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The “Shusha Chess 2022” international tournament takes place from 21-25 September 2022 in Shusha, Azerbaijan. The event is played in two categories – Open and Women with the total prize fund of 80.000$, and each tournament features 10 invited players.

The first event of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2022/2023 takes place from 17-30 September 2022 in Astana, Kazakhstan, despite the event opened yesterday in Nur-Sultan. The city was renamed yesterday by decree of President Qasym-Jomart Toqayev and the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Nur-Sultan 2022 becomes FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Astana 2022!

The FIDE Women’s Grand Prix series 2022/2023 opened in Astana, Kazakhstan with the first event of the series which is played place from 17-30 September 2022. Read more: FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2022-2023 opened in Nur-Sultan

The international chess tournament “Shusha Chess 2022”, dedicated to the 190^th anniversary of prominent poet and philanthropist Khurshidbanu Natavan, will be held in Shusha, Azerbaijan from 21-25 September. The event is organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sport of the Azerbaijan Republic and the Azerbaijan Chess Federation, and features the total prize fund of 88.000$.

The African Individual Chess Championships 2022 will take place from 18-27 September in Lagos, Nigeria. The event will be played in Open and Women’s sections separately, with 110 participants from 27 African countries. Both tournaments will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the end of the game, with the increment of 30 seconds per each move, starting from the move one.

The first event of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2022/2023 takes place from 17-30 September 2022 in Astana, Kazakhstan. A very strong line-up is headlined by World No.

The 2022 FISU World University Chess Championship was played from 12-17 September at the University of Antwerp Hof van Liere, Belgium. The event was played in Open and Women’s sections separately, with participation of around 70 players from 15 countries. The participants competed in classical and blitz tournament, and the best teams were announced combining results of the best federation’s players in the two events.

The opening ceremony of the 2022-2023 Kazakhstan leg of the Women’s Grand Prix was held this evening at the Astana International Financial Centre. Pending the President’s discretion, the capital Nur-Sultan will very soon be renamed back to Astana after yesterday’s Parliament session endorsed the draft law on the constitutional amendment.

The first event of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2022/2023 series will take place from 17-30 September 2022 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. A very strong line-up is headlined by World No.

The FIDE World Youth Chess Championships U14, U16, and U18 took from September 05-17, 2022 in Mamaia, Romania, with the participation of 620 players from more than 70 countries. The 11-round Swiss System tournaments were organized by International Chess Federation and Romanian Chess Federation together with Chess Club Universul and Chess Club Juniorul Constanta, are being held in Constanta Exhibition Centre.