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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.

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.
Chessdom.com will daily follow the live games.

Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura are set to compete in the Play-In for the Aimchess Rapid, the 4th event on the $2 million+ 2023 Champions Chess Tour. It takes place on Chess.com on June 12 and will decide who joins Fabiano Caruana, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Jorden van Foreest and Vladimir Fedoseev in the main event that runs July 10-14. It begins with a 9-round Swiss tournament before the top finishers advance to Match Play, where a 2-game match, with possible Armageddon, decides who qualifies and to which of three Divisions.

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.
Chessdom.com will daily follow the live games.

The Teplice Open is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 10–18 June 2023 in Teplice, Czechia. 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 top five rated players are Shant Sargsyan, Rasmus Svane, Daniele Vocaturo, Anton Demchenko and Jergus Pechac.

The Teplice Open is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 10–18 June 2023 in Teplice, Czechia. 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 top five rated players are Shant Sargsyan, Rasmus Svane, Daniele Vocaturo, Anton Demchenko and Jergus Pechac.
Chessdom.com will daily follow the live games.

The 14th Dolomiti Open is taking place from 10–17 June 2023 in Forni di Sopra, Italy. 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 Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, Luca Jr Moroni, Pier Luigi Basso, Vladislav Nevednichy, Deepan Chakkravarthy J., Irina Bulmaga, Dragos Ceres, S. Nitin, Marina Brunello, Alessio Boraso, etc. The tournament has price fund of 4500 EUR with 1500 EUR + trophy guaranteed for the winner.

The 14th Dolomiti Open is taking place from 10–17 June 2023 in Forni di Sopra, Italy. 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 Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, Luca Jr Moroni, Pier Luigi Basso, Vladislav Nevednichy, Deepan Chakkravarthy J., Irina Bulmaga, Dragos Ceres, S. Nitin, Marina Brunello, Alessio Boraso, etc. The tournament has price fund of 4500 EUR with 1500 EUR + trophy guaranteed for the winner.