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Anish Giri – Yangyi Yu is semifinal match from the Chessable Masters 2023. The 2nd event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a Losers bracket and can still win the tournament. In the Grand Final if the player from the Winners bracket loses, there’s a rematch.

The BASEL EASTER Festival 2023 – MASTER will take place from 06-10 April 2023 in Basel, Switzerland. The Master section of the tournament is only for players rated 2050 or higher. It will be 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 minutes plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. This tournament has total prize fund of 5000 CHF.

The 2. Millennium-Normenturnier is a 10-player round-robin tournament held from the 3rd of April to the 10th in Rosenheim, Germany. Time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment beginning from move one.
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The 2. Millennium-Normenturnier is a 10-player round-robin tournament held from the 3rd of April to the 10th in Rosenheim, Germany. Time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment beginning from move one.

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Report by Dr. Dudayeff from Astana

On April 6, the Chinese delegation arrived in Astana, Kazakhstan to prepare for the Nepo – Ding World Championship 2023 match. Chinese chess player, Ding Liren, tested the game tables, chairs, and chess sets at the venue, which will be held at the St. Regis Astana Hotel from April 7 to May 1. The opening ceremony will take place on April 7th, and the first game is scheduled to start on April 9th at 5:00 PM Beijing time.

The European Senior Chess Championship 2023 will take place from May 25 to June 4 in Acqui Terme, Italy. The event will be played in two age categories: 50+ and 65+, with separate open and women’s sections. The organizing committee of European Senior Chess Championship 2023, announced the first 125 participants, which is a participation record.

A few days ago Ding Liren was spotted at the Hangzhou Airport on his way to Astana for the World Championship 2023. Now Ding has already visited the playing hall and is already choosing his chair. Many known faces are around Ding on the photo from Astana by David Llada in the #TweetOftheDay

Fabiano Caruana – Hikaru Nakamura is the finall match from the Chessable Masters 2023. The 2nd event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a Losers bracket and can still win the tournament. In the Grand Final if the player from the Winners bracket loses, there’s a rematch.

Vladislav Artemiev – Levon Aronian is quarterfinal match from the Chessable Masters 2023. The 2nd event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a Losers bracket and can still win the tournament.

Magnus Carlsen – Wesley So is quarterfinal match from the Chessable Masters 2023. The 2nd event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a Losers bracket and can still win the tournament. In the Grand Final if the player from the Winners bracket loses, there’s a rematch.