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The Swiss Young Masters 2023 is taking place from 7–15 April 2023 in Basel, Switzerland. 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 an 10-player round-robin tournament with participation of Pierre Laurent-Paoli, Lev Yankelevich, Adrian Gschnitzer, Li Min Peng, Marco Riehle, Theo Stijve, Benedict Hasenohr, Dorian Asllani, Ghazal Hakimifard and Lena Georgescu.

The 49º Torneo Internacional Ajederez La Roda 2023 will take place from 05-09 April 2023 in Ла Рода (Albacete), Spain. Players receive 90 minutes of play plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. The tournament has total prize fund of 15 000 EUR, with 3500 EUR reserved for the winner. More than 170 players are registered, among them S.L. Narayanan, Aravindh Chithambaram Vr., Vitaliy Bernadskiy, Di Li, Frederik Svane, Rinat Jumabayev, GM Alexandr Fier, Xu Xiangyu, Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera.

Fabiano Caruana – Hikaru Nakamura is The Grand Final match from the Chessable Masters 2023. The 2nd 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.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is The Grand Final of Division 2 Winners from Chessable Masters 2023. The 2nd 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.

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, aka Nepo – Ding is the final of the World Chess Championship 2023. The Nepo – Ding match will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan, from April 7 to May 1, at the elegant St. Regis Astana hotel. All the games start at 15:00 local time (GMT+6), and there is a rest day every two rounds. Nepo – Ding game 1 is set to start on April 9.

Welcome to the opening ceremony of the Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, aka Nepo – Ding final match of the World Chess Championship 2023! We will cover all day long the events from Madrid, where the battles start today at 15:00 CET. The news will appear here on this live blog, time stamped at reverse chronological order.

The Pafos Cyprus is taking place from 7–13 April 2023 in Pafos, Cyprus. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 15 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. The total prize fund is 4100 EUR with 1000 EUR guaranteed for the winner. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Sergei Tiviakov, Alberto David, Andreas Kelires, Pier Luigi Basso, Athanasios Mastrovasilis, Novak Pezelj, Florian Kaczur,
Dimitris Alexakis, Eray Kilic, Dragos Ceres, etc.

The Pafos Cyprus is taking place from 7–13 April 2023 in Pafos, Cyprus. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 15 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. The total prize fund is 4100 EUR with 1000 EUR guaranteed for the winner. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Sergei Tiviakov, Alberto David, Andreas Kelires, Pier Luigi Basso, Athanasios Mastrovasilis, Novak Pezelj, Florian Kaczur,
Dimitris Alexakis, Eray Kilic, Dragos Ceres, etc.

The World Chess Championship 2023 is taking place from 7 April to 1 May 2023 to determine the new World Chess Champion. The match will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan and Chessdom.com will have daily live coverage with commentary by top GMs and computer analysis.

Good morning everyone and welcome to the live blog from day 1 of the Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, aka Nepo – Ding final match of the World Chess Championship 2023! We will cover all day long the events from Madrid, where the battles start today at 15:00 CET. The news will appear here on this live blog, time stamped at reverse chronological order.