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The German Team Club Championship U14 is taking place from 27-30 December 2022 in Kelheim. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

The World Rapid Chess Championships concluded with another world title for Carlsen. Tan Zhongyi is first among women after winning a tiebreaker.

After three days of play, the World Rapid Chess Championships ended in Almaty. Following 13 rounds in the Open section, Magnus Carlsen came out on top, with 10/13. It is his fourth chess crown in the rapid. He had already triumphed in 2014, 2015 and 2019. Magnus also was second in 2012 (in Astana) and third in 2016 and 2021.

The German Team Club Championship Girls U16 is taking place from 27-30 December 2022 in Neumünster.

Magnus Carlsen clinched his fourth World Rapid Champion title today in Kazakhstan. Being asked “when will he stop winning world titles” at the press conference after the games, Carlsen responded: “I’ll stop when somebody stops me“.

The German Team Club Championship U16 is taking place from 27-30 December 2022 in Darmstadt. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

The German Team Club Championship Girls U20 is taking place from 27-30 December 2022 in Münster.

The German Team Club Championship U20 is taking place from 27-30 December 2022 in Münster. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 7-round Swiss team tournament with participation of Hamburger SK von 1830 eV ( Luis Engel, Tom Frederic Woelk, Henning Holink, Jacob incense, Lennart Meyling, Robert Engel and Michael Kotyk) , Schachgemeinschaft Porz e. V.

The Caplin Hastings Masters is taking place in Hastings. Players receive 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 10-round Swiss tournament with participation of Martin Petrov, Bogdan Lalic, Kim Yew Chan, Kamila Hryshchenko, Robert S Eames, Roland Bezuidenhout, Ethan Li, David Flynn, Romain Edouard, Bence Korpa, Sarunas Sulskis, Gabor Nagy, Brandon G I Clarke, Oleg Korneev, etc.

ChessBase India published an interesting video of a situation that appeared yesterday during the 7th round of the World Rapid Chess Championship 2022 in Almaty. It was the game between Vladislav Kovalev and 12-year-old Artem Uskov. The young Russian was in a time trouble and made an illegal move as he wanted to take the opponent’s rook, but put his piece on a wrong square.

The 21st edition of the Prague Chess Open will take place from 6-13 January 2023 at the Olympik Hotel Prague, Czech Republic. The festival features three tournaments: Open A, Open B and Open C, with a prize fund of 50.000 CZK ~ 2.000eur for the main Open A tournament.