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The Women Chess Conference Prague 2022 will be held from 25th-27th August in Prague’s Hotel Don Giovanni, during the European Women’s Chess Championship 2022.

The 7th round of Norway Chess 2022 brought interesting matches that finished with two decisive games with classical time control and three Armageddons. Magnus Carlsen maintained the sole lead in the event despite a loss he suffered against his compatriot Aryan Tari. There are only two rounds left to be played and the players will tomorrow have another resting day.

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.

The first-ever Chess Olympiad Torch Relay will be carried out at the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai, India as FIDE today announced a new tradition of institutionalizing the Chess Olympiad Torch Relay.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen scores a #TweetOftheDay with a direct call for support for Andrii Baryshpolets and his deputy Peter Heine Nielsen.

Hikaru Nakamura is gunning for the title at Candidates Chess 2022, entering as winner of the Grand Prix and is one of the rating favorites. However, this will not be the only feat that we can expect from Nakamura. He comments, “Not only am I in Spain preparing for the Candidates, Team Hikaru is prepping for the broadcast.

A host city of two Chess Olympiads, Thessaloniki will now be the center of European chess attention this summer.

In an exclusive interview with World Chess, IM and WGM Elisabeth Paehtz talked about her positive experience as a female professional player in Germany over the past 4 years and acknowledged that everything is pointing in the direction that things are going to improve even more for women in chess.

Now: Prague Chess Festival 2022 Live: Prague Chess 2022 Masters and Prague Chess 2022 Challengers Intense human stories related to Ukraine can be heard also at the Prague International Chess Festival.

The Prague Chess Festival 2022 will take place 7-17 June. It will consist of a Masters 10 player round robin event, Challengers and Futures tournaments. The tournament will be live daily on Chessdom.com with detailed coverage and reports. Live: Prague Chess 2022 Masters and Prague Chess 2022 Challengers