Last updated: Friday 25th April 2025 9:12 pm
- The Week in Chess 1589 of 21st April 2025 by Mark Crowther. 42 stories and 10235 games. Links down the right hand margin for games in PGN or Chessbase format or on the The Week in Chess Download page.
- A compilation of the games can be had for a donation of £30. There have been over 4 million games in TWIC since the first edition on 17th September 1994.
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Chess this weekend - 25th to 27th April 2025
Fri Apr 25 10:38:00 2025
Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz (Praggnanandhaa, Firouzja etc) starts Saturday, Bundesliga finishes and Ivanchuk leads in Menorca with 5/5.
Humpy Koneru edges out Zhu Jiner to win the Pune Women's Grand Prix
Wed Apr 23 20:31:00 2025
Koneru scores a record 8th Women's Grand Prix win but it's likely not going to be enough to qualify for the Candidates.
Ju Wenjun beats Tan Zhongyi 6.5-2.5 to remain Women's World Chess Champion
Wed Apr 16 10:54:00 2025
Ju Wenjun defends her title successfully for the fourth time with a comfortable draw in game 9.
Ju Wenjun all but retains her Women's World Championship crown after a fourth win in a row
Mon Apr 14 12:36:00 2025
Ju Wenjun just needs a draw to retain her title after going 6-2 ahead.
Ju Wenjun wins third game in a row to lead 5-2
Fri Apr 11 13:38:00 2025
Ju was under pressure from Tan Zhongyi until time trouble when she took over.
Dossiers and Main Stories
Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2025
Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2025 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Fri Apr 25 11:51:00 2025)
The Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz takes place Sat 26th Apr 2025 to Thu 1st May 2025. Players: Praggnanandhaa, Firouzja, Aravindh, Aronian, Duda, Fedoseev, Vachier-Lagrave, Topalov, Deac, Gavrilescu. A three day rapid is followed by a two day blitz event. Read more ....
Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2025 (Warsaw POL)
Sat 26th Apr 2025 - Thu 1st May 2025 -
Official Site
Superbet POL Rapid 2025 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:25m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games Rapid | Live Rapid
Superbet POL Blitz 2025 (10 players 18 Rds DRR Indiv TC:5m+2spm)
Bundesliga 2024-25
Bundesliga 2024-25 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Fri Apr 25 11:02:00 2025)
The Bundesliga takes place Sat 28th Sep 2024 to Sun 27th Apr 2025. Duesseldorfer SK leads by three points over SC Viernheim going into the final three rounds held in Deggendorf. They do meet in round 15 but likely Duesseldorfer SK will have won by then. Baden Baden are a further point behind in 3rd place. Read more ....
Bundesliga 2024-25 (Germany GER)
Sat 28th Sep 2024 - Sun 27th Apr 2025 -
Official Site - Results
Bundesliga 2024-25 (15 Rds League Club TC:100m:50+30smp(1)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live
IV Menorca Open 2025
IV Menorca Open A 2025 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Fri Apr 25 11:00:00 2025)
The IV Menorca Open takes place Tue 22nd Apr to Sun 27th Apr 2025. Players: Nihal Sarin, Sam Shankland, Volodar Murzin, Karthikeyan, Puranik, Pranav, Lu Shanglei. Vasyl Ivanchuk etc. Read more ....
IV Menorca Open 2025 (Ciutadella de Menorca ESP)
Tue 22nd Apr 2025 - Sun 27th Apr 2025 -
Official Site - Results
IV Menorca Open A 2025 (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live
Chinese Teams 2025
Chinese Teams 2025 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Fri Apr 25 09:09:00 2025)
The Chinese Team Championship takes place Fri 25th Apr to Sat 3rd May 2025 in Zhangjiakou, China. Players including Wang Yue, Li Chao B, Xu Xiangyu in the men's and Shen Yang and Ding Yixin in the women's. Read more ....
Chinese Teams 2025 (Zhangjiakou CHN)
Fri 25th Apr 2025 - Sat 3rd May 2025 -
Official Site - Results - Live
CHN Team Men 2025 (9 Rds League Club TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Men | Games
CHN Team Women 2025 (9 Rds League Club TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Women
Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2025
Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2025 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Wed Apr 23 08:51:00 2025)
The Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix took place April 13-24. Players: Humpy Koneru, Divya Deshmukh, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Harika Dronavalli, Nurgyul Salimova, Batkhuyag Munguntuul, Zhu Jiner, Alina Kashlinskaya, Melia Salome and Polina Shuvalova. Humpy Koneru just edged out Zhu Jiner to take first place on tie-break, both scored 7/9. Read more ....
Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2025 (Pune IND)
Sun 13th Apr 2025 - Thu 24th Apr 2025 -
Official Site - Results
Pune WGP 2025 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
grenke Open and Freestyle Open 2025
grenke Chess Open 2025 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Sat Apr 19 12:31:00 2025)
The grenke Open and Freestyle Open took place 17th to 21st April 2025. The open had top seeds Awonder Liang, Nikita Vitiugov and Ivan Saric but the Freestyle Chess960 open had the stronger field with Magnus Carlsen, Arjun Erigaisi, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi etc. I can't display Freestyle games. Carlsen impressively clonked his way through the field in the Freestyle and scored 9/9. Parham Maghsoodloo finished in second place on tie-break after claims a place in Las Vegas, it's my understanding that the remaining 6 players will play off for another place in that Freestyle-Chess Grand Slam event sometime soon.
S Aswath and Brandon Jacobson finished on 8/9 in the regular chess open, finishing in that tie-break order. Finally I was interested to see that grenke had a rebrand about 10 months ago and went from the all caps GRENKE to all small letters grenke (with a modern font). No doubt someone was paid big bucks for this genius move. Read more ....
grenke Chess Open 2025 (Karlsruhe GER)
Thu 17th Apr 2025 - Mon 21st Apr 2025 -
Official Site
grenke Chess Open 2025 (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
grenke Freestyle Open (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2025
FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2025 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Fri Apr 18 16:54:00 2025)
The FIDE Women's World Chess Championship took place in Shanghai and finished in Chongqing, China. The event was supposed to take place 3rd to 20th April 2025 but finished early on 16th April with the closing ceremony two days later. Defending champion Ju Wenjun won comfortably 6.5-2.5 against her challenger and predecessor Tan Zhongyi. Read more ....
World Chess Championship Women 2025 (Shanghai Chongqing CHN)
Wed 2nd Apr 2025 - Wed 23rd Apr 2025 -
Official Site - Results
WCh Women 2025 (2 players 12 Rds Match Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
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Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2025
Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2025
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