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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
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The Doctor
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: |
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| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Final | ||
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | 15 |
| 2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 13 |
| 3rd-4th | ||
| 3 | Aronian, Levon | 18 |
| 4 | Praggnanandhaa | 8 |
| Semi-Final | ||
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 17 |
| 2 | Praggnanandhaa | 11 |
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | 15 |
| 2 | Aronian, Levon | 13 |
| 11 players | ||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Team | Gms | + | - | = | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 15 | Romania | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | 10 | Greece | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 12 | Slovenia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 4 | 7 | Serbia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 11 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| 6 | 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 16 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5.5 | |
| 18 | Turkiye | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5.5 | |
| 9 | 4 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 8 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |
| 12 | 6 | Armenia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4.5 | |
| 13 | Poland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4.5 | |
| 15 | 31 | Belgium | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 16 | 17 | Austria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 19 | Israel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |
| 20 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |
| 19 | 27 | Montenegro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 20 | 21 | Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 21 | 29 | Georgia 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 22 | 26 | Lithuania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 23 | 30 | Moldova | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 24 | 5 | England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 25 | 3 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 26 | 25 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 27 | 1 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 28 | 24 | Slovakia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 29 | 23 | Georgia 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 30 | 22 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 31 | 28 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 32 | 33 | Iceland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 33 | 35 | Georgia 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 34 | 32 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 35 | 34 | Portugal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 36 | 37 | Kosovo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 37 | 36 | Faroe Islands | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 38 | 38 | Georgia 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 39 | 39 | Scotland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | 40 | Ireland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 40 players | |||||||||
| 25th European Teams Women Batumi GEO Sun 5th Oct 2025 - Tue 14th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Team | Gms | + | - | = | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 4 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6.5 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6.5 | |
| 3 | 10 | Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 6 | Germany | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5.5 | |
| 6 | 1 | Georgia 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6.5 |
| 7 | 8 | Armenia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| 9 | 3 | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 14 | Greece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| 11 | 15 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 26 | Estonia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5.5 | |
| 13 | 12 | England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 16 | Turkiye | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |
| 17 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |
| 18 | Israel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |
| 17 | 11 | Serbia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 13 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4.5 | |
| 27 | Belgium | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4.5 | |
| 20 | 24 | Georgia 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | 20 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 22 | 25 | Slovakia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 23 | 7 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 24 | 29 | Lithuania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 25 | 22 | Slovenia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 23 | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | |
| 27 | 21 | Austria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3.5 |
| 28 | 32 | Iceland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 29 | 31 | Portugal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 36 | Scotland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 | |
| 31 | 30 | Croatia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | 33 | Monaco | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 34 | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | |
| 35 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | |
| 35 | 19 | Georgia 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 36 | 28 | Montenegro | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 36 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 7 | Stribuk, Artiom | IM | FID | 2486 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 11 | Siddharth, Jagadeesh | GM | SGP | 2467 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 13 | Piliposyan, Robert | IM | ARM | 2451 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 14 | Sukiasyan, Vahe A. | FM | ARM | 2446 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 17 | Tarhan, Adar | IM | TUR | 2432 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 21 | Bai, Adelard | IM | TPE | 2416 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 25 | Assylov, Miras | FM | KAZ | 2395 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 20 | Suleimen, Ergali | FM | KAZ | 2417 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 9 | 49 | Ulziikhishig, Khishigbat | FM | MGL | 2312 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 10 | 3 | Macias Pino, Diego | IM | ESP | 2501 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 9 | Habans Aguerrea, Javier | IM | ESP | 2475 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 19 | Kanov, Nikola | IM | BUL | 2420 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 31 | Zhakshylykov, Erzhan | IM | KGZ | 2362 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 32 | Campos Gomez, Manuel | IM | COL | 2359 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 45 | Tleukhanov, Yerlan | FM | KAZ | 2324 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 53 | Mendes, Aaron Reeve | IM | CAN | 2301 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | 16 | Sriram, Adarsh Uppala | IM | IND | 2438 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 18 | 23 | Von Mettenheim, Johannes | GER | 2404 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |
| 19 | 27 | Perea Fruet, Lorenzo | FM | ESP | 2386 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 20 | 28 | Makkar, Rajat | IM | FRA | 2382 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 21 | 36 | Kejna, Piotr | FM | POL | 2348 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 22 | 59 | Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin | FM | TJK | 2289 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 23 | 94 | Lin, Chenyi | RSA | 2039 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |
| 24 | 6 | Raczek, Krzysztof | IM | POL | 2487 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 25 | 34 | Wafa, Hamed | IM | EGY | 2350 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 26 | 70 | Kishiev, Famil | CM | FID | 2233 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 27 | 30 | Khripachenko, Alexander | IM | FID | 2376 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 28 | 37 | Heinrich, John | FM | GER | 2344 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 29 | 43 | Sachilaru, Alexandru | FM | ROU | 2329 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 30 | 55 | Dyachuk, Artem | FM | UKR | 2298 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 31 | 56 | Ughuzov, Ravan | FM | AZE | 2298 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 32 | 57 | Ciric, Pavle | FM | SRB | 2291 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 33 | 10 | Ansat, Aldiyar | IM | KAZ | 2470 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 34 | 60 | Olenik Campa, Rudi | FM | SLO | 2288 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 35 | 15 | Sapenov, Daniyal | IM | KAZ | 2445 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 36 | 22 | Valiyev, Shahin | FM | AZE | 2413 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 37 | 29 | Akhilbay, Imangali | FM | KAZ | 2377 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 38 | 33 | Zlatkov, Anton | FM | MKD | 2351 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 39 | 39 | Zouaghi, Amir | FM | BEL | 2342 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 40 | 51 | Giammona, Federico | FM | ITA | 2307 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 120 players | |||||||||
| World Youth Girls U18 Durres ALB Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Wed 15th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Khamdamova, Afruza | WIM | UZB | 2409 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 6 | Gao, Muziyan | WIM | CHN | 2226 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 15 | Liavonava, Yuliya | WFM | FID | 2114 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 19 | Nguyen, Binh Vy | VIE | 2083 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 29 | Zhezhovska, Monika | WFM | MKD | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | Karmanova, Olga Dm. | WIM | FID | 2297 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 7 | 8 | Kleymenova, Valeria | WFM | FID | 2221 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 9 | Peglau, Charis | WFM | GER | 2203 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 21 | Marcu, Daria-Ana | ROU | 2044 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | 23 | Ruchinskaya, Valerie | WFM | CAN | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 25 | Vujatovic, Irina | SRB | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 12 | 34 | Vlasova, Olesia | WFM | FID | 1958 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 12 | Enkhrii, Enkh-Amgalan | WIM | MGL | 2167 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 14 | 37 | Karaivanova, Petya | WFM | BUL | 1952 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 15 | 39 | Anupam, M Sreekumar | WCM | IND | 1943 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 16 | 14 | Cera, Dagariya | WCM | IND | 2153 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 17 | 17 | Szczotka, Klara | WFM | POL | 2091 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 18 | 35 | Zhanybekova, Begimay | WIM | KGZ | 1957 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 19 | 20 | Amulya, Guruprasad | WFM | IND | 2071 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 20 | 33 | Zhou, Shumeng | CHN | 1967 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| 21 | 2 | Schippke, Manon | WIM | FRA | 2359 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 22 | 3 | Karimova, Guldona | WIM | UZB | 2319 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 23 | 16 | Sala, Giulia | WFM | ITA | 2095 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 24 | 22 | Nuriyeva, Nurtan | WCM | AZE | 2019 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 25 | 32 | Bargan, Victoria | MDA | 1981 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| 26 | 13 | Peglau, Dora | WFM | GER | 2156 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 27 | 27 | Gaite, Karen Nerina | WFM | ARG | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | 31 | Suarez Gomez, Paula | WFM | ESP | 1988 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 29 | 36 | Nauanova, Zhaniya | WFM | KAZ | 1953 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | 56 | Lobo Jimenez, Mariana Esther | WCM | PAN | 1822 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | 62 | Randriatsiferana, Dimbiharentsoa Christiana | WCM | MAD | 1795 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 32 | 79 | Geillon-Barral, Roween | CAN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 33 | 26 | Alexandri, Dimitra | GRE | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.5 | |
| 34 | 5 | Tejaswini, G | WIM | IND | 2261 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | 28 | Kiraly, Lilla Virag | HUN | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 36 | 30 | Sanudula, K M Dahamdi | WFM | SRI | 1990 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | 38 | Aktamova, Zilola | WCM | UZB | 1949 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 38 | 40 | Hayrapetyan, Nvard | ARM | 1943 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 39 | 45 | Dobsa, Emma | CZE | 1918 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 40 | 53 | Hristova, Ivelina | BUL | 1847 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 80 players | |||||||||
| World Youth Open U16 2025 Durres ALB Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Wed 15th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Mamedov, Edgar | GM | KAZ | 2490 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 7 | Nurgaliyev, Sauat | IM | KAZ | 2422 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 10 | Mulawa, Cyprian | FM | POL | 2373 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 15 | Lopez Rayo, Santiago | FM | COL | 2353 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 33 | Sapocinic, Semion | FM | MDA | 2270 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 35 | Yalcinkaya, Efe | CM | TUR | 2267 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 39 | Puzyrevsky, Semyon | FM | FID | 2256 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 14 | Parpiev, Isaak | CM | FID | 2355 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 9 | 17 | Omonov, Asrorjon | FM | UZB | 2350 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 10 | 26 | Medhus, Vitus Bondo | FM | DEN | 2304 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 11 | 42 | Myagmarsuren, Evsuld | FM | NOR | 2249 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 12 | 47 | Dumanuly, Sultanbeibarys | FM | KAZ | 2228 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 61 | Syzdyk, Samir | KAZ | 2164 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 | 64 | Boutikos, Eleftherios | GRE | 2154 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | 65 | Dimitrov, Martin | BUL | 2151 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 16 | 3 | Cieslak, Patryk | IM | POL | 2474 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 17 | 5 | Dotzer, Lukas | IM | AUT | 2463 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 18 | 9 | Haug, Havard | FM | NOR | 2396 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 19 | 11 | Volodin, Alexandr E. | FM | FID | 2369 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 20 | 16 | Coicev, Matei-Andrei | FM | ROU | 2352 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 21 | 18 | Efimov, Leonid | FM | FID | 2347 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 22 | 20 | Kalinin, Nikita An. | FM | FID | 2336 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 23 | 22 | Perossa, Nicolas | FM | ITA | 2318 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 24 | 24 | Rustamov, Rustam | FM | AZE | 2310 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 25 | 38 | Azizov, Sadullo | CM | UZB | 2258 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 26 | 63 | Daulet, Alikhan | CM | KAZ | 2158 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 27 | 71 | Kabylbek, Yedil | KAZ | 2124 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |
| 28 | 21 | Klaska, Philipp Leon | FM | GER | 2335 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 29 | 75 | Mantazis, Georgios Rafail | AIM | GRE | 2107 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 30 | 82 | Chang, Ethan | AUS | 2081 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | |
| 31 | 91 | Kurbanbaev, Zalkar | KGZ | 2029 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | |
| 32 | 25 | Hovakimyan, Vache | FM | ARM | 2304 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 33 | 40 | Talgatov, Nazar | FM | KAZ | 2254 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 34 | 43 | Willy, Stephen | FM | USA | 2247 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 35 | 44 | Vandenhole, Kobe | BEL | 2246 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| 36 | 51 | Tabatadze, Erekle | GEO | 2216 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| 37 | 52 | Pang, Qi | USA | 2213 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| 38 | 53 | Neuhoff, Laertes | GER | 2202 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| 39 | 54 | Heino, Pessi | FIN | 2201 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| 40 | 56 | Tamer Waguih, Farid | FM | EGY | 2187 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 145 players | |||||||||
| World Youth Girls U16 Durres ALB Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Wed 15th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Prishita, Gupta | FM | IND | 2353 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 6 | Lyutsinger, Iren | FM | FID | 2236 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 7 | Bernard, Ines | WFM | FRA | 2211 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 9 | Jiang, Tianyu | CHN | 2165 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 13 | Imomkuzieva, Nilufarkhon | WFM | UZB | 2126 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | Vlasova, Mariya N | WFM | FID | 2087 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 16 | Goriachkina, Oksana | FID | 2081 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | 18 | Chmielek, Kamelia | WCM | POL | 2054 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 20 | Gaszka, Zuzanna | POL | 2045 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | 22 | Saparya, Ghosh | WFM | IND | 2029 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 24 | Dudkina, Uliana | WCM | FID | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 25 | Avetisyan, Ani | ARM | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | 87 | Leisle, Darya | FID | 1718 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | 5 | Chen, Yining | FM | CHN | 2237 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 15 | 19 | Stankovic, Andrea | SRB | 2051 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | |
| 16 | 30 | Mayorga Araya, Sofia | WIM | CRC | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 17 | 2 | Nurgaliyeva, Zarina | WIM | KAZ | 2344 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | 4 | Kuznecova, Marija | WFM | LAT | 2279 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 32 | Seyhan, Pelin | TUR | 1993 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 20 | 45 | Assylkhan, Asiya | KAZ | 1938 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | 3 | Kaliakhmet, Elnaz | WIM | KAZ | 2323 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 22 | 10 | Toroptseva, Yevheniia | WFM | UKR | 2158 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 23 | 26 | Chasouraki, Chrysi | GRE | 2012 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |
| 24 | 27 | Caku, Kler | WFM | ALB | 2010 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 25 | 73 | Mkrtchyan, Anahit H. | ARM | 1828 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |
| 26 | 8 | Castillo Beitia, Ashley Alexandra | FM | PAN | 2179 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 27 | 11 | Smietanska, Wiktoria | WIM | POL | 2151 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 28 | 12 | Khafizova, Diana | WFM | FID | 2144 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 29 | 36 | Jain, Ashita | IND | 1987 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | |
| 30 | 39 | Japparbekova, Malika | KAZ | 1963 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | |
| 31 | 67 | Belaya, Liliya | UZB | 1848 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | |
| 32 | 41 | Skramstad, Oda Kofoed | WCM | NOR | 1961 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 33 | 43 | Chendighilean, Anna | MDA | 1943 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| 34 | 55 | Huseynova, Lala | WFM | AZE | 1910 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 35 | 23 | Sickmann, Lisa | WFM | GER | 2017 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 36 | 29 | Ulmer, Maya Vissing | WCM | DEN | 2002 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 37 | 14 | Korolchuk, Vladyslava | UKR | 2094 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 38 | 33 | Romany, Joy | WIM | EGY | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 39 | 35 | Bendik, Margarita | FID | 1991 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 40 | 114 | Zhivotova, Aleksandra | FIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 114 players | |||||||||
| World Youth Open U14 2025 Durres ALB Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Wed 15th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Ahmad, Khagan | IM | AZE | 2455 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 4 | Smirnov, Mark | FM | KAZ | 2359 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 7 | Gibala, Adam | FM | POL | 2355 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 11 | Negrean, Andrei | FM | ROU | 2343 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 12 | Singh, Siddharth | USA | 2338 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 13 | Lacan Rus, David | FM | FRA | 2335 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 14 | Vasilkov, Nikolay | FM | FID | 2334 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 15 | Marin Ferragut, Pau | FM | ESP | 2333 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 18 | Brzezina, Piotr | FM | POL | 2330 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 20 | Reyan, Md. | FM | IND | 2322 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 22 | Temirbekov, Taimaz | FM | FID | 2301 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 24 | Golis, Wiktor | FM | POL | 2300 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 26 | Saminskij, Jan | SUI | 2283 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | 27 | Ritzerveld, Noah | FM | NED | 2270 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 28 | Fedosov, Alexander | FM | FID | 2266 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | 29 | Breuil, Virgile | FM | FRA | 2263 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 34 | Meirkhanuly, Akylzhan | KAZ | 2234 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 18 | 35 | Lebedev, Artem S. | CM | FID | 2224 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | 5 | George Samir, David | FM | EGY | 2357 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 20 | 9 | Arakelyan, Manvel | FM | ARM | 2347 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 21 | 16 | Rosh, Jain | FM | IND | 2332 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 22 | 21 | Borne, Felix | FM | FRA | 2315 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 23 | 38 | Karthi, Jashith | CM | USA | 2206 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | 72 | Sidorenja, Radion | FID | 2053 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25 | 6 | Radzimski, Antoni | FM | POL | 2356 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 26 | 8 | Ambartsumian, Tyhran | FM | ARM | 2351 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 27 | 10 | Krauchi Romero, Martin | FM | ESP | 2346 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 28 | 17 | Zhauynbay, Aldiyar | FM | KAZ | 2332 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 29 | 19 | Jing, Andrew | FM | USA | 2325 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 30 | 25 | Nemitz, Alfred | FM | GER | 2296 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 31 | 33 | Dogan, Umut Anil | CM | TUR | 2238 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 32 | 36 | Ivancic, Ivan | CM | CRO | 2216 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 33 | 106 | Ejsymont, Eryk | ACM | POL | 1893 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 34 | 3 | Sathvik, Adiga | IM | IND | 2396 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 35 | 54 | Costantino, Claudio Emanuele | ITA | 2100 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | |
| 36 | 60 | Demchenko, Maksim Dm | FM | FID | 2084 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 37 | 64 | Dijokas, Jokubas | LTU | 2071 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | |
| 38 | 77 | Savelev, Matvei | FID | 2027 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | |
| 39 | 139 | Mubarak, Yerassyl | KAZ | 1541 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | |
| 40 | 41 | Abdsattar, Alisher | CM | KAZ | 2197 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 149 players | |||||||||
| World Youth Girls U14 Durres ALB Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Wed 15th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Kholyavko, Mariya | WFM | KAZ | 2241 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 4 | Nivedita, V C | WFM | IND | 2154 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | Ejsymont, Blanka | WFM | POL | 2125 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 7 | Deepak, Laksshana | WFM | CAN | 2070 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 12 | Ivashentseva, Dominika | WCM | FID | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 13 | Beber, Anja | WCM | SLO | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 22 | Donda, Jazmin | WFM | ARG | 1948 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 23 | Mendoza, Jemaicah Yap | WFM | PHI | 1943 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 56 | Sleptsova, Valeriya Eg | FID | 1781 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | 25 | Bashirli, Saadat | WCM | AZE | 1940 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 27 | Shimanskaia, Tatiana | FID | 1925 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 12 | 28 | Saranya, Devi Narahari | WFM | IND | 1906 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 30 | Le, Thai Hoang Anh | WCM | VIE | 1895 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 31 | Alcantara, Levanah | WCM | FRA | 1888 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 33 | Ashotia, Barbare | GEO | 1881 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 16 | 34 | Sinkar, Anagha Aniket | WCM | USA | 1875 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | 47 | Harutyunyan, Gabriela | ARM | 1827 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 18 | 48 | Tong, Yiyi | CHN | 1826 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 19 | 8 | Matskevich, Varvara | WFM | POL | 2064 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 20 | 9 | Guo, Hanxi | CHN | 2060 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |
| 21 | 10 | Venskaya, Nika | WCM | FID | 2016 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 22 | 6 | Vujovic, Vera | WFM | SRB | 2099 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 23 | 61 | Sathish, Githiha | NOR | 1758 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | |
| 24 | 40 | Burchardi, Helena | GER | 1855 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| 25 | 42 | Amanzhol, Khanzada | WFM | KAZ | 1846 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 26 | 43 | Fedorenko, Ekaterina I. | FID | 1846 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| 27 | 17 | Roebers, Bregje | NED | 1973 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | |
| 28 | 94 | Toomast, Nora | EST | 1532 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | |
| 29 | 16 | Jordan, Christina | WCM | SUI | 1979 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 30 | 19 | Kovalskyy, Alicia | GER | 1966 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| 31 | 20 | Popenkova, Varvara | FID | 1961 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| 32 | 21 | Altynbek, Aiaru | WFM | KAZ | 1957 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 33 | 32 | Mamakova, Aknur | KAZ | 1888 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| 34 | 15 | Wang, Luomeng | HUN | 1981 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 35 | 18 | Tereshchenko, Eliza | FID | 1973 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 36 | 50 | Ndreko, Ailin | WCM | ALB | 1808 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 37 | 53 | Lin, Ashley | USA | 1802 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 38 | 55 | Gailevska, Milana | LAT | 1794 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 39 | 67 | Yazici, Zumral | TUR | 1709 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 40 | 79 | Nurullaeva, Dilnoza | UZB | 1661 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 109 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | GM Karthik Venkataraman | 2579 | 1 |
| 2 | GM Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal | 2561 | 1 |
| 3 | GM Adhiban Baskaran | 2555 | 1 |
| 4 | GM Vitaly Sivuk | 2506 | 1 |
| 5 | GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov | 2501 | 1 |
| 6 | GM Kaido Kulaots | 2498 | 1 |
| 7 | GM Platon Galperin | 2496 | 1 |
| 8 | IM Aksel Bu Kvaløy | 2492 | 1 |
| 9 | GM Ortik Nigmatov | 2485 | 1 |
| 10 | IM G B Harshavardhan | 2476 | 1 |
| 11 | IM Al Muthaiah | 2446 | 1 |
| 12 | GM Tiger Hillarp | 2442 | 1 |
| 13 | IM Linus Johansson | 2408 | 1 |
| 14 | IM Moksh Amit Doshi | 2384 | 1 |
| 15 | GM Stellan Brynell | 2378 | 1 |
| 16 | IM Mads Vestby-Ellingsen | 2374 | 1 |
| 17 | FM Eivind Grunt Kreken | 2372 | 1 |
| 18 | FM Martin Holten Fiskaaen | 2340 | 1 |
| 19 | WGM Rakshitta Ravi | 2323 | 1 |
| 20 | IM Nitin Senthilvel | 2316 | 1 |
| 21 | FM Jana Schneider | 2280 | 1 |
| 22 | CM Louis Khoo-Thwe | 2275 | 1 |
| 23 | WGM Priyanka Nutakki | 2259 | 1 |
| 24 | IM David H. Cummings | 2238 | 1 |
| 25 | IM Soumya Swaminathan | 2238 | 1 |
| 26 | CM Andreas Skotheim | 2228 | 0.5 |
| 27 | FM Pål-Ole Liabøtrø | 2100 | 0.5 |
| 28 | WIM Vishwa Hitesh Vasnawala | 2087 | 0.5 |
| 29 | CM Neeraj Harish | 2028 | 0.5 |
| 30 | GM Elham Amar | 2593 | 0.5 |
| 31 | IM Rathanvel V S | 2483 | 0.5 |
| 32 | IM Balazs Csonka | 2472 | 0.5 |
| 33 | IM Shiyam Thavandiran | 2402 | 0.5 |
| 34 | FM Ward Al-Tarboush | 2224 | 0 |
| 35 | Pune Rahul Kumar | 2209 | 0 |
| 36 | Morten Andersen | 2199 | 0 |
| 37 | CM Sushanth Kambathula | 2184 | 0 |
| 38 | Yngve Götestam Fossheim | 2182 | 0 |
| 39 | David Mindestrømmen Simonsen | 2165 | 0 |
| 40 | Victor Lilliehöök | 2160 | 0 |
| 58 players | |||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 10 | Nandish, V S | IND | 2251 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 5 | Apoorv, Kamble | IND | 2365 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 9 | Manigandan, S S | IND | 2156 | 1.5 | 0 | 0,8 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo | COL | 2206 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | Oblitas, Carlomagno | PER | 2379 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | Podolchenko, Evgeniy | BLR | 2321 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | Surendran, N | IND | 2158 | 0.5 | 0 | 0,8 | 0 |
| 8 | 3 | Claverie, Raul | ARG | 2185 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | Mrudul, Dehankar | IND | 2244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Sarveshwaran, V | IND | 2290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | |||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 5 | Collutiis, Duilio | IM | ITA | 2323 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 77 | Soham, Dey | IND | 1943 | 3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | Smith, Bryan | GM | USA | 2380 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 4 | 2 | Ezra, Paul Chambers | FM | BDI | 2362 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 8 | Zeller, Frank | IM | GER | 2312 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 6 | 10 | Utsab, Chatterjee | IM | IND | 2299 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 7 | 6 | Braun, Vitali | FM | GER | 2323 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 11 | Engelberts, Martijn | FM | SUI | 2288 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 12 | Sutter, Oliver | FM | SUI | 2286 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 16 | Dunnington, Angus J | IM | SCO | 2215 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 11 | 19 | Montorsi, Matteo | ITA | 2179 | 3 | 4.5 | |
| 12 | 28 | Lezzerini, Marco | ITA | 2122 | 3 | 3.5 | |
| 13 | 3 | Arkell, Keith C | GM | ENG | 2348 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | Ochedzan, Filip | CM | POL | 2162 | 2.5 | 6.5 |
| 15 | 29 | Abrahams, Daniel | CM | CAN | 2111 | 2.5 | 5.5 |
| 16 | 49 | Astengo, Corrado | ITA | 2006 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |
| 17 | 17 | Schellenberg, Simon | SUI | 2203 | 2.5 | 5 | |
| 18 | 30 | Vezzosi, Paolo | IM | ITA | 2109 | 2.5 | 5 |
| 19 | 50 | Bartonicek, Zdenek | CZE | 2005 | 2.5 | 5 | |
| 20 | 55 | Buglisi, Massimo | ITA | 1988 | 2.5 | 5 | |
| 21 | 13 | Borgo, Giulio | IM | ITA | 2277 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| 22 | 46 | Wirz, Heinz | SUI | 2016 | 2.5 | 4.5 | |
| 23 | 87 | Bellincampi, Stefano | CM | ITA | 1925 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| 24 | 96 | Sutter, Julian | SUI | 1892 | 2.5 | 4.5 | |
| 25 | 99 | Cluyts, Marc | BEL | 1863 | 2.5 | 4.5 | |
| 26 | 26 | Marzano, Carlo | ITA | 2127 | 2.5 | 4 | |
| 27 | 35 | Epding, Olaf | GER | 2087 | 2.5 | 4 | |
| 28 | 101 | Giannone, Edoardo | ITA | 1858 | 2.5 | 4 | |
| 29 | 20 | Dittmar, Peter | FM | GER | 2163 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 30 | 27 | De Eccher, Stefano | FM | ITA | 2126 | 2 | 6.5 |
| 31 | 39 | Gontsul, Artem | UKR | 2054 | 2 | 6.5 | |
| 32 | 42 | Zayed, Ali Al-Hamed | UAE | 2028 | 2 | 6 | |
| 33 | 43 | Pedoni, Lorenzo | ITA | 2026 | 2 | 6 | |
| 34 | 44 | Ager, Josef | AUT | 2024 | 2 | 6 | |
| 35 | 51 | Lucas, Michael | GER | 2000 | 2 | 6 | |
| 36 | 89 | Meyer, Thorsten | GER | 1922 | 2 | 6 | |
| 37 | 25 | Ellinger, Maximilian | GER | 2140 | 2 | 5.5 | |
| 38 | 32 | Marentini, Marcel | SUI | 2094 | 2 | 5.5 | |
| 39 | 38 | Fauth, Dietmar Dr. | GER | 2056 | 2 | 5.5 | |
| 40 | 47 | Fuochi, Tommaso | ITA | 2013 | 2 | 5.5 | |
| 41 | 48 | Lang, Alexander | GER | 2008 | 2 | 5.5 | |
| 42 | 18 | Alibabaei, Sasan | IRI | 2183 | 2 | 5 | |
| 43 | 23 | Schneider, Heiko | GER | 2149 | 2 | 5 | |
| 44 | 31 | Roth, Jakob | GER | 2095 | 2 | 5 | |
| 45 | 33 | Zenker, Ulrich | FM | GER | 2089 | 2 | 5 |
| 46 | 37 | Kempe, Caius Emilian | GER | 2068 | 2 | 5 | |
| 47 | 40 | Baeuml, Ulrich | GER | 2047 | 2 | 5 | |
| 48 | 53 | Zschiesing, Falk | GER | 1991 | 2 | 5 | |
| 49 | 64 | Salerno, Christian | SUI | 1966 | 2 | 5 | |
| 50 | 65 | Corbat, Philippe | SUI | 1964 | 2 | 5 | |
| 209 players | |||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 95 | Zhu, xiyu | CHN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | Yuan, Qingyu | AGM | CHN | 2303 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | Jiang, Liu | CHN | 2218 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 6 | Shen, Fuyan | CHN | 2165 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 8 | Hong, Mingren | CHN | 2138 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 10 | Xie, Chujun | CHN | 2077 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 12 | Wu, Shuang(Hlj) | WCM | CHN | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | Chen, Xianlin | CHN | 1971 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 16 | Wang, Zihao(Sh) | CHN | 1931 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 18 | Shi, Yige | CHN | 1889 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 22 | Zhong, Taoyu | CHN | 1869 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 24 | Song, Yihang | CHN | 1858 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 26 | Ren, Yibai | CHN | 1836 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 28 | Yan, Zimo | CHN | 1825 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 30 | Yuan, Shunzhe | CHN | 1805 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 32 | Wei, Boyang | CHN | 1790 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 34 | Chen, Baize | CHN | 1744 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 38 | Miao, Zixin | CHN | 1721 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | 40 | Zhao, Zizhen | CHN | 1704 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 42 | Hong, Ruomu | CHN | 1675 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 1 | Zhang, Zhi | CHN | 2320 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 3 | Huang, Mingqi | CHN | 2227 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | 5 | Li, Bo | IM | CHN | 2200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 7 | Yu, Shi | CHN | 2143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | 9 | Li, Ziang | CHN | 2091 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | 11 | Wang, Yinuo(Ln) | CHN | 2070 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 13 | Lv, Ruiqi | CM | CHN | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 15 | Liu, Haoling | CHN | 1950 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | 17 | Mu, Wangxueyao | WFM | CHN | 1897 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 19 | Wang, Zekai | CHN | 1888 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | 21 | Feng, Kuixiu | CHN | 1876 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | 23 | Zhang, Jingran | CHN | 1865 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | 25 | Peng, Zihao | CHN | 1857 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | 27 | Fang, Chenxi | CHN | 1834 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | 29 | Cui, Wen | CHN | 1808 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | 31 | ZHAO, HAOYI KYLE | FID | 1804 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | 35 | Wang, Peiqi | CHN | 1743 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | 37 | Wang, Ziyou(Bj) | CHN | 1729 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | 39 | Zhao, Tsz Ham | HKG | 1716 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | 43 | Ding, Aima | CHN | 1666 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 95 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 1 | Tulchynskyi, Feliks | FM | ISR | 2385 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 3 | Aczel, Gergely | GM | HUN | 2458 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| 4 | Sklokin, Sergey | FM | FID | 2354 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| 6 | Bodrogi, Bendeguz | IM | HUN | 2439 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 7 | Nurman, Alua | WGM | KAZ | 2347 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Berczes, David | GM | HUN | 2419 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | Schnaider, Ilan | IM | ARG | 2413 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | Aveskulov, Valeriy | GM | UKR | 2497 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | 2 | Battey, Alexander | IM | USA | 2352 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Borgaonkar, Akshay | IM | IND | 2429 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 players | |||||||
| FSIM October 2025 Budapest HUN Sat 4th Oct 2025 - Sat 11th Oct 2025
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 1 | Pribelszky, Bence | IM | HUN | 2403 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Varga, Csaba Zoltan | FM | HUN | 2264 | 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | 6 | Dhruva, Thota | FM | IND | 2318 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 8 | Seres, Lajos | GM | HUN | 2292 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| 9 | Luebke, Florentin | GER | 2198 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Snehal, Bhosale | CM | IND | 2287 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 4 | Anishka, Vikram | WCM | IND | 2050 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| 10 | Karvatskyi, Oleksii | FM | UKR | 2306 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| 9 | 3 | Lehocz, Jozsef Jr. | HUN | 2166 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Ilincic, Zlatko | GM | SRB | 2201 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 players | |||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Iniyan Pa | GM | IND | 2599 | 9 | 76 | 81.5 | 65.3 |
| 2 | 21 | Goutham Krishna H | IM | IND | 2418 | 9 | 74.5 | 79 | 61.8 |
| 3 | 4 | Sasikiran Krishnan | GM | IND | 2524 | 8.5 | 79 | 84.5 | 62.8 |
| 4 | 14 | Ayush Sharma | IM | IND | 2457 | 8.5 | 74.5 | 80.5 | 60.5 |
| 5 | 6 | Aronyak Ghosh | IM | IND | 2514 | 8.5 | 73.5 | 79.5 | 60 |
| 6 | 7 | Gupta Abhijeet | GM | IND | 2511 | 8.5 | 73.5 | 77.5 | 56.3 |
| 7 | 19 | Vignesh Advaith Vemula | IND | 2431 | 8.5 | 71.5 | 77 | 59 | |
| 8 | 9 | Lalit Babu M R | GM | IND | 2502 | 8.5 | 69.5 | 75 | 56 |
| 9 | 24 | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | GM | IND | 2407 | 8 | 73 | 78 | 54.5 |
| 10 | 33 | Viani Antonio Dcunha | IM | IND | 2355 | 8 | 71.5 | 76.5 | 53.5 |
| 11 | 8 | Rohith Krishna S | IM | IND | 2503 | 8 | 71 | 77.5 | 56.3 |
| 12 | 12 | Srihari L R | GM | IND | 2481 | 8 | 71 | 76.5 | 54 |
| 13 | 81 | Gaikwad Manas | IND | 2112 | 8 | 70 | 75 | 52.3 | |
| 14 | 13 | Prraneeth Vuppala | GM | IND | 2475 | 8 | 69 | 74.5 | 54 |
| 15 | 39 | Nitin S. | IM | IND | 2316 | 8 | 69 | 73 | 50.8 |
| 16 | 27 | Sidhant Mohapatra | IM | IND | 2384 | 8 | 68 | 72 | 50 |
| 17 | 67 | Majumder Shrayan | IND | 2161 | 8 | 65.5 | 71 | 50.5 | |
| 18 | 34 | Das Arghyadip | IM | IND | 2353 | 8 | 62 | 67 | 49.5 |
| 19 | 20 | Audi Ameya | IM | IND | 2430 | 7.5 | 75 | 81 | 52.8 |
| 20 | 10 | Sengupta Deep | GM | IND | 2490 | 7.5 | 74 | 80 | 52.5 |
| 21 | 26 | Aaditya Dhingra | IM | IND | 2391 | 7.5 | 74 | 79 | 51.8 |
| 22 | 23 | Ravi Teja S. | IM | IND | 2410 | 7.5 | 74 | 79 | 51.5 |
| 23 | 2 | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | GM | IND | 2573 | 7.5 | 73 | 78.5 | 51.5 |
| 24 | 3 | Sethuraman S.P. | GM | IND | 2572 | 7.5 | 72 | 78 | 51.5 |
| 25 | 63 | Navalgund Niranjan | FM | IND | 2185 | 7.5 | 71 | 77 | 50 |
| 26 | 22 | Soham Kamotra | IM | IND | 2414 | 7.5 | 70.5 | 76 | 51 |
| 27 | 25 | Jain Kashish Manoj | IM | IND | 2398 | 7.5 | 70.5 | 74 | 46 |
| 28 | 47 | Harshit Ranjan Sahu | CM | IND | 2258 | 7.5 | 70 | 75 | 47 |
| 29 | 44 | Sharnarthi Viresh | IND | 2281 | 7.5 | 69 | 73.5 | 47.3 | |
| 30 | 29 | Ritviz Parab | IM | IND | 2372 | 7.5 | 68.5 | 73 | 47.5 |
| 31 | 31 | Manish Anto Cristiano F | IM | IND | 2368 | 7.5 | 68.5 | 72.5 | 44.3 |
| 32 | 55 | Ankit Ray | FM | IND | 2221 | 7.5 | 67 | 72 | 46.3 |
| 33 | 41 | Utsab Chatterjee | IM | IND | 2299 | 7.5 | 67 | 71.5 | 46.5 |
| 34 | 15 | Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad | IM | IND | 2446 | 7.5 | 64 | 69 | 45.5 |
| 35 | 66 | Mukund Hemant Agarwal | CM | IND | 2169 | 7.5 | 64 | 69 | 44 |
| 36 | 62 | Arnav Agrawal | IND | 2191 | 7.5 | 64 | 68.5 | 44.3 | |
| 37 | 43 | Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande | FM | IND | 2285 | 7.5 | 62.5 | 66.5 | 46.5 |
| 38 | 18 | Das Sayantan | GM | IND | 2435 | 7.5 | 62 | 67 | 45 |
| 39 | 32 | Panda Sambit | IM | IND | 2368 | 7.5 | 59 | 63.5 | 43 |
| 40 | 114 | Vedant Rupeshbhai Varasada | CM | IND | 2044 | 7.5 | 59 | 62.5 | 38.5 |
| 394 players | |||||||||
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: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 11 | Murshed, Niaz | GM | BAN | 2316 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 2 | 12 | Mohammad Fahad, Rahman | IM | BAN | 2416 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | Sakline Mostafa, Sajid | FM | BAN | 2269 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 4 | 13 | Manon, Reja Neer | IM | BAN | 2369 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | Zia, Tahsin Tajwar | FM | BAN | 2334 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | Islam, Khandaker Aminul | FM | BAN | 2189 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | Md, Minhaz Uddin | IM | BAN | 2255 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 3 | Subrota, Biswas | FM | BAN | 2338 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| 4 | Abu Sufian, Shakil | IM | BAN | 2217 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| 10 | 2 | Mohammed, Shaker Ullah | BAN | 2088 | 5 | 0 | |
| 14 | Mohammad, Javed | FM | BAN | 2100 | 5 | 0 | |
| 12 | 9 | Anata, Choudhury | BAN | 2152 | 4 | 0 | |
| 13 | 8 | Md., Sharif Hossain | FM | BAN | 2135 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 14 | 6 | Md, Abu Hanif | CM | BAN | 2109 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 players | |||||||
| 49th ch-BAN 2025 Dhaka BAN Thu 18th Sep 2025 - Wed 1st Oct 2025. Category: None. Ave: (2235) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 6 | Kuandykuly, Danis | CM | KAZ | 2211 | 9 | 0 | 75.5 | 80 |
| 2 | 10 | Uzdemir, Ali Poyraz | CM | TUR | 2196 | 9 | 0 | 74.5 | 79 |
| 3 | 1 | Guo, Ethan | CM | USA | 2330 | 8.5 | 0 | 77.5 | 82.5 |
| 4 | 3 | Fandi, Mazen. | FM | SYR | 2307 | 8.5 | 0 | 70.5 | 79 |
| 5 | 11 | Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma | CM | IND | 2187 | 8 | 0 | 73 | 78.5 |
| 6 | 8 | Sameh Mohamed, Abdalrahman | IM | EGY | 2207 | 8 | 0 | 71.5 | 76.5 |
| 7 | 18 | Kudrin, Ivan | FID | 2158 | 8 | 0 | 71 | 76 | |
| 8 | 14 | Kleschevnikov, Arseny | CM | FID | 2170 | 8 | 0 | 67.5 | 72.5 |
| 9 | 26 | Zhang, Junyi | ENG | 2083 | 7.5 | 0 | 72 | 76 | |
| 10 | 17 | Shangin, Lev | USA | 2163 | 7.5 | 0 | 70.5 | 75 | |
| 11 | 5 | Bulgak, Damir | CM | FID | 2254 | 7.5 | 0 | 70.5 | 74.5 |
| 12 | 9 | Sason, Noam | CM | ISR | 2205 | 7.5 | 0 | 69 | 73.5 |
| 13 | 34 | Chow, Yi Chen | MAS | 2058 | 7.5 | 0 | 69 | 73 | |
| 14 | 58 | Xia, Jinnan | CHN | 1940 | 7.5 | 0 | 69 | 72 | |
| 15 | 2 | Zhu, Linxi | FM | USA | 2320 | 7.5 | 0 | 68 | 72.5 |
| 16 | 48 | Borshch, Alexei | FID | 1975 | 7.5 | 0 | 67 | 70.5 | |
| 17 | 4 | Ling, Chenxuan | CM | USA | 2258 | 7.5 | 0 | 66.5 | 71 |
| 18 | 31 | Obidjonov, Oriyat | CM | UZB | 2064 | 7.5 | 0 | 66 | 71 |
| 19 | 15 | Kolodziejczyk, Boris | CM | FRA | 2167 | 7.5 | 0 | 62 | 67 |
| 20 | 90 | Aitmukhanov, Arsen | KAZ | 1813 | 7.5 | 0 | 62 | 66 | |
| 21 | 38 | Kotsyuba, Victor | FID | 2050 | 7 | 0 | 73.5 | 78 | |
| 22 | 22 | Kakavand, Ramtin | FM | IRI | 2115 | 7 | 0 | 70.5 | 76.5 |
| 23 | 13 | Advik, Amit Agrawal | CM | IND | 2175 | 7 | 0 | 70 | 74.5 |
| 24 | 40 | Fisher, Timofey | FID | 2031 | 7 | 0 | 67.5 | 72 | |
| 25 | 35 | Yang, Lanqin | CHN | 2055 | 7 | 0 | 67 | 71 | |
| 26 | 80 | Toibol, Sultan | KAZ | 1858 | 7 | 0 | 66.5 | 71 | |
| 27 | 16 | Rusu, Lucas | ROU | 2163 | 7 | 0 | 66 | 70.5 | |
| 28 | 53 | Nguyen, Quang Anh | CM | VIE | 1969 | 7 | 0 | 64.5 | 68 |
| 29 | 39 | Sanchir, Munkhbat | MGL | 2036 | 7 | 0 | 63.5 | 68 | |
| 30 | 37 | Gokturk, Murat Kutay | CM | TUR | 2050 | 7 | 0 | 63 | 67.5 |
| 31 | 41 | Azizli, Nurlan | AZE | 2029 | 7 | 0 | 59.5 | 63.5 | |
| 32 | 12 | Nicot, Valentin | CM | FRA | 2181 | 7 | 0 | 59 | 63 |
| 33 | 47 | Novodvorskiy, Dmitriy Al | FID | 1976 | 7 | 0 | 57.5 | 61.5 | |
| 34 | 85 | Gorchakov, Aleksandr | FID | 1831 | 7 | 0 | 56.5 | 60.5 | |
| 35 | 42 | Yerzhanuly, Yernur | KAZ | 2018 | 6.5 | 0 | 68.5 | 72.5 | |
| 36 | 32 | Aarav, A | CM | IND | 2060 | 6.5 | 0 | 68 | 73 |
| 37 | 21 | Brzezina, Pawel | CM | POL | 2128 | 6.5 | 0 | 67 | 72.5 |
| 38 | 29 | Wijerathna, Vinuka Dihain | CM | SRI | 2072 | 6.5 | 0 | 64.5 | 69 |
| 39 | 52 | Bach, Kenny Horasino | INA | 1972 | 6.5 | 0 | 64.5 | 69 | |
| 40 | 36 | Mamikonyan, Artem T | FID | 2053 | 6.5 | 0 | 64.5 | 68.5 | |
| 175 players | |||||||||
| World Cadets U12 Girls Almaty KAZ Fri 19th Sep 2025 - Tue 30th Sep 2025
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 11 | Wang, Lacey | USA | 1883 | 8.5 | 0 | 72.5 | 77.5 | |
| 2 | 5 | Qiu, Laurie | WFM | USA | 1994 | 8.5 | 0 | 70.5 | 75.5 |
| 3 | 13 | Sokolova, Milana Aleks | FID | 1870 | 8.5 | 0 | 69 | 74 | |
| 4 | 3 | Pratitee, Bordoloi | WCM | IND | 2035 | 8 | 0 | 76 | 82 |
| 5 | 2 | Li, Sophie | WFM | USA | 2073 | 8 | 0 | 68.5 | 72.5 |
| 6 | 23 | Rusitashvili, Tea | GEO | 1826 | 8 | 0 | 68 | 73 | |
| 7 | 8 | Zavivaeva, Kristina | WCM | FID | 1922 | 8 | 0 | 67 | 71.5 |
| 8 | 9 | Ahmed Mohamed, Zakaa | WCM | EGY | 1914 | 8 | 0 | 64.5 | 68 |
| 9 | 1 | Sholpanbek, Zhansaya | WCM | KAZ | 2083 | 8 | 0 | 60.5 | 64 |
| 10 | 24 | Begmuratova, Sarvinoz | UZB | 1819 | 7.5 | 0 | 69.5 | 74.5 | |
| 11 | 4 | Xue, Tianhao | WFM | CHN | 2000 | 7.5 | 0 | 69.5 | 74 |
| 12 | 6 | Kaminska, Zuzanna | WCM | POL | 1986 | 7.5 | 0 | 66.5 | 72 |
| 13 | 25 | Wu, Yiting | CHN | 1808 | 7.5 | 0 | 64.5 | 69.5 | |
| 14 | 26 | Pal, Vedika | WCM | IND | 1805 | 7.5 | 0 | 63.5 | 68 |
| 15 | 27 | Mirakyan, Angelina | ARM | 1799 | 7.5 | 0 | 56.5 | 60.5 | |
| 16 | 58 | Deng, Mingtong | CHN | 1644 | 7 | 0 | 75 | 78 | |
| 17 | 49 | Bayramova, Aya | TKM | 1679 | 7 | 0 | 70.5 | 74.5 | |
| 18 | 21 | Xu, Luna Yuexiu | WCM | NZL | 1836 | 7 | 0 | 69.5 | 74.5 |
| 19 | 37 | Mirzaliyeva, Fatima Eldar | AZE | 1743 | 7 | 0 | 69.5 | 72.5 | |
| 20 | 14 | Yunker, Alisa Genrietta | WFM | FID | 1869 | 7 | 0 | 66 | 69 |
| 21 | 42 | Sagynbekova, Zhibek | KGZ | 1714 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 69 | |
| 22 | 48 | Poliak, Margarita | KGZ | 1687 | 7 | 0 | 63.5 | 67.5 | |
| 23 | 30 | Peng, Jingyi(Gd) | CHN | 1773 | 7 | 0 | 62.5 | 67.5 | |
| 24 | 43 | Kim, Doyeon B | KOR | 1703 | 7 | 0 | 61 | 66 | |
| 25 | 16 | Tselmuun, Ider | WCM | MGL | 1865 | 6.5 | 0 | 71 | 76 |
| 26 | 57 | Pekhtasheva, Aglaia | FID | 1652 | 6.5 | 0 | 68 | 71 | |
| 27 | 22 | Nguyen Doan, Bao Anh Angelina | POL | 1832 | 6.5 | 0 | 66 | 70.5 | |
| 28 | 28 | Bakhshizada, Asnad | AZE | 1786 | 6.5 | 0 | 66 | 70 | |
| 29 | 29 | Zaitseva, Diana V. | FID | 1778 | 6.5 | 0 | 65 | 69 | |
| 30 | 41 | Moldagali, Akerke | KAZ | 1717 | 6.5 | 0 | 63 | 68 | |
| 31 | 10 | Aadya, Ranganath | WCM | IND | 1884 | 6.5 | 0 | 62.5 | 66.5 |
| 32 | 7 | Rzadkowska, Lila | WCM | POL | 1960 | 6.5 | 0 | 62 | 66.5 |
| 33 | 47 | Maliush, Alisa | FID | 1691 | 6.5 | 0 | 61.5 | 65.5 | |
| 34 | 34 | Mamesh, Adiya | KAZ | 1758 | 6.5 | 0 | 61 | 65.5 | |
| 35 | 45 | Radushinskaya, Svetlana | FID | 1694 | 6.5 | 0 | 56 | 60 | |
| 36 | 44 | Kaburo, Winnie | KEN | 1700 | 6.5 | 0 | 56 | 60 | |
| 37 | 20 | Bakhshi, Rana | FRA | 1839 | 6.5 | 0 | 55 | 58.5 | |
| 38 | 33 | Urangoo, Myadagval | MGL | 1760 | 6.5 | 0 | 54.5 | 58.5 | |
| 39 | 87 | Zhanaskyzy, Medina | KAZ | 1536 | 6.5 | 0 | 52 | 55 | |
| 40 | 68 | Medvegy, Maria | HUN | 1622 | 6.5 | 0 | 48.5 | 52 | |
| 123 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 12 | Cabralis, Quinn | TTO | 2212 | 8.5 | 0 | 48,8 | 8 |
| 2 | 10 | Harper, Ryan | TTO | 2096 | 7 | 0 | 42,3 | 6 |
| 3 | 8 | Johnson, Joshua | TTO | 2213 | 6.5 | 0 | 31,3 | 6 |
| 4 | 11 | Joseph, Marcus | TTO | 2121 | 6 | 0 | 31,3 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | Gill, Tyrese | TTO | 1916 | 5.5 | 0 | 29,3 | 4 |
| 6 | 6 | Medina, Joshua | TTO | 1964 | 5 | 1 | 33,8 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | Winter Atwell, Adrian | TTO | 2090 | 5 | 2 | 28,8 | 5 |
| 8 | 9 | Khafra, Enen-Sa-Tefa Ab | TTO | 1909 | 4 | 0 | 20.5 | 5 |
| 9 | 7 | Ramdath, Simon | TTO | 1911 | 3.5 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | Samuel Bisnath, Kael | TTO | 2023 | 3 | 0 | 15,8 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 | Gillette, Luke | TTO | 1711 | 1 | 0 | 6.5 | 2 |
| 12 | 2 | Cupid, Kevin | TTO | 2178 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 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 |
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: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 6 | SCHEKACHIKHIN, MAKSIM | FID | 2337 | 6.5 | 0 | 27,3 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | BIYIKSIZ, ALI BATUHAN | TUR | 2068 | 6 | 1.5 | 26,3 | 3 |
| 3 | 5 | TILICHEEV, VIACHESLAV | SRB | 2428 | 6 | 0.5 | 26,3 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | OZSAKALLIOGLU, OKAN | TUR | 2329 | 5.5 | 0 | 25,3 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | DEVECI, HUSEYIN SAID | TUR | 2096 | 4.5 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | DAL, EMIR SAYGIN | TUR | 2057 | 1.5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 players | ||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 6 | Zagorskis, Darius | GM | LTU | 2381 | 6.5 | 25,3 |
| 2 | 8 | Moskalenko, Viktor | GM | ESP | 2423 | 6 | 24,8 |
| 3 | 9 | Gomez Aguirre, Juan Alberto | FM | ESP | 2339 | 5.5 | 23.5 |
| 4 | 1 | Kostov, Deyan Samuil | FM | BUL | 2303 | 5 | 20,3 |
| 5 | 5 | Starostits, Ilmars | GM | LAT | 2317 | 5 | 19.5 |
| 6 | 2 | Martin Rueda, Daniel | FM | ESP | 2233 | 5 | 18.5 |
| 7 | 7 | Iliev, Hristiyan | BUL | 2218 | 4 | 18.5 | |
| 8 | 3 | Mamani Beltran, Deniman | FM | ESP | 2306 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | 4 | Becerra, Juan David | FM | COL | 2356 | 2.5 | 11,8 |
| 10 | 10 | Maalla, Abdessadek | MAR | 2065 | 1.5 | 4.5 | |
| 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 | |
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 8 | Rakshitta, Ravi | IND | 2326 | 6.5 | 0 | 26,3 | 2563 |
| 2 | 4 | Mayank, Chakraborty | IND | 2464 | 6 | 1 | 28.5 | 2478 |
| 3 | 7 | Dixit, Nikhil | IND | 2381 | 6 | 2 | 23.5 | 2516 |
| 4 | 1 | Goh, Zi Han | SGP | 2266 | 6 | 2 | 22.5 | 2529 |
| 5 | 5 | Pechac, Jergus | SVK | 2537 | 5 | 0 | 19,8 | 2417 |
| 6 | 10 | Berczes, David | HUN | 2410 | 4 | 0 | 17.5 | 2345 |
| 7 | 9 | Pacher, Milan | SVK | 2381 | 3.5 | 0 | 14.5 | 2311 |
| 8 | 3 | Borgaonkar, Akshay | IND | 2446 | 3.5 | 0 | 13,3 | 2304 |
| 9 | 2 | Akshat, Sureka | IND | 2317 | 2.5 | 0 | 11 | 2232 |
| 10 | 6 | Moksh, Amit Doshi | IND | 2374 | 2 | 0 | 6,3 | 2190 |
| 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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 10 | Pribelszky, Bence | HUN | 2411 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 2426 |
| 2 | 5 | Pasti, Aron | HUN | 2366 | 6 | 0 | 23,3 | 2336 |
| 3 | 9 | Aashman, Gupta | IND | 2198 | 5.5 | 1 | 21 | 2310 |
| 4 | 4 | Chen, Yining | CHN | 2148 | 5.5 | 2 | 21.5 | 2315 |
| 5 | 6 | Garv, Rai | IND | 2250 | 5.5 | 3 | 19 | 2304 |
| 6 | 1 | Stevik, Patrik | SVK | 2302 | 4.5 | 0 | 18,8 | 2218 |
| 7 | 2 | Jablonicky, Martin | SVK | 2332 | 3.5 | 0 | 14.5 | 2135 |
| 8 | 3 | Sushanth, Kamabathula | IND | 2184 | 3 | 1 | 9.5 | 2106 |
| 9 | 8 | Anishka, Vikram | IND | 1904 | 3 | 2 | 12,3 | 2137 |
| 10 | 7 | Belunek, Vladimir | CZE | 2170 | 1.5 | 0 | 6,8 | 1960 |
| 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 |
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Degraeve, Jean-Marc | GM | FRA | 2478 | 7 | 0 | 46.5 | 50.5 |
| 2 | 10 | Lacasa Diaz, Josep Anton | IM | ESP | 2301 | 6.5 | 0 | 48 | 52 |
| 3 | 3 | Holzke, Frank | GM | GER | 2409 | 6.5 | 0 | 44 | 48.5 |
| 4 | 6 | Thorhallsson, Throstur | GM | ISL | 2391 | 6.5 | 0 | 43.5 | 47 |
| 5 | 8 | Van Der Werf, Mark | IM | NED | 2390 | 6 | 0 | 47.5 | 51.5 |
| 6 | 9 | Fercec, Nenad | GM | CRO | 2362 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 48 |
| 7 | 12 | Motuz, Karol | FM | SVK | 2252 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 47.5 |
| 8 | 19 | Stets, Vasyl | IM | UKR | 2140 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 47 |
| 9 | 4 | Bellia, Fabrizio | IM | ITA | 2397 | 6 | 0 | 42.5 | 46.5 |
| 10 | 2 | Oms Pallisse, Josep | GM | ESP | 2437 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 46 |
| 11 | 5 | Mrva, Martin | GM | SVK | 2394 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 45 |
| 12 | 17 | Cmiel, Thorsten | FM | GER | 2167 | 5.5 | 0 | 44 | 47.5 |
| 13 | 37 | Menac Comas, Joan Ramon | CM | ESP | 2011 | 5.5 | 0 | 37 | 39.5 |
| 14 | 7 | Sielecki, Christof | IM | GER | 2390 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 51 |
| 15 | 14 | Dishman, Stephen | FM | ENG | 2211 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 48 |
| 16 | 11 | Vinter-Schou, Uffe | IM | DEN | 2291 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 43.5 |
| 17 | 21 | Farrell, Neil | SCO | 2129 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 43.5 | |
| 18 | 15 | Kniest, Oliver | FM | GER | 2184 | 5 | 0 | 38.5 | 42 |
| 19 | 30 | Burrows, Martin P | ENG | 2088 | 5 | 0 | 36.5 | 40 | |
| 20 | 39 | Tolhuizen, Ludo | NED | 1992 | 4.5 | 0 | 39 | 42.5 | |
| 21 | 29 | Van Den Bersselaar, Jeroen | NED | 2093 | 4.5 | 0 | 37 | 40.5 | |
| 22 | 40 | Delega, Tomasz | CM | POL | 1985 | 4.5 | 0 | 37 | 40 |
| 23 | 36 | Puittinen, Mika | FIN | 2024 | 4.5 | 0 | 36.5 | 39.5 | |
| 24 | 23 | Leitner, Gerald | AUT | 2124 | 4.5 | 0 | 36 | 39.5 | |
| 25 | 32 | Neave, George | SCO | 2059 | 4.5 | 0 | 36 | 39 | |
| 26 | 22 | Lasinskas, Povilas | FM | LTU | 2125 | 4.5 | 0 | 35.5 | 40 |
| 27 | 31 | Zymberi, Astrit | FM | KOS | 2068 | 4.5 | 0 | 35.5 | 38.5 |
| 28 | 38 | Llopis De Aysa, Manuel | CM | ESP | 1995 | 4.5 | 0 | 33.5 | 36 |
| 29 | 46 | Hartmann, Wolfgang Dr. | GER | 1930 | 4.5 | 0 | 33.5 | 36 | |
| 30 | 41 | Brkic, Ivica | CRO | 1973 | 4.5 | 0 | 32 | 33 | |
| 31 | 25 | Grgurevic, Boris | CRO | 2121 | 4 | 0 | 42.5 | 45 | |
| 32 | 24 | Nikolaidis, Konstantinos | FM | GRE | 2123 | 4 | 0 | 41.5 | 45.5 |
| 33 | 20 | Delaney, John | FM | IRL | 2137 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 44 |
| 34 | 18 | Huhndorf, Arnold | FM | GER | 2142 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 43 |
| 35 | 26 | Veleski, Robert | FM | MKD | 2111 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 41.5 |
| 36 | 35 | Minnican, Alan | SCO | 2034 | 4 | 0 | 36.5 | 40 | |
| 37 | 27 | Tesla, Miro | CRO | 2099 | 4 | 0 | 35.5 | 36.5 | |
| 38 | 34 | Dejanovic, Mladen | CRO | 2037 | 4 | 0 | 33.5 | 36.5 | |
| 39 | 51 | Porfireanu, Serban | AFM | ROU | 1823 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 32 |
| 40 | 33 | Muedder, Rafael | GER | 2056 | 3.5 | 0 | 38.5 | 42 | |
| 54 players | |||||||||
| 23rd ch-Euro Seniors +65 Rabac CRO Sat 27th Sep 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Sturua, Zurab | GM | GEO | 2491 | 7 | 0 | 46.5 | 50.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Nunn, John D M | GM | ENG | 2521 | 7 | 0 | 44 | 48.5 |
| 3 | 3 | Ftacnik, Lubomir | GM | SVK | 2431 | 6.5 | 0 | 42.5 | 47 |
| 4 | 9 | Pigott, John C | IM | ENG | 2293 | 6.5 | 0 | 41.5 | 45 |
| 5 | 16 | Boulard, Eric | FRA | 2192 | 6 | 0 | 47.5 | 52 | |
| 6 | 6 | Bilobrk, Franjo | IM | CRO | 2329 | 6 | 0 | 47.5 | 51.5 |
| 7 | 14 | Welling, Gerard | IM | NED | 2206 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 48.5 |
| 8 | 4 | Knaak, Rainer | GM | GER | 2429 | 6 | 0 | 44.5 | 48.5 |
| 9 | 23 | Wahlbom, Magnus | SWE | 2140 | 6 | 0 | 44.5 | 48.5 | |
| 10 | 21 | Pomes Marcet, Joan | IM | ESP | 2159 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 47.5 |
| 11 | 12 | Werner, Clemens | FM | GER | 2228 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 47.5 |
| 12 | 13 | Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn | FM | ISL | 2209 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 47 |
| 13 | 7 | Renman, Nils-Gustaf | IM | SWE | 2308 | 6 | 0 | 41.5 | 44.5 |
| 14 | 32 | Smith, Andrew Philip | FM | IRL | 2101 | 6 | 0 | 41.5 | 43 |
| 15 | 11 | Huss, Andreas | IM | SUI | 2235 | 6 | 0 | 40.5 | 44.5 |
| 16 | 24 | Stoinev, Metodi | BUL | 2137 | 5.5 | 0 | 45 | 48 | |
| 17 | 20 | Petran, Peter | IM | SVK | 2166 | 5.5 | 0 | 44 | 47.5 |
| 18 | 10 | Chapman, Terry P D | FM | ENG | 2257 | 5.5 | 0 | 43.5 | 47 |
| 19 | 37 | Fayard, Alain | FM | FRA | 2079 | 5.5 | 0 | 43.5 | 46 |
| 20 | 5 | Petursson, Margeir | GM | ISL | 2405 | 5.5 | 0 | 41 | 44.5 |
| 21 | 19 | Goormachtigh, Johan | FM | BEL | 2173 | 5.5 | 0 | 40 | 43 |
| 22 | 18 | Townsend, M Paul | ENG | 2180 | 5.5 | 0 | 39.5 | 43.5 | |
| 23 | 41 | Page, Mark E | ENG | 2049 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 45 | |
| 24 | 36 | Meulders, Richard | FM | BEL | 2082 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 45 |
| 25 | 22 | Koehler, Gerhard Dr. | GER | 2142 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 44.5 | |
| 26 | 27 | Sadiku, Bedri | IM | KOS | 2128 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 44 |
| 27 | 45 | Stuer, Marc | BEL | 2036 | 5 | 0 | 40.5 | 44 | |
| 28 | 62 | Jeute, Peter | GER | 1935 | 5 | 0 | 40.5 | 43.5 | |
| 29 | 52 | Stoychev, Ognian | BUL | 1994 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 43 | |
| 30 | 29 | Kierzek, Matthias Dr. | GER | 2109 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 43 | |
| 31 | 15 | Malesevic, Nedeljko | FM | SWE | 2202 | 5 | 0 | 39.5 | 43 |
| 32 | 26 | Medancic, Rikard | IM | CRO | 2128 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 42.5 |
| 33 | 35 | Biro, Sandor | IM | ROU | 2091 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 42.5 |
| 34 | 25 | Klimaszewski, Dariusz | FM | POL | 2134 | 5 | 0 | 38.5 | 42.5 |
| 35 | 59 | Harding, Tim D | CM | IRL | 1961 | 5 | 0 | 38.5 | 41 |
| 36 | 34 | Malmdin, Nils-Ake | FM | SWE | 2094 | 5 | 0 | 37.5 | 40.5 |
| 37 | 43 | Simoncic, Silvo | SLO | 2039 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 37.5 | |
| 38 | 17 | Petschar, Kurt | FM | AUT | 2186 | 5 | 0 | 34.5 | 39.5 |
| 39 | 42 | Alquist, Erik | SWE | 2041 | 4.5 | 0 | 45 | 48 | |
| 40 | 8 | Chevelevitch, Evgueni Dr. | IM | GER | 2299 | 4.5 | 0 | 42 | 46 |
| 88 players | |||||||||
| ch-Euro Seniors Women +50 Rabac CRO Sat 27th Sep 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Heinatz, Gundula | WIM | SUI | 2056 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 45.5 |
| 2 | 3 | Brokko, Margit | WFM | EST | 1985 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 43.5 |
| 3 | 4 | Fink-Nunn, Petra | WFM | ENG | 1983 | 6 | 0 | 46.5 | 50 |
| 4 | 6 | Birkholz, Olga | WFM | GER | 1949 | 5.5 | 0 | 43.5 | 45 |
| 5 | 8 | Ni, Polina | LAT | 1867 | 5.5 | 0 | 42.5 | 44 | |
| 6 | 1 | Krasenkowa, Elena | WIM | POL | 2100 | 5 | 1 | 44.5 | 46 |
| 7 | 7 | Sirletti, Sonia | ITA | 1894 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 44.5 | |
| 8 | 5 | Leszner, Liliana | WIM | POL | 1981 | 4.5 | 0 | 42 | 43.5 |
| 9 | 10 | Novak, Simona | SLO | 1788 | 3.5 | 1 | 36 | 39.5 | |
| 10 | 9 | Kordic, Sanja | CRO | 1808 | 3.5 | 2 | 42 | 43.5 | |
| 11 | 11 | Balcerczak, Ewa | POL | 1572 | 1.5 | 0 | 39.5 | 41 | |
| 11 players | |||||||||
| ch-Euro Seniors Women +65 Rabac CRO Sat 27th Sep 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 5 | Jicman, Ligia-Letitia | WIM | ROU | 2091 | 5.5 | 0 | 16.5 | 3.5 ... |
| 2 | 1 | Baliuniene, Margarita | WFM | LTU | 1915 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 3 ... |
| 3 | 3 | Sosnowska, Elzbieta | WFM | POL | 1780 | 4.5 | 0 | 13,8 | 3 ... |
| 4 | 4 | Orel Music, Simona | WFM | SLO | 1913 | 4.5 | 0 | 12 | 2.5 ... |
| 5 | 7 | Kierzek, Mira | WFM | GER | 1954 | 3.5 | 0 | 7.5 | 1.5 ... |
| 6 | 6 | Pancu, Aureliana-Eugenia | ROU | 1923 | 2.5 | 0 | 7,8 | 1.5 ... | |
| 7 | 2 | Gasik, Jadwiga | POL | 1772 | 2 | 0 | 4.5 | 1.5 ... | |
| 8 | 8 | Ristoja, Aulikki | FIN | 1716 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 ... | |
| 8 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts |
| 1 | Masters | Kislinsky, Alexey | GM | CZE | 2341 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 2 | Masters | Podolskyi, Mykhailo | UKR | 2259 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7.5 | |
| 3 | Masters | Shton, Roman | UKR | 2081 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 5.5 | |
| 4 | Masters | Gromosiak, Antonii | UKR | 1894 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Masters | Mikhalsky, Vladimir | UKR | 2219 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6 | |
| 6 | Masters | Diak, Hryhorii | UKR | 1956 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | |
| 7 | Masters | Alexikov, Alexander | IM | UKR | 2176 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | + | 5 |
| 8 | Masters | Nikolaev, Leonid | FM | UKR | 2206 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | + | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Masters | Mikhaletz, Lubomir | GM | UKR | 2256 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 6 |
| 10 | Masters | Romanov, Vladimir | UKR | 1925 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 1 | Candidates | Zhukovskyi, Myhaylo | CM | UKR | 2156 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 2 | Candidates | Anatskiy, Alexey | UKR | 1846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1.5 | |
| 3 | Candidates | Khristovoy, Roman | UKR | 2111 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Candidates | Shkuta, Igor | UKR | 1884 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Candidates | Herasymenko, Maksym | UKR | 1990 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5 | |
| 6 | Candidates | Mamedov, Ruslan | UKR | 2225 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 2.5 | |
| 7 | Candidates | Rodin, Alexey | UKR | 1830 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 2.5 | |
| 8 | Candidates | Khristovoy, Dmitriy | UKR | 2163 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7 | |
| 9 | Candidates | Zhukovskyi, Oleksandr | CM | UKR | 2145 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Candidates | Vashchenko, Illia | UKR | 1808 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | |
| 20 players | ||||||||||||||||
| Dragomanov Fit Blitz Kyiv UKR Tue 30th Sep 2025 - Sun 5th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Mykhailo, Podolskyi | 2272 | 7.5 | 0 | 44 | 48 |
| 2 | 1 | Alexey, Maly | 2297 | 6.5 | 0 | 44 | 48 |
| 3 | 6 | Semen, Grebeniuk | 2200 | 6.5 | 0 | 43.5 | 45.5 |
| 4 | 5 | Sergey, Stavroyany | 2215 | 6 | 0 | 44.5 | 47.5 |
| 5 | 7 | Maksym, Herasymenko | 2187 | 5.5 | 1 | 42.5 | 46.5 |
| 6 | 15 | Maksym, Kovalenko | 2034 | 5.5 | 2 | 42.5 | 45.5 |
| 7 | 10 | Alexander, Alexikov | 2134 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 45 |
| 8 | 8 | Maksym, Yevdokymov | 2177 | 5 | 0 | 36.5 | 39.5 |
| 9 | 4 | Myhaylo, Zhukovskyi | 2237 | 4.5 | 0 | 39.5 | 42.5 |
| 10 | 9 | Vigen, Bagiryan | 2151 | 4.5 | 0 | 38.5 | 41.5 |
| 11 | 12 | Oleksandr, Zhukovskyi | 2120 | 4.5 | 0 | 37 | 39 |
| 12 | 13 | Lubomir, Mikhaletz | 2074 | 4 | 0 | 40.5 | 44.5 |
| 13 | 3 | Vladimir, Mikhalsky | 2259 | 4 | 0 | 39.5 | 42.5 |
| 14 | 11 | Oleksandr, Rudchenko | 2123 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 39 |
| 15 | 17 | Hryhorii, Diak | 1991 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 37 |
| 16 | 19 | Alexey, Rodin | 1931 | 4 | 0 | 31.5 | 33.5 |
| 17 | 16 | Vladimir, Romanov | 1993 | 3 | 0 | 36.5 | 38.5 |
| 18 | 20 | Illia, Vashchenko | 1918 | 3 | 0 | 34.5 | 36.5 |
| 19 | 18 | Maksym, Nykonenko | 1954 | 3 | 0 | 31.5 | 33.5 |
| 20 | 21 | Alexey, Anatskiy | 1841 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 34 |
| 21 | 14 | Oleksandr, Prokhorov | 2066 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 21 players | |||||||
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: |
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| Rk | Name | Rtg | Gms | 1 | 2 | Pts |
| 1 | Grebnev, Aleksey | 2608 | 2 | ½ | 1 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Maurizzi, MarcAndria | 2610 | 2 | ½ | 0 | 0.5 |
| 2 players | ||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | + | - | = | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | Vladimir Baklan | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6½ | 26½ |
| 2 | Toms Kantans | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 25½ |
| 3 | Nikita Meshkovs | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5½ | 23¼ |
| 4 | Jakob Leon Pajeken | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4½ | 19 |
| 5 | Arthur de Winter | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Adrian Gschnitzer | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17¾ |
| 7 | Nikolas Wachinger | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16¾ |
| 8 | Ashot Parvanyan | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Collin Colbow | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3½ | 16¼ |
| 10 | Julian Martin | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | + | - | = | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | Floryan Eugene | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7½ | 29 | |
| 2 | Adrien Rodriguez | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 25½ | |
| 3 | Michael Kopylov | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5½ | 23¼ | |
| 4 | Isaac Garner | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5½ | 20½ | |
| 5 | Marian Can Nothnagel | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17½ | |
| 6 | Quang Thai Ngo | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4½ | 17 | |
| 7 | Oliver Stork | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3½ | 12 | 3 |
| 8 | Jonathan Carlstedt | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3½ | 12 | 2 |
| 9 | Gedeon Hartge | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2½ | 12 | |
| 10 | Johannes Tschernatsch | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1½ | 5¼ | |
| 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 |
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | ZSK Maribor Poligram | * | 4½ | 5 | 6 | 4½ | 4½ | 4 | 12 | 28.5 | 467.5 | |||
| 2 | TAJFUN - SK Ljubljana | 1½ | * | 6 | 4½ | 4½ | 3½ | 4½ | 10 | 24.5 | 412.8 | |||
| 3 | Drustvo Tomo Zupan Kranj | 0 | * | 3½ | 1½ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 235.3 | |||
| 4 | SK Impol Slovenska Bistrica | 1½ | * | 2½ | 3 | 4 | 4½ | 4½ | 7 | 20 | 303.3 | |||
| 5 | Celjski SK | 1 | 3½ | * | 4½ | 3 | 2½ | 4½ | 7 | 19 | 294.5 | |||
| 6 | SD Pomgrad Murska Sobota | 0 | 2½ | 3 | 1½ | * | 3½ | 4½ | 5 | 15 | 247.3 | |||
| 7 | SK Ig | 1½ | 4½ | 2 | 2½ | * | 2½ | 3½ | 4 | 16.5 | 268 | |||
| 8 | SK Branik Maribor | 1½ | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 3½ | * | 3 | 4 | 15.5 | 291.8 | |||
| 9 | SK Zalec | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 3½ | 1½ | 3 | * | 3 | 13 | 242.3 | |||
| 10 | SK Trebnje BMP | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | * | 0 | 11 | 227.5 | |||
| 10 players | ||||||||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Rtg | + | - | = | Mpts | Bpts | TB1 |
| 1 | Nordrhein-Westfalen 1 | 2168 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 45 | 376½ |
| 2 | Württemberg | 1942 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 223 |
| 3 | Baden | 2021 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 28½ | 227½ |
| 4 | Bayern | 2081 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 220 |
| 5 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 1977 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 33½ | 239 |
| 6 | Hessen | 2030 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 210 |
| 7 | Schleswig-Holstein | 1912 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 27½ | 168½ |
| 8 | Nordrhein-Westfalen 2 | 2002 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 165 |
| 9 | Niedersachsen | 1844 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 29½ | 207 |
| 10 | Rheinland-Pfalz | 2001 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 24½ | 190 |
| 11 | Berlin | 2042 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 165½ |
| 12 | Sachsen | 1877 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 169 |
| 13 | Stichts-Gooise Schaakbond | – | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 27½ | 161½ |
| 14 | Hamburg 1 | 1906 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 129½ |
| 15 | Thüringen | 1838 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23½ | 128 |
| 16 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1737 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 82 |
| 17 | Hamburg 2 | 1707 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17½ | 110 |
| 18 | Saarland & Friends | 1737 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 124 |
| 18 players | ||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Team | Gms | + | - | = | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Aatos | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 0 |
| 2 | 10 | TammerSh | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 18.5 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | MatSK | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16.5 | 0 |
| 4 | 8 | RaahLi | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15.5 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | HSC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | HSK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| 7 | 5 | JyS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15.5 | 0 |
| 8 | 7 | MatSK2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13.5 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | TuTS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12.5 | 0 |
| 10 | 2 | Gambiitti | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | SalSK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11.5 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | VammSK | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14.5 | 0 |
| 12 teams | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | Hangzhou Bank | * | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 20 | 37.5 |
| 2 | Shenzhen Pengcheng | 2½ | * | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 3½ | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 2½ | 4 | 18 | 34.5 |
| 3 | Chongqing Sports Lottery | 2½ | 2½ | * | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 4 | 3½ | 15 | 32 |
| 4 | Chongqing Jiulongpo | 1½ | 2½ | 3 | * | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 3½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 13 | 28.5 |
| 5 | Beijing | 2 | 1½ | 3 | 2½ | * | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 4 | 12 | 28.5 |
| 6 | Jiangsu | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | * | 2½ | 3½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 11 | 28 |
| 7 | China Mobile Shanghai | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2½ | * | 4 | 3½ | 3 | 3½ | 3 | 11 | 27.5 |
| 8 | Tianjin | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 1½ | 1 | * | 2½ | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 26 |
| 9 | Shandong Foreign Languages | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | * | 2½ | 3 | 4 | 8 | 24.5 |
| 10 | Chengdu Beilei | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 1 | 2½ | * | 3½ | 3½ | 8 | 24 |
| 11 | Zhejiang Shaoxing Yuecheng | 1½ | 2½ | 1 | 2½ | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 1½ | * | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 12 | Hangzhou Chess and Card Association | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 2½ | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1½ | 2 | * | 3 | 18 |
| 12 players | |||||||||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | Apeldoorn 1 | * | 7 | 5½ | 4 | 12.5 | |||||||
| Paul Keres 1 | * | 7 | 5½ | 4 | 12.5 | ||||||||
| 3 | LSG 1 | * | 5 | 7½ | 3 | 12.5 | |||||||
| 4 | Stukkenjagers 1 | * | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |||||||
| Zuid Limburg 1 | 5 | * | 6 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||
| 6 | HMC Den Bosch 1 | 3 | * | 7 | 2 | 10 | |||||||
| 7 | Groninger Combinatie 1 | 5 | 4 | * | 1 | 9 | |||||||
| 8 | Charlois Europoort 1 | 3 | 4½ | * | 0 | 7.5 | |||||||
| 9 | Kennemer Combinatie 1 | 4½ | 2½ | * | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| HWP Haarlem 1 | 4 | 3 | * | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| 10 players | |||||||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Team | Gms | + | - | = | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 8 | GORNJA JABLANICA – Medveđa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | 9 | CARIBROD – Dimitrovgrad | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | METALAC – Gornji Milanovac | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | INA DIZAJN INZENJERING – Novi Pazar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | CAST I SLAVA – Pirot | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | 12 | SLOGA – Kraljevo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 7 | 5 | IVANJICA – Ivanjica | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | SKGN NAIS – Nis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | SSU KARADJORDJE – Topola | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | 1 | KRUSIK – Valjevo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | RAZANJ – Ražanj | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 12 | 10 | TUTIN – Tutin | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 players | |||||||||
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: |
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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 | 19 | Hans Niemann | GM | USA | 3191 | W161W | W83B | W43W | W49B | D42W | W34B | W66W | D2B | W26W | W14B | W12W | 10 | 74.5 | 79.5 | 71.25 |
| 2 | 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | GM | USA | 3400 | W354W | W356B | W71W | D3B | D15W | W69B | W19B | D1W | W8B | W13W | W14B | 9.5 | 74.5 | 76.5 | 63 |
| 3 | 34 | Bogdan Daniel Deac | GM | ROU | 3106 | W309W | W106B | W35W | D2W | W31B | L66B | W54W | D44B | W298B | W56W | W13B | 9 | 72 | 76.5 | 61.75 |
| 4 | 32 | Vidit Gujrathi | GM | IND | 3105 | W400W | W70B | L68W | W355B | W35W | W43W | L14B | W76W | W33B | W295B | W17W | 9 | 66.5 | 67.5 | 53 |
| 5 | 40 | Renato Terry | IM | PER | 3091 | W209W | W277B | W74W | D323W | D12B | W57W | D30B | D29B | W108W | W44B | W16W | 9 | 65 | 66 | 52.75 |
| 6 | 39 | Liem Le | GM | VNM | 3094 | W275B | D73W | W384B | W348W | L13W | W65B | W306W | W30W | D29B | W26B | W20W | 9 | 60.5 | 61.5 | 46.5 |
| 7 | 4 | Jose Martinez | GM | MEX | 3074 | U-- | W343B | W138W | W365B | W129W | W104W | D8B | D42W | W297B | W21W | W18B | 9 | 57.5 | 59.5 | 51.75 |
| 8 | 17 | Pranesh M | GM | INT | 3129 | W340W | L75B | W271W | W89B | W23W | W46B | D7W | W28B | L2W | W71B | W31W | 8.5 | 71 | 72 | 51.5 |
| 9 | 31 | David Paravyan | GM | RUS | 3094 | W364B | W81W | D44B | L66W | W349B | W82W | L28B | W37W | W113B | W51W | W29B | 8.5 | 64.5 | 66.5 | 49 |
| 10 | 5 | Nihal Sarin | GM | IND | 3224 | W333W | W358B | L27W | D81B | W167W | W39B | W195W | W15W | L12B | W47W | W34B | 8.5 | 64.5 | 66.5 | 47.75 |
| 11 | 10 | Andrey Esipenko | GM | RUS | 3183 | W271B | W399W | W33B | W329W | W295B | W297W | L17W | W21B | D16W | L12B | W27W | 8.5 | 64 | 65 | 45 |
| 12 | 2 | Alireza Firouzja | GM | FRA | 3309 | W80B | W129W | D28B | W68B | D5W | L15B | W51W | W66B | W10W | W11W | L1B | 8 | 78 | 83.5 | 57.25 |
| 13 | 13 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | GM | POL | 3172 | W138W | W325B | D46W | W28W | W6B | W42W | W298B | D17W | W295W | L2B | L3W | 8 | 75.5 | 79 | 53 |
| 14 | 4 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | GM | RUS | 3223 | W155B | W250W | L47B | W78W | W76B | W37B | W4W | W297W | W17B | L1W | L2W | 8 | 75 | 78 | 51.5 |
| 15 | 45 | Platon Galperin | GM | UKR | 3054 | W114B | W187W | W134W | W45B | D2B | W12W | D29W | L10B | L44W | W50B | W58W | 8 | 73 | 77.5 | 53.5 |
| 16 | 22 | Sanan Sjugirov | GM | HUN | 3134 | W186B | W362W | W306B | W69W | L27B | W40W | W67W | W48B | D11B | D17W | L5B | 8 | 69.5 | 71.5 | 46.75 |
| 17 | 21 | Alexander Grischuk | GM | RUS | 3149 | W144W | W396B | W225W | W314W | W48B | W27W | W11B | D13B | L14W | D16B | L4B | 8 | 69.5 | 70.5 | 45.5 |
| 18 | 33 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | USA | 3088 | W320B | W32W | W105B | W127W | L298W | L67B | W107W | W57B | W45W | W22B | L7W | 8 | 68.5 | 72.5 | 51 |
| 19 | 29 | Salem AR Saleh | GM | ARE | 3109 | W166W | W395B | W58W | W50W | W108B | L298B | L2W | W67B | L49B | W52W | W43B | 8 | 68 | 69 | 46.5 |
| 20 | 28 | Sam Sevian | GM | USA | 3100 | W84B | W112W | L50B | W106W | L68B | W157W | W307B | W79B | W25W | W49W | L6B | 8 | 67.5 | 72 | 49.5 |
| 21 | 23 | Matthias Bluebaum | GM | DEU | 3134 | W278W | D31B | W385W | D46B | W58W | W52B | W50W | L11W | W299B | L7B | W53W | 8 | 67.5 | 68.5 | 43.75 |
| 22 | 12 | Tuan Minh Le | GM | VNM | 3149 | W326B | W315W | W52B | L48B | L50W | W127W | W55B | W59W | W296B | L18W | W38B | 8 | 67 | 70.5 | 48.5 |
| 23 | 93 | Artem Bardyk | FM | INT | 2913 | W332W | W117B | L295B | W333W | L8B | W103W | W72B | L25W | W116W | W299B | W49B | 8 | 64 | 67 | 43.5 |
| 24 | 20 | Jeffery Xiong | GM | USA | 3115 | W158B | W249W | L67B | L32W | W309B | W165W | W35B | L43W | W89W | W76B | W59W | 8 | 63 | 66 | 45 |
| 25 | 56 | Aravindh Chithambaram | GM | IND | 3013 | L264W | U-- | W188W | W352B | W320W | W88B | W75W | W23B | L20B | W55W | W56B | 8 | 54 | 56 | 46 |
| 26 | 25 | Haowen Xue | GM | CHN | 3098 | W156W | W78B | W51W | L27B | W55W | W38B | W301W | W298W | L1B | L6W | D37B | 7.5 | 73 | 78 | 47.75 |
| 27 | 64 | Etienne Bacrot | GM | FRA | 3005 | W191W | W269B | W10B | W26W | W16W | L17B | L297B | D74W | W77B | W30W | L11B | 7.5 | 71.5 | 73 | 47.25 |
| 28 | 59 | Sergey Sklokin | FM | INT | 3037 | W96B | W393W | D12W | L13B | W146W | W133B | W9W | L8W | W74B | L29W | W79B | 7.5 | 71 | 72 | 44 |
| 29 | 3 | Dmitry Andreikin | GM | GEO | 3242 | W160W | L313B | W128W | W72B | W77W | W318W | D15B | D5W | D6W | W28B | L9W | 7.5 | 69.5 | 73.5 | 48 |
| 30 | 7 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3156 | W128W | W350B | W357W | L42B | W100W | W47B | D5W | L6B | W43W | L27B | W44W | 7.5 | 68 | 70 | 42 |
| 31 | 131 | Nikita Shandrygin | FM | SRB | 2838 | W374W | D21W | W171B | W36B | L3W | L195B | W308W | W54B | W40W | W298W | L8B | 7.5 | 67.5 | 69.5 | 43.5 |
| 32 | 143 | Sơn Đặng | IM | VNM | 2818 | W267W | L18B | W132W | W24B | L33B | W304W | W46W | D172B | W41B | L34W | W66W | 7.5 | 67.5 | 69 | 43.5 |
| 33 | 71 | Arman Mikaelyan | GM | USA | 2965 | W167B | W170W | L11W | W165B | W32W | L45B | W60W | W302B | L4W | D85B | W74W | 7.5 | 67 | 72 | 44.25 |
| 34 | 37 | Sergei Zhigalko | GM | INT | 3077 | W308B | W369W | D348B | W44W | W323B | L1W | D59B | D41W | W65B | W32B | L10W | 7.5 | 65 | 67 | 40 |
| 35 | 101 | Eric Rosen | IM | BRA | 2871 | W159W | W211B | L3B | W156W | L4B | W316W | L24W | W103B | D92B | W128W | W71W | 7.5 | 64.5 | 68.5 | 39.25 |
| 36 | 50 | Jakub Kosakowski | GM | POL | 2970 | W99W | W300B | D72B | L31W | L73B | W62W | W130B | L133W | W204B | W78W | W82B | 7.5 | 63.5 | 68 | 45.25 |
| 37 | 62 | Vasif Durarbayli | GM | AZE | 2983 | W305W | L127B | W94W | W360B | W249B | L14W | W70W | L9B | W107W | W105B | D26W | 7.5 | 62.5 | 64.5 | 38.75 |
| 38 | 76 | Mukhammadali Abdurakhmonov | IM | UZB | 2951 | W162W | W145B | L45W | W321B | W127B | L26W | D135B | W187W | W133B | W42B | L22W | 7.5 | 61 | 65 | 39.75 |
| 39 | 86 | Antoni Kozak | NM | POL | 2919 | W380W | L207B | W119W | D80B | W130W | L10W | L128B | W110W | W136B | W140B | W90W | 7.5 | 59.5 | 61.5 | 40.25 |
| 40 | 72 | Arystanbek Urazayev | IM | KAZ | 2948 | W257W | W194B | L108B | W140W | W334B | L16B | D187W | W73W | L31B | W137W | W92W | 7.5 | 57.5 | 59.5 | 35.75 |
| 428 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
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: |
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| Rk | Team | Name | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | Pts | Mpts |
| 1 | USA | Caruana, Fabiano | 2767 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | IND | Erigaisi Arjun | 2708 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | Adewumi, Tanitoluwa | 2400 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | IND | Vaz, Ethan | 2274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | Yip, Carissa | 2369 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | IND | Divya Deshmukh | 2419 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | USA | Rozman, Levy | 2318 | = | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| 2 | IND | Sagar, Shah | 2292 | = | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| 1 | USA | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2737 | = | = | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | IND | Gukesh D | 2693 | = | = | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 players | ||||||||
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: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | Piorun, Kacper | GM | 2488 | 8.5 | 56.5 | 61.5 | 57,3 |
| 2 | 20 | Kacprzak, Kacper | FM | 2325 | 8.5 | 53 | 58 | 53,8 |
| 3 | 1 | Janik, Igor | GM | 2515 | 7.5 | 53.5 | 58.5 | 46,8 |
| 4 | 7 | Nasuta, Grzegorz | GM | 2446 | 7.5 | 52 | 57 | 45,3 |
| 5 | 10 | Licznerski, Łukasz | IM | 2416 | 7.5 | 50 | 55 | 44,8 |
| 6 | 19 | Kowalski, Igor | IM | 2328 | 7.5 | 48 | 52.5 | 44,3 |
| 7 | 29 | Sernecki, Franciszek | FM | 2261 | 7.5 | 46.5 | 51.5 | 42,8 |
| 8 | 12 | Krasenkow, Michał | GM | 2386 | 7 | 54.5 | 60.5 | 45 |
| 9 | 22 | Śliwicka, Alicja | WGM | 2299 | 7 | 52.5 | 58 | 42 |
| 10 | 4 | Cyborowski, Łukasz | GM | 2466 | 7 | 52 | 57 | 43,3 |
| 11 | 15 | Plichta, Kamil | FM | 2343 | 7 | 49.5 | 54.5 | 40.5 |
| 12 | 17 | Sieciechowicz, Marcin | IM | 2332 | 7 | 48.5 | 53 | 40,3 |
| 13 | 119 | Kiołbasa, Damian | 1939 | 7 | 48 | 53 | 41 | |
| 14 | 38 | Zapolski, Krzysztof | CM | 2220 | 7 | 48 | 52.5 | 39.5 |
| 15 | 37 | Jagodziński, Piotr | CM | 2224 | 7 | 48 | 52.5 | 38.5 |
| 16 | 53 | Piotrowski, Przemysław | FM | 2147 | 7 | 47.5 | 52 | 39.5 |
| 17 | 77 | Kiszkiel, Oskar | 2061 | 7 | 47 | 51.5 | 39 | |
| 18 | 36 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | WGM | 2224 | 7 | 47 | 51.5 | 37 |
| 19 | 13 | Miś, Mieszko | IM | 2381 | 7 | 47 | 51 | 38.5 |
| 20 | 25 | Grot, Błażej | CM | 2287 | 7 | 46.5 | 51 | 39.5 |
| 21 | 50 | Klepek, Witold | CM | 2158 | 7 | 43 | 47.5 | 36,3 |
| 22 | 18 | Kacprzak, Karol | FM | 2332 | 6.5 | 55.5 | 61 | 41,3 |
| 23 | 8 | Pakleza, Zbigniew | GM | 2435 | 6.5 | 53.5 | 58.5 | 40,3 |
| 24 | 14 | Niedbała, Bartłomiej | IM | 2349 | 6.5 | 52 | 57.5 | 40,8 |
| 25 | 32 | Korszański, Stanisław | 2247 | 6.5 | 51.5 | 56 | 38.5 | |
| 26 | 51 | Przybylski, Bartosz | CM | 2157 | 6.5 | 51 | 56 | 38,8 |
| 27 | 44 | Róg, Bartłomiej | FM | 2175 | 6.5 | 51 | 56 | 36,8 |
| 28 | 5 | Tazbir, Marcin | GM | 2461 | 6.5 | 50 | 54.5 | 37,3 |
| 29 | 60 | Sygulski, Piotr | CM | 2110 | 6.5 | 49.5 | 53.5 | 36,3 |
| 30 | 16 | Sabuk, Piotr | IM | 2333 | 6.5 | 49 | 54 | 37,3 |
| 31 | 34 | Borischik, Sergey | 2238 | 6.5 | 49 | 53 | 34.5 | |
| 32 | 24 | Stachowiak, Kamil | IM | 2294 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 53.5 | 38,8 |
| 33 | 49 | Madajczak, Piotr | 2162 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 53.5 | 35,8 | |
| 34 | 55 | Grzebieniowski, Michał | 2131 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 53.5 | 35,8 | |
| 35 | 23 | Ugorek, Kacper | CM | 2295 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 53 | 36 |
| 36 | 39 | Mikrut, Dariusz | IM | 2218 | 6.5 | 48 | 52.5 | 37,3 |
| 37 | 82 | Strzałkowski, Damian | 2037 | 6.5 | 48 | 52 | 32,8 | |
| 38 | 27 | Kozłowski, Michał | 2264 | 6.5 | 47.5 | 52 | 36 | |
| 39 | 58 | Liśkiewicz, Jakub | CM | 2124 | 6.5 | 47.5 | 52 | 34,8 |
| 40 | 2 | Klekowski, Maciej | GM | 2502 | 6.5 | 47 | 51.5 | 35 |
| 560 players | ||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Rtg | Gms | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pts |
| 1 | Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo | 2639 | 4 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 3.0 |
| 2 | Giri, Anish | 2746 | 4 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1.0 |
| 2 players | ||||||||
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: |
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| Rk | Name | Rtg | Gms | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts |
| 1 | Oro, Faustino | 2509 | 12 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 9.0 |
| 2 | Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos | 2547 | 12 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3.0 |
| 2 players | ||||||||||||||||