THE WEEK IN CHESS 1613 6th October 2025 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) GCT Finals 2025
3) 25th European Teams 2025
4) World Youth 2025
5) Fagernes International Autumn 2025
6) 31st Tamil Nadu IM 2025
7) 47th Arco Open 2025
8) Chinese National Chess Open Suzhou 2025
9) First Saturday October 2025
10) 62nd ch-IND 2025
11) 49th ch-BAN 2025
12) World Cadets 2025
13) ch-TTO 2025
14) Caissa Hotel Trumpet 2025
15) IV Mallorca Int. Masters Inca 2025
16) White Horse GM/IM 2025
17) 23rd European Senior Championships 2025
18) Dragomanov Fit Masters 2025
19) Maurizzi vs Grebnev World Cup Qualifier 2025
20) Oer-Erkenschwick GM 2025
21) 35th TCh-SLO 2025
22) German Youth Teams 2025
23) TCh-FIN 2025-26
24) Chinese League Division A Pt 2 2025
25) Dutch League 2025-26
26) 1st Liga Central Serbia 2025
27) Titled Tuesday Blitz 30th September 2025
28) Checkmate: USA vs India 2025
29) ch-POL Rapid 2025
30) Giri-Martinez ICC Match 2025
31) Ibarra-Oro ICC Match 2025
32) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
EventTimeGames
GCT Finals 2025cl,rap,bli30 games
25th European Teams 2025cl304 games
World Youth 2025cl158 games
Fagernes International Autumn 2025cl29 games
31st Tamil Nadu IM 2025cl10 games
47th Arco Open 2025cl284 games
Chinese National Chess Open Suzhou 2025cl47 games
62nd ch-IND 2025cl110 games
49th ch-BAN 2025cl14 games
World Cadets 2025cl79 games
ch-TTO 2025cl12 games
Caissa Hotel Trumpet 2025cl12 games
IV Mallorca Int. Masters Inca 2025cl45 games
White Horse GM/IM 2025cl29 games
23rd European Senior Championships 2025cl224 games
Dragomanov Fit Masters 2025cl,bli180 games
Maurizzi vs Grebnev World Cup Qualifier 2025cl2 games
Oer-Erkenschwick GM 2025cl90 games
35th TCh-SLO 2025cl88 games
German Youth Teams 2025cl499 games
TCh-FIN 2025-26cl88 games
Chinese League Division A Pt 2 2025cl150 games
Dutch League 2025-26cl50 games
1st Liga Central Serbia 2025cl106 games
Titled Tuesday Blitz 30th September 2025bli1811 games
Checkmate: USA vs India 2025bli8 games
ch-POL Rapid 2025rap432 games
Giri-Martinez ICC Match 2025rap4 games
Ibarra-Oro ICC Match 2025bli12 games
4907 games

Abbreviations: cl - classical, rap - rapid, bli - blitz, arm - armageddon, bul - Bullet, cor - correspondence or similar.

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Gregory Joseph, David Llada, and everyone else who helped with this issue.

The Grand Chess Tour had an exciting finish with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave snatching defeat from the jaws of victory against Fabiano Caruana. He led going into the blitz, not normally regarded as Caruana's forte, and lost three games in a row, even then a win in the final blitz game would have leveled things up but he missed his chance there. The European Team Championship should be a tremendous event with many, many strong players and closely matched teams. There also the World Youth championship, with so many talented juniors at the moment this is sure to be interesting. Plenty of other chess to look at elsewhere but these are my highlights.

It seems I missed the Russian Superfinal has started. Will cover that next week although it's clearly nowhere near as strong as it used to be. Russian Superfinal information and now added a page of my own TWIC Russian Championship page 2025

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

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2) GCT Finals 2025

The Grand Chess Tour Finals took place in Sao Paulo Sunday 28th to Friday 3rd October. Players: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Praggnanandhaa, Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana. This is a knockout where they play a mix of Classical, rapid and blitz. Classical Games: 6 points for a win, 3 points for a draw and 0 points for a loss, Rapid Games: 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and 0 points for a loss, Blitz Games: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. Fabiano Caruana beat MVL in the final but only after coming from behind winning three blitz games in a row and then surviving a lost position in the fourth. Levon Aronian qualified for next year's tour beating Praggnanandhaa heavily in the 3rd-4th playoff.

GCT Finals 2025 Sao Paulo BRA Fri 26th Sep 2025 - Sat 4th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkNamePts
Final
1Caruana, Fabiano15
2Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime13
3rd-4th
3Aronian, Levon18
4Praggnanandhaa8
Semi-Final
1Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime17
2Praggnanandhaa11
1Caruana, Fabiano15
2Aronian, Levon13
11 players

3) 25th European Teams 2025

The 25th European Team championships take place in Batumi, Georgia 5th to 14th October 2025. Leading players such as Anish Giri, Vincent Keymer, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Richard Rapport, the field has 56 players over 2600. In the women's event the leading players are Nana Dzagnidze, Nino Batsiashvili, Alexandra Kosteniuk etc.

25th European Teams Batumi GEO Sun 5th Oct 2025 - Tue 14th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
115Romania2200466
210Greece2200465.5
312Slovenia2200455.5
47Serbia2200455
11France2200455
62Netherlands2101365.5
16Croatia2101365.5
18Turkiye2101365.5
94Azerbaijan2101365
8Spain2101365
14Czech Republic2101365
126Armenia2101364.5
9Ukraine2101364.5
13Poland2101364.5
1531Belgium2110265.5
1617Austria2110265
19Israel2110265
20Italy2110265
1927Montenegro2110264.5
2021Denmark2110264
2129Georgia 2211024.55.5
2226Lithuania211024.55
2330Moldova2110244.5
245England2110243.5
253Hungary2110235.5
2625Sweden2110235
271Germany2110234.5
2824Slovakia2110234
2923Georgia 12110233.5
3022Bulgaria211021.53
3128Switzerland2011163
3233Iceland202004.53
3335Georgia 32020041.5
3432Finland2020041
3534Portugal2020032
3637Kosovo2020021.5
3736Faroe Islands202001.51
3838Georgia 4202001.50.5
3939Scotland2020011
4040Ireland2020010.5
40 players
25th European Teams Women Batumi GEO Sun 5th Oct 2025 - Tue 14th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
14Azerbaijan2200486.5
5Bulgaria2200486.5
310Switzerland2200467
42Poland2200465.5
6Germany2200465.5
61Georgia 12200456.5
78Armenia2200455
9France2200455
93Ukraine2101346
1014Greece210132.54.5
1115Netherlands2110265.5
26Estonia2110265.5
1312England2110265
16Turkiye2110265
17Romania2110265
18Israel2110265
1711Serbia2110264.5
13Hungary2110264.5
27Belgium2110264.5
2024Georgia 32110245
2120Italy2110244.5
2225Slovakia2110243.5
237Spain2110235
2429Lithuania2110223.5
2522Slovenia2110203.5
23Czech Republic2110203.5
2721Austria2011163.5
2832Iceland2011162
2931Portugal2020021.5
36Scotland2020021.5
3130Croatia2020011
3233Monaco2020010.5
34Sweden2020010.5
35Finland2020010.5
3519Georgia 22020001.5
3628Montenegro2020000.5
36 players

4) World Youth 2025

The World Youth U18, U16 and U14 Open and Girls events take place in Durres, Albania 4th to 15th October 2025.

World Youth Open U18 2025 Durres ALB Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Wed 15th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Stribuk, ArtiomIMFID24862012
211Siddharth, JagadeeshGMSGP24672012
313Piliposyan, RobertIMARM24512012
414Sukiasyan, Vahe A.FMARM24462012
517Tarhan, AdarIMTUR24322012
621Bai, AdelardIMTPE24162012
725Assylov, MirasFMKAZ23952012
820Suleimen, ErgaliFMKAZ24172011.5
949Ulziikhishig, KhishigbatFMMGL23122011.5
103Macias Pino, DiegoIMESP25012011
119Habans Aguerrea, JavierIMESP24752011
1219Kanov, NikolaIMBUL24202011
1331Zhakshylykov, ErzhanIMKGZ23622011
1432Campos Gomez, ManuelIMCOL23592011
1545Tleukhanov, YerlanFMKAZ23242011
1653Mendes, Aaron ReeveIMCAN23012011
1716Sriram, Adarsh UppalaIMIND24381.501.52.5
1823Von Mettenheim, JohannesGER24041.501.52.5
1927Perea Fruet, LorenzoFMESP23861.501.52.5
2028Makkar, RajatIMFRA23821.501.52.5
2136Kejna, PiotrFMPOL23481.501.52.5
2259Ilkhomi, JaloliddinFMTJK22891.501.52.5
2394Lin, ChenyiRSA20391.501.52.5
246Raczek, KrzysztofIMPOL24871.501.52
2534Wafa, HamedIMEGY23501.501.52
2670Kishiev, FamilCMFID22331.501.52
2730Khripachenko, AlexanderIMFID23761.501.51.5
2837Heinrich, JohnFMGER23441.501.51.5
2943Sachilaru, AlexandruFMROU23291.501.51.5
3055Dyachuk, ArtemFMUKR22981.501.51.5
3156Ughuzov, RavanFMAZE22981.501.51.5
3257Ciric, PavleFMSRB22911.501.51.5
3310Ansat, AldiyarIMKAZ24701.5011.5
3460Olenik Campa, RudiFMSLO22881.5011.5
3515Sapenov, DaniyalIMKAZ24451.500.51
3622Valiyev, ShahinFMAZE24131.500.51
3729Akhilbay, ImangaliFMKAZ23771.500.51
3833Zlatkov, AntonFMMKD23511.500.51
3939Zouaghi, AmirFMBEL23421.500.51
4051Giammona, FedericoFMITA23071.500.51
120 players
World Youth Girls U18 Durres ALB Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Wed 15th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Khamdamova, AfruzaWIMUZB24092012
26Gao, MuziyanWIMCHN22262012
315Liavonava, YuliyaWFMFID21142012
419Nguyen, Binh VyVIE20832012
529Zhezhovska, MonikaWFMMKD19962012
64Karmanova, Olga Dm.WIMFID22972011.5
78Kleymenova, ValeriaWFMFID22212011
89Peglau, CharisWFMGER22032011
921Marcu, Daria-AnaROU20442011
1023Ruchinskaya, ValerieWFMCAN20172011
1125Vujatovic, IrinaSRB20172011
1234Vlasova, OlesiaWFMFID19582011
1312Enkhrii, Enkh-AmgalanWIMMGL21671.501.52.5
1437Karaivanova, PetyaWFMBUL19521.501.52.5
1539Anupam, M SreekumarWCMIND19431.501.52.5
1614Cera, DagariyaWCMIND21531.501.52
1717Szczotka, KlaraWFMPOL20911.501.52
1835Zhanybekova, BegimayWIMKGZ19571.501.52
1920Amulya, GuruprasadWFMIND20711.501.51.5
2033Zhou, ShumengCHN19671.501.51.5
212Schippke, ManonWIMFRA23591.5011.5
223Karimova, GuldonaWIMUZB23191.5011.5
2316Sala, GiuliaWFMITA20951.5011.5
2422Nuriyeva, NurtanWCMAZE20191.500.51
2532Bargan, VictoriaMDA19811.500.51
2613Peglau, DoraWFMGER21561023
2727Gaite, Karen NerinaWFMARG20101023
2831Suarez Gomez, PaulaWFMESP19881023
2936Nauanova, ZhaniyaWFMKAZ19531023
3056Lobo Jimenez, Mariana EstherWCMPAN18221023
3162Randriatsiferana, Dimbiharentsoa ChristianaWCMMAD17951023
3279Geillon-Barral, RoweenCAN01023
3326Alexandri, DimitraGRE20121022.5
345Tejaswini, GWIMIND22611022
3528Kiraly, Lilla ViragHUN20031022
3630Sanudula, K M DahamdiWFMSRI19901022
3738Aktamova, ZilolaWCMUZB19491022
3840Hayrapetyan, NvardARM19431022
3945Dobsa, EmmaCZE19181022
4053Hristova, IvelinaBUL18471022
80 players
World Youth Open U16 2025 Durres ALB Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Wed 15th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Mamedov, EdgarGMKAZ24902012
27Nurgaliyev, SauatIMKAZ24222012
310Mulawa, CyprianFMPOL23732012
415Lopez Rayo, SantiagoFMCOL23532012
533Sapocinic, SemionFMMDA22702012
635Yalcinkaya, EfeCMTUR22672012
739Puzyrevsky, SemyonFMFID22562012
814Parpiev, IsaakCMFID23552011.5
917Omonov, AsrorjonFMUZB23502011.5
1026Medhus, Vitus BondoFMDEN23042011.5
1142Myagmarsuren, EvsuldFMNOR22492011.5
1247Dumanuly, SultanbeibarysFMKAZ22282011
1361Syzdyk, SamirKAZ21642011
1464Boutikos, EleftheriosGRE21542011
1565Dimitrov, MartinBUL21512011
163Cieslak, PatrykIMPOL24741.501.52.5
175Dotzer, LukasIMAUT24631.501.52.5
189Haug, HavardFMNOR23961.501.52.5
1911Volodin, Alexandr E.FMFID23691.501.52.5
2016Coicev, Matei-AndreiFMROU23521.501.52.5
2118Efimov, LeonidFMFID23471.501.52.5
2220Kalinin, Nikita An.FMFID23361.501.52.5
2322Perossa, NicolasFMITA23181.501.52.5
2424Rustamov, RustamFMAZE23101.501.52.5
2538Azizov, SadulloCMUZB22581.501.52.5
2663Daulet, AlikhanCMKAZ21581.501.52.5
2771Kabylbek, YedilKAZ21241.501.52.5
2821Klaska, Philipp LeonFMGER23351.501.52
2975Mantazis, Georgios RafailAIMGRE21071.501.52
3082Chang, EthanAUS20811.501.52
3191Kurbanbaev, ZalkarKGZ20291.501.52
3225Hovakimyan, VacheFMARM23041.501.51.5
3340Talgatov, NazarFMKAZ22541.501.51.5
3443Willy, StephenFMUSA22471.501.51.5
3544Vandenhole, KobeBEL22461.501.51.5
3651Tabatadze, ErekleGEO22161.501.51.5
3752Pang, QiUSA22131.501.51.5
3853Neuhoff, LaertesGER22021.501.51.5
3954Heino, PessiFIN22011.501.51.5
4056Tamer Waguih, FaridFMEGY21871.501.51.5
145 players
World Youth Girls U16 Durres ALB Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Wed 15th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Prishita, GuptaFMIND23532012
26Lyutsinger, IrenFMFID22362012
37Bernard, InesWFMFRA22112012
49Jiang, TianyuCHN21652012
513Imomkuzieva, NilufarkhonWFMUZB21262012
615Vlasova, Mariya NWFMFID20872012
716Goriachkina, OksanaFID20812012
818Chmielek, KameliaWCMPOL20542012
920Gaszka, ZuzannaPOL20452012
1022Saparya, GhoshWFMIND20292012
1124Dudkina, UlianaWCMFID20142012
1225Avetisyan, AniARM20142012
1387Leisle, DaryaFID17182012
145Chen, YiningFMCHN22372011.5
1519Stankovic, AndreaSRB20512011.5
1630Mayorga Araya, SofiaWIMCRC19962011.5
172Nurgaliyeva, ZarinaWIMKAZ23442011
184Kuznecova, MarijaWFMLAT22792011
1932Seyhan, PelinTUR19932011
2045Assylkhan, AsiyaKAZ19382011
213Kaliakhmet, ElnazWIMKAZ23231.501.52.5
2210Toroptseva, YevheniiaWFMUKR21581.501.52.5
2326Chasouraki, ChrysiGRE20121.501.52.5
2427Caku, KlerWFMALB20101.501.52.5
2573Mkrtchyan, Anahit H.ARM18281.501.52.5
268Castillo Beitia, Ashley AlexandraFMPAN21791.501.52
2711Smietanska, WiktoriaWIMPOL21511.501.52
2812Khafizova, DianaWFMFID21441.501.52
2936Jain, AshitaIND19871.501.52
3039Japparbekova, MalikaKAZ19631.501.52
3167Belaya, LiliyaUZB18481.501.52
3241Skramstad, Oda KofoedWCMNOR19611.501.51.5
3343Chendighilean, AnnaMDA19431.501.51.5
3455Huseynova, LalaWFMAZE19101.501.51.5
3523Sickmann, LisaWFMGER20171.500.51
3629Ulmer, Maya VissingWCMDEN20021.500.51
3714Korolchuk, VladyslavaUKR20941023
3833Romany, JoyWIMEGY19921023
3935Bendik, MargaritaFID19911023
40114Zhivotova, AleksandraFIN01023
114 players
World Youth Open U14 2025 Durres ALB Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Wed 15th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Ahmad, KhaganIMAZE24552012
24Smirnov, MarkFMKAZ23592012
37Gibala, AdamFMPOL23552012
411Negrean, AndreiFMROU23432012
512Singh, SiddharthUSA23382012
613Lacan Rus, DavidFMFRA23352012
714Vasilkov, NikolayFMFID23342012
815Marin Ferragut, PauFMESP23332012
918Brzezina, PiotrFMPOL23302012
1020Reyan, Md.FMIND23222012
1122Temirbekov, TaimazFMFID23012012
1224Golis, WiktorFMPOL23002012
1326Saminskij, JanSUI22832012
1427Ritzerveld, NoahFMNED22702012
1528Fedosov, AlexanderFMFID22662012
1629Breuil, VirgileFMFRA22632012
1734Meirkhanuly, AkylzhanKAZ22342012
1835Lebedev, Artem S.CMFID22242012
195George Samir, DavidFMEGY23572011.5
209Arakelyan, ManvelFMARM23472011.5
2116Rosh, JainFMIND23322011.5
2221Borne, FelixFMFRA23152011.5
2338Karthi, JashithCMUSA22062011
2472Sidorenja, RadionFID20532011
256Radzimski, AntoniFMPOL23561.501.52.5
268Ambartsumian, TyhranFMARM23511.501.52.5
2710Krauchi Romero, MartinFMESP23461.501.52.5
2817Zhauynbay, AldiyarFMKAZ23321.501.52.5
2919Jing, AndrewFMUSA23251.501.52.5
3025Nemitz, AlfredFMGER22961.501.52.5
3133Dogan, Umut AnilCMTUR22381.501.52.5
3236Ivancic, IvanCMCRO22161.501.52.5
33106Ejsymont, ErykACMPOL18931.501.52.5
343Sathvik, AdigaIMIND23961.501.52
3554Costantino, Claudio EmanueleITA21001.501.52
3660Demchenko, Maksim DmFMFID20841.501.52
3764Dijokas, JokubasLTU20711.501.52
3877Savelev, MatveiFID20271.501.52
39139Mubarak, YerassylKAZ15411.501.52
4041Abdsattar, AlisherCMKAZ21971.501.51.5
149 players
World Youth Girls U14 Durres ALB Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Wed 15th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Kholyavko, MariyaWFMKAZ22412012
24Nivedita, V CWFMIND21542012
35Ejsymont, BlankaWFMPOL21252012
47Deepak, LaksshanaWFMCAN20702012
512Ivashentseva, DominikaWCMFID20072012
613Beber, AnjaWCMSLO20022012
722Donda, JazminWFMARG19482012
823Mendoza, Jemaicah YapWFMPHI19432012
956Sleptsova, Valeriya EgFID17812012
1025Bashirli, SaadatWCMAZE19402011
1127Shimanskaia, TatianaFID19252011
1228Saranya, Devi NarahariWFMIND19062011
1330Le, Thai Hoang AnhWCMVIE18952011
1431Alcantara, LevanahWCMFRA18882011
1533Ashotia, BarbareGEO18812011
1634Sinkar, Anagha AniketWCMUSA18752011
1747Harutyunyan, GabrielaARM18272011
1848Tong, YiyiCHN18262011
198Matskevich, VarvaraWFMPOL20641.501.52.5
209Guo, HanxiCHN20601.501.52.5
2110Venskaya, NikaWCMFID20161.501.52.5
226Vujovic, VeraWFMSRB20991.501.52
2361Sathish, GithihaNOR17581.501.52
2440Burchardi, HelenaGER18551.501.51.5
2542Amanzhol, KhanzadaWFMKAZ18461.501.51.5
2643Fedorenko, Ekaterina I.FID18461.501.51.5
2717Roebers, BregjeNED19731.5011.5
2894Toomast, NoraEST15321.500.52
2916Jordan, ChristinaWCMSUI19791.500.51
3019Kovalskyy, AliciaGER19661.500.51
3120Popenkova, VarvaraFID19611.500.51
3221Altynbek, AiaruWFMKAZ19571.500.51
3332Mamakova, AknurKAZ18881.500.51
3415Wang, LuomengHUN19811023
3518Tereshchenko, ElizaFID19731023
3650Ndreko, AilinWCMALB18081023
3753Lin, AshleyUSA18021023
3855Gailevska, MilanaLAT17941023
3967Yazici, ZumralTUR17091023
4079Nurullaeva, DilnozaUZB16611023
109 players

5) Fagernes International Autumn 2025

The Fagernes International Autumn Open takes place 5th to 12th October 2025.

Fagernes GM Swiss Aut Fagernes NOR Sun 5th Oct 2025 - Sun 12th Oct 2025
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameRtgPts
1GM Karthik Venkataraman25791
2GM Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal25611
3GM Adhiban Baskaran25551
4GM Vitaly Sivuk25061
5GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov25011
6GM Kaido Kulaots24981
7GM Platon Galperin24961
8IM Aksel Bu Kvaløy24921
9GM Ortik Nigmatov24851
10IM G B Harshavardhan24761
11IM Al Muthaiah24461
12GM Tiger Hillarp24421
13IM Linus Johansson24081
14IM Moksh Amit Doshi23841
15GM Stellan Brynell23781
16IM Mads Vestby-Ellingsen23741
17FM Eivind Grunt Kreken23721
18FM Martin Holten Fiskaaen23401
19WGM Rakshitta Ravi23231
20IM Nitin Senthilvel23161
21FM Jana Schneider22801
22CM Louis Khoo-Thwe22751
23WGM Priyanka Nutakki22591
24IM David H. Cummings22381
25IM Soumya Swaminathan22381
26CM Andreas Skotheim22280.5
27FM Pål-Ole Liabøtrø21000.5
28WIM Vishwa Hitesh Vasnawala20870.5
29CM Neeraj Harish20280.5
30GM Elham Amar25930.5
31IM Rathanvel V S24830.5
32IM Balazs Csonka24720.5
33IM Shiyam Thavandiran24020.5
34FM Ward Al-Tarboush22240
35Pune Rahul Kumar22090
36Morten Andersen21990
37CM Sushanth Kambathula21840
38Yngve Götestam Fossheim21820
39David Mindestrømmen Simonsen21650
40Victor Lilliehöök21600
58 players

6) 31st Tamil Nadu IM 2025

The 31st Tamil Nadu IM tournament takes place after a bit of a break since September last year and runs 5th to 11th October 2025.

31st Tamil Nadu IM 2025 Chennai IND Sun 5th Oct 2025 - Sat 11th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Nandish, V SIND22512012
25Apoorv, KambleIND23652002
39Manigandan, S SIND21561.500,81
44Palencia Morales, Wilson GuillermoCOL22061.500.51
58Oblitas, CarlomagnoPER23791010
61Podolchenko, EvgeniyBLR2321100.51
72Surendran, NIND21580.500,80
83Claverie, RaulARG21850.500.50
96Mrudul, DehankarIND22440000
7Sarveshwaran, VIND22900000
10 players
31st Tamil Nadu IM 2025 Chennai IND Sun 5th Oct 2025 - Sat 11th Oct 2025. Category: 1. Ave: (2256)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Nandish V S FM IND 2251 # 1 1 2 2283
2 Apoorv Kamble FM IND 2365 # 1 1 2 2267
3 Manigandan, S S IND 2156 # = 1 1.5 2365
4 Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo IM COL 2206 # = 1 1.5 2528
5 Oblitas, Carlomagno IM PER 2379 = # = 1 2196
6 Podolchenko, Evgeniy GM BLR 2321 0 # 1 1 2205
7 Surendran, N IND 2158 = 0 # 0.5 2046
8 Claverie, Raul IM ARG 2185 0 = # 0.5 2075
9 Mrudul, Dehankar WIM IND 2244 0 0 # 0 2308
10 Sarveshwaran V CM IND 2290 0 0 # 0 2286

7) 47th Arco Open 2025

The 47th Arco Open takes place 4th to 12th October 2025.

47th Arco Open 2025 Arco ITA Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Sun 12th Oct 2025
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
15Collutiis, DuilioIMITA232336
277Soham, DeyIND194336
31Smith, BryanGMUSA238035.5
42Ezra, Paul ChambersFMBDI236235.5
58Zeller, FrankIMGER231235.5
610Utsab, ChatterjeeIMIND229935.5
76Braun, VitaliFMGER232335
811Engelberts, MartijnFMSUI228835
912Sutter, OliverFMSUI228635
1016Dunnington, Angus JIMSCO221534.5
1119Montorsi, MatteoITA217934.5
1228Lezzerini, MarcoITA212233.5
133Arkell, Keith CGMENG234833
1421Ochedzan, FilipCMPOL21622.56.5
1529Abrahams, DanielCMCAN21112.55.5
1649Astengo, CorradoITA20062.55.5
1717Schellenberg, SimonSUI22032.55
1830Vezzosi, PaoloIMITA21092.55
1950Bartonicek, ZdenekCZE20052.55
2055Buglisi, MassimoITA19882.55
2113Borgo, GiulioIMITA22772.54.5
2246Wirz, HeinzSUI20162.54.5
2387Bellincampi, StefanoCMITA19252.54.5
2496Sutter, JulianSUI18922.54.5
2599Cluyts, MarcBEL18632.54.5
2626Marzano, CarloITA21272.54
2735Epding, OlafGER20872.54
28101Giannone, EdoardoITA18582.54
2920Dittmar, PeterFMGER21632.53.5
3027De Eccher, StefanoFMITA212626.5
3139Gontsul, ArtemUKR205426.5
3242Zayed, Ali Al-HamedUAE202826
3343Pedoni, LorenzoITA202626
3444Ager, JosefAUT202426
3551Lucas, MichaelGER200026
3689Meyer, ThorstenGER192226
3725Ellinger, MaximilianGER214025.5
3832Marentini, MarcelSUI209425.5
3938Fauth, Dietmar Dr.GER205625.5
4047Fuochi, TommasoITA201325.5
4148Lang, AlexanderGER200825.5
4218Alibabaei, SasanIRI218325
4323Schneider, HeikoGER214925
4431Roth, JakobGER209525
4533Zenker, UlrichFMGER208925
4637Kempe, Caius EmilianGER206825
4740Baeuml, UlrichGER204725
4853Zschiesing, FalkGER199125
4964Salerno, ChristianSUI196625
5065Corbat, PhilippeSUI196425
209 players

8) Chinese National Chess Open Suzhou 2025

The Chinese National Chess Open Suzhou takes place 6th to 10th October 2025.

CHN Nat Open Suzhou 2025 Suzdal RUS Mon 6th Oct 2025 - Fri 10th Oct 2025
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
195Zhu, xiyuCHN01011
22Yuan, QingyuAGMCHN23031000
34Jiang, LiuCHN22181000
46Shen, FuyanCHN21651000
58Hong, MingrenCHN21381000
610Xie, ChujunCHN20771000
712Wu, Shuang(Hlj)WCMCHN20261000
814Chen, XianlinCHN19711000
916Wang, Zihao(Sh)CHN19311000
1018Shi, YigeCHN18891000
1122Zhong, TaoyuCHN18691000
1224Song, YihangCHN18581000
1326Ren, YibaiCHN18361000
1428Yan, ZimoCHN18251000
1530Yuan, ShunzheCHN18051000
1632Wei, BoyangCHN17901000
1734Chen, BaizeCHN17441000
1838Miao, ZixinCHN17211000
1940Zhao, ZizhenCHN17041000
2042Hong, RuomuCHN16751000
211Zhang, ZhiCHN23201000
223Huang, MingqiCHN22271000
235Li, BoIMCHN22001000
247Yu, ShiCHN21431000
259Li, ZiangCHN20911000
2611Wang, Yinuo(Ln)CHN20701000
2713Lv, RuiqiCMCHN20041000
2815Liu, HaolingCHN19501000
2917Mu, WangxueyaoWFMCHN18971000
3019Wang, ZekaiCHN18881000
3121Feng, KuixiuCHN18761000
3223Zhang, JingranCHN18651000
3325Peng, ZihaoCHN18571000
3427Fang, ChenxiCHN18341000
3529Cui, WenCHN18081000
3631ZHAO, HAOYI KYLEFID18041000
3735Wang, PeiqiCHN17431000
3837Wang, Ziyou(Bj)CHN17291000
3939Zhao, Tsz HamHKG17161000
4043Ding, AimaCHN16661000
95 players

9) First Saturday October 2025

The First Saturday October takes place 4th to 11th October 2025.

FSGM October 2025 Budapest HUN Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Sat 11th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
11Tulchynskyi, FeliksFMISR23851.50
3Aczel, GergelyGMHUN24581.50
4Sklokin, SergeyFMFID23541.50
6Bodrogi, BendeguzIMHUN24391.50
57Nurman, AluaWGMKAZ234710
8Berczes, DavidGMHUN241910
9Schnaider, IlanIMARG241310
10Aveskulov, ValeriyGMUKR249710
92Battey, AlexanderIMUSA235200
5Borgaonkar, AkshayIMIND242900
10 players
FSIM October 2025 Budapest HUN Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Sat 11th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
11Pribelszky, BenceIMHUN240320
7Varga, Csaba ZoltanFMHUN226420
36Dhruva, ThotaFMIND23181.50
8Seres, LajosGMHUN22921.50
9Luebke, FlorentinGER21981.50
62Snehal, BhosaleCMIND22870.50
4Anishka, VikramWCMIND20500.50
10Karvatskyi, OleksiiFMUKR23060.50
93Lehocz, Jozsef Jr.HUN216600
5Ilincic, ZlatkoGMSRB220100
10 players

10) 62nd ch-IND 2025

The 62nd Indian Chess Championships took place in Guntur Sun 21st Sep to Wed 1st Oct 2025. Pa Iniyan, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, SP Sethuraman, Krishnan Sasikiran etc. The event didn't have any of the top 15 Indian players. Round 1 games were lost. Iniyan Pa edged out Krishna H Goutham after both scored 9/11.

62nd ch-IND 2025 Guntur IND Sun 21st Sep 2025 - Wed 1st Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Iniyan PaGMIND259997681.565.3
221Goutham Krishna HIMIND2418974.57961.8
34Sasikiran KrishnanGMIND25248.57984.562.8
414Ayush SharmaIMIND24578.574.580.560.5
56Aronyak GhoshIMIND25148.573.579.560
67Gupta AbhijeetGMIND25118.573.577.556.3
719Vignesh Advaith VemulaIND24318.571.57759
89Lalit Babu M RGMIND25028.569.57556
924Deepan Chakkravarthy J.GMIND24078737854.5
1033Viani Antonio DcunhaIMIND2355871.576.553.5
118Rohith Krishna SIMIND250387177.556.3
1212Srihari L RGMIND248187176.554
1381Gaikwad ManasIND21128707552.3
1413Prraneeth VuppalaGMIND247586974.554
1539Nitin S.IMIND23168697350.8
1627Sidhant MohapatraIMIND23848687250
1767Majumder ShrayanIND2161865.57150.5
1834Das ArghyadipIMIND23538626749.5
1920Audi AmeyaIMIND24307.5758152.8
2010Sengupta DeepGMIND24907.5748052.5
2126Aaditya DhingraIMIND23917.5747951.8
2223Ravi Teja S.IMIND24107.5747951.5
232Ganguly Surya ShekharGMIND25737.57378.551.5
243Sethuraman S.P.GMIND25727.5727851.5
2563Navalgund NiranjanFMIND21857.5717750
2622Soham KamotraIMIND24147.570.57651
2725Jain Kashish ManojIMIND23987.570.57446
2847Harshit Ranjan SahuCMIND22587.5707547
2944Sharnarthi VireshIND22817.56973.547.3
3029Ritviz ParabIMIND23727.568.57347.5
3131Manish Anto Cristiano FIMIND23687.568.572.544.3
3255Ankit RayFMIND22217.5677246.3
3341Utsab ChatterjeeIMIND22997.56771.546.5
3415Dhulipalla Bala Chandra PrasadIMIND24467.5646945.5
3566Mukund Hemant AgarwalCMIND21697.5646944
3662Arnav AgrawalIND21917.56468.544.3
3743Kshatriya Nitin VekhandeFMIND22857.562.566.546.5
3818Das SayantanGMIND24357.5626745
3932Panda SambitIMIND23687.55963.543
40114Vedant Rupeshbhai VarasadaCMIND20447.55962.538.5
394 players

11) 49th ch-BAN 2025

The 49th Bangladesh Championship took place 18th September to 1st October 2025. Niaz Murshed won with 10.5/13 at the age of 59. I remember seeing Murshed (and Anand) play in the British Chess Championships in Blackpool in 1988 where he was a leader at one point. I didn't realise we're almost the same age, he's just three days older than me.

49th ch-BAN 2025 Dhaka BAN Thu 18th Sep 2025 - Wed 1st Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
111Murshed, NiazGMBAN231610.50
212Mohammad Fahad, RahmanIMBAN24169.50
37Sakline Mostafa, SajidFMBAN22698.50
413Manon, Reja NeerIMBAN236980
55Zia, Tahsin TajwarFMBAN23347.50
610Islam, Khandaker AminulFMBAN218970
71Md, Minhaz UddinIMBAN22556.50
3Subrota, BiswasFMBAN23386.50
4Abu Sufian, ShakilIMBAN22176.50
102Mohammed, Shaker UllahBAN208850
14Mohammad, JavedFMBAN210050
129Anata, ChoudhuryBAN215240
138Md., Sharif HossainFMBAN21353.50
146Md, Abu HanifCMBAN210930
14 players
49th ch-BAN 2025 Dhaka BAN Thu 18th Sep 2025 - Wed 1st Oct 2025. Category: None. Ave: (2235)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts TPR
1 Murshed, Niaz GM BAN 2316 # = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2480
2 Mohammad Fahad, Rahman IM BAN 2416 = # = = = 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9.5 2396
3 Sakline Mostafa, Sajid FM BAN 2269 = = # = = 1 1 0 0 1 1 = 1 1 8.5 2342
4 Manon, Reja Neer IM BAN 2369 = = = # 1 1 = = 1 = = = 1 0 8 2311
5 Zia, Tahsin Tajwar FM BAN 2334 0 = = 0 # 1 = = 1 1 1 = 0 1 7.5 2284
6 Islam, Khandaker Aminul FM BAN 2189 = 0 0 0 0 # = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7 2267
7 Md Minhaz Uddin IM BAN 2255 = = 0 = = = # 0 1 = 0 = 1 1 6.5 2233
8 Abu Sufian, Shakil IM BAN 2217 0 0 1 = = = 1 # 0 = 0 1 = 1 6.5 2236
9 Subrota, Biswas FM BAN 2338 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 1 # 1 1 0 1 1 6.5 2227
10 Mohammed, Shaker Ullah BAN 2088 0 1 0 = 0 0 = = 0 # = 1 1 0 5 2159
11 Mohammad, Javed FM BAN 2100 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 = # 0 1 1 5 2158
12 Anata, Choudhury BAN 2152 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 1 0 1 # 0 0 4 2100
13 Md., Sharif Hossain FM BAN 2135 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 # 1 3.5 2067
14 Md Abu Hanif CM BAN 2109 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 # 3 2033

12) World Cadets 2025

The World Cadets took place 19th to 30th September 2025. Danis Kuandykuly of Kazakhstan edged out Ali Poyraz Uzdemir on tie-break in the U12 after both scored 9/11. Lacey Wang of the USA edged out Laurie Qiu (also USA) and Milana Aleks Sokolova (FIDE flag presumably Russian) on tie-break after all scored 8.5/11 in the Girls U12.

World Cadets U12 2025 Almaty KAZ Fri 19th Sep 2025 - Tue 30th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Kuandykuly, DanisCMKAZ22119075.580
210Uzdemir, Ali PoyrazCMTUR21969074.579
31Guo, EthanCMUSA23308.5077.582.5
43Fandi, Mazen.FMSYR23078.5070.579
511Madhvendra, Pratap SharmaCMIND2187807378.5
68Sameh Mohamed, AbdalrahmanIMEGY22078071.576.5
718Kudrin, IvanFID2158807176
814Kleschevnikov, ArsenyCMFID21708067.572.5
926Zhang, JunyiENG20837.507276
1017Shangin, LevUSA21637.5070.575
115Bulgak, DamirCMFID22547.5070.574.5
129Sason, NoamCMISR22057.506973.5
1334Chow, Yi ChenMAS20587.506973
1458Xia, JinnanCHN19407.506972
152Zhu, LinxiFMUSA23207.506872.5
1648Borshch, AlexeiFID19757.506770.5
174Ling, ChenxuanCMUSA22587.5066.571
1831Obidjonov, OriyatCMUZB20647.506671
1915Kolodziejczyk, BorisCMFRA21677.506267
2090Aitmukhanov, ArsenKAZ18137.506266
2138Kotsyuba, VictorFID20507073.578
2222Kakavand, RamtinFMIRI21157070.576.5
2313Advik, Amit AgrawalCMIND2175707074.5
2440Fisher, TimofeyFID20317067.572
2535Yang, LanqinCHN2055706771
2680Toibol, SultanKAZ18587066.571
2716Rusu, LucasROU2163706670.5
2853Nguyen, Quang AnhCMVIE19697064.568
2939Sanchir, MunkhbatMGL20367063.568
3037Gokturk, Murat KutayCMTUR2050706367.5
3141Azizli, NurlanAZE20297059.563.5
3212Nicot, ValentinCMFRA2181705963
3347Novodvorskiy, Dmitriy AlFID19767057.561.5
3485Gorchakov, AleksandrFID18317056.560.5
3542Yerzhanuly, YernurKAZ20186.5068.572.5
3632Aarav, ACMIND20606.506873
3721Brzezina, PawelCMPOL21286.506772.5
3829Wijerathna, Vinuka DihainCMSRI20726.5064.569
3952Bach, Kenny HorasinoINA19726.5064.569
4036Mamikonyan, Artem TFID20536.5064.568.5
175 players
World Cadets U12 Girls Almaty KAZ Fri 19th Sep 2025 - Tue 30th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
111Wang, LaceyUSA18838.5072.577.5
25Qiu, LaurieWFMUSA19948.5070.575.5
313Sokolova, Milana AleksFID18708.506974
43Pratitee, BordoloiWCMIND2035807682
52Li, SophieWFMUSA20738068.572.5
623Rusitashvili, TeaGEO1826806873
78Zavivaeva, KristinaWCMFID1922806771.5
89Ahmed Mohamed, ZakaaWCMEGY19148064.568
91Sholpanbek, ZhansayaWCMKAZ20838060.564
1024Begmuratova, SarvinozUZB18197.5069.574.5
114Xue, TianhaoWFMCHN20007.5069.574
126Kaminska, ZuzannaWCMPOL19867.5066.572
1325Wu, YitingCHN18087.5064.569.5
1426Pal, VedikaWCMIND18057.5063.568
1527Mirakyan, AngelinaARM17997.5056.560.5
1658Deng, MingtongCHN1644707578
1749Bayramova, AyaTKM16797070.574.5
1821Xu, Luna YuexiuWCMNZL18367069.574.5
1937Mirzaliyeva, Fatima EldarAZE17437069.572.5
2014Yunker, Alisa GenriettaWFMFID1869706669
2142Sagynbekova, ZhibekKGZ1714706569
2248Poliak, MargaritaKGZ16877063.567.5
2330Peng, Jingyi(Gd)CHN17737062.567.5
2443Kim, Doyeon BKOR1703706166
2516Tselmuun, IderWCMMGL18656.507176
2657Pekhtasheva, AglaiaFID16526.506871
2722Nguyen Doan, Bao Anh AngelinaPOL18326.506670.5
2828Bakhshizada, AsnadAZE17866.506670
2929Zaitseva, Diana V.FID17786.506569
3041Moldagali, AkerkeKAZ17176.506368
3110Aadya, RanganathWCMIND18846.5062.566.5
327Rzadkowska, LilaWCMPOL19606.506266.5
3347Maliush, AlisaFID16916.5061.565.5
3434Mamesh, AdiyaKAZ17586.506165.5
3545Radushinskaya, SvetlanaFID16946.505660
3644Kaburo, WinnieKEN17006.505660
3720Bakhshi, RanaFRA18396.505558.5
3833Urangoo, MyadagvalMGL17606.5054.558.5
3987Zhanaskyzy, MedinaKAZ15366.505255
4068Medvegy, MariaHUN16226.5048.552
123 players

13) ch-TTO 2025

The Trinidad and Tobago Championships took place 13th September to 4th October 2025. Quinn Cabralis won with 8.5/11.

ch-TTO 2025 St Ann's TRI Sat 13th Sep 2025 - Sat 4th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
112Cabralis, QuinnTTO22128.5048,88
210Harper, RyanTTO20967042,36
38Johnson, JoshuaTTO22136.5031,36
411Joseph, MarcusTTO21216031,36
51Gill, TyreseTTO19165.5029,34
66Medina, JoshuaTTO19645133,85
74Winter Atwell, AdrianTTO20905228,85
89Khafra, Enen-Sa-Tefa AbTTO19094020.55
97Ramdath, SimonTTO19113.50243
105Samuel Bisnath, KaelTTO20233015,82
113Gillette, LukeTTO1711106.52
122Cupid, KevinTTO21780082
12 players
ch-TTO 2025 St Ann's TRI Sat 13th Sep 2025 - Sat 4th Oct 2025. Category: None. Ave: (2029)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Cabralis, Quinn FM TTO 2212 # 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 9.5 2321
2 Harper, Ryan FM TTO 2096 0 # 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 8 2198
3 Johnson, Joshua FM TTO 2213 = 0 # 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2145
4 Joseph, Marcus FM TTO 2121 0 = 1 # 0 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 7 2122
5 Gill, Tyrese TTO 1916 0 = 0 1 # = 1 0 1 = 1 = 6 2075
6 Medina, Joshua CM TTO 1965 = 0 0 1 = # 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 2071
7 Winter Atwell, Adrian FM TTO 2090 0 = 1 0 0 0 # 1 = 1 1 1 6 2059
8 Khafra, Enen-Sa-Tefa Ab TTO 1909 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 # 1 1 1 1 5 2004
9 Ramdath, Simon TTO 1911 0 = 0 = 0 1 = 0 # 1 0 1 4.5 1974
10 Samuel Bisnath, Kael CM TTO 2023 = 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 # 1 1 4 1927
11 Gillette, Luke TTO 1711 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 # 1 2 1796
12 Cupid, Kevin FM TTO 2178 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 # 0.5 1545

14) Caissa Hotel Trumpet 2025

The Caissa Hotel Trumpet took place 25th to 30th September 2025. Maksim Schekachikhin won with 6.5/10.

Caissa Hotel Trumpet 2025 Ayvalik TUR Thu 25th Sep 2025 - Tue 30th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16SCHEKACHIKHIN, MAKSIMFID23376.5027,33
22BIYIKSIZ, ALI BATUHANTUR206861.526,33
35TILICHEEV, VIACHESLAVSRB242860.526,33
43OZSAKALLIOGLU, OKANTUR23295.5025,31
54DEVECI, HUSEYIN SAIDTUR20964.50202
61DAL, EMIR SAYGINTUR20571.5080
6 players

15) IV Mallorca Int. Masters Inca 2025

The IV Mallorca Int. Masters Inca took place 28th September to 3rd October 2025. Darius Zagorskis won with 6.5/9.

IV Mallorca Int. Masters Inca ESP Sun 28th Sep 2025 - Fri 3rd Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
16Zagorskis, DariusGMLTU23816.525,3
28Moskalenko, ViktorGMESP2423624,8
39Gomez Aguirre, Juan AlbertoFMESP23395.523.5
41Kostov, Deyan SamuilFMBUL2303520,3
55Starostits, IlmarsGMLAT2317519.5
62Martin Rueda, DanielFMESP2233518.5
77Iliev, HristiyanBUL2218418.5
83Mamani Beltran, DenimanFMESP2306415
94Becerra, Juan DavidFMCOL23562.511,8
1010Maalla, AbdessadekMAR20651.54.5
10 players
IV Mallorca Int. Masters Inca ESP Sun 28th Sep 2025 - Fri 3rd Oct 2025. Category: 2. Ave: (2294)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Zagorskis, Darius GM LTU 2381 # = = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2450
2 Moskalenko, Viktor GM ESP 2423 = # = = = 1 = 1 = 1 6 2405
3 Gomez Aguirre, Juan Alberto FM ESP 2339 = = # 1 = = = = = 1 5.5 2369
4 Kostov, Deyan Samuil FM BUL 2303 = = 0 # 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 2336
5 Starostits, Ilmars GM LAT 2317 = = = 0 # = = = 1 1 5 2335
6 Martin Rueda, Daniel FM ESP 2233 = 0 = 0 = # = 1 1 1 5 2344
7 Iliev, Hristiyan BUL 2218 0 = = 1 = = # = 0 = 4 2260
8 Mamani Beltran, Deniman FM ESP 2306 0 0 = 1 = 0 = # = 1 4 2250
9 Becerra, Juan David FM COL 2356 0 = = 0 0 0 1 = # 0 2.5 2121
10 Maalla, Abdessadek MAR 2065 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 # 1.5 2047

16) White Horse GM/IM 2025

The White Horse GM/IM tournaments took place 25th September to 2nd October 2025. Ravi Rakshitta won the GM event with 6.5/9. Bence Pribelszky won the IM event with 7/9.

White Horse GM 2025 Mosonmagyarovar HUN Thu 25th Sep 2025 - Thu 2nd Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Rakshitta, RaviIND23266.5026,32563
24Mayank, ChakrabortyIND24646128.52478
37Dixit, NikhilIND23816223.52516
41Goh, Zi HanSGP22666222.52529
55Pechac, JergusSVK25375019,82417
610Berczes, DavidHUN24104017.52345
79Pacher, MilanSVK23813.5014.52311
83Borgaonkar, AkshayIND24463.5013,32304
92Akshat, SurekaIND23172.50112232
106Moksh, Amit DoshiIND2374206,32190
10 players
White Horse GM 2025 Mosonmagyarovar HUN Thu 25th Sep 2025 - Thu 2nd Oct 2025. Category: 6. Ave: (2390)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Rakshitta, Ravi WGM IND 2326 # = = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2563
2 Dixit, Nikhil IM IND 2381 = # = 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 6 2516
3 Goh, Zi Han FM SGP 2266 = = # 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 6 2529
4 Mayank, Chakraborty IM IND 2464 0 1 1 # = = = = 1 5 2478
5 Pechac, Jergus GM SVK 2537 = 0 = = # = = 1 = 1 5 2417
6 Berczes, David GM HUN 2410 = = 0 = = # = = = = 4 2345
7 Pacher, Milan GM SVK 2381 0 0 = = = = # = = = 3.5 2311
8 Borgaonkar, Akshay IM IND 2446 = 0 0 = 0 = = # = 1 3.5 2304
9 Akshat Sureka FM IND 2317 0 = 0 0 = = = = # 0 2.5 2232
10 Moksh, Amit Doshi IM IND 2374 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 # 2 2190
White Horse IM 2025 Mosonmagyarovar HUN Thu 25th Sep 2025 - Thu 2nd Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Pribelszky, BenceHUN241170302426
25Pasti, AronHUN23666023,32336
39Aashman, GuptaIND21985.51212310
44Chen, YiningCHN21485.5221.52315
56Garv, RaiIND22505.53192304
61Stevik, PatrikSVK23024.5018,82218
72Jablonicky, MartinSVK23323.5014.52135
83Sushanth, KamabathulaIND2184319.52106
98Anishka, VikramIND19043212,32137
107Belunek, VladimirCZE21701.506,81960
10 players
White Horse IM 2025 Mosonmagyarovar HUN Thu 25th Sep 2025 - Thu 2nd Oct 2025. Category: None. Ave: (2226)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Pribelszky, Bence IM HUN 2411 # = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 7 2426
2 Pasti, Aron IM HUN 2366 = # = = = = = 1 1 1 6 2336
3 Chen, Yining FM CHN 2148 = = # 0 1 0 1 1 = 1 5.5 2315
4 Aashman, Gupta CM IND 2198 0 = 1 # = = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2310
5 Garv, Rai IND 2250 0 = 0 = # = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2304
6 Stevik, Patrik FM SVK 2302 0 = 1 = = # = 0 = 1 4.5 2218
7 Jablonicky, Martin IM SVK 2332 0 = 0 1 0 = # 0 1 = 3.5 2135
8 Anishka, Vikram WCM IND 1903 = 0 0 0 0 1 1 # 0 = 3 2137
9 Sushanth, Kamabathula CM IND 2184 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 # 1 3 2106
10 Belunek, Vladimir FM CZE 2170 = 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 # 1.5 1960

17) 23rd European Senior Championships 2025

The 23rd European Senior Championships took place 27th September to 5th October 2025. Jean-Marc Degraeve won the over 50s with 7/9. Zurab Sturua edged out John Nunn on tie-break after both scored 7/9 in the over 65s. Gundula Heinatz won the women's over 50s on tie-break from Margit Brokko and Jicman, Ligia-Letitia won the women's over 65s with 5.5/7 (I don't think there are any games from this section).

23rd ch-Euro Seniors +50 Rabac CRO Sat 27th Sep 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Degraeve, Jean-MarcGMFRA24787046.550.5
210Lacasa Diaz, Josep AntonIMESP23016.504852
33Holzke, FrankGMGER24096.504448.5
46Thorhallsson, ThrosturGMISL23916.5043.547
58Van Der Werf, MarkIMNED23906047.551.5
69Fercec, NenadGMCRO2362604448
712Motuz, KarolFMSVK2252604447.5
819Stets, VasylIMUKR2140604347
94Bellia, FabrizioIMITA23976042.546.5
102Oms Pallisse, JosepGMESP2437604246
115Mrva, MartinGMSVK2394604145
1217Cmiel, ThorstenFMGER21675.504447.5
1337Menac Comas, Joan RamonCMESP20115.503739.5
147Sielecki, ChristofIMGER2390504751
1514Dishman, StephenFMENG2211504448
1611Vinter-Schou, UffeIMDEN2291504043.5
1721Farrell, NeilSCO2129504043.5
1815Kniest, OliverFMGER21845038.542
1930Burrows, Martin PENG20885036.540
2039Tolhuizen, LudoNED19924.503942.5
2129Van Den Bersselaar, JeroenNED20934.503740.5
2240Delega, TomaszCMPOL19854.503740
2336Puittinen, MikaFIN20244.5036.539.5
2423Leitner, GeraldAUT21244.503639.5
2532Neave, GeorgeSCO20594.503639
2622Lasinskas, PovilasFMLTU21254.5035.540
2731Zymberi, AstritFMKOS20684.5035.538.5
2838Llopis De Aysa, ManuelCMESP19954.5033.536
2946Hartmann, Wolfgang Dr.GER19304.5033.536
3041Brkic, IvicaCRO19734.503233
3125Grgurevic, BorisCRO21214042.545
3224Nikolaidis, KonstantinosFMGRE21234041.545.5
3320Delaney, JohnFMIRL2137404144
3418Huhndorf, ArnoldFMGER2142403943
3526Veleski, RobertFMMKD2111403941.5
3635Minnican, AlanSCO20344036.540
3727Tesla, MiroCRO20994035.536.5
3834Dejanovic, MladenCRO20374033.536.5
3951Porfireanu, SerbanAFMROU1823403132
4033Muedder, RafaelGER20563.5038.542
54 players
23rd ch-Euro Seniors +65 Rabac CRO Sat 27th Sep 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Sturua, ZurabGMGEO24917046.550.5
21Nunn, John D MGMENG2521704448.5
33Ftacnik, LubomirGMSVK24316.5042.547
49Pigott, John CIMENG22936.5041.545
516Boulard, EricFRA21926047.552
66Bilobrk, FranjoIMCRO23296047.551.5
714Welling, GerardIMNED2206604548.5
84Knaak, RainerGMGER24296044.548.5
923Wahlbom, MagnusSWE21406044.548.5
1021Pomes Marcet, JoanIMESP2159604447.5
1112Werner, ClemensFMGER2228604347.5
1213Thorsteinsson, ThorsteinnFMISL2209604347
137Renman, Nils-GustafIMSWE23086041.544.5
1432Smith, Andrew PhilipFMIRL21016041.543
1511Huss, AndreasIMSUI22356040.544.5
1624Stoinev, MetodiBUL21375.504548
1720Petran, PeterIMSVK21665.504447.5
1810Chapman, Terry P DFMENG22575.5043.547
1937Fayard, AlainFMFRA20795.5043.546
205Petursson, MargeirGMISL24055.504144.5
2119Goormachtigh, JohanFMBEL21735.504043
2218Townsend, M PaulENG21805.5039.543.5
2341Page, Mark EENG2049504245
2436Meulders, RichardFMBEL2082504245
2522Koehler, Gerhard Dr.GER2142504144.5
2627Sadiku, BedriIMKOS2128504144
2745Stuer, MarcBEL20365040.544
2862Jeute, PeterGER19355040.543.5
2952Stoychev, OgnianBUL1994504043
3029Kierzek, Matthias Dr.GER2109504043
3115Malesevic, NedeljkoFMSWE22025039.543
3226Medancic, RikardIMCRO2128503942.5
3335Biro, SandorIMROU2091503942.5
3425Klimaszewski, DariuszFMPOL21345038.542.5
3559Harding, Tim DCMIRL19615038.541
3634Malmdin, Nils-AkeFMSWE20945037.540.5
3743Simoncic, SilvoSLO2039503537.5
3817Petschar, KurtFMAUT21865034.539.5
3942Alquist, ErikSWE20414.504548
408Chevelevitch, Evgueni Dr.IMGER22994.504246
88 players
ch-Euro Seniors Women +50 Rabac CRO Sat 27th Sep 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Heinatz, GundulaWIMSUI2056704245.5
23Brokko, MargitWFMEST1985704243.5
34Fink-Nunn, PetraWFMENG19836046.550
46Birkholz, OlgaWFMGER19495.5043.545
58Ni, PolinaLAT18675.5042.544
61Krasenkowa, ElenaWIMPOL21005144.546
77Sirletti, SoniaITA1894524344.5
85Leszner, LilianaWIMPOL19814.504243.5
910Novak, SimonaSLO17883.513639.5
109Kordic, SanjaCRO18083.524243.5
1111Balcerczak, EwaPOL15721.5039.541
11 players
ch-Euro Seniors Women +65 Rabac CRO Sat 27th Sep 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
15Jicman, Ligia-LetitiaWIMROU20915.5016.53.5 ...
21Baliuniene, MargaritaWFMLTU191550143 ...
33Sosnowska, ElzbietaWFMPOL17804.5013,83 ...
44Orel Music, SimonaWFMSLO19134.50122.5 ...
57Kierzek, MiraWFMGER19543.507.51.5 ...
66Pancu, Aureliana-EugeniaROU19232.507,81.5 ...
72Gasik, JadwigaPOL1772204.51.5 ...
88Ristoja, AulikkiFIN17160.5010 ...
8 players

18) Dragomanov Fit Masters 2025

The Dragomanov Fit Masters took place 30th September to 5th October. There was a Scheveningen and then a blitz tournament won by Podolskyi Mykhailo.

Dragomanov Fit Masters Kyiv UKR Tue 30th Sep 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkTeamNameTiFEDRtg12345678910Pts
1MastersKislinsky, AlexeyGMCZE2341½1½1111½006.5
2MastersPodolskyi, MykhailoUKR22591½1½1½½1½17.5
3MastersShton, RomanUKR20811½½½1½½½0½5.5
4MastersGromosiak, AntoniiUKR1894001100½½104
5MastersMikhalsky, VladimirUKR22191½10½½01½16
6MastersDiak, HryhoriiUKR1956½0½0001½103.5
7MastersAlexikov, AlexanderIMUKR2176100½0101½+5
8MastersNikolaev, LeonidFMUKR2206½½11½0½0+16
9MastersMikhaletz, LubomirGMUKR2256½1½½10½1½½6
10MastersRomanov, VladimirUKR19251010110½004.5
1CandidatesZhukovskyi, MyhayloCMUKR2156½1½0111½106.5
2CandidatesAnatskiy, AlexeyUKR1846000½½0000½1.5
3CandidatesKhristovoy, RomanUKR21110½½1011½½16
4CandidatesShkuta, IgorUKR18841½0001½0003
5CandidatesHerasymenko, MaksymUKR199001½½00½1½15
6CandidatesMamedov, RuslanUKR2225½½0½0010--2.5
7CandidatesRodin, AlexeyUKR183001000½0½½02.5
8CandidatesKhristovoy, DmitriyUKR2163½1½11½½½1½7
9CandidatesZhukovskyi, OleksandrCMUKR2145½½11½1½0117
10CandidatesVashchenko, IlliaUKR1808000½1½½½½14.5
20 players
Dragomanov Fit Blitz Kyiv UKR Tue 30th Sep 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Mykhailo, Podolskyi22727.504448
21Alexey, Maly22976.504448
36Semen, Grebeniuk22006.5043.545.5
45Sergey, Stavroyany22156044.547.5
57Maksym, Herasymenko21875.5142.546.5
615Maksym, Kovalenko20345.5242.545.5
710Alexander, Alexikov2134504245
88Maksym, Yevdokymov21775036.539.5
94Myhaylo, Zhukovskyi22374.5039.542.5
109Vigen, Bagiryan21514.5038.541.5
1112Oleksandr, Zhukovskyi21204.503739
1213Lubomir, Mikhaletz20744040.544.5
133Vladimir, Mikhalsky22594039.542.5
1411Oleksandr, Rudchenko2123403739
1517Hryhorii, Diak1991403537
1619Alexey, Rodin19314031.533.5
1716Vladimir, Romanov19933036.538.5
1820Illia, Vashchenko19183034.536.5
1918Maksym, Nykonenko19543031.533.5
2021Alexey, Anatskiy1841203234
2114Oleksandr, Prokhorov2066007.57.5
21 players

19) Maurizzi vs Grebnev World Cup Qualifier 2025

There continue to be surprise qualifiers for the World Cup at the end of this month, Aleksey Grebnev beat MarcAndria Maurizzi 1.5-0.5 to take his place.

Maurizzi-Grebnev m 2025 Belgrade SRB Tue 30th Sep 2025 - Wed 1st Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkNameRtgGms12Pts
1Grebnev, Aleksey26082½11.5
2Maurizzi, MarcAndria26102½00.5
2 players

20) Oer-Erkenschwick GM 2025

The Oer-Erkenschwick GM and IM events took place alongside the German Youth Team event 30th September to 5th October 2025. Vladimir Baklan won the GM with 5/9 and Floryan Eugene scored 7.5/9 to win the IM event.

Oer-Erkenschwick GM 2025 Oer-Erkenschwick GER Tue 30th Sep 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkName+-=PtsTB1
1Vladimir Baklan40526½
2Toms Kantans414625½
3Nikita Meshkovs20723¼
4Jakob Leon Pajeken22519
5Arthur de Winter018419
6Adrian Gschnitzer126417¾
7Nikolas Wachinger342416¾
8Ashot Parvanyan234415
9Collin Colbow13516¼
10Julian Martin252312
10 players
Oer-Erkenschwick GM 2025 Oer-Erkenschwick GER Tue 30th Sep 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025. Category: 9. Ave: (2464)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Baklan, Vladimir GM UKR 2552 # = = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2620
2 Kantans, Toms GM LAT 2535 = # = 1 = = 1 1 0 1 6 2581
3 Meshkovs, Nikita GM LAT 2554 = = # = = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2534
4 Pajeken, Jakob Leon IM GER 2444 = 0 = # = 1 0 = 1 = 4.5 2466
5 De Winter, Arthur IM NED 2462 = = = = # = = = = 0 4 2421
6 Gschnitzer, Adrian IM GER 2435 = = = 0 = # 0 = = 1 4 2424
7 Wachinger, Nikolas IM GER 2450 0 0 = 1 = 1 # 0 1 0 4 2423
8 Parvanyan, Ashot IM GER 2419 0 0 0 = = = 1 # = 1 4 2426
9 Colbow, Collin IM GER 2433 0 1 = 0 = = 0 = # = 3.5 2387
10 Martin, Julian IM GER 2356 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 0 = # 3 2351
Oer-Erkenschwick IM 2025 Oer-Erkenschwick GER Tue 30th Sep 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkName+-=PtsTB1TB2
1Floryan Eugene60329
2Adrien Rodriguez306625½
3Michael Kopylov20723¼
4Isaac Garner31520½
5Marian Can Nothnagel432517½
6Quang Thai Ngo33317
7Oliver Stork351123
8Jonathan Carlstedt243122
9Gedeon Hartge15312
10Johannes Tschernatsch171
10 players
Oer-Erkenschwick IM 2025 Oer-Erkenschwick GER Tue 30th Sep 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025. Category: 5. Ave: (2374)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Eugene, Floryan IM FRA 2455 # = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2638
2 Rodriguez, Adrien FM FRA 2375 = # = 1 1 = = = = 1 6 2499
3 Kopylov, Michael IM UKR 2332 = = # = = = 1 1 = = 5.5 2459
4 Garner, Isaac GER 2387 = 0 = # = = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2453
5 Nothnagel, Marian Can FM GER 2429 0 0 = = # 1 0 1 1 1 5 2411
6 Ngo, Quang Thai FM VIE 2308 0 = = = 0 # 1 1 0 1 4.5 2381
7 Stork, Oliver FM GER 2357 0 = 0 0 1 0 # 0 1 1 3.5 2296
8 Carlstedt, Jonathan IM GER 2457 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 # = 1 3.5 2285
9 Hartge, Gedeon FM GER 2326 0 = = 0 0 1 0 = # 0 2.5 2213
10 Tschernatsch, Johannes FM GER 2315 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 # 1.5 2108

21) 35th TCh-SLO 2025

The Slovenian Team Championship took place mostly in September but the final three rounds take place 14th to 16th November 2025. Games from rounds 4-6 now available.

35th TCh-SLO 2025 Radenci SLO Fri 19th Sep 2025 - Sun 16th Nov 2025
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910TB1TB2TB3
1ZSK Maribor Poligram*5641228.5467.5
2TAJFUN - SK Ljubljana*61024.5412.8
3Drustvo Tomo Zupan Kranj0*444817235.3
4SK Impol Slovenska Bistrica*34720303.3
5Celjski SK1*3719294.5
6SD Pomgrad Murska Sobota03*515247.3
7SK Ig2*416.5268
8SK Branik Maribor23*3415.5291.8
9SK Zalec23*313242.3
10SK Trebnje BMP22*011227.5
10 players

22) German Youth Teams 2025

The German Youth Teams took place 1st to 5th October 2025. The team from Nordrhein-Westfalen 1 won.

German Youth Teams 2025 Oer-Erkenschwick GER Wed 1st Oct 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkTeamRtg+-=MptsBptsTB1
1Nordrhein-Westfalen 121687001445376½
2Württemberg19424121030223
3Baden2021421928½227½
4Bayern2081421928220
5Sachsen-Anhalt1977430833½239
6Hessen2030322829210
7Schleswig-Holstein1912322827½168½
8Nordrhein-Westfalen 22002430829165
9Niedersachsen1844223729½207
10Rheinland-Pfalz2001223724½190
11Berlin2042331730165½
12Sachsen1877340631169
13Stichts-Gooise Schaakbond340627½161½
14Hamburg 11906232626129½
15Thüringen1838142423½128
16Mecklenburg-Vorpommern173714242082
17Hamburg 21707043317½110
18Saarland & Friends1737160224124
18 players

23) TCh-FIN 2025-26

The Finnish Team Championship takes place 5th September to 15th March 2026. Games from rounds 4 and 5 are now available, round 3 is missing. Note there are a couple more rounds than you might expect for a 12 team league because not everyone plays every round.

TCh-FIN 2025-26 Finland FIN Fri 5th Sep 2025 - Sun 15th Mar 2026
Leading Round 5 (of 13) Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
11Aatos43017180
210TammerSh4202618.50
36MatSK4211516.50
48RaahLi4211515.50
53HSC32104150
64HSK31024130
75JyS4121315.50
87MatSK24121313.50
911TuTS4130212.50
102Gambiitti31202120
119SalSK3120211.50
1212VammSK4031114.50
12 teams

24) Chinese League Division A Pt 2 2025

The Chinese League Division A Pt 2 took placew 1st to 5th October 2025. Hangzhou Bank won the entire thing.

CHN League Division A Pt2 Beijing CHN Wed 1st Oct 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2
1Hangzhou Bank*3443442037.5
2Shenzhen Pengcheng*33441834.5
3Chongqing Sports Lottery*223341532
4Chongqing Jiulongpo3*31328.5
5Beijing23*32341228.5
6Jiangsu122*1128
7China Mobile Shanghai122*4331127.5
8Tianjin2231*432926
9Shandong Foreign Languages*34824.5
10Chengdu Beilei11221*824
11Zhejiang Shaoxing Yuecheng1222*3421
12Hangzhou Chess and Card Association1112312*318
12 players

25) Dutch League 2025-26

The Dutch League takes place 20th September to 11th April 2025. Round 2 took place this weekend and all the games are available, there's still one match missing from round 1 though.

Dutch League 2025-26 Netherlands NED Sat 20th Sep 2025 - Sat 11th Apr 2026
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
RkTeam12345678910TB1TB2
1Apeldoorn 1*7412.5
Paul Keres 1*7412.5
3LSG 1*5312.5
4Stukkenjagers 1*56311
Zuid Limburg 15*6311
6HMC Den Bosch 13*7210
7Groninger Combinatie 154*19
8Charlois Europoort 13*07.5
9Kennemer Combinatie 1*07
HWP Haarlem 143*07
10 players

26) 1st Liga Central Serbia 2025

The 1st Liga Central Serbia takes place 4th to 12th October 2025.

1st Liga Central SRB 2025 Novi Pazar SRB Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Sun 12th Oct 2025
Leading Round 3 (of 11) Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
18GORNJA JABLANICA – Medveđa32017130
29CARIBROD – Dimitrovgrad32017120
34METALAC – Gornji Milanovac32017120
43INA DIZAJN INZENJERING – Novi Pazar32017120
52CAST I SLAVA – Pirot32017110
612SLOGA – Kraljevo310259.50
75IVANJICA – Ivanjica3120360
86SKGN NAIS – Nis3012280
97SSU KARADJORDJE – Topola3012270
101KRUSIK – Valjevo3021170
1111RAZANJ – Ražanj303005.50
1210TUTIN – Tutin3030050
12 players

27) Titled Tuesday Blitz 30th September 2025

The Titled Tuesday Blitz 30th September was won by Hans Moke Niemann with 10/11.

Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025 chess.com INT Tue 30th Sep 2025 - Tue 30th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtg1234567891011PtsTB1TB2TB3
119Hans NiemannGMUSA3191W161WW83BW43WW49BD42WW34BW66WD2BW26WW14BW12W1074.579.571.25
21Hikaru NakamuraGMUSA3400W354WW356BW71WD3BD15WW69BW19BD1WW8BW13WW14B9.574.576.563
334Bogdan Daniel DeacGMROU3106W309WW106BW35WD2WW31BL66BW54WD44BW298BW56WW13B97276.561.75
432Vidit GujrathiGMIND3105W400WW70BL68WW355BW35WW43WL14BW76WW33BW295BW17W966.567.553
540Renato TerryIMPER3091W209WW277BW74WD323WD12BW57WD30BD29BW108WW44BW16W9656652.75
639Liem LeGMVNM3094W275BD73WW384BW348WL13WW65BW306WW30WD29BW26BW20W960.561.546.5
74Jose MartinezGMMEX3074U--W343BW138WW365BW129WW104WD8BD42WW297BW21WW18B957.559.551.75
817Pranesh MGMINT3129W340WL75BW271WW89BW23WW46BD7WW28BL2WW71BW31W8.5717251.5
931David ParavyanGMRUS3094W364BW81WD44BL66WW349BW82WL28BW37WW113BW51WW29B8.564.566.549
105Nihal SarinGMIND3224W333WW358BL27WD81BW167WW39BW195WW15WL12BW47WW34B8.564.566.547.75
1110Andrey EsipenkoGMRUS3183W271BW399WW33BW329WW295BW297WL17WW21BD16WL12BW27W8.5646545
122Alireza FirouzjaGMFRA3309W80BW129WD28BW68BD5WL15BW51WW66BW10WW11WL1B87883.557.25
1313Jan-Krzysztof DudaGMPOL3172W138WW325BD46WW28WW6BW42WW298BD17WW295WL2BL3W875.57953
144Ian NepomniachtchiGMRUS3223W155BW250WL47BW78WW76BW37BW4WW297WW17BL1WL2W8757851.5
1545Platon GalperinGMUKR3054W114BW187WW134WW45BD2BW12WD29WL10BL44WW50BW58W87377.553.5
1622Sanan SjugirovGMHUN3134W186BW362WW306BW69WL27BW40WW67WW48BD11BD17WL5B869.571.546.75
1721Alexander GrischukGMRUS3149W144WW396BW225WW314WW48BW27WW11BD13BL14WD16BL4B869.570.545.5
1833Oleksandr BortnykGMUSA3088W320BW32WW105BW127WL298WL67BW107WW57BW45WW22BL7W868.572.551
1929Salem AR SalehGMARE3109W166WW395BW58WW50WW108BL298BL2WW67BL49BW52WW43B8686946.5
2028Sam SevianGMUSA3100W84BW112WL50BW106WL68BW157WW307BW79BW25WW49WL6B867.57249.5
2123Matthias BluebaumGMDEU3134W278WD31BW385WD46BW58WW52BW50WL11WW299BL7BW53W867.568.543.75
2212Tuan Minh LeGMVNM3149W326BW315WW52BL48BL50WW127WW55BW59WW296BL18WW38B86770.548.5
2393Artem BardykFMINT2913W332WW117BL295BW333WL8BW103WW72BL25WW116WW299BW49B8646743.5
2420Jeffery XiongGMUSA3115W158BW249WL67BL32WW309BW165WW35BL43WW89WW76BW59W8636645
2556Aravindh ChithambaramGMIND3013L264WU--W188WW352BW320WW88BW75WW23BL20BW55WW56B8545646
2625Haowen XueGMCHN3098W156WW78BW51WL27BW55WW38BW301WW298WL1BL6WD37B7.5737847.75
2764Etienne BacrotGMFRA3005W191WW269BW10BW26WW16WL17BL297BD74WW77BW30WL11B7.571.57347.25
2859Sergey SklokinFMINT3037W96BW393WD12WL13BW146WW133BW9WL8WW74BL29WW79B7.5717244
293Dmitry AndreikinGMGEO3242W160WL313BW128WW72BW77WW318WD15BD5WD6WW28BL9W7.569.573.548
307Aleksei SaranaGMSRB3156W128WW350BW357WL42BW100WW47BD5WL6BW43WL27BW44W7.5687042
31131Nikita ShandryginFMSRB2838W374WD21WW171BW36BL3WL195BW308WW54BW40WW298WL8B7.567.569.543.5
32143Sơn ĐặngIMVNM2818W267WL18BW132WW24BL33BW304WW46WD172BW41BL34WW66W7.567.56943.5
3371Arman MikaelyanGMUSA2965W167BW170WL11WW165BW32WL45BW60WW302BL4WD85BW74W7.5677244.25
3437Sergei ZhigalkoGMINT3077W308BW369WD348BW44WW323BL1WD59BD41WW65BW32BL10W7.5656740
35101Eric RosenIMBRA2871W159WW211BL3BW156WL4BW316WL24WW103BD92BW128WW71W7.564.568.539.25
3650Jakub KosakowskiGMPOL2970W99WW300BD72BL31WL73BW62WW130BL133WW204BW78WW82B7.563.56845.25
3762Vasif DurarbayliGMAZE2983W305WL127BW94WW360BW249BL14WW70WL9BW107WW105BD26W7.562.564.538.75
3876Mukhammadali AbdurakhmonovIMUZB2951W162WW145BL45WW321BW127BL26WD135BW187WW133BW42BL22W7.5616539.75
3986Antoni KozakNMPOL2919W380WL207BW119WD80BW130WL10WL128BW110WW136BW140BW90W7.559.561.540.25
4072Arystanbek UrazayevIMKAZ2948W257WW194BL108BW140WW334BL16BD187WW73WL31BW137WW92W7.557.559.535.75
428 players

28) Checkmate: USA vs India 2025

The Checkmate: USA vs India match took place in Arlington, Virginia on October 4th. This is the projected first leg of two and the format was that the USA had white in every game as the home side, there will be an Indian leg where the colours will be reversed at some point in the future. There was one 10 minute game, if drawn a 5 minute game, if drawn a 1 minute game until a winner was found. USA won every one of the mini-matches between the teams which was a mix of strengths.

Checkmate: USA vs India Arlington, TX USA Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Sat 4th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkTeamNameRtg123PtsMpts
1USACaruana, Fabiano2767111
2INDErigaisi Arjun2708000
1USAAdewumi, Tanitoluwa2400111
2INDVaz, Ethan2274000
1USAYip, Carissa2369111
2INDDivya Deshmukh2419000
1USARozman, Levy2318=11.51
2INDSagar, Shah2292=00.50
1USANakamura, Hikaru2737==121
2INDGukesh D2693==010
10 players

29) ch-POL Rapid 2025

The Polish Rapid took place on October 4th and Kacper Piorun won on tie break from Kacper Kacprzak after both scored 8.5/9 and drew in round 5. It does seem a bit unfair that this was settled by an artficial tie-break, you can only beat what's in front of you which they did except against each other.

ch-POL Rapid 2025 Lublin POL Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Sat 4th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13Piorun, KacperGM24888.556.561.557,3
220Kacprzak, KacperFM23258.5535853,8
31Janik, IgorGM25157.553.558.546,8
47Nasuta, GrzegorzGM24467.5525745,3
510Licznerski, ŁukaszIM24167.5505544,8
619Kowalski, IgorIM23287.54852.544,3
729Sernecki, FranciszekFM22617.546.551.542,8
812Krasenkow, MichałGM2386754.560.545
922Śliwicka, AlicjaWGM2299752.55842
104Cyborowski, ŁukaszGM24667525743,3
1115Plichta, KamilFM2343749.554.540.5
1217Sieciechowicz, MarcinIM2332748.55340,3
13119Kiołbasa, Damian19397485341
1438Zapolski, KrzysztofCM222074852.539.5
1537Jagodziński, PiotrCM222474852.538.5
1653Piotrowski, PrzemysławFM2147747.55239.5
1777Kiszkiel, Oskar206174751.539
1836Zawadzka, JolantaWGM222474751.537
1913Miś, MieszkoIM23817475138.5
2025Grot, BłażejCM2287746.55139.5
2150Klepek, WitoldCM215874347.536,3
2218Kacprzak, KarolFM23326.555.56141,3
238Pakleza, ZbigniewGM24356.553.558.540,3
2414Niedbała, BartłomiejIM23496.55257.540,8
2532Korszański, Stanisław22476.551.55638.5
2651Przybylski, BartoszCM21576.5515638,8
2744Róg, BartłomiejFM21756.5515636,8
285Tazbir, MarcinGM24616.55054.537,3
2960Sygulski, PiotrCM21106.549.553.536,3
3016Sabuk, PiotrIM23336.5495437,3
3134Borischik, Sergey22386.5495334.5
3224Stachowiak, KamilIM22946.548.553.538,8
3349Madajczak, Piotr21626.548.553.535,8
3455Grzebieniowski, Michał21316.548.553.535,8
3523Ugorek, KacperCM22956.548.55336
3639Mikrut, DariuszIM22186.54852.537,3
3782Strzałkowski, Damian20376.5485232,8
3827Kozłowski, Michał22646.547.55236
3958Liśkiewicz, JakubCM21246.547.55234,8
402Klekowski, MaciejGM25026.54751.535
560 players

30) Giri-Martinez ICC Match 2025

Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara beat Anish Giri 3-1 in their ICC rapid match on 28th September.

Giri-Martinez ICC Match ICC INT Sun 28th Sep 2025 - Sun 28th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
RkNameRtgGms1234Pts
1Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo26394½1½13.0
2Giri, Anish27464½0½01.0
2 players

31) Ibarra-Oro ICC Match 2025

Faustino Oro beat Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez 9-3 in a blitz match on IKCC on October 3rd.

Ibarra-Oro ICC Match 2025 ICC INT Fri 3rd Oct 2025 - Fri 3rd Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 12 Standings:
RkNameRtgGms123456789101112Pts
1Oro, Faustino250912½½11111½1½½½9.0
2Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos254712½½00000½0½½½3.0
2 players

32) Forthcoming Events and Links

Clutch Chess: The Legends 2025

Titled Tuesday Blitz 7th October 2025

Texas Norm Super Swiss 2025

ch-USA 2025

Titled Tuesday Blitz 14th October 2025

8th Kaltern-Trophy 2025

Rotterdam Chess 2025

28th Hoogeveen Chess 2025

33rd World Seniors 2025

Titled Tuesday Blitz 21st October 2025

Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown 2025

Titled Tuesday Blitz 28th October 2025

28th OIBM 2025

3rd Freundschachts-Open 2025

36th Leuven Open 2025

9th Mersin Open 2025

48th Tenkes Cup 2025

CCCSA Charlotte Fall Invitational 2025

15th XTX Markets London Chess Classic 2025

Vietnam Open 2025

61st Groningen Chess Festival 2025

Hong Kong International Open 2025

Bambuchess Chess Festival 2025

53rd Rilton Cup 2025-26

99th Hastings Congress 2025-26

51st Seville Open 2026

Graz Open 2026

85th Noteboom Tournament 2026

8th Prague International Chess Festival 2026

59th Biel Chess Festival 2026

47th Ghent Open 2026

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