Σκακιστικά νέα

The 13th Margaryan Memorial GM is taking place from 8–15 January 2023 in Yerevan, Armenia. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 15 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is a 10-player round-robin tournament with participation of Amirreza Pour Agha Bala, Sergei Lobanov, Bardiya Daneshvar, David Shahinyan, Emin Ohanyan, Mariam Mkrtchyan, Artur Davtyan, Zurab Sturua, Klementy Sychev and Erik Chaqryan.

The Faouzi Abdellatif Memorial is taking place from 7–8 January 2023 in Casablanca, Morocco. Players receive 15 minutes for the entire game, plus a 5-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Jean-Pierre Le Roux, Mokliss El Adnani, Ilyass Msellek, Yasser Hadj Kholti, Chafik Idrissi, Nicolas Dubreuil, Abdessadek Maalla, Anwar Tarik, Mohamed Arrami, etc.

The Lower Saxony Championship C 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 Philipp Golke, Lev Nechytailo, Dirk Bischop, Finja Carstens, Joachim Glaschak, Niclas Fahlbusch, Max Peter Schulze, Markus Janssen, Matthias Steven, Uwe Wegmann, etc.

The Lower Saxony Championship B 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 Maik Maul, Ruben Korb, Hannes Dralle, Christian Axt, Alexander Brunner, Lara Kiesel, Malte Ahlbrecht, Horst Nordhorn, David Tulchynsky, Dennis Wander, Tamila Trunz, etc.

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.