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The 2022 European Open and Women Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships will take place from 16th-18th December in Katowice, Poland.

The FIDE Women’s World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2022 will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from December 25-31 at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, concurrently with FIDE Open World Rapid and Blitz Championships.

The 2022 NC Open was held over Thanksgiving Weekend from 25-27 November 2022 in Charlotte, NC, USA. The NCO featured a $11,000 prize fund and was played in 8 US Chess rated sections: Championship (1900+), U1900, U1700, U1500, U1300 and U1100. The event was running alongside the 2022 US Masters, a national event that featured the top players in the Americas. 

The 2022 US Masters took place over the Thanksgiving Weekend from November 23-27 at Hilton Charlotte University Place, in Charlotte, NC, USA. The US Masters Chess Championship is an official US Chess National Championship event which featured a 20.000$ prize fund and it was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control is 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

Sri Lanka’s Chess Federation Golden Jubilee Open Chess Championship 2022 took place from 23-27 November at Sports Ministry Pavilion, Colombo. The event attracted 37 entries among whom 13 titled players. The tournament was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment. The total prize fund of the event was Rs 3.650.000 (~10.000$).

The FIDE Women’s World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2022 will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from December 25-31 at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, concurrently with FIDE Open World Rapid and Blitz Championships.

The Schachbundesliga 2022/2023 is German National Team Chess Championship which attracts some of the world’s top chess players. The league features 16 teams competing in 15 round-robin rounds. The season is split into six weekend double rounds and rounds 11-15 are played in one long seeking in Berlin. The time control of the event is 100 minutes for the first 40 moves + 50 minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds increment for each move starting from the move one.

Indian grandmaster S.L. Narayanan is currently competing in the German Schachbundesliga – one of the world’s top chess leagues. After today’s game, Narayanan posted on his official twitter account that he felt humiliated during the anti-cheating checks which happened before the round.

97th Argentine Championship is taking place from 1-10 December 2022 in Rio Negro, Argentina. It is a 10-player Round-robin tournament. 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. 

Starting list of players :

The fourth edition of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz will be held from November 29 till December 4, 2022. The very strong line-up features world-class grandmasters and Indian chess stars. Wesley So headlines the Open tournament, together with Hikaru Nakamura, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Parham Maghsoodloo. Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh