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The Chinese League 2023 is a 12-team round-robin tournament held from the 5th of June to the 17th in Fuling District, Chongqing, China. Time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment beginning from move one.
Chessdom.com will daily follow the live games.

The Chinese League 2023 is a 12-team round-robin tournament held from the 5th of June to the 17th in Fuling District, Chongqing, China. Time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment beginning from move one.

The Europe and Africa edition of the Armageddon Championship is an 8-player double-elimination tournament taking place in Berlin, Germany. Each match consists of two 3+2 blitz games and, if the scores are level, an Armageddon decider.

The 14th KIIT Open is a 10-round Swiss tournament taking place from 11–18 June 2023 in Bhubaneswar, India. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.  The top five rated players are Boris Savchenko, Viacheslav V. Zakhartsov, Luka Paichadze, Vladimir Burmakin and Cristhian Camilo Rios.

Denis Lazavik from Belarus takes on Belgium’s Daniel Dardha in the quarterfinals of the $50,000 Junior Speed Chess Championship held on Chess.com. The players play 90 minutes of blitz games with 5 minutes for all moves plus a 1-second increment per move, then 60 minutes of 3+1 blitz, then 30 minutes of 1+1 bullet games. All games are scored normally.

India’s Raunak Sadhwani takes on Azerbaijan’s Read Samadov in the quarterfinals of the $50,000 Junior Speed Chess Championship held on Chess.com. The players play 90 minutes of blitz games with 5 minutes for all moves plus a 1-second increment per move, then 60 minutes of 3+1 blitz, then 30 minutes of 1+1 bullet games. All games are scored normally.

The 2023 Excelsior June is taking place from 13-17 of June 2023 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The time format is 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move from move 1. It is a 10-player round-robin tournament with participation of Omar Almeida Quintana, Gabor Nagy, Nikolay Noritsyn, Tymur Keleberda, Alexander Reprintsev, Sergey Noritsyn, Jordan Clyde, Omya Vidyarthi, Jaipreet Singh Dhaliwal and Aaron Reeve Mendes.

The 2023 Excelsior June is taking place from 13-17 of June 2023 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The time format is 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move from move 1. It is a 10-player round-robin tournament.
Chessdom.com will daily follow the live games.

The USA’s Christopher Yoo takes on India’s Pranav V in the quarterfinals of the $50,000 Junior Speed Chess Championship held on Chess.com. The players play 90 minutes of blitz games with 5 minutes for all moves plus a 1-second increment per move, then 60 minutes of 3+1 blitz, then 30 minutes of 1+1 bullet games. All games are scored normally.

The Colonia Sant Jordi 2023 GM is taking place from 09-17 of June 2023 in Colonia de Sant Jordi, Mallorca, Spain. Time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment beginning from move one. It is a 10-player round-robin tournament.