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The 2022 European Youth Chess Championship concluded yesterday in Antalya, Turkey with an impressive closing ceremony. ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, ECU Deputy President Ms. Dana Reizniece-Ozola, President of Turkish Chess Federation Ms. Gulkiz Tukay and the ECU Board members attended the Closing ceremony and joined the awarding.

The final stage of the multi award-winning Meltwater Champions Chess Tour got off to a dramatic start in San Francisco today as Magnus Carlsen beat US star Wesley So.

The final event of the 1.6$ Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022 will be held from 14-20 November in San Francisco. Eight elite chess stars will take part in the third and final major in a unique online and in-person hybrid chess event. Four players will compete from SHACK15 in San Francisco, while four will play remotely. 

The 12th edition of the Mediterranean Chess Championship was held from 5-13 November in El Caire. The event was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds of increment, and 15 minutes after 40 played moves.

The 2022 FIDE World Senior Chess Championship will be held from 14-27 November in Assisi – Umbria Italy. The Championship will be played in two age categories: 50+ and 65+, 11 rounds, swiss system, with time control 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

The 2022 FIDE World Senior Chess Championship will be held from 14-27 November in Assisi – Umbria Italy. The Championship will be played in two age categories: 50+ and 65+, 11 rounds, swiss system, with time control 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

Top division in Norwegian team league with Offerspill, Vålerenga, Oslo SS, SK 1911, Nordstrand, Bergens, Hell, Tromsø, Stavanger and Asker. Watch Aryan Tari, Jon Ludvig Hammer and David Howell among others.

The Final stage of the Italian Championship is a 12-player round-robin tournament, held from November 12th to 23rd in Cagliari, Italy with Pier Luigi Basso, Luca Moroni, Alberto David, Alberto Barp, Giuseppe Lettieri, Valerio Carnicelli, Edoardo Di Benedetto, Lorenzo Lodici, Francesco Sonis, Sabino Brunello, Danyyil Dvinryy, Michele Godena.

The final two rounds of the Swiss Nationalliga A take place from 12-13 November 2022 in Zurich, Switzerland with Christian Bauer, Martin Kraemer, Oliver Kurmann, Yannick Pelletier, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Fabian Baenziger, Valery Atlas, Lucas Brunner, Markus Ragger, Andreas Heimann, Nico Georgiadis, etc.

Women’s Bundesliga – round 3 and 4 is taking place from 12-13 November 2022 with SF Deizisau ( Hanna Marie Klek, Zoya Schleining, Dina Belenkaya, Jovana Rapport, Elena Koepke and Mara Jelica) , Medizin Erfurt ( Ha Thanh Nguyen, Elisa Reuter, Kristin Mueller-Ludwig, Doreen Troyke, Carolin Umpfenbach, Helena Irene Ulrich) , OSG Baden-Baden ( Zhansaya Abdumalik, Antoaneta Stefanova, Elizabeth Paehtz, Nurgyul Salimova, Anna Zatonskih and Iamze Tammert) , SC Bad Königshofen 1957 ( Yuliia Osmak, Oliwia Kiolbasa, Aleksandra Malts