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2023 CHESS NEWS

World Blitz Chess Championship

29 - 30 December 2023
Almaty, Kazakhstan.
176 players ( Open ), 99 players ( Women )
24 rounds
Time control: 3 minutes + 2 sec per move.

Carlsen is also World Blitz Chess champion after winning World Rapid Championship in front of Dubov.

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World Rapid Chess Championship

26 - 28 December 2023
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
207 players ( Open ), 124 players ( Women )
13 rounds

Top 10 players - Rapid rating

Carlsen, Magnus 2818
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2778
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2772
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2767
Aronian, Levon 2762

Caruana, Fabiano 2762
Svidler, Peter 2737
Rapport, Richard 2735
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2727
Artemiev, Vladislav 2721

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Chennai Grand Masters

15 - 21 December 2023
Chennai , India
8 players
Round robin
The time contro: 90 minutes for all moves with a 30-second increment from move 1.

Players - Ratings

Harikrishna, Pentala 2696
Gukesh D 2720
Aronian, Levon 2723

Eljanov, Pavel 2691
Maghsoodloo, Parham 2742
Sjugirov, Sanan 2703
Erigaisi Arjun 2727
Predke, Alexandr 2689

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Champions Chess Tour Finals

9 - 16 December 2023
Toronto, Canada,
Round robin ,
8 players

Players

Carlsen, Magnus NOR
Caruana Fabiano USA
So , Wesley USA
Nakamura Hikaru USA

Firouzja Alireza FRA
Vachier-Lagraev Maxime FRA
Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB
Lazavik Denis FID

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European Rapid and Blitz Champ

14 - 16 December 2023
Zagreb, Croatia
Rapid and Blitz

Winners : Sarana ( in Rapid ) Navara ( in Blitz )

Rapid: 11-round Swiss system
14 - 15 December
Time control : 3 minutes for the entire game,
plus a 2-second increment starting from move 1 495 players

Blitz: 22-round Swiss system
16 December
968 players

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London Chess Classic

1 - 10 December 2023
London, UK
10 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2648

Players

Gukesh D 2758
Vitiugov, Nikita 2711
Tabatabaei, M. Amin 2685
Adams, Michael 2670
Niemann, Hans Moke 2667

Volokitin, Andrei 2664
Bartel, Mateusz 2651
Moussard, Jules 2642
McShane, Luke J 2626
Royal, Shreyas 2407

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Gashimov Memorial

8 - 10 December 2023
Gabala, Azerbaijan
10 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2693

Players

Abasov, Nijat 2679
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2716
Erigaisi Arjun 2712
Mamedov, Rauf 2640
Radjabov, Teimour 2745

Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2734
Suleymanli, Aydin 2588
Van Foreest, Jorden 2707
Rapport, Richard 2752
Gelfand, Boris 2655

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Turkish Chess Championship

2 - 10 December 2023
Antalya, Turkey
10 players
Average rating: 2354
Round-robin system

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Sinquefield Cup

19 November - 3 December 2023
St Louis, USA,
10 players
Round robin
Average rating : 2754

Players

Caruana, Fabiano 2786
Firouzja, Alireza 2777
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2771
Giri, Anish 2760
So, Wesley 2753

Rapport, Richard 2752
Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2745
Aronian, Levon 2742
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2727
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2726

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European Team Chess Ch

11 - 20 November 2023
Budva, Montenegro
Swiss system, 9 rounds
Open 38 teams
Women: 32 teams

Top 10 Team - Average rating

Azerbaijan 2701
Romania 2676
Germany 2676
England 2671
Armenia 2667

Spain 2648
France 2644
Norway 2633
Netherlands 2632
Serbia 2628

more...

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FIDE Grand Swiss Open

23 October - 6 November 2023
Isle of Man
164 players
11 rounds
Prize: $460.000

Top Players
Caruana, Fabiano 2786
Nakamura, Hikaru 2780
Firouzja, Alireza 2777
Giri, Anish 2760
Gukesh D 2758

Rapport, Richard 2752
Aronian, Levon 2742
Praggnanandhaa R 2738
Grischuk, Alexander 2732
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2727

more...

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Qatar Masters

11 - 20 October 2023
168 players
9-Round
Lusail, Qatar
Average rating: 2461
Prize: $110.000
Time control: 90 mn / 40 moves + 30 mn for the rest +
30-second increment from move one

Top Players

Carlsen, Magnus 2839
Nakamura, Hikaru 2780
Giri, Anish 2760
Gukesh D 2758
Praggnanandhaa R 2738
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2716
more...

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U.S. Chess Championship

5 - 19 October 2023
14 players
Round robin
Saint Louis Chess Club
Average rating: 2682
Prize: $250.000
Time control: 90 mn / 40 moves + 30 mn for the rest +
30-second increment from move one

Players

Caruana, Fabiano 2786
So, Wesley 2753
Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2745
Aronian, Levon 2742
Niemann, Hans Moke 2667
Robson, Ray 2699
Sevian, Samuel 2698

Shankland, Sam 2698
Xiong, Jeffery 2693
Swiercz, Dariusz 2620
Mishra, Abhimanyu 2592
Tang, Andrew 2496

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European Chess Club Cup Open

1 - 7 October 2023
Durres (Albania)
84 teams ( Open ) , 126 teams ( Women )
7 rounds

Carlsen , Vachier-Lagrave , Anand, Rapport , Nihal,, Mamedyarov and more in European Club Cup

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Ai Cup - Champions Chess Tour 2023

25 - 29 September 2023: 25 - 29 September 2023
6th event of the Champions Chess Tour 2023

Vachier-Lagrave is the winner.

Grand Final
Vachier-Lagrave - Carlsen : 2-0 ; 2.5 - 1.5 :

Final

* won after Armageddon game. After draw, it is accepted that the player with Black pieces won the game.

Semifinals
Carlsen - Nepo : 2.5 - 1.5
Vachier-Lagrave - Mamedyarov : 3 - 1

Quarterfinals
Carlsen - Nakamura : 2.5 - 0.5
Nepo - Giri : 2.5 - 0.5
Firouzja - Vachier-Lagrave : 1 - 3
Lazavik - Mamedyarov: 2 - 3

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Armageddon Championship - Grand Finale

14 - 20 September ,
Berlin Germany.
Armageddon games chess tournament final stage.

Duda is winner

Grand Final
Duda - So : 2 - 0

Final
Duda - Abdusattorov : 2 - 0

Semifinals
Duda- Gukesh D : 2 - 1

Abdusattorov - Koneru: 2 - 0

Quarterfinals
So - Gukesh D : 0 - 2
Duda - Shankland : 2 - 0
Abdusattorov - Rapport : 2 - 1
Koneru - Assaubayeva : 2 - 1

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Champions Showdown: Chess9LX (Chess960) 8 - 10 September 2023
Saint Louis, USA

10-players
Round Robin Chess 960 ( Fischer Random )

5 - 12 September 2023
Bydgoszcz, Poland

Sevian is the winner

Aronian, Levon
Sevian, Sam
Caruana, Fabiano
So, Wesley
Shankland, Sam
Nakamura, Hikaru
Kasparov, Garry
Xiong, Jeffrey
Dominguez, Leinier
Robson, Ray

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Women's World Team Championship

5 - 12 September 2023
Bydgoszcz, Poland

Pool A
Kazakhstan
Georgia
Ukraine
India
France
Egypt

Pool B
USA
China
Bulgaria
Germany
Poland
FIDE Americas

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Julius Baer Generation Cup 2023

30 August - 3 September 2023
5th event of the Champions Chess Tour .

Semifinals

Carlsen - Caruana
So - Firouzja

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FIDE World Chess Cup

30 July - 24 August 2023
Baku , Azerbaijan
206 players

Knock-Out system tournament. 2 games. If tie break needed two (2) tie-break games shall be played. 25mn + 10 sec/move . If there is not still any winner two (2) tie-break games 10mn + 10 sec/move. In case of a level score another match of 2 games shall be played with a time control of 5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment after each move. If still there is no winner one Armageddon game will be played .

Carlsen Magnus won the World Cup .

Other top players.

Nakamura Hikaru Caruana Fabiano Nepomniachtchi Ian Giri Anish So Wesley Radjabov Teimour Gukesh D Mamedyarov Shakhriyar Vachier-Lagrave Maxime

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56th Biel Grandmaster Triathlon 2023

16 - 26 July 2023
Biel, Switzerland
8 players
7 rounds Classical games
7 rounds Rapid games
14 rounds Blitz games Average rating: 2699

Keymer, Vincent GER
Navara, David CZE
Yu, Yangyi CHN
Amin, Bassem EGY
Moussard, Jules FRA
Le Quang Liem VIE
Erigaisi Arjun IND
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel ROU

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Aimchess Rapid 2023

4th event of the Champions Chess Tour .
8 players will play a knockout tournament from 10 - 14 July 2023

Carlsen
Caruana
Aronian
So
Abdusattorov
Fedoseev
Iturrizaga
Van Foreest

Carlsen won Aimchess Rapid

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Women's World Chess Champ.

Ju Wenjun kept Women's World Chess Champ. title after beating Lei Tingjie in game 12. Final score: : 6.5 - 5.5

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SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2023 - Grand Chess Tour

3 - 10 July 2023
Zagreb, Croatia
Average rating : 2712

Rapid : 10-player Round robin
Blitz: 10-playerDouble Round robin

Carlsen is the winner with 26 points after successive victories in Blitz chess.

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Global Chess League

Aronian's team Triveni Continental Kings won the Global Chess League after tie-break games against UpGrad Mumba Masters

21 June - 7 July 2023,
Dubai
6 Teams : 6 Players will be in every team ( 4 Men + 2 women )
Double Round robin
Unique Scoring System : 4 points if aplayer wins the game with Black Pieces 3 points if a player wins the game with White Pieces

Top players :
Carlsen ,
Anand,
Nepo ,
Vachier-LaGrave,
Aronian ,
Duda

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Dortmund Non-Castling World Masters

26 June - 2 July 2023
Dortmund, Germany
4 players
Double round robin
Average rating: 2710
Caruana won Dortmund Non-Castling World Masters tourrnament.

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Prague Chess Festival - Masters

21 - 30 June 2023
Prague, Czechia
Masters t. : 10 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2690

Robson is the winner.

Tie-break games:

Deac, B. - Robson, Ray : 0 - 1

Robson, Ray - Deac, B. : 0.5 - 0.5

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Norway Chess 2023

30 May - 9 June 2023
, Stavenger , Norway
10 players , Round robin
Average rating: 2755

Carlsen, Magnus 2853
Firouzja, Alireza 2785
Nakamura, Hikaru 2775
Giri, Anish 2768
Caruana, Fabiano 2764

So, Wesley 2760
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2738
Gukesh D 2732
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2731
Tari, Aryan 2642

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ChessKid Cup - Champions Chess Tour 2023

22 - 27 May 2023
3rd event of the Champions Chess Tour 2023
Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a Losers bracket and can still win the tournament.

Abdusattorov beat Caruana 2.5 - 1.5 in the final and won ChessKid Cup 2023.

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Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland - Grand Chess Tour 2023

20 - 25 May, 2023
Warsaw, Poland
Average rating : 2739

Rapid : Round robin
Blitz: Double Round robin
Rapid games : 2 points for a win and
1 for a draw.

Carlsen, Magnus 2853
Giri, Anish 2768
So, Wesley 2760
Rapport, Richard 2745
Aronian, Levon 2745

Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2742
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2724
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel 2700
Shevchenko, Kirill 2684
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 2670 Nepomniachtchi, Ian , FID, 2794
Ding Liren , CHN , 2789
Firouzja, Alireza , FRA , 2785
Giri, Anish , NED , 2764
Caruana, Fabiano , USA 2764

So, Wesley 2760
Rapport, Richard , ROU 2745
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime , FRA , 2742
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof , POL , 2724
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel , ROU , 2700

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Nicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix

16 - 27 May 2023
Nicosia , Cyprus
12 players
Round Robin
90 minutes for 40 moves +
30 minutes to the end of the game +
a 30-second increment starting from move 1.

Players - Ratings

Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2571
Lagno, Kateryna 2558
Dronavalli, Harika 2501
Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2535
Tan, Zhongyi 2517
Dzagnidze, Nana 2513

Shuvalova, Polina 2484
Khotenashvili, Bella 2478
Assaubayeva, Bibisara 2464
Mammadzada, Gunay 2449
Kiolbasa, Oliwia 2422
Wagner, Dinara 2417

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Superbet Chess Classical Romania GCT

3May 4 - 16, 2023 Bucharest, Romania 10 players Round robin Average rating: 2757

Nepomniachtchi, Ian , FID, 2794
Ding Liren , CHN , 2789
Firouzja, Alireza , FRA , 2785
Giri, Anish , NED , 2764
Caruana, Fabiano , USA 2764

So, Wesley 2760
Rapport, Richard , ROU 2745
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime , FRA , 2742
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof , POL , 2724
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel , ROU , 2700

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Tepe Sigeman & Co 2023

4 - 10 May , 2023
Malmö, Sweden
8 players
Round robin
Average rating: 26873

Gukesh D IND
Erigaisi Arjun IND
Keymer, Vincent GER
Svidler, Peter FID

Van Foreest, Jorden NED
Gelfand, Boris ISR
Grandelius, Nils SWE
Mishra, Abhimanyu USA

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Capablanca Memorial round 2

3 -11 May 2023
Havana, Cuba
Elite Group 10 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2579

Fier, Alexandr BRA
Sadhwani, Raunak IND
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl DEN
Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo ESP
Svane, Rasmus GER

Quesada Perez, Luis CUB
Miranda Mesa, Elier CUB
Albornoz Cabrera Carlos Daniel CUB
Martinez Duany, Lelys CUB
Almeida Quintana, Omar CUB

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World Chess Championship

7 April - 1 May 2023
Astana ,Kazakhstan
14 games + tie-break rapid games if needed.
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Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren

Ding Liren is World Chess Champion after beating Nepo in tie-break game : 9.5 - 8.5

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Satty Zhuldyz Rapid and Blitz tournaments

Rapid: 20 - 22 April 2023
Blitz: 24 - 25 April 2023

Astana, Kazakhstan

16 players

Erigaisi and Martirosyan are the winners of Satty Zhuldyz Rapid and Blitz tournaments respectively.

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Chessable Masters 2023

3-7 April 2023
Division I : 8 players

Players

Carlsen
Caruana
Nakamura
So

Aronian
Artemiev
Lei
Fedoseev

Nakamura won Chessable Masters after beating Caruana in the Grand Final.

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New Delhi FIDE Women's Grand Prix 3.leg

24 March - 6 April 2023
Astana , Kazakhstan
10 players
Round Robin

Players - Ratings

Batsiashvili, Nino 2489
Assaubayeva, Bibisara 2440
Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2576
Koneru, Humpy 2576
Dronavalli, Harika 2511

Zhu, Jiner 2489
Dzagnidze, Nana 2525
Shuvalova, Polina 2484
Vaishali, Rameshbabu 2433
Lagno, Kateryna 2560

Assaubayeva , Zhu and Goryachkina shared the title.

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Women's Candidates Tournament 2023

Lei Tingjie - Tan Zhongy: 3.5 - 1.5

Lei Tingjie beat Tan Zhongyi and won Women's Candidates.

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American Cup 2023

17-26 March in the St. Louis Chess Club
8-player double elimination knockout tournament .

Players

Nakamura
Aronian
So
Caruana

Dominguez Perez
Shankland
Robson
Sevian

Nakamura won American Cup after beating So in the final.

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European Women's Chess Ch.

18 - 29 March 2023
Petrovac, Montenegro
139 players
11 rounds, Swiss system

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European Individual Chess Ch.

3 - 13 March 2023
Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia
11-round Swiss

497 players

Alexey Sarana (FIDE) is European Chess Champion

Top 10 Players and ratings

Sargissian Gabriel 2699
Martirosyan Haik M. 2686
Anton Guijarro David 2685
Navara David 2685
Predke Alexandr 2684

Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2682
Esipenko Andrey 2680
Moussard Jules 2680
Gelfand Boris 2674
Saric Ivan 2674

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WR Chess Masters

16 - 25 February 2023
Dusseldorf, Germany.
10 players
Average rating 2731
Round robin tournament

Players - Ratings

Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2793
Giri, Anish 2780
So, Wesley 2766
Aronian, Levon 2736

Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2734
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2729
Gukesh D 2718
Keymer, Vincent 2690
Praggnanandhaa R 2690
Esipenko, Andrey 2675

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Airthings Masters Grand Final

16 - 25 February 2023
Dusseldorf, Germany.
10 players
Average rating 2731
Round robin tournament

Carlsen is the winner after beating Nakamura in the Grand Final : 2.5 - 1.5

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Munich Women's Grand Prix 2023

1 - 14 February 2023
Munich , Germany
12 players
Round Robin

Players

Muzychuk, Mariya 2523
Muzychuk, Anna 2522
Koneru, Humpy 2572
Tan, Zhongyi 2530
Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2519
Dzagnidze, Nana 2517

Harika, Dronavalli 2507
Abdumalik, Zhansaya 2496
Kashlinskaya, Alina 2491
Zhu, Jiner 2486
Paehtz, Elisabeth 2464
Wagner, Dinara 2413

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Tata Steel Chess 2023

14-29 January 2023
Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

Masters & Challengers : 14 players each one
Round robin

Average rating: 2741

Time control: 100'/40 moves + 50'/20 moves and
15' + 30'' from 1st move.

Players - Masters tournament

Carlsen, Magnus 2859
Ding, Liren 2811
Caruana, Fabiano 2766
Giri, Anish 2764
So, Wesley 2760
Rapport, Richard 2740
Aronian, Levon 2735

Gukesh D 2725
Erigaisi Arjun 2722
Maghsoodloo, Parham 2719
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2713
Keymer, Vincent 2696
Praggnanandhaa R
2684
Van Foreest, Jorden 2681

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