2025 in chess

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Major chess events in 2025 include the annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Norway Chess and Grand Chess Tour. Ju Wenjun defended her title against challenger Tan Zhongyi in the Women's World Chess Championship 2025. The FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament in Samarkand in September will determine two qualifiers for the Candidates Tournament 2026, while the Chess World Cup in Goa, India in November will determine three qualifiers. The 2025 FIDE Circuit, comprising top tournaments in 2025, will determine one qualifier. The annual World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships will take place in Doha in December.

Contents

Timeline

January 2025 FIDE Rankings
RankPrevPlayerRatingChange
11 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen 28310
22 Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana 2803-2
33 Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura 28020
44 Flag of India.svg Arjun Erigaisi 28010
55 Flag of India.svg Gukesh Dommaraju 2777-6
66 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2768-9
77 Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja 27630
88 FIDE flag icon.png Ian Nepomniachtchi 2754-1
99 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Yi 2751-2
1010 Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand 27500

January

February 2025 FIDE Rankings
RankPrevPlayerRatingChange
11 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen 2833+2
22 Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana 28030
33 Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura 28020
44 Flag of India.svg Arjun Erigaisi 28010
55 Flag of India.svg Gukesh Dommaraju 27770
66 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2766-2
77 Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja 2760-3
89 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Yi 2755+4
98 FIDE flag icon.png Ian Nepomniachtchi 27540
1010 Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand 27500

February

March 2025 FIDE Rankings
RankPrevPlayerRatingChange
11 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen 28330
23 Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura 28020
35 Flag of India.svg Gukesh Dommaraju 2787+10
42 Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana 2783-20
54 Flag of India.svg Arjun Erigaisi 2777-24
66 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2773+7
78 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Yi 2760+5
814 Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa 2758+17
97 Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja 2757-3
108 FIDE flag icon.png Ian Nepomniachtchi 2753-1

March

April 2025 FIDE Rankings
RankPrevPlayerRatingChange
11 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen 2837+4
22 Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura 2804+2
33 Flag of India.svg Gukesh Dommaraju 27870
45 Flag of India.svg Arjun Erigaisi 2782+5
54 Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana 2776-7
66 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Abdusattorov 27730
77 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Yi 2758-2
88 Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa 27580
910 FIDE flag icon.png Ian Nepomniachtchi 2757+4
109 Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja 27570

April

May 2025 FIDE Rankings
RankPrevPlayerRatingChange
11 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen 28370
22 Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura 28040
33 Flag of India.svg Gukesh Dommaraju 27870
45 Flag of India.svg Arjun Erigaisi 27820
54 Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana 27760
66 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2771-2
77 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Yi 2758
88 Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa 27580
910 FIDE flag icon.png Ian Nepomniachtchi 27570
109 Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja 27570

May

June 2025 FIDE Rankings
RankPrevPlayerRatingChange
11 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen 28370
22 Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura 28040
34 Flag of India.svg Arjun Erigaisi 27820
45 Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana 2777+1
53 Flag of India.svg Gukesh Dommaraju 2776-11
66 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2767-4
77 Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa 2767+9
89 Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja 2766+9
98 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Yi 27580
1010 FIDE flag icon.png Ian Nepomniachtchi 27570

June

July 2025 FIDE Rankings
RankPrevPlayerRatingChange
11 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen 2839+2
22 Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura 2807+3
35 Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana 2784+7
47 Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa 2779+1
53 Flag of India.svg Arjun Erigaisi 2776-6
65 Flag of India.svg Gukesh Dommaraju 27760
76 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2771+4
88 Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja 27660
99 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Yi 2748-10
1012 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri 27480

July

August 2025 FIDE Rankings
RankPrevPlayerRatingChange
11 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen 28390
22 Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura 28070
33 Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana 27840
44 Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa 27790
55 Flag of India.svg Arjun Erigaisi 27760
66 Flag of India.svg Gukesh Dommaraju 27760
77 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Abdusattorov 27710
88 Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja 27660
99 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Yi 2753+5
1010 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri 27480

August

Events

Major tournaments

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayers (2700+)WinnerRunner-upThird
Tata Steel Masters [74] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wijk aan Zee Round robin17 Jan – 2 Feb14 (9) Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa Flag of India.svg Gukesh Dommaraju Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Prague Chess Festival Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague Round robin25 Feb – 7 Mar10 (6) Flag of India.svg Aravindh Chithambaram Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Yi
GCT Romania Flag of Romania.svg Bucharest Round robin7 – 16 May10 (9) Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja
Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
TePe Sigeman & Co tournament Flag of Sweden.svg Malmö Round robin20 – 26 May8 (2) Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Javokhir Sindarov Flag of Turkey.svg Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus
Flag of Sweden.svg Nils Grandelius
Norway Chess Flag of Norway.svg Stavanger Double round robin26 May – 6 Jun6 (6) Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana Flag of India.svg Gukesh Dommaraju
Stepan Avagyan Memorial Flag of Armenia.svg Jermuk Round robin29 May – 6 Jun10 (2) Flag of India.svg Aravindh Chithambaram Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa Flag of Germany.svg Dmitrij Kollars
UzChess Cup Masters Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Tashkent Round robin18 – 28 Jun10 (7) Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Javokhir Sindarov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Biel Masters Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Biel/Bienne Multi-stage12 – 25 Jul6 (2) Flag of Slovenia.svg Vladimir Fedoseev Flag of India.svg Aravindh Chithambaram Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Salem Saleh
Chennai Grand Masters Flag of India.svg Chennai Round robin7 – 16 Aug10 (4) Flag of Germany.svg Vincent Keymer Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri Flag of India.svg Arjun Erigaisi
Rubinstein Memorial Flag of Poland.svg Polanica-Zdrój Round robin15  24 Aug10 (1) Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Yakubboev Flag of Poland.svg Radosław Wojtaszek Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Blübaum
Sinquefield Cup Flag of the United States.svg St. Louis Round robin16 – 29 Aug10 (9) Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa
Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana
FIDE Grand Swiss Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Samarkand Swiss3 – 15 Sep116
GCT Finals Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo Single elimination26 Sep – 4 Oct4
Chess World Cup Flag of India.svg Goa Single elimination31 Oct – 27 Nov206
London Chess Classic Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London Round robin26 Nov – 2 Dec8

Opens

TournamentCityTARDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
Aeroflot Open Flag of Russia.svg Moscow 2704+5828 Feb – 7 Mar140 FIDE flag icon.png Ian Nepomniachtchi Flag of Hungary.svg Richárd Rapport FIDE flag icon.png Andrey Esipenko
European Individual Championship Flag of Romania.svg Eforie 2671+5814 27 Mar375 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Blübaum Flag of Germany.svg Frederik Svane Flag of Israel.svg Maxim Rodshtein
Tashkent Open, Agzamov Memorial Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Tashkent 2643+5819 30 Mar158 Flag of India.svg Nihal Sarin Flag of Hungary.svg Sanan Sjugirov Flag of India.svg Abhimanyu Puranik
Reykjavik Open Flag of Iceland.svg Reykjavík 2612+349 15 Apr419 Flag of Iran.svg Parham Maghsoodloo Flag of Ukraine.svg Vasyl Ivanchuk Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Mahammad Muradli
Grenke Chess Open Flag of Germany.svg Karlsruhe 2638+3817 21 Apr875 Flag of India.svg Aswath S Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Jacobson Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Šarić
Flag of Spain.svg Daniil Yuffa
Menorca Open Flag of Spain.svg Menorca 264422 27 Apr326 Flag of Ukraine.svg Vasyl Ivanchuk Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Shanglei Flag of India.svg Karthikeyan Murali
Asian Individual Championship Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain 2652+127 15 Apr157 Flag of Iran.svg Bardiya Daneshvar Flag of India.svg Nihal Sarin Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Shamsiddin Vokhidov
Sharjah Masters Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Sharjah 2690+3817  25 May82 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Inđić Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nodirbek Abdusattorov
American Absolute Championship Flag of Brazil.svg Foz do Iguaçu 2606+1823 31 May218 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Shankland Flag of Mexico.svg José Martínez Alcántara Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandr Fier
Dubai Open Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dubai 2620+1427 May  4 Jun82 FIDE flag icon.png Aleksey Grebnev Flag of Spain.svg Alan Pichot FIDE flag icon.png Ivan Zemlyanskii
Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial - Aktobe Open Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Aktobe 2652+5821  30 Jun80 Flag of Serbia.svg Alexey Sarana Flag of India.svg Aryan Chopra FIDE flag icon.png Zhamsaran Tsydypov
Dole Open Flag of France.svg Aix-en-provence 2646+3419  27 Jul272 Flag of India.svg P. Iniyan Flag of Poland.svg Jan Malek Flag of Ukraine.svg Pavel Eljanov
Oskemen Open Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Oskemen 2603+1820  30 Jul77 FIDE flag icon.png Aleksey Grebnev Flag of Hungary.svg Richard Rapport Flag of India.svg S.P. Sethuraman
Fujairah Global Championship Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Fujairah 266025 Aug  2 Sep44
U.S. Masters Flag of the United States.svg Charlotte 26  30 Nov

Rapid & Blitz events

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
Chessable Masters OnlineDouble elimination16 – 21 Feb16 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura White flag of surrender.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi
GCT Poland Flag of Poland.svg Warsaw Round robin [a] 24 April – 1 May10 Flag of Slovenia.svg Vladimir Fedoseev Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa
Chess.com Classic OnlineDouble elimination18 – 23 May16 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura
GCT Croatia Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Round robin [a] 2 – 6 Jul10 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So Flag of India.svg Gukesh Dommaraju
Esports World Cup [75] [b] Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Riyadh Multi-stage29 Jul – 1 Aug16 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura
GCT St. Louis Flag of the United States.svg St. Louis Round robin [a] 11 – 15 Aug10 Flag of the United States.svg Levon Aronian Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
World Rapid Championship Flag of Qatar.svg Doha Swiss25 – 31 DecTBD
World Blitz Championship Multi-stage

Women's events

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayers (2500+)WinnerRunner-upThird
Monaco Grand Prix Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco Round robin17 – 28 Feb10 (4) FIDE flag icon.png Aleksandra Goryachkina Flag of India.svg Koneru Humpy Flag of Mongolia.svg Batkhuyag Munguntuul
Nicosia Grand Prix Flag of Cyprus.svg Nicosia Round robin14 – 25 Mar10 (4) Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Muzychuk Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Jiner Flag of India.svg Harika Dronavalli
World Championship Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai, Chongqing Match3 – 16 Apr2 (2) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ju Wenjun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tan Zhongyi
Pune Grand Prix Flag of India.svg Pune Round robin14 – 25 Apr10 (3) Flag of India.svg Koneru Humpy Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Jiner Flag of India.svg Divya Deshmukh
Großlobming Grand Prix Flag of Austria.svg Großlobming Round robin6 – 15 May10 (4) Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Muzychuk Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Jiner Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tan Zhongyi
Norway Chess Flag of Norway.svg Stavanger Double round robin26 May – 6 Jun6 (4) Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Muzychuk Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lei Tingjie Flag of India.svg Koneru Humpy
Cairns Cup Flag of the United States.svg St. Louis Round robin10 – 20 Jun10 (4) Flag of the United States.svg Carissa Yip Flag of the United States.svg Alice Lee Flag of India.svg Harika Dronavalli
Flag of India.svg Koneru Humpy
Chess World Cup Flag of Georgia.svg Batumi Single elimination5 – 29 Jul107(8) Flag of India.svg Divya Deshmukh Flag of India.svg Koneru Humpy Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tan Zhongyi
FIDE Grand Swiss Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Samarkand Swiss3 – 15 Sep56
World Rapid Championship Flag of Qatar.svg Doha Swiss25 – 31 DecTBD
World Blitz Championship Multi-stage

National events

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
Armenian Championship Flag of Armenia.svg Yerevan Round robin14 – 22 Jan10 Robert Hovhannisyan Artur DavtyanSargis Sargsyan
Israeli Championship Flag of Israel.svg Eilat Swiss20 – 28 Jan32 Yair Parkhov Yahli Sokolovsky Yannay Ben Ari
Montenegrin Championship Flag of Montenegro.svg Podgorica Swiss31 Jan – 9 Feb50 Nikita Petrov Nemanja Vukcevic Denis Kadrić
Georgian Championship Flag of Georgia.svg Tbilisi Round robin3 – 12 Feb10 Levan Pantsulaia Giga Quparadze Tornike Sanikidze
Azerbaijani Championship Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Baku Single elimination31 Jan – 15 Feb26 Rauf Mamedov Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Misratdin Iskandarov
Singaporean Championship Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Swiss2 – 18 Feb30 Tin Jingyao Siddharth Jagadeesh Enrique Paciencia
Romanian Championship Flag of Romania.svg Craiova Swiss15 – 23 Feb84 David Gavrilescu Constantin Lupulescu Filip Magold
Vietnamese Championship Flag of Vietnam.svg Bắc Giang Swiss1 – 6 Mar55Dang Hoang Son Nguyen Duc Hoa Banh Gia Huy
American Cup [c] Flag of the United States.svg St. Louis Double elimination15 – 24 Mar8 Hikaru Nakamura Fabiano Caruana Levon Aronian
Canadian Championship Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto Swiss17 – 22 Apr90 Nikolay Noritsyn Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux Razvan Preotu
Uzbekistani Championship Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Qiziltepa District Single elimination18 – 28 Apr16 Nodirbek Yakubboev Ortik Nigmatov Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov
Polish Championship Flag of Poland.svg Kraków Round robin6 – 15 May10 Paweł Teclaf Jakub Kosakowski Radosław Wojtaszek
German Championship Flag of Germany.svg Munich Round robin15 – 23 May10 Vincent Keymer Matthias Bluebaum Dennis Wagner
Kazakhstani Championship Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Astana Round robin21 May – 1 Jun14 Kazybek Nogerbek Denis MakhynovAldiyar Ansat
Serbian Championship Flag of Serbia.svg Pirot Round robin31 May – 6 Jun10 Ivan Ivanisevic Suat Atalik Robert Markuš
Chinese Championship Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xinghua Swiss22 Jun - 3 Jul60 Xiao Tong Kong XiangruiZhang Di
Swedish Championship Flag of Sweden.svg Uppsala Round robin28 Jun – 6 Jul10Seo Jung-Min Erik Blomqvist Hampus Sörensen
Norwegian Championship Flag of Norway.svg Bergen Swiss4 – 12 Jul18 Jon Ludvig Hammer Aksel Bu Kvaløy Aryan Tari
Dutch Championship Flag of the Netherlands.svg Venlo Single elimination5 – 12 Jul16 Jorden van Foreest Loek van Wely Liam Vrolijk
Arthur De Winter
Belgian Championship Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Westerlo Round robin5 – 13 Jul10Sim MaerevoetElias Ruzhansky Mher Hovhannisyan
Scottish Championship Flag of Scotland.svg Dunfermline Swiss7 – 13 Jul42Andrew GreetKanishka BhatiaRoss Blackford
Slovak Championship Flag of Slovakia.svg Piešťany Round robin8 – 16 Jul10 Viktor Gažík Juraj Druska Jerguš Pecháč
Austrian Championship Flag of Austria.svg Linz Round robin19 – 27 Jul10 Dominik Horvath Konstantin Peyrer Valentin Dragnev
British Championship Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liverpool Swiss2 – 10 Aug99 Michael Adams Stuart Conquest Peter Roberson
French Championship Flag of France.svg Vichy Single elimination15 – 24 Aug16 Marc'Andria Maurizzi Laurent Fressinet Étienne Bacrot
Czech Championship Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pilsen Round robin23 – 31 Aug10
Indian Championship Flag of India.svg Guntur Swiss21 – 30 Sep
Russian Championship Flag of Russia.svg Moscow Round robin1 – 12 Oct12
U.S. Championship Flag of the United States.svg St. Louis Round robin10 – 26 Oct12

Deaths

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 The rapid portion of the tournament is a single round robin, while the blitz portion is a double round robin.
  2. Part of the 2025 Esports World Cup tournament series held in Riyadh. This tournament is part of the Champions Chess Tour 2025, which uses Chess.com and not a standard board.
  3. Not a national championship

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