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Weekly Discussion & Tournament Thread Index - June 09, 2025 [Mod Applications Welcome]
...r/chess Weekly Discussion Thread
You are welcome to ask here all kinds of chess-related questions that don't warrant their own post. You can also discuss or ask questions about upcoming tournaments that don't have their own thread yet.
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Event Threads
Interested in making threads for tournaments, but don't know where to start? Our Event Template page is a great way to get the basic layout.
An alternative would be to start a subthread directly in the weekly thread.
Announcements
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Event: 2025 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Chess Championships
...Official Website
Follow the games here: Chess.com | Lichess | Chess-Results
LONDON - The 2025 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships will take place from June 10 to 16 at the Novotel London West in London, United Kingdom. Open to teams from around the world, the event features a total prize fund of €500,000, with €310,000 allocated to the Rapid tournament (June 11–13) and €190,000 to the Blitz tournament (June 14–15). Teams
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Faustino Oro forgets to make a move vs Nihal in time pressure!
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Biggest upset of the day in World Blitz Team Championship 2025 as 13-year old Ahmad Khagan beats Hikaru Nakamura!
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How has Gukesh played more classical games than Carlsen.
submitted by /u/Evening-Eye-9264 [link] [comments]He's played more than even fabi.
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How the game against my 5 year old ended up.
submitted by /u/Treedosh [link] [comments]One thing I can beat Andy Murray at.