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The rapid portion of Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland came to an end with GM Vishy Anand winning the rapid section, though his two points lead was diminished to one after the Indian legend conceded his first loss in the last round to his closest rival GM Richard Rapport.

The Slovak Youth Chess Championships 2022 take place from 21–28 May 2022 in Ľubovnianske kúpele. The event is played in 6 age categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 & U18, open and girls sections separately.

South Sudan determined the team for the upcoming 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 after the selection process which featured three tournaments.

More than 120 players took part in the first phase with the top 40 proceeding to the second stage. The second event determined 12 players who competed in the final 11 rounds round robin event for five seats in the South Sudan National Team. The 6th player will be the team’s captain.

The 31st edition of the annual Chicago open will be held from 26-30 May in Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel.

The event features 8 tournaments being played in different rating categories: Open (for players rated 2200+ UCF), U2300, U2100, U1900, U1700, U1500, U1300 and U1000. The total prize fund of the events is 100.000$ with 10.000$ reserved for the winner of the Open event.

The Ukrainian Grandmaster Andrii Baryshpolets is running for president of FIDE in the upcoming presidential elections during the Chess Olympiad 2022. Baryshpolets announced today his intention to challenge Dvorkovich, pointing corruption practices, systematic reputational issues, misrepresentation of federations, and failures to observe democratic, liberal and corporate governance principles.

Martin B. Justesen is an avid chess player from Denmark. Justesen is a chess author who published seven chess books and he creates content about his own journey towards chess improvement on Youtube, Twitch, and his newsletter saychess.substack.com. For years the brand of his social media accounts and the newsletter says #SayChess – exactly what Arkady Dvorkovich chose to be the motto of the new campaign for 2022 FIDE elections.

The 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 takes place from 28th July – 10th August in Chennai, India, and 100 countries already registered for the event.

The second day of Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland did not disappoint the tournament fans as day 2 was filled with exciting games and rapid action. The day came to an end with GM Vishy Anand continuing to maintain his two-point lead going to the last day of the rapid portion.

Tour rookie Wei Yi dominated again in the Chessable Masters as World Champion Magnus Carlsen suffered a second shock loss to 16-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa.

The Italian Summer Chess Tour 2022 features six open tournaments taking place one after another from May 16 – June 11, with a total prize fund of 35.000e.