Dear chess friends,

We would like to introduce you chess events for July and August this year.

XXXVI. CZECH OPEN PARDUBICE

17 July – 3 August 2025

International Chess and Games Festival

GM Open, 3 FIDE Opens, 4-member team tournament, rapid, blitz and other side tournaments

Tournaments in Bridge, Go, Draughts, Scrabble, Shogi and other board games

→ Official website

→ fill in the application

In July, the 36th International Chess and Games Festival CZECH OPEN will become the main chess event. In 18 days, the halls of the newly reconstructed and air-conditioned IDEON congress centre in Pardubice will host more than 30 tournaments, from which everyone can choose. Among them, the highest-rated tournaments will be the grandmaster tournament A and the rapid tournament G where dozens of titled players will play. Beside traditional main tournaments we include again the 30+ tournament for players over age of 30. Compared to last year, the strength of the Grandmaster tournament and its average rating will increase significantly. You can already see the first registered Grandmasters on the official website.

XII. SUMMER PRAGUE OPEN

8–16 August 2025

IM Open, FIDE Open with ELO < 2000, rapid and blitz tournaments

 

→ Official website

→ fill in the application

 

In August, the traditional Summer Prague Open Festival awaits us in the beautiful congress halls of the Olympik Hotel. We expect the participation of more than 350 players from around 40 countries in two distinct rating groups. 

XXVI. OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER

17–24 August 2025

 

Round-robin GM and IM tournaments, FIDE Open, Senior Opens 50+ and 65+, rapid and blitz tournaments.

→ Official website

→ fill in the application

In Olomouc Chess Summer you can look forward to round robin tournaments with GM and IM norms, the senior tournaments will be held as national championships.

We look forward to your participation.

AVE CHESS team

CZECH OPEN - International Chess and Games Festival - www.czechopen.net

CZECH TOUR - International Chess Festivals Series - www.czechtour.net

International Chess Calendar - calendar.avekont.cz