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The Icelandic Chess Championship 2022 took place from April 21 – May 1 in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Ten players competed in 9 round robin rounds of the Championship and Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson defended the 2021 champion’s title. The Winner was known with a round to spare and the last round determined only the medalists.

The Spanish Chess Club “V Centenario San Sebastián de los Reyes” posted today about an extraordinary chess game played in Madrid between a 100-year-old gentleman and a 10-year-old youngster. A 90 years age difference on the chess board showed the beauty of the game.

The experience had prevailed as Mr. Manuel Alvarez Escudero won the game against his younger colleague.

The Cabo Verde Chess Open 2022 took place from 22-30 April in Mindelo – S. Vicente located in the island country of the central Atlantic Ocean – Cabo Verde.

The event gathered 34 players from 10 countries, and after 9 rounds played in swiss system Mariano Ortega Amaralle won the event. Yago De Moura Santiago had the same score of 7 points and the two players tied for the first place, but tiebreak criteria was in favor of Ortega who clinched the title.

Indian MPL Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2022 were held from 27th to 30th April 2022 in Nashik, India.

A 7-year-old girl from Romania – Eliza Cretescu agreed to play in the 4th round of the European School Chess Championship 2022 even though her opponent was running late for the game. European Chess Union recognized the thoughtful act and awarded Eliza Cretescu with the special Fair Play Award.

Women’s German Chess Masters 2022 took place from 22–30 April in Best Western Plus Plaza Hotel Darmstadt.

The Mitropa Chess Cup 2022 kickes off in Corte and takes place from 27th April – 8th May in the Sports complex (COSEC) of Corte, Corsica, France.  

The 1st Chessable Sunway Formentera Festival is a 10-round swiss tournament taking place from 29 April to 8 May 2022 in Formentera, Spain.

Leading off the 2022 Grand Chess Tour will be the Superbet Chess Classic held from 3-15 May in Bucharest, Romania. The series of the Grand Chess Tour 2022 events will follow with three rapid & blitz tournaments in Paris, Croatia, and Warsaw; and will conclude with the final classical event, the Sinquefield Cup. 

More than 200 kids from 22 European federations took part in the 2022 European School Chess Championship. The event was played from 20-30 April in “Rodos Palace” Hotel and Conference center, Rhodes, Greece.

The Winners are: