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• Weekly Discussion & Tournament Thread Index - December 15, 2025 [Mod Applications Welcome]

  r/chess Weekly Discussion Thread

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• Event: 2025 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League

  Official Website

  Follow the games here: Chess.com | Lichess | Chess-Results

  The 2025 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League is the third season of the mixed-team rapid chess franchise league. It will be held in Mumbai, India from Dec 14-23, 2025, at the Royal Opera House. Six franchise teams compete in a double round-robin league stage. Matches are played daily across six boards, including the Icon Superstar board, open boards, women’s boards, and a junior board. The top two

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• Vladimir Fedoseev loses his title of Master of the Sport in Russia for criticizing war in Ukraine.

  submitted by /u/Budget-Strike4931 [link] [comments]

• Judit Polgar and Veselin Topalov playing a 6-game blindfolded match, Bilbao 2006

  submitted by /u/edwinkorir [link] [comments]

• Who is the weakest world champion in your opinion?

  submitted by /u/Same-Machine-3156 [link] [comments]

• World Blitz Championship 10 year retrospective

  Who do you think will win? Who do you want to win? Are there going to be any shenanigans like the Jeansgate? Trivia: Grischuk is the only player other than Magnus to win multiple World Blitz titles i.e. 3 times Between them, they have a total of 11 World Blitz titles. submitted by /u/Blush_Panda21 [link] [comments]