Tournaments & Events

Chessinspire Monthly Online Tournament Series

• Sat, 1/18/25 New Year Open - Online

Scholastic:

• Sun, 1/12/25 BCC BCF January Scholastics - Boston, MA
• Sat, 1/25/25 ChessEmpireKids ChessEmpireKids Scholastic Tournament - Lexington, MA
• Sun, 1/26/25 MacaScholastics Gus Gosselin Grade Championship / Spiegel HS Qualifier! - Ashland, MA

Non-Scholastic:

• Fri, 1/3/25 - Sun, 1/5/25 CCA 13th Annual Boston Chess Congress - Boston, MA
• Sat, 1/11/25 BCC BCF January Quads - Boston, MA
• Sat, 1/18/25 BCC BCF Big Money Swiss - Boston, MA
• Sun, 1/19/25 MACA Queens Blitz Series, Event 4 - MLK Blitz (Unrated event. All women & girls welcome!) - Boston, MA

You can find scholastic chess tournaments on the MACA website (events highlighted in GREEN are scholastic tournaments)

You can find chess tournaments on BCC's website (Look for scholastic tournaments)

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2024 FIDE World Chess Championship (Nov. 25 - Dec. 13, Singapore)

Current World Champion Ding Liren, representing China, and challenger Gukesh D, from India, face each other in a fourteen-game classical chess match. The player who scores 7.5 points or more will win the match, taking home the better part of the $2.5 million total prize pool. Ding and Gukesh tied at 6.5-6.5 after game 13. In the final game, Ding made a critical mistake at move 55, leading to his resignation three moves later. With a final match score of 7.5-6.5, Gukesh emerged as the new world chess champion, the youngest ever in history. You can find the game details below:

• Nov. 25, Game 1, Ding Liren takes down Gukesh in the first game of title match 
• Nov. 26, Game 2, Gukesh: "Today was a good day!" 
• Nov. 27, Game 3, Gukesh strikes back to tie FIDE World Championship 
• Nov. 29, Game 4, 100% accuracy for Ding Liren and Gukesh in their 4th game draw
• Nov. 30, Game 5, Ding Liren lets Gukesh off the hook
• Dec. 1, Game 6, Gukesh’s accurate defense secures another draw
• Dec. 3, Game 7, Ding Liren escapes by the skin of his teeth 
• Dec. 4, Game 8, Thrilling battle ends in a draw
• Dec. 5, Game 9, The calm after the storm
• Dec. 7, Game 10, Ding hits a brick wall as match stands at 5-5
• Dec. 8, Game 11, Ding collapses under pressure as Gukesh takes the lead
• Dec. 9, Game 12, Ding Liren defeats Gukesh D to tie the match
• Dec. 11, Game 13, Ding dodges a bullet
• Dec. 12, Game 14, Gukesh D crowned 18th World Champion
• Dec. 13, Closing Ceremony, Gukesh D crowned 18th FIDE World Champion