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Five rounds are played at the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2023 and 18-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov emerged as the sole leader of the event after defeating World Champion Magnus Carlsen yesterday.

Following a successful implementation of the FIDE aid package for Opens in 2022, the program was extended for the year 2023. The total amount of Aid Package Program 2023 reached €200,000.

This impressive amount will be distributed among 50 open tournaments in as many countries/federations selected by FIDE (a national federation can receive no more than one package). The list can be found below:

After five played rounds at the Tata Steel Challengers 2023, Turkish Champion Mustafa Yilmaz emerged as the sole leader of the event with 4/5 points.

The FIDE World Championship 2023 is due to take place in Astana, Kazakhstan, from April 7th to May 1st. A new World Champion will be crowned, as Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren will battle to seize the throne left vacant by Magnus Carlsen’s withdrawal.

The General Partner of the event, which boasts a sensational prize fund of 2 million euros, will be NASDAQ-listed firm Freedom Holding Corp, a US-based corporation with Kazakh roots that provides financial services.

The 85th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Masters is taking place from 13-29 January in Wijk aan Zee. The event features 14 grandmasters competing in a 13-round round-robin tournament.

The full pairings for every round of the upcoming Women’s Grand Prix Munich 2023 has been announced. The second leg of Women’s Grand Prix 2022-23 will take place in Munich from February 1-14, 2022. Twelve players will compete in a round-robin tournament.

The Marienbad IM (B2) Czech Tour is taking place from 14–21 January 2023 in Marianske Lazne, 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. It is a 10-player round-robin tournament with participation of Jakub Ocelak, Hussain Besou, Marek Mica, Jasper Holtel, Dennis Nasshan, Daniel Kristoferitsch, Vladyslav Garsky, Marian Kantorik, Josef Jurek and Stephen R Mannion.

The Marienbad IM (B1) Czech Tour is taking place from 14–21 January 2023 in Marianske Lazne, 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. It is a 10-player round-robin tournament with participation of Stanislav Jasny, Maksym Goroshkov, Sebastian Plischki, Petr Pisk, Jakub Stinka, Patrick Terhuven, Mateusz Paszewski, Matthieu Pourquet, Dion Krivenko and Lile Koridze.

The Marienbad GM (A2) Czech Tour is taking place from 14–21 January 2023 in Marianske Lazne, 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. It is a 10-player round-robin tournament with participation of Jan Krejci, Isik Can, Vaclav Finek, Jakob Leon Pajeken, Bartlomiej Niedbala, Petr Haba, Katharina Ricken, Daniel Sorm, Bogdan Lalic and Lukas Leisch.

The Marienbad GM (A1) Czech Tour is taking place from 14–21 January 2023 in Marianske Lazne, 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. It is a 10-player round-robin tournament with participation of Richard Stalmach, Qi b Chen, Christoph Natsidis, Martin Petr, Vitezslav Rasik, Jakub Seemann, Hannes Stefansson, Gabriel Gaehwiler, Jakub Kusa and Adithya A Chullikkad.