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The Fagernes GM 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.

The tournament 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.

The 28th Sharjah Rapid Championship is taking place from 26–27 March 2023 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Players receive 10 minutes for the entire game, plus a 3-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Mokliss El Adnani, Adam Tukhaev, Pavel Eljanov, Viorel Iordachescu, Bassem Amin, Ahmed Adly, Julius De Ramos, Alexei Barsov, Efstratios Grivas, etc.

Toronto will host the 2024 FIDE Candidates and Women’s Candidates, scheduled for April 3-25, with a prize fund of EUR 750,000. It will be the first time in chess history that both events will be held at the same time and venue, and also the first time that the Candidates Tournament is held in North America.

The 37th edition of Reykjavik Open kicks off this Wednesday and will be held from March 29 – April 4 in Harpa Conference Center.

The event broke the participation record with 408 entries and the top-seeds are: GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR, 2664), GM Nils Grandelius (SWE, 2658), GM Aryan Tari (NOR, 2656), GM Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR, 2629), GM Abjhijeet Gupta (IND, 2620), GM Banusz Tamas (HUN, 2616), GM Alexandr Fier (BRA, 2606), GM Emre Can (TUR, 2600), and GM Viktor Erdos (HUN, 2587).

Hikaru Nakamura pulled through to become the 2023 American Cup Champion after defeating Wesley So 2.5-1.5 in a difficult final Elimination Match. The finale started out with three solid draws, but finished abruptly in the fourth game after a blunder by So got his queen trapped inside Nakamura’s territory.

Replay the games of American Cup 2023

NAKAMURA – SO | 2.5-1.5

The Zonal 4.2 2023 is taking place from 25–31 March 2023 in Dimbokro, Ivory Coast. 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 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Mariano Ortega Amarelle, Simplice Armel De Gondo, Abdulrahman Abdulraheem, Yoboue Hermann Manan, Nicolas Cogan, Jr. Anthony Waylea, Harmon Barcon, Philip Elikem Ameku, Joel O. Ebiekuta, Bobby Ballah, Franck Anderson Nean, etc.

The Women’s Zonal 4.2 2023 is taking place from 25–31 March 2023 in Dimbokro, Ivory Coast. 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 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Celia M. Rodriguez Guevara, Nadezhda Marochkina, Abigail Karyah, Ayemou Mazan Emmanuela Esther, Marie Yavo Tchetche, Maud Benson, Justine Anassika Oyenga, Princess K. Banney, etc.

The Kyiv Spring Open 2023 is taking place from 25–31 March 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Vadim Malakhatko, Vadim Shishkin, Eduard Andreev, Andrey Grekh, Sergey Pavlov, Spartak Vysochin, Vladislav Bakhmatsky, Valeriy Grinev, Alexey Kislinsky, Oleg Budnikov, etc.

The Austrian Bundesliga 2023 is taking place in Jenbach/Graz/Linz. 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.