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The final match of the second leg of the Grand Prix was opened by FIDE Deputy President and renowned grandmaster Bachar Kouatly.

Starting with the Petroff, the players moved to the Four Knights game and then switched to the Scottish Game. Somewhat surprisingly, Dmitry Andreikin opted for a very drawish course. The opponents played out a popular line that has been tested many times in high-level games. After massive exchanges, a well-known drawish endgame emerged on the board, that Andreikin played himself just a month ago. 

GM Abhijeet Gupta is the winner of the 31st PSPB Inter Unit Individual Chess Championship 2022. Gupta scored 6,5/8, half a point ahead of GM Lalith Babu, GM Krishnan Sasikiran, and GM Adhiban. The top performing woman in the event was GM Humpy Koneru with 5,5/8.

Following a quick draw in the first game of the tiebreaks, Andreikin won as Black against Giri in the second game, despite having an inferiour position.

In the finals of the second leg of the Grand Prix, Dmitry Andreikin will be playing a two-game match against Richard Rapport on the 12th and 13th of March.

More: Richard Rapport qualifies for the final

Game One: A quick draw

The Rhodes Chess Festival 2022 will be held from 20 April to 4 May, in the five-star Rodos Palace Conference Resort of Rhodes island, and it will be a unique opportunity for players to combine chess with seaside holidays and the traditional Greek Easter celebrations! The Rhodes Chess festival will consist of three events:

The European Individual Chess Championship 2022 will take place between 26 March and 7 April at Terme Čatež near Brežice in Slovenia. Here is the participants list of the EICC 2022.

FM James Canty aka Jedi Master and FM Waldo Serrano havte been awarded their official FIDE titles.

Biel Chess Festival 2022 is going to take place 10-24 of July offering a staggering of thirteen chess tournaments.

The second round of FIDE Grand Prix Belgrade semifinals saw two draws. After yesterday’s win in round 1, Hungarian Richard Rapport secured a place in the finals by holding Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to a draw in a very exciting game that saw lots twists and turns.

The first round of the semi-finals of the second leg of the Grand Prix, which followed the qualification phase, saw one decisive result and one draw.

Richard Rapport defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Before this game, the two had played eight classical games, five of which were drawn and three were won by the Frenchman. Despite the head-to-head record favouring Vachier-Lagrave, every game is a story of its own, and this one did not have a happy ending for MVL.

The European Individual Chess Championship 2022 will take place between 26 March and 7 April at Terme Čatež near Brežice in Slovenia. The event is organized by the Chess Federation of Slovenia under the auspices of the European Chess Union (ECU). The official host of the championship is Hotel Spa; accommodation is also available in other hotels, which are part of the Terme Čatež complex.