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“Currently there are multiple investigations underway on Alejandro Ramirez and sexual misconduct“, reveals the two-time US Women’s Chess Champion, poker player, and commentator of the elite chess events held at the Saint Louis Chess Club – WGM Jennifer Shahade. Shahade claims that she was assaulted by Ramirez twice and that she saw alarming evidence from other victims, including texts that admitted abuse of a minor.

Shahade posted the statement on her official Twitter account saying “Time’s up”:

Last week, at its General Assembly, the Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) unanimously approved FIDE’s application to become a full member of the organization. 

SIGA is an independent not-for-profit that was founded with one goal: To ensure the sports industry is governed under the highest integrity standards, free from any form of unethical, illicit, and criminal activity, safeguarding sports values and ensuring its positive impact and benefits to all citizens.

The European Chess Union opens the bidding procedure for the organisation of the official European Chess Championships in 2023, 2024 & 2025.

A. The bidding procedure is open for the following ECU Chess Championships in 2023 & 2024.

The Cambridge International Open 2023 is taking place from 15-19 February in Cambridge, England. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament which features more than 140 entries and the prize fund of 4.200£. GM Michael Adams, GM Daniel Dardha, and GM Oleg Korneev are the top-seeded players.

The WR Chess Masters super-tournament is taking place from 16-25 February in Dusseldorf, Germany. The event is played as a 10-player round-robin with Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Gukesh D, Vincent Keymer, Praggnanandhaa and Andrey Esipenko in the field.

The WR Chess Masters super-tournament will take place from 16-25 February in Dusseldorf, Germany. The event is played as a 10-player round-robin with Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Gukesh D, Vincent Keymer, Praggnanandhaa and Andrey Esipenko in the field.

The Cambridge International Open 2023 is a 9-round Swiss tournament that is being held from 15–19 February 2023 in Cambridge, England. The event features more than 140 entries and the prize fund of 4.200£.

The AQ Prime ASEAN Championship is taking place from 11–17 February 2023 in Quezon City, Philippines. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 12-player round-robin tournament with Susanto Megaranto, Rolando Nolte, Darwin Laylo, Li Tian Yeoh, John Paul Gomez, Paulo Bersamina, Prin Laohawirapap, Mohamad Ervan, Daniel Quizon, Van Huy Nguyen, Dau Khuong Duy and Yoseph Theolifus Taher.

The 2nd “She Plays To Win” International is taking place from 15–19 February 2023 in Edinburgh. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is an 10-player round-robin tournament with participation of Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Fiona Steil-Antoni, Zoe Varney, Andrea Henderson de La Fuente, Louise Head, Suzie G. Cooke, Monika Rojickova, Kamila Hryshchenko, Svetlana Sucikova and Maaike Keetman.

The Dolomitenbank Open Lienz is taking place from 11–18 February 2023 in Lienz, Austria. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with Dragos Ceres, Kiril Kostov, Sandipan Chanda, Evgeny Romanov, Theo Stijve, Rumen Nikolov, Peter Schreiner, M.R. Venkatesh, Zhuo Ren Lim, Shir Shatil, Jasper Holtel, Rudolf Kobl, Robert Zelcic, etc.