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• Weekly Discussion & Tournament Thread Index - November 24, 2025 [Mod Applications Welcome]

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• Event: 2025 London Chess Classic

  Official Website

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

  The 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic will take place between 26th November and 7th December 2025 at two London venues - the Emirates Stadium, home to Arsenal Football Club, and London Novotel West, a hotel in Hammersmith. Ten world-class grandmasters, led by Alireza Firouzja and Nodirbek Abdusattorov (world numbers 6 and 12 respectively) will compete in

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• Food at the FIDE World Cup, Goa: Full Tour of the Players’ Restaurant

  submitted by /u/Interesting-Take781 [link] [comments]

• Who was further ahead of their contemporaries, Fischer or Morphy?

  submitted by /u/Affectionate_Hat3329 [link] [comments]

• This is why we lichess.

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

• Javokhir Sindarov returns back home to a rousing welcome! The 19-year-old Uzbek, who just won the FIDE World Cup 2025, received US$10,000 from the Uzbekistan Government along with 3 room apartment and a status with medal named the national sportsman of the country!⭐

  Reported by Chessbase India:

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