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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.

The Liberian Chess Federation organized Olympiad Selection Open and Women’s tournaments to determine the five players who will represent Liberia at the upcoming 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai. The event took place from 28 May – 5 June in Monrovia.

The 2022 Hong Kong National Chess Championships in Men’s and Women’s sections took place over the weekends from April 1st – June 6th at Smithfield Sports Centre. The best three players of each competition secured their spots in the Hong Kong National Teams for the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai.

Just a few days after the World Economic Forum hosted the world’s top leaders from politics, business, and civil society to tackle global issues, a town in the Swiss Alps hosted the Davos Chess Festival 2022 from 3-6 June.

The 10th Norway Chess concluded yesterday in Stavanger with Magnus Carlsen conquering the top of the event for the 4th consecutive time (and five times in total).

The FIDE World School Chess Championship 2022 kicks off today taking place from June 10-19, 2022, at the Wyndham Panama Albrook Mall Hotel & Convention Center, Panama City, under the auspices of FIDE and the Panama Chess Federation.

The German Youth Individual Chess Championships 2022 was played from June 4th to June 11th in the Sauerland Stern Hotel in Willingen, the city that hosts the German Youth Championships since 1996.

The Winners are:

The 2nd leg of the 2022 Romanian Grand Prix series took place 4-11 June in Targu Mures.

German grandmaster Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu triumphed in the tournament scoring 7/9 points and pocketing the money prize of 25.000 lei (5.000 euros). FM Ihor Samunenkov was second with 6.5 points, while a group of 6 players tied for third place with the same score of 6 points.