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 Report by Yochanan Afek

The Israeli 41^st Chess Championship and the 34^th Women national championship were held on December 5-13 in the southern city of Arad with a prize fund of 110 thousands NIS. Arad (not to confuse with the Romanian city Arad) is located on the border of the Negev and the Judean Deserts, 25 kilometers (16 miles) west of the Dead Sea and 45 kilometers (28 miles) east of the city of Beer Sheba.

The 2022 Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival is taking place from 11-22 December and features two tournaments: Open A and Open B, with the total prize fund of 27.155eur. GM Yu Yangyi is top-seeded at the A tournament, and the field includes GM Hans Niemann, GM Jorden van Foreest, GM Ivan Cheparinov, GM Jules Moussard, GM Andrey Esipenko and a total of 43 grandmasters.

The Groningen Chess Festival is taking place at Groningen University in the Netherlands from 21-30 December 2022. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves then 30 minutes until the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. The A Group is a 9-round Swiss Open with participation of Pranav Anand, Hagen Poetsch, Nico Zwirs, Stefan Macak, Nick Maatman, Valentin Buckels, Rick Lahaye, Tim Grutter, Migchiel De Jong, etc.

Chess.com announced the big news coming today. Chess.com’s Chief Chess Officer Daniel Rensch and Magnus Carlsen will reveal the news during the live broadcast which will start at 19:00 CEST.

The 2022 Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival is taking place from 11-22 December in Sitges, Barcelona, and features two tournaments: Open A and Open B, with a total prize fund of 27.155eur. After eight played rounds, GM Kirill Alekseenko has the sole lead with impressive 7.5/8 points.

The Chessable Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival is underway in Sitges and only two rounds left to be played before the announcement of the Winners. GM Kirill Alekseenko maintained a full-point lead though he is no longer perfect. After the 8th-round draw to GM Amin Tabatabaei, Alekseenko scores 7.5 points.

The 2022 Dutch Chess Championship is taking place from 21-30 December as a 16-player knockout tournament. GM Max Warmerdam, GM Erwin L’Ami, and GM Erik van den Doel are the top-seeded players, and the complete starting list of participants can be seen below.

The 2022 Dutch Chess Championship is taking place from 21-30 December as a 16-player knockout tournament. Time control will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with 30-second increment for each move, starting from the move one.

FIDE Fair Play Commission today published the statement on the Carlsen – Niemann investigation. “The investigation is not yet completed (…) & The final report will be published as soon as technically possible”, reads the statement.

The 2022 Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival is taking place from 11-22 December in Sitges, Barcelona, and features two tournaments: Open A and Open B, with a total prize fund of 27.155eur. After seven played rounds, GM Kirill Alekseenko has the sole lead with perfect score of 7/7 points.