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• Chess.com Open Playoffs - Live!

  The Chess.com Open Playoffs, running from 23 to 26 April, offer a direct route to the Esports World Cup, with up to three qualification places at stake. Leading grandmasters contest a double-elimination playoff bracket in a rapid format (10+0) with Armageddon tiebreaks deciding drawn matches. On day two, the winners bracket semifinals see Magnus Carlsen facing Denis Lazavik and Jan-Krzysztof Duda facing Nihal Sarin. | Follow the games live starting at 17.15 CEST (11.15 ET, 20.45 IST)

• Bundesliga Round 13 - Live!

  The 2025/26 Chess Bundesliga season concludes with three rounds in Berlin from 24 to 26 April. SC Viernheim lead the standings by three match points over OSG Baden-Baden, with Schachfreunde Wolfhagen still within reach in third place (a win grants two MPs). The final weekend features direct encounters between all three teams. | Follow the action live starting at 16.00 CEST (10.00 ET, 19.30 IST)

• Chess.com Open: Carlsen shines, Sindarov knocked out

  Four players remain unbeaten after the opening day of the Chess.com Open Playoffs, with Magnus Carlsen, Denis Lazavik, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Nihal Sarin progressing through the Winners Bracket. Several close matches and multiple Armageddon deciders marked the early rounds, while eight players dropped into the Losers Bracket and four were eliminated, including new World Championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov. | Photo: ChessBase / Nils Rohde