Ivanchuk wins Open Chess Menorca

Congratulations to Vasyl Ivanchuk, who won the Open Chess Menorca group A with an impressive eight points in nine rounds (his performance rating was 2833!)

Photo by Lennart Ootes.

Official results

Report from the 2025 Women’s World Chess Championship

The 2025 Women’s World Chess Championship is a battle between last year’s TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament participant, world champion Wenjun Ju, China, and this year’s participant Zhongyi Tan, also China.

After 7 games out of 12, Ju has a 5-2 lead, and looks set to retain her title.

Photos by Lennart Ootes.

Wenjun Ju

Zhongyi Tan

TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament 2025 – Participants

Here is the entire field for the 2025 Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament:

GM Vidit Gujrathi, India

GM Richard Rapport, Hungary

GM Javokhir Sindarov, Uzbekistan

GM Ray Robson, USA

GM Nils Grandelius, Sweden

GM Vasyl Ivanchuk, Ukraine

GM Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, Turkiye

GM Zhongyi Tan, China

For more information on the players, see the Participants menu!