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The 5th and final leg of the Romanian Grand Prix 2022 took place from 5th – 6th November in Braila, Romania. The event gathered more than 140 players, with world-known grandmasters completing the field. The event was played in 10 rounds, swiss system, with time control 15 minutes + 5 seconds of increment, and featured a total prize fund of 22.000 EUR.

The 2022 European Youth Chess Championship officially opened yesterday in Antalya, before the start of the first round. The impressive opening ceremony of the event was attended by Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports Dr. Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoglu, the ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili, President of Turkish Chess Federation Gulkiz Tulay, Turkiye Is Bankasi Deputy General Manager Suat Sozen, and other distinguished guests and all participants.

After Nakamura’s win in the Fischer Random World Championship, it is time for another World Championship to take place. The FIDE Rapid and Blitz Championships 2022 will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The championship will be played on its traditional dates, between December 26 and December 30.

FIDE Rapid and Blitz Championships 2022 will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The championship will be played on its traditional dates, between December 26 and December 30.

Chessdom will follow the event with daily news and videos and will broadcast the live games of the Rapid and Blitz 2022.

50+ Spanish Senior Championship is taking place from 29 October to 6 November 2022 in Altea, Spain. It is a 9-round Swiss open with Jose Candela Perez, Francisco M. Terron Elena, Antonio Cantero Navarro, Evarist Perez Pastora, Luis Bevia Martinez, Francisco Carrera Perez, Pedro Maria Pastor Pons, Julio Gonzalez Valero, etc.

Baden-Baden Herbstopen is taking place from 3–6 November 2022 in Baden-Baden, Germany. It is a 7-round Swiss tournament with Philipp Schlosser, Lukas Pfatteicher, Igor Solomunovic, Oleg Korneev, Vadim Cernov, Sebastian Fischer, Veaceslav Cofmann, Jonathan Carlstedt, Jafar Mohebbi, etc.

The final event of the 1.6$ Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022 will be held from 14-20 November in San Francisco. Eight elite chess stars will take part in the third and final major in a unique online and in-person hybrid chess event. Four players will compete from SHACK15 in San Francisco, while four will play remotely. 

A drama-filled season spanning nearly a full year of competition has led to the ninth and final event of the award-winning Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The tournament is a seven-day long all-play-all round robin starting on November 14 and concluding on November 20.

The 2022 European Open and Women Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships will take place from 16th-18th December in Katowice, Poland. The organizer is Silesian Chess Federation under the auspices of the ECU and Polish Chess Federation.

The 4th and final classical game of the Women’s Candidates Pool A semi-finals between Anna Muzychuk and Lei Tingjie kicked off by Marie Noelle Gibelli, a member of the National Council of Monaco, making the ceremonial first move. Marco Biagioli, Mitropa President and External Manager of the Italian Chess Federation, also was in the playing hall watching the game.