Caruana is the Grand Chess Tour champion
Caruana beat Vachier-Lagrave 15–13 in the GCT final in São Paulo — his second tour title.
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Giri wins the Grand Swiss, Vaishali takes the women’s
Anish Giri won in Samarkand with 8/11; Vaishali took the women’s event for the second year running.
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Wesley So wins the blitz playoff
Wesley So won the Sinquefield Cup via a playoff against Caruana and Praggnanandhaa.
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Divya Deshmukh wins the Women’s World Cup
19-year-old Divya Deshmukh beat Humpy Koneru in the Women’s World Cup final tie-break.
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Aronian wins the Las Vegas Grand Slam
Levon Aronian beat Hans Niemann in the final, having edged Carlsen in tie-breaks along the way.
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WR Chess are world team blitz champions
In London, WR Chess took the blitz title and India’s MGD1 the rapid.
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Aravindh wins the Avagyan Memorial
Aravindh Chithambaram edged Praggnanandhaa on tie-break in Jermuk and entered the world top-10.
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Gukesh beats Carlsen in classical for the first time
World champion Gukesh defeated Carlsen from a losing position — his first classical win.
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Blübaum is the first two-time European champion
Matthias Blübaum won the European Championship on tie-break — the first player in history to win it twice.
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