Romania to stage FIDE World Youth Chess Championships
FIDE is happy to announce that Romania will host the World Youth Chess Championships U14, U16, and U18 from September 05-17, 2022. The 11-round Swiss System tournaments, organized by International Chess Federation and Romanian Chess Federation together with Chess Club Universul and Chess Club Juniorul Constanta, will be held in Constanta Exhibition Centre. Every National Federation can […]
Malta to host FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships
FIDE has announced the World Amateur Championships 2022 to be held in Malta from October 20-30 in the 4-star conference hotel “Paradise Bay Resort”. It will be one more major international event hosted by Malta recently, after the successful European Small Nations Team Championship in December 2021. In total, six championship titles in three categories […]
2022 Candidates, Round 9: Firouzja, Radjabov and Ding score first victories
Tournament leader Ian Nepomniachtchi drew with direct challenger for first place Fabiano Caruana, while all three other games ended with a decisive result Ian Nepomniachtchi remains in the lead on 6.5/9, a full point ahead of Fabiano Caruana. A step behind, on 4.5, is Hikaru Nakamura joined by Ding Liren, who gradually made progress and […]