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The 14th Greek Youth Team Championship takes place in Rio, Greece, from 15-18 December.

The FIDE Council has approved today a major reform of the qualification paths to the Candidates Tournament – the event that decides the challenger for the World Championship match.

The FIDE Council has approved today a major reform of the qualification paths to the Candidates Tournament – the event that decides the challenger for the World Championship match.

The European Open and Women Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2022 will kick off tomorrow in Katowice, Poland. The events will be played from 16th-19th December in “Spodek” Sport and Entertainment Centre and everything is set for the start of one of the biggest European events in the 2022 Calendar! More than 1000 players from 40 countries will compete for the European Throne.

The 85th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Masters will take place from 13-29 January in Wijk aan Zee. The event features 14 grandmasters competing in a 13-round round-robin tournament.

The 2022 Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival kicked off yesterday in Sitges, Barcelona.

The third round of the Chessable Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2022 was played yesterday afternoon and the rating gap between the opponents gets smaller and smaller. 19 players emerged on the top with the perfect score of 3/3 points, among whom are the top-seeded GM Yu Yangyi, GM Hans Niemann and 

The third round of the Chessable Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2022 was played yesterday afternoon and the rating gap between the opponents gets smaller and smaller. A few upsets marked the Round 3 as GM Anton Demchenko drew against GM Rithvik Raja, GM Chopra Aryan made a draw to IM Ortik Nigmatov, IM Daniel Garcia Ramos hold a draw against GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy.

Press release by FIDE

The Vugar Gashimov memorial 2022 will take place from 18-23 December in Baku, Azerbaijan. It will be a 10-player super-tournament consisting of Rapid and Blitz stages and the final standings will be determined according to the sum of points of Rapid and Blitz events. The Rapid portion will be played in 9 rounds, round-robin system, with time control 15 min + 10 sec, and the Blitz tournament will be played in 18 rounds, round-robin system, with time control 3 min + 2 sec.