Σκακιστικά νέα

The 4th ESNA European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship 2022 will be held from 24th September – 2nd October 2022 in the Principality of Liechtenstein with the support of the European Chess Union.

After a well deserved resting day where players enjoyed a chess game played on the World’s largest chess board, the 6th day of Norway Chess 2022 saw interesting encounters and exciting games.

The 5th edition of the Vera Menchik Memorial took place today in the Museum of the Public Transport in Prague. The event was a part of the Czech Grand Prix Tour 2021/2022.

The Chess Festival of the Serbian Chess Federation took place from 31 May – 5 June in Paracin, featuring the 8th Svetozar Gligoric Teams Cup and

The second leg of the MPL Indian Chess Tour 2022 was played from 2-5 June on chess24.com. 16 players battled over 15 round-robin rounds for the spot in one of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour events.

Serbian Chess Federation organizes the International Open Chess Championship of Serbia, called “Serbia OPEN 2022” from June 28th – July 6th. The event will take place in Novi Sad, Master Centre.
Read more: Silver Lake Chess Festival 2022

The MegaChess set from RMD Recuperacion Materiales Diversos built from 800 recycled tires was unveiled today in Stavanger’s Bjergsted Parken, Norway. The chess pieces are made from recycled car tires, weighing up to 240kg, and sit on the 144 squared meter board – the largest chess board in the World.

The 13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 took place from 22nd to 29th May 2022 at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. The event was played in 3 categories: A, B (U1900) and C (U1600), with more than 900 participants and the total prize fund of ₹2500000 (~30.000 euros).

The 38th edition of the Andorra Chess Open will take place from 24th-31st July in Hotel Panorama Andorra. On Monday, July 25th, the Andorra Chess Grand Prix event will be played in Centre de Congressos d’Andorra la Vella. 

Reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen started slowly at the 2022 Norway Chess, but made a full comeback with two consecutive classical victories. Vishy today lost in Armageddon game against Wesley So to reach 7.5 points and go to the resting day sharing the leadership with Magnus Carlsen.

Standings after 4 rounds: