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A 7-year-old girl from Romania – Eliza Cretescu agreed to play in the 4th round of the European School Chess Championship 2022 even though her opponent was running late for the game. European Chess Union recognized the thoughtful act and awarded Eliza Cretescu with the special Fair Play Award.

Women’s German Chess Masters 2022 took place from 22–30 April in Best Western Plus Plaza Hotel Darmstadt.

The Mitropa Chess Cup 2022 kickes off in Corte and takes place from 27th April – 8th May in the Sports complex (COSEC) of Corte, Corsica, France.  

The 1st Chessable Sunway Formentera Festival is a 10-round swiss tournament taking place from 29 April to 8 May 2022 in Formentera, Spain.

Leading off the 2022 Grand Chess Tour will be the Superbet Chess Classic held from 3-15 May in Bucharest, Romania. The series of the Grand Chess Tour 2022 events will follow with three rapid & blitz tournaments in Paris, Croatia, and Warsaw; and will conclude with the final classical event, the Sinquefield Cup. 

More than 200 kids from 22 European federations took part in the 2022 European School Chess Championship. The event was played from 20-30 April in “Rodos Palace” Hotel and Conference center, Rhodes, Greece.

The Winners are:

The French National Championships 2022 for youths and juniors concluded this week in Agen. With participation of more than 1500 kids the event was one of the most numerous chess events for youths in Europe.

The Winners are:

The 27th edition of the TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament will be held from 3-9 May at the Malmo Live conference centre in Malmo, Sweden.

Eight players will play the seven rounds robin round tournament and the battlefield is led by GM Jorden van Foreest. The participants list:

Capablanca Memorial 2022 took place 19-28 April in La Habana, Cuba. This year the event featured strong round robin tournaments for men and women, as well as an open event. 

Polish star Jan-Krzysztof Duda pulled off a stunning late charge to clinch the $210,000 Oslo Esports Cup, the first Major of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour season. This win will be a booster for Duda before the Candidates Chess 2022 of which we already know the pairings.