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.
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.
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!
Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament 2025
The 30th Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament will be played 20-26 May 2025!