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The third round of the Chessable Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2022 was played yesterday afternoon and the rating gap between the opponents gets smaller and smaller. 19 players emerged on the top with the perfect score of 3/3 points, among whom are the top-seeded GM Yu Yangyi, GM Hans Niemann and 

The third round of the Chessable Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2022 was played yesterday afternoon and the rating gap between the opponents gets smaller and smaller. A few upsets marked the Round 3 as GM Anton Demchenko drew against GM Rithvik Raja, GM Chopra Aryan made a draw to IM Ortik Nigmatov, IM Daniel Garcia Ramos hold a draw against GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy.

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The Vugar Gashimov memorial 2022 will take place from 18-23 December in Baku, Azerbaijan. It will be a 10-player super-tournament consisting of Rapid and Blitz stages and the final standings will be determined according to the sum of points of Rapid and Blitz events. The Rapid portion will be played in 9 rounds, round-robin system, with time control 15 min + 10 sec, and the Blitz tournament will be played in 18 rounds, round-robin system, with time control 3 min + 2 sec.

The Vugar Gashimov memorial 2022 will take place from 18-23 December in Baku, Azerbaijan. It will be a 10-player super-tournament consisting of Rapid and Blitz stages. The Rapid portion will be played in 9 rounds, round-robin system, with time control 15 min + 10 sec, and the Blitz tournament will be played in 18 rounds, round-robin system, with time control 3 min + 2 sec. The final standings will be determined according to the sum of points of Rapid and Blitz events.

Ukrainian Parliament has sanctioned 55 Russian athletes and one Ukrainian for showing support towards ongoing Russia – Ukraine war, writes Neil Shefferd for insidethegames.biz.

The 12th Sharjah Women’s Cup is taking place from 9–16 December 2022 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with Jemal Ovezdurdyyeva, Ana Berke, Laman Hajiyeva, Sabina Ibrahimova, Ema Obada, Armine Babayan, Suzana Maksimovic, Ana Benderac, Miruna-Daria Lehaci, Sandra Djukic, Anahita Zahedifar, Emilia Dylag, etc.

The 2022 Lorca Open will be held from 26-30 December 2022 in Hotel Spa Amaltea Lorca, Spain. The event features two tournaments: Open A and Open B (for players rated U2150) with a prize fund of 8.000 EUR. The Open A will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds of increment, and the Tournament B will be played in 7 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 60 minutes + 30 seconds of increment.

The 2022 Lorca Open will be held from 26-30 December 2022 in Hotel Spa Amaltea Lorca, Spain. The event features two tournaments: Open A and Open B (for players rated U2150) with a prize fund of 8.000 EUR. The Open A will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds of increment, and the Tournament B will be played in 7 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 60 minutes + 30 seconds of increment.

The 2022 Liberia National Individual Chess Championship Women is taking place from 10-20 December 2022 in Monrovia, Liberia. Players receive 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 30 minutes for the rest of the game with 30 seconds increment starting from move one. It is 11-round Swiss system tournament with Abigail Karyah, Windor Dorko Tarplah, Princess K. Banney, Suah Musu, Turay Fatumata M, Kiadii Daba, Meleh N. Davis, etc.