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The 3rd Stepan Avagyan Memorial took place June 20-28, 2022 in Jermuk, Armenia. The event was played as a 10-player round-robin tournament with an interesting mixture of young stars and local talents.
Read more: International Chess Events in Armenia / GM Cemil Can Ali Marandi is the Winner of Teplice Open 2022

The 1st Caplin Menchik Memorial took place from Saturday 18th to Sunday 26th June 2022 at the MindSports Centre, London, as a 10-player round-robin tournament.

The 34th edition of the International Chess Tournament “Open Pula 2022” will took from 18-26 June at Park Plaza Histria Hotel in Pula, Croatia. More than 150 players from 25 countries participated in the event which was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, featuring the prize fund of 6.250 euros.

Serbian Chess Federation organizes the International Open Chess Championship of Serbia, called “Serbia OPEN 2022” from June 28th – July 6th. The event takes place in Novi Sad, Master Centre, with participation of 267 players in the Masters event (for players rated 2100+) and 133 players in the Amateurs event (for players rated U2200).
Read more: IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh wins Silver Lake Open 2022

Anish Giri today celebrates his 28th birthday anniversary presenting us another marvelous recap of the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022. Giri analyzed the exciting R9 games focusing on the crucial game between the leaders Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi.

19-year-old chess prodigy Alireza Firouzja scored his first Candidates victory yesterday after winning an exciting game against Richard Rapport. In the post-game interview, Alireza commented on three brilliant moves from the game joking with chess.com’s Chief Chess Officer Daniel Rensch: “I hope I don’t get banned again“.

A 16-year-old youngster from Teheran IM Bardiya Daneshvar emerged as the winner of the 55th Iranian Men’s Final Chess Championship and took his maiden national title.

FIDE has announced the World Amateur Championships 2022 to be held in Malta from October 20-30 in the 4-star conference hotel “Paradise Bay Resort”. It will be one more major international event hosted by Malta recently, after the successful European Small Nations Team Championship in December 2021. 
Read more: European Amateur Chess Championship 2022, Zagreb, Croatia

The European Amateur Chess Championship 2022 will take place from 13th August (arrival day) to 21st August 2022 (departure day) in Hotel Aristos****, located in the city of Zagreb, Croatia.

FIDE Candidates Chess 2022 R9 recap by Milan Dinic

Round 9 results:
Alireza Firouzja – Richard Rapport 1-0
Teimour Radjabov – Hikaru Nakamura 1-0
Fabiano Caruana – Ian Nepomniachtchi 1/2-1/2