December 26, 2026 – December 30, 2026
Open Internacional de Ajedrez Navidad 2026 – Valencia
Complejo Deportivo-Cultural La Petxina, Passeig de la Petxina 42, 46009 València, Spain
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December 26, 2026 – December 30, 2026
42nd Böblinger Open 2026
elaya hotel Böblingen - Otto-Lilienthal-Straße 18, 71034 Böblingen, Germany
View Tournament →December 26, 2026 – December 30, 2026
20th International Lyon Trophy 2026 – Open A & Open B
Lyon Olympique Échecs, 5 Place du Marché, 69009 Lyon, France
View Tournament →December 26, 2026 – December 30, 2026
45ème Open International d’Echecs de Béthune 2026
Salle Olof Palme, Centre Commercial La Rotonde – Avenue de Bruay, Béthune, France
View Tournament →December 26, 2026 – December 29, 2026
Open Noël Plaza Futuroscope 2026
Hotel Plaza Futuroscope - Téléport 1, Avenue du Futuroscope, 86960 Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France
View Tournament →December 26, 2026 – December 29, 2026
51st Annual Eastern Open 2026
Hyatt Regency Crystal City - 2799 Richmond Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, United States
View Tournament →December 26, 2026 – December 30, 2026
36th Annual North American Open 2026
Horseshoe Casino Resort - 3645 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89103, United States
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 29, 2026
VII Hegedűs Rafael – II Kántor József Memorial Chess Tournament 2026
Kispipa Restaurant, private event room, Mátyás király út 26, 3400 Mezőkövesd, Hungary
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 30, 2026
Vánoční JOLYhraní 2026 – Christmas Classical FIDE Open
ŠK JOLY Lysá nad Labem Clubhouse, Náměstí B. Hrozného 1737/31, 289 22 Lysá nad Labem, Czech Republic
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 30, 2026
11. Internationales Frankenthaler Weihnachtsopen 2026
IGS Robert-Schuman-Schule – Ziegelhofweg 16, 67227 Frankenthal (Pfalz), Germany
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – January 5, 2027
Rilton Cup 2026/2027
Scandic Continental – Vasagatan 22, 111 20 Stockholm, Sweden
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 30, 2026
11th Corinth Open Tournament 2026 – Groups A, B & C
Corinth Chess Academy Argonaytis, Koliatsou 112, 20131 Corinth, Greece; 3rd Primary School of Corinth, Kyprou 119, 20131 Corinth, Greece
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – January 3, 2027
15° Festival Città di Palmanova 2026
Ex Caserma Napoleonica Montesanto – Via Marcello 5, 33057 Palmanova (UD), Italy
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 30, 2026
XII Dr. Berecz Árpád Memorial 2026 – Groups A & B
Novotel Szeged, Maros utca 1, 6721 Szeged, Hungary
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 30, 2026
ChessLeagueManager Open 2026 – Siegen-Geisweid
Bürgerhaus Geisweid, Obere Kaiserstraße 6, 57078 Siegen-Geisweid, Germany
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 30, 2026
8th Bremer Silvester Open 2026 – A-Open & B-Open
ATLANTIC Hotel Galopprennbahn, Ludwig-Roselius-Allee 2, 28329 Bremen, Germany
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 30, 2026
23rd Bad Königshofen Open 2026
Großer Kursaal, FrankenTherme - Am Kurzentrum 1, 97631 Bad Königshofen i. Grabfeld, Germany
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 30, 2026
39. Potsdamer Weihnachtsopen 2026
Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion – VIP Room – Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 90, 14482 Potsdam, Germany
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 29, 2026
1° Torneo Internazionale di Scacchi “Comune di Capriolo in Franciacorta” 2026
Palestra Comunale – Via Fossandelli 29, Capriolo (BS), Italy
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 29, 2026
38° Festival “Comune di Robecchetto con Induno” 2026
Albergo Ristorante Da Mariuccia – Via Don Luigi Pozzi 43, Malvaglio, 20020 Robecchetto con Induno (MI), Italy
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 30, 2026
9th International Spandauer Weihnachtsopen 2026 – A-Open
Bürgersaal, Rathaus Spandau - Carl-Schurz-Straße 2/6, 13597 Berlin, Germany
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 30, 2026
20. Paderborner Schachtürken-Cup 2026
Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum – Fürstenallee 7, 33102 Paderborn, Germany
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 30, 2026
HSK-Weihnachtsopen 2026 – Hamburg Christmas Classical Open
HSK-Schachzentrum, Schellingstraße 41, 22089 Hamburg, Germany
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 30, 2026
Krefelder Weihnachtsopen 2026
Krefelder Schachklub Turm 1851 Clubhouse (Schachzentrum Krefeld), Johansenaue 1, 47809 Krefeld, Germany
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 31, 2026
45th Ludwik Zamenhof Chess Memorial 2026 – Open A–E
Chorten Arena, ul. Słoneczna 1, 15-323 Białystok, Poland
View Tournament →December 27, 2026 – December 30, 2026
11. Internationales Bad Schwartauer Schachopen
Elisabeth-Selbert-Gemeinschaftsschule, Krummlandhalle, Schulstr. 8–10, 23611 Bad Schwartau, Germany
View Tournament →December 28, 2026 – December 30, 2026
Sheffield FIDE Christmas Congress 2026
Hampton by Hilton Sheffield – West Bar Green, Sheffield S1 2DA, United Kingdom
View Tournament →December 28, 2026 – January 5, 2027
100th Hastings International Chess Congress 2026/27 – Masters & Classical Opens
Horntye Park Sports Complex, Bohemia Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 1EX, United Kingdom
View Tournament →December 28, 2026 – December 30, 2026
4th Rotaract RUAS × Children Chess Academy Below 1800 FIDE Classical Chess Tournament 2026
Dwaraka Auditorium, Gnanagangothri Campus, New BEL Road, M. S. Ramaiah Nagar, Mathikere, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560054, India
View Tournament →December 28, 2026 – December 30, 2026
Rilton Open 2026/2027
Scandic Continental, Vasagatan 22, 111 20 Stockholm, Sweden
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