Chess Tournaments in December 2027
37 upcoming chess tournaments worldwide in December 2027 (December 2027 – December 2027), 26 of them FIDE rated. Most common formats: open, festival, rapid. Busiest locations: Hastings, Stockholm, Sitges (Barselona), College Garden Hotel. Dates, cities and formats are listed below; registration links and prizes are available to members.
December 2027 37
| Dates | Tournament | Location | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 101. Hastings International Chess Congress 2027/28 FIDE | Hastings, United Kingdom | Open |
| Dec 1 | 2027 Türkiye Satranç Şampiyonası FIDE | Türkiye | Championship |
| Dec 1 | 55. Rilton Cup 2027/28 FIDE | Stockholm, Sweden | Open |
| Dec 1 | European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2027 FIDE | Rapid | |
| Dec 1 | FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships U7-U17 2027 FIDE | Youth | |
| Dec 1 | Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2027 FIDE | Sitges (Barselona), Spain | Festival |
| Dec 2–5 | Open Medijana 2027 - Uluslararası Satranç Festivali (Niš) FIDE | Niš, Serbia | Festival |
| Dec 3–5 | 2027 National K-12 Grade Championships | Orlando, United States | Youth |
| Dec 4–11 | First Saturday Aralık 2027 (GM / IM / U2250) FIDE | Budapeşte, Hungary | Closed |
| Dec 4–8 | Mega Big Norms Warsaw Winter '27 - IM/GM Round-Robin FIDE | Varşova, Poland | Closed |
| Dec 5–12 | VIII International Chess Festival Roma Città Aperta 2027 FIDE | Roma, Italy | Festival |
| Dec 8 | 16. Bad Vöslauer Blitzgneisser Trophy (Blitzschach | College Garden Hotel, Austria | Blitz |
| Dec 8 | 16. Bad Vöslauer Blitzgneisser Trophy (Schnellscha | College Garden Hotel, Austria | Blitz |
| Dec 9–15 | 3. Adventski šahovski festival 2027 - Crikvenica Open FIDE | Selce / Crikvenica, Croatia | Festival |
| Dec 9 | Forever Knights Spring Rapid '26 | Nxuba, South Africa | Rapid |
| Dec 10–12 | Malmö Open 2027 (Svenskt Grand Prix) | Malmö, Sweden | Open |
| Dec 10–17 | Memorial Carlos Torre Repetto 2027 (XXXIX) | Mérida, Mexico | Open |
| Dec 11–19 | 2027 Australasian Masters FIDE | Melbourne, Australia | Closed |
| Dec 12–22 | XIV Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2027 (tahmini) FIDE | Sitges (Barselona), Spain | Festival |
| Dec 13–19 | Mzansi Youth Chess Championship 2027 | South Africa | Youth |
| Dec 13–18 | Penang Open 2027 | George Town, Malaysia | Open |
| Dec 13–19 | Wrocławski Festiwal Szachowy 2027 - Open A/B FIDE | Wrocław, Poland | Festival |
| Dec 16–19 | 5. Open Dubrovnik Advent 2027 FIDE | Dubrovnik, Croatia | Open |
| Dec 17–19 | 2027 Türkiye Hızlı ve Yıldırım Satranç Şampiyonası FIDE | Türkiye | Championship |
| Dec 18–22 | 24e Open International de Vandœuvre 2027 FIDE | Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France | Open |
| Dec 18–23 | Chessfestival Groningen 2027 FIDE | Groningen, Netherlands | Festival |
| Dec 18–23 | Johor Open 2027 | Johor Bahru, Malaysia | Open |
| Dec 23–29 | Hong Kong International Open Chess Championship 2027 FIDE | Hong Kong (Wan Chai), Hong Kong SAR | Open |
| Dec 26–30 | 51. Zürcher Weihnachtsopen 2027 FIDE | Zürih, Switzerland | Open |
| Dec 26–29 | Eastern Open 2027 | Washington, United States | Open |
| Dec 26–31 | FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2027 FIDE | Rapid | |
| Dec 26–30 | North American Open 2027 | Las Vegas, United States | Open |
| Dec 26–29 | XVIII Open Internacional Marquês de Pombal 2027 (tahmini) FIDE | Pombal, Portugal | Open |
| Dec 27 – Jan 3 | 16° Festival Internazionale Città di Palmanova FIDE | Palmanova (UD), Italy | Festival |
| Dec 27 – Jan 5 | 55th Rilton Cup 2027/2028 FIDE | Stockholm, Sweden | Open |
| Dec 27 – Jan 4 | XXXVIII Cracovia International Chess Festival 2027/2028 FIDE | Krakov, Poland | Festival |
| Dec 28 – Jan 5 | 101st Hastings International Chess Congress 2027/28 FIDE | Hastings, United Kingdom | Open |
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Compiled from chess-results, national federations, FIDE and ECU calendars and updated weekly. Dates may change; check with the organizer before registering. Last update: 2026-10-26.