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The Reykjavik Open 2023 is takimg place from March 29th – April 4th. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. This is a 9- round Swiss System tournament.

More than 150 players will participate in Reykjavik Open 2023, leaded by GM Vasyl Ivanchuk, GM Nils Grandelius, GM Mustafa Yilmaz, GM Abhijeet Gupta, GM Tamas Banusz. The total prize fund is 16,000 EUR as follow:

The WGM Cvijet Mediterana 2023 is taking place from 05.-11.03.2023 in Rijeka, Croatia.The time control is 90 minutes plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. This is a 9- Round Robin tournament with the participation of: Evgeniya Doluhanova, Viktoria Radeva, Mirjana Medić, Anastasiya Rakhmangulova, Maria Manakova, Nadya Toncheva, Ana Berke, Tihana Iveković, Barbara Skuhala and Petra Kejžar.

The prize fund is as follow:

1. 400 euros

2. 300 euros

The 1st International “Women’s Chess Championship” is taking place from 5-12 March 2023 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The time control is 90 minutes plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. The tournament is separated in two rating categories – “A” – for the participants rated 1500 or more and “B” for the participants rated less than 1500.

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.

Asian Chess Excellence Awards 2023 – M K Stalin conferred with Man of the Year, Gukesh – Player of the year and AICF bags Most Active Federation awards

Abu Dhabi (01 Mar 23):- In the Asian Chess Federation annual summit which is under progress at Abu Dhabi, UAE, the Asian Chess Excellence Awards 2023 has been announced and India shines with bagging the greatest number of awards. 

Grand Chess Tour, a leading global circuit of international chess tournaments featuring the world’s best players, announced today the full tour players:

The Vezerkepzo Spring GM 2023 is taking place from 16–24 March 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. The time control is 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 9-round Robin tournament.

Chessdom will follow live games.

Starting list of players :

The 1^st Women’s Chess festival Omisalj Blitz & Rapid is scheduled to take place from 28-30 April in Omisalj, a splendid village in Croatia, situated on the Adriatic coast.

The rapid tournament will be played in 9 rounds with a time control of 10 minutes per player plus 5 seconds increment after each move, while the blitz event will be with the tempo of play 3 minutes plus 10 seconds.

The total prize fund of the event is 1,500 EUR.

List of players (as of 02.03.2023) :

Established in 2000, the European Championships are among the strongest open tournaments taking place yearly in the chess calendar. Since the pandemic prevented the organization of the 2020 event, this year marks the 23rd editions of both the open and women’s championships.

Established in 2000, the European Championships are among the strongest open tournaments taking place yearly in the chess calendar. Since the pandemic prevented the organization of the 2020 event, this year marks the 23rd editions of both the open and women’s championships. The open is set to start on March 3 in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia, while the women’s tournament will kick off on March 18 in Petrovac, Montenegro.