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Three months before the start of the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022, the compositions of Indian teams have been announced. Two teams in each Open and Women’s section will represent India in Chennai from July 28 to August 10.

The National Chess Championship of Malawi took place at the Grand Palace Hotel in Mzuzu from 14th to 18th April 2022.

The event served as a qualification for the 44th Chess Olympiad with the top 5 players in each category making it to the national team. Twenty-six players battled it out in the Open and 13 in the Women’s section.

The Japan Chess Championship 2022 was held from April 30 to May 4 in Tokyo with participation of 63 players and a total prize fund of 100.000 yen.

The Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2022, with a half-million rupees prize fund, took place from April 23 to May 1 in the Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research Institute, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo. Both tournaments, organized by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, were 14-players round-robins with classical time control. 

The 27th edition of the TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament takes place from 3-9 May at the Malmo Live conference centre in Malmo, Sweden.

Eight players play the seven rounds robin round tournament and the battlefield is led by GM Jorden van Foreest. The participants list:

The 4th FIDE World Cadet U8, U10, U12 & the FIDE World Youth U14, U16, U18 Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships concluded today in Rhodes, Greece.

More than 300 players from 40 countries participated in the event and the new world champions are:

The Puerto Rico Women’s Chess Championship 2022 took place from April 29 – May 1 at the University of Puerto Rico.

FM Danitza Vázquez Maccarini emerged as the winner of the five-round Swiss tournament that brought together nine participants.

Three months before the start of the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022, the compositions of Indian teams have been announced. Two teams in each Open and Women’s section will represent India in Chennai from July 28 to August 10.

Indian Team A (Open section):

The 501(c)3 US Chess Federation’s 2022 National Middle School (K-8) Championship took place from April 28-May 1, 2022 at the Gaylord Texan Hotel and Resort in Grapevine, Texas. A total of 931 players from 35 states competed. This tournament was formerly known as the National Junior High School (K-9) Championship.

The individual K-8 Co-Champions are (listed in tiebreak order):

Charlotte Chess Center in North Carolina organized three ALTO (At Least Twenty-One) chess tournaments played in 5 rounds from April 29 – May 1 with a total prize fund of 5.500$.

The main tournament gathered 25 players including 3 grandmasters, while the U1800 and U1400 tournaments brought together more than 80 players.