17/06/2026
♟️ NEW SPORT ANNOUNCEMENT: Chess is entering Open Sports this year!
We’re excited to welcome Alber Blanc to the Open Sports family as the official Chess Tournament Title Sponsor!
Chess rewards the ability to make good decisions when the outcome is uncertain — a skill that sits at the core of both competitive chess and high-frequency trading.
Alber Blanc is a high-frequency algorithmic trading firm providing liquidity to the world’s largest exchanges. Trading exclusively with proprietary capital, the company maintains complete independence in how it invests in people, software, and infrastructure. Everything is built in-house, from research and engineering to trading systems. With teams across research, engineering, and trading, and offices in Cyprus, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Singapore, Alber Blanc brings together people who thrive in intellectually demanding environments where speed, precision, and systems thinking matter.