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Pool B of the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament reaches the Final stage with Aleksandra Goryachkina and Tan Zhongyi fighting in the four-game match for the spot in the Women’s Candidates Finals against Lei Tingjie (who qualified from Pool A a month ago).

Pool B of the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament is hosted in the ancient city of Khiva, in Uzbekistan.

The 2022 Turkish Chess Championship took place from 25 November to 3 December in Keymer. It was a 10-player round-robin tournament with time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. 

FIDE Council approved the below-mentioned changes to the simplified procedure for performing under the FIDE flag for players representing Russia/Belarus:

The right to play under the FIDE flag is granted until January 1 2024, unless decided otherwise. After this period, in the absence of other requests, the player will automatically be returned to the previous federation. 

The Hungarian Women’s Championship is taking place from 5–13 December 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. 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 10-player round-robin tournament with Julianna Terbe, Barbara Mihok-Juhasz, Bianka Havanecz, Dorina Demeter, Hanna Krisztina Ivan-Gal, Kata Karacsonyi, Boglarka Erdos, Zsuzsanna Terbe, Eszter Dudas and Fruzsina Szente Varga.

The Hungarian Championship is taking place from 5–13 December 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. 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 10-player round-robin tournament with Ferenc Berkes, Peter Prohaszka, Gabor Papp, Sergey Grigoriants, Adam Kozak, Bence Korpa, Tamas Jr. Fodor, Csaba Horvath, Gabor Nagy and Adam Horvath.

The Israeli Women’s Championship is taking place from 5–13 December 2022 in Arad, Romania. 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 10-player round-robin tournament with Marsel Efroimski, Yuliya Shvayger, Dana Kochavi, Nadejda Reprun, Ronit Levitan, Noga Orian, Sofiia Tashkinova, Julia Kluchik, Lena Brusilovski and Lilia Ovechkin.

The Israeli Championship is taking place from 5–13 December 2022 in Arad, Romania. 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 9-round Swiss tournament with Tamir Nabaty, Evgeny Postny, Ori Kobo, Avital Boruchovsky, Victor Mikhalevski, Ariel Erenberg, David Gorodetzky, Evgeny Zanan, Yair Parkhov, Ido Gorshtein, Semen I. Dvoirys, Eytan Rozen, Yeshaayahu Tzidkiya, Or Bronstein, Yahli Sokolovsky, etc.

The 3rd edition of the El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament 2022 takes place from November 30 to December 8 in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain gathering 50 grandmasters, 44 international masters and a total of 172 players fighting for the prize fund of 29.500eur.

The Blitz portion of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz 2022, kicked off yesterday in Kolkata. The event featured a very strong line-up with an interesting mixture of world-class grandmasters and Indian young chess stars.