The 2022 Cape Verde Chess Championship took place from 7-11 December in Praia. The event was played as an 8-player round-robin tournament with time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.
The top seeded IM Mariano Ortega Amaralle won the event scoring 7/7 points. He was two points ahead of Antonio David Anes and Gil Teixeira who tied for silver with 5 points, each. Tiebreak criteria favored Antonio David Anes who came second and Teixeira won bronze. Scroll down for final rankings
Final rankings – Cape Verde Chess Championship 2022:
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | IM | Ortega Amarelle Mariano | CPV | 2471 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Monteiro Antonio David Cabral Anes | CPV | 1778 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Teixeira Gil | CPV | 1763 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 4 | Vaz Jose Carlos | CPV | 1787 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Monteiro Antonio | CPV | 1719 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| 6 | WCM | Rodriguez Guevara Celia M. | CPV | 1803 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Barros Luis | CPV | 1666 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| 8 | Moes Joaquim Carlos | CPV | 1437 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
