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The U18 Grand Hotel Bali Cup is taking place from 8-11 December 2022 in Benidorm, Spain. Players receive 60 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 6-round Swiss tournament with participation of Roger Bernado Lopez, Alonso Lara Mezcua, Jan Travesset Sagre, Pablo Garcia De la Duena, Ciro Revaliente Montoya, Yeray Sierra Lopez, Nicolas Jimenez Munoz, Jaime Peco Moreno, Jana Moll Pons, Roberto Florin Neagu, etc.

The Winter Bay Area IM Norm Invitational is taking place from 7-11 December 2022 in San Jose, California , USA. Players receive 90 minutes with 30 second increment starting from move 1. It is an 10-player round-robin tournament with participation of Mike Zaloznyy, Joshua Sheng, Erdene Baasansuren, Zoey Tang, Austin Mei, Kyron Griffith, Odondoo Ganbold, Sung Ho Yim, Chawit Asavasaetakul and Alexander Heimann.

The Winter Bay Area GM Norm Invitational is taking place from 7-11 December 2022 in San Jose, California , USA. Players receive 90 minutes with 30 second increment starting from move 1. It is an 10-player round-robin tournament with participation of Max Gedajlovic, Vladimir Belous, Emilio Cordova, Titas Stremavicius, Mark Heimann, Samrug Narayanan, Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, Harshid Kunka, Josiah Stearman and Alexander Katz.

The RUDAR VI – IM ROUND ROBIN is takins place from 4-11 December 2022 in Pozarevac, Serbia. Players receive 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 minutes for the rest of the game with 30 seconds increment. It is an 10-player round-robin tournament with participation of Shubh Jayesh Laddha, Nebojsa M Ristic, Kirill Shoshin, Aleksandar Milosevic, Dashgyn Ibadov, Momcilo Zivkovic, Dawid Czerw, Tomislav Dmitrovic, Mikhail Bryakin and Ajay Mushini.

The Cape Verde Championship is taking place from 7–11 December 2022 in Praia. 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 an 8-player round-robin tournament with Mariano Ortega Amarelle, Celia M. Rodriguez Guevara, Antonio Monteiro, Carlos Moes Joaquim, Gil Teixeira, Luis Barros, Antonio David Monteiro and Jose Carlos Vaz.

The IV Festival Internacional DUCHAMP in RIO Master is taking place from 7-14 December 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with Alexandr Fier, Felipe de Cresce El Debs, Andre Diamant, Ulf Andersson, Salvador Alonso, Luis Galego, Darcy Lima, Oleg M Romanishin, Bernardo Roselli Mailhe, Georg Von Buelow, etc.

The Vienna Advent Open A is taking place from 5–11 December 2022 in Vienna, Austria. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 7-round Swiss tournament with Slaven Pastar, Johannes Steindl, Nikolaus Stanec, Jurij Khalakhan, Gerald Leitner, Matthieu Pourquet, Leopold Franziskus Wagner, Brian Zhang, David Merei, Simon Keim, etc.

The 3rd Almaty IM is taking place from 7–14 December 2022 in Almaty. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 15 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is an 10-player round-robin tournament with Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov, Ivan Mezentsev, Imangali Akhilbay, Danis Kuandykuly, Sergei Yudin, Arystan Isanzhulov, Rustam Khusnutdinov, Artur Chibukhchian, Zhangir Bizhigitov and Sedrak Matevosyan.

The Almaty GM is taking place from 7–14 December 2022 in Almaty. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 15 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is an 10-player round-robin tournament with Daniil Lintchevski, Zurab Sturua, Bakhtiyar Askarov, Mihail Nikitenko, Liya Kurmangaliyeva, Serkan Soysal, Mukhiddin Madaminov, Artavazd R. Hayrapetyan, Sundar M. Shyam and Mamikon Gharibyan.

The UK Open and Women’s Blitz Chess Championships 2022 were held on 3rd December in Royal Leamington Spa. The Open tournament was a 16-player round-robin event and the women’s championship was played in the same system, with 15 participants.