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Three months before the start of the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022, the compositions of Indian teams have been announced. Two teams in each Open and Women’s section will represent India in Chennai from July 28 to August 10. Read more: India teams for Chess Olympiad 2022 announced

English grandmaster, chess writer and two-time British Chess Champion, Matthew Sadler, wrote an article for ChessMoves about maintaining your strength as an amateur player.
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Round 2 of the Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022 started in an interesting fashion with a surprising opening choice by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (MVL) who chose the QGA (Queen’s Gambit Accepted) against Wesley So.

The European Youth Chess Championship 2022 will take place from 5th November (arrival day) – 15th November (departure day) in Antalya, Turkey.

The 13th World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov gave an exclusive interview during the second round of Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022.

Kasparov shared his impressions about the first 2022 Grand Chess Tour event and the opening ceremony which took place in the Romanian Parliament: “It was spectacular! Chess now is back to where it belongs… It’s the level of respect and admiration that the game has been lacking for a long time.”.

Today, May 6th 2022, the Appeal Chamber of the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) formed by its Chairperson Mr. Francois Strydom, and members Mr. Khaled Arfa and Mr. David Hater, announced its decision to dismiss the appeal presented by Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin. 

Following detailed discussions with all parties concerned regarding the new wave of Covid19 appearing in China, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Executive Board decided to postpone the 19th Asian Games, which were scheduled to be held in Hangzhou from 10 to 25 September 2022.

The 5th edition of the Sharjah Chess Masters international tournament will be held from 20th-30th May in Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club.

The event will be held as an Invitational Tournament, with (maximum) 80 players of FIDE standard rating of 2300 and above, as of May 2022 FIDE rating list.  Out of these 80 players, the 60 were selected by the middle of April 2022 and the rest 20 were given Wild Card participation permission.

The 2022 Open and Women’s Chess Championships of North Macedonia concluded yesterday in Skopje. The events simultaneously took place in Hotel Continental, being played from April 29 – May 5.

59 players competed in the 9 round swiss system Open tournament, while 12 women played the 7 rounds swiss system Women’s Championship.

The Grand Chess Tour kicked off with its first event of the tour –  the 2022 Superbet Chess Classic – a 10-player classical round-robin event taking place in Bucharest, Romania.