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The famous artist Juga di Prima today met GM Alireza Firouzja and GM Fabiano Caruana at the venue of the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022.

The 79th edition of Georgian Women’s National Chess Championship took place from 6-15 June in the Georgian Chess Palace in Tbilisi. The event was played as a 10-player round robin tournament, gathering one Grandmaster, five International Masters, one Woman International Master, and two Woman FIDE Masters.

The magnificent Palacio de Santoña, a centrally located historic building in Madrid, will become the venue of the most anticipated chess tournament of 2022. Built in 1730, this mansion boasts of distinguished carved granite baroque façade and is home to one of the most refined eclectic interiors in the Spanish capital. It is currently one of the headquarters of the Madrid Chamber of Commerce. Scroll down for a video from the venue

The Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi will launch the first-ever Chess Olympiad Torch Relay, announced All India Chess Federation today. The ceremony will take place on the 19th of June at Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi.

Richard Rapport is now on his way to Madrid where he will participate in the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022. He posted the traveling photo with famous Serbian grandmaster Ljubomir Ljubojevic, who successfully competed against World Champions Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, and Viswanathan Anand, but never succeeded in reaching the Candidates Tournament stage of the World Championship cycle.

FIDE announced the first-ever FIDE and ChessKid Unrated Girls Only Tournament, which will take place on July 10, 2022, as a part of the FIDE Queens’ Festival.

The most anticipated chess tournament of 2022 FIDE Candidates Chess kicks off in two days with the 1st round following encounters: Duda – Rapport, Ding Liren – Nepomniachtchi, Caruana – Nakamura

FIDE Candidates Chess 2022 opens tomorrow in Madrid and the Round 1 kicks off in two days with the following encounters: Duda – Rapport, Ding Liren – Nepomniachtchi, Caruana – Nakamura,

The Chessable company, part of the Play Magnus Group, last month started filming the street chess games played by some of the world’s top players. Anish Giri was first who joined the action and played chess against fans with Levon Aronian going for the same action some weeks after. Giri today published a video where he analyzes the game played on Barcelona’s streets against a Chess Hustler.

The French Individual Chess Championships 2022 will take place from 13-21 August in the city of Albi. A magnificent city listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site will host the 95th edition of the French Individual Chess Championship after three years of pause caused by the pandemic of Covid19.