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The Zonal 4.2 2023 is taking place from 25–31 March 2023 in Dimbokro, Ivory Coast. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Mariano Ortega Amarelle, Simplice Armel De Gondo, Abdulrahman Abdulraheem, Yoboue Hermann Manan, Nicolas Cogan, Jr. Anthony Waylea, Harmon Barcon, Philip Elikem Ameku, Joel O. Ebiekuta, Bobby Ballah, Franck Anderson Nean, etc.

The Women’s Zonal 4.2 2023 is taking place from 25–31 March 2023 in Dimbokro, Ivory Coast. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Celia M. Rodriguez Guevara, Nadezhda Marochkina, Abigail Karyah, Ayemou Mazan Emmanuela Esther, Marie Yavo Tchetche, Maud Benson, Justine Anassika Oyenga, Princess K. Banney, etc.

The Kyiv Spring Open 2023 is taking place from 25–31 March 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Vadim Malakhatko, Vadim Shishkin, Eduard Andreev, Andrey Grekh, Sergey Pavlov, Spartak Vysochin, Vladislav Bakhmatsky, Valeriy Grinev, Alexey Kislinsky, Oleg Budnikov, etc.

The Austrian Bundesliga 2023 is taking place in Jenbach/Graz/Linz. Players receive 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 New Delhi FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2023 is taking place in New Delhi, from March 25 to April 5 2023. It forms the third of four stages of the 2022-23 FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, which will determine two places in the 2023 Candidates Tournament. 16 players compete in the series, each playing in three of the four events. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

An 8-game match in London between English no. 1 Mickey Adams and 2-time Ukrainian Champion Andrei Volokitin. The match is organised by Chess in Schools and Communities and will be held half in the Ukrainian Embassy and half in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The prize fund is $45,000. The time control is that each player has 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.

The 20th Delhi Open 2023 is taking place from 23–30 March 2023 in New Delhi, India. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 10-round Swiss tournament with participation of GM S.P.

The Opening ceremony of the event was attended by the ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, ECU Honorary Vice President and the Vice President of the Montenegro Chess Federation Mr. Veselin Draskovic, the Minister of Youth and Sports of Montenegro Mr. Vasilije Lalosevic, who addressed the players and distinguished guests.

The 23^rd edition of the European Women’s Individual Chess Championship 2023 takes place from 17th-30th March in Hotel “Palas” Petrovac, Montenegro. The Championship will be played in 11 rounds, swiss system, with the time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds for every move starting from move 1.

The Riyadh Calendar Chess Championship 2023 is taking place from 17–18 March 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Players receive 15 minutes for the entire game, plus a 10-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of GM Ahmed Adly, GM A.R. Saleh Salem, GM Bassem Amin, GM Hicham Hamdouchi, GM Mohd Al-Mudahka, GM Adham Fawzy, GM Bilel Bellahcene, IM Mohamed Tissir, IM Kamel Njili, etc.