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The VIII FE “Pasqua a Montesilvano” 2023 will take place from 7-10 April 2023 in Montesilvano (PE), Italy. The time control is 90 minutes plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. The tournament is separated in three categories – Group A, Groub and Group C.

Open A section is 6-round Swiss system tournament and will participate Olga Zimina, Carlo D’amore, Antonio Loiacono, Nicolo Pasini, Aleksandra Dimitrijevic, Melissa Maione, Giorgio Gola, Gaia Paolillo, etc.

List of players ( as of 09.03.2023) :

The European Women’s Chess Championship 2023 will take place from 17-30 March 2023 in Petrovac, Montenegro. The event is open for all women players from National Chess Federations members of the European Chess Union (ECU) without rating or title limitations and according to the decisions of the ECU Board and General Assembly. 

Chess.com’s $2 million Champions Chess Tour will return with the largest ever edition of the Chessable Masters, it was announced today.

The tournament, sponsored by chess.com e-learning specialist, will run from April 4 to 7 with $235,000 and a spot in the Tour Finals at stake. Also at stake is a last chance to beat Magnus Carlsen as World Champion.

GM Anton Korobov (UKR, 2658) emerged as the sole leader of the event with 5/5 points, while four players tie for the second place scoring 4.5 points: IM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GRE, 2520), GM Eltaj Safarli (AZE, 2608), GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE, 2651), and GM Giga Quparadze (GEO, 2483).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced details of the Olympic Esports Series 2023, a global virtual and simulated sports competition created by the IOC and in collaboration with International Federations (IFs) and game publishers.

The Usbek Women’s Day Tournament 2023 is taking place from 6–11 March 2023 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

“When everybody finally stops talking, then I will, inexplicably, have something real to say.” This is part of the salty take by MrDodgy on Kramnik’s war statement. See the full text by MrDodgy in the #TweetOftheDay

Four rounds have already been played at the European Individual Chess Championship 2023 in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia, and only three players emerged on the top with 4/4 points: GM Anton Korobov (UKR, 2658), GM Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR, 2655), and GM Eltaj Safarli (AZE, 2608). The leading trio is followed by a group of 23 players with score of 3.5/4 points (each).

The Ramat Gan Purim Rapid was played this March 6th in Ramat Gan, Israel. GM Evgeny Postny finished with 5,0/5, a full point ahead of the second placed Ukranian player IM Anton Sitnikov.

See the full standings and replay the games below

The Federal publishes an interesting story about the life of Vishy Anand and his wife Aruna. In an excerpt from ‘Like Fine Wine: Nine Real, Rare Love Stories’ you will find, as Vishy himself puts it, some of his best off the board moves.