yi Ren Daniel	FM	2317	3	1944
17	Nguyen, Hong Anh	WIM	2091	3	1872
18	Melamed, Daniel	CM	2052	3	1854
19	Xing, Zerui		1953	2.5	2221
20	Zou, Xuyuan (Dimitri)		1863	2.5	2147
21	Smith, Declan		1957	2.5	2123
22	Coracas, Tass		1846	2.5	2090
23	Verma, Rudra		1919	2.5	2086
24	Cheng, Chao Xin	WCM	1833	2.5	2064
25	Yang, Ray	FM	2004	2.5	2059
26	Hain, Anthony	CM	1920	2.5	2026
27	He, Zhi Yu (Paul)		1819	2.5	2005
28	Baneshi, Kiamehr		1951	2.5	1979
29	Zhao, Tiger Chengxin		1794	2.5	1964
30	Wallis, Christopher	FM	2229	2.5	1928
31	Ryjanova, Julia	WGM	2245	2.5	1914
32	Teh, Rui Gen	FM	2132	2.5	1908
33	Testolin, Ryder		2178	2.5	1907
34	Richards, Heather S	WIM	2115	2.5	1890
35	Shen, Zhiyuan	WFM	2050	2.5	1854
36	Annapureddy, Rheyansh Reddy	CM	2039	2.5	1851
37	Thogata, Randheer	CM	2014	2.5	1847
38	Zheng, Tony		1994	2.5	1827
39	Hartley, James	CM	1892	2	2195
40	Lee, Leon		1891	2	2150
92 players

10) 98th Hastings Congress 2024-25

The 98th Hastings Congress took place 28th December 2024 to 5th January 2025. Haowen Xue won with 7/9.

Event: 98th Hastings Congress 2024-25
Place: Hastings
CountryCode: ENG
StartDate: Sat 28th Dec 2024
EndDate: Sun 5th Jan 2025
Website
Results

Hastings Masters 2024-25
Sat 28th Dec 2024
Sun 5th Jan 2025
Hastings
ENG
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 100:50:15+30spm(1)

Hastings Masters 2024-25 Hastings ENG Sat 28th Dec 2024 - Sun 5th Jan 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts
1	6	Xue, Haowen		CHN	2502	7
2	1	Zhang, Pengxiang	GM	CHN	2567	6.5
	2	Laurent-Paoli, Pierre	GM	FRA	2559	6.5
	5	Royal, Shreyas	GM	ENG	2522	6.5
	7	Ghazarian, Kirk	GM	USA	2501	6.5
	10	Gasanov, Eldar	GM	UKR	2476	6.5
	13	Gormally, Daniel W	GM	ENG	2424	6.5
8	4	Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar	GM	ISL	2537	6
	8	Seo, Jung Min	IM	SWE	2491	6
	9	Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav	IM	UKR	2484	6
	12	Kovchan, Alexander	GM	UKR	2455	6
	14	Zhou, Yang-Fan	IM	ENG	2424	6
	17	Grutter, Tim	FM	NED	2379	6
	20	Siva, Mahadevan	IM	IND	2349	6
	23	Lux, Hugo De Melo	FM	BRA	2327	6
	27	Badacsonyi, Stanley	FM	ENG	2266	6
17	3	Boyer, Mahel	IM	FRA	2526	5.5
	11	Kaasen, Tor Fredrik	IM	NOR	2473	5.5
	15	Golding, Alex	FM	ENG	2405	5.5
	16	Vestby-Ellingsen, Mads	IM	NOR	2383	5.5
	19	Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick	FM	SCO	2355	5.5
	21	Roux, Baptiste	FM	FRA	2338	5.5
	25	Nielsen, Andre	FM	NOR	2276	5.5
	26	Bozinakis, Pavlos		GRE	2271	5.5
	33	Golding, James		ENG	2203	5.5
	40	Brown, Tom		WLS	2118	5.5
	53	Verbytski, Oleg		ENG	2033	5.5
	56	Rida, Ruqayyah	WFM	ENG	2019	5.5
	64	Struck, Lasse		GER	1983	5.5
30	18	Balaji, Aaravamudhan	IM	ENG	2364	5
	22	Lucas, Arthur	IM	FRA	2335	5
	30	Badacsonyi, Frankie	FM	ENG	2218	5
	34	Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa		ITA	2183	5
	38	Briem, Benedikt		ISL	2132	5
	39	Kolani, Arjun		ENG	2131	5
	41	Saunders, Aron		ENG	2106	5
	44	Verbin, Valentina	WFM	MDA	2093	5
	46	Abrahams, Daniel	CM	CAN	2072	5
	49	Bharat Kumar, Balahari		ENG	2063	5
	55	Kolka, David		ISL	2020	5
112 players

11) 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25

The 52nd Rilton Cup took place 27th December 2024 to 5th January 2025. Bassem Amin won with 7.5/9.

Event: 52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25
Place: Stockholm
CountryCode: SWE
StartDate: Fri 27th Dec 2024
EndDate: Sun 5th Jan 2025
Website
Results

52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25
Fri 27th Dec 2024
Sun 5th Jan 2025
Stockholm
SWE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

52nd Rilton Cup 2024-25 Stockholm SWE Fri 27th Dec 2024 - Sun 5th Jan 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	AMIN, Bassem	GM	EGY	2652	7.5	45	48	36.5
2	4	HEBERLA, Bartlomiej	GM	POL	2503	7	44	47	33.5
3	17	TROST, Edvin	IM	SWE	2443	7	42	46	32.5
4	5	COSTA, Leonardo	IM	GER	2498	6.5	50	53	34.5
5	2	LIVAIC, Leon	GM	CRO	2560	6.5	47.5	52.5	37.5
6	10	A R, Ilamparthi	IM	IND	2461	6.5	45	49	33
7	13	BILOVIL, Bogdan	FM	UKR	2452	6.5	42.5	46	34
8	7	SEEMANN, Jakub	IM	POL	2487	6	46.5	51	36
9	6	KANTANS, Toms	GM	LAT	2495	6	46	50.5	36
10	29	KHRIPACHENKO, Alexander	FM	FID	2400	6	45	49	32
11	51	KASHISH MANOJ, Jain	FM	IND	2308	6	45	48	30
12	67	MATTENBERGER, Matthias	FM	SUI	2267	6	44.5	49	29.5
13	18	ÇELIK, Hasan Huseyin	IM	TUR	2432	6	44.5	48.5	33.5
14	32	FALKEVALL, Axel	FM	SWE	2383	6	44	47	30.5
15	12	KUCUKSARI, Kaan	IM	SWE	2455	6	42	45.5	31
16	30	SCHMIDER, Niklas	IM	GER	2393	6	41.5	44.5	31
17	45	ÅKESSON, Ralf	GM	SWE	2336	6	41	43.5	28.5
18	14	PANTZAR, Milton	IM	SWE	2449	6	38	41	27
19	37	IPPOLITO, Dean	IM	USA	2343	6	37.5	40.5	28
20	3	KULAOTS, Kaido	GM	EST	2521	5.5	46	49.5	31.5
21	61	RAVI, Rakshitta	WGM	IND	2287	5.5	42.5	45.5	28
22	27	WONG ZHENYONG, Jayden	FM	SGP	2406	5.5	41	45	27.5
23	23	SORENSEN, Hampus	IM	SWE	2415	5.5	41	44.5	30
24	25	PETURSSON, Margeir	GM	ISL	2409	5.5	39	43	26
25	33	OLSSON, William	IM	SWE	2369	5.5	38.5	40.5	28
26	9	TARHAN, Adar	IM	TUR	2483	5.5	36.5	39	24
27	85	GKAVARDINAS, Antonios		GRE	2208	5.5	35.5	38.5	22.5
28	48	RUIZ BUENDIA, Miguel	FM	ESP	2317	5.5	30	32	22
29	31	CIESLAK, Patryk	FM	POL	2391	5	45	48	30.5
30	11	HILLARP PERSSON, Tiger	GM	SWE	2459	5	44	48.5	31
31	39	SARI, Yasin	FM	TUR	2343	5	42.5	45.5	29
32	19	BAENZIGER, Fabian	IM	SUI	2430	5	41.5	44.5	27
33	60	KUSH, Bhagat	FM	IND	2288	5	41	44	23
34	91	RASTI, Arvin	FM	SWE	2182	5	40	43.5	26
35	64	CHAN, Kim Yew	FM	MAS	2274	5	39.5	42	23
36	36	FECKER, Noah	FM	SUI	2345	5	38.5	42	28
37	70	KEJNA, Piotr	FM	POL	2249	5	38.5	42	24.5
38	16	RACZEK, Krzysztof	IM	POL	2443	5	38.5	41.5	24
39	59	BATSUKH, Anand	FM	MGL	2290	5	38.5	40.5	24
40	24	JOHANSSON, Linus	IM	SWE	2412	5	37	40	25
115 players

12) 4th Athens of the East Open 2024

The 4th Athens of the East Open took place 24th to 31st December 2024. L R Srihari won with 8/10.

Event: 4th Athens of the East Open 2024
Place: Madurai
CountryCode: IND
StartDate: Tue 24th Dec 2024
EndDate: Tue 31st Dec 2024
Website
Results

4th Athens of the East Op
Tue 24th Dec 2024
Tue 31st Dec 2024
Madurai
IND
10 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

4th Athens of the East Op Madurai IND Tue 24th Dec 2024 - Tue 31st Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	Srihari, L R	IM	IND	2484	8	64.5	67.5	52,75
2	18	Nitin, S.	IM	IND	2341	7.5	60.5	63	44,75
3	9	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	IM	MGL	2392	7.5	58.5	62	43,75
4	15	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	GM	VIE	2358	7.5	57	61.5	42,75
5	28	Karthikeyan, P.	GM	IND	2290	7.5	56	59	41,75
6	20	Sriram, Adarsh Uppala		IND	2340	7.5	55	59.5	43.50
7	14	Srihari, L	IM	IND	2360	7.5	53.5	57	40.50
8	1	Aronyak, Ghosh	IM	IND	2547	7	64	66.5	44,25
9	5	Md, Imran	FM	IND	2430	7	59.5	63	41,25
10	11	Raahul, V S	IM	IND	2378	7	59	62.5	39,75
11	16	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	IM	KGZ	2358	7	55.5	60	40,75
12	30	Vignesh, Advaith Vemula		IND	2276	7	53.5	57	36,00
13	29	Nithin, Babu		IND	2282	7	53.5	56.5	36,25
14	22	Manik, Mikulas	GM	SVK	2326	7	52	56	37.50
15	43	Jihan, Tejas Shah		IND	2205	7	44	47	33,75
16	48	Buscara, Sevan	IM	FRA	2185	6.5	56.5	59.5	33,75
17	99	Swarna, Nihal		IND	2039	6.5	55	59.5	37.50
18	91	Mehta, Naitik R		IND	2053	6.5	55	59.5	35.50
19	10	Fedorov, Alexei	GM	BLR	2385	6.5	53.5	57.5	37.50
20	2	Aswath, S	IM	IND	2491	6.5	53.5	56.5	34.50
21	45	Vignesh, B		IND	2196	6.5	53.5	55.5	31,75
22	21	Adireddy, Arjun	FM	IND	2336	6.5	52.5	56	34,00
23	92	Gaikwad, Manas		IND	2047	6.5	51	55	32,75
24	49	Sri, Sai Baswanth P		IND	2181	6.5	50.5	54	32.50
25	34	Saravana, Krishnan P.	IM	IND	2262	6.5	49	53.5	34.50
26	32	Gochelashvili, David	IM	RUS	2269	6.5	48.5	53	35,00
27	17	Velpula, Sarayu		IND	2347	6.5	47.5	51.5	35,00
28	125	Jval, Saurin Patel		IND	2002	6.5	47	50.5	30,25
29	19	Slizhevsky, Alexander	IM	RUS	2340	6.5	45.5	49	31,75
30	134	Jai, Sankar Subramanian		IND	1964	6.5	43.5	47	30,00
31	81	Gawai, Siddhant		IND	2078	6	55.5	59.5	33.50
32	39	Saurabh, Anand		IND	2223	6	55	59	33,00
33	57	Sarveshwaran, V	CM	IND	2150	6	55	59	31,00
34	41	Shirliyev, Allayar		TKM	2207	6	52.5	56.5	33,25
35	36	Dhananjay, S	FM	IND	2233	6	52	55.5	31,25
36	79	Kalyani, Sirin	WFM	IND	2080	6	51.5	53.5	26.50
37	53	Majumder, Shrayan		IND	2158	6	49	51.5	27,25
38	24	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	FM	IND	2299	6	47.5	51.5	30,00
39	106	Vijay, Shreeram P		IND	2025	6	47	50	27.50
40	72	Arul, Anandh S P K		IND	2101	6	46	50	27.50
159 players

13) 35th Cracovia 2024-25

The 35th Cracovia open took place 27th December to 4th January 2025. Igor Janik edged out Szymon Gumularz on tie-break after both scored 7/9.

Event: 35th Cracovia 2024-25
Place: Krakow
CountryCode: POL
StartDate: Fri 27th Dec 2024
EndDate: Sat 4th Jan 2025
Website
Results

35th Cracovia Open A
Fri 27th Dec 2024
Sat 4th Jan 2025
Krakow
POL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

35th Cracovia Open A Krakow POL Fri 27th Dec 2024 - Sat 4th Jan 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	+	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Janik, Igor	GM	2515	5	7	46.5	50	37.75
2	Gumularz, Szymon	GM	2585	5	7	45	48.5	36.75
3	Prraneeth Vuppala	GM	2461	5	6.5	49.5	51	34.25
4	Danielyan, Vahe	IM	2299	5	6.5	48	51.5	35
5	Bogdanov, Egor	IM	2493	5	6.5	44	47.5	32
6	Teclaf, Pawel	GM	2569	4	6.5	44	47	32.5
7	Cvek, Robert	GM	2443	4	6.5	41.5	45	32.5
8	Ben Ari, Yannay	IM	2453	5	6.5	37.5	41	30.5
9	Nguyen, Piotr	IM	2399	6	6.5	37.5	41	29
10	Pyrih, Roman	FM	2399	4	6	47	50.5	30.75
11	Polak, Tomas	GM	2472	3	6	43	47	30.75
12	Suder, Jakub	FM	2342	5	6	42.5	45	29.5
13	Ernst, Robert	FM	2338	5	6	42	43.5	26.5
14	Vagman, Roy	FM	2244	4	6	40.5	44	27.75
15	Szczurek, Krzysztof	FM	2254	4	6	38	41	24.75
16	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	IM	2379	3	5.5	44	47	26.25
17	Zalega, Maciej	k	2159	5	5.5	43	46.5	24.5
18	Balint, Peter	FM	2391	5	5.5	42.5	45.5	25
19	Soffer, Ram	GM	2423	3	5.5	41.5	45	26
20	Egresi, Mate	FM	2393	4	5.5	41.5	45	25.5
21	Malek, Daniel	FM	2273	4	5.5	41	45	26.25
22	Bashirov, Kemal	FM	2293	4	5.5	40.5	43.5	24.75
23	Rog, Bartlomiej	FM	2244	3	5.5	37	40	25.25
24	Zheng, Harry Z		2248	3	5.5	37	39.5	23
25	Firman, Nazar	GM	2464	4	5.5	36.5	39.5	23
26	Karsten, Jan	IM	2326	4	5.5	36.5	39	21
27	Madej, Marek	FM	2116	3	5	45	49	26
28	Hulka, Valentyn	FM	2311	3	5	42	44.5	25.25
29	Goroshkov, Maksym	FM	2363	4	5	41.5	45	21.75
30	Negrean, Andrei	FM	2209	4	5	41	43.5	19.75
31	Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan		2283	4	5	41	43	19.5
32	Puczylowski, Marcin	k	2101	3	5	40.5	44	23.5
33	Gorkiewicz, Mateusz	CM	2231	4	5	39.5	42.5	20.25
34	Kyc, Jerzy	m	2263	2	5	37.5	41	21
35	Musial, Igor	FM	2304	3	5	37.5	40.5	20.75
36	Mrozowski, Patryk	k	2196	4	5	37.5	40.5	19.25
37	Ugorek, Kacper	CM	2154	2	5	37	40.5	21.75
38	Musial, Tomasz	CM	2168	4	5	36.5	40	19.5
39	Novotny, Michal	FM	2219	4	5	36.5	38.5	19
40	Klepek, Witold	CM	2244	3	5	33.5	38.5	20
106 players

14) 13th Palmanova Open 2024

The 13th Palmanova Open took place 27th December to 3rd January 2025. Ilia Martinovici edged out Vid Dobrovoljc on tie-break after both scored 7/9.

Event: 13th Palmanova Open 2024
Place: Palmanova
CountryCode: ITA
StartDate: Fri 27th Dec 2024
EndDate: Fri 3rd Jan 2025
Website
Results

13th Palmanova Open 2024
Fri 27th Dec 2024
Fri 3rd Jan 2025
Palmanova
ITA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 100m:30m+30spm(1)

13th Palmanova Open 2024 Palmanova ITA Fri 27th Dec 2024 - Fri 3rd Jan 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Martinovici, Ilia	IM	MDA	2473	7	49	38	37,00
2	9	Dobrovoljc, Vid	IM	SLO	2365	7	47	36.5	35,25
3	10	Bettalli, Francesco	FM	ITA	2359	6.5	48.5	38.5	33,25
4	31	Reza, Wojciech	FM	POL	2227	6.5	45	35.5	32,00
5	7	Hovhannisyan, Mher	GM	BEL	2397	6.5	44.5	35.5	31.50
6	16	Kalosha, Zhiulien Oleksii	FM	UKR	2306	6.5	39.5	30.5	28.50
7	13	Zamengo, Fulvio	FM	ITA	2348	6	48.5	38	30.50
8	4	Lumachi, Gabriele	FM	ITA	2438	5.5	50.5	39	29,25
9	15	Cina`, Vittorio	FM	ITA	2325	5.5	49.5	39.5	28,25
10	5	Di Benedetto, Edoardo	IM	ITA	2411	5.5	47	36.5	27,25
11	8	Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr	IM	ISL	2377	5.5	47	36.5	27,00
12	17	Knudsen, Simon	FM	GER	2303	5.5	46.5	36.5	25.50
13	30	Adharsh, K		IND	2235	5.5	45	35	24,75
14	2	Stankovic, Milos	IM	SRB	2462	5.5	44.5	34.5	26,25
15	26	Skrbec, Leon		SLO	2265	5.5	44.5	34.5	25,75
16	3	Gkoumas, Georgios	IM	GRE	2449	5.5	42	31	28,75
17	14	Skawinski, Arkadiusz	FM	POL	2330	5.5	41	32.5	24.50
18	12	Savanovic, Aleksandar	IM	BIH	2354	5	49.5	39	25.50
19	34	Candian, Lorenzo		ITA	2208	5	46	35.5	24,00
20	29	Pegno, Mattia	FM	ITA	2243	5	45.5	36	22,25
21	22	Casadio, Niccolo`	FM	ITA	2275	5	45	34	22,00
22	23	Bouska, Jiri		CZE	2267	5	43.5	34.5	21,75
23	6	Marn, Jan	FM	SLO	2400	5	43	33.5	20,75
24	63	Weidenhoefer, Max	CM	GER	1987	5	41	31.5	20.50
25	37	Aarav, A	CM	IND	2186	5	40.5	31	18,75
26	32	Tejaswini, G	WIM	IND	2211	5	40	31.5	20.50
27	27	Perossa, Nicolas	FM	ITA	2259	5	34	26.5	16.50
28	60	Rossi, Gabriele Valerio		ITA	2007	4.5	43.5	34.5	20.50
29	64	Maglioni, Leonardo		ITA	1971	4.5	43.5	33.5	18,75
30	18	Javornik, Nik	FM	SLO	2300	4.5	43.5	33.5	17,25
31	21	Solomon, Kenny	GM	RSA	2277	4.5	43	34	18,00
32	38	Zoncu, Roberto Alessio		ITA	2165	4.5	42.5	33	19,25
33	35	Belli, Giorgio	FM	ITA	2205	4.5	41.5	32.5	19,25
34	19	Lekic, Dusan	IM	MNE	2287	4.5	39	30.5	17,75
35	54	Giraldi, Edoardo		ITA	2021	4.5	33.5	26.5	16,25
36	45	Mizzi, Jack	CM	MLT	2097	4	43	33	17,75
37	57	Dolas, Aarush	CM	IND	2015	4	42.5	32.5	17.50
38	33	Shefer, Uri	CM	FID	2210	4	40	31	13,75
39	20	Hercegovac, Neven	FM	ITA	2287	4	39	30.5	16.50
40	58	Schwan, Aaron		GER	2012	4	37.5	28.5	15.50
64 players

15) 34th North American Open 2024

The 34th North American Open took place 26th to 30th December 2024. Brian Escalante won with 7/9.

Event: 34th North American Open 2024
Place: Las Vegas
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Thu 26th Dec 2024
EndDate: Mon 30th Dec 2024
Website
Results

34th North American Open
Thu 26th Dec 2024
Mon 30th Dec 2024
Las Vegas
USA
9 Rounds.
Swiss

34th North American Open Las Vegas USA Thu 26th Dec 2024 - Mon 30th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	Prize
1	Escalante, Brian	GM	PER	2478	7	10300
2	Batista, Lazaro Bruzon	GM	USA	2580	6.5	1800
3	Burke, John Michael	GM	USA	2573	6.5	1800
4	Zhou, Jianchao	GM	USA	2572	6.5	1800
5	Stremavicius, Titas	GM	LTU	2567	6.5	1800
6	Wang, Justin	IM	USA	2527	6.5	1800
7	Marandi, Cemil Can Ali	GM	TUR	2513	6.5	1800
8	Mikaelyan, Arman	GM	ARM	2507	6.5	1800
9	Narayanan, Samrug	IM	USA	2413	6.5	1800
10	Silva, Lokumannage Susal Thew De	IM	SRI	2367	6.5	3000
11	Perez, Yasser Quesada	GM	CUB	2577	6	166.67
12	Liu, Yan	GM	CHN	2548	6	166.67
13	Heimann, Mark	IM	USA	2459	6	166.67
14	Yesuntumur, Tugstumur	FM	MGL	2378	6	1000
15	Xie, Bryan	FM	USA	2311	6	1000
16	Atwell, Rose	FM	USA	2169	6	1000
17	Daza, Emilio Cordova	GM	PER	2531	5.5
18	Cardoso, Jose Gabriel Cardoso	GM	COL	2516	5.5
19	Xiao, Tong(qd)	GM	CHN	2502	5.5
20	Omelja, Artem	GM	UKR	2419	5.5
21	Levine, Joseph	IM	USA	2391	5.5
22	Bitoon, Richard Balansag	GM	PHI	2374	5.5
23	Golubka, Petro	GM	UKR	2341	5.5
24	Liu, Eric Chang	IM	USA	2322	5.5
25	Lee, Megan	FM	USA	2294	5.5
26	Rostomyan, Mikayel	FM	ARM	2277	5.5
27	Tsegmed, Batchuluun	GM	MGL	2458	5
28	Sumiya, Chinguun	FM	MGL	2438	5
29	Vidyarthi, Vyom	IM	USA	2434	5
30	Frank, Adam	IM	CZE	2383	5
31	Lin, Bryan Enming	FM	USA	2359	5
32	Gurevich, Dmitry	GM	USA	2352	5
33	Wang, Tianqi	IM	USA	2339	5
34	Wang, Isaac	FM	USA	2335	5
35	Lee, Michael	IM	USA	2321	5
36	Hakobyan, Eduard		USA	2321	5
37	Sivakumar, Shaashwath	FM	USA	2293	5
38	Asencio, Jorge Nunez	CM	CUB	2284	5
39	Gutla, Aryan	FM	USA	2271	5
40	Amburgy, Ryan	FM	USA	2239	5
113 players

16) 54th Citta di Torino 2024-25

The 54th Citta di Torino took place 30th December 2024 to 6th January 2025. Alberto Barp won with 8.5/9. A couple of games per round are available.

Event: 54th Citta di Torino 2024-25
Place: Turin
CountryCode: ITA
StartDate: Mon 30th Dec 2024
EndDate: Mon 6th Jan 2025
Website
Results

54th Citta di Torino 2024
Mon 30th Dec 2024
Mon 6th Jan 2025
Turin
ITA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

54th Citta di Torino 2024 Turin ITA Mon 30th Dec 2024 - Mon 6th Jan 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Barp, Alberto	ITA	2444	8.5	42	0	41.5
2	2	Carnicelli, Valerio	ITA	2362	8	44	0	40.5
3	10	Garbezza, Davide	ITA	2050	5.5	43	0	25.5
4	3	Ustianovich, Nazar	SUI	2314	5	46.5	0	25
5	14	Sorcinelli, Francesco	ITA	1999	4.5	47.5	0	25.5
6	6	Costache, Andrei Eugeniu	ROU	2076	4.5	45.5	0	24.5
7	12	Gioseffi, Massimiliano	ITA	2017	4.5	40	0	21.5
8	13	Gola, Giorgio	ITA	2015	4.5	39	0	24
9	11	Lo Gatto, Riccardo	ITA	2046	4	41	0	20
10	5	Madiai, Federico	ITA	2193	4	34.5	0	22.5
11	9	Lizzul Coppe, Mirko	ITA	2065	3.5	38.5	0	19
12	7	Bergero, Simone	ITA	2074	3	39.5	0	16.5
13	8	Bringas Osuna, Ivan Jarek	MEX	2067	3	37	0	12
14	15	Catalano, Leonardo	ITA	1931	1.5	33.5	0	8.5
15	4	Montorsi, Matteo	ITA	2195	0	7.5	0	0
15 players

17) Hong Kong International Open 2024

The Hong Kong International Open took place 24th December 2024 to 2nd January 2025. Jinshi Bai won with 7/9.

Event: Hong Kong International Open 2024
Place: Hong Kong
CountryCode: HKG
StartDate: Tue 24th Dec 2024
EndDate: Thu 2nd Jan 2025
Website
Results

Hong Kong Open 2024
Tue 24th Dec 2024
Thu 2nd Jan 2025
Hong Kong
HKG
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Hong Kong Open 2024 Hong Kong HKG Tue 24th Dec 2024 - Thu 2nd Jan 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	Bai, Jinshi	GM	CHN	2551	7	0	3	47.5
2	1	Sethuraman, S.P.	GM	IND	2586	6.5	0	1	47.5
3	23	Li, Bo	IM	CHN	2183	6	0	4	44
4	6	Gorovets, Andrey	GM	BLR	2481	6	0	3	47
5	7	Priasmoro, Novendra	GM	INA	2445	6	0	2	46
6	12	Concio, Michael Jr.	IM	PHI	2373	6	0	2	41.5
7	14	Hafiz, Arif Abdul	IM	INA	2358	6	0	2	40.5
8	19	Jin, Yueheng	IM	CHN	2309	6	0	2	40
9	3	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy	GM	UKR	2546	6	0	1	48
10	9	Meng, Yihan		CHN	2402	6	0	1	46
11	17	Sriram, Jha	GM	IND	2318	6	0	1	40
12	16	Kojima, Shinya	IM	JPN	2326	5.5	0	3	42.5
13	41	Li, Yiheng	CM	HKG	1970	5.5	0	2	38.5
14	55	Jiang, Liu		CHN	1861	5.5	0	1	40
15	25	Cai, Songliang		CHN	2145	5.5	0	0	38
16	30	Dai, Cheng	FM	AUS	2100	5	0	4	41
17	10	Laohawirapap, Prin	IM	THA	2386	5	0	2	46
18	39	Shen, Fuyan		CHN	1980	5	0	2	40.5
19	21	Li, Xueyi	WGM	CHN	2225	5	0	1	45.5
20	4	Gordon, Stephen J	GM	ENG	2506	5	0	1	45.5
21	22	Nissinen, Niilo Man	CM	HKG	2190	5	0	1	36
22	48	Chen, Lvheng		CHN	1923	5	0	0	40
23	18	Villamayor, Buenaventura	GM	SGP	2313	5	0	0	39.5
24	28	Lam, Daniel King Wai	FM	HKG	2111	4.5	0	2	41
25	35	Yu, Shi		CHN	2063	4.5	0	2	38
26	68	Sung, Tze Shyan Evin		SGP	1807	4.5	0	2	36.5
27	36	Zuo, Junyu		CHN	2033	4.5	0	1	38.5
28	42	Kwong, Wing Ki		HKG	1968	4.5	0	1	37.5
29	26	Kao, Jamison Edrich	CM	HKG	2140	4.5	0	1	35
30	27	Zhou, Shumeng		CHN	2139	4.5	0	1	34
31	70	Xie, Chujun		CHN	1779	4.5	0	1	34
32	67	Sanjay, Vasu		SGP	1810	4.5	0	1	31.5
33	37	Zhang, Haoxuan		CHN	2002	4.5	0	1	31
34	49	Calica, Io Aristotle Nikolai	AGM	PHI	1921	4.5	0	0	36
35	65	Ren, Yibai		CHN	1831	4.5	0	0	33.5
36	34	Lam, Chun Yung Samuel	CM	HKG	2065	4	0	2	39
37	31	Leung, Hao Ran	AIM	HKG	2086	4	0	2	37.5
38	44	Hong, Mingren		CHN	1951	4	0	1	41
39	40	Xia, Jinnan		CHN	1979	4	0	0	37.5
40	38	Kannappan, Thanneermalai	CM	HKG	1983	4	0	0	37.5
71 players

18) 15th Calgary International 2024

The 15th Calgary International took place 26th to 30th December 2024. Razvan Preotu won with 7/9. Games may follow.

Event: 15th Calgary International 2024
Place: Calgary
CountryCode: CAN
StartDate: Thu 26th Dec 2024
EndDate: Mon 30th Dec 2024
Website
Results

15th Calgary Int 2024
Thu 26th Dec 2024
Mon 30th Dec 2024
Calgary
CAN
20 Players.
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

15th Calgary Int 2024 Calgary CAN Thu 26th Dec 2024 - Mon 30th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1
1	1	Preotu, Razvan	GM	CAN	2475	7	48
2	4	Keleberda, Tymur	FM	CAN	2296	6	48.5
3	3	Georgiev, Vladimir	GM	MKD	2388	6	48
4	5	Doknjas, John	FM	CAN	2280	6	40.5
5	10	Chandra, Anand Rishi		CAN	2162	5.5	50
6	6	Doknjas, Neil	CM	CAN	2262	5.5	44
7	8	Bahmani, Amir Mohammad		IRI	2191	5	48
8	2	Komarov, Dimitri	GM	UKR	2442	5	45
9	18	Alpuri, Aaqil		CAN	1962	5	38
10	7	Ng, Gary	FM	CAN	2217	5	37.5
11	17	Bai, Jinghui		CAN	1984	5	37
12	19	Darvekar, Yash		CAN	1876	4.5	40.5
13	11	Arruebarrena, Rafael	CM	VEN	2093	4.5	37
14	13	Vasic, Maxim		CAN	2044	3.5	40.5
15	12	Srinivasan, Hemant		CAN	2080	3.5	39.5
16	16	Haessel, Dale	FM	CAN	1987	2.5	35.5
17	15	Hoekman, Samuel		CAN	1992	2.5	33.5
18	14	Kostadinov, George		CAN	2043	2	35.5
19	9	Piasetski, Leon	IM	CAN	2179	2	31.5
20	20	Michalchuk, Avery		CAN	1809	0.5	17
20 players

19) Montreal Pere Noel Open 2024

The Montreal Pere Noel Open took place 27th to 30th December 2024. Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux edgedc out Richard Zheng on tie-break after both scored 4.5/5. Games may follow.

Event: Montreal Pere Noel Open 2024
Place: Montreal
CountryCode: CAN
StartDate: Fri 27th Dec 2024
EndDate: Mon 30th Dec 2024
Website
Results

Pere Noel Open 2024
Fri 27th Dec 2024
Mon 30th Dec 2024
Montreal
CAN
5 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Pere Noel Open 2024 Montreal CAN Fri 27th Dec 2024 - Mon 30th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn	CAN	2572	4.5	0	14	9.5
2	3	Zheng, Richard	CAN	2391	4.5	0	13.5	8.5
3	4	Duong, Thanh Nha	CAN	2311	4	0	13	8.5
4	1	Le Siege, Alexandre	CAN	2577	4	0	12.5	9.5
5	6	Guillemette, Hugo	CAN	2259	4	0	12	9.5
6	11	Zhang, Chu Hang	CAN	2183	3.5	0	13	11.5
7	8	Batorshyn, Ilia	CAN	2197	3.5	0	12	7.5
8	24	Marchand, Calix	CAN	1968	3.5	0	11	9.5
9	7	Clyde, Jordan	CAN	2258	3.5	0	11	9
10	17	Charaf, Bassel	LBN	2094	3.5	0	11	7
11	5	Kraiouchkine, Nikita	CAN	2307	3.5	0	10.5	9.5
12	29	Duval, Mathieu	CAN	1902	3.5	0	10.5	8
13	25	Deboosêre, Adam	ALG	1966	3.5	0	10	8.5
14	12	Genzling, Jérôme	FRA	2166	3.5	0	10	7.5
15	9	Wang, Derek	CAN	2190	3	0	11	10.5
16	16	Bergeron, Pascal	CAN	2100	3	0	11	8.5
17	30	Ramesan, Raunak Amit	CAN	1895	3	0	10	9
18	31	Bérubé, Maximilien	CAN	1893	3	0	9	8
19	23	Nassif, Aba	USA	1989	3	0	9	7.5
20	20	Turcotte, Jonathan	CAN	2027	3	0	9	7
21	26	Di Matteo, Alessio	CAN	1964	3	0	9	6
22	14	Constantin, David	FRA	2117	3	0	8	8.5
23	35	Jutras, Arnaud	CAN	1828	3	0	7	7
24	40	Liao, Minyan	CAN	1717	3	0	7	6
25	42	Zhang, Yitian	CAN	1710	3	0	7	5.5
26	27	Dudko, Andrii	UKR	1947	2.5	0	10	9.5
27	13	Mok, Yuen Tak	CAN	2147	2.5	0	10	8.5
28	19	Saine, Zachary	CAN	2075	2.5	0	9	9
29	10	Lin, Léo	CAN	2186	2.5	0	9	7.5
30	34	Guillemette, Thomas	CAN	1840	2.5	0	8	8.5
31	37	Cebria Oliveira, Gabriel	ESP	1777	2.5	0	7	8
32	28	Gagnon, Serge	CAN	1943	2.5	0	5.5	6
33	32	Gueorguiev, Valentin	CAN	1881	2.5	0	5	5.5
	56	Sairam, Amudan	CAN	1458	2.5	0	5	5.5
35	18	Taleb Mohamed, Abderrahim Mohamed	MTN	2093	2.5	0	5	4.5
36	21	Robichaud, Louis	CAN	2026	2	0	8	9
37	46	Iordanescu, Victor Nicolae	CAN	1658	2	0	7.5	7.5
38	22	Jiang, Baron Jiyu	CAN	2007	2	0	7.5	7
39	33	Atmani, Amine	ALG	1856	2	0	7	8.5
40	45	Yang, Jing Yao	CAN	1668	2	0	7	8
61 players

20) Muscat International Chess Championship 2024

The Muscat International Chess Championship took place 26th to 31st December 2024. Ortik Nigmatov won with 8/9.

Event: Muscat International Chess Championship 2024
Place: Muscat
CountryCode: OMA
StartDate: Thu 26th Dec 2024
EndDate: Tue 31st Dec 2024
Website
Results

Muscat International 2024
Thu 26th Dec 2024
Tue 31st Dec 2024
Muscat
OMA
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Muscat International 2024 Muscat OMA Thu 26th Dec 2024 - Tue 31st Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5	Nigmatov, Ortik	IM	UZB	2447	8	0	52	56.5
2	11	Wafa, Hamed	IM	EGY	2359	7.5	0	53.5	57.5
3	4	Fawzy, Adham	GM	EGY	2493	7.5	0	53.5	57
4	1	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	GM	UZB	2536	7.5	0	53	56
5	3	Gholami Orimi, Mahdi	GM	IRI	2507	7.5	0	50	54.5
6	2	Bellahcene, Bilel	GM	ALG	2531	7	0	50	55
7	7	Mosadeghpour, Masoud	GM	IRI	2419	7	0	48	52
8	12	Aziz, Husain	IM	QAT	2329	7	0	47	51.5
9	10	Kekelidze, Mikheil	GM	GEO	2380	7	0	47	51
10	13	Barsov, Alexei	GM	UZB	2324	7	0	44.5	49
11	18	Amirinasab, Abolfazl		IRI	2101	6.5	0	52	55.5
12	9	Poormosavi, Seyed Kian	IM	IRI	2381	6.5	0	49	53
13	36	Atharv, Bansal		IND	1896	6.5	0	48.5	51.5
14	19	Poormosavi, Seyed Kanan		IRI	2090	6.5	0	48	51.5
15	21	Velavaa, Ragavesh	CM	IND	2075	6.5	0	47.5	50.5
16	16	Wafa, Shrook	WGM	EGY	2110	6.5	0	47	52
17	8	Abdelnabbi, Imed	IM	EGY	2403	6.5	0	47	50
18	25	Shashish, Subbiah	AIM	IND	2009	6.5	0	46	50
19	14	Shreyas, Seshadri Nallore	FM	IND	2303	6.5	0	45	48
20	23	Nyland, Thomas		NOR	2019	6.5	0	40.5	44
21	24	Delavari, Behnood		IRI	2016	6	0	49.5	53
22	6	Orozbaev, Eldiyar	IM	KGZ	2420	6	0	48.5	51.5
23	20	Anas, Khwaira		JOR	2076	6	0	47.5	52
24	33	Napone, Emerson		PHI	1930	6	0	47.5	51
25	26	Kakavand, Ramtin	FM	IRI	2003	6	0	47	52
26	56	Baardeh, Tahmoores		IRI	1812	6	0	46.5	49.5
27	99	Mithran, Krishnakumar		IND	1630	6	0	45.5	49
28	17	Wafa, Shahenda	WGM	EGY	2101	6	0	44.5	48.5
29	27	Al-Takrori, Husam	AIM	PLE	1996	6	0	44	50
30	48	Al Kathiri, Mana	CM	OMA	1853	6	0	43.5	46.5
31	69	Al Hosni, Khalfan		OMA	1749	6	0	43	45.5
32	43	Medhat, Magdy		EGY	1875	6	0	42	46
33	55	Ali, Farhad Ali		IRQ	1814	6	0	41.5	45.5
34	34	Elobeid, Asim Ali	CM	SUD	1925	6	0	41	43.5
35	71	Al-Kuwari, Hamad	CM	QAT	1736	6	0	40.5	44.5
36	52	Said, Ahmed Ali Jidal Fadhil		OMA	1822	6	0	40.5	42.5
37	41	Dyar, Jaza Bakir		IRQ	1883	6	0	40	43
38	38	Aly, Talal		EGY	1893	6	0	39	42
39	42	Al Saidi, Mohammed Khalfan		OMA	1875	5.5	0	48.5	52.5
40	62	Balanandan, Ayyappan	ACM	IND	1779	5.5	0	46	48.5
207 players

21) Uhlenkoeper Open 2024

The Uhlenkoeper Open took place 27th to 31st December 2024. Jacek Stopa edged out Alexander Bagrationi on tie-break after both scored 7/9.

Event: Uhlenkoeper Open 2024
Place: Uelzen
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Fri 27th Dec 2024
EndDate: Tue 31st Dec 2024
Website
Results

Uhlenkoeper Open 2024
Fri 27th Dec 2024
Tue 31st Dec 2024
Uelzen
GER
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Uhlenkoeper Open 2024 Uelzen GER Fri 27th Dec 2024 - Tue 31st Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5	Stopa, Jacek	POL	2323	7	49.5	36.50	5
2	4	Bagrationi, Alexander	ISR	2384	7	47.5	35.50	5
3	2	Glek, Igor	BEL	2431	6.5	50	35,25	4
4	3	Parvanyan, Ashot	GER	2399	6.5	49	34,00	4
5	1	Stelmaszyk, Nico	GER	2403	6.5	48.5	35,75	5
6	7	von Estorff, Jacob	GER	2209	6	48	33,00	4
7	6	Bargsten, Justus	GER	2228	6	45	31,00	5
8	10	Bogomolow, Sergej	GER	2090	6	45	30,00	5
9	11	Askerov, Imamali	GER	2007	6	45	29,75	5
10	8	Weigand, Anton	GER	2092	6	44	29.50	5
11	18	Ritter, Uwe	GER	1898	6	37.5	23.50	6
12	15	Raddatz, Michael	GER	1927	6	36	23,00	6
13	12	Dehn, Marcus	GER	2053	5.5	43.5	24,25	5
14	14	Martin, Dennis	GER	2005	5.5	41.5	23.50	5
15	22	Harms, Friedjof	GER	1884	5.5	35	19,75	4
16	13	Tarasenko, Nazar	GER	2011	5	44.5	24.50	5
17	26	Bürgener, Richard	GER	1857	5	43.5	22,00	4
18	24	Bücklers, Martin	GER	1859	5	42	21,00	4
19	19	Leppert, Stefan	GER	1930	5	38.5	20,75	4
20	16	Wetterau, Nathanael	GER	1961	5	38	20,00	3
21	41	Wetterau, Jonathan	GER	1804	5	38	18,00	4
22	25	Payyappat, Sayas	IND	1823	5	37.5	19,75	4
23	57	Nyenhuis, Tarek	GER	0	5	34	19,00	4
24	47	Reimers, Malte	GER	1725	5	33.5	19,00	3
25	21	Nyenhuis, Yannek	GER	1943	4.5	42.5	22.50	2
26	30	Henschen, Patrick	GER	1825	4.5	42.5	20,75	3
27	31	Krüger, Daniel	GER	1858	4.5	41.5	20,25	4
28	23	Burnus, Finn Crispin	GER	1883	4.5	40	18,75	4
29	49	Oita-Dragota, Alexandru-Teodor	GER	1699	4.5	33.5	17,00	3
30	48	Tadje, Cassidy Jason	GER	1807	4.5	29	12.50	4
31	20	Wilk, Clemens	GER	1869	4	41.5	18,00	3
32	45	König, Felix	GER	1715	4	39	18,25	2
33	29	Jürgenpott, Maximilian	GER	1788	4	39	15,25	3
34	36	Westerhoff, Ralf	GER	1727	4	37	15,25	3
35	28	Sviridov, Vitaliy	GER	1778	4	37	12,00	4
36	32	Sova, Sergii	GER	1680	4	36.5	11,25	3
37	17	Fleischmann, Yannic	GER	1911	4	36	14,00	3
38	35	Labitzki, Marek	GER	1782	4	35	14,25	1
39	34	Könemann, Mika	GER	1647	4	34	13.50	4
40	42	Ziegler, Martin	GER	1705	4	32.5	12.50	4
57 players

22) XLIII Ludwika Zamenhofa Memorial 2024

The XLIII Ludwika Zamenhofa Memorial took place 27th to 31st December 2025. Giga Quparadze won with 7/9.

Event: XLIII Ludwika Zamenhofa Memorial 2024
Place: Bialystok
CountryCode: POL
StartDate: Fri 27th Dec 2024
EndDate: Tue 31st Dec 2024
Website
Results

43 Ludwika Zamenhofa Mem
Fri 27th Dec 2024
Tue 31st Dec 2024
Bialystok
POL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

43 Ludwika Zamenhofa Mem Bialystok POL Fri 27th Dec 2024 - Tue 31st Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Quparadze, Giga	GM	GEO	2537	7	38	47.5	36.5
2	Malek, Jan	IM	POL	2498	6.5	41	51.5	35.5
3	Klimkowski, Jan	IM	POL	2504	6.5	37.5	48	32.75
4	Jakubowski, Krzysztof	GM	POL	2442	6.5	37	47	33.25
5	Sowinski, Pawel	IM	POL	2435	6.5	35.5	45	30.25
6	Czernek, Tymon	FM	POL	2353	6.5	35	45	32.25
7	Lewtak, Damian	IM	POL	2359	6	39	50.5	31.5
8	Pidluznij, Gleb	FM	LTU	2422	6	37.5	48	30
9	Cukrowski, Filip	IM	POL	2403	6	36	46.5	29.75
10	Karolczuk, Iwo	FM	POL	2349	6	36	45.5	29.25
11	Rekuc, Patryk	k	POL	2264	6	34.5	44.5	27.5
12	Malisauskas, Vidmantas	GM	LTU	2315	6	33	41.5	25.25
13	Kucza, Karol	FM	POL	2346	6	28.5	35.5	24
14	Backiel, Hubert	k	POL	2260	5.5	37	45.5	23.5
15	Kokoszczynski, Jan	FM	POL	2307	5.5	34.5	43.5	23
16	Morchiashvili, Bachana	IM	GEO	2265	5.5	34	44	25.25
17	Kosakowski, Jakub	IM	POL	2539	5.5	32	41	24
18	Praczukowski, Stanislaw	k	POL	2130	5.5	30.5	38.5	22.5
19	Sliwicki, Damian	CM	POL	2172	5.5	29.5	37	20.75
20	Rudolf, Michal	FM	POL	2284	5	39	48.5	26.25
21	Szewczyk, Mariusz	k	POL	2171	5	39	47.5	23
22	Moczulski, Michal	I+	POL	1977	5	35.5	45	23
23	Suska, Szymon	I++	POL	2050	5	35	44.5	23
24	Baginskaite, Kamile	WGM	LTU	2091	5	34.5	43	19.25
25	Mulawa, Cyprian	FM	POL	2353	5	33	42.5	21.25
26	Dalkowski, Rafal	k	POL	2102	5	32.5	43	23
27	Kirtadze, Anastasia	WFM	GEO	2047	5	32	40.5	16.75
28	Janeczko, Jakub	m	POL	2326	5	32	40	19.75
29	Terkiewicz, Bruno	k	POL	2159	5	30.5	39.5	19
30	Szostko, Jakub	FM	POL	2220	5	30.5	39.5	17.5
31	Jasiulewicz, Dawid	k	POL	2174	5	29	37	19
32	Smetek, Michal	I++	POL	2157	5	27.5	35	19.25
33	Karut, Kacper	I+	POL	2115	4.5	37	48	24
34	Kulig, Pawel	I+	POL	2033	4.5	37	47	22.5
35	Flak, Pawel	k+	POL	2131	4.5	36.5	46	17.5
36	Kaganskiy, Gleb	FM	ISR	2219	4.5	34.5	44.5	20.25
37	Obrycki, Tomasz	I+	POL	1984	4.5	32.5	41	19.25
38	Lecki, Leonard	k+	POL	2091	4.5	32.5	40.5	16.25
39	Ryszkiewicz, Adam	I++	POL	1982	4.5	32.5	40	18.75
40	Radzimski, Antoni	CM	POL	2290	4.5	32	42	20.75
76 players

23) ch-Lower Saxony 2025

The Lower Saxony Championship took place 2nd to 5th January 2025. Christian Polster edged out Johannes Mettenheim on tie-break after both scored 5.5/7.

Event: ch-Lower Saxony 2025
Place: Verden an der Aller
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Thu 2nd Jan 2025
EndDate: Sun 5th Jan 2025
Website
Results

ch-Lower Saxony 2025
Thu 2nd Jan 2025
Sun 5th Jan 2025
Verden an der Aller
GER
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

ch-Lower Saxony 2025 Verden an der Aller GER Thu 2nd Jan 2025 - Sun 5th Jan 2025 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	+	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	Polster, Christian	FM	GER	2261	4	5.5	26.5	22
2	von Mettenheim, Johannes		GER	2345	5	5.5	24	16.75
3	Nechitaylo, Nikita	CM	GER	2239	3	5	25	16
4	Lammers, Markus	IM	GER	2296	5	5	20	13
5	Hampel, Felix	FM	GER	2334	4	4.5	28.5	15.25
6	Voege, Tobias	FM	GER	2301	3	4.5	24.5	13
7	Abel, Dennes	IM	GER	2374	3	4	28.5	12.75
8	Riemay, David	CM	GER	2243	3	4	23	9.75
9	Knuedel, Torben	FM	GER	2303	3	4	21.5	12.5
10	Giorgadze, Giorgi		GEO	2273	2	4	20.5	10.5
11	Bargsten, Justus	CM	GER	2238	2	4	20	13
12	Pubantz, Jan		GER	2339	3	4	19.5	10.25
13	Mueer, Sebastian		GER	2192	3	3.5	24	10.5
14	Peters, Tom		GER	2162	2	3.5	23.5	10.5
15	Stelmaszyk, Nico	FM	GER	2397	2	3.5	23.5	9
16	Lichtmannecker, Daniel	CM	GER	2176	3	3.5	22.5	8.5
17	Hoeffer, David	FM	GER	2322	3	3.5	22	7.75
18	Meiwes, Thore		GER	2120	2	3.5	21	9
19	Plischki, Sebastian	IM	GER	2323	1	3.5	20	9.5
20	Garbuszus, Juergen		GER	2068	3	3.5	18	7
21	Gaertner, Alessandro		GER	1970	2	3	18.5	4.5
22	Bruns, Kai-Christian		GER	2157	2	2.5	26.5	11.75
23	Wilmink, Anna	WCM	GER	2048	1	2.5	22.5	4.75
24	Payyappat, Sreyas	FM	IND	2115	1	2.5	21.5	5.25
25	Schiller, Jan-Hendrik		GER	1952	2	2.5	19.5	4
26	Kieselbach, Jannik		GER	1979	1	2.5	19	4
27	Drygala, Lars		GER	2067	1	2	24	7.5
28	ter Stal, Lars		GER	1815	1	2	23.5	7.25
29	Celik, Abdullah		GER	2032	0	2	19.5	3.75
30	de Vries, Carsten		GER	1898	0	1.5	19.5	3.5
30 players

24) 35th Staufer-Open 2025

The 35th Staufer-Open took place 2nd to 6th January 2025. Christopher Noe edged out N R Visakh, Bennet Hagner, Tobias Kolb, Spyridon Skembris, Teimur Toktomushev and Li Min Peng on tie-break after all scored 7/9.

Event: 35th Staufer-Open 2025
Place: Schwaebisch Gmuend
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Thu 2nd Jan 2025
EndDate: Mon 6th Jan 2025
Website
Results

35th Staufer-Open 2025
Thu 2nd Jan 2025
Mon 6th Jan 2025
Schwaebisch Gmuend
GER
9 Rounds.
Swiss

35th Staufer-Open 2025 Schwaebisch Gmuend GER Thu 2nd Jan 2025 - Mon 6th Jan 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1
1	2	Noe, Christopher	GER	2509	7	51.5
2	3	Visakh N R,	IND	2501	7	50
	8	Hagner, Bennet	GER	2407	7	50
4	15	Kolb, Tobias	GER	2342	7	48.5
5	31	Skembris, Spyridon	GRE	2264	7	47
6	33	Toktomushev, Teimur	SUI	2262	7	46.5
7	1	Peng, Li Min	SUI	2518	7	46
8	7	Dgebuadze, Alexandre	BEL	2414	6.5	50.5
9	24	Besou, Hussain	GER	2322	6.5	46
	43	Hasanov, Zaur	GER	2231	6.5	46
	44	Ferster, Fabian	LIE	2231	6.5	46
12	46	Sydykov, Bayastan	KGZ	2221	6.5	45.5
13	4	Korneev, Oleg	ESP	2486	6.5	44.5
	41	Herrmann, Jakob	GER	2234	6.5	44.5
15	48	Duong, Quang Bach	GER	2207	6.5	41.5
16	19	Velicka, Petr	CZE	2332	6.5	41
17	6	Lu, Miaoyi	CHN	2429	6	50
18	5	Gschnitzer, Adrian	GER	2442	6	49.5
19	9	Harshavardhan G B,	IND	2405	6	49
20	11	Stork, Oliver	GER	2396	6	47
21	71	Gut, Lionel	SUI	2152	6	46.5
22	17	Langheinrich, Ferenc	GER	2338	6	46
23	14	Vuckovic, Zarko	GER	2344	6	45.5
	21	Zeller, Frank	GER	2325	6	45.5
	26	Dolzhykova, Kateryna	GER	2299	6	45.5
26	12	Riehle, Marco	GER	2388	6	45
27	18	Ehmann, Thilo	GER	2332	6	44.5
	60	Czäczine, Anne	GER	2173	6	44.5
29	40	Ohler, Julius	GER	2235	6	44
30	55	Schellenberg, Simon	SUI	2191	6	43.5
31	74	Lübke, Florentin	GER	2146	6	42.5
	91	Stock, Jörg	GER	2101	6	42.5
	185	Rosenboom, Niko	GER	1971	6	42.5
34	23	Boder, Jan	GER	2324	6	42
	50	Albert, Markus	GER	2202	6	42
36	36	Schmitz, Thorsten	GER	2244	6	41
37	42	Lesny, Florian	GER	2232	6	39.5
	177	Zhang, Yibo	GER	1982	6	39.5
39	79	Gut, Raphael	SUI	2133	6	39
40	10	Senthil Maran K,	IND	2398	5.5	50.5
277 players

25) 41st Tim Just Winter Open 2025

The 41st Tim Just Winter Open took place 3rd to 5th January 2025. Ochirbat Lkhagvajamts and Augusto Cesar Campos shared first with 4.5/5.

Event: 41st Tim Just Winter Open 2025
Place: Schaumburg, IL
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Sat 4th Jan 2025
EndDate: Sun 5th Jan 2025
Website
Results

41st Tim Just Winter Open
Sat 4th Jan 2025
Sun 5th Jan 2025
Schaumburg, IL
USA
5 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

41st Tim Just Winter Open Schaumburg, IL USA Sat 4th Jan 2025 - Sun 5th Jan 2025 Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	Pts	Prize
1	Lkhagvajamts, Ochirbat	FM	MGL	2271	W32	W26	W7	W6	D3	4.5	900
1	Campos, Augusto Cesar	IM	CUB	2251	D17	W29	W33	W15	W5	4.5	900
3	Balakrishnan, Praveen	GM	USA	2491	D10	W36	W11	W22	D1	4	300
4	Abraham, John		USA	2170	W47	W9	W8	H---		4	300
5	Rao, Anjaneya Sripathy	CM	USA	2120	W20	D22	W37	W23	L2	3.5
6	Macenis, Audrius		LTU	2122	W42	W19	W34	L1	D8	3.5
7	Malladi, Sadkrith		USA	1985	W39	W41	L1	W10	D9	3.5
8	He, Alvin		USA	1992	W28	W50	L4	W34	D6	3.5
9	Yang, Andre		USA	1842	W54	L4	W50	W31	D7	3.5
10	Chen, Anthony Deyou		USA	1880	D3	W12	W16	L7	W22	3.5
11	Ramnath, Vrishank		USA	1883	W18	W31	L3	D17	W23	3.5
12	Szpisjak, Steven J		USA	1896	H---	b	w	b	w	3
13	Zheng, Marcus		USA	1994	W48	L34	D38	D20	W37	3
14	Velazquez, Kevin		USA	2038	L26	D32	W43	W41	D18	3
15	Khanbutaev, Artemii		USA	1985	W49	D27	W25	L2	D19	3
16	Mehrotra, Ekansh		USA	1978	D37	W46	L10	W28	H---	3
17	Dmitriev, Andrey		USA	1938	D2	D40	W29	D11	D21	3
18	Li, Aiden Linyuan		USA	1925	L11	W49	D28	W27	D14	3
19	Tikhomirov, Matthew		USA	1871	W45	L6	D39	W38	D15	3
20	Danilyan, Eduard		USA	1890	L5	D43	W51	D13	W31	3
21	Lee, Justin		USA	1861	D23	W24	L22	W33	D17	3
22	Huang, Ayden		USA	1927	W44	D5	W21	L3	L10	2.5
23	Dammann, Jorn		USA	1960	D21	W51	W27	L5	L11	2.5
24	Zheng, Lerui		USA	1828	D51	L21	D45	W46	D26	2.5
25	Silverstein, Jonathan		USA	1882	H---	w	b	w	b	2.5
26	Pjevic, Dario		USA	1926	W14	L1	L31	W45	D24	2.5
27	Kaur, Aradh	WFM	USA	1920	W52	D15	L23	L18	W44	2.5
28	Das, Debarghya		USA	1847	L8	W42	D18	L16	W41	2.5
29	Zhou, Ryan		USA	1698	B---	b	w	b	w	2.5
30	Menon, Rohan Dileep		USA	1770	D35	L25	D42	W47	D32	2.5
31	Wisniowski, Natalie	WCM	USA	1896	W43	L11	W26	L9	L20	2
32	Hanke, Harvey		USA	1912	L1	D14	D48	D44	D30	2
33	Feng, Jay		USA	1870	D40	W53	L2	L21	D39	2
34	Fei, Irene	WCM	USA	1799	W38	W13	L6	L8	U---	2
35	Cohen, Lawrence S		USA	1873	D30	L37	D44	W48	L12	2
36	Higuchi, Hiro		USA	1866	H---	w	b	w	b	2
37	Yu, Matthew		USA	1934	D16	W35	L5	D25	L13	2
38	Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan		USA	1816	L34	B---	w	b	w	2
39	Lavanur, Mahendra		USA	1830	L7	B---	b	w	b	2
40	Angelov, Angel Yosifov		BUL	2070	D33	D17	D41	U---		1.5
54 players

26) Basel Christmas Schachfestival 2024

The Basel Christmas Schachfestival took place 26th to 30th December 2024. Marco Materia took clear first with 7.5/9. There were just two games from the final two rounds published.

Event: Basel Christmas Schachfestival 2024
Place: Basel
CountryCode: SUI
StartDate: Thu 26th Dec 2024
EndDate: Mon 30th Dec 2024
Website
Results

Basel Christmas Open 2024
Thu 26th Dec 2024
Mon 30th Dec 2024
Basel
SUI
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Basel Christmas Open 2024 Basel SUI Thu 26th Dec 2024 - Mon 30th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	Materia Marco	IM	FRA	2471	7.5	45	49.5	2340
2	19	Toktomushev Teimur --	FM	SUI	2262	7	42.5	45.5	2296
3	5	Gschnitzer Adrian .	IM	GER	2446	6.5	48	51.5	2277
4	2	Vetokhin Savva	GM	FID	2502	6.5	47.5	50	2373
5	37	Hobson Kenneth	CM	ENG	2138	6.5	38	41	2223
6	4	Shchekachev Andrei	GM	FRA	2456	6	48	51.5	2318
7	8	Citak Selim	FM	TUR	2367	6	44.5	48	2300
8	11	Farokhi Keyvan	FM	GER	2338	6	43.5	47.5	2241
9	7	Zuferi Enis	FM	GER	2389	6	42.5	44.5	2208
10	10	Besou Hussain	FM	GER	2338	5.5	48	52.5	2271
11	1	Cornette Matthieu	GM	FRA	2533	5.5	43	48.5	2338
12	9	Fischer Daniel (CH)	IM	SUI	2345	5.5	43	45	2240
13	14	Gschiel Alexander	FM	AUT	2314	5.5	42.5	46	2171
14	16	Eilenberg Jonas	FM	GER	2304	5.5	42	46.5	2219
15	18	Heinrich John	FM	GER	2265	5.5	41	44.5	2216
16	57	Phatak Aanjaneya		IND	2064	5.5	39	42.5	2233
17	6	Stojanovic Mihajlo --	GM	SRB	2419	5	44.5	48	2244
18	30	Collin Moritz Valentin (CH)	FM	SUI	2177	5	44	46.5	2209
19	54	Kazantzoglou Stefanos	CM	GRE	2085	5	41	44.5	2282
20	47	Kappeler Kaspar (CH)	FM	SUI	2124	5	39.5	43	2265
21	24	Gemelli Romain (CH)		SUI	2219	5	38	41.5	2152
22	41	Gut Raphael (CH)		SUI	2133	5	38	41	2211
23	56	Payne Matthew J		ENG	2070	5	37.5	41	2239
24	48	Marzano Carlo		ITA	2122	5	37.5	41	2212
25	29	Chakrabarty Reyaansh	CM	AUS	2182	5	36	38	2138
26	25	Rempe Jonas	CM	GER	2209	5	35	37.5	2104
27	12	Kostov Deyan Samuil --	FM	BUL	2334	4.5	42.5	47	2265
28	22	Herrmann Jakob		GER	2234	4.5	41.5	44.5	2184
29	42	Chen Meng Boon Marcus		SGP	2131	4.5	40.5	44.5	2288
30	65	Federer Colin (CH)		SUI	1910	4.5	40	44	2161
31	33	Mueller Magnus	CM	GER	2166	4.5	37	39.5	2187
32	45	Yash Abhijit Patil	AIM	IND	2126	4.5	36.5	40	2254
33	28	Villiers Thomas	CM	ENG	2193	4.5	36.5	39.5	2150
34	23	Ciolek Andreas	FM	GER	2219	4.5	35.5	38.5	2144
35	17	Sanchez Saez Francisco	FM	ESP	2289	4.5	35	39.5	2150
36	35	Gut Lionel (CH)		SUI	2152	4.5	35	38	2114
37	32	Schnell Simon (CH)		SUI	2167	4.5	35	38	2067
38	60	Pollack Oscar		ENG	2030	4.5	34	36.5	2190
39	50	Patole Noam .		FRA	2094	4.5	31	35.5	2125
40	58	Nguyen Thu Giang	WFM	AUS	2049	4	37	39.5	2163
65 players

27) TCEC Season 27 2024

TCEC Season 27 the main computer engine championship just concluded. Stockfish dominated both the Premier Division and the final against LCZero.

Event: TCEC Season 27 2024
Place: tcec-chess.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Tue 26th Nov 2024
EndDate: Fri 3rd Jan 2025
Website
Results

TCEC 27 Premier 2024
Tue 26th Nov 2024
Fri 3rd Jan 2025
tcec-chess.com
INT
8 Players.
56 Rounds.
8RR
Time Control: 60m+7spm

TCEC 27 Premier 2024 tcec-chess.com INT Tue 26th Nov 2024 - Fri 3rd Jan 2025 Leading Final Round 56 Standings:
Rk	Name	Rtg	Gms	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts
1	Stockfish dev-20241122-b7f17346	3677	56	********	1½½½1½1½	½1½1½1½1	10½½½½½½	½1½101½1	½1½1½1½1	1½1½1½1½	½1½1½1½1	39
2	LCZero 0.31-dag-4167c1e-BT4-6147500-it332	3648	56	0½½½0½0½	********	½½½½1½10	½½101½1½	½1½½½101	½1½1½1½1	1½10½½1½	½1½11½½1	34
3	Berserk 20241119	3589	56	½0½0½0½0	½½½½0½01	********	½½0101½½	1½1½½½10	½0½½½½1½	½10½½½½1	½1½1½1½1	29
4	Obsidian 14.06	3555	56	01½½½½½½	½½010½0½	½½1010½½	********	0101½½0½	½½1½½½½0	½½½½½0½½	1½1½1½1½	28
5	KomodoDragon 3.3	3583	56	½0½010½0	½0½½½010	0½0½½½01	1010½½1½	********	01½½01½½	01½1½1½½	1½1½1½10	27.5
6	Ethereal 14.40	3545	56	½0½0½0½0	½0½0½0½0	½1½½½½0½	½½0½½½½1	10½½10½½	********	½½½½½1½½	½01½1½1½	25.5
7	Caissa 1.21.2	3545	56	0½0½0½0½	0½01½½0½	½01½½½½0	½½½½½1½½	10½0½0½½	½½½½½0½½	********	1½½½½½½0	23.5
8	Seer 20241122	3542	56	½0½0½0½0	½0½00½½0	½0½0½0½0	0½0½0½0½	0½0½0½01	½10½0½0½	0½½½½½½1	********	17.5
8 players

TCEC 27 Superfinal 2024
Tue 26th Nov 2024
Fri 3rd Jan 2025
tcec-chess.com
INT
2 Players.
100 Rounds.
Match
Time Control: 120m+10spm

TCEC 27 Superfinal 2024 tcec-chess.com INT Tue 26th Nov 2024 - Fri 3rd Jan 2025 Leading Final Round 100 Standings:
Rk	Name	Rtg	Gms	+	-	=	Pts
1	Stockfish dev-20241208-cf10644	3683	88	31	-18	=39	50.5
2	LCZero 0.31-dag-f7fb268-BT4-61	3652	88	18	-31	=39	37.5
2 players

28) 6th SCO Int Team 2024-25

The 6th SCO Int Team took place in Harbin, China. Belarus won this rapid team event. I believe SCO stands for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

Event: 6th SCO Int Team 2024-25
Place: Harbin
CountryCode: CHN
StartDate: Tue 31st Dec 2024
EndDate: Thu 2nd Jan 2025
Website
Results

6th SCO Int Team 2024-25
Tue 31st Dec 2024
Thu 2nd Jan 2025
Harbin
CHN
11 Rounds.
League
Time Control: 15m+10spm

6th SCO Int Team 2024-25 Harbin CHN Tue 31st Dec 2024 - Thu 2nd Jan 2025 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Belarus	*	1	½	1½	1½	2	2	2	2	2	2	17	16.5	0
2	China Shanghai	1	*	1½	1	1	1½	1½	2	2	2	2	17	15.5	0
3	Russia	1½	½	*	1	½	1	2	1½	2	2	2	14	14	0
4	China	½	1	1	*	2	1	1	1½	1½	2	2	14	13.5	0
5	Kazakhstan	½	1	1½	0	*	1	1½	2	1½	1	2	13	12	0
6	Mongolia	0	½	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	2	1½	10	10	0
7	China Heilongjiang	0	½	0	1	½	1	*	1	2	2	2	9	10	0
8	Pakistan	0	0	½	½	0	1	1	*	1½	2	2	8	8.5	0
9	Iran	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	*	1	2	4	5.5	0
10	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	*	½	2	2.5	0
11	Nepal	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1½	*	2	2	0
11 players

29) Pan-American Intercollegiate 2025

The Pan-American Intercollegiate took place 2nd to 5th January 2025. University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley (A) won with 6/6 ahead of University of Texas at Dallas (B), Saint Louis University (A) and Webster University (A). These teams progress to the Final Four of College Chess (President's Cup). I couldn't find a venue or date but that may not have been decided yet.

Event: Pan-American Intercollegiate 2025
Place: Charlotte
CountryCode: USA
StartDate: Thu 2nd Jan 2025
EndDate: Sun 5th Jan 2025
Website
Results

Pan-Am Intercollegiate
Thu 2nd Jan 2025
Sun 5th Jan 2025
Charlotte
USA
6 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Pan-Am Intercollegiate Charlotte USA Thu 2nd Jan 2025 - Sun 5th Jan 2025 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk	Team	Name	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	UTRGV_A	University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley (A)	2606	W31 [3.0]	W11 [3.0]	W2 [3.0]	W5 [2.5]	W4 [2.5]	W7 [3.5]	6	69.75	17.5	21.5
2	UTD_B	University of Texas at Dallas (B)	2538	W33 [2.5]	W20 [3.0]	L1 [1.0]	W25 [3.5]	W5 [2.5]	W8 [2.5]	5	51.75	15	20
3	SLU_A	Saint Louis University (A)	2590	W14 [3.5]	W25 [3.5]	D12 [2.0]	D6 [2.0]	D7 [2.0]	W19 [4.0]	4.5	59.75	17	18.5
4	WEBSTER_A	Webster University (A)	2632	W19 [3.0]	W35 [4.0]	W8 [2.5]	D7 [2.0]	L1 [1.5]	W12 [3.0]	4.5	56	16	21
5	TTU_A	Texas Tech University (A)	2572	W16 [4.0]	W13 [3.5]	W6 [2.5]	L1 [1.5]	L2 [1.5]	W15 [3.0]	4	63.25	16	22
6	MIZZOU_A	University of Missouri - Mizzou (A)	2653	W18 [3.5]	W10 [3.5]	L5 [1.5]	D3 [2.0]	W13 [3.5]	D9 [2.0]	4	61.5	16	20
7	UTD_A	University of Texas at Dallas (A)	2589	W24 [3.0]	W23 [4.0]	W9 [2.5]	D4 [2.0]	D3 [2.0]	L1 [0.5]	4	52	14	22
8	STANFORD_A	Stanford University (A)	2570	W28 [3.5]	W32 [4.0]	L4 [1.5]	W12 [2.5]	W10 [2.5]	L2 [1.5]	4	51.75	15.5	19.5
9	YALE	Yale University	2502	W40 [4.0]	W21 [2.5]	L7 [1.5]	D13 [2.0]	W20 [3.0]	D6 [2.0]	4	43.5	15	17.5
10	UMBC	University of Maryland at Baltimore County	2387	W43 [3.5]	L6 [0.5]	W15 [4.0]	W32 [3.0]	L8 [1.5]	W23 [3.0]	4	42	15.5	17
11	WEBSTER_B	Webster University (B)	2300	W39 [2.5]	L1 [1.0]	L18 [1.0]	W30 [4.0]	W21 [3.5]	W22 [2.5]	4	41.25	14.5	18
12	UCHICAGO_A	University of Chicago (A)	2505	W26 [3.0]	W17 [3.0]	D3 [2.0]	L8 [1.5]	W18 [4.0]	L4 [1.0]	3.5	53	14.5	20
13	UTORONTO_A	University of Toronto (A)	2272	W37 [3.5]	L5 [0.5]	W24 [3.0]	D9 [2.0]	L6 [0.5]	W33 [4.0]	3.5	38	13.5	17.5
14	UTD_D	University of Texas at Dallas (D)	2195	L3 [0.5]	W42 [3.5]	D23 [2.0]	L20 [1.0]	W26 [3.5]	W27 [3.0]	3.5	34.5	13.5	16
15	SLU_B	Saint Louis University (B)	2354	D27 [2.0]	W30 [2.5]	L10 [0.0]	W21 [3.5]	W17 [2.5]	L5 [1.0]	3.5	34.5	11.5	17
16	UCI	University of California Irvine	2136	L5 [0.0]	D37 [2.0]	W29 [3.5]	D23 [2.0]	W32 [2.5]	D18 [2.0]	3.5	32	12	15.5
17	MIZZOU_B	University of Missouri - Mizzou (B)	2259	W44 [3.5]	L12 [1.0]	D30 [2.0]	W33 [4.0]	L15 [1.5]	W28 [2.5]	3.5	30	14.5	14.5
18	BROWN	Brown University	2202	L6 [0.5]	W43 [4.0]	W11 [3.0]	W35 [2.5]	L12 [0.0]	D16 [2.0]	3.5	30	12	17
19	STANFORD_B	Stanford University (B)	2200	L4 [1.0]	D29 [2.0]	W27 [3.0]	W28 [2.5]	W35 [2.5]	L3 [0.0]	3.5	28.25	11	16.5
20	UIUC_A	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (A)	2269	W41 [3.5]	L2 [1.0]	D28 [2.0]	W14 [3.0]	L9 [1.0]	D24 [2.0]	3	35.75	12.5	18
21	UPENN_A	University of Pennsylvania (A)	2254	W34 [3.5]	L9 [1.5]	W26 [3.5]	L15 [0.5]	L11 [0.5]	W35 [3.0]	3	35	12.5	17
22	UCLA_A	University of California Los Angeles - Team A	2215	L30 [1.5]	W27 [3.0]	L35 [0.0]	W40 [3.5]	W25 [3.5]	L11 [1.5]	3	33	13	14
23	UNC_A	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A)	2273	W36 [3.5]	L7 [0.0]	D14 [2.0]	D16 [2.0]	W31 [3.0]	L10 [1.0]	3	32.5	11.5	17.5
24	UCSD	University of California SD	2167	L7 [1.0]	W36 [3.5]	L13 [1.0]	D39 [2.0]	W29 [2.5]	D20 [2.0]	3	29.75	12	15
25	HARVARD	Harvard University	2299	W42 [4.0]	L3 [0.5]	W31 [3.0]	L2 [0.5]	L22 [0.5]	W36 [3.0]	3	25.75	11.5	17
26	UTAH_A	University of Utah (A)	2041	L12 [1.0]	W44 [4.0]	L21 [0.5]	W42 [3.0]	L14 [0.5]	W40 [2.5]	3	15	11.5	13
27	UTEXAS_A	University of Texas at Austin	2023	D15 [2.0]	L22 [1.0]	L19 [1.0]	W36 [3.0]	W30 [3.0]	L14 [1.0]	2.5	30.5	11	16
28	GATECH_A	Georgia Institute of Technology (A)	2130	L8 [0.5]	W38 [3.5]	D20 [2.0]	L19 [1.5]	W41 [3.0]	L17 [1.5]	2.5	30	12	16
29	UTORONTO_B	University of Toronto (B)	1980	L35 [1.5]	D19 [2.0]	L16 [0.5]	W37 [3.5]	L24 [1.5]	W41 [3.5]	2.5	28.5	12.5	14
30	UMN	University of Minnesota	1691	W22 [2.5]	L15 [1.5]	D17 [2.0]	L11 [0.0]	L27 [1.0]	W39 [3.0]	2.5	26.75	10	16.5
31	SLU_C	Saint Louis University (C)	2196	L1 [1.0]	W39 [3.5]	L25 [1.0]	W43 [3.5]	L23 [1.0]	D32 [2.0]	2.5	25.75	12	16
32	NWU_A	Northwestern University (A)	2270	W38 [3.5]	L8 [0.0]	W40 [3.0]	L10 [1.0]	L16 [1.5]	D31 [2.0]	2.5	25.75	11	16
33	WUSTL_A	Washington University in St. Louis (A)	2069	L2 [1.5]	D41 [2.0]	W37 [3.5]	L17 [0.0]	W39 [3.0]	L13 [0.0]	2.5	22	10	15.5
34	UCLA_B	University of California Los Angeles - Team B	1471	L21 [0.5]	L40 [1.0]	L36 [1.0]	W44 [3.0]	D37 [2.0]	W42 [2.5]	2.5	12.75	10	10
35	UTD_C	University of Texas at Dallas (C)	2304	W29 [2.5]	L4 [0.0]	W22 [4.0]	L18 [1.5]	L19 [1.5]	L21 [1.0]	2	31.75	10.5	17.5
36	GATECH_C	Georgia Institute of Technology (C)	1952	L23 [0.5]	L24 [0.5]	W34 [3.0]	L27 [1.0]	W43 [3.0]	L25 [1.0]	2	19	9	14
37	STANFORD_C	Stanford University (C)	1924	L13 [0.5]	D16 [2.0]	L33 [0.5]	L29 [0.5]	D34 [2.0]	W44 [2.5]	2	16.25	8	14.5
38	TTU_B	Texas Tech University (B)	1917	L32 [0.5]	L28 [0.5]	L39 [1.5]	L41 [1.5]	W44 [2.5]	W43 [2.5]	2	9.5	9	9
39	UIUC_B	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (B)	1968	L11 [1.5]	L31 [0.5]	W38 [2.5]	D24 [2.0]	L33 [1.0]	L30 [1.0]	1.5	23.25	8.5	14.5
40	ASU_A	Arizona State University (A)	2039	L9 [0.0]	W34 [3.0]	L32 [1.0]	L22 [0.5]	D42 [2.0]	L26 [1.5]	1.5	19	8	15
44 players

30) Titled Tuesday Blitz 31st Dec 2024

Titled Tuesday Blitz has two sections called early and late. The 31st December events saw Jose Martinez win the early and Liem Le win the late.

Titled Tue 31st Dec Early

Tue 31st Dec 2024

chess.com

INT

11 Rounds.

Swiss

Time Control: 3m+1spm

Titled Tue 31st Dec Early chess.com INT Tue 31st Dec 2024 - Tue 31st Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	15	Jose Martinez	GM	MEX	3046	W163W	W490B	W84W	D22B	W43W	W63W	W20B	W2B	D18W	W10B	D4W	9.5	79.5	82.5	69.75
2	9	Dmitry Andreikin	GM	MDV	3112	W388W	W119B	D424W	W80B	W22W	W103W	W427B	L1W	W41B	W8W	W12B	9.5	76	78	65
3	18	Oleksandr Bortnyk	GM	USA	3031	W145B	W69W	W542B	W79W	L6B	W181W	W112W	W426B	D12W	W55B	W16B	9.5	72	74	60.75
4	28	Sam Shankland	GM	USA	3053	W195B	W237W	W436B	W65W	D430W	D47B	W37W	W134B	W21W	W18B	D1B	9.5	71	76	64.5
5	72	Quoc Hy Nguyen	FM	VNM	2924	W667B	W170W	W431B	L18W	W69B	W30W	W19B	L8B	W137W	W35W	W24B	9	74	74	57
6	69	Conrad Holt	GM	USA	2949	W551W	W95B	W489W	W437B	W3W	W21W	W23B	L18W	L16B	W425B	W19W	9	72.5	74.5	58
7	3	Anish Giri	GM	NLD	3150	W604W	W362B	L443W	W85B	W102W	W26B	W66B	W13W	L8B	W14W	W21W	9	70.5	71.5	57.5
8	30	Francesco Sonis	GM	ITA	3000	W586B	L491W	W238B	W117W	W476B	W71W	W47B	W5W	W7W	L2B	W26W	9	68	69.5	57
9	29	Aravindh Chithambaram	GM	IND	3008	W605W	W603B	W102W	D38B	W439W	D430B	W245W	W23B	L10W	W64B	W18W	9	63.5	64.5	48.5
10	77	Thomas Beerdsen	GM	NLD	2917	W555W	W541B	W536B	L19W	W491B	W133W	W135W	W428B	W9B	L1W	W46W	9	59	61	43.5
11	4	Rudik Makarian	IM	RUS	3138	W410B	W606W	W538B	L432W	L15B	W482W	W94W	W103B	W115W	W63B	W28W	9	55.5	55.5	41.5
12	42	Anton Demchenko	GM	SVN	2988	W632B	W156W	W55B	D433W	W52B	W44B	D16W	W35W	D3B	W13W	L2W	8.5	78	79	57.75
13	12	Bogdan Daniel Deac	GM	ROU	3093	W455B	W75W	W71B	W58W	D63B	W56W	W14B	L7B	W20W	L12B	W48W	8.5	77.5	82	61
14	32	Egor Baskakov	CM	RUS	2963	W155B	W88W	W15B	W443B	D44W	W25B	L13W	W432B	W46W	L7B	W51W	8.5	75	80	58.75
15	147	Panagiotis Hristodoulou	IM	GRC	2778	W298W	W376B	L14W	W456B	W11W	L426W	D136B	W108W	W104B	W105B	W41W	8.5	65.5	68	50
16	1	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	GM	UZB	3170	U--	W556B	W592W	W237B	W106B	W65W	D12B	W36W	W6W	W32B	L3W	8.5	63.5	65	51.25
17	178	Richard Pert	IM	GBR	2740	W299W	W565B	D105W	L27W	W184B	W455W	L63B	W196W	W58W	W135B	W45B	8.5	62	64	45.75
18	1	Hikaru Nakamura	GM	USA	3295	W192W	W167B	W429W	W5B	W41W	D20B	W32W	W6B	D1B	L4W	L9B	8	81.5	87	59.75
19	8	Daniel Naroditsky	GM	USA	3094	W721B	W435W	W51B	W10B	L20W	W433B	L5W	W82B	W74W	W36W	L6B	8	75.5	75.5	49.5
20	58	Ethan Sheehan	NM	USA	2941	W373B	W539W	W91B	W39W	W19B	D18W	L1W	W67B	L13B	D43W	W82B	8	73	75	49.25
21	37	Federico Perez Ponsa	GM	ARG	2946	W203W	W199B	W114W	W181B	W449W	L6B	W81W	W61W	L4B	W57W	L7B	8	72.5	77	49.5
22	79	Mihnea Costachi	IM	ROU	2874	W411W	W190B	W142W	D1W	L2B	D113W	W75B	W98B	L30W	W157B	W64W	8	72	72	46.5
23	52	Hamidreza Ebrahimi Herab	FM	IRN	2920	W228B	W78W	W139B	W92W	W458W	W36B	L6W	L9W	L57B	W430W	W93B	8	71.5	75.5	50
24	20	Mitrabha Guha	GM	IND	2968	L220B	W622W	W145B	W77W	W114B	L429W	W59B	W92W	W73W	W39B	L5W	8	69	70	50
25	254	Nikolai Vlassov	IM	INT	2641	D260B	W642W	W34B	W50W	W104B	L14W	L45B	D111W	W245W	W71B	W76B	8	68.5	69.5	47.75
26	91	Alvar Alonso Rosell	GM	ESP	2837	W250W	W187B	L449W	W545B	W170W	L7W	W127B	W431W	W61B	W29W	L8B	8	67	69	46.5
27	57	Arseniy Nesterov	GM	INT	2926	W212W	D581B	W583W	W17B	W111W	L32W	W129B	W42B	L425W	D38B	W84W	8	66	67.5	47.75
28	36	Iniyan P	GM	IND	2957	W221B	W159W	L44B	L90W	W519W	W160B	W322W	W93B	W430B	W31W	L11B	8	65.5	68	44.5
29	17	Pranesh M	GM	INT	3026	W191W	W482B	D109W	D72B	L64W	W504B	W113W	W71B	W424W	L26B	W74W	8	65	68	46.25
30	231	Vo Quoc Bao Tran	NM	VNM	2669	W568W	L33B	W300W	W537W	W79B	L5B	W443W	W47W	W22B	L46B	W86W	8	65	67	42.5
31	256	Yang, Kaiqi	GM	CAN	2642	W407B	L45W	W230B	L68W	W235B	W70B	W463W	W81B	W42W	L28B	W79W	8	65	65	42.5
32	21	Christopher Woojin Yoo	GM	TUV	3015	W668W	W547B	W67W	W493B	D432W	W27B	L18B	W45W	W43B	L16W	D37B	8	65	65	41.75
33	40	Konstantin Popov	FM	INT	2960	W152B	W30W	L64B	W154W	D183B	W453W	D439B	L430W	W437B	W67W	W81B	8	63	67.5	49.25
34	83	Aleksandr Usov	FM	TCA	2835	D148W	W661B	L25W	L452B	W446W	W205W	W198B	W110W	W106B	D40B	W83W	8	62.5	63	43.5
35	5	Pranav V	GM	IND	3099	W389W	L476B	W470W	W88B	W496W	W443B	W126W	L12B	W429W	L5B	W55W	8	60	62	41
36	95	Abtin Atakhan	IM	IRN	2846	W223W	W454B	W528W	W492W	W460B	L23W	W440B	L16B	W77W	L19B	W94W	8	60	62	37.5
37	86	Zbigniew Pakleza	GM	POL	2872	W150B	W607W	W529B	L460B	W448W	W220W	L4B	D435W	W62W	W54B	D32W	8	60	61	40.75
38	93	Alexei Kornev	GM	RUS	2821	W584W	W627B	W259W	D9W	L427B	L110B	W271W	W129W	W435B	D27W	W78B	8	60	61	39.5
39	148	Sim Maerevoet	IM	BEL	2782	W669B	W395W	W537B	L20B	W146W	W40B	L134W	W66W	W135B	L24W	W63W	8	59.5	59.5	37.5
40	46	Sergei Zhigalko	GM	INT	2924	L595B	W349W	W221B	W539W	W489B	L39W	W461B	D436W	W125B	D34W	W72B	8	52	53.5	37.25
727 players

Titled Tue 31st Dec Late
Tue 31st Dec 2024
Tue 31st Dec 2024
chess.com
INT
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+1spm

Titled Tue 31st Dec Late chess.com INT Tue 31st Dec 2024 - Tue 31st Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	15	Liem Le	GM	VNM	3072	W384W	W276B	W28W	W246B	W235W	D3B	W9B	W2W	W4W	D6B	W5W	10	74	74	65
2	1	Nihal Sarin	GM	CHL	3205	W80W	W247B	W13W	W36B	L7W	W24B	W23W	L1B	W55W	W8B	W14W	9	78	82.5	64
3	6	Amin Tabatabaei	GM	IRN	3118	W65B	W134W	W290B	W26W	W232B	D1W	W8W	L4B	W16W	W10B	D6W	9	78	80.5	62
4	7	Daniel Naroditsky	GM	USA	3094	W385W	W256B	W77W	W272B	W48W	W7B	W6W	W3W	L1B	L5B	W21W	9	73.5	73.5	54.5
5	10	Oleksandr Bortnyk	GM	USA	3031	W234B	W106W	W274B	W16W	L15B	W253B	W236W	W26W	W9B	W4W	L1B	9	72	75	57
6	9	Bogdan Daniel Deac	GM	ROU	3093	W120W	W258B	W233W	W236B	W240W	W15B	L4B	W232W	W230B	D1W	D3B	9	70.5	74.5	56
7	22	Bojan Maksimović	IM	BIH	2983	W89B	W108W	W85B	W19W	W2B	L4W	W15W	L16B	W13W	W28B	D11B	8.5	78	83.5	62.25
8	11	Benjamin Bok	GM	NLD	3084	W43W	W40B	W57W	W38B	W239W	D9W	L3B	W22B	W25W	L2W	W33B	8.5	77	82	59.75
9	4	Rudik Makarian	IM	RUS	3138	W52B	W79W	W253B	W251W	W252W	D8B	L1W	W24B	L5W	W48B	W18W	8.5	71	75	51.75
10	12	Reza Mahdavi	FM	IRN	3068	W101B	W98W	D289B	W292W	L23B	W61W	W239B	W34W	W30B	L3W	W29W	8.5	64	66.5	48.75
11	2	Aleksei Sarana	GM	SRB	3101	L49B	W141W	W153B	L237W	W293W	W99B	W58W	W77B	W15W	W230B	D7W	8.5	62	64.5	48.25
12	28	Hamidreza Ebrahimi Herab	FM	IRN	2920	D103B	W143W	L76B	W113W	W291W	L123B	W149W	W247B	W60W	W62B	W23W	8.5	56	58.5	44.75
13	56	Harshavardhan GB	IM	IND	2825	W150B	W100W	L2B	W280W	W67B	W14B	L25W	W45W	L7B	W76W	W43B	8	69.5	72.5	47.5
14	8	Jose Martinez	GM	MEX	3046	W155B	W297W	W84B	L240W	W27B	L13W	W98B	W19W	W38W	W41B	L2B	8	67	69.5	47.5
15	54	Egor Koshulyan	FM	ARM	2839	W353B	W191W	W78W	W181B	W5W	L6W	L7B	W237W	L11B	W54B	W53W	8	66.5	67.5	41.5
16	50	Santiago Avila Pavas	GM	INT	2855	W158B	W336W	W189W	L5B	W276W	W243B	W32W	W7W	L3B	L18B	W46W	8	64	65	39
17	55	Daniil Plyasunov	FM	RUS	2816	W74W	W281B	W203W	D24W	D55B	W122W	L232B	W47W	L18W	W50B	W39W	8	63.5	65.5	44.5
18	19	Faustino Oro	IM	ARG	2972	W95W	L271B	W213W	W72B	D85W	W35B	D123W	W239W	W17B	W16W	L9B	8	63.5	64.5	47.5
19	75	Antoni Kozak	NM	POL	2821	W399B	W307W	W245B	L7B	W39W	L230B	W119W	L14B	W241W	W78B	W41W	8	60	60	36.5
20	52	Maksym Dubnevych	FM	UKR	2812	D146B	D142W	W127B	W320B	W59W	L231W	L237B	W119B	W81W	W42B	W47W	8	57.5	59.5	43
21	26	Konstantin Popov	FM	INT	2960	W73B	W248W	W278B	L239W	L75B	W189W	W260B	W238W	W233B	W231W	L4B	8	56	59	39
22	25	Arman Mikaelyan	GM	USA	2933	D212W	L293B	W371B	W186W	W295B	W247W	W235B	L8W	W56B	D27W	W26B	8	49.5	50	34.5
23	47	Barad Yeganegi	FM	IRN	2848	D142W	W146B	W68W	W291B	W10W	D30W	L2B	D75B	W59W	W25B	L12B	7.5	69	71.5	45
24	21	Marco Materia	IM	FRA	2961	W283W	W59B	W275W	D17B	W76W	L2W	W56B	L9W	W236B	L26B	W71W	7.5	67	70	41
25	27	Ethan Sheehan	NM	USA	2941	W90W	W345B	W82W	L235B	W278W	W28W	W13B	D30W	L8B	L23W	W62W	7.5	66	67	41.75
26	41	Miłosz Szpar	IM	POL	2881	W357W	W206B	W64W	L3B	W53B	W256W	W75W	L5B	D62B	W24W	L22W	7.5	65.5	66.5	37.25
27	77	Aleksandra Goryachkina	GM	RUS	2770	L83B	W171W	W116B	W65W	L14W	D101B	W107W	W100B	W37W	D22B	D31B	7.5	65	69	44.5
28	79	Denis Kovalev	IM	UKR	2785	W141B	W354W	L1B	W161W	W274W	L25B	W92W	W32B	W232B	L7W	D34B	7.5	64.5	65.5	35.75
29	32	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	GM	VNM	2893	W116B	D76W	L99W	W103B	L66W	W285B	W68W	W58B	W235W	W30W	L10B	7.5	63	66	42.5
30	5	Dmitry Andreikin	GM	MDV	3112	D369W	W175B	W285W	W289B	W34W	D23B	W31W	D25B	L10W	L29B	W56W	7.5	61.5	62	38.25
31	44	Egor Lashkin	FM	MDA	2857	L137B	W269W	W89B	W100W	W98B	W248W	L30B	W76W	L231W	W75B	D27W	7.5	60.5	64	40.75
32	18	Egor Baskakov	CM	RUS	2963	W159B	W44W	L239B	W206W	W275B	W233W	L16B	L28W	W108B	D46W	W61B	7.5	59.5	61.5	37.5
33	36	Rustam Rustamov	FM	AZE	2887	W262B	L241W	W159B	L42W	W116B	W80W	D248B	W242W	W70W	W55B	L8W	7.5	58	62	39.25
34	42	Zou Chen	IM	INT	2864	W344B	W267W	D291B	W99W	L30B	W68W	W245B	L10B	D75W	W85B	D28W	7.5	58	59	35
35	80	Juan Carlos Obregon Rivero	GM	MEX	2757	W115W	L189B	W104W	W120B	D245B	L18W	L118B	W101W	W99W	W59B	W55W	7.5	57.5	60.5	42.25
36	39	Ivan Yeletsky	FM	INT	2878	W337W	W214B	W208B	L2W	D58B	W66W	L55B	W248W	L46B	W106W	W68B	7.5	55	56	30.25
37	365	Kirill Klukin	IM	ARE	2935	U--	U--	W287B	W153W	W184W	W255B	W44W	D60W	L27B	W70W	W66B	7.5	45	48	37.25
38	51	Ryan Amburgy	FM	USA	2818	W105W	W312B	W249W	L8W	W44B	W78W	L230B	W42W	L14B	L53B	W81W	7	66.5	68.5	38
39	236	Jared Defibaugh	NM	USA	2531	W56B	L60B	W134W	W257W	L19B	W51B	L238W	W256W	W98B	W84W	L17B	7	61.5	65.5	38
40	113	Tyhran Ambartsumian	CM	UKR	2645	W151B	L8W	L87B	W132W	L86B	W250B	W111W	W83W	L47B	W243W	W78B	7	59.5	64	36.5
410 players

31) Freestyle Weissenhaus Play-In 2025

Weissenhaus is the venue of the first Freestyle (Chess960) event 7th to 14th February, this is an online qualifier for the final place. In the Swiss held this evening four players qualified for the KO stage: Vladimir Fedoseev, Denis Lazavik, Javokhir Sindarov and Oleksandr Bortnyk and they are joined by 12 invitees.

The KO phase has these pairings: Nepomniachtchi-Bortnyk, Niemann-MVL, Dominguez-Fedoseev, Duda-Maghsoodloo, Wei Yi-Sindarov, Praggnanandhaa-Vidit, So-Lazavik, Leim Le-Yu Yangyi.

Event: Freestyle Weissenhaus Play-In 2025
Place: chess.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Sat 4th Jan 2025
EndDate: Wed 8th Jan 2025
Website

Weissenhaus Play-In Swiss
Sat 4th Jan 2025
Wed 8th Jan 2025
chess.com
INT
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 10m+2spm

Weissenhaus Play-In Swiss chess.com INT Sat 4th Jan 2025 - Wed 8th Jan 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	Vladimir Fedoseev	GM	SVN	1200	W226B	W210W	W67B	W125W	D25B	W12W	W5B	W6W	D4B	8	42	42	35.5
2	6	Denis Lazavik	GM	BLR	1400	W170B	D29W	W54B	W137W	W26B	W25W	L6W	W14B	W5B	7.5	44	46	36.25
3	125	Javokhir Sindarov	GM	UZB		D11B	D7W	W183W	D149B	W30W	W129W	W24B	W118B	W8W	7.5	42.5	44	36
4	8	Oleksandr Bortnyk	GM	USA	1200	W204B	W192W	W82B	W121B	W27W	L5W	W28B	W115W	D1W	7.5	39.5	40.5	29.5
5	1	Sam Sevian	GM	USA	1200	W73W	W78B	W140W	W8B	W6W	W4B	L1W	W7B	L2W	7	50	52.5	37
6	5	Jorden Van Foreest	GM	NLD	1200	W214W	W201B	W9W	W24B	L5B	W125W	W2B	L1B	W12W	7	46.5	47.5	32.5
7	19	Rudik Makarian	IM	RUS	1800	D35W	D3B	W201W	W171B	W31W	W18B	W10W	L5W	W21B	7	46	47	33.75
8	29	Andrew Tang	GM	USA	1200	W256W	W49B	W39W	L5W	W32B	W19B	W117W	W116B	L3B	7	46	46	31.5
9	84	Volodar Murzin	GM	RUS	800	W17W	W88B	L6B	W133W	D129B	W11W	W122W	D13B	W22W	7	44	45	33
10	142	Andy Woodward	GM	USA	1600	W139W	D120B	W86B	W147W	D118B	W22W	L7B	W119B	W27W	7	38.5	40	28.25
11	17	David Navara	GM	CZE	1800	D3W	W35B	W179B	W37W	L12W	L9B	W48B	W50W	W31B	6.5	45.5	47	29.75
12	183	Ruslan Ponomariov	GM	EUR	2000	W257W	W151W	D124B	W46W	W11B	L1B	W36W	W26W	L6B	6.5	43	43	26
13	9	Pranav V	GM	IND	2000	W66W	W87B	D136W	D19W	D20B	W131W	W25B	D9W	D15B	6.5	41	42	27.75
14	73	Bogdan Daniel Deac	GM	ROU	1800	W159W	D181B	W23W	L27W	W150B	W130W	W120B	L2W	W24B	6.5	37	38.5	24.75
15	22	Yuriy Kuzubov	GM	UKR	1200	W77B	L136W	W76W	W66B	L28W	W65B	W35W	W18B	D13W	6.5	35.5	38	26.25
16	213	Mikhail Demidov	GM	RUS	1200	W227B	W142B	L121W	D160W	W153B	W20W	L26B	W25W	W36W	6.5	34	34	23
17	198	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	GM	VNM	1800	L9B	L65B	W211W	W76B	W169B	W74W	W55W	D31B	W26W	6.5	33	34	20.75
18	144	Nils Grandelius	GM	SWE	1800	W20W	D86W	W160B	W120B	D36W	L7W	W124B	L15W	W38B	6	40	41.5	24.75
19	191	Shamsiddin Vokhidov	GM	UZB	800	W153B	W148W	W122W	D13B	D124B	L8W	W125B	L21W	W44B	6	39.5	42	23.75
20	34	Samvel Ter-Sahakyan	GM	ARM	1800	L18B	W286W	W206B	W49W	D13W	L16B	D54W	W56W	W39B	6	37.5	37.5	19.75
21	35	Niclas Huschenbeth	GM	DEU	1200	L179W	L182B	W178W	W79W	W51B	W32W	W39B	W19B	L7W	6	34	35.5	25.5
22	18	Matthias Bluebaum	GM	DEU	1200	W182B	D157W	W180B	D136B	W67W	L10B	W127B	W28W	L9B	6	33.5	35	18.5
23	192	Alberto Atoyan	CM	INT		W228W	D37B	L14B	D173W	W142W	D67B	D128W	W35B	W46B	6	33.5	33.5	19.75
24	31	Srihari L R	IM	IND	1800	W154W	W162B	W41W	L6W	D116B	W50B	L3W	W47B	L14W	5.5	43	45	21.25
25	51	Christopher Woojin Yoo	GM	TUV	1200	W224W	W193B	W116B	W130W	D1W	L2B	L13W	L16B	W47W	5.5	43	43.5	19
26	33	Luca Moroni Jr	GM	ITA	1200	W202W	W152B	W133B	D118W	L2W	W47B	W16W	L12B	L17B	5.5	42.5	43.5	20.5
27	2	Peter Svidler	GM	KNA	1800	W69B	D173W	W156W	W14B	L4B	L121W	W44B	W29W	L10B	5.5	41.5	43.5	23.5
28	115	Bulat Murtazin	FM	RUS	1800	L118B	W70W	W213W	W161B	W15B	W119W	L4W	L22B	D32B	5.5	41	42	20.75
29	102	Felix Ilinca	FM	ROU	1600	W231W	D2B	L120W	L30B	W188B	W174W	W37W	L27B	W49W	5.5	36	36	16.75
30	219	Ihor Samunenkov	GM	UKR	1400	W65W	D138B	L146B	W29W	L3B	L40B	W78W	W61B	W55W	5.5	35	37.5	21
31	101	Vladimir Hamitevici	GM	MDA	1800	U--	W269B	W43W	W159W	L7B	W133W	W126B	D17W	L11W	5.5	34.5	34.5	17.75
32	157	Aradhya Garg	IM	IND	1400	W229B	L125B	W207W	W140B	L8W	L21B	W142W	W42B	D28W	5.5	34.5	34.5	14.75
33	36	Mateusz Bartel	GM	POL	1200	D225B	L54W	L141B	L188W	W81B	W68W	W77B	W66W	W50B	5.5	24.5	25	16.25
34	33	Bakhtiyar Askarov	IM	KAZ	1800	U--	L190W	D188B	L68W	W216B	W73W	W53W	W65B	W48B	5.5	22	23	17.25
35	128	Valentin Dragnev	GM	AUT	1200	D7B	L11W	W61B	D127B	W40W	W139W	L15B	L23W	W58B	5	43	46	21.5
36	11	Frederik Svane	GM	DEU	1800	W215W	W48B	D38W	W146B	D18B	L115W	L12B	W41W	L16B	5	42	43	18.5
37	64	Viktor Skliarov	IM	UKR	1200	W81B	D23W	W181W	L11B	L56W	W69W	L29B	D43W	W54B	5	36.5	38	16.5
38	174	Roman Dehtiarov	FM	UKR	2000	W40W	W194W	D36B	D129W	L120B	L55B	W75W	W128B	L18W	5	35	36	17.25
39	194	Andrei Olhovik	FM	BLR	1400	W205W	W203W	L8B	L67W	W135B	W140B	L21W	W55B	L20W	5	34	35	12.5
40	62	Bojan Maksimović	IM	BIH	1200	L38B	L202W	W269B	W59W	L35B	W30W	L47W	W134B	W56W	5	32.5	32.5	17
41	204	Milan Gagic	FM	SRB	1400	W271W	W42W	L24B	D148B	L128W	W153W	W74B	L36B	D45W	5	32.5	32.5	14.25
42	71	Thomas Morais	FM	FRA	1800	W94W	L41B	D71B	L54W	W68B	W154W	D56B	L32W	W64B	5	32	32	13.75
43	150	Sergey Sklokin	FM	INT	800	W55W	L124W	L31B	L135W	W214B	D78B	W76W	D37B	W62B	5	31	32	15.25
44	193	Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov	IM	UZB	1600	L115B	L175B	W270W	W210W	W173B	W46B	L27W	W54B	L19W	5	31	31	11.5
45	210	Oliwia Kiolbasa	IM	POL	1200	U--	U--	W176B	W215W	W66W	W134B	L119W	D49B	D41B	5	23.5	24.5	14.75
46	27	Sergei Iskusnyh	GM	RUS	1800	D54W	W225B	W150W	L12B	L48B	L44W	W143W	W51B	L23W	4.5	36	36.5	12.5
47	164	Eray Kilic	IM	TUR	2000	W184W	W132W	L130B	W174B	D122W	L26W	W40B	L24W	L25B	4.5	35	36.5	14.25
48	134	Danyyil Dvirnyy	GM	ITA	1200	W161B	L36W	D151B	W186B	W46W	L122B	L11W	W67B	L34W	4.5	34	35.5	12.75
49	156	Musa Zakirov	FM	INT		W174W	L8W	W74B	L20B	W172W	U--	W57B	D45W	L29B	4.5	32.5	34.5	13.5
50	163	Ethan Sheehan	NM	USA		W232B	L121W	D153B	W187W	W151B	L24W	W67W	L11B	L33W	4.5	32	32	8.75
290 players

Weissenhaus Play-In KO
Sat 4th Jan 2025
Wed 8th Jan 2025
chess.com
INT
16 Players.
4 Rounds.
KO
Time Control: 10m+2spm

32) FIDE's Swiss Queens Wednesday series ends

In spite of #49 being scheduled the Swiss Queens series ended with the 48th Edition last week.

33)>RIP Robert Huebner (1948-2025)

The leading German chess player Robert Huebner born 6th November 1948 passed away at the age of 76 in his home town of Cologne on 5th January 2025.

One of the most intellectually powerful chess players, he combined academic work in papyrology and chess at least until 1976 when he earned his doctorate. He later became known as one of the leading chess historians (although his works were in German so are perhaps not so widely known) as well as an intimidatingly deep chess analyst. He was also a renowned linguist, speaking as many as 22 languages.

Huebner became an International Master in 1969 and Grandmaster in 1971. Huebner reached number three in the world in 1980 and was a leading player for many years around that date.

Most impressively Huebner was a four time World Chess Championship Candidate, but twice he abandoned matches after losing games but with matches still not decided, to Petrosian in the quarter finals in 1971, and to Korchnoi in 1981 in the Semi-finals. In 1983 he drew 5-5 against Smyslov in the quarter finals and the players agreed to resolve the match on the spin of a roulette wheel which Huebner lost. In his final Candidates appearance he lost to Timman in 1991. Qualifying four times speaks to immense class but the manner of his exits perhaps indicates difficulties coping with the special pressures of these matches.

Huebner had a fine record for Germany in the Chess Olympiads. In 1993 he was a late addition to Nigel Short's team when he challenged Garry Kasparov. He also gave his name to the Huebner Variation of the Nimzo-Indian an interesting positional idea which he pioneered early in his career and which was used by Bobby Fischer in his 1972 title match against Spassky.

Peter Doggers has written a fine tribute to Huebner. https://www.chess.com/news/view/robert-huebner-1948-2025

In it Arne Moll's recounts a lovely story of Huebner advising an amateur that "You can always make it difficult for your opponent, no matter how lost you are." Sound advice we can all learn from.

34) Forthcoming Events and Links

Brena Baja Magica 2024

Event: Brena Baja Magica 2024
Place: Brena Baja
CountryCode: ESP
StartDate: Tue 7th Jan 2025
EndDate: Mon 13th Jan 2025
Website
Results

Brena Baja Magica 2024
Tue 7th Jan 2025
Mon 13th Jan 2025
Brena Baja
ESP
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Titled Tuesday Blitz 7th January 2025

Event: Titled Tuesday Blitz 7th January 2025
Place: chess.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Tue 7th Jan 2025
EndDate: Tue 7th Jan 2025
Website
Results

Titled Tue 7th Jan Early
Tue 7th Jan 2025
Tue 7th Jan 2025
chess.com
INT
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+1spm

Titled Tue 7th Jan Late
Tue 7th Jan 2025
Tue 7th Jan 2025
chess.com
INT
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+1spm

23rd Prague Open 2025

Event: 23rd Prague Open 2025
Place: Prague
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Fri 10th Jan 2025
EndDate: Fri 17th Jan 2025
Website
Results

23rd Prague Open 2025
Fri 10th Jan 2025
Fri 17th Jan 2025
Prague
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

50th Seville Open 2025

Event: 50th Seville Open 2025
Place: Seville
CountryCode: ESP
StartDate: Fri 10th Jan 2025
EndDate: Sat 18th Jan 2025
Website
Results

50th Seville Open 2025
Fri 10th Jan 2025
Sat 18th Jan 2025
Seville
ESP
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Bob Wade Masters 2025

Event: Bob Wade Masters 2025
Place: Auckland
CountryCode: NZL
StartDate: Mon 13th Jan 2025
EndDate: Sun 19th Jan 2025
Website

Bob Wade Masters 2025
Mon 13th Jan 2025
Sun 19th Jan 2025
Auckland
NZL
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Titled Tuesday Blitz 14th January 2025

Event: Titled Tuesday Blitz 14th January 2025
Place: chess.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Tue 14th Jan 2025
EndDate: Tue 14th Jan 2025
Website
Results

Titled Tue 14th Jan Early
Tue 14th Jan 2025
Tue 14th Jan 2025
chess.com
INT
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+1spm

Titled Tue 14th Jan Late
Tue 14th Jan 2025
Tue 14th Jan 2025
chess.com
INT
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+1spm

87th Tata Steel 2025

Event: 87th Tata Steel 2025
Place: Wijk aan Zee
CountryCode: NED
StartDate: Fri 17th Jan 2025
EndDate: Sun 2nd Feb 2025
Website

87th Tata Steel Masters
Fri 17th Jan 2025
Sun 2nd Feb 2025
Wijk aan Zee
NED
14 Players.
13 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100m:50+30smp(1)

Tata Steel Challengers
Fri 17th Jan 2025
Sun 2nd Feb 2025
Wijk aan Zee
NED
14 Players.
13 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 100m:50+30smp(1)

23rd Marienbad Open 2025

Event: 23rd Marienbad Open 2025
Place: Marianske Lazne
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sat 18th Jan 2025
EndDate: Sat 25th Jan 2025
Website
Results

23rd Marienbad A1 GM 2025
Sat 18th Jan 2025
Sat 25th Jan 2025
Marianske Lazne
CZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

23rd Marienbad B1 IM 2025
Sat 18th Jan 2025
Sat 25th Jan 2025
Marianske Lazne
CZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

23rd Marienbad B2 IM 2025
Sat 18th Jan 2025
Sat 25th Jan 2025
Marianske Lazne
CZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

23rd Marienbad B3 IM 2025
Sat 18th Jan 2025
Sat 25th Jan 2025
Marianske Lazne
CZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

23rd Marienbad C Open
Sat 18th Jan 2025
Sat 25th Jan 2025
Marianske Lazne
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Titled Tuesday Blitz 21st January 2025

Event: Titled Tuesday Blitz 21st January 2025
Place: chess.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Tue 21st Jan 2025
EndDate: Tue 21st Jan 2025
Website
Results

Titled Tue 21st Jan Early
Tue 21st Jan 2025
Tue 21st Jan 2025
chess.com
INT
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+1spm

Titled Tue 21st Jan Late
Tue 21st Jan 2025
Tue 21st Jan 2025
chess.com
INT
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+1spm

SixDays Budapest January 2025

Event: SixDays Budapest January 2025
Place: Budapest
CountryCode: HUN
StartDate: Sun 26th Jan 2025
EndDate: Fri 31st Jan 2025
Website
Results

SixDays Budapest Jan GM
Sun 26th Jan 2025
Fri 31st Jan 2025
Budapest
HUN
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Titled Tuesday Blitz 28th January 2025

Event: Titled Tuesday Blitz 28th January 2025
Place: chess.com
CountryCode: INT
StartDate: Tue 28th Jan 2025
EndDate: Tue 28th Jan 2025
Website
Results

Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
Tue 28th Jan 2025
Tue 28th Jan 2025
chess.com
INT
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+1spm

Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
Tue 28th Jan 2025
Tue 28th Jan 2025
chess.com
INT
11 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 3m+1spm

Sligo Chess Tournament 2025

Event: Sligo Chess Tournament 2025
Place: Enniscrone
CountryCode: IRL
StartDate: Fri 31st Jan 2025
EndDate: Sun 2nd Feb 2025
Website
Results

Sligo Masters 2025
Fri 31st Jan 2025
Sun 2nd Feb 2025
Enniscrone
IRL
5 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Freestyle Grand Slam Weissenhaus 2025

Event: Freestyle Grand Slam Weissenhaus 2025
Place: Wangels
CountryCode: GER
StartDate: Fri 7th Feb 2025
EndDate: Fri 14th Feb 2025
Website

Freestyle Weissenhaus RR
Fri 7th Feb 2025
Fri 14th Feb 2025
Wangels
GER
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 10m+10spm

Freestyle Weissenhaus KO
Fri 7th Feb 2025
Fri 14th Feb 2025
Wangels
GER
8 Players.
3 Rounds.
KO
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

13th Pilsen Open 2025

Event: 13th Pilsen Open 2025
Place: Plzen
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sat 15th Feb 2025
EndDate: Sat 22nd Feb 2025
Website
Results

13th Pilsen B2 IM 2025
Sat 15th Feb 2025
Sat 22nd Feb 2025
Plzen
CZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

13th Pilsen B1 IM 2025
Sat 15th Feb 2025
Sat 22nd Feb 2025
Plzen
CZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

13th Pilsen A1 IM 2025
Sat 15th Feb 2025
Sat 22nd Feb 2025
Plzen
CZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Graz Open 2025

Event: Graz Open 2025
Place: Graz
CountryCode: AUT
StartDate: Sat 15th Feb 2025
EndDate: Fri 21st Feb 2025
Website
Results

Graz Open A 2025
Sat 15th Feb 2025
Fri 21st Feb 2025
Graz
AUT
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)
Email: registration@chessgraz.com

Djerba Chess Festival 2025

Event: Djerba Chess Festival 2025
Place: Djerba
CountryCode: TUN
StartDate: Sun 16th Feb 2025
EndDate: Sun 23rd Feb 2025
Website
Results

Djerba Open A 2025
Sun 16th Feb 2025
Sun 23rd Feb 2025
Djerba
TUN
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

Djerba Masters 2025
Sun 16th Feb 2025
Sun 23rd Feb 2025
Djerba
TUN
8 Players.
7 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

World Senior Teams 2025

Event: World Senior Teams 2025
Place: Prague
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Sun 16th Feb 2025
EndDate: Thu 27th Feb 2025
Website
Results

World Senior Teams +50
Sun 16th Feb 2025
Thu 27th Feb 2025
Prague
CZE
9 Rounds.
WTeams
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

World Senior Teams +65
Sun 16th Feb 2025
Thu 27th Feb 2025
Prague
CZE
9 Rounds.
WTeams
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

Monaco FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2025

Event: Monaco FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2025
Place: Shymkent
CountryCode: KAZ
StartDate: Mon 17th Feb 2025
EndDate: Fri 28th Feb 2025
Website

Monaco WGP 2025
Mon 17th Feb 2025
Fri 28th Feb 2025
Shymkent
KAZ
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

2nd Wightlink Isle of Wight Open 2025

Event: 2nd Wightlink Isle of Wight Open 2025
Place: Ryde
CountryCode: ENG
StartDate: Tue 18th Feb 2025
EndDate: Sun 23rd Feb 2025
Website
Results

Isle of Wight Open 2025
Tue 18th Feb 2025
Sun 23rd Feb 2025
Ryde
ENG
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

I Arche Chess Open 2025

Event: I Arche Chess Open 2025
Place: Lublin
CountryCode: POL
StartDate: Sun 23rd Feb 2025
EndDate: Sat 1st Mar 2025
Website
Results

I Arche Chess Open 2025
Sun 23rd Feb 2025
Sat 1st Mar 2025
Lublin
POL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m+30spm(1)

7th Prague International Chess Festival 2025

Event: 7th Prague International Chess Festival 2025
Place: Prague
CountryCode: CZE
StartDate: Wed 26th Feb 2025
EndDate: Fri 7th Mar 2025
Website
Results

7th Prague Masters 2025
Wed 26th Feb 2025
Fri 7th Mar 2025
Prague
CZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)
Email: td@praguechessfestival.com

7th Prague Challengers
Wed 26th Feb 2025
Fri 7th Mar 2025
Prague
CZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)
Email: td@praguechessfestival.com

7th Prague Futures
Wed 26th Feb 2025
Fri 7th Mar 2025
Prague
CZE
10 Players.
9 Rounds.
SRR
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)
Email: td@praguechessfestival.com

Prague Int Open 2025
Wed 26th Feb 2025
Fri 7th Mar 2025
Prague
CZE
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)
Email: td@praguechessfestival.com

Vietnam Open 2025

Event: Vietnam Open 2025
Place: Danang
CountryCode: VIE
StartDate: Sun 7th Dec 2025
EndDate: Tue 16th Dec 2025
Website

Vietnam Open 2025
Sun 7th Dec 2025
Tue 16th Dec 2025
Danang
VIE
7 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)