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Financial Times has published an article, dedicated to the just finished Reykjavik Chess Open and the win of Praggnanandhaa. “Half a century ago, Bobby Fischer captured Boris Spassky’s world title in Reykjavik and sparked a global chess boom,” starts the analysis of FT and continues:

The Doeberl Chess Cup 2022 is going to take place 14-18 April in Canberra, Australia. GM Hrant Melkumyan, the winner of the 2019 Deoberl Cup, is the top seeded in the event. Scroll down for full participants list. Throwback: Nisipeanu and Vajda share first place in 2014

Live games Doeberl Chess Cup 2022

The Mitropa Cup 2022 will be held from 27th April – 8th May in the Sports complex (COSEC) of Corte, Corsica, France. The following chess federations are entitled to take part in the Mitropa Cup 2022: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland.

The VI Open Internacional de ajedrez Semana Santa en Torrevieja (Alicante) 2022 is going to take place 13-17 April in Spain. A total of 450 players from 41 countries will participate in the event, including 19 GMs and 23 IMs. Top seeded is GM Karen Grigoryan, while the young U18 star GM Daniel Dardha is 8th seeded.

VI Open Internacional de ajedrez Semana Santa en Torrevieja (Alicante) 2022 participants

The Grand Chess Tour (GCT) has confirmed the seven wildcard players for the Grand Chess Tour Chess Classic Romania and the Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz Poland. The first leg of the GCT, the Chess Classic Romania will include all nine full tour players and one wildcard player, Romanian Grandmaster Bogdan-Daniel Deac. The Superbet Chess Classic Romania is sponsored by Superbet Foundation, One United and First Bank and features a 10 player round-robin battle for a total of $350,000 in prize money.

An eventful Kvika Reykjavik Open came to an end yesterday as 245 players from 39 countries played their final moves of the event. The Indian sensation Praggnanandhaa was the soler winner clocking in with an impressive 7½ pionts in the 9 rounds.

Norway Chess 2022 is going to take place May 31st to June 10th in Stavanger.

Matthias Bluebaum is the winner of the European Individual Chess Championship 2022 that concluded in Terme Catez, Slovenia. After 11 played rounds with more than 300 participants, German Grandmaster Matthias Bluebaum (GER, 2642) won the Championship scoring 8 points. Bluebaum maintained the leadership from the 5th round and in the end tied for the first place with Sargissian Gabrial (ARM, 2681) who had the same score. Additional criteria decided that Bluebaum takes gold and Sargissian won silver medal.

The Romanian Grand Prix Super Chess Rapid 2022 aka GP Romania is going to start this April 30 at the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest. GP Romania 2022 will consist of 5 open qualifying tournaments – three tournaments will consist in classic chess and two in rapid chess – and a grand final – consisting of a closed tournament in which the best Romanians will participate.

The Grand Chess Tour 2022 in magnificent fashion with $1.4 million total prize fund allocated between 5 events. It will once again feature 2 classical chess tournaments and 3 rapid & blitz tournaments spanning across Europe and United States. With the addition of an new event in Warsaw, Poland, fans can look forward to another entertaining and thrilling season.