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The 2022 Dutch Chess Championship is taking place from 21-30 December as a 16-player knockout tournament. GM Max Warmerdam, GM Erwin L’Ami, and GM Erik van den Doel are the top-seeded players, and the complete starting list of participants can be seen below.

The 2022 Dutch Chess Championship is taking place from 21-30 December as a 16-player knockout tournament. Time control will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with 30-second increment for each move, starting from the move one.

FIDE Fair Play Commission today published the statement on the Carlsen – Niemann investigation. “The investigation is not yet completed (…) & The final report will be published as soon as technically possible”, reads the statement.

The 2022 Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival is taking place from 11-22 December in Sitges, Barcelona, and features two tournaments: Open A and Open B, with a total prize fund of 27.155eur. After seven played rounds, GM Kirill Alekseenko has the sole lead with perfect score of 7/7 points.

The Estonian Chess Championship 2022 took place from 10-18 December in Tallinn. The Open tournament was played as a 10-player round-robin, and the Women’s Championship was played as a 5-player round-robin event.

The 20th edition of the Delhi International Open Grandmasters Tournament will take place from 17-24 January in New Delhi. The event will be played in 10 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 Minutes plus 30 second increment from move 1 for entire game, featuring the total prize fund of ~140.000eur.

The 20th edition of the Delhi International Open Grandmasters Tournament will take place from 17-24 January in New Delhi. The event will be played in 10 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 Minutes plus 30 second increment from move 1 for entire game, featuring the total prize fund of ~140.000eur.

The Chessable Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival is underway in Sitges and seven rounds were already played.

The 2nd Chess Academy Almaty GM is taking place from 16–23 December 2022 in Almaty. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 15 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 10-player round-robin tournament with participation of Mihail Nikitenko, Zurab Sturua, Daniil Lintchevski, Sabino Brunello, Vladimir Burmakin, Mamikon Gharibyan, Aldiyar Ansat, Airat Sadubayev, Azamat Utegaliyev and Arystan Isanzhulov.

The Chessable Sunway Sitges Blitz 2022 took place during the free day of the Chessable Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival. The event was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with 18-year-old Rithvik Raja emerging as the winner of the event.