August 8, 2026 – August 8, 2026
I Donostiako Aste Nagusiko Txapelketa 2026
Gros Xake Taldea, Paseo de Anoeta 20, 3rd floor, Frontón Karmelo Balda, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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August 8, 2026 – August 8, 2026
34th Martigny Chess Tournament 2026
Salle communale de Martigny, Rue des Petits-Epineys 7, 1920 Martigny, Switzerland
View Tournament →August 8, 2026 – August 8, 2026
XXIII Open Activo Villa de Gijón 2026 – II Memorial Marco Marino
Frontón del Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga, Avenida Jesús Revuelta 2, 33204 Gijón, Asturias, Spain
View Tournament →August 8, 2026 – August 8, 2026
Brennan’s Rapid Open 2026
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
View Tournament →August 8, 2026 – August 9, 2026
Most Chess Festival 2026
Hotel Cascade – Radniční 3, 434 01 Most, Czechia
View Tournament →August 8, 2026 – August 8, 2026
Caissa Pre-Classic Rapid 2026
kokoka Kyoto International Community House – 2-1 Torii-cho, Awataguchi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8536, Japan
View Tournament →August 9, 2026 – August 9, 2026
Christian Danisch Memorial Tournament Merzig 2026
CEB – Industriestraße 6-8, 66663 Merzig, Germany
View Tournament →August 9, 2026 – August 9, 2026
V Torneo Rapid FIDE “Piazza Malta”
Istituto Comprensivo “Quasimodo–Ventre” – Via Portovenere, Marina di Ragusa
View Tournament →August 12, 2026 – August 16, 2026
Panevėžys Open 2026
VASARIS Event Space – Aukštaičių g. 88, LT-35116 Panevėžys, Lithuania
View Tournament →August 14, 2026 – August 15, 2026
Torneig Actiu de l’Any Gaudí
Pavelló Poliesportiu Municipal, C/ Àngel Guimerà, 4, La Pobla de Lillet, Barcelona, Spain
View Tournament →August 14, 2026 – August 16, 2026
Fourth Lancaster Standard Play FIDE Congress 2026
Ashton Hall, Lancaster Town Hall – Dalton Square, Lancaster LA1 1PJ, England
View Tournament →August 14, 2026 – August 23, 2026
62nd International Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival
Zdrojowy Theatre, Parkowa Street 2, Polanica-Zdrój, Poland
View Tournament →August 15, 2026 – August 15, 2026
Golders Green FIDE Rapid 2026
London, England, United Kingdom
View Tournament →August 15, 2026 – August 16, 2026
Kurtenkov Memorial 2026
Palace of Chess – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
View Tournament →August 15, 2026 – August 15, 2026
34th Glückstadt City Chess Championship 2026
Glückstadt, Germany
View Tournament →August 15, 2026 – August 15, 2026
6th Check N Mate All India FIDE Rated Rapid 2026
SDP Palace – Old Madras Road, Sannatammanahalli, Katamnallur, Bengaluru, India
View Tournament →August 15, 2026 – August 15, 2026
Lincoln Rapidplay 2026
Lincoln Cathedral, Minster Yard, Lincoln, LN2 1PX
View Tournament →August 15, 2026 – August 15, 2026
18th Chessflyers Open 2026
Landgasthof Breiti, Seebnerstrasse 21, 8185 Winkel, Switzerland
View Tournament →August 16, 2026 – August 23, 2026
Olomouc Chess Summer 2026 – Jaroslav Fuksík Memorial
Central Park Hotel Flora, Krapkova 34, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
View Tournament →August 16, 2026 – August 16, 2026
36th Schnellschach-Open Bad Vilbel 2026
Kultur- und Sportforum Bad Vilbel-Dortelweil, Dortelweiler Platz 1, 61118 Bad Vilbel-Dortelweil, Germany
View Tournament →August 18, 2026 – August 18, 2026
Marshall Masters 64
Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA
View Tournament →August 20, 2026 – August 23, 2026
Tarapoto International Chess Tournament 2026
Concha Acústica de Tarapoto – Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru
View Tournament →August 21, 2026 – August 23, 2026
15th Ev Agonizesthai Rapid 2026
Café Eparcheion – Central Square, Pyrgos, Greece
View Tournament →August 22, 2026 – August 22, 2026
August Chess Challenge 2026
DeLand, Florida, USA
View Tournament →August 22, 2026 – August 23, 2026
2026 Mind Sports Olympiad London Rapid and Blitz
Mercure London Suite Conference Centre, 47 Lillie Road, London SW6 1UD, England
View Tournament →August 22, 2026 – August 22, 2026
32nd Ilmenau Rapid Chess Tournament 2026
Ilmenau, Germany
View Tournament →August 22, 2026 – August 30, 2026
VII San Cristóbal de La Laguna International Chess Tournament 2026
Former Convent of Santo Domingo – Plaza Santo Domingo 1, 38201 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
View Tournament →August 22, 2026 – August 30, 2026
Chess Slovak Open 2026
Dom kultúry Skalica, Námestie slobody 96/11, 909 01 Skalica, Slovakia
View Tournament →August 22, 2026 – August 22, 2026
21st Pszczyna Mayor’s Cup Rapid 2026
MORiS Pszczyna, Basztowa 4, 43-200 Pszczyna, Poland
View Tournament →August 22, 2026 – August 22, 2026
9th Edgar Velten Gedenkturnier Homburg 2026
Saarpfalz Halle, Karl-Leibrock-Straße 2a, 66424 Homburg-Einöd, Germany
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