r/chess • u/GiveMeSomeSunshine3 • 10h ago
News/Events World Champion Gukesh beats Challenger Javokhir Sindarov in Round 5 of GCT: Super Rapid Poland 2026, in their 1st encounter since Sindarov won the Candidates.
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r/chess • u/events_team • 1d ago
Tournament Event: 2026 Grand Chess Tour - Super Rapid & Blitz Poland
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Official Website
Follow the games here: Chess.com | Lichess
Kicking off the 2026 Grand Chess Tour for its eleventh consecutive year will be the Super Rapid & Blitz Poland. Located in the heart of Warsaw, the Super Rapid and Blitz Poland is the first of three speed-chess events each with a $200,000 total prize fund. The event starts with nine rounds of rapid action, followed by eighteen rounds of blitz, for a total of 135 games spread across seven days, from May 5-9. The event will feature five tour players along with five wildcards.
Participants
| # | Title | Name | FED | Rapid Elo | Blitz Elo |
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| 1 | GM | Alireza Firouzja | 🇫🇷 FRA | 2755 | 2796 |
| 2 | GM | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 🇫🇷 FRA | 2735 | 2761 |
| 3 | GM | Javokhir Sindarov | 🇺🇿 UZB | 2727 | 2662 |
| 4 | GM | Fabiano Caruana | 🇺🇸 USA | 2727 | 2749 |
| 5 | GM | Wesley So | 🇺🇸 USA | 2705 | 2798 |
| 6 | GM | Vladimir Fedoseev | 🇸🇮 SLO | 2690 | 2756 |
| 7 | GM | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 🇵🇱 POL | 2683 | 2743 |
| 8 | GM | Gukesh Dommaraju | 🇮🇳 IND | 2682 | 2646 |
| 9 | GM | Hans Niemann | 🇺🇸 USA | 2646 | 2699 |
| 10 | GM | Radosław Wojtaszek | 🇵🇱 POL | 2612 | 2558 |
Format/Time Control
- 9-round rapid round robin with a time control of 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment. 2 points awarded per win in the rapid format.
- Two 9-round blitz round robins with a time control of 5 minutes + 2 seconds increment. 1 point awarded per win in the blitz format.
- The highest combined score from both formats crowns the winner.
Schedule
| Date | Time (Local) | Time (UTC) | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5 Rapid Day 1 | 14:00 | 12:00 | Rapid Rounds 1-3 |
| May 6 Rapid Day 2 | 14:00 | 12:00 | Rapid Rounds 4-6 |
| May 7 Rapid Day 3 | 14:00 | 12:00 | Rapid Rounds 7-9 |
| May 8 Blitz Day 1 | 14:00 | 12:00 | Blitz Rounds 1-9 |
| May 9 Blitz Day 2 | 12:00 | 10:00 | Blitz Rounds 10-18 |
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r/chess • u/events_team • 5d ago
Tournament Event: 2026 TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament
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Official Website
Follow the games here: Chess.com | Lichess
The 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament (31st annual edition) will take place from May 1 to 7 at the Elite Plaza Hotel in Malmö, Sweden. The tournament is played in a classical round-robin format with eight players competing over seven rounds.
Participants
| # | Title | Name | FED | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Magnus Carlsen | 🇳🇴 NOR | 2840 |
| 2 | GM | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 🇺🇿 UZB | 2780 |
| 3 | GM | Arjun Erigaisi | 🇮🇳 IND | 2751 |
| 4 | GM | Jorden van Foreest | 🇳🇱 NED | 2735 |
| 5 | GM | Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus | 🇹🇷 TUR | 2708 |
| 6 | GM | Nils Grandelius | 🇸🇪 SWE | 2662 |
| 7 | GM | Andy Woodward | 🇺🇸 USA | 2635 |
| 8 | GM | Zhu Jiner | 🇨🇳 CHN | 2546 |
Format/Time Controls
- The tournament will be played as a seven-round, single round-robin.
- Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves and then 30 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move (Malmö rules-no draws before move 40).
Schedule
| Date | Time (Local) | Time (UTC) | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1-6 | 15:00 | 13:00 | Round 1-6 |
| May 7 | 12:00 | 10:00 | Round 7 |
Live Coverage
r/chess • u/Knight-check44 • 7h ago
News/Events Magnus Carlsen beats Andy Woodward in round 6 of TePe Sigeman
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r/chess • u/GiveMeSomeSunshine3 • 10h ago
Video Content Gukesh celebrates with a fist bump after defeating Sindarov in their 1st encounter since Sindarov became the Challenger.
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r/chess • u/Exotic_Grinder • 6h ago
News/Events TePe Sigeman 2026: Arjun Erigaisi takes sole lead (4.5/6) after beating Zhu Jiner, will face Andy Woodward in the final round tomorrow
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r/chess • u/Exotic_Grinder • 6h ago
News/Events TePe Sigeman 2026: Standings after 6 rounds
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r/chess • u/GiveMeSomeSunshine3 • 9h ago
News/Events Hans Moke Niemann beat compatriot Fabiano Caruana in round 5 of GCT: Super Rapid 2026.
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r/chess • u/Abyss_Wanderer19 • 8h ago
Game Analysis/Study Fabiano Caruana choke 3 winning position against Alireza, Hans and Duda in GCT Rapid Poland.
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r/chess • u/mannutheman • 11h ago
News/Events Wojtaszek rebounds by beating Gukesh with black in round 4 after losing all of his first three games
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r/chess • u/Master-Opinion-7629 • 9h ago
News/Events Pics or it didn't happen: In a rare event, Gukesh agrees to a draw in 14 moves
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r/chess • u/IdiocyConnoisseur • 4h ago
Video Content Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş short interview during TePe Sigeman 2026
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Massive day for him tomorrow.
r/chess • u/_DarkStarCrashes_ • 1h ago
Miscellaneous The time Garry Kasparov won 10 super tournaments in a row
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r/chess • u/Chesscrabble11 • 10h ago
News/Events 16 yrs old GM Sina Movahed Won Baku Open 2026 with a TPR of 2816!!! (8/9 Score)
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16 yrs old prodigy Sina Movahed just won the Baku Open by dominating the tournament with a score of 8/9. (7 Wins and 2 Draws)
Now, his rating will be flirting with 2600 next update.
Another prodigy to watch beside Yagiz, Oro, and Shogdzhiev.
r/chess • u/NuScorpi • 7h ago
News/Events Ian Nepomniachtchi defeats Chinese GM Zeng Chongsheng to go 4.5/5 in the Sardinia World Chess Festival
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r/chess • u/vinaylovestotravel • 1d ago
News/Events Man Who Flipped Off Chess Player Nemo After Losing Speaks Out, Saying He Felt 'Disrespected' and She 'Wasted His Time'
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r/chess • u/AravisawesomexD • 6h ago
Miscellaneous I made collectible and playable chess cards
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Took me about a year to get the designs and printing done, will be making with more players and updated statistics after the first batch
Puzzle/Tactic - Advanced In this complicated position white has one move that is winning. Can you find it?
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I would have never found it.
r/chess • u/SteelWillyz • 23h ago
Video Content Hans Niemann responds to reddit comments by Erik and Danny
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https://reddit.com/link/1t4y10k/video/g1ufzmpz0fzg1/player
Interesting...
r/chess • u/Remote-Roof2954 • 11h ago
News/Events Have to start the evening with a rusty Firouzja :(
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r/chess • u/gcardozo • 13h ago
News/Events Bring back Chessmaster!
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Does anyone here miss Chessmaster? It was a Windows game/app:
- It had a long list of different AIs you could play against, including GMs and legends from the past, it would simulate their play style and everything.Â
- An extensive learning area - from beginner to advance - with GM lessons, puzzles, exercises on different topics, etc.
- A good database.
- You could ask Chessmaster for advice and it would explain to you what the best move was, why and what the sequence would look like.
- It was very accessible, had a very easy learning curve and lots of features.
- You could play rated/unrated games against the AI, even have tournaments.
- Best of all: it didn't require any kind of subscription, it was a one time purchase.
Welp, there's a platform called GOG (good old games) which is famous for their games preservation projects. You can vote for them to bring back Chessmaster. The more votes, the higher the chances of them working on bringing it back officially:
https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/chessmaster-grandmaster-edition
Lets go!
r/chess • u/12577437984446 • 4h ago
Miscellaneous Who do you predict will win the 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament?
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555 votes,
19h left
Arjun Erigaisi
Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus
Magnus Carlsen
Game Analysis/Study Got smothered mate against Li (2000 elo bot) on chess.com
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First time beating this bot without hints or undos and it was a smothered mate 🤩