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2022 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Day 1 Recap – By WGM Anastasiya Karlovich
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A dream come true

The International chess festival Atyrau Open 2022 took place 16-23 August in Kazakhstan with the Atyrau Chess Open 2022 as the main event of the festival.

Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2022 day 2 LIVE

The 22nd edition of the Dubai Chess Open takes place from 27 August – 5 September at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club. . The tournament will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control 90 minutes for the whole game + 30 seconds of increment per each move, starting from the move one. More than 180 players from 35 countries will fight for the total prize fund of 50.000$.

The Chessable British Chess Championship 2022 was held at the Riviera International Centre in Torquay from 8th to 21st August 2022. This was the 108th British Chess Championship in a series that has run almost unbroken since 1904, with Torquay having previously hosted the Championships on six occasions, most recently in 2019.

The 22nd edition of the Dubai Chess Open kicks off tomorrow at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club and will be played from 27 August – 5 September. The tournament will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control 90 minutes for the whole game + 30 seconds of increment per each move, starting from the move one.

The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2022, the fourth leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2022 kicks off today. Eight tour players Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Leinier Dominguez, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov are joined by wildcards Hikaru Nakamura, Sam Shankland and Jefferey Xiong for a rapid round robin and blitz.

After six played rounds at the European Women’s Chess Championship 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic, GM Monika Socko (POL, 2423) emerged as the sole leader of the event.

The Women Chess Conference Prague 2022 takes place from 26-27 August at Prague’s Hotel Don Giovanni, concurrently with the European Women’s Chess Championship 2022. Some of the Invited Guests and Speakers are: the ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, the ECU Deputy President Ms. Dana Reizniece-Ozola, reigning European Women’s Chess Champion Ms. Elina Danielian.

The 28th edition of the Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival concluded today in the United Arab Emirates with 18-year-old Arjun Erigaisi triumphing the Abu Dhabi Masters 2022 (Read more: Arjun Erigaisi wins Abu Dhabi Masters 2022). In the competition of 148 players from 28 countries, 21-year-old WGM Nilufar Yakubbaeva won the first women’s prize scoring 5.5/9 points.