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The Riyadh Calendar Chess Championship 2023 is taking place from 17–18 March 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Players receive 15 minutes for the entire game, plus a 10-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of GM Ahmed Adly, GM A.R. Saleh Salem, GM Bassem Amin, GM Hicham Hamdouchi, GM Mohd Al-Mudahka, GM Adham Fawzy, GM Bilel Bellahcene, IM Mohamed Tissir, IM Kamel Njili, etc.

The Charlotte IM B 2023 will take place from 15-19 March, 2023. The time control is 90 minutes and 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The tournament format is 9-round robin.

In IM B section will participate GM Vladimir Georgiev, IM Tamas Petenyi, IM Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte, FM Robby Adamson, FM Ryan Amburgy, FM Vishnu Vanapalli, Sudarshan Sriniaiyer, Jiangwei Yu, FM C.J. Arvind and James Le Nguyen.

The Charlotte IM A 2023 will take place from 15-19 March, 2023. The time control is 90 minutes and 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The tournament format is 9-round robin.

The Charlotte GM A 2023 will take place from 15-19 March, 2023. The time control is 90 minutes and 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The tournament format is 9-round robin.

In GM A section will participate GM Tanguy Ringoir, GM David Brodsky, GM Darcy Lima, IM Artiom Samsonkin, FM Brewington Hardaway, Harshid Kunka, IM Dean Ippolito, FM Shankar Gauri, FM Bach Ngo and WGM Dina Belenkaya.

The American Cup 2023 is an 8-player double elimination knockout taking place from 16-26 March at the St. Louis Chess Club. The matches will be played over two classical (90min + 30s increment) games in the Champions and two rapid (25+10) games in the Elimination bracket. If tied, rapid (10+5) playoffs are held and, if still tied, an Armageddon game (5 vs 4 minutes, with draw odds for Black). In the end the winner of the Champions bracket will face the winner of the Elimination bracket.

The American Cup 2023 is an 8-player double elimination knockout taking place from 16-26 March at the St. Louis Chess Club. The matches will be played over two classical (90min + 30s increment) games in the Champions and two rapid (25+10) games in the Elimination bracket. If tied, rapid (10+5) playoffs are held and, if still tied, an Armageddon game (5 vs 4 minutes, with draw odds for Black). In the end the winner of the Champions bracket will face the winner of the Elimination bracket.

The American Women’s Cup 2023 is an 8-player double elimination knockout taking place from 16-26 March at the St. Louis Chess Club. The matches will be played over two classical (90min + 30s increment) games in the Champions and two rapid (25+10) games in the Elimination bracket. If tied, rapid (10+5) playoffs are held and, if still tied, an Armageddon game (5 vs 4 minutes, with draw odds for Black). In the end the winner of the Champions bracket will face the winner of the Elimination bracket.

The 27 Hit open 2023 will take place from 16-23 March 2023 in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The time control is 90 minutes plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. The tournament is separated in two categories – HIT-A and HIT-B and has total prize fund of 5650 EUR.

The 30th Charlotte GM/IM Norm Invitational will be March 15-19, 2023. There will be 1 GM group and 2 IM groups.The time control is 90 minutes and 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.

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The 23^rd edition of the European Women’s Individual Chess Championship 2023 takes place from 17th-30th March in Hotel “Palas” Petrovac, Montenegro. The Championship will be played in 11 rounds, swiss system, with the time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds for every move starting from move 1.