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The Pontevedra Open Masters is taking place from 24–30 July 2023 in Pontevedra, Spain. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Robert Ruck, Ermes Espinosa Veloz, Vignesh N R, Lennis Martinez Ramirez, Visakh N R, Alessio Valsecchi, Salvador G. Del Rio De Angelis, Roberto Carlos Gomez Ledo, etc.

The Paul Keres Memorial (Pärnu) is taking place from 24–29 July 2023 in Pärnu, Estonia. Players receive 60 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Paulius Pultinevicius, Erik Blomqvist, Toms Kantans, Oleg Korneev, Jung Min Seo, Aleksandr Volodin, etc.

The Paul Keres Memorial (Pärnu) is taking place from 24–29 July 2023 in Pärnu, Estonia. Players receive 60 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Paulius Pultinevicius, Erik Blomqvist, Toms Kantans, Oleg Korneev, Jung Min Seo, Aleksandr Volodin, etc.
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The Czech Open Pardubice is taking place from 21–29 July 2023 in Pardubice. 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 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Sergei Movsesian, G.N. Gopal, Jesper Sondergaard Thybo, Babu M R Lalit, Christopher Noe, P Iniyan, Elham Abdrlauf, Jiri Stocek, Evgenios Ioannidis, Sayantan Das, etc.

The Czech Open Pardubice is taking place from 21–29 July 2023 in Pardubice. 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 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Sergei Movsesian, G.N. Gopal, Jesper Sondergaard Thybo, Babu M R Lalit, Christopher Noe, P Iniyan, Elham Abdrlauf, Jiri Stocek, Evgenios Ioannidis, Sayantan Das, etc.

The Andorra Open is taking place from 22–30 July 2023 in Andorra. 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 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Johan-Sebastian Christiansen, Platon Galperin, Allan Stig Rasmussen, Jaime Alexander Cuartas, Andrey Sumets, Omar Almeida Quintana, etc.

The Andorra Open is taking place from 22–30 July 2023 in Andorra. 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 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Johan-Sebastian Christiansen, Platon Galperin, Allan Stig Rasmussen, Jaime Alexander Cuartas, Andrey Sumets, Omar Almeida Quintana, etc.
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Ju Wenjun (32) claimed her fourth Women’s World Champion title after clinching a crucial victory in the decisive, final, 12th game of the match against challenger Lei Tingjie.
With this victory, Ju has now equalled the record set by her compatriot Hou Yifan, both having won the world crown four times. Apart from defending the title, Ju also won €300,000 in prize money, while €200,000 went to the runner-up Lei Tingjie.

How the final game unfolded:

The British Championship is taking place from 22–30 July 2023 in Leicester, England. 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 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Michael Adams, Nicholas Pert, Daniel Howard Fernandez, Eldar Gasanov, Harry Grieve, Matthew J Wadsworth, Jonah B Willow, Mark L Hebden, Richard G Pert, Yichen Han, etc.

The British Championship is taking place from 22–30 July 2023 in Leicester, England. 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 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Michael Adams, Nicholas Pert, Daniel Howard Fernandez, Eldar Gasanov, Harry Grieve, Matthew J Wadsworth, Jonah B Willow, Mark L Hebden, Richard G Pert, Yichen Han, etc.