Σκακιστικά νέα

The Lower Saxony Championship A is taking place from 5–8 January 2023 in Verden. 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 7-round Swiss tournament with participation of Siegfried Loecken, Juergen Hesse, Steffen Schumann, Oliver Lebiedz, Steven Koss, Ernst Heinemann, Harald Kiesel, Horst Ehlert, Ingmar Bennemann, Holger Burkhardt, Robert Elsner, etc.

The Lower Saxony Championship Masters is taking place from 5–8 January 2023 in Verden. 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 7-round Swiss tournament with participation of David Riemay, Torben Knuedel, Moritz Gentemann, Philip Reimer, Nico Stelmaszyk, Bernd Laubsch, Jan Pubantz, Christian Polster, Alexander Antonov, Sebastian Mueer, etc.

The 32nd Keres Memorial is taking place from 7–8 January 2023 in Tallinn, Estonia. Players receive 15 minutes for the entire game, plus a 5-second increment starting from move one. It is an 11-round Swiss tournament with participation of Daniel Fridman, Yuriy Kuzubov, Tomi Nyback, Nikita Meshkovs, Paulius Pultinevicius, Vitaliy Bernadskiy, Sergey Grigoriants, Jaan Ehlvest, Kaido Kulaots, Aleksandr Volodin, Meelis Kanep, Vilka Sipila, etc.

The 82nd Georgian Championship is taking place from 4–13 January 2023 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Players receive 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 10-player round-robin tournament with participation of Merab Gagunashvili, Mikheil Mchedlishvili, Nikolozi Kacharava, Luka Paichadze, Giga Quparadze, Tornike Sanikidze, Gaioz Nigalidze, Davit Maghalashvili, Noe Tutisani and Nikoloz Petriashvili.

The Australian Open 2023 is taking place from 2-10 January 2023 in Rendezvous Hotel Perth Scarborough, Australia. It is an 11-rounds Swiss system tournament with participation of Jingyao Tin, Temur Kuybokarov, James Morris, Darryl K Johansen, Christopher Wallis, Thi Kim Phung Vo, Yi Liu, Patric Gong, Dusan Stojic, William Jordan, etc.

The Cape Town Masters Challenge IM is taking place from 4–8 January 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa. 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 Adham Fawzy, Watu Kobese, Daniel Cawdery, Providence Oatlhotse, Andrew Kayonde, Mohamed Bhawoodien, Reuben Salimu, Daniel Barrish, Calvin John Klaasen and Jan Karsten.

The 5th tournament in memoriam “Nikolaos Giamarellos” is organized by Evoiki Enosis Skakiston at Lucy Hotel in Chalkida, Greece, from 5-8 January. The total prize fund is 2500€. The event is a 7-round Swiss tournament in two rating groups, played with a time-control of 60′ for 40 moves followed by 15′ for the rest of the game, with a 30″ increment from move 1.

The 2nd International Open SKG “White Tower” – Group B tournament takes place from 2-8 January at the Porto Palace hotel in Thessaloniki, Greece. The tournament is played in 3 rating groups, with a total prize fund of 3600€. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.

The 2nd International Open SKG “White Tower” tournament takes place from 2-8 January at the Porto Palace hotel in Thessaloniki, Greece. The tournament is played in 3 rating groups, with a total prize fund of 3600€. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. It is a 9-round Swiss event with participation of Dimitrios Ladopoulos, Imre Jr.

The Roquetas Open 2023 is taking place from 3-8 January 2023 in Roquetas, Spain. 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 Alexandr Fier, Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez, Pier Luigi Basso, Yuri Solodovnichenko, Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder, G.A. Stany, Arkadiusz Leniart, Marco Camacho Collados, Andre Ventura Sousa, Abdimalik Abdisalimov, Cristhian Camilo Rios, Aramis Alvarez Pedraza, etc.