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My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Gregory Joseph, Nicolas Brunner, Hugh Brodie Henri Koskinen, Thomas Niessen and everyone else who helped with this issue.
The FIDE Grand Swiss dominates things this week with many of the World's best players competing. Parham Maghsoodloo has grabbed the sole lead after five rounds beating Alireza Firouzja and Richard Rapport along the way. The women's event alongside has four tied for the lead Ulviyya Fataliyeva, Rameshbabu Vaishali, Kateryna Lagno and Dinara Wagner. There are still over half the rounds to be played and the games have been bitterly fought already.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
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The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament takes place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan which is 4 hours ahead of BST so 15:00 local time is 11am UK. The dates are Thu 4th Sep top Mon 15th Sep 2025.
Players Open: Praggnanandhaa, Erigaisi, Gukesh, Firouzja, Keymer, Abdusattorov, Giri, Aronian, Nepomniachtchi, Mamedyarov, MVL, Niemann etc.
Players Women: Muzychuk, Tan, Assaubayeva, Lagno etc play in the women's even which has suffered a number of withdrawals.
Two players from each event qualify for the relevant Candidates tournaments.
| FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB Thu 4th Sep 2025 - Mon 15th Sep 2025
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 21 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | GM | IRI | 2692 | 4,5 | 2710 | 12 | 14 |
| 2 | 86 | Mishra, Abhimanyu | GM | USA | 2611 | 4 | 2738 | 12 | 13,5 |
| 3 | 87 | Maurizzi, Marcandria | GM | FRA | 2610 | 4 | 2709 | 12 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | Erigaisi, Arjun | GM | IND | 2771 | 4 | 2675 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 32 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GM | GER | 2671 | 4 | 2655 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 52 | Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan | GM | TUR | 2646 | 3,5 | 2714 | 12 | 14 |
| 7 | 101 | Gumularz, Szymon | GM | POL | 2590 | 3,5 | 2687 | 12,5 | 15 |
| 8 | 96 | Pranav, V | GM | IND | 2596 | 3,5 | 2677 | 11 | 13 |
| 9 | 4 | Firouzja, Alireza | GM | FRA | 2754 | 3,5 | 2661 | 14 | 15,5 |
| 10 | 6 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | GM | UZB | 2748 | 3,5 | 2655 | 13 | 14,5 |
| 11 | 54 | Rodshtein, Maxim | GM | ISR | 2645 | 3,5 | 2649 | 11 | 12,5 |
| 12 | 7 | Giri, Anish | GM | NED | 2746 | 3,5 | 2643 | 11 | 13 |
| 13 | 10 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | GM | AZE | 2741 | 3,5 | 2632 | 10,5 | 12 |
| 14 | 31 | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | GM | IRI | 2673 | 3,5 | 2615 | 11 | 13 |
| 15 | 20 | Nihal, Sarin | GM | IND | 2693 | 3,5 | 2615 | 10,5 | 12 |
| 16 | 28 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | GM | UZB | 2681 | 3,5 | 2604 | 12 | 14 |
| 17 | 76 | Demchenko, Anton | GM | SLO | 2620 | 3 | 2737 | 13 | 15,5 |
| 18 | 68 | Cheparinov, Ivan | GM | BUL | 2627 | 3 | 2736 | 13 | 15,5 |
| 19 | 65 | Hovhannisyan, Robert | GM | ARM | 2629 | 3 | 2728 | 11,5 | 12 |
| 20 | 57 | Puranik, Abhimanyu | GM | IND | 2640 | 3 | 2726 | 11 | 13 |
| 21 | 91 | Ivanchuk, Vasyl | GM | UKR | 2608 | 3 | 2685 | 11 | 13 |
| 22 | 82 | Shirov, Alexei | GM | ESP | 2616 | 3 | 2684 | 11 | 13 |
| 23 | 3 | Gukesh, D | GM | IND | 2767 | 3 | 2676 | 14 | 16,5 |
| 24 | 106 | Bartel, Mateusz | GM | POL | 2581 | 3 | 2673 | 11 | 13 |
| 25 | 109 | Samunenkov, Ihor | GM | UKR | 2550 | 3 | 2647 | 10,5 | 12,5 |
| 26 | 1 | Praggnanandhaa, R | GM | IND | 2785 | 3 | 2644 | 13 | 15,5 |
| 27 | 5 | Keymer, Vincent | GM | GER | 2751 | 3 | 2640 | 12,5 | 14,5 |
| 28 | 36 | Vitiugov, Nikita | GM | ENG | 2666 | 3 | 2640 | 12 | 13,5 |
| 29 | 8 | Aronian, Levon | GM | USA | 2744 | 3 | 2640 | 10,5 | 12,5 |
| 30 | 17 | Rapport, Richard | GM | HUN | 2711 | 3 | 2637 | 11,5 | 13 |
| 31 | 9 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | GM | FID | 2742 | 3 | 2637 | 11 | 13,5 |
| 32 | 43 | Sargsyan, Shant | GM | ARM | 2653 | 3 | 2634 | 11,5 | 13,5 |
| 33 | 16 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | GM | IND | 2712 | 3 | 2625 | 11 | 12,5 |
| 34 | 22 | Sevian, Samuel | GM | USA | 2692 | 3 | 2625 | 10 | 11 |
| 35 | 23 | Van Foreest, Jorden | GM | NED | 2692 | 3 | 2624 | 9,5 | 11,5 |
| 36 | 12 | Niemann, Hans Moke | GM | USA | 2733 | 3 | 2623 | 10,5 | 12 |
| 37 | 11 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | GM | FRA | 2738 | 3 | 2620 | 11,5 | 13,5 |
| 38 | 24 | Dubov, Daniil | GM | FID | 2691 | 3 | 2618 | 10 | 11 |
| 39 | 53 | Theodorou, Nikolas | GM | GRE | 2646 | 3 | 2601 | 10,5 | 12 |
| 40 | 46 | Mamedov, Rauf | GM | AZE | 2651 | 3 | 2601 | 10 | 12 |
| 116 players | |||||||||
| FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Samarkand UZB Thu 4th Sep 2025 - Mon 15th Sep 2025
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 33 | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | IM | 2385 | 4 | 2488 | 11,5 | 13,5 |
| 2 | 13 | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | GM | 2452 | 4 | 2414 | 13 | 15 |
| 3 | 4 | Lagno, Kateryna | GM | 2505 | 4 | 2408 | 12,5 | 15 |
| 4 | 26 | Wagner, Dinara | IM | 2400 | 4 | 2395 | 12 | 12,5 |
| 5 | 30 | Girya, Olga | GM | 2386 | 3,5 | 2461 | 12,5 | 14,5 |
| 6 | 42 | Guo, Qi | IM | 2371 | 3,5 | 2454 | 8,5 | 10 |
| 7 | 21 | Song, Yuxin | IM | 2409 | 3,5 | 2406 | 11 | 12 |
| 8 | 2 | Tan, Zhongyi | GM | 2531 | 3,5 | 2393 | 10 | 11,5 |
| 9 | 3 | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | GM | 2505 | 3,5 | 2386 | 12 | 13,5 |
| 10 | 22 | Khamdamova, Afruza | WIM | 2409 | 3,5 | 2381 | 11 | 12,5 |
| 11 | 27 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | GM | 2395 | 3,5 | 2345 | 12 | 14 |
| 12 | 48 | Balajayeva, Khanim | IM | 2331 | 3 | 2441 | 9,5 | 11 |
| 13 | 55 | Khalilova, Madinabonu | WCM | 2148 | 3 | 2428 | 11,5 | 13,5 |
| 14 | 18 | Shukhman, Anna | WGM | 2420 | 3 | 2410 | 9,5 | 11 |
| 15 | 49 | Karimova, Guldona | WIM | 2324 | 3 | 2406 | 13 | 15 |
| 16 | 6 | Muzychuk, Mariya | GM | 2484 | 3 | 2384 | 10 | 11,5 |
| 17 | 15 | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | IM | 2445 | 3 | 2375 | 9,5 | 11 |
| 18 | 25 | Bulmaga, Irina | IM | 2400 | 3 | 2330 | 10,5 | 12 |
| 19 | 32 | Salimova, Nurgyul | IM | 2386 | 2,5 | 2505 | 13,5 | 16 |
| 20 | 41 | Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim | IM | 2372 | 2,5 | 2461 | 10 | 10,5 |
| 21 | 44 | Krush, Irina | GM | 2366 | 2,5 | 2445 | 10,5 | 12 |
| 22 | 52 | Omonova, Umida | WIM | 2252 | 2,5 | 2441 | 11,5 | 13 |
| 23 | 40 | Badelka, Olga | IM | 2375 | 2,5 | 2440 | 13 | 14,5 |
| 24 | 24 | Kiolbasa, Oliwia | IM | 2405 | 2,5 | 2439 | 9 | 10,5 |
| 25 | 29 | Gaal, Zsoka | WGM | 2388 | 2,5 | 2433 | 10 | 12,5 |
| 26 | 36 | Zhai, Mo | WGM | 2380 | 2,5 | 2429 | 13 | 15,5 |
| 27 | 34 | Balabayeva, Xeniya | WGM | 2383 | 2,5 | 2424 | 13,5 | 16 |
| 28 | 46 | Kamalidenova, Meruert | IM | 2349 | 2,5 | 2419 | 13,5 | 16 |
| 29 | 51 | Kaliakhmet, Elnaz | WIM | 2299 | 2,5 | 2413 | 11 | 12,5 |
| 30 | 1 | Muzychuk, Anna | GM | 2535 | 2,5 | 2399 | 11 | 12,5 |
| 31 | 23 | Danielian, Elina | GM | 2405 | 2,5 | 2393 | 9,5 | 10,5 |
| 32 | 9 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | GM | 2472 | 2,5 | 2383 | 10 | 11,5 |
| 33 | 8 | Garifullina, Leya | IM | 2477 | 2,5 | 2381 | 9 | 10,5 |
| 34 | 11 | Yip, Carissa | IM | 2458 | 2,5 | 2379 | 10 | 11,5 |
| 35 | 10 | Dronavalli, Harika | GM | 2467 | 2,5 | 2371 | 11,5 | 13,5 |
| 36 | 20 | Ushenina, Anna | GM | 2409 | 2,5 | 2362 | 11,5 | 14 |
| 37 | 17 | Javakhishvili, Lela | IM | 2434 | 2,5 | 2338 | 8,5 | 9,5 |
| 38 | 31 | Narva, Mai | IM | 2386 | 2 | 2481 | 10,5 | 12,5 |
| 39 | 39 | Roebers, Eline | IM | 2377 | 2 | 2470 | 11,5 | 13,5 |
| 40 | 37 | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | IM | 2379 | 2 | 2467 | 10,5 | 12,5 |
| 56 players | ||||||||
The 58th Iranian Men Final 1404 (I do not know the significance of this number) takes place 4th to 10th September 2025. I don't think this is the actual Iranian Chess Championship but it might be, it's supposed to be running right now somewhere else. The entry on the FIDE website says : 58th Iranian Men Final Chess Championship 1404 Urmia 4th September and 58th Iranian Men Final Chess Championship 2025, Tehran 2nd September. There's no sign of the event in Tehran, maybe this event replaces that?
| 58th Iranian Men 1404 Urmia IRI Thu 4th Sep 2025 - Wed 10th Sep 2025
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 6 | Abtin, Atakhan | IRI | 2388 | 5 | 12,3 |
| 2 | 1 | Ali, Rastbod | IRI | 2284 | 4 | 12,3 |
| 3 | 4 | Mohammadamin, Biriya | IRI | 2252 | 3.5 | 11,3 |
| 4 | 9 | Amirreza, Kerdegar | IRI | 2181 | 3.5 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | Amir Hossein, Doroodgar | IRI | 2403 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | Rastin, Khanjani | IRI | 2213 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | Ilia, Hojjatinejad | IRI | 2247 | 2.5 | 7 |
| 8 | 7 | Hossein, Rostami | IRI | 2267 | 2.5 | 5,3 |
| 9 | 10 | Erfan, Ahmadi | IRI | 2125 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | Ali, Zeynali | IRI | 2066 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 players | ||||||
| 58th Iranian Men 1404 Urmia IRI Thu 4th Sep 2025 - Wed 10th Sep 2025. Category: None. Ave: (2247) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Atakhan, Abtin | IM | IRI | 2388 | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2468 | ||||
| 2 | Rastbod, Ali | FM | IRI | 2284 | = | # | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2338 | ||||
| 3 | Biriya, Mohammadamin | IRI | 2259 | = | # | 1 | 0 | 1 | = | 3 | 2337 | |||||
| 4 | Khanjani, Rastin | IRI | 2213 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2307 | |||||
| 5 | Hojjatinejad, Ilia | IRI | 2245 | = | 1 | # | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 2228 | |||||
| 6 | Kerdegar, Amirreza | IRI | 2181 | 0 | 0 | # | = | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2277 | |||||
| 7 | Doroodgar, Amir hossein | FM | IRI | 2403 | 0 | = | 0 | = | # | 1 | 2 | 2148 | ||||
| 8 | Ahmadi, Erfan | IRI | 2161 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | # | 1 | 2 | 2231 | |||||
| 9 | Rostami, Hossein | IRI | 2267 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 2 | 2136 | |||||
| 10 | Zeynali, Ali | IRI | 2066 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1998 | |||||
The Golden Horse IM-GM takes place in Hajduszoboszlo, Hungary, 5th to 10th September 2025.
| Golden Horse GM 2025 Hajduszoboszlo HUN Fri 5th Sep 2025 - Wed 10th Sep 2025
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 3 | Chasin, Nico | IM | USA | 2474 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | Pap, Misa | GM | SRB | 2440 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | Aczel, Gergely | GM | HUN | 2435 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 4 | 6 | Berczes, David | GM | HUN | 2410 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | Heinrich, John | FM | GER | 2339 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | Tan, Jun Ying | IM | MAS | 2413 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | Goroshkov, Maksym | FM | SLO | 2336 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 7 | Dahl, Christoph | FM | GER | 2386 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| 9 | 9 | Bykov, Egor | FM | FID | 2439 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | Adury, Anant | USA | 2253 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| 10 players | |||||||
| Golden Horse GM 2025 Hajduszoboszlo HUN Fri 5th Sep 2025 - Wed 10th Sep 2025. Category: 6. Ave: (2396) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Chasin, Nico | IM | USA | 2458 | # | = | 1 | 1 | = | 3 | 2560 | |||||
| 2 | Pap, Misa | GM | SRB | 2439 | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2553 | |||||
| 3 | Aczel, Gergely | GM | HUN | 2417 | = | # | 1 | = | = | 2.5 | 2493 | |||||
| 4 | Berczes, David | GM | HUN | 2435 | # | = | = | = | 1 | 2.5 | 2452 | |||||
| 5 | Heinrich, John | FM | GER | 2351 | 0 | = | # | = | 1 | 2 | 2396 | |||||
| 6 | Tan, Jun Ying | IM | MAS | 2421 | = | # | = | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2383 | |||||
| 7 | Goroshkov, Maksym | FM | SLO | 2343 | 0 | = | = | = | # | 1.5 | 2329 | |||||
| 8 | Dahl, Christoph | FM | GER | 2387 | = | = | 0 | = | # | 1.5 | 2325 | |||||
| 9 | Bykov, Egor | FM | FID | 2441 | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | # | 1.5 | 2347 | |||||
| 10 | Adury, Anant | USA | 2268 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | 0.5 | 2116 | ||||||
| Golden Horse IM 2025 Hajduszoboszlo HUN Fri 5th Sep 2025 - Wed 10th Sep 2025
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 7 | Gathi, Donat | FM | HUN | 2340 | 3.5 | 4,8 |
| 2 | 2 | Turcsanyi, Vince Gergo | FM | HUN | 2283 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 6 | Sahithi, Varshini M | FM | IND | 2266 | 2.5 | 4,3 |
| 4 | 3 | Pribelszky, Bence Daniel | IM | HUN | 2411 | 2.5 | 4 |
| 5 | 9 | Varadi, Viktor | IM | HUN | 2339 | 2 | 4,8 |
| 6 | 8 | Ashwath, Kaushik | CM | SGP | 2264 | 2 | 3,3 |
| 7 | 4 | Kovalskyi, Roman | UKR | 2206 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |
| 8 | 5 | Chakrabarty, Reyaansh | FM | AUS | 2260 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 10 | Popovics, Adam | IM | HUN | 2355 | 1 | 1,8 |
| 10 | 1 | Sanjay, Vasu | SGP | 2116 | 1 | 1,3 | |
| 10 players | |||||||
| Golden Horse IM 2025 Hajduszoboszlo HUN Fri 5th Sep 2025 - Wed 10th Sep 2025. Category: 2. Ave: (2279) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Gathi, Donat | HUN | 2273 | # | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 2603 | ||||||
| 2 | Turcsanyi, Vince Gergo | FM | HUN | 2297 | # | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2503 | |||||
| 3 | Sahithi Varshini M | FM | IND | 2266 | = | # | = | 1 | = | 2.5 | 2386 | |||||
| 4 | Pribelszky, Bence | IM | HUN | 2428 | 0 | # | = | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2349 | |||||
| 5 | Varadi, Viktor | IM | HUN | 2339 | 1 | = | # | 0 | = | 2 | 2294 | |||||
| 6 | Ashwath Kaushik | CM | SGP | 2264 | = | 0 | # | 1 | = | 2 | 2286 | |||||
| 7 | Kovalskyi, Roman | UKR | 2180 | 0 | 1 | 0 | # | = | 1.5 | 2161 | ||||||
| 8 | Chakrabarty, Reyaansh | FM | AUS | 2271 | 0 | 0 | = | = | # | 1 | 2093 | |||||
| 9 | Popovics, Adam | IM | HUN | 2355 | 0 | 0 | = | # | = | 1 | 2045 | |||||
| 10 | Sanjay, Vasu | SGP | 2116 | 0 | 0 | = | = | # | 1 | 2122 | ||||||
The I Rio Chess Masters takes place 6th to 14th September 2025.
| I Rio Chess Masters 2025 Rio de Janeiro BRA Sat 6th Sep 2025 - Sun 14th Sep 2025
Leading Round 3 (of 10) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Fier Alexandr | GM | BRA | 2569 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 4 | Lima Darcy | GM | BRA | 2396 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | Flores Quillas Diego Saul Rodriguez | IM | PER | 2387 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 8 | Saldano Dayer Horacio | IM | ESP | 2357 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 10 | Cori T. Deysi | IM | PER | 2346 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 6 | 13 | Gemy Jose Daniel | IM | BOL | 2325 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | 9 | Toth Christian Endre Rego | IM | BRA | 2354 | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 8 | 20 | Lima Stefan Moisei Vieira | FM | BRA | 2212 | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 9 | 7 | Filgueiras Nathan Felipe | IM | BRA | 2377 | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 10 | 11 | Ribeiro Matheus Mendes Domingues | FM | BRA | 2327 | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 11 | 2 | Villanueva Mario | IM | ARG | 2468 | 1.5 | 0 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 12 | 6 | Stamenkovic Dragan | IM | SRB | 2387 | 1.5 | 0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 13 | 23 | Silva Caio Henrique Angelico | BRA | 2195 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 | 4.5 | |
| 14 | 24 | Da Silva Borges Rodrigo | BRA | 2175 | 1.5 | 0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | |
| 15 | 16 | Menna Barreto Felipe Kubiaki | FM | BRA | 2275 | 1.5 | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 16 | 17 | Limp Eduardo Thelio | IM | BRA | 2273 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 17 | 21 | Contreras Huaman Fiorella Daiana | FM | PER | 2200 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 18 | 3 | Di Berardino Diego Rafael | IM | BRA | 2456 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 | 12 | Hoffman Alejandro | GM | ARG | 2325 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 20 | 15 | Pinero Rodriguez Carlos Jose | IM | VEN | 2285 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 21 | 14 | Rangel Daniel | FM | BRA | 2299 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 22 | 22 | Luz Arthur Nader | BRA | 2197 | 0.5 | 0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | |
| 23 | 18 | Casalaspro Mathias Andre | FM | BRA | 2264 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 24 | 19 | De Albuquerque Ian Telek Cavalcanti | BRA | 2254 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | |
| 24 players | |||||||||
The Rubi IM Closed takes place 4th to 10th Sptember 2025.
| Rubi IM Closed 2025 Rubi ESP Thu 4th Sep 2025 - Wed 10th Sep 2025
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | Domene Mulyukov, Alexander | FM | ESP | 2238 | 4.5 | 1 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 8 | Bottazzi, Ulysse | FM | FRA | 2348 | 4.5 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | Cruz, Jonathan | IM | PER | 2353 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 5 | Valenzuela Gomez, Fernando | IM | CHI | 2312 | 3.5 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 |
| 5 | 4 | Masague Artero, Guerau | FM | ESP | 2311 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Cruz, Filemon | IM | PER | 2250 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | 7 | Sviridenko, Yaroslav | MK | UKR | 2276 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 6 | Ribeiro, Gustavo | FM | POR | 2234 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 9 | 9 | Serrano Batova, Vicent | MK | ESP | 2240 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 10 | 2 | Martin Gonzalez, Angel | IM | ESP | 2181 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| Rubi IM Closed 2025 Rubi ESP Thu 4th Sep 2025 - Wed 10th Sep 2025. Category: 2. Ave: (2277) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Bottazzi, Ulysse | FM | FRA | 2348 | # | 0 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2471 | |||
| 2 | Domene Mulyukov, Alexander | FM | ESP | 2200 | 1 | # | 0 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2465 | |||
| 3 | Cruz, Jonathan | IM | PER | 2344 | 1 | # | = | = | = | = | 1 | 4 | 2380 | |||
| 4 | Valenzuela Gomez, Fernando | IM | CHI | 2314 | 0 | = | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 2345 | |||
| 5 | Cruz, Filemon | IM | PER | 2226 | = | 0 | = | # | = | 1 | = | 3 | 2283 | |||
| 6 | Masague Artero, Guerau | FM | ESP | 2302 | 0 | = | = | # | = | = | 1 | 3 | 2270 | |||
| 7 | Sviridenko, Yaroslav | UKR | 2321 | 0 | 1 | = | = | # | 0 | = | 2.5 | 2230 | ||||
| 8 | Ribeiro, Gustavo | FM | POR | 2305 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | = | 2 | 2172 | |||
| 9 | Serrano Batova, Vicent | ESP | 2228 | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | # | = | 2 | 2146 | ||||
| 10 | Martin Gonzalez, Angel | IM | ESP | 2181 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1996 | |||
The Mongolian Championships takes place 3rd to 14th September 2025.
| ch-MGL 2025 Bayankhongor MGL Wed 3rd Sep 2025 - Sun 14th Sep 2025
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 5 | Bilguun, Sumiya | MGL | 2425 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10.5 |
| 2 | 6 | Amilal, Munkhdalai | MGL | 2435 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8,3 |
| 3 | 12 | Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt | MGL | 2436 | 4 | 0 | 2.5 | 8,3 |
| 4 | 2 | Baasansuren, Erdene | MGL | 2362 | 3.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 4,8 |
| 5 | 8 | Chinguun, Sumiya | MGL | 2406 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 9 | Amartuvshin, Ganzorig | MGL | 2398 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 3 |
| 11 | Ulziikhishig, Khishigbat | MGL | 2324 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | |
| 8 | 10 | Gan-Erdene, Sugar | MGL | 2456 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 3 |
| 9 | 1 | Agibileg, Uurtsaikh | MGL | 2449 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 2,8 |
| 10 | 7 | Sodbilegt, Naranbold | MGL | 2296 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 | Lkhagvasuren, Tsedvee | MGL | 2272 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1,3 |
| 4 | Tenuunbold, Battulga | MGL | 2286 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1,3 | |
| 12 players | ||||||||
| ch-MGL 2025 Bayankhongor MGL Wed 3rd Sep 2025 - Sun 14th Sep 2025. Category: 6. Ave: (2376) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Bilguun, Sumiya | GM | MGL | 2425 | # | 1 | = | 1 | = | 1 | 4 | 2639 | ||||||
| 2 | Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt | IM | MGL | 2425 | # | 1 | = | 1 | = | 1 | 4 | 2604 | ||||||
| 3 | Munkhdalai, Amilal | IM | MGL | 2410 | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2620 | ||||||
| 4 | Baasansuren, Erdene | FM | MGL | 2362 | 0 | # | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 2485 | ||||||
| 5 | Chinguun, Sumiya | IM | MGL | 2427 | 0 | = | = | # | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2473 | ||||||
| 6 | Amartuvshin, Ganzorig | IM | MGL | 2415 | = | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2375 | ||||||
| 7 | Gan-Erdene, Sugar | IM | MGL | 2458 | 0 | = | # | 1 | = | = | 2.5 | 2344 | ||||||
| 8 | Ulziikhishig Khishigbat | FM | MGL | 2269 | = | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2351 | ||||||
| 9 | Agibileg, Uurtsaikh | IM | MGL | 2428 | 0 | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2354 | ||||||
| 10 | Sodbilegt, Naranbold | FM | MGL | 2329 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | 0.5 | 2061 | ||||||
| 11 | Lkhagvasuren, Tsedvee | FM | MGL | 2272 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | # | 0.5 | 2022 | ||||||
| 12 | Tenuunbold, Battulga | FM | MGL | 2286 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | # | 0.5 | 2020 | ||||||
The 32nd National Resistance Open takes place 1st to 9th September 2025.
| 32nd Nikaia Open 2025 Nikaia GRE Mon 1st Sep 2025 - Tue 9th Sep 2025
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | KRALLIS, CHRISTOS | GRE | 2392 | 6 | 0.5 | 30 | 33.5 |
| 2 | 3 | PAPADOPOULOS, GEORGIOS | GRE | 2350 | 6 | 0.5 | 30 | 33.5 |
| 3 | 28 | ANAGNOSTOPOULOS, PANAGIOTIS | GRE | 1920 | 5.5 | 0 | 26 | 28 |
| 4 | 8 | KAZANTZOGLOU, STEFANOS | GRE | 2187 | 5 | 0 | 30.5 | 34 |
| 5 | 7 | OIKONOMOPOULOS, FILIPPOS | GRE | 2197 | 5 | 0 | 29.5 | 32.5 |
| 6 | 5 | POUPALOS, NIKOLAOS | GRE | 2261 | 5 | 0 | 28.5 | 31.5 |
| 7 | 2 | KAPNISIS, SPYRIDON | GRE | 2377 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 30 |
| 8 | 14 | MERKOS, THOMAS | GRE | 2043 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 30 |
| 9 | 31 | PALAIOLOGOU, APOSTOLOS | GRE | 1909 | 5 | 0 | 26.5 | 29.5 |
| 10 | 4 | VASSIS, MICHAIL | GRE | 2313 | 5 | 0 | 26.5 | 29.5 |
| 11 | 11 | NTOUNIAS, IOANNIS | GRE | 2092 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 28.5 |
| 12 | 15 | TZORTZATOS, DIMOSTHENIS PANAGIOT | GRE | 2003 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 28.5 |
| 13 | 20 | ARMAOS, MICHAIL | GRE | 1938 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 26.5 |
| 14 | 19 | ANTONIADIS, ANASTASIOS | GRE | 1943 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 27 |
| 15 | 12 | SIRIGOS, NIKOLAOS | GRE | 2076 | 4.5 | 0 | 26 | 29.5 |
| 16 | 25 | SALAHIDOU, REVEKA | GRE | 1930 | 4.5 | 0 | 25.5 | 28 |
| 17 | 22 | NEMTSAS, HRISTOFOROS | GRE | 1937 | 4.5 | 0 | 25 | 27.5 |
| 18 | 56 | NIKITAKIS, MICHAIL | GRE | 1799 | 4.5 | 0 | 24 | 27.5 |
| 19 | 38 | LAMPROPOULOS, PAVLOS | GRE | 1858 | 4.5 | 0 | 22 | 24.5 |
| 20 | 23 | KASTIS, FOTIS | GRE | 1937 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 31 |
| 21 | 9 | STRATIGOS, SPIROS | GRE | 2144 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 30.5 |
| 22 | 24 | GOUTOUFAS, CHRISTOS | GRE | 1935 | 4 | 0 | 26.5 | 28.5 |
| 23 | 16 | PANOPOULOS, IOANNIS | GRE | 2001 | 4 | 0 | 25.5 | 27 |
| 24 | 17 | ALEXAKIS, DIMITRIOS | GRE | 1976 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 26.5 |
| 25 | 40 | STAVROPOULOS, SOTIRIOS | GRE | 1841 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 26.5 |
| 26 | 57 | SKLAVOUNOS, PANAYOTIS | GRE | 1796 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 26.5 |
| 27 | 13 | LAFKIDIS, APOSTOLOS | GRE | 2064 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 26.5 |
| 28 | 35 | SIOUTIS, ANGELOS | GRE | 1876 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 26.5 |
| 29 | 54 | ORNITHOPOULOS, NIKOLAOS | GRE | 1802 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 25.5 |
| 30 | 27 | SIDERIS, THEODOROS | GRE | 1927 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 26 |
| 31 | 53 | ATHANASIOU, SOUMELA | GRE | 1805 | 4 | 0 | 22.5 | 24.5 |
| 32 | 29 | PAPADOPOULOS, ANTONIOS IOAN | GRE | 1919 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 24.5 |
| 33 | 48 | TOUMPAKARI, MARIA | GRE | 1817 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 24 |
| 34 | 36 | MAKRYLAKIS, IASON | GRE | 1869 | 4 | 0 | 21.5 | 22.5 |
| 35 | 51 | KARVOUNTZIS, IOANNIS CHRYSOSTOMOS | GRE | 1810 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 22 |
| 36 | 46 | TSOMIS, DIMITRIOS | GRE | 1826 | 4 | 0 | 19.5 | 21 |
| 37 | 10 | MYLONAKIS, IOANNIS | GRE | 2139 | 3.5 | 0 | 25 | 28 |
| 38 | 43 | AMPELIOTIS, GEORGIOS | GRE | 1832 | 3.5 | 0 | 25 | 26 |
| 39 | 39 | GALANOPOULOS, EFRAIM | GRE | 1851 | 3.5 | 0 | 24 | 26.5 |
| 40 | 45 | KALONOMOS, IOANNIS | GRE | 1830 | 3.5 | 0 | 23 | 25.5 |
| 83 players | ||||||||
The 30th Grand Hotel Adriatico takes place 7th to 14th September 2025.
| 30th Hotel Adriatico 2025 Montesilvano ITA Sun 7th Sep 2025 - Sun 14th Sep 2025
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 26 | Mrozowski, Nikodem | POL | 1965 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2144 | |
| 2 | 1 | Pultinevicius, Paulius | GM | LTU | 2529 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2035 |
| 3 | 2 | Horvath, Csaba | GM | HUN | 2477 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2024 |
| 4 | 3 | Di Benedetto, Edoardo | IM | ITA | 2436 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2023 |
| 5 | 6 | Kovacevic, Blazimir | GM | CRO | 2379 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2008 |
| 6 | 7 | Siva Kumar, Nirish Kumar | FM | MAS | 2239 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2000 |
| 7 | 8 | Djuric, Stefan | GM | SRB | 2235 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1990 |
| 8 | 9 | Schacher, Gerd | FM | ITA | 2193 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1970 |
| 9 | 10 | Kalyani, Sirin | WFM | IND | 2163 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1967 |
| 10 | 16 | Pintor, Simao | POR | 2117 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1931 | |
| 11 | 20 | Filippone, Matteo | ITA | 2016 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 2405 | |
| 12 | 27 | Cristiani, Cesare | ITA | 1961 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 2140 | |
| 13 | 28 | Castelfranchi, Carlo | ITA | 1955 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 2139 | |
| 14 | 29 | Ferraro, Luca | ITA | 1945 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 2138 | |
| 15 | 30 | Geraci, Sergio | ITA | 1933 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 2124 | |
| 16 | 5 | Poltorak, Sebastian | IM | POL | 2405 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 2016 |
| 17 | 12 | Unterfrauner, Albert | ITA | 2140 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1961 | |
| 18 | 13 | Kukushkin, Ivan | CM | BUL | 2139 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1955 |
| 19 | 14 | Caruso, Augusto | ITA | 2138 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1945 | |
| 20 | 15 | Simoli, Sergio | ITA | 2124 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1933 | |
| 21 | 17 | Di Giacinto, Gaudio | ITA | 2035 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2529 | |
| 22 | 18 | Mayorga Araya, Sofia | WIM | CRC | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2477 |
| 23 | 19 | Silva, Mariana | WFM | POR | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2436 |
| 24 | 21 | Fiorido, Giuseppe | ITA | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2379 | |
| 25 | 22 | Muellneritsch, Anton | AUT | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2239 | |
| 26 | 23 | Kinberg, Ofer | ISR | 1990 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2235 | |
| 27 | 24 | Lugaresi, Gabriele | ITA | 1970 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2193 | |
| 28 | 25 | Sereinig, Eduard | AUT | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2163 | |
| 29 | 31 | Tonel, Giulia | ITA | 1931 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2117 | |
| 30 | 11 | Proietti Cobas, Jorge | ITA | 2144 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1965 | |
| 31 | 4 | Glek, Igor | GM | BEL | 2429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0,0 |
| 31 players | |||||||||
The Reykjavik Chess Club Autumn tournaments take place 3rd to 21st September 2025.
| Reykjavik CC Autumn 2025 Reykjavik ISL Wed 3rd Sep 2025 - Sun 21st Sep 2025
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 9 | Bjorn Thorfinnsson | ISL | 2342 | 2.5 | 1,8 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 5 | Vignir Vatnar Stefansson | ISL | 2512 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 10 | Bardur Orn Birkisson | ISL | 2230 | 2 | 2,3 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 6 | Dagur Ragnarsson | ISL | 2365 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson | ISL | 2209 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | Lenka Ptacnikova | ISL | 2154 | 1.5 | 0,8 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | Bjorn Holm Birkisson | ISL | 2170 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 1 | Adam Omarsson | ISL | 2103 | 1 | 1,3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | Oliver Johannesson | ISL | 2245 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 4 | Josef Omarsson | ISL | 2129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 players | ||||||||
| Reykjavik CC Autumn 2025 Reykjavik ISL Wed 3rd Sep 2025 - Sun 21st Sep 2025. Category: 1. Ave: (2255) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Thorfinnsson, Bjorn | IM | ISL | 2342 | # | = | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2437 | ||||||
| 2 | Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar | GM | ISL | 2509 | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2374 | ||||||
| 3 | Birkisson, Bardur Orn | FM | ISL | 2232 | # | = | = | 1 | 2 | 2386 | ||||||
| 4 | Ragnarsson, Dagur | IM | ISL | 2387 | 1 | = | # | 1.5 | 2564 | |||||||
| 5 | Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn | FM | ISL | 2209 | = | # | = | = | 1.5 | 2230 | ||||||
| 6 | Ptacnikova, Lenka | WGM | ISL | 2115 | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1.5 | 2279 | ||||||
| 7 | Birkisson, Bjorn Holm | CM | ISL | 2163 | 0 | = | # | = | 1 | 2144 | ||||||
| 8 | Omarsson, Adam | CM | ISL | 2232 | 0 | = | = | # | 1 | 2076 | ||||||
| 9 | Johannesson, Oliver | FM | ISL | 2245 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 2315 | |||||||
| 10 | Omarsson, Josef | ISL | 2120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | 0 | 2234 | |||||||
The CCCSA Charlotte Labor Day Invitational took place 28th August to 1st September 2025. Luka Budisavljevic won the GM event with 7/9. and Rose Atwell won the IM event with 6.5/9.
| CCCSA Labor Day GM 2025 Charlotte USA Thu 28th Aug 2025 - Mon 1st Sep 2025. Category: 6. Ave: (2398) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Budisavljevic, Luka | GM | SRB | 2499 | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | = | 7 | 2607 |
| 2 | Cordova, Emilio | GM | PER | 2485 | = | # | 1 | = | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 6 | 2513 |
| 3 | Gauri, Shankar | FM | IND | 2397 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | = | 5 | 2441 |
| 4 | Cruz, Cristhian | GM | PER | 2448 | = | = | 0 | # | = | = | 1 | = | = | = | 4.5 | 2393 |
| 5 | Johnson, Donald | FM | USA | 2290 | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | # | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | 4 | 2367 |
| 6 | Panjwani, Raja | IM | CAN | 2423 | 0 | = | = | = | 0 | # | = | = | = | 1 | 4 | 2352 |
| 7 | Rorrer, Grayson | IM | USA | 2426 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | = | # | 1 | = | = | 4 | 2352 |
| 8 | Vanapalli, Vishnu | FM | USA | 2309 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 1 | = | 0 | # | = | 1 | 4 | 2365 |
| 9 | Wang, Isaac | IM | USA | 2374 | = | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | = | # | 1 | 3.5 | 2321 |
| 10 | Wang, Tianqi | IM | USA | 2330 | = | = | = | = | = | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | # | 3 | 2281 |
| CCCSA Labor Day IM 2025 Charlotte USA Thu 28th Aug 2025 - Mon 1st Sep 2025. Category: 2. Ave: (2284) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Atwell, Rose | FM | USA | 2232 | # | = | 1 | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2456 |
| 2 | De Silva, L M S T | IM | SRI | 2395 | = | # | = | = | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2397 |
| 3 | Jing, Andrew | FM | USA | 2266 | 0 | = | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2329 |
| 4 | Juksta, Karolis | IM | LTU | 2384 | = | = | = | # | = | = | = | = | 1 | = | 5 | 2316 |
| 5 | Melillo, Lucius | FM | USA | 2315 | = | 0 | = | = | # | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2324 |
| 6 | Song, Ethan | FM | CAN | 2238 | = | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | # | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 2290 |
| 7 | Matros, Alexander | IM | KAZ | 2312 | = | = | 0 | = | = | 1 | # | = | = | = | 4.5 | 2281 |
| 8 | Shafer, Logan C | CM | USA | 2234 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | = | # | = | 1 | 3.5 | 2210 |
| 9 | Chirilov, James A | FM | USA | 2212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | = | # | 1 | 3 | 2167 |
| 10 | Horobetz, Graham | USA | 2256 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | # | 2 | 2068 | |
The 27th Trieste Open took place 30th August to 5th September 2025. Denis Kadric edged out Sabino Brunello on tie-break after both scored 7/9.
| 27th Trieste Open 2025 Trieste ITA Sat 30th Aug 2025 - Fri 5th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 4 | Kadric, Denis | MNE | 2536 | 7 | 9 | 49 |
| 2 | 5 | Brunello, Sabino | ITA | 2484 | 7 | 9 | 44 |
| 3 | 7 | Levin, Guy | ISR | 2464 | 6.5 | 9 | 49.5 |
| 4 | 13 | Tica, Sven | CRO | 2442 | 6.5 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | 3 | Petrov, Martin | BUL | 2538 | 6.5 | 9 | 48.5 |
| 6 | 2 | Banikas, Hristos | GRE | 2542 | 6.5 | 9 | 48 |
| 7 | 8 | David, Alberto | ITA | 2457 | 6.5 | 9 | 47.5 |
| 8 | 12 | Pajeken, Jakob Leon | GER | 2443 | 6.5 | 9 | 46 |
| 9 | 14 | Carnicelli, Valerio | ITA | 2437 | 6.5 | 9 | 46 |
| 10 | 1 | Subelj, Jan | SLO | 2549 | 6.5 | 9 | 45 |
| 11 | 6 | Lavrencic, Matic | SLO | 2469 | 6.5 | 9 | 44.5 |
| 12 | 25 | Novosel, Lovro | CRO | 2347 | 6.5 | 9 | 38.5 |
| 13 | 9 | Raja, Harshit | IND | 2453 | 6.5 | 8 | 44.5 |
| 14 | 39 | Perossa, Nicolas | ITA | 2284 | 6 | 9 | 46 |
| 15 | 27 | Motola, Jacopo | ITA | 2333 | 6 | 9 | 39.5 |
| 16 | 19 | Yaniv, Yuval | ISR | 2410 | 6 | 8 | 40 |
| 17 | 16 | Pancevski, Filip | MKD | 2428 | 5.5 | 9 | 47 |
| 18 | 17 | Krastev, Alexander | GER | 2424 | 5.5 | 9 | 46 |
| 19 | 23 | Alexiadis, Hristos | GRE | 2361 | 5.5 | 9 | 44 |
| 20 | 10 | Alonso, Salvador | ARG | 2452 | 5.5 | 9 | 44 |
| 21 | 53 | Papaioannou, Dimitrios | GRE | 2183 | 5.5 | 9 | 43 |
| 22 | 26 | Kalosha, Zhiulien Oleksii | ITA | 2334 | 5.5 | 9 | 42.5 |
| 23 | 20 | Fedorovsky, Michael | GER | 2390 | 5.5 | 9 | 41.5 |
| 24 | 63 | Golubovic, Erik | CRO | 2134 | 5.5 | 9 | 41 |
| 25 | 42 | Jarocka, Liwia | POL | 2266 | 5.5 | 9 | 40 |
| 26 | 29 | Krasteva, Beloslava | BUL | 2322 | 5.5 | 9 | 40 |
| 27 | 21 | Schernthaner, David | AUT | 2381 | 5.5 | 9 | 39 |
| 28 | 49 | Vincenti, Leonardo | ITA | 2221 | 5.5 | 9 | 38.5 |
| 29 | 43 | Zlatin, Alexander | ISR | 2264 | 5.5 | 9 | 38.5 |
| 30 | 30 | Ohler, Julius | GER | 2316 | 5.5 | 9 | 37.5 |
| 31 | 40 | Arnold, Rhys | NED | 2269 | 5.5 | 9 | 37.5 |
| 32 | 18 | Stankovic, Milos | SRB | 2421 | 5.5 | 9 | 37.5 |
| 33 | 37 | Ongut, Tamas Gunes | HUN | 2292 | 5.5 | 9 | 37 |
| 34 | 46 | Veleshnja, Zino | ALB | 2245 | 5.5 | 9 | 36.5 |
| 35 | 57 | Joly, Julien | FRA | 2172 | 5 | 9 | 42 |
| 36 | 28 | Collutiis, Duilio | ITA | 2325 | 5 | 9 | 41.5 |
| 37 | 22 | Stinka, Jakub | CZE | 2364 | 5 | 9 | 41 |
| 38 | 31 | Chittka, Julius | GER | 2312 | 5 | 9 | 41 |
| 39 | 58 | Shpanko, Nadiia | SLO | 2162 | 5 | 9 | 40 |
| 40 | 35 | Skrbec, Leon | SLO | 2298 | 5 | 9 | 40 |
| 130 players | |||||||
Thhe Marshall CC Labor Day took place 28th August to 1st September 2025. Sai Krishna won the GMA with 6.5/9. Mykola Bortnyk won the IMB with 7/9. Michael Rohde won the Mix C on tie-break from Joshua Colas after both finished with 6/9
| Marshall CC Labor Day GMA New York USA Thu 28th Aug 2025 - Mon 1st Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 7 | Krishna, Sai | IM | CAN | 2390 | 6.5 | 25.5 |
| 2 | 5 | Paragua, Mark | GM | PHI | 2408 | 6 | 24,8 |
| 3 | 10 | Lenderman, Aleksandr | GM | USA | 2455 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | 2 | Stearman, Josiah | IM | USA | 2455 | 5.5 | 22.5 |
| 5 | 1 | Adewumi, Tanitoluwa | IM | USA | 2421 | 4.5 | 19.5 |
| 6 | 4 | Lin, Bryan Enming | FM | USA | 2345 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | 8 | Chen, Justin | FM | USA | 2371 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | 6 | Barbosa, Oliver | GM | PHI | 2408 | 3.5 | 16 |
| 9 | 9 | George, Kevin | IM | EGY | 2359 | 3 | 10,3 |
| 10 | 3 | Yu, Jennifer | WGM | USA | 2276 | 2 | 7.5 |
| 10 players | |||||||
| Marshall CC Labor Day GMA New York USA Thu 28th Aug 2025 - Mon 1st Sep 2025. Category: 6. Ave: (2389) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Sai, Krishna G V | IM | CAN | 2390 | # | = | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2555 |
| 2 | Paragua, Mark | GM | PHI | 2408 | = | # | = | 1 | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2512 |
| 3 | Lenderman, Aleksandr | GM | USA | 2455 | 0 | = | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2506 |
| 4 | Stearman, Josiah | IM | USA | 2455 | 1 | 0 | = | # | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2461 |
| 5 | Adewumi, Tanitoluwa | IM | USA | 2421 | 1 | = | 0 | = | # | 0 | = | = | = | 1 | 4.5 | 2385 |
| 6 | Lin, Bryan Enming | FM | USA | 2345 | 0 | = | = | = | 1 | # | = | = | 0 | = | 4 | 2351 |
| 7 | Chen, Justin | FM | USA | 2371 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | = | # | 1 | = | = | 4 | 2348 |
| 8 | Barbosa, Oliver | GM | PHI | 2408 | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | 0 | # | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 2307 |
| 9 | George, Kevin | IM | EGY | 2359 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | = | 0 | # | 1 | 3 | 2267 |
| 10 | Yu, Jennifer | FM | USA | 2276 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 1 | 0 | # | 2 | 2181 |
| Marshall CC Labor Day IMB New York USA Thu 28th Aug 2025 - Mon 1st Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 1 | Bortnyk, Mykola | IM | UKR | 2389 | 7 | 29 |
| 2 | 10 | Tanenbaum, Zachary | FM | USA | 2302 | 6 | 21,8 |
| 3 | 2 | Sarfranek, William | NM | USA | 2229 | 5.5 | 21,8 |
| 4 | 3 | Zhu, Linxi | FM | USA | 2320 | 5 | 20,8 |
| 5 | 8 | Espinosa, Pedro | CM | USA | 2184 | 4.5 | 20 |
| 6 | 7 | Frank, Adam | IM | 2371 | 4.5 | 18.5 | |
| 7 | 6 | Ho, Carter | CM | USA | 2208 | 4 | 15,8 |
| 8 | 9 | Yudasin, Leonid | GM | ISR | 2261 | 4 | 15.5 |
| 9 | 4 | Goktepe, Derin | CM | USA | 2180 | 3 | 12,3 |
| 10 | 5 | Eynula, Roza | WFM | KOR | 2077 | 1.5 | 5,8 |
| 10 players | |||||||
| Marshall CC Labor Day IMB New York USA Thu 28th Aug 2025 - Mon 1st Sep 2025. Category: 1. Ave: (2252) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Bortnyk, Mykola | IM | UKR | 2389 | # | 1 | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2457 |
| 2 | Tanenbaum, Zachary | FM | USA | 2302 | 0 | # | 0 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2372 |
| 3 | Safranek, William | USA | 2229 | 0 | 1 | # | 1 | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2335 | |
| 4 | Zhu, Linxi | FM | USA | 2320 | = | = | 0 | # | 1 | = | 1 | = | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2288 |
| 5 | Espinosa, Pedro | CM | USA | 2184 | = | = | = | 0 | # | 1 | = | = | = | = | 4.5 | 2260 |
| 6 | Frank, Adam | IM | CZE | 2371 | = | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | # | = | = | = | 1 | 4.5 | 2239 |
| 7 | Ho, Carter | CM | USA | 2208 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | = | # | = | 1 | = | 4 | 2214 |
| 8 | Yudasin, Leonid | GM | ISR | 2261 | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | = | # | = | 1 | 4 | 2208 |
| 9 | Goktepe, Derin | CM | USA | 2180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | = | 0 | = | # | = | 3 | 2135 |
| 10 | Eynula, Roza | WFM | KOR | 2077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | = | # | 1.5 | 1999 |
| Marshall Labor Day MixC New York USA Thu 28th Aug 2025 - Mon 1st Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 5 | Rohde, Michael | GM | USA | 2247 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Colas, Joshua | FM | USA | 2268 | 6 | 24,8 |
| 3 | 4 | Nasta, Kiren | NM | USA | 2192 | 5.5 | 21.5 |
| 4 | 1 | Klenoff, Caleb | NM | USA | 2204 | 5.5 | 21,3 |
| 5 | 2 | Patel, Maahir | NM | USA | 2114 | 4.5 | 22,3 |
| 6 | 10 | Shangin, Lev | NM | USA | 2186 | 4.5 | 18,8 |
| 7 | 9 | Goodrich, Elliot | NM | USA | 2111 | 4 | 15,8 |
| 8 | 3 | Rosenberg, Evan | NM | USA | 2013 | 4 | 14.5 |
| 9 | 7 | Hoffman, Luc | CM | USA | 2123 | 3.5 | 15.5 |
| 10 | 8 | Rawshani, Kamran | NM | USA | 2183 | 1.5 | 6,3 |
| 10 players | |||||||
| Marshall Labor Day MixC New York USA Thu 28th Aug 2025 - Mon 1st Sep 2025. Category: None. Ave: (2164) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Rohde, Michael | GM | USA | 2247 | # | = | = | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 6 | 2280 |
| 2 | Colas, Joshua | FM | USA | 2268 | = | # | 1 | = | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 6 | 2278 |
| 3 | Nasta, Kiren Vivek | USA | 2192 | = | 0 | # | = | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2241 | |
| 4 | Klenoff, Caleb | USA | 2204 | 0 | = | = | # | 0 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2240 | |
| 5 | Patel, Maahir M | USA | 2114 | = | = | = | 1 | # | = | 1 | 0 | = | 0 | 4.5 | 2170 | |
| 6 | Shangin, Lev | USA | 2186 | = | 1 | 0 | 0 | = | # | 1 | = | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 2162 | |
| 7 | Goodrich, Elliott | USA | 2111 | = | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | = | 1 | 4 | 2127 | |
| 8 | Rosenberg, Evan S | USA | 2013 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2138 | |
| 9 | Hoffman, Luc | CM | USA | 2123 | = | = | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | = | 0 | # | = | 3.5 | 2089 |
| 10 | Rawshani, Kamran | USA | 2183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | # | 1.5 | 1889 | |
The Toronto Open Crown took place 30th August to 1st September 2025. Anthony Atanasov won with 6/6.
| Toronto Open Crown 2025 Toronto CAN Sat 30th Aug 2025 - Mon 1st Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 6 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | 2 | Atanasov, Anthony | IM | CAN | 2411 | 6 |
| 2 | 5 | Vettese, Nicholas | IM | CAN | 2352 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 9 | Plotkin, Victor | FM | CAN | 2282 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 6 | Golubka, Petro | GM | UKR | 2329 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 1 | Noritsyn, Nikolay | IM | CAN | 2462 | 4 |
| 6 | 17 | Malakar, Saarthak | CAN | 2083 | 4 | |
| 7 | 15 | Yang, Larry | NM | CAN | 2108 | 4 |
| 8 | 10 | Cummings, David H. | IM | CAN | 2252 | 3.5 |
| 9 | 24 | Gao, Raymond | NM | CAN | 2000 | 3.5 |
| 10 | 7 | Noritsyn, Sergey | FM | CAN | 2298 | 3.5 |
| 11 | 22 | Dhaliwal, Jaipreet Singh | NM | CAN | 2037 | 3.5 |
| 12 | 25 | Deepak, Laksshana | WFM | CAN | 1990 | 3.5 |
| 13 | 13 | Lai, Duc Minh | VIE | 2121 | 3.5 | |
| 14 | 11 | Gavrilin, Roman | NM | CAN | 2147 | 3.5 |
| 15 | 3 | Razin, Vadim | UKR | 2396 | 3.5 | |
| 16 | 8 | Jaferian, Koosha | FM | CAN | 2285 | 3.5 |
| 17 | 4 | Ivanov, Mike | IM | CAN | 2383 | 3 |
| 18 | 16 | Wiebe, Isaac | NM | CAN | 2093 | 3 |
| 19 | 27 | Xie, Irene | WCM | CAN | 1977 | 3 |
| 20 | 28 | Qian, Eric | CAN | 1967 | 2.5 | |
| 21 | 26 | Windram, James | CAN | 1984 | 2.5 | |
| 22 | 12 | Qian, Ashley | WFM | CAN | 2134 | 2.5 |
| 23 | 21 | Shih, Matthew | USA | 2039 | 2.5 | |
| 24 | 29 | Li, Adam | CAN | 1962 | 2.5 | |
| 25 | 20 | Kang, Dorian | CM | CAN | 2047 | 2 |
| 26 | 32 | Zhang, Daniel | CAN | 1922 | 2 | |
| 27 | 35 | Achyuth, Akshaj | CAN | 1751 | 2 | |
| 28 | 18 | Huang, Youhe | NM | CAN | 2057 | 2 |
| 29 | 30 | Wang, Bingfei | CHN | 1942 | 2 | |
| 30 | 23 | Barron, Michael | IM | CAN | 2034 | 2 |
| 31 | 33 | Leong, Ryan | CAN | 1920 | 2 | |
| 32 | 31 | Moon, Ethan | CAN | 1936 | 1.5 | |
| 33 | 19 | Yu, Jonathan | NM | CAN | 2052 | 1 |
| 34 | 34 | Wang, Andy Zixin | CAN | 1792 | 0.5 | |
| 35 | 14 | Agbabishvili, Lali | CAN | 2109 | 0 | |
| 35 players | ||||||
The Portuguese Championship took place 31st August to 7th September 2025. Andre Sousa won with 7/9.
| ch-POR 2025 Matosinhos POR Sun 31st Aug 2025 - Sun 7th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 8 | SOUSA, Andre V | IM | POR | 2400 | 7 | 0 | 27,75 | 2 |
| 2 | 10 | SILVA, Pedro Gil | FM | POR | 2278 | 6.5 | 0 | 28,25 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | VEIGA, Francisco | IM | POR | 2389 | 5 | 0.5 | 20,25 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | ROCHA, Sergio | IM | POR | 2279 | 5 | 0.5 | 20,25 | 1 |
| 5 | 9 | BÁRRIA, Jose | FM | POR | 2363 | 4 | 0.5 | 16,75 | 1 |
| 6 | 5 | FARYMA, Matviy | NM | POR | 2250 | 4 | 0.5 | 14,00 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | MARTINS, Bruno | FM | POR | 2378 | 3.5 | 2 | 16,00 | 1.5 |
| 8 | 7 | FIDALGO, Andre | NM | POR | 2250 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 16.50 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | FERNANDES, António | GM | POR | 2307 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 14,25 | 1.5 |
| 10 | 4 | FERREIRA, Luis | NM | POR | 2216 | 3 | 0 | 12,00 | 0.5 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| ch-POR 2025 Matosinhos POR Sun 31st Aug 2025 - Sun 7th Sep 2025. Category: 3. Ave: (2311) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Sousa, Andre Ventura | IM | POR | 2400 | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2521 |
| 2 | Silva, Pedro Gil Ferreira Da | FM | POR | 2278 | 1 | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2481 |
| 3 | Veiga, Jose Francisco R P Neves | IM | POR | 2389 | 0 | = | # | = | 1 | 1 | = | = | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2345 |
| 4 | Rocha, Sergio | IM | POR | 2279 | 0 | = | = | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | = | = | 5 | 2358 |
| 5 | Barria, Jose | FM | POR | 2363 | = | 0 | 0 | = | # | = | 1 | 1 | = | 0 | 4 | 2262 |
| 6 | Faryma, Matviy | POR | 2250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 4 | 2275 | |
| 7 | Fidalgo, Andre Neves | POR | 2250 | = | = | = | = | 0 | 0 | # | 0 | = | 1 | 3.5 | 2238 | |
| 8 | Martins, Bruno Andre Leite | FM | POR | 2378 | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 2224 |
| 9 | Fernandes, Antonio | GM | POR | 2307 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | = | 0 | = | 0 | # | 1 | 3.5 | 2231 |
| 10 | Ferreira, Luis Pedro | POR | 2216 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | = | 0 | 1 | 0 | # | 3 | 2197 | |
The Sahel Chess Festival took place 2nd to 8th September 2025. Johan-Sebastian Christiansen won with 8.5/9.
| Sahel Chess Festival 2025 Monastir TUN Tue 2nd Sep 2025 - Mon 8th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian | GM | 2655 | 8.5 | 0 | 42.5 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr | IM | 2362 | 7 | 0 | 42.5 | 7 |
| 3 | 4 | Nikcevic, Nebojsa | GM | 2318 | 5.5 | 0 | 44 | 5 |
| 4 | 8 | Boulrens, Ala Eddine | 2174 | 5.5 | 0 | 44 | 4 | |
| 5 | 3 | Zaibi, Amir | GM | 2339 | 5.5 | 0 | 43.5 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 | Zherebtsova, Alexandra | FM | 2265 | 5.5 | 0 | 40.5 | 3 |
| 7 | 20 | Zenaidi, Sadok | 1972 | 5 | 1 | 45.5 | 4 | |
| 8 | 5 | Nikolic, Nebojsa | FM | 2268 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | Hernando Rodrigo, Jose Maria | IM | 2245 | 4.5 | 0 | 46.5 | 4 |
| 10 | 9 | Hbacha, Achraf | IM | 2173 | 4.5 | 0 | 35.5 | 3 |
| 11 | 11 | Barbaria, Yacine | CM | 2142 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 3 |
| 12 | 13 | Achour, Mohamed Anis | 2131 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
| 13 | 14 | Om, Batra | 2126 | 4 | 0 | 35.5 | 3 | |
| 14 | 19 | Zouaghi, Ahmed | 1991 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |
| 15 | 17 | Barhoumi, Med Anis | 2014 | 4 | 0 | 32.5 | 3 | |
| 16 | 21 | Chelly, Yahya | 1948 | 3.5 | 1 | 26.5 | 2 | |
| 17 | 10 | Bouzidi, Ahmed | CM | 2164 | 3.5 | 2 | 34 | 3 |
| 18 | 12 | Taieb, Sahbi | CM | 2140 | 3 | 0 | 32.5 | 2 |
| 19 | 18 | Rekik, Ismail | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| 20 | 16 | Elci, Eren | 2062 | 1.5 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| 21 | 15 | Ben Ghanem, Hamed | FM | 2088 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 players | ||||||||
The Argentine Women's Championship took place 27th August to 4th September 2025. Ernestina Adam beat Marisa Zuriel 2-0 in a rapid tie-break after they both finished on 7/9 in this Swiss system event.
| 76th ch-ARG w 2025 Villa Martelli ARG Wed 27th Aug 2025 - Thu 4th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 5 | Adam, Ernestina | ARG | 2130 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 32.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Zuriel, Marisa | ARG | 2171 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 37,8 |
| 3 | 3 | Scarsi, Anna Laura | ARG | 2159 | 6.5 | 0 | 45.5 | 33,3 |
| 4 | 1 | Campos, Maria Jose | ARG | 2172 | 6.5 | 0 | 45.5 | 31,3 |
| 5 | 7 | Gaite, Karen Nerina | ARG | 1979 | 5.5 | 0 | 46 | 24.5 |
| 6 | 4 | Brizzi, Milagros Tatiana | ARG | 2131 | 5.5 | 0 | 37 | 17,3 |
| 7 | 8 | Bosco, Giuliana | ARG | 1963 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 25,8 |
| 8 | 9 | Mayeregger, Guadalupe Milagros | ARG | 1875 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 24 |
| 9 | 6 | Nejanky, Maisa | ARG | 1984 | 5 | 0 | 41.5 | 20 |
| 10 | 11 | Alvarez, Mia Morena | ARG | 1739 | 4.5 | 0 | 38.5 | 14,3 |
| 11 | 10 | Ramirez, Marysol | ARG | 1835 | 4.5 | 0 | 38.5 | 13 |
| 12 | 12 | Quiroga Ortiz, Isabella | ARG | 1736 | 4 | 0 | 37.5 | 10 |
| 13 | 13 | Morales, Jesica | ARG | 1646 | 3 | 0 | 35.5 | 6 |
| 14 | 14 | Perez Mosqueda, Valeria Ritzabeth | ARG | 1506 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | Macuri, Genesis | ARG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| 15 players | ||||||||
| 76th ch-ARG w TB 2025 Villa Martelli ARG Wed 27th Aug 2025 - Thu 4th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | Pts |
| 1 | Adam, Ernestina | WFM | ARG | 2130 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Zuriel, Marisa | WIM | ARG | 2171 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 players | |||||||
The 2nd Corsica Chess Club Round Robin took place 31st August to 6th September 2025. Manon Schippke won with 6/9.
| 2nd Corsica CC 2025 Bastia FRA Sun 31st Aug 2025 - Sat 6th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | Schippke, Manon | mf | 2374 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6 | 26¼ | 4 | |
| 2 | Flear, Glenn C | g | 2358 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5½ | 23 | 4 | |
| 3 | Gryshko, Vitalii | f | 2329 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 22¼ | 4 | |
| 4 | Grezels, Florian | f | 2340 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 20¾ | 2 | |
| 5 | Fontana, Matteo Ratier | 2280 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 4½ | 20¾ | 3 | ||
| 6 | Villegas, Pierre | m | 2283 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4½ | 19¼ | 3 | |
| 7 | Roux, Baptiste | f | 2381 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4½ | 19 | 4 | |
| 8 | Pieri, Pierre-Louis | 2229 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 13¾ | 2 | ||
| 9 | Deladerriere, Apollo | 2152 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14½ | 2 | ||
| 10 | Ralison, Milanto Harifidy | m | 2217 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 2 | |
| 10 players | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd Corsica CC 2025 Bastia FRA Sun 31st Aug 2025 - Sat 6th Sep 2025. Category: 2. Ave: (2294) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Schippke, Manon | WIM | FRA | 2374 | # | 1 | = | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 6 | 2410 |
| 2 | Flear, Glenn C | GM | ENG | 2358 | 0 | # | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 | 2367 |
| 3 | Gryshko, Vitalii | FM | UKR | 2329 | = | = | # | = | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2370 |
| 4 | Grezels, Florian | FM | FRA | 2340 | 0 | = | = | # | = | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | 5 | 2332 |
| 5 | Ratier-Fontana, Matteo | CM | FRA | 2280 | 1 | 0 | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1 | = | 0 | = | 4.5 | 2296 |
| 6 | Villegas, Pierre | IM | MNC | 2283 | = | = | 1 | 0 | 0 | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2296 |
| 7 | Roux, Baptiste | FM | FRA | 2381 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | 1 | # | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 2285 |
| 8 | Pieri, Pierre-Louis | CM | FRA | 2229 | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 2222 |
| 9 | Deladerriere, Apollo | CM | FRA | 2152 | = | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | # | 0 | 3 | 2185 |
| 10 | Ralison, Milanto Harifidy | IM | MAD | 2217 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 3 | 2178 |
The 16th Calgary International took place 31st July to 4th August 2025. Victor Mikhalevski, won with 7.5/9, my thanks to Hugh Brodie for the available games.
| 16th Calgary Int 2025 Calgary CAN Thu 31st Jul 2025 - Mon 4th Aug 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 1 | Mikhalevski, Victor | ISR | 2492 | 7.5 | 46.5 |
| 2 | 3 | Thavandiran, Shiyam | CAN | 2398 | 6.5 | 48 |
| 3 | 4 | Ivanov, Mike | CAN | 2383 | 6 | 46 |
| 4 | 6 | Doknjas, Neil | CAN | 2245 | 6 | 44.5 |
| 5 | 5 | Keleberda, Tymur | CAN | 2339 | 5.5 | 44.5 |
| 6 | 2 | Komarov, Dimitri | UKR | 2407 | 5 | 45 |
| 7 | 8 | Chandra, Anand Rishi | CAN | 2169 | 4.5 | 46.5 |
| 8 | 13 | Taylor, Tristan | CAN | 2012 | 4.5 | 43 |
| 9 | 15 | Malek, Omid | CAN | 2002 | 4.5 | 43 |
| 10 | 10 | Wu, Jonathan | CAN | 2091 | 4.5 | 39.5 |
| 11 | 11 | Bai, Jinghui | CAN | 2031 | 4 | 41 |
| 12 | 9 | Srinivasan, Hemant | CAN | 2097 | 4 | 40.5 |
| 13 | 12 | Alpuri, Aaqil | CAN | 2027 | 4 | 38 |
| 14 | 17 | Darvekar, Yash | CAN | 1922 | 4 | 31 |
| 15 | 14 | Wu, Nathan Ping-Ying | CAN | 2006 | 3.5 | 34.5 |
| 16 | 7 | Ng, Gary | CAN | 2234 | 3 | 36.5 |
| 17 | 18 | Iyer, Abhinav | IND | 1915 | 3 | 32.5 |
| 18 | 20 | Zheng, Yanchen | CHN | 1877 | 3 | 30 |
| 19 | 19 | Prianichnikov, Michael | CAN | 1888 | 2.5 | 35 |
| 20 | 21 | Dave, Bhavik | IND | 1805 | 1 | 11 |
| 21 | 16 | Tran, Tri | CAN | 1973 | 0.5 | 21 |
| 22 | 22 | Daniluk, Jim | CAN | 1844 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 players | ||||||
The Hull 4NCL Congress took place 5th to 7th September 2025. Rafe Martyn won with 4.5/5.
| Hull 4NCL Congress 2025 Hull ENG Fri 5th Sep 2025 - Sun 7th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 5 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Martyn, Rafe | FM | ENG | 2315 | 4.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Merry, Alan B | IM | ENG | 2417 | 4 |
| 3 | 24 | Burke, Alex | ENG | 2046 | 4 | |
| 4 | 34 | Deepak Ambattu, Rithvik | SCO | 1937 | 4 | |
| 5 | 2 | Davies, Nigel R | GM | ENG | 2361 | 3.5 |
| 6 | 10 | Ganti, Shriaansh | ENG | 2173 | 3.5 | |
| 7 | 22 | Royle, Alex | ENG | 2071 | 3.5 | |
| 8 | 5 | Milson, Samuel A | ENG | 2226 | 3 | |
| 9 | 6 | Ciuravin, Andrei | ENG | 2202 | 3 | |
| 10 | 7 | Potter, John M | ENG | 2196 | 3 | |
| 11 | 8 | Larchikov, Maksym | UKR | 2193 | 3 | |
| 12 | 12 | Walker, Martin G | FM | ENG | 2167 | 3 |
| 13 | 14 | Zhang, Junyi | ENG | 2159 | 3 | |
| 14 | 15 | Malinovskii, Ilia | ENG | 2155 | 3 | |
| 15 | 37 | Sharma, Devesh | SCO | 1844 | 3 | |
| 16 | 9 | Nelson, Jonathan P | FM | ENG | 2180 | 2.5 |
| 17 | 11 | Varley, Joe | ENG | 2172 | 2.5 | |
| 18 | 19 | Zhu, Yaoyao | ENG | 2119 | 2.5 | |
| 19 | 27 | Collinson, Mark I | ENG | 2012 | 2.5 | |
| 20 | 30 | Ashton, Alannah | WCM | ENG | 1978 | 2.5 |
| 21 | 4 | Sowray, Peter J | FM | ENG | 2307 | 2 |
| 22 | 17 | Birtwistle, Nigel | ENG | 2141 | 2 | |
| 23 | 18 | Cooper, John G | ENG | 2138 | 2 | |
| 24 | 20 | Prior, Stephen Cv | ENG | 2082 | 2 | |
| 25 | 21 | Bevis, Noah | ENG | 2081 | 2 | |
| 26 | 23 | Sullivan, Daniel Js | ENG | 2063 | 2 | |
| 27 | 25 | Gunarathne, Senith | ENG | 2043 | 2 | |
| 28 | 29 | Hopkins, Kit W | ENG | 1983 | 2 | |
| 29 | 31 | Clark, Robert G | ENG | 1977 | 2 | |
| 30 | 32 | Hu, Junyan | ENG | 1974 | 2 | |
| 31 | 33 | Savage, Nicholas W | ENG | 1966 | 2 | |
| 32 | 26 | Kilshaw, Joe | ENG | 2016 | 1.5 | |
| 33 | 28 | Adams, Mark A | WLS | 1993 | 1.5 | |
| 34 | 35 | Webster, Alex | ENG | 1918 | 1.5 | |
| 35 | 13 | Sasikumar, Srivathsan | ENG | 2166 | 1 | |
| 36 | 36 | Ilett, Raymond J | ENG | 1847 | 1 | |
| 37 | 38 | Stephenson, David W | ENG | 1782 | 1 | |
| 38 | 39 | Sheppard, Derek A | ENG | 1723 | 1 | |
| 39 | 16 | Udovenko, Daniel Alexander | ENG | 2152 | 0.5 | |
| 39 players | ||||||
The Illinois Open took place 29th August to 1st September 2025. Praveen Balakrishnan won with 7.5/9.
| Illinois Open 2025 Naperville, IL USA Fri 29th Aug 2025 - Mon 1st Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pts | Prize |
| 1 | Balakrishnan, Praveen | GM | USA | 2494 | W33 (b) | H--- | W10 (w) | W32 (b) | W4 (w) | W5 (b) | D2 (w) | D3 (w) | W6 (w) | 7.5 | 2000 |
| 2 | Lkhagvajamts, Ochirbat | FM | MGL | 2380 | H--- | H--- | W12 (w) | W10 (b) | W24 (w) | W18 (b) | D1 (b) | W4 (w) | D5 (b) | 7 | 1000 |
| 3 | Schmakel, Sam | IM | USA | 2450 | W48 (w) | W18 (b) | W14 (w) | L4 (b) | D27 (w) | W32 (b) | D8 (w) | D1 (b) | W10 (w) | 6.5 | 700 |
| 4 | Padhya, Saumil | IND | 2197 | W16 (b) | W28 (w) | D37 (b) | W3 (w) | L1 (b) | W9 (w) | W24 (b) | L2 (b) | W13 (w) | 6.5 | 700 | |
| 5 | Platnick, Elijah Samuel | USA | 1991 | D34 (b) | D46 (w) | W31 (b) | W28 (w) | W29 (b) | L1 (w) | W18 (w) | D6 (b) | D2 (w) | 6 | 400 | |
| 6 | Shetty, Anshul P | USA | 2156 | W11 (b) | D15 (w) | D25 (w) | L18 (b) | W17 (w) | W30 (b) | W12 (w) | D5 (w) | L1 (b) | 5.5 | ||
| 7 | Abraham, John | USA | 2108 | H--- | L27 (b) | W48 (w) | L12 (b) | W20 (w) | W14 (b) | X17 | D11 (w) | H--- | 5.5 | ||
| 8 | Baker, Aidan | USA | 2104 | H--- | D34 (w) | D11 (b) | W39 (w) | D33 (b) | W29 (w) | D3 (b) | L10 (b) | W18 (w) | 5.5 | ||
| 9 | Bruha, Nicholas | USA | 2040 | W40 (w) | D12 (b) | L27 (w) | W45 (b) | D32 (w) | L4 (b) | W29 (w) | D18 (b) | W25 (w) | 5.5 | ||
| 10 | Das, Debarghya | USA | 1913 | W44 (b) | W45 (w) | L1 (b) | L2 (w) | W34 (b) | W37 (w) | D11 (b) | W8 (w) | L3 (b) | 5.5 | ||
| 11 | Li, Aiden Linyuan | CM | USA | 1861 | L6 (w) | W23 (b) | D8 (w) | D13 (b) | W25 (w) | W26 (b) | D10 (w) | D7 (b) | D12 (w) | 5.5 | |
| 12 | Higuchi, Hiro | USA | 1840 | W38 (b) | D9 (w) | L2 (b) | W7 (w) | D37 (b) | W28 (w) | L6 (b) | W21 (w) | D11 (b) | 5.5 | ||
| 13 | Adhikari, Sunav | USA | 2018 | H--- | L32 (b) | D21 (w) | D11 (w) | W39 (b) | D15 (w) | W16 (b) | W28 (w) | L4 (b) | 5 | ||
| 14 | Hengen, Luke O | USA | 1932 | W22 (b) | W31 (w) | L3 (b) | D33 (w) | U--- | L7 (w) | W36 (b) | D20 (b) | W30 (w) | 5 | ||
| 15 | Indusekar, Akshay | USA | 1901 | W23 (w) | D6 (b) | L32 (w) | L17 (b) | W41 (w) | D13 (b) | D20 (w) | D25 (b) | W31 (w) | 5 | ||
| 16 | Menon, Rohan Dileep | USA | 1867 | L4 (w) | L44 (b) | W22 (w) | D21 (b) | W45 (w) | D25 (b) | L13 (w) | W29 (b) | W26 (w) | 5 | ||
| 17 | Liu, Chris Ping | USA | 2036 | H--- | D41 (w) | D39 (b) | W15 (w) | L6 (b) | D21 (w) | F7 | W22 (b) | H--- | 4.5 | ||
| 18 | Starkman, Eric | USA | 1907 | X50 | L3 (w) | W34 (b) | W6 (w) | W38 (b) | L2 (w) | L5 (b) | D9 (w) | L8 (b) | 4.5 | ||
| 19 | Chetlapalli, Vishnu | USA | 1864 | L37 (b) | W42 (w) | X--- | L24 (w) | L28 (b) | D34 (w) | W33 (b) | W32 (w) | U--- | 4.5 | ||
| 20 | Murali, Rishi | USA | 1828 | D32 (w) | H--- | L24 (b) | W23 (w) | L7 (b) | W44 (w) | D15 (b) | D14 (w) | D21 (b) | 4.5 | ||
| 21 | Samayamantri, Hemanth | USA | 1794 | L25 (b) | H--- | D13 (b) | D16 (w) | W43 (w) | D17 (b) | W26 (w) | L12 (b) | D20 (w) | 4.5 | ||
| 22 | Brock, William | USA | 1789 | L14 (w) | L33 (w) | L16 (b) | D41 (b) | B--- | W23 (w) | W39 (b) | L17 (w) | W35 (b) | 4.5 | ||
| 23 | Li, David | USA | L15 (b) | L11 (w) | B--- | L20 (b) | D35 (w) | L22 (b) | W42 (w) | W45 (b) | W34 (w) | 4.5 | |||
| 24 | Marciano, Orry Matthew | USA | 1946 | H--- | H--- | W20 (w) | W19 (b) | L2 (b) | W33 (w) | L4 (w) | U--- | U--- | 4 | ||
| 25 | Lee, Justin | USA | 1936 | W21 (w) | H--- | D6 (b) | L29 (w) | L11 (b) | D16 (w) | W34 (b) | D15 (w) | L9 (b) | 4 | ||
| 26 | Vadderaju, Sudeep | USA | 1928 | U--- | H--- | H--- | W31 (w) | W40 (b) | L11 (w) | L21 (b) | W33 (w) | L16 (b) | 4 | ||
| 27 | Yu, Matthew | CM | USA | 1912 | H--- | W7 (w) | W9 (b) | W37 (w) | D3 (b) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 4 | |
| 28 | Tikhomirov, Matthew | USA | 1910 | W49 (w) | L4 (b) | W35 (w) | L5 (b) | W19 (w) | L12 (b) | W30 (w) | L13 (b) | U--- | 4 | ||
| 29 | Szpisjak, Steven J | USA | 1893 | H--- | H--- | W44 (w) | W25 (b) | L5 (w) | L8 (b) | L9 (b) | L16 (w) | W41 (b) | 4 | ||
| 30 | McCallum, Elliot | CAN | 1882 | W42 (b) | L37 (w) | W41 (b) | L38 (w) | W44 (b) | L6 (w) | L28 (b) | W40 (w) | L14 (b) | 4 | ||
| 31 | Thakkar, Aayush | USA | 1722 | X--- | L14 (b) | L5 (w) | L26 (b) | H--- | W41 (w) | D40 (b) | W39 (w) | L15 (b) | 4 | ||
| 32 | Khanbutaev, Artemii | USA | 2145 | D20 (b) | W13 (w) | W15 (b) | L1 (w) | D9 (b) | L3 (w) | H--- | L19 (b) | U--- | 3.5 | ||
| 33 | Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan | USA | 1875 | L1 (w) | W22 (b) | W36 (w) | D14 (b) | D8 (w) | L24 (b) | L19 (w) | L26 (b) | D39 (w) | 3.5 | ||
| 34 | Pittala, Ashvath Reddy | USA | 1796 | D5 (w) | D8 (b) | L18 (w) | W36 (b) | L10 (w) | D19 (b) | L25 (w) | W42 (b) | L23 (b) | 3.5 | ||
| 35 | Chen, Megan | USA | 1701 | H--- | H--- | L28 (b) | L40 (w) | D23 (b) | L39 (w) | W44 (b) | W36 (w) | L22 (w) | 3.5 | ||
| 36 | Liu, Heming | USA | 1459 | H--- | H--- | L33 (b) | L34 (w) | W42 (b) | D40 (w) | L14 (w) | L35 (b) | W45 (w) | 3.5 | ||
| 37 | Tsyganov, Igor | FM | USA | 2173 | W19 (w) | W30 (b) | D4 (w) | L27 (b) | D12 (w) | L10 (b) | U--- | U--- | U--- | 3 | |
| 38 | Guha, Rohit | USA | 2155 | L12 (w) | W40 (b) | W43 (w) | W30 (b) | L18 (w) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 3 | ||
| 39 | Zhang, Ryan | USA | 1835 | H--- | H--- | D17 (w) | L8 (b) | L13 (w) | W35 (b) | L22 (w) | L31 (b) | D33 (b) | 3 | ||
| 40 | Aaron, Michael E | USA | 1825 | L9 (b) | L38 (w) | X--- | W35 (b) | L26 (w) | D36 (b) | D31 (w) | L30 (b) | U--- | 3 | ||
| 50 players | |||||||||||||||
The Louisiana State took place 30th August to 1st September 2025 and Nakamura played and won all his games.
Hikaru Nakamura is playing for a number of US State Championship Honorary Titles as a way to qualify for the Candidates via rating. He needs to play a minimum number of rated games. He's in Iowa now. Ding did something similar a few years ago, at least he had the excuse of Covid-19 limiting his opportunities. The idea that the strongest player missing from the Candidates should get there by right seems sensible, but it's obviously not working.
The Montreal Open took place 3rd to 7th September 2025. Bator Sambuev won on tie-break from Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte, Vincent Latorre, Rafael Adam and Duc Minh Lai after all scored 5.5/7.
| Montreal Open 2025 Montreal CAN Wed 3rd Sep 2025 - Sun 7th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | Rtg | TB1 |
| 1 | 2 | Sambuev, Bator | GM | 2431 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 6 | Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Kenta | IM | 2319 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 7 | Latorre, Vincent | FM | 2319 | 5.5 |
| 4 | 16 | Adam, Rafael | CM | 2160 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 20 | Lai, Duc Minh | 2121 | 5.5 | |
| 6 | 4 | Golubka, Petro | GM | 2369 | 5 |
| 7 | 8 | Tanaka, Tyler | FM | 2244 | 5 |
| 8 | 9 | Zhu, Hong Rui | FM | 2212 | 5 |
| 9 | 13 | Martinez Mulet, Dario Leonel | 2173 | 5 | |
| 10 | 18 | Gavrilin, Roman | 2148 | 5 | |
| 11 | 1 | Le Siege, Alexandre | GM | 2465 | 4.5 |
| 12 | 5 | Migot, Tangi | IM | 2324 | 4.5 |
| 13 | 12 | Guillemette, Hugo | CM | 2180 | 4.5 |
| 14 | 14 | Gutierrez, Renzo | FM | 2172 | 4.5 |
| 15 | 19 | Duong, Thanh Nha | IM | 2145 | 4.5 |
| 16 | 22 | Saha, Ananda | CM | 2105 | 4.5 |
| 17 | 24 | Saine, Zachary | 2068 | 4.5 | |
| 18 | 48 | Deboosere, Adam Moussa | 1925 | 4.5 | |
| 19 | 64 | Radenovic, Milan | 1851 | 4.5 | |
| 20 | 15 | Kraiouchkine, Nikita | NM | 2165 | 4 |
| 21 | 21 | Arruebarrena, Rafael | CM | 2107 | 4 |
| 22 | 28 | Siegel, Adam | 2051 | 4 | |
| 23 | 29 | Huang, Qiuyu | FM | 2043 | 4 |
| 24 | 31 | Lopez Linares, Lizandro Fernando | 2038 | 4 | |
| 25 | 36 | Darvekar, Yash | 1989 | 4 | |
| 26 | 39 | Trofimov-Malyshkin, Valentyn | 1964 | 4 | |
| 27 | 42 | Turcotte, Jonathan | 1945 | 4 | |
| 28 | 52 | Robichaud, Louis | 1914 | 4 | |
| 29 | 62 | Atmani, Amine | 1871 | 4 | |
| 30 | 63 | Morin, Richer | 1859 | 4 | |
| 31 | 68 | Dufresne, Christophe | 1762 | 4 | |
| 32 | 71 | Jutras, Arnaud | 1720 | 4 | |
| 33 | 11 | Batorshyn, Ilia | CM | 2189 | 3.5 |
| 34 | 23 | Navarro Guerrero, Pavel. E. | 2100 | 3.5 | |
| 35 | 45 | Gueorguiev, Valentin | 1933 | 3.5 | |
| 36 | 46 | Jacquet, Stephane | 1931 | 3.5 | |
| 37 | 50 | Li, Yi Lin | WFM | 1922 | 3.5 |
| 38 | 65 | Lamontagne, Damien | 1834 | 3.5 | |
| 39 | 74 | HUYNH, Nhu Phuong Nghi | 1400 | 3.5 | |
| 40 | 33 | Genzling, Jérôme | 2019 | 3 | |
| 76 players | |||||
The North American Youth Championships took place in Kingston, Ontario, 18th to 23rd August 2025. Emanuel Kot won the U18 section with 7.5/9. My thanks to Hugh Brodie for the games.
| North American Youth U18 Kingston, ON CAN Mon 18th Aug 2025 - Sat 23rd Aug 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 12 | Kot, Emanuel | CM | CAN | 2166 | 7.5 | 0 | 47 | 50.5 |
| 2 | 6 | Das, Aditeya | FM | USA | 2259 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 52 |
| 3 | 1 | Park, Evan | IM | USA | 2412 | 6.5 | 0 | 45.5 | 49.5 |
| 4 | 4 | Guo, Ethan | CM | USA | 2311 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 50.5 |
| 5 | 13 | Patel, Maahir M | USA | 2114 | 6 | 2 | 44.5 | 48 | |
| 6 | 7 | Cherukuri, Nitesh | CM | USA | 2252 | 5.5 | 0 | 47.5 | 52 |
| 7 | 2 | Yang, Jingyun (Ryan) | FM | CAN | 2372 | 5.5 | 0 | 44.5 | 49 |
| 8 | 11 | Vemparala, Nikash | CM | USA | 2176 | 5.5 | 0 | 43 | 44 |
| 9 | 8 | Mou, Iris | WIM | USA | 2240 | 5.5 | 0 | 42.5 | 46 |
| 10 | 3 | Chen, Max | CM | CAN | 2318 | 5.5 | 0 | 41 | 44 |
| 11 | 15 | Martinez Flores, Matias | FM | MEX | 2060 | 5.5 | 0 | 40 | 42.5 |
| 12 | 10 | Guillemette, Hugo | CM | CAN | 2193 | 5.5 | 0 | 39 | 43 |
| 13 | 18 | Lu, Yiding | CM | USA | 2042 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 46 |
| 14 | 16 | Lin, Leo | CM | CAN | 2059 | 5 | 0 | 37.5 | 40 |
| 15 | 17 | Zhu, Matthew | CAN | 2043 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 39 | |
| 16 | 24 | Berube, Maximilien | CAN | 1928 | 4.5 | 0 | 40.5 | 44 | |
| 17 | 21 | Schaefer, Sasha Milo | CM | USA | 2023 | 4.5 | 0 | 39 | 42.5 |
| 18 | 20 | Shankar, Pranav | USA | 2028 | 4.5 | 0 | 38.5 | 41.5 | |
| 19 | 23 | Tang, Vincent | USA | 1937 | 4.5 | 0 | 38.5 | 41.5 | |
| 20 | 9 | Moses, Neil | CM | CAN | 2234 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 39 |
| 21 | 26 | Liu, Sean Fangxiao | AFM | CAN | 1823 | 4 | 0 | 34.5 | 37.5 |
| 22 | 22 | Joseph, Jonath | CAN | 1938 | 4 | 0 | 34.5 | 37 | |
| 23 | 25 | Ramesan, Raunak Amit | CAN | 1915 | 4 | 0 | 34.5 | 37 | |
| 24 | 14 | Malakar, Saarthak | AFM | CAN | 2083 | 4 | 0 | 33.5 | 36 |
| 25 | 32 | Koziar, Noah | CAN | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 34.5 | 37.5 | |
| 26 | 28 | Zhuang, Ryan | CAN | 1706 | 3.5 | 0 | 33 | 34 | |
| 27 | 29 | Samanta, Neelansh | USA | 1698 | 3.5 | 0 | 32 | 34.5 | |
| 28 | 19 | Mulay, Vivan Prakash | CM | USA | 2029 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 42 |
| 29 | 27 | Blomer, John | USA | 1775 | 3 | 0 | 32.5 | 33.5 | |
| 30 | 31 | El Bechara (Mourani), Gabriel | CAN | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 32 | 33 | |
| 31 | 30 | Valavan, Aaryan | CAN | 1659 | 2.5 | 0 | 25.5 | 28 | |
| 32 | 33 | Richardson Grenon, Louis | CAN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.5 | 28.5 | |
| 33 | 5 | Paragua, Megan Althea | FM | USA | 2300 | 1 | 0 | 18.5 | 19.5 |
| 33 players | |||||||||
The Bulgarian Team Championship takes place 7th to 11th September 2025.
| TCh-BUL 2025 Primorsko BUL Sun 7th Sep 2025 - Thu 11th Sep 2025
Leading Round 1 (of 6) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Team | Gms | + | - | = | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Burgas 64 1 - Burgas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | 9 | Slivnishki Geroj - Slivnitsa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | Spartak Pleven XXI - Pleven | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | Sinite Kamani - Sliven | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | Victory - Blagoevgrad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | An Pasan - Sofia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 7 | 13 | Oboriste - Panagyurishte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | 10 | Gebedzhe - Beloslav | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | Krakra Pernishki - Pernik | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | Velikova - Sofia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | Arda - Kyrdzhali | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 12 | 3 | Tundzha - Yambol | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 4 | Burgas 64 2 - Burgas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 players | |||||||||
The Finnish Team Championship takes place 5th September to 15th March 2025.
| TCh-FIN 2025-26 Finland FIN Fri 5th Sep 2025 - Sun 15th Mar 2026
Leading Round 3 (of 13) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Team | Gms | + | - | = | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Aatos | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 2 | 8 | RaahLi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | MatSK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | TammerSh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | HSK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | JyS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | HSC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 | VammSK | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | MatSK2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | 11 | TuTS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | 2 | Gambiitti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | SalSK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 12 players | |||||||||
The Polish 1st League takes place 6th to 14th September 2025.
| TCh-POL 1st League 2025 Chotowa POL Sat 6th Sep 2025 - Sun 14th Sep 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Team | FED | Rtg | Mpts | Bpts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 6 | OTSz Ostrow Wielkopolski | POL | 2269 | 4,0 | 8,5 | 6,96 | 2,0 |
| 2 | 13 | MKS MOS Wieliczka | POL | 2170 | 4,0 | 8,0 | 8,67 | 1,0 |
| 3 | 2 | KU AZS Politechnika Opolska | POL | 2367 | 4,0 | 8,0 | 7,17 | 1,5 |
| 4 | 1 | Bialy Krol Wisznia Mala | POL | 2369 | 3,0 | 7,5 | 6,25 | 1,0 |
| 5 | 10 | UKS Czternastka Warszawa | POL | 2195 | 3,0 | 7,5 | 5,38 | 0,5 |
| 6 | 5 | UKS Pionier Jastrzebie-Zdroj | POL | 2276 | 3,0 | 7,0 | 8,42 | 1,0 |
| 7 | 8 | MUKS Stoczek 45 Bialystok | POL | 2210 | 3,0 | 6,5 | 7,25 | 1,0 |
| 8 | 15 | KSz Hetman Koszalin | POL | 2161 | 2,0 | 7,0 | 4,42 | 1,5 |
| 9 | 9 | MKSz Gryf Debica | POL | 2206 | 2,0 | 6,5 | 6,67 | 1,0 |
| 10 | 7 | UKS OPP Torun | POL | 2267 | 2,0 | 6,5 | 4,92 | 1,5 |
| 11 | 3 | UKS Eko Cykl Sparta Bialoleka | POL | 2302 | 2,0 | 6,5 | 4,92 | 0,5 |
| 12 | 18 | MUKS Srodmiescie Wroclaw | POL | 2106 | 2,0 | 6,0 | 5,04 | 1,0 |
| 13 | 14 | KSz Odrodzenie Kozuchow | POL | 2166 | 2,0 | 4,5 | 4,63 | 1,0 |
| 14 | 16 | UKS MDK-1 HETMAN Bydgoszcz | POL | 2152 | 1,0 | 5,5 | 6,29 | 0,5 |
| 15 | 4 | SEMPAI UKS HETMAN Czestochowa | POL | 2283 | 1,0 | 5,5 | 4,63 | 0,5 |
| 16 | 19 | Gmina Radkow | POL | 2102 | 1,0 | 5,0 | 4,42 | 1,0 |
| 17 | 12 | TSz Skoczek Sedziszow Malopolski | POL | 2172 | 1,0 | 4,5 | 4,50 | 0,5 |
| 18 | 11 | KS Korona Zakrzewo | POL | 2177 | 0,0 | 4,0 | 4,38 | 1,0 |
| 19 | 17 | AZS AGH Krakow | POL | 2127 | 0,0 | 3,0 | 3,25 | 1,0 |
| 20 | 20 | ASSz Lipno Steszew | POL | 2088 | 0,0 | 2,5 | 3,04 | 1,0 |
| 20 players | ||||||||
The Polish Second League took place 30th August to 7th September 2025. Lech Poznan won. I had no easy way of renumbering the games which were broadcast using three separate feeds with board numbers restarting each time.
| TCh-POL 2nd League 2025 Jastrzebia Gora POL Sat 30th Aug 2025 - Sun 7th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Team | FED | Rtg | Mpts | Bpts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 11 | Lech Poznan | POL | 2146 | 18.0 | 35.5 | 255.50 | 281.50 |
| 2 | 4 | LKSZ GCKiP Czarna | POL | 2200 | 14.0 | 39.0 | 242.50 | 266.00 |
| 3 | 1 | KSz OZ Rzeszow | POL | 2328 | 14.0 | 36.5 | 234.50 | 255.00 |
| 4 | 19 | MKSz Rybnik | POL | 2114 | 13.0 | 32.0 | 251.00 | 277.50 |
| 5 | 31 | Mat Myslenice | POL | 2053 | 13.0 | 30.5 | 251.00 | 278.50 |
| 6 | 3 | KS AZS Politechniki Slaskiej Gliwice | POL | 2200 | 12.0 | 31.5 | 238.50 | 262.50 |
| 7 | 22 | KTS Kalisz | POL | 2105 | 12.0 | 30.5 | 239.50 | 260.00 |
| 8 | 37 | KS Roszada Przemysl | POL | 2022 | 12.0 | 30.0 | 220.00 | 243.50 |
| 9 | 13 | Krakowski Klub Szachistow 1893 | POL | 2145 | 12.0 | 26.0 | 244.00 | 262.50 |
| 10 | 2 | Fundacja KSz Polonia Wroclaw | POL | 2233 | 11.0 | 32.0 | 224.00 | 246.50 |
| 11 | 33 | KSz Gryf Szczecin Politechnika Morska w Szczecinie | POL | 2033 | 11.0 | 32.0 | 214.50 | 230.00 |
| 12 | 27 | Korona Gdansk | POL | 2070 | 11.0 | 31.0 | 235.00 | 250.50 |
| 13 | 5 | KS Laura Chylice II | POL | 2191 | 11.0 | 30.5 | 232.50 | 258.50 |
| 14 | 18 | UKS Szachowa Dwojka Grodzisk Maz. | POL | 2125 | 11.0 | 28.5 | 243.00 | 263.50 |
| 15 | 16 | MCKiS Jaworzno | POL | 2128 | 11.0 | 28.0 | 237.00 | 255.50 |
| 16 | 8 | RPW Okucia Budowlane Lodz | POL | 2168 | 11.0 | 28.0 | 225.00 | 240.50 |
| 17 | 46 | UKS Pogon Olesnica | POL | 1988 | 10.0 | 30.0 | 221.00 | 243.50 |
| 18 | 12 | UKS Smecz Konin | POL | 2146 | 10.0 | 29.0 | 240.50 | 256.00 |
| 19 | 52 | Polonia Warszawa | POL | 1947 | 10.0 | 29.0 | 235.00 | 262.50 |
| 20 | 14 | TS-R Hetman Konin | POL | 2141 | 10.0 | 28.0 | 222.50 | 243.00 |
| 21 | 17 | LKS PARNAS Stara Wies | POL | 2126 | 10.0 | 27.5 | 220.50 | 241.50 |
| 22 | 29 | Klub Szachowy Zugzwang Warszawa | POL | 2058 | 10.0 | 26.0 | 236.50 | 257.00 |
| 23 | 21 | MMKS Wieniawa Leszno | POL | 2111 | 9.0 | 30.0 | 233.00 | 254.50 |
| 24 | 36 | Wroclawski Klub Szachowy Hetman | POL | 2028 | 9.0 | 28.0 | 230.50 | 253.00 |
| 25 | 7 | LKSz Lublin | POL | 2170 | 9.0 | 28.0 | 224.50 | 250.00 |
| 26 | 32 | KSz Krolewscy Tarnow | POL | 2052 | 9.0 | 28.0 | 221.50 | 235.00 |
| 27 | 15 | YMCA Warszawa | POL | 2132 | 9.0 | 27.5 | 239.50 | 263.50 |
| 28 | 50 | TG Mat Tarnowskie Gory | POL | 1967 | 9.0 | 27.0 | 217.50 | 241.50 |
| 29 | 49 | WKSz Hetman Walbrzych | POL | 1968 | 9.0 | 27.0 | 215.00 | 233.00 |
| 30 | 9 | Bialy Krol Wisznia Mala II | POL | 2167 | 9.0 | 26.5 | 227.00 | 251.50 |
| 31 | 47 | UKS MDK Gdynia | POL | 1977 | 9.0 | 26.5 | 226.50 | 242.00 |
| 32 | 45 | MKS Centrum Krakow | POL | 1988 | 9.0 | 26.0 | 208.50 | 229.00 |
| 33 | 6 | MKSz Gryf II Debica | POL | 2177 | 9.0 | 25.5 | 210.00 | 231.00 |
| 34 | 39 | LZS CKTiS Biskupiec | POL | 2016 | 8.0 | 29.0 | 220.50 | 236.00 |
| 35 | 10 | UKS Rotmistrz Grudziadz | POL | 2164 | 8.0 | 28.5 | 210.00 | 228.50 |
| 36 | 28 | Ognisko TKKF w Dobczycach | POL | 2069 | 8.0 | 27.0 | 228.00 | 241.50 |
| 37 | 35 | AZS UMK Torun | POL | 2029 | 8.0 | 27.0 | 208.00 | 221.50 |
| 38 | 51 | UKSz Hetman Warszawa | POL | 1956 | 8.0 | 27.0 | 204.50 | 220.00 |
| 39 | 30 | KS Roszada Zory | POL | 2058 | 8.0 | 26.5 | 204.00 | 217.50 |
| 40 | 38 | UKS Goniec Staniatki | POL | 2018 | 8.0 | 25.5 | 221.50 | 242.00 |
| 57 players | ||||||||
The Titled Tuesday Blitz 2nd September was the first with the new format of 5 minutes per game, no increment and a return to just one event per week. Aleksei Sarana won on tie-break from Andrey Esipenko after both scored 9.5/11. Magnus Carlsen was in the chasing group half a point further back, his loss to Sarana was obviously key.
| Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 chess.com INT Tue 2nd Sep 2025 - Tue 2nd Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 11 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3149 | W126B | W99W | W22B | D65W | W32B | W123W | D26B | W14W | W5W | W13B | D2W | 9.5 | 75.5 | 81 | 69.25 |
| 2 | 13 | Andrey Esipenko | GM | RUS | 3141 | W153B | W291W | L42B | W66W | W44B | W289W | W103B | W23W | W21W | W3B | D1B | 9.5 | 71 | 76 | 64.25 |
| 3 | 5 | Dmitry Andreikin | GM | GEO | 3226 | W133B | W73W | W343B | W16W | W124B | W24W | W13W | D5B | D7W | L2W | W23B | 9 | 76 | 78 | 59.75 |
| 4 | 4 | Denis Lazavik | GM | BLR | 3247 | W91W | W41B | D311W | W29W | W10B | L26W | W27B | W49W | W28W | D18B | W15B | 9 | 74.5 | 78 | 64.75 |
| 5 | 2 | Magnus Carlsen | GM | NOR | 3353 | W266W | W353B | W289W | W52B | D26W | W297B | W18W | D3W | L1B | W25W | W7B | 9 | 68.5 | 70.5 | 52.75 |
| 6 | 10 | Renato Terry | IM | PER | 3126 | L190W | W231B | W352W | W98B | L303W | W321B | W290B | W36W | W103B | W14W | W13W | 9 | 55.5 | 57.5 | 49 |
| 7 | 8 | Tuan Minh Le | GM | VNM | 3176 | W230W | W39B | W50W | W42W | L24B | W20W | W46B | W25W | D3B | W9W | L5W | 8.5 | 78 | 81.5 | 60.5 |
| 8 | 7 | Parham Maghsoodloo | GM | IRN | 3165 | W139B | W60W | D27B | D311B | D142W | W68W | W11B | W10W | L9B | W284W | W18B | 8.5 | 72 | 75.5 | 58.75 |
| 9 | 23 | Haowen Xue | GM | CHN | 3057 | W151B | W66W | L65B | W87W | W74B | W292W | D24B | W67W | W8W | L7B | W33W | 8.5 | 69 | 74 | 55.25 |
| 10 | 33 | David Paravyan | GM | RUS | 3033 | D387B | W390W | W132B | W75W | L4W | W72B | W70W | L8B | W35W | W27B | W24W | 8.5 | 65.5 | 66 | 48.25 |
| 11 | 36 | Eray Kilic | IM | TUR | 3023 | W155W | W102B | D67W | L70B | W192B | W311W | L8W | W75B | W53B | W65W | W26W | 8.5 | 64.5 | 68 | 49.75 |
| 12 | 32 | Murad İbrahimli | IM | AZE | 3021 | L147W | W150B | W160W | W304B | L56B | W293W | W85B | W41W | W17W | D26B | W38W | 8.5 | 63 | 67 | 51.25 |
| 13 | 3 | Alireza Firouzja | GM | FRA | 3248 | W395B | W129W | W19B | W45W | W25B | W287W | L3B | W15W | W26B | L1W | L6B | 8 | 76.5 | 76.5 | 49 |
| 14 | 29 | Leon Livaic | GM | HRV | 3033 | W373B | W87W | L44B | W295W | W108B | W22W | W283W | L1B | W86W | L6B | W58W | 8 | 70.5 | 71.5 | 46 |
| 15 | 22 | Khagan Ahmad | IM | NRU | 3047 | D324W | W344B | W192B | W35W | D69B | W16W | W30B | L13B | W20W | W34B | L4W | 8 | 69.5 | 71.5 | 49.75 |
| 16 | 63 | Emin Ohanyan | GM | ARM | 2934 | W308B | W318W | W17B | L3B | W51W | L15B | W40W | L283B | W107W | W89B | W41W | 8 | 69 | 72 | 48 |
| 17 | 12 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | USA | 3106 | W140W | W48B | L16W | W348B | L30W | W295B | W59W | W42W | L12B | W67W | W50B | 8 | 69 | 71 | 47 |
| 18 | 16 | Rudik Makarian | IM | RUS | 3078 | W168W | W346B | W337W | W30B | D123W | W65B | L5B | W24W | W284B | D4W | L8W | 8 | 67.5 | 69.5 | 44.75 |
| 19 | 55 | Jakub Kosakowski | GM | POL | 2936 | W93B | W294W | L13W | W309B | W116W | L28W | W66B | W54W | L25B | W85B | W59W | 8 | 66.5 | 70.5 | 47.5 |
| 20 | 46 | Dmytro Danylenko | IM | UKR | 2961 | W365W | W88B | L71W | W152B | W307W | L7B | W48W | W291B | L15B | W60W | W44B | 8 | 64 | 65.5 | 42.5 |
| 21 | 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | GM | USA | 3363 | W352B | W316W | D68B | L123B | W165W | W40B | W298W | W31W | L2B | D33W | W29B | 8 | 63.5 | 65.5 | 43.5 |
| 22 | 62 | Miłosz Szpar | GM | POL | 2926 | W204W | W314B | L1W | W163W | W162B | L14B | W126W | L119B | W87W | W51B | W46B | 8 | 63 | 66.5 | 43 |
| 23 | 9 | Sergei Zhigalko | GM | INT | 3028 | U-- | W320B | W126W | W57B | W137W | W85W | W287B | L2B | W285W | W283B | L3W | 8 | 61 | 64 | 45.5 |
| 24 | 45 | Stanislav Bukreev | FM | INT | 2979 | W134B | W109W | W107B | W130W | W7W | L3B | D9W | L18B | W74B | W28W | L10B | 7.5 | 74 | 79.5 | 49.75 |
| 25 | 30 | Rinat Jumabayev | GM | KAZ | 3037 | W149W | W138B | W108W | W72B | L13W | W50B | W56W | L7B | W19W | L5B | D36B | 7.5 | 73 | 78 | 48.75 |
| 26 | 24 | Leinier Dominguez Perez | GM | USA | 3051 | W372W | W321B | W312W | W34W | D5B | W4B | D1W | W122B | L13W | D12W | L11B | 7.5 | 72.5 | 73.5 | 43.5 |
| 27 | 59 | Victor Bologan | GM | MDA | 2938 | W86B | W61W | D8W | L305B | W186W | W76B | L4W | W71B | W69W | L10W | W70B | 7.5 | 69.5 | 73.5 | 47.75 |
| 28 | 20 | Benjamin Bok | GM | NLD | 3037 | W158W | L71B | W133W | W288B | W34W | W19B | D284W | W142W | L4B | L24B | W40W | 7.5 | 68.5 | 73.5 | 47.25 |
| 29 | 49 | Eric Hansen | GM | CAN | 2956 | D202B | W128W | W148W | L4B | D91W | W57B | W90W | D69B | W73B | W31W | L21W | 7.5 | 67 | 71 | 45.75 |
| 30 | 76 | Alvar Alonso Rosell | GM | ESP | 2908 | W319W | W187B | W31B | L18W | W17B | W286B | L15W | D287W | L49B | W78W | W76W | 7.5 | 67 | 70 | 44.25 |
| 31 | 26 | Sergey Drygalov | GM | KOR | 3029 | W185W | W135B | L30W | W233B | D72W | W35B | W53W | L21B | W142W | L29B | W67B | 7.5 | 66 | 69.5 | 43.25 |
| 32 | 44 | Rustam Rustamov | FM | AZE | 2950 | W131W | D40B | W324B | W306W | L1W | L75B | W117W | W70B | L38W | W73B | W74W | 7.5 | 65.5 | 68.5 | 41.5 |
| 33 | 43 | David Navara | GM | CZE | 2979 | D128B | W184W | D97B | W224W | W73B | L122W | W89W | W62B | W119W | D21B | L9B | 7.5 | 64 | 68 | 43.75 |
| 34 | 79 | Mykola Korchynskyi | FM | DEU | 2889 | W338B | W166W | W103W | L26B | L28B | W163W | W308B | W43B | W146W | L15W | D37B | 7.5 | 63 | 65.5 | 38.75 |
| 35 | 71 | Aleksandr Rakhmanov | GM | INT | 2896 | W150B | W125W | D297W | L15B | W202W | L31W | W313B | W141W | L10B | W69B | W77W | 7.5 | 61.5 | 65 | 38.75 |
| 36 | 57 | Rodrigo Vasquez | GM | CHL | 2926 | W189B | L123W | W140B | W265W | L283B | W224B | W88W | L6B | W66W | W90B | D25W | 7.5 | 61.5 | 63.5 | 38.25 |
| 37 | 39 | Nitzan Steinberg | GM | ISR | 2977 | W213B | D132W | L40W | W128B | W78W | L67B | D152B | W304W | W99W | W62B | D34W | 7.5 | 60.5 | 64.5 | 42 |
| 38 | 85 | Harshavardhan GB | IM | IND | 2851 | L187B | W201W | W155B | D185W | W188B | L285W | W184W | W124B | W32B | W49W | L12B | 7.5 | 57.5 | 62 | 40.75 |
| 39 | 98 | David Kaufman | IM | EUR | 2804 | W234W | L7W | W350B | L165W | W153B | L54B | D125W | W184B | W128W | W124B | W65B | 7.5 | 56.5 | 58.5 | 35.25 |
| 40 | 128 | Dinesh Rajan M | CM | INT | 2765 | W181W | D32W | W37B | W68W | D43B | L21W | L16B | W165B | W292W | W42B | L28B | 7 | 69 | 74 | 43.25 |
| 407 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
The TCEC Season 28 final stages started 3rd August. Whilst Stockfish and LCZero contest the final yet again Integral and Obsidiandev-16 were above LCZero in the early stages. Stockfishdev is going to win the superfinal leading as it does 42-31 with 26 games to go, I will give all the games from this next week.
| TCEC 28 Premier 2025 tcec-chess.com INT Sun 3rd Aug 2025 - Wed 10th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 56 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Rtg | Gms | Pts |
| 1 | Stockfishdev-20250802-a37b38bd | 3731 | 56 | 36.5 |
| 2 | LCZero0.31-dag-4d98c58-BT5-3700000 | 3692 | 56 | 33.5 |
| 3 | Integral7.0.0-dev-0d55bc02 | 3576 | 56 | 31.5 |
| 4 | Obsidiandev-16.14 | 3645 | 56 | 29.5 |
| 5 | PlentyChess6.0.14 | 3588 | 56 | 26 |
| 6 | Berserk20250622 | 3650 | 56 | 24 |
| 7 | KomodoDragon3.3 | 3620 | 56 | 23 |
| 8 | Ethereal14.40 | 3618 | 56 | 20 |
| 8 players | ||||
| TCEC 28 Superfinal 2025 tcec-chess.com INT Sun 3rd Aug 2025 - Wed 10th Sep 2025
Leading Round 73 (of 100) Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Gms | Pts |
| 1 | Stockfishdev-20250824-678d503d | 73 | 42 |
| 2 | LCZero0.33-dev-b4e98c1-BT4-6147500-it332 | 73 | 31 |
| 2 players | |||