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Open tournaments
More »Kazakhstan Cup Qualifier - Stage 1 | 2h | 3523 | |
Horde Shield | 6h | 30 | |
Hourly King of the Hill | 57m | 58 | |
≤1500 Rapid | 57m | 122 | |
Hourly Blitz | 57m | 501 | |
≤1700 Blitz | 57m | 181 | |
Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 363 | |
≤2000 SuperBlitz | 57m | 260 | |
Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | ||
≤1300 Bullet | 27m | ||
Hourly Bullet | 27m | ||
Titled Arena Warm-up May '25 | 1h 50m | 494 | |
Elite SuperBlitz | 2h | ||
Weekly HyperBullet | 2h | ||
Titled Arena May '25 | 2h | 127 |

Our May 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.

Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for Round 8 of the Sharjah Masters with our commentators GM Toms Kantāns and WIM Raluca Sgîrcea! GM Anish Giri is in the clear lead on 6/7 points, playing GM Velimir Ivić with the black pieces on board 1 today.

Congratulations to team Saqochess & friends and fan club by FM Sargis A. Manukyan for winning the fourth ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier with top scorers CM Konstantin Kornienko, IM Jakub Pulpan, @Velikii2003, IM Alexandr Ulanov and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 2,399 registered players!

Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for Round 7 of the Sharjah Masters with our commentators GM Toms Kantāns and WIM Raluca Sgîrcea! Watch the top game between GMs Anish Giri and Nodirbek Abdusattorov with live camera feeds!

GM Anish Giri defeated GM Parham Maghsoodloo in Round 6 of the Sharjah Masters and is now tied for 1st place on 5 points with GM Aleksandr Inđić, who won against GM Dai Changren!

Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for Round 6 of the Sharjah Masters with our commentators GM Toms Kantāns and WIM Raluca Sgîrcea!

In Round 5 of the Sharjah Masters, GMs Anish Giri and Aleksandr Inđić agreed to an early draw after just 22 moves. GM Dai Changren beat GM Amin Tabatabaei to join them in the lead on 4/5 points. They are now followed by a group of 13 players on 3.5 points, including top seed GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov.