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The Japan Chess Championship 2023 will take place from 3-7 May 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. The time control is 90 minutes for the whole game with a 30-second increment from move one. It is 9-round Swiss system tournament with participation of Tu Tran Thanh, Mirai Aoshima, Ryosuke Nanjo, Shinya Kojima, Kohei Yamada, Atsuhiko Kobayashi, Alex Averbukh, Tomohiko Matsuo, Shou Otsuka, etc.

The 4th Stepan Avagyan Memorial is a 10-player round-robin tournament taking place from 3–11 May 2023 in Jermuk, Armenia. 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.
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The 4th Stepan Avagyan Memorial is taking place from 3–11 May 2023 in Jermuk, Armenia. 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 Andrey Esipenko, Samuel Sevian, S.L.Narayanan, Nodirbek Yakubboev, Robert Hovhannisyan, Haik M. Martirosyan, Frederik Svane, Thai Dai Van Nguyen, Artur Davtyan and M. Amin Tabatabaei.

The XXIV Russian Chess Championship among women’s teams will take place from 01-10 May 2023 in Sochi, Russia. 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. The tournament system will be 9-Round robin for teams.

The All-Russian chess competition among men’s teams “Major League”  will take place from 01-10 May 2023 in Sochi, Russia. 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. The tournament system will be 9-Round robin for teams.

The XXX Russian Chess Championship among men’s teams “Premier League” will take place from 01-10 May 2023 in Sochi, Russia. 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. The tournament system will be 9-Round robin for teams.

Ian Nepomniachtchi is back from Astana and back in Twitter. He concluded the Nepo – Ding final of the World Chess Championship 2023 with a dramatic tiebreak, and despite the loss he seems ready to return to normal activity.

The World Chess Championship 2023 and the victory of Ding Liren dominated the main page of Chessdom for the past week. Better late than never comes an interview for Chessdom.com with the winner of the 2023 Reykjavik Open GM Nils Grandelius

The XXX Russian Chess Championship among men’s teams “Premier League” will take place from 01-10 May 2023 in Sochi, Russia. 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. The tournament system will be 9-Round robin for teams.

The Open section of 33rd National Under-17 Open Chess Championship is taking place in Punjab, India, between May 1st and 9th. The time control is 90 minutes for the whole game with a 30-second increment from move one. It is a 11-round Swiss tournament with participation of Suresh Harsh, S Harshad, S Aswath, Arjun Adireddy, Pankaj Bagwe Gaurang, Chakraborty Mayank, Hemant Agarwal Mukund, Advaith Vemula Vignesh, Krishnan Ritvik, Maheshwari Arnav, etc.