Chessdom
The 36th edition of the Staufer-Open will take place from January 02 to January 06 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. This tournament has 3 sections – Blitz, Open A, and Open B. The Open B section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move.
Chessdom
The 36th edition of the Staufer-Open will take place from January 02 to January 06 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. This tournament has 3 sections – Blitz, Open A, and Open B. The Open A section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move.
Chessdom
The 36th edition of the Staufer-Open will take place from January 02 to January 06 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. This tournament has 3 sections – Blitz, Open A, and Open B. The Blitz section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 3 min + 2 sec/move.
Chessdom
The Roquetas Chess Festival 2026 will take place from January 02 to January 07 in Roquetas de Mar (Almería). Spain. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Spain...
Chessdom
The 2026 China Women’s Chess Open will take place from January 01 to January 03 in Shenzhen, China. This tournament has 2 sections – Rapid and Live. The Rapid section is an 11-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 3 min + 2 sec/move.
Chessdom
The 2026 China Women’s Chess Open will take place from January 01 to January 03 in Shenzhen, China. This tournament has 2 sections – Rapid and Live. The Rapid section is an 11-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 15 min + 10 sec/move.
Chessdom
The 36th edition of the International Chess Festival Cracovia will take place from December 27 to January 04 in Krakow, Poland. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min/ 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move.
Economictimes.indiatimes.com
Magnus Carlsen secured his ninth world blitz chess title in Doha. He faced a challenging field and admitted luck played a part. Carlsen defeated Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the final. Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi won a bronze medal.
Chessdom
Magnus Carlsen has just become World Blitz Champion 2025! Congratulations! The final match saw Carlsen and Abdusattorov go head to head. Abdusattorov took the early lead, but Carlsen returned the point from a completely drawn position in game 2.
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (sports)
Magnus Carlsen lost his Round 14 game by forfeit at the World Blitz Championship in Doha after knocking over multiple pieces while under severe time pressure against Haik Martirosyan. The incident, his second outburst at the event, further dented his title hopes.
Chessdom
The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2025 are taking place in Doha, Qatar, from December 26 to 30, 2025. The event will be daily live on Chessdom.com with live games, interviews, video coverage, and more.
Economictimes.indiatimes.com
Indian chess prodigy Arjun Erigaisi secured a bronze medal at the 2025 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship, defeating world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen. This historic podium finish makes him the second Indian male player to achieve this feat.
RT (Daily news)
Sergei Sklokin has defeated reigning global title holder Gukesh Dommaraju at the World Blitz Championship in Doha
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Economictimes.indiatimes.com
The Global Chess League (GCL) aims to make chess more engaging beyond its traditional, individual-focused format. Historically, chess has been a solitary, disciplined sport, respected but limited in broad emotional appeal.
Mamul.am (en)
The 12-year-old Sergey Sklokin stunned World chess champion D. Gukesh in the third round of the FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 on Monday. Sklokin, who holds the title of FIDE Master, played with...
