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The PGNiG TERMIKA Polish Women’s Chess Championship is taking place in Warsaw from 12-20 April 2023. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves then 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. It is a 10-player round-robin with participation of Alicja Sliwicka, Michalina Rudzinska, Jolanta Zawadzka, Klaudia Kulon, Alina Kashlinskaya, Oliwia Kiolbasa, Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Monika Socko and Barbara Goraj.

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, aka Nepo – Ding is the final of the World Chess Championship 2023. The Nepo – Ding match will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan, from April 7 to May 1, at the elegant St. Regis Astana hotel. All the games start at 15:00 local time (GMT+6), and there is a rest day every two rounds.

The Vezerkepzo Easter IM 2023 will take place from 13-21 April 2023 in Budapest Hungary. Time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30 seconds increment starting from move one. It is a 10-player Round-robin tournament for teams with participation of Attila Jakab, Nitin Vekhande Vedant, Yuto Otawa, Ravi Rakshitta, Almos Konyves, Kyungseok Lee, Jakub Pulpan, A Chullikkad Adithya, Andras Meszaros and Levente Papp.

The Vezerkepzo Easter GM 2023 will take place from 13-21 April 2023 in Budapest Hungary. Time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30 seconds increment starting from move one. It is a 10-player Round-robin tournament for teams with participation of Sahaj Grover, Kaido Kulaots, Karthikeyan Ajay, Valeriy Neverov, A R lamparthi, Artem Tyurin, Endre Csiki, Chethan Anand Arhan, A P Joshua and Sehyun Kwon.

The 46th Thailand National Chess Championship 2023 Open will take place from 12-16 April 2023 in Central Chaengwattana, Bangkok, Thailand. The time control is 90 minutes plus a 30 seconds increment starting from move one. More than 50 players will participate in 46th edition of Thailand National Chess Championship 2023 Open, which will be played in 9-round Swiss system.

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, aka Nepo – Ding is the final of the World Chess Championship 2023. The Nepo – Ding match will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan, from April 7 to May 1, at the elegant St. Regis Astana hotel. All the games start at 15:00 local time (GMT+6), and there is a rest day every two rounds. Ding – Nepo game 3 is set to start on April 11.

The World Chess Championship 2023 match between Nepo and Ding is subject to serious criticism from the chess fans. They would like to see the two challengers more often at the chess board, but instead the audience is left with two chairs and a chess board. (see here how the chairs were chosen)

Pablo Luis Aguado Doncel will face Hans Moke Niemann who is the second best rated player on Menorca Open 2023. The II Open Internacional Chess Menorca will take place from 11-16 April 2023 in Ciutadella (Menorca), Spain. More than 190 players are registered for now, among them top seeded are Gukesh and Hans Niemann.

D Gukesh who is the top rated players in Menorca Open 2023 is playing against Stephen R Mannion in first round . The II Open Internacional Chess Menorca will take place from 11-16 April 2023 in Ciutadella (Menorca), Spain. More than 190 players are registered for now, among them top seeded are Gukesh and Hans Niemann.

The 2023 edition of the Mitropa Cup starts this Monday in Mali Losinj, Croatia. The event will be played from 10th – 20th April at Hotel Aurora in the well-known tourist destination in Croatia.