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The 2022 Saint Louis Norm Congress takes place from 18-25 May in the Saint Louis Chess Club, Saint Louis, Missouri.

The invitational norm IM and GM tournaments bring together 20 players to compete for cash prizes and the chance to earn Grandmaster and International Master norms. Both IM and GM events are played as 10-player round robin tournaments, with the total prize fund of 15.000$.

The 5th edition of the Sharjah Chess Masters international tournament will be held from 20th-30th May in Sharjah Cultural & Chess Club.

The event will kick off tomorrow with the technical meeting, opening ceremony and the first round starting from 15:00 CEST. The selected 80 players compete in a 9 round swiss system tournament for the total prize fund off 45.000$. All information about the 5th Sharjah Masters can be found here

Two young rookie stars took centre stage as the elite Chessable Masters e-sports chess event kicked off today.

Today, May 19, 2022, is a historical day for Georgian chess. The Ministry of Education Mikhail Chkhenkeli has announced that starting with the next school year, chess will be a mandatory subject for first-grade students in the country. It will apply to all the 2,200 schools in Georgia, both public and private.

The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Superbet Rapid and Blitz in Poland, kicked off yesterday, May 18^th in the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland.

Men’s Health, the world’s largest men’s magazine with 35 editions in 59 countries, yesterday published an article giving answers to how fit you really need to be to sit still and move pawns around. (scroll down for the full text)

The 2nd leg of the Romanian Grand Prix 2022 will take place from 4-11 June in Targu Mures.
Read more: Baadur Jobava wins 1st Romanian Grand Prix event / Romanian Grand Prix 2022 – Basic information

The series of the Grand Chess Tour 2022 events continues from 17-24 May with the Grand Chess Tour Poland 2022 in Warsaw. 

Chessable English Championship and Chessable English Women’s Championship 2022 take place on 19th-22nd May 2022 in Kenilworth. Two weeks earlier, the English Chess Federation announced National Champions among Seniors and the series of National competitions continue today with Open and Women’s events.

The series of the Grand Chess Tour 2022 events continues from 17-24 May with the Grand Chess Tour Poland 2022 in Warsaw.