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It was an exciting day yesterday at the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2022 with 9 blitz rounds on the schedule. (Read more – Day 4 recap) It was intense, but funny day for the players, especially for Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Ian Nepomniachtchi who met in the third round.

2022 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Day 4 recap by WGM Anastasiya Karlovich
Saint Louis rapid and blitz 2022: All the information / Live games / Pairings & Schedule 

Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2022 day 5 LIVE

Saint Louis rapid and blitz 2022: All the information / Live games / Pairings & Schedule / Opening ceremony live 

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave currently plays the 2022 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz, the fourth leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2022 series of tournaments. Vachier-Lagrave and Firouzja won the rapid portion of the event scoring 11 points, each. In the interview after the Day 3 games, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave commented on a thrilling game against Fabiano Caruana.

The ECU Board meeting took place on Friday 29^th of August through teleconference. Main information and decisions can be found below.

Main information and Decisions

The 23rd Sants Chess Open took place from 19-28 August in Barcelona, Spain. It was a 10-round Swiss tournament, with time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. 

2022 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Day 3 Recap by Anastasiya Karlovich
Saint Louis rapid and blitz 2022: All the information / Live games / Pairings & Schedule 

Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2022 day 4 LIVE

The 3rd stage of the Romanian Grand Prix took place from 20-28 August in Miercurea Ciuc. Simultaneously with the Grand Prix event (open to players rated 2200+), the 25th jubilee classic chess tournament Caissa (for players rated U2200), and the youth 9th Balogh Janos Memorial (for children U12, U10, U8) were held in the same venue of Sapientia University.

The Chess Punk Award Winners for 2022 were announced yesterday. Neal Bruce, the co-founder of the #ChessPunks congratulated the Winners of the awards and thanked the judges who chose the best among the nominated.