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The Tunisian Women’s Chess Championship 2022 took place from 7-15 May in city of Hammamet, simultaneously with the 2022 Tunisian Chess Championship for Men.

More than 500 kids from 16 FEDAC schools in Catalonia crowded the central street of Catalonian town Berga during the 1st “Eskcmat” event. The festival promoted Chess in School programs that are successfully implemented in FEDAC schools where chess is taught as a complementary activity during school hours. (scroll down for the full text)

The series of the Grand Chess Tour 2022 events continues from 17-20 May with the Grand Chess Tour Poland 2022 in Warsaw. Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland is the newcomer joining the 2022 Grand Chess Tour as the second event of the tour. With help of major sponsor Superbet, Poland is another country to join the prestigious tournament’s circuit.

23-year-old IM Ismayil Shahaliyev convincingly won the Nakhchivan International Chess Tournament 2022. Shahaliyev scored fantastic 8.5/9 points, drawing only against GM Vugar Rasulov who claimed second place with 8/9 points.

The Rio Negro International Chess Tournament 2022 took place from 11-15 May in the Argentinian city of Cipolletto.

The Tunisian Chess Championship 2022 took place from 7-15 May, 2022 in the city of Hammamet. Twelve players competed in the 11 rounds round robin event for the title of Tunisian National Champion.

The first event of the Southeast Asian Games 2022 (standard individual tournament), concluded today in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. The event was played in two sections: Open and Women’s, from May 10-15, 2022. The Individual Rapid chess championship of the SEA Games starts tomorrow and will be played on 16-17 May, followed by the Individual Blitz championship and team rapid and blitz tournaments.

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022, the first event of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour series.

The National Open, Women’s and Senior Chess Championships of South Africa took place from 7-14 May in Cape Town. The Open and Seniors events were played in 9 round robin rounds, while the Women’s event had 8 players who battled it out through 7 round robin rounds.

After an intense and final day of the Superbet Chess Classic Bucharest, three players tied for first with 5.5/9.