World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2022 Press Conference: All set in Almaty
The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championship is due to start on December 25th in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Eleven days before the opening ceremony, a press conference has been held in the host city. Speakers at the press conference were FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich (via video link), Vice Minister of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zharasbayev, Vice […]
Hungarian Championship: Péter Prohászka and Zsuzsanna Terbe win titles
GM Péter Prohászka and WFM Zsuzsanna Terbe are the new Hungarian chess champions. Péter became the national champion for the first time, while Zsuzsanna successfully defended the title she had won back in 2021. The 66th women’s and 71st open chess championships took place in Budapest from December 05-13. Both events were 10-player round-robin tournaments with classical time control. […]
Gorshtein and Shvayger win 2022 Israeli Championship
IM Ido Gorshtein and IM Yuliya Shvayger emerged as the winners of the 2022 Israeli Chess Championship. Held by the Israel Chess Association in collaboration with the Lottery and the Municipality of Arad, the 2022 Israeli Championship (open and women sections) took place in Arad from December 2-13. Arad (not to confuse with the Romanian city Arad) is located on […]