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The XLIII International Open City of San Sebastián 2023 will take place from 01-08 April 2023 in San Sebastian, Spain. Players receive 90 minutes of play plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It will be 9-round Swiss system tournament with more than 120 registered players, leading by GM Titas Stremavicius, GM Lelys Martinez Duany, IM Yevgeniy Roshka, GM Mishra Swayams, IM Harry Grieve, etc.

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After a long wait for the World Chess Championship 2023 official website it is now launched.

The Women Candidates Chess 2023 final has been officially opened in Chongqing, China. Tan Zhongyi and Lei Tingjie will fight for the right to challenge the current Women’s World Champion, Ju Wenjun.

Live games from the Women Candidates Chess 2023 here

With so much going on in the chess world, it is rumored that Carlsen is about to join the European Juggling Association. We are here to debunk this with hard evidence: the only juggling Carlsen does is for a photo shoot.

Martin B Justesen, the author of Say Chess and Blindfold Opening Visualization: 100 chess puzzles decided to ask Chat GPT-4 what it would do if it was in charge of FIDE.

The Women Candidates Chess 2023 final take place in Chongqing, China. Tan Zhongyi and Lei Tingjie will fight for the right to challenge the current Women’s World Champion, Ju Wenjun.

With the World Champion Magnus Carlsen decision not to defend his title, the chess world is about to see a major change. For the first time in ten years a new champion will be crowned in the match between the winner and the runner-up of the 2022 Candidates Tournament, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren.

Yesterday FIDE announced that Toronto will host the 2024 FIDE Candidates.

The Chess Continental Absolute Championship of the Americas is an official event of the Chess Confederation for America, promoted by the Dominican Chess Federation (FDA). The top four (4) will qualify for the “FIDE World Cup” phase of the Absolute World Championship cycle. The tournament will be valid for the International Rating and will award titles and norms according to the FIDE Titles Regulations. The tournament will be played by Swiss system in 11 rounds. Time control: 90 minutes with 30 seconds increment from the first move. The prize fund is $20,000 US dollars.

The Fagernes Open 2023 is played at the major Norwegian Chess Hotel Scandic Valdresat Fagernes, 187 km north of Oslo.Main organizer is Hans Olav Lahlum in cooperation with Innlandet Sjakkrets.