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The 6th Annual Carolinas Classic took place from 10-12 June at Hilton Charlotte University Place. The event featured a prize fund of $12,000 in 9 USCF-rated sections.

The American grandmaster, author and chess commentator Daniel Naroditsky becomes the chess columnist for the American daily newspaper The New York Times. The NYT was founded in 1851, initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company, and today has a worldwide readership. The New York Times published the extensive article “Meet The Times’s New Chess Columnist” and announced the news on the official twitter account.

The 96th edition of the Argentine National Chess Championship took place from 2-12 June, 2022 in Club Argentino de Ajedrez located in Buenos Aires. The event was organized by the Chess Federation of Argentina which this year celebrates its 100th anniversary. Before the start of the National Championship, Argentine Chess Federation announced team compositions for the upcoming 44th Chess Olympiad 2022.

IM Anna Rudolf and GM Maurice Ashley will today host the live stream of the Chess2Change event and the reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen will join them as a special guest. Chess2Change is a charity event for talented African Chess players.

Magnus Carlsen won the 10th edition of the Norway Chess 2022, therefore becoming a 5-time Winner of the Norway Chess elite tournament. Follow the links below to replay all games of Magnus Carlsen (classical and armageddon) with light analysis provided by Lichess.

R1: Magnus Carlsen – Wang Hao 1.5-1.0 

The Finnish Chess Federation celebrated its 100th anniversary on June 10th in Helsinki. The centennial celebration was attended by Gunnar Bjornsson – ECU Deputy President, Nigel Short – FIDE Vice President, Eetu Tiiva – President of the Finnish Chess Federation, and other distinguished guests. The Finnish Chess Federation was founded on June 10, 1922, and took part in the establishment of the International Chess Federation FIDE in Paris in 1924.

The 2022 Turkish Youth Team Chess Championship was held at Kocaeli Congress Center on 6-10 June with the contributions of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality. Bursa Metropolitan Belediyespor Club became the champion in the Open category U18 and Apaydın Chess and Sports Club Association won the Open section U12. Apaydın Chess and Sports Club Association also triumphed in the Girls U18 section, while Bursa Metropolitan Belediyespor Club clinched first place in the GU12 category.

Just a few weeks ago, Levon Aronian was rocking it on the streets of Barcelona. Now WIM Patricia LLaneza brings us “More #streetchess in Spain. A tournament played on giant chess boards in front of León’s Gothic cathedral.”

The invitational chess tournament in memory of Professor Lim Kok Ann is going to take place 13-18 June, 2022. Top seeded is GM Adhiban (IND) in a field of ten players. The other participants are IM Irine Karishma Sukandar (INA), local stars IM Tin Jingyao, IM Jagadeesh Siddharth, WGM Gong Qianyun, as well as GM Daniel Howard Fernandez (ENG), IM Wynn Zaw Htun (MYA), GM Nguyen Anh Dung (VIE), IM James Morris (AUS), and IM Oliver Dimakiling (PHI).

Lim Kok Ann Invitational Chess Pairings

The FIDE Planning and Development Commission launched its inaugural Orientation Programme targeting new federations and new federation administrations on 11 June 2022 during the World School Individual Chess Championship at the Bristol Hotel in Panama.