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The 2022 Jerry Spann Memorial – Oklahoma Open&State Chess Championship will take place over the weekend June 25-26 in Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The event will be played in three sections: Open, Reserve (U1700) and Amateur (U1300), over 5 swiss rounds, with time control of 90 minutes for the whole game + 30 seconds of increment. The total prize fund of the event is 3.000$.

The 50th Annual World Chess Open takes place from June 30th to July 4th at Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown. The event is played in 8 sections, with the total prize fund of more than 100.000$ and participation of around 1100 players.

The Pacific Northwest Chess Center organizes the 2022 Summer of Seattle Chess Open from 24-28 June. The event kicked off yesterday and it’s being played in two sections (USCF 1800+ and FIDE 2200+) in 9 rounds, swiss system, with the time control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds of an increment.

After two played rounds in the 2200+ section, IM Anthony He and FM Ming Lu share the top with a perfect score of 2/2 points.

Current ranking list – Summer of Seattle 2022:

The FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 reached its halfway and Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana separated themselves from the rest of the field, with the score of 4.5 and 4 points, respectively.

The Azerbaijani National Youth Chess Championships 2022 took place from 16-24 June in Baku. The event was played in 6 age categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18, open and girls sections separately, with the participation of more than 300 players.

After 9 days of fights, the Azerbaijan National Youth Champions are: (scroll down for final rankings of all groups)
U8 – Safa Hummatov
GU8 – Mehriban Ahmadli
U10 – Shamsi Garakhanov
GU10 -Asnad Bakhshizada

The FIDE Congress will be held in Chennai, India between 31 July 2022 and 09 August 2022 as part of the Chess Olympiad 2022 (see all Olympiad news here). Part of it is the FIDE General Assembly, where on the agenda are the FIDE elections featuring a different kind of Ukraine vs Russia fight (Read more –

The International Chess Federation has declared 2022 as The Year of the Woman in Chess and established special Awards for Women in Chess. The awards recognize outstanding achievements and contributions to women in chess and the criteria for nominations are as follows:

1. The FIDE Year of the Woman in Chess Awards

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Judit Polgar, GM Jan Gustafsson and GM David Howell, in collaboration with Chess24.com. Round 7 pairings: Richard Rapport –  Ian Nepomniachtchi / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Hikaru Nakamura / Ding Liren – Alireza Firouzja / 

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal, in collaboration with Chessbase.  Round 7 pairings: Richard Rapport –  Ian Nepomniachtchi / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Hikaru Nakamura / Ding Liren – Alireza Firouzja / 

This is the FIDE Candidates 2022 live video with GM Alejandro Ramirez, GM Yasser Seirawan and GM Cristian Chirila, in collaboration with Saint Louis Chess Club and Today in Chess Candidates edition. Round 7 pairings: Richard Rapport –  Ian Nepomniachtchi / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Hikaru Nakamura /