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Richard Rapport is now on his way to Madrid where he will participate in the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022. He posted the traveling photo with famous Serbian grandmaster Ljubomir Ljubojevic, who successfully competed against World Champions Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, and Viswanathan Anand, but never succeeded in reaching the Candidates Tournament stage of the World Championship cycle.

FIDE announced the first-ever FIDE and ChessKid Unrated Girls Only Tournament, which will take place on July 10, 2022, as a part of the FIDE Queens’ Festival.

The most anticipated chess tournament of 2022 FIDE Candidates Chess kicks off in two days with the 1st round following encounters: Duda – Rapport, Ding Liren – Nepomniachtchi, Caruana – Nakamura

FIDE Candidates Chess 2022 opens tomorrow in Madrid and the Round 1 kicks off in two days with the following encounters: Duda – Rapport, Ding Liren – Nepomniachtchi, Caruana – Nakamura,

The Chessable company, part of the Play Magnus Group, last month started filming the street chess games played by some of the world’s top players. Anish Giri was first who joined the action and played chess against fans with Levon Aronian going for the same action some weeks after. Giri today published a video where he analyzes the game played on Barcelona’s streets against a Chess Hustler.

The French Individual Chess Championships 2022 will take place from 13-21 August in the city of Albi. A magnificent city listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site will host the 95th edition of the French Individual Chess Championship after three years of pause caused by the pandemic of Covid19.

Two days left before the start of the Candidates Chess Tournament 2022.

The 1st Caplin Menchik Memorial takes place from Saturday 18th to Sunday 26th June 2022 at the MindSports Centre, London. It’s a 10-player all-play-all, one game per day, with WIM & WGM norm opportunities. The tournament is taking place thanks to the generous support of Caplin Systems, who also support the Hastings Congress. The tournament has also received financial support from the English Chess Federation, The Chess Trust, and the Friends of Chess.

The chess world continues to enjoy a domination by young players in the rating list. Today’s hype deservedly goes to the Uzbek Grandmaster Nodirbek Abdusattorov.

Chessbase is one of the top websites that will follow in detail the Candidates Tournament 2022. “The FIDE Candidates Tournament is the ultimate qualifier for the FIDE World Championship. Eight prominent grandmasters will compete for a top spot in this double round-robin (all play all) event in Madrid, Spain, from 16 June to 5 July 2022,” says Chessbase regarding the Candidates Tournament.