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Taking into account the current recommendations of the IOC, the FIDE Council suspends the national teams of Russia and Belarus from participation in official FIDE tournaments until further notice. In the individual tournaments of the FIDE World Championship cycle, players from these countries will be able to participate under the FIDE flag.

The FIDE Council has approved today the bid presented by the All India Chess Federation (AICF) to host the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai, the capital of the Tamil Nadu state.

Breaking: Chess Olympiad 2022 will take place in Chennai, India, confirmed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin MK Stalin.

The Charity Chess Cup 2022, the 2nd event on the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, starts this Saturday March 19th as a @UNICEF fundraiser for children and their families in and around Ukraine.

The International Committee of the Mediterranean Games (ICMG)  held  its ordinary meeting last  weekend in Oran, as a part of the city’s preparations to host the 19th edition of the Mediterranean Games this summer. Among others, the Committee made a very important decision related to chess.

Shane Battier is a former NBA player who played for Memphis Grizzlies, Huston Rockets, and Miami Heat. Among his many achievements, Shane Battier won two NBA championships with the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013.

Shane Battier is also an avid fan of chess. With a good coach by his side as Maurice Ashley, his rating is going to go up fast!

The 16 years old Daniel Dardha is the young chess star of the 2° Festival di Primavera in Cattolica, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

The European Women’s Individual Chess Championship 2022 is going to take place from 19th August – 1st September in Prague, Czech Republic. The event will be played in 11 rounds, Swiss system, and will have a prize fund of 60 000 eur.

This is the 22nd edition of the European Individual Women Chess Championship is a qualification event for the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2023. According to the FIDE regulations and the ECU Board decision, 9 players will qualify.

We still do not know where the Chess Olympiad 2022 will be, but a positive news came from the European Chess Union today. No matter where the Olympiad will be held, for the first time ever it will feature a women team from Cyprus!

The men team of Cyprus has participated a total of 25 times at the Chess Olympiad, but it will be the first time for the women team.

P.S. The new host of the Chess Olympiad 2022 will be announced very soon, stay tuned for the full info on Chessdom.com

IM Irina Bulmaga won the 2022 edition of the Romania rapid chess championship. She collected 7,5/9 and scored clear first ahead of WGM Elena-Luminita Cosma with 7,0/9 and WGM Mihaela Sandu, IM Corina-Isabela Peptan, and WIM Silvia-Raluca Sgircea with 6,5/9.