GothamChess Announces Second European Tour: Five Cities, October to November
Levy Rozman is going back to Europe. And this time, the venues are bigger.
Chess.com announced on April 22 that the GothamChess European Tour 2 will run from October 25 to November 10, 2026, hitting five cities across Western Europe. The first GothamChess European Tour in 2025 sold out completely, and this second edition is scaling up in both venue size and geographic reach.
The Schedule
| Date | City | Venue | |------|------|-------| | October 25 | Cologne, Germany | Theater am Tanzbrunnen | | November 1 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Theater Amsterdam | | November 3 | Zurich, Switzerland | Volkshaus | | November 7 | Paris, France | Casino de Paris | | November 10 | London, England | Soho Theatre Walthamstow |
Five shows. Five countries. Two and a half weeks.
What to Expect
Each stop features the format Rozman developed on the first tour: live Guess the Elo segments, simultaneous exhibitions against audience members and celebrity guests, real-time game analysis, and interactive chess lessons delivered in his trademark style.
VIP tickets include a meet-and-greet with Rozman and photo opportunities. Standard tickets cover the full show.
"I'm thrilled that we'll be bringing even more chess and entertainment to new regions," Rozman said in the announcement. Chess.com CEO Danny Rensch added: "No one does it like Levy! The first GothamChess Tour was a huge success."
Context: Rozman's Expanding Footprint
This announcement lands in the middle of what has been an extraordinary year for chess content. Rozman was just in Stockholm days ago for ChessParty at the Avicii Arena, where 2,500 people showed up for two days of chess. He appears in the upcoming Grandmasters docuseries premiering at Tribeca on June 7, alongside Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann. And he coached Jynxzi to an undefeated PogChamps title earlier this month.
The man is everywhere. But touring is different from appearing at someone else's event. A sold-out multi-city tour, repeated and expanded, suggests that live chess entertainment has a sustainable audience, not just a pandemic-era spike.
Chess Goes Live
The broader trend is clear. ChessParty Stockholm proved that arena-scale chess events can draw thousands. The Freestyle Chess movement is building its own live circuit. PogChamps showed that entertainment-first chess draws massive online audiences.
Rozman's tour sits at the intersection of all three: competitive chess, entertainment, and community. The venues on this tour are not chess clubs or conference halls. Theater am Tanzbrunnen seats over 3,000. Casino de Paris holds 1,500. These are entertainment venues being booked for chess.
Five years ago, that sentence would have sounded absurd. Now it sounds like the calendar.
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Tickets
Tickets are available through Apollo Masters. Given that the first tour sold out, early booking is recommended. VIP packages tend to go first.
The timing is also worth noting. The tour runs October 25 through November 10, which could overlap with preparation buzz for the Sindarov vs Gukesh World Championship match, expected in late 2026. Rozman will almost certainly be covering that match extensively on his channel, which means European fans attending the tour could get his live reactions to pre-match developments.