Freestyle-documentation features grenke Chess Festival 2025

The new documentary “The Next Move” by Freestyle Chess now also features scenes from the grenke Chess Festival 2025 in Karlsruhe for the first time—bringing together two major chess events in a single narrative.

The film first takes viewers to Paris, where many of the world’s top players competed in the freestyle format. A new chapter has now been added: from minute 34 onwards, the focus shifts to Karlsruhe and the grenke Chess Festival 2025, showing how the form, tension, and momentum from Paris carried over just days later.

Among those featured are Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, and Vincent Keymer, who played key roles in both events.

The documentary thus offers not only a look back, but also an atmospheric preview of what’s to come at the grenke Chess Festival 2026. ♟️