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The final of the Chessable Masters started with Ding Liren giving 16-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa a tough test just hours after the talented youngster sat a real-life school exam.

English Chess Federation crowned the National Chess Champions in Kenilworth. The Chessable English Championship and Chessable English Women’s Championship 2022 took place on 19th-22nd May 2022, and two weeks earlier, the National Champions among Seniors were crowned in the same venue.

The Slovenian National Women’s Team Chess Championship 2022 took place over two weekends in May, being played from 13-15 and 21-22 May at the Grand Hotel in Rogaska Slatina.

The second top seed according to the average rating of players – team of Tajfun Ljubljana Chess Club clinched gold with the perfect score of 10 match points and 14/15 board points. (scroll down for the final rankings)

The Ontario Open Chess Tournament took place from May 21 through May 23, at the beautiful West Toronto Masonic Temple.

The event featured 4 tournaments: U2200, U1800, U1400 and the main tournament Ontario Crown Open 2022. The events gathered more than 170 players who fought for the total prize fund of 8.500$. All information about the events can be found here

The 20th edition of the European Union Youth Chess Championship U8-U14 will take place from 21st – 30th August 2022 in Prague, Hotel STEP.

The event is open for citizens of a member state of the European Union or of a Schengen state. Each federation can register one player, a boy or a girl, in each of the categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, and an unlimited number of extra (additional) players.

A staple since 2019, the SuperUnited Croatia Grand Chess Tour signals the third tournament and midway point of the Grand Chess Tour. Continuing in the thrilling fashion of rapid and blitz format, exciting displays of chess play and blunders under time pressure will certainly keep fans entertained.

An agreement has been signed between the Norwegian chess club Offerspill and Uppsala Chess+ Academy from Uppsala, Sweden. This agreement means that the organizations are linked closer to each other, and that they will help with each other’s development through training, competition, and other areas of cooperation.  The most concrete part of the collaboration is that Uppsala Chess+ Academy’s head coach Jesper Bergmark Hall will be the training coordinator creating specialized training plans for Offerspill’s strongest players.

The Candidates Chess 2022 is just around the corner. After a turmoil with Sergey Karjakin’s ban, he was substituted by Ding Liren based on rating.

The ex-President of Moldova and current President of Moldova Chess Federation was arrested on Tuesday after a raid on his home. The 47-year-old Igor Dodon, a pro-Kremlin politician and leader of the Socialist Party, is under investigation for alleged corruption, treason, illicit enrichment, and “illegal party financing”.

India’s boy wonder Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa announced himself at the very top table of world chess as he stormed into his first Meltwater Champions Chess Tour final in sensational style.