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.
NM Bryan Tillis – the only one to cover 4. h3?! unleashed by Ding Liren, in the whole Chessable library! His course on Opening Oddities. NM Tillis says, “I suggested 4…c5 in the course as h3 in the Tarrasch Queen’s Gambit isn’t very useful. I just had a single variation, but it is the only course on Chessable that had mention of the position.”
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 2 is set to start on April 10. Game 1 was an interesting Ruy Lopez.
The GothamChess 1.e4 Repertoire combines principled opening play with offbeat execution to launch hard-hitting attacks — many of which score up to 70% before move 15. It took inspiration from “under the radar” lines super-grandmasters play — then fused them into a complete and aggressive repertoire against 1…e5, the Sicilian, French Defense, Caro-Kann, and more.
Boris Chatalbashev won the 2023’s edition of Danish Championship with 1 point advance of Jesper Sondergaard Thybo, while the bronze gone to Allan Stig Rasmussen.
The Caissa Hotel GM Tournament – Akasya Group is held from April 8 to the 13th in Balıkesir, Turkey. Time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 15 minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30 seconds increment starting from move one. It is a 12-player Round-robin tournament for teams with participaton of Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, Ata Kolat, Maksim Schekachikhin, Slaven Pastar, Umut Ata Akbas, Salih Eke, Arman Hakemi, Nebojsa Nikcevic, Abtin Atakhan, Pavel Anisimov, Eray Kilic and Viacheslav Tilicheev.
