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The 14th Norway Chess tournament takes place Mon 25th May to Fri 5th Jun 2026. There is the regular tournament and a women's event, this year with the same prize-money. Each event has 6 players and 10 rounds and an Armageddon game if there's a draw.

Open: Magnus, Carlsen, Vincent Keymer, Alireza Firouzja, Wesley So, R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh. Women: Ju Wenjun, Z...


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The Grand Chess Tour Super Chess Classic Romania takes place Thu 14th May to Sat 23rd May 2026. Players: Caruana, Sindarov, Giri, Firouzja, Keymer, Wesley So, Jorden Van Foreest, Praggnanandhaa, MVL and Deac.

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Argentinian chess player Faustino Oro finally has become a Grandmaster after a six points from nine games performance at the Sardinia World Chess Festival. Oro had previous norms at the Legends and Prodigies tournament in September 2025 and the Magistral Szmetan-Giardelli in December 2025. Oro had been chasing the third and final mark since then but couldn't break Abhimanyu Mish...

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The Sardinia World Chess Festival took place Sun 3rd May 2026 to Sun 10th May 2026 in Orosei, Italy. Frederik Svane took clear first place with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Haik M. Martirosyan, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Mamikon Gharibyan. Tied for 25th place on 6/9 was Faustino Oro who in spite of a loss to Nepomniachtchi in the final round earned his final GM norm at 12 years, 6 mo...

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The final day of the 31st Sigeman & Co tournament saw a number of twists and turns before Magnus Carlsen emerged as the winner.

The leader Arjun Erigaisi went full blooded for a win against Andy Woodward and it really was too much when he pushed his g and h pawns with no development. Erigaisi was losing but somehow managed to escape with a draw.

In th...


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