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Open tournaments
More »| Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 387 | |
| Daily Three-check | 1h | 24 | |
| Hourly Antichess | 57m | 40 | |
| Hourly Horde | 57m | 18 | |
| Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 330 | |
| ≤1700 Rapid | 57m | 126 | |
| Hourly Blitz | 57m | 102 | |
| ≤1300 SuperBlitz | 57m | 59 | |
| ≤2000 Blitz | 57m | 221 | |
| ≤1500 Bullet | 27m | 10 | |
| Hourly King of the Hill | 27m | ||
| Hourly Bullet | 27m | 19 | |
| Hourly UltraBullet | 27m |
Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for Round 3 of the Aktobe Open with our hosts IM Laura Unuk and WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea!
Congratulations to team Saqochess & friends and fan club by FM Sargis A. Manukyan for winning the fifth ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier with top scorers IM Renato Alfredo Terry Lujan, @Guary1, IM Samir Sahidi, @BetterCollSoul and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 2,155 registered players!
Watch Round 2 of the Aktobe Open now with us and our hosts IM Laura Unuk and WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea on YouTube or Twitch!
GM Ivan Cheparinov was the only top 5 seeded player to win in Round 1 of the Aktobe Open 2025! Top seed GM Wang Hao lost to FM Dmitry Rostovtsev, 2nd seed GM Alexey Sarana drew with IM Atilla Kuru, 3rd seed GM Shant Sargsyan resigned against IM Goutham Krishna H, and 5th seed GM Bardiya Daneshvar was beaten by FM Shahin Valiyev.
We will stream the Aktobe Open 2025 every day from June 22 to 30. Tune in now on YouTube or Twitch to watch Round 1 with us and our commentators IM Laura Unuk and WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea! Follow the games featuring GMs Wang Hao, Alexey Sarana, Shant Sargsyan, Ivan Cheparinov and many more.
Congratulations to GM Alireza Firouzja for winning our Bullet Titled Arena, ahead of GM Sergei Zhigalko, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, CM Konstantin Kornienko, and GM @Chamaeleon3!
Our June 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 17:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena.
