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The U18-U8 World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2023 are taking place in Batumi, Georgia from June 5 to 12. The tournaments will be played using the Swiss System with 11 rounds in separate open and girls section under U08,U10,U12,U14,U16,U18. Time control for the rapid championships will be 15 minutes plus 5 seconds per move starting from move one and for the blitz championships will be 5 minutes plus 3 seconds per move starting from move one. The top five rated players in U16 section are Ediz Gurel, Nikola Kanov, Artiom Stribuk, Daniyal Sapenov and Robert Piliposyan.

The U18-U8 World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2023 are taking place in Batumi, Georgia from June 5 to 12. The tournaments will be played using the Swiss System with 11 rounds in separate open and girls section under U08,U10,U12,U14,U16,U18. Time control for the rapid championships will be 15 minutes plus 5 seconds per move starting from move one and for the blitz championships will be 5 minutes plus 3 seconds per move starting from move one. The top five rated players in U18 section are Volodar Murzin, Aleksey Grebnev, Maksim Tsaruk, Jakub Chyzy and Emils Janis Mierins.

The Asian Continental Championship is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 4–11 June 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 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 6 rated players are S.P. Sethuraman, Rinat Jumabayev, Shamsiddin Vokhidov, Bardiya Daneshvar, Aronyak Ghosh and Amirreza Pour Agha Bala.

The Asian Continental Women’s Championship is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 4–11 June 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 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 6 rated players are Batkhuyag Munguntuul, Divya Deshmukh, Irine Kharisma Sukandar, P V Nandhidhaa, Mobina Alinasab and Meruert Kamalidenova.

The Asian Continental Women’s Championship is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 4–11 June 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 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 6 rated players are Batkhuyag Munguntuul, Divya Deshmukh, Irine Kharisma Sukandar, P V Nandhidhaa, Mobina Alinasab and Meruert Kamalidenova.

The Asian Continental Championship is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 4–11 June 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 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 6 rated players are S.P. Sethuraman, Rinat Jumabayev, Shamsiddin Vokhidov, Bardiya Daneshvar, Aronyak Ghosh and Amirreza Pour Agha Bala.

The 2023 Cairns Cup is taking place from 3-13 June in the St. Louis Chess Club, USA. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment starting from move one. No draw offers are allowed. It is a 10-player round-robin tournament with participation of Humpy Koneru, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Harika Dronavalli, Nana Dzagnidze, Zhansaya Abdumalik, Elisabeth Paehtz, Bella Khotenashvili, Anna Zatonskih, Irina Krush and Hunay Mammadzada.

The 2023 Cairns Cup is a 10-player round-robin tournament taking place from 3-13 June in the St. Louis Chess Club, USA. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment starting from move one. No draw offers are allowed.
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The Trusts Open 2023 is taking place from June 3-5, 2023, in Auckland, New Zealand. The format is a six-round Swiss. The time control is 90 minutes for the entire game plus a 30-second increment starting on move one. The top five rated players are Ben Hague, Felix Xie, Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang, Robert W Smith and Michael V R Steadman.

The 3rd Bangladesh Police Open is taking place from 2–8 June 2023 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 7-round Swiss tournament with participation of Atiqur Rahman, Rahman Md. Anisur, Amin Md. Ruhul, Asadujjaman Md, Chakma Subas, Md. Tayabur Rahman, etc.