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Turkish grandmaster Vahap Sanal and Serbian Women grandmaster Teodora Injac today played against each other at the 2022 Serbia Chess Open in Novi Sad. 24-year-old Vahap and 22-year-old Teodora are a charming couple who today took the role of the chess opponents.

The 2022 Swedish Chess Championships (Championship, Masters Elite, Masters, Seniors 50+, Seniors 65+ and Juniors) kicked off yesterday in Uppsala, Sweden. The events are played from 1-10 July, with Championship and Masters Elite groups being played as 10-player round-robin events, while the Masters, Seniors 50+, Seniors 65+ and Juniors events are played in 9 rounds, swiss system.

The 127th Scottish Chess Championship takes place from 2-10 July 2022 at Edinburgh Chess Club in Edinburgh. The event is played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with participation of 16 players who fight for the title of the National Champion.

The battlefield is led by IM Angus Dunnington, IM Douglas Bryson and FM Keith Ruxton. (scroll down for starting rank list). The time control of the event is: 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

Anish Giri yesterday announced he will travel to Madrid to look for Hikaru Nakamura. As Anish informs on his official Twitter account, he’s arrived in Madrid’s park, but Nakamura has already left.

The 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 will take place from July 28th to August 10th in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. With 187 teams registered in Men’s competition and 162 teams registered in the Women’s competition, the 2022 Chennai Olympiad breaks the record previously set in the Batumi, 2018.

The Chessable recap of Candidates R12 by Anish Giri is here. In his analysis of the Round 12, Giri starts with an instructive and spectacular game of the day – Ding Liren vs Teimour Radjabov.

The FIDE Madrid Candidates Chess Conference takes place on July 2 consisting of two parts: ChessKid.com educational seminars and the Conference on social chess initiatives in FIDE member countries in the afternoon. See the detailed program and schedule information here.

Today in Chess: FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 R12 recap

Hikaru Nakamura decided to spend Friday evening playing chess in Madrid’s park! After today’s 7-minute draw against Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru basically provided himself with an extra free day. With 12 played rounds at the FIDE Candidates Tournament, Nakamura ties for second place with Ding Liren.

Le Quang Liem celebrated his return to classical chess after 2,5 years pause. The Vietnamese Grandmaster played nine classical games during the month of June and finished clear second at the Prague Chess Festival (Replay the games here). He added 13 ELO points and is now 23rd in the world with 2722.