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South West Nigeria Chess Tournament is a 9 rounds Swiss tournament taking place 12 – 16 July 2023 in Lagos, Nigeria, under the auspices of Nigerian Chess Federation. Time control is 90 minutes for the whole game plus a 30 seconds increment starting from move 1. The top five rating players are Daniel Anwuli, Abdulrahman Akintoye Abdulraheem, Bomo Lovet Kigigha, Oluwafemi Daniel Balogun and Bunmi Olape.

The Astana Zhuldyzdary 2023 Tournament A is taking place from the 11th of July to the 18th in Astana, Kazakhstan. The A tournament is intended for the players rated 1800 or more, it is the 3rd stage of the Kazakhstan Cup. The total prize fund of the Festival is 40,000,000 Kazakhstani tenge (equal to $90,000). The time control is 90 minutes with a 30-second increment beginning from move one. The default time is 30 minutes after the actual start of the round.

The Astana Zhuldyzdary 2023 Tournament A is taking place from the 11th of July to the 18th in Astana, Kazakhstan. The A tournament is intended for the players rated 1800 or more, it is the 3rd stage of the Kazakhstan Cup. The total prize fund of the Festival is 40,000,000 Kazakhstani tenge (equal to $90,000). The time control is 90 minutes with a 30-second increment beginning from move one. The default time is 30 minutes after the actual start of the round.

The 2023 FIDE Women’s World Championship is a 12-game match between defending champion Ju Wenjun and her Chinese compatriot Lei Tingjie. The match runs July 5-23, with the first 6 games in Ju Wenjun’s home city of Shanghai and the rest of the match in Lei Tingjie’s Chongqing. The first player to 6.5 points wins the match, while a 6:6 tie will be settled by tiebreaks. The prize fund is €500,000, split 60:40 in favour of the winner, or 55:45 if tiebreaks are needed.

The 2023 FIDE Women’s World Championship is a 12-game match between defending champion Ju Wenjun and her Chinese compatriot Lei Tingjie. The match runs July 5-23, with the first 6 games in Ju Wenjun’s home city of Shanghai and the rest of the match in Lei Tingjie’s Chongqing. The first player to 6.5 points wins the match, while a 6:6 tie will be settled by tiebreaks. The prize fund is €500,000, split 60:40 in favour of the winner, or 55:45 if tiebreaks are needed.

The Aimchess Rapid, the 4th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. 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. In the Grand Final if the player from the Winners bracket loses, there’s a rematch. The total prize fund is $235,000, with a top prize of $30,000 (150 Tour points) in Division I, $10,000 in Division II (50 points) and $5,000 (20 points) in Division III.

The Aimchess Rapid, the 4th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. 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. In the Grand Final if the player from the Winners bracket loses, there’s a rematch. The total prize fund is $235,000, with a top prize of $30,000 (150 Tour points) in Division I, $10,000 in Division II (50 points) and $5,000 (20 points) in Division III.

The Aimchess Rapid, the 4th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. 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. In the Grand Final if the player from the Winners bracket loses, there’s a rematch. The total prize fund is $235,000, with a top prize of $30,000 (150 Tour points) in Division I, $10,000 in Division II (50 points) and $5,000 (20 points) in Division III.

The Aimchess Rapid, the 4th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. 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. In the Grand Final if the player from the Winners bracket loses, there’s a rematch. The total prize fund is $235,000, with a top prize of $30,000 (150 Tour points) in Division I, $10,000 in Division II (50 points) and $5,000 (20 points) in Division III.

The Turkish Super League 2023 is an 12-team round-robin tournament taking place from 10–20 July 2023 in Ankara. 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.