World Chess, an official FIDE partner, summed up the results of 2025, highlighting the most significant events in a video on their official YouTube channel on January 13th. Such famous people as Kjell Madland, Pia Cramling, Evgenij Miroshnichenko and others discussed the difficulties of formats, women’s chess, and the tragedy with Naroditsky.

Month Occasion
January Tata Steel Chess 2025 — R Praggnanandhaa
February Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 Weissenhaus — Vincent Keymer
March Vladimir Kramnik escalates his accusations in online chess
April & May Faustino Oro completes his first GM norm
June Norway Chess 2025 — Magnus Carlsen
July FIDE Women’s World Chess Cup 2025 — Divya Deshmukh
August Esports World Cup 2025  — Magnus Carlsen
September FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 — Anish Giri
October Daniel Naroditsky has passed away
November FIDE World Chess Cup 2025 — Javokhir Sindarov
December The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2025 — Magnus Carlsen

World Chess is an official FIDE partner, a media and commercial entity that develops and promotes chess. They created FIDE Online Arena (FOA) — the only official online platform for earning FIDE-recognized ratings and titles.

Credit: World Chess