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The fourth edition of Tata Steel Chess India is announced to take place from 29 November – 4 December, 2022.
Throwback: The first Tata Steel Chess India 2018-2019

The sixteen best teams in France participate in the French Team Chess Championship | Top 16 which takes place from 9-19 June in Chartres.

The sixteen best teams in France participate in the French Team Chess Championship | Top 16 which takes place from 9-19 June in Chartres.

The Greek Chess Federation Board met on Saturday, 4th of June, and among decisions related to the work of the Federation, confirmed the composition of National Teams for the upcoming 44th Chess Olympiad 2022. During the same meeting, the Board announced support of Makroupoulos’s candidacy for the position of FIDE Vice President.

Greek Team (Open section):

A not occasional situation happened yesterday in the game between Viswanathan Anand and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the 8th round of Norway Chess 2022. Anand played 22.Qb5 and resigned out of blue.

The Azerbaijani was approaching the table obviously confused with Anand’s decision, asking him: “Why?” what can be seen from the live camera from the venue.

Are you playing rapid chess? Blitz chess? Bullet chess? How about F1 speed chess! Here we have F1’s Mick Schumacher enjoying a chess game with the team of Haas. It is becoming popular for sports stars to keep their mind sharp.

The penultimate 8th round of Norway Chess 2022 saw two classical decisive games and three Armageddons. Magnus Carlsen kept the sole leadership in the event but heads into the last round with only 0.5 point advantage over Shakhriyar Mameydarov.

The French Chess Federation announced the National Open and Women’s teams for the upcoming 44th Chess Olympiad 2022.

French Team (Open section):

The All India Chess Federation presents the Official Logo of the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 which kicks off in less than 50 days in Chennai.

The FIDE Congress will be held in Chennai, India between 31 July 2022 and 09 August 2022 as part of the Chess Olympiad 2022 (see all Olympiad news here). Part of it is the FIDE General Assembly, where on the agenda are the FIDE elections.