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The FIDE World School Chess Championship 2022 kicks off today taking place from June 10-19, 2022, at the Wyndham Panama Albrook Mall Hotel & Convention Center, Panama City, under the auspices of FIDE and the Panama Chess Federation.

The German Youth Individual Chess Championships 2022 was played from June 4th to June 11th in the Sauerland Stern Hotel in Willingen, the city that hosts the German Youth Championships since 1996.

The Winners are:

The 2nd leg of the 2022 Romanian Grand Prix series took place 4-11 June in Targu Mures.

German grandmaster Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu triumphed in the tournament scoring 7/9 points and pocketing the money prize of 25.000 lei (5.000 euros). FM Ihor Samunenkov was second with 6.5 points, while a group of 6 players tied for third place with the same score of 6 points.

The Ripstone Games, the publishers of Chess Ultra & Poker Club, are working on Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit Chess Game. The company announced The Queen’s Gambit Chess Game will come soon, being available on the Netflix app for IOS and Android.

The FIDE Madrid Candidates Chess Conference will take place on July 2 consisting of two parts: ChessKid.com educational seminars and the Conference on social chess initiatives in FIDE member countries in the afternoon. Scroll down for the detailed program and schedule information.

The Saint Louis Chess Club hosted the second leg of the Classic Series, the 2022 Summer Chess Classic, from June 1-11. Read more: Saint Louis Chess Club to Host Legends and Rising Stars of American Chess

19-year-old Rahul Srivatshav reached the long-awaited goal and became the 74th India’s grandmaster! He participates in the Italian Summer Chess Tour in a hunt for the needed elo points to complete the 2500 task and get the grandmaster title. Srivatshav already has five grandmaster norms earned in 2019 and he was struggling to cross the rating of 2500 to earn the GM title.

Magnus Carlsen won the 10th edition of the Norway Chess 2022, therefore becoming a 5-time Winner of the Norway Chess elite tournament.

16-year-old Indian chess star Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa convincingly won the 2022 Norway Chess Open, scoring unbeaten 7.5 points. He yesterday joined the Norway Chess 2022 commentary team GM Jan Gustafsson and IM Jovanka Houska.

“I am very happy to win the tournament. It’s also very nice to play alongside such a strong field. It also motivates you to play better“, said Praggnanandhaa.

Reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen won the 10th edition of the Norway Chess 2022, therefore becoming a 5-time Winner of the Norway Chess elite tournament. Magnus defeated Veselin Topalov in a thrilling final round after playing the Armageddon, and won the tournament with 16.5 points.