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The Philippine Women’s Championship is taking place from 29 November to 7 December 2022 in Quezon City.. 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 Mary Joy Tan, April Joy Claros, Bernadette Galas, Kate Nicole Ordizo, Bea Mendoza, Jan Jodilyn Fronda, Shania Mae Mendoza, Marie Antoinette San Diego, Vic Glysen Derotas, Janelle Mae Frayna, Franchesca Largo, Ayana Nicole Usman and Bernadette Galas.

The Women’s Candidates Pool B tournament is underway in Khiva, Uzbekistan. The event features four players Aleksandra Goryachkina, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kateryna Lagno and Tan Zhongyi fighting in a knock-out system for a place in the Women’s Candidates finals against Lei Tingjie.

The 4th edition of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz, India’s biggest chess tournament, kicked off on Monday with the Rapid tournament in Kolkata. The event features a very strong line-up with an interesting mixture of world-class grandmasters and Indian young chess stars.

The Women’s Candidates Pool B tournament is underway in Khiva, Uzbekistan. The event features four players Aleksandra Goryachkina, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kateryna Lagno and Tan Zhongyi fighting in a knock-out system for a place in the Women’s Candidates finals against Lei Tingjie.

Uzbekistan is booming with chess. The chess federation is building on the resonant successes of their national team – gold medal in the 2022 Chennai Olympiad and silver medal in the recent 2022 World Teams Championship in Israel – and are clearly putting their country on the map.

The 1st International Al-Beruniy Chess Tournament commenced yesterday in the ancient city of Khiva, in Uzbekistan, which concurrently hosts the FIDE Women’s Candidates Pool B tournament.

The fourth edition of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz, India’s biggest chess tournament, takes place from November 29 till December 4, 2022, featuring the Women’s event for the first time this year.

The 97th edition of the Argentine Absolute Chess Championship takes place from 1st-10th December 2022 in Hotel Monte Claro, San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro. 12 players will compete in 11 rounds (round-robin system) for the title of National Chess Champion and the prize fund of 1.000.000 ARS (~5.760eur).

The 97th edition of the Argentine Absolute Chess Championship will be held from 1st-10th December 2022 in Hotel Monte Claro, San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro. 12 players will compete in 11 rounds (round-robin system) for the title of National Chess Champion and the prize fund of 1.000.000 ARS (~5.760eur). Time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. 

The 3rd edition of the El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament 2022 takes place from November 30 to December 8 in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain and gathers 50 grandmasters, 44 international masters and a total of 172 players fighting for the prize fund of 29.500eur!