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The WR Chess Masters super-tournament is taking place from 16-25 February in Dusseldorf, Germany. The event is played as a 10-player round-robin with Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Gukesh D, Vincent Keymer, Praggnanandhaa and Andrey Esipenko in the field.

The WR Chess Masters super-tournament will take place from 16-25 February in Dusseldorf, Germany. The event is played as a 10-player round-robin with Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Gukesh D, Vincent Keymer, Praggnanandhaa and Andrey Esipenko in the field.

The Cambridge International Open 2023 is a 9-round Swiss tournament that is being held from 15–19 February 2023 in Cambridge, England. The event features more than 140 entries and the prize fund of 4.200£.

The AQ Prime ASEAN Championship is taking place from 11–17 February 2023 in Quezon City, Philippines. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 12-player round-robin tournament with Susanto Megaranto, Rolando Nolte, Darwin Laylo, Li Tian Yeoh, John Paul Gomez, Paulo Bersamina, Prin Laohawirapap, Mohamad Ervan, Daniel Quizon, Van Huy Nguyen, Dau Khuong Duy and Yoseph Theolifus Taher.

The 2nd “She Plays To Win” International is taking place from 15–19 February 2023 in Edinburgh. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is an 10-player round-robin tournament with participation of Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Fiona Steil-Antoni, Zoe Varney, Andrea Henderson de La Fuente, Louise Head, Suzie G. Cooke, Monika Rojickova, Kamila Hryshchenko, Svetlana Sucikova and Maaike Keetman.

The Dolomitenbank Open Lienz is taking place from 11–18 February 2023 in Lienz, Austria. 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 Dragos Ceres, Kiril Kostov, Sandipan Chanda, Evgeny Romanov, Theo Stijve, Rumen Nikolov, Peter Schreiner, M.R. Venkatesh, Zhuo Ren Lim, Shir Shatil, Jasper Holtel, Rudolf Kobl, Robert Zelcic, etc.

The 21st Rochefort Masters is taking place from 11-17 February 2023 in Rochefort, France. 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 Kirk Ghazarian, Diptayan Ghosh, Andrei Maksimenko, Vladyslav Larkin, Krishnan Sasikiran, Arthur Lucas, Harsha Bharathakoti, Joseph Girel, Ilamparthi A R and Momchil Nikolov.

The 2023 Pro Chess League is a $150,000 team tournament taking place on chess.com. The event features 16 teams with participation of Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri and other world top players.

The 2023 Pro Chess League is a $150,000 team tournament taking place on chess.com. The event features 16 teams with participation of Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri and other world top players.

The second leg of the 2022-2023 Women’s Grand Prix Series took place from 1st-14th February in Munich, the capital of the state of Bavaria. Twelve of the world’s top female players disputed an eleven-round all-play-all with their eyes set on the 15,000 euros first prize plus the valuable WGP points that add up for direct qualification to the 2023-2024 FIDE Women’s Candidates.