Already Missing the Olympics?

The 2024 Paris Olympic Games may be over but the stage is set for thrilling chess in August. Below are major chess tournaments occurring this month that are sure to fill the Olympic void.

Speed Chess Championship

When: 6/27-9/8

Contestants include: Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Alireza Firouzja, Arjun Erigaisi, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hans Niemann

Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz

When: 8/10-8/16

Contestants Include: Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja, R Praggnanandhaa, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi

Julius Baer Women’s Speed Chess Championship

When: 8/12-9/5

Contestants include: Ju Wenjun, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Kateryna Lagno, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Hou Yifan

Grand Chess Tour: Sinquefield Cup 

When: 8/18-8/29

Contestants Include: Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Gukesh Dommaraju, Ding Liren, Wesley So, Anish Giri, Alireza Firouzja, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

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Chris Torres is a nationally renowned scholastic chess coach working in the San Francisco Bay Area. His classes have attracted players of strengths ranging from rank beginners to world champions. A chess professional since 1998, Chris is widely recognized as one of the main driving forces behind the explosion in popularity and sudden rise in quality of scholastic chess in California. Chris Torres served as the President of the Torres Chess and Music Academy from 2005-2020 and currently is recognized as a correspondence chess master with the United States Chess Federation. Since 1998 Chris Torres has taught 6 individual national champions as well as led multiple school teams to win national championship titles. In addition, Chris Torres has directed and taught at 10 different schools which have been California State Champions at chess. In 2011 and 2012, several former and current students of Chris Torres have been selected to represent the United States at the World Youth Chess Championships. Mr. Torres’ hobbies include playing classical guitar and getting his students to appear on the national top 100 chess rating lists.

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