From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The main events in the 2023 chess calendar are the World Chess Championship 2023 [1] [2] and Women's World Chess Championship 2023. [3] The top three finishers from the Chess World Cup 2023, the winner and runner-up of the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 and the winner of the FIDE Circuit 2023 will qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2024. FIDE Circuit is the new path to qualify for the Candidates Tournament. One player who would achieve the highest results during 2023 in eligible tournaments gets the spot in the Candidates. The final score is calculated as the sum of the player's five highest scores. [4]

2023 tournaments

FIDE World Championship cycle events are highlighted in bold.

Tournament City System Dates Players (2700+) Winner Runner-up Third
Tata Steel Masters Netherlands Wijk aan Zee Round robin 13–29 Jan 14 (11) Netherlands Anish Giri Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov Norway Magnus Carlsen
Tata Steel Challengers Netherlands Wijk aan Zee Round robin 13–29 Jan 14 (0) Germany Alexander Donchenko Turkey Mustafa Yılmaz Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov
WR Chess Masters Germany Düsseldorf Round robin 15–26 Feb 10 (7) Levon Aronian India Gukesh D FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi
European Individual Chess Championship Serbia Vrnjacka Banja Swiss 3–13 Mar 484 (0) FIDE Alexey Sarana Romania Kirill Shevchenko Belgium Daniel Dardha
American Cup United States St. Louis Double-elimination 17–26 Mar 8 (7) United States Hikaru Nakamura United States Wesley So Levon Aronian
Reykjavik Open Iceland Reykjavík Swiss 29 Mar – 4 Apr 401 (0) Sweden Nils Grandelius Turkey Mustafa Yılmaz India Abhijeet Gupta
World Chess Championship 2023 Kazakhstan Astana Match 9–30 Apr 2 (2) China Ding Liren FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi
Menorca Open Spain Menorca Swiss 11–16 Apr 200 (2) India Gukesh D India Pranav V Netherlands Jorden van Foreest
TePe Sigeman & Co Sweden Malmö Round robin 4–10 May 8 (3) FIDE Peter Svidler India Gukesh D United States Abhimanyu Mishra
Superbet Chess Classic Romania Bucharest Round robin 6–15 May 10 (10) United States Fabiano Caruana France Alireza Firouzja United States Wesley So
Sharjah Masters United Arab Emirates Sharjah Swiss 17–25 May 78 (8) India Arjun Erigaisi United States Samuel Sevian India Gukesh D
Dubai Open United Arab Emirates Dubai Swiss 27 May – 4 Jun 86 (3) India Aravindh Chithambaram Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov India Arjun Erigaisi
Norway Chess Norway Stavanger Round robin 30 May – 9 Jun 10 (9) United States Hikaru Nakamura United States Fabiano Caruana India Gukesh D
Prague Chess Festival Czech Republic Prague Round robin 21–30 Jun 10 (3) United States Ray Robson Romania Bogdan-Daniel Deac India Pentala Harikrishna
No Castling World Masters Germany Dortmund Round robin 26 Jun – 2 Jul 4 (2) United States Fabiano Caruana FIDE Vladimir Kramnik Germany Dmitrij Kollars
Dutch Championship Netherlands Utrecht Single-elimination 2–9 Jul 13 (1) Netherlands Anish Giri Netherlands Jorden van Foreest Netherlands Erwin l'Ami
Netherlands Max Warmerdam
Geza Hetenyi Memorial Hungary Budapest Round robin 11–19 Jul 10 (4) India R Praggnanandhaa Iran Amin Tabatabaei FIDE Sanan Sjugirov
Biel Grandmaster Triathlon Switzerland Biel Round robin 16–26 Jul 8 (4) Vietnam Le Quang Liem Germany Vincent Keymer Czech Republic David Navara
Chess World Cup Azerbaijan Baku Single-elimination 30 Jul – 24 Aug 206 (25) Norway Magnus Carlsen India R Praggnanandhaa United States Fabiano Caruana
Russian Superfinal FIDE Saint Petersburg Round robin 1–12 Oct 12 (1) FIDE Vladislav Artemiev FIDE Pavel Ponkratov FIDE Maxim Matlakov
US Chess Championship United States St. Louis Round robin 5–17 Oct 12 (4) United States Fabiano Caruana United States Wesley So United States Leinier Domínguez
Qatar Masters Qatar Doha Swiss 11–20 Oct 158 (9) Uzbekistan Nodirbek Yakubboev Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov United States Hikaru Nakamura
FIDE Grand Swiss Isle of Man Douglas Swiss 25 Oct – 5 Nov 114 (20) India Vidit Santosh Gujrathi United States Hikaru Nakamura FIDE Andrey Esipenko
Sinquefield Cup United States St. Louis Round robin 21–30 Nov 9 (9) United States Fabiano Caruana United States Leinier Domínguez United States Wesley So
London Chess Classic England London Round robin 1–10 Dec 10 (2) England Michael Adams Iran Amin Tabatabaei India Gukesh D
Chennai Grand Masters India Chennai Round robin 15–21 Dec 8 (5) India Gukesh D India Arjun Erigaisi India Pentala Harikrishna

Women's tournaments

Tournament City System Dates Players (2500+) Winner Runner-up Third
FIDE Women's Grand Prix Munich Germany Munich Round robin 1–14 Feb 12 (7) Switzerland Alexandra Kosteniuk India Koneru Humpy Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze
European Women's Chess Championship Montenegro Petrovac Swiss 18–29 Mar 136 (0) Georgia (country) Meri Arabidze Poland Oliwia Kiołbasa Poland Aleksandra Maltsevskaya
FIDE Women's Grand Prix New Delhi India New Delhi Round robin 24 Mar – 6 Apr 10 (5) FIDE Aleksandra Goryachkina Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva China Zhu Jiner
Women's Candidates Tournament Final China Chongqing Match 27 Mar – 6 Apr 2 (2) China Lei Tingjie China Tan Zhongyi
FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nicosia Cyprus Nicosia Round robin 15–28 May 12 (6) Germany Dinara Wagner India Harika Dronavalli FIDE Polina Shuvalova
Cairns Cup United States St. Louis Round robin 3–13 Jun 10 (4) United States Anna Zatonskih Switzerland Alexandra Kosteniuk Georgia (country) Bella Khotenashvili
Women's World Chess Championship 2023 China Shanghai & Chongqing Match 5–24 Jul 2 (2) China Ju Wenjun China Lei Tingjie
Women's Chess World Cup Azerbaijan Baku Single Elimination, Knockout 30 Jul - 21 Aug 103 (10) FIDE Aleksandra Goryachkina Bulgaria Nurgyul Salimova Ukraine Anna Muzychuk
FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Isle of Man Douglas Swiss 25 Oct - 5 Nov 50 (7) India Vaishali Rameshbabu Ukraine Anna Muzychuk China Tan Zhongyi

Rapid & Blitz tournaments

Tournament City System Dates Players (2700+) Winner Runner-up Third
Armageddon Asia & Oceania Germany Berlin Double-elimination 3–9 Apr 8 (7) India Gukesh D Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov FIDE Vladimir Kramnik
Satty Zhuldyz Rapid & Blitz Kazakhstan Astana Round robin 20–25 Apr 12 (5) Levon Aronian India Arjun Erigaisi Armenia Haik Martirosyan
Salamanca Chess Festival Spain Salamanca Round robin 26–29 Apr 8 (1) FIDE Kirill Alekseenko Spain Jaime Santos Latasa Ukraine Vasyl Ivanchuk
Bucharest Grand Prix Rapid Romania Bucharest Swiss 29–30 Apr 317 (2) FIDE Maksim Chigaev Romania Bogdan-Daniel Deac India Pentala Harikrishna
Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland Poland Warsaw Round robin 17–24 May 10 (8) Norway Magnus Carlsen Jan-Krzysztof Duda United States Wesley So
Norway Chess Blitz Norway Stavanger Round robin 29 May 10 (9) Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov France Alireza Firouzja Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Armageddon Europe & Africa Germany Berlin Double-elimination 12–18 Jun 8 (4) Romania Richárd Rapport Jan-Krzysztof Duda France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia Croatia Zagreb Round robin 5–9 Jul 10 (8) Norway Magnus Carlsen FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi France Alireza Firouzja
Tata Steel India Rapid India Kolkata Round robin 5–7 Sep 10 (10) France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov India R Praggnanandhaa
Tata Steel India Blitz India Kolkata Round robin 8–9 Sep 10 (10) FIDE Alexander Grischuk Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov India R Praggnanandhaa
Armageddon Grand Finale Germany Berlin Double-elimination 14–20 Sep 8 (5) Jan-Krzysztof Duda United States Wesley So Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Levitov Chess Week Netherlands Amsterdam Round robin 22–26 Sep 10 (8) FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi FIDE Peter Svidler
United States Levon Aronian
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz United States Saint Louis Round robin 14–18 Nov 10 (7) United States Fabiano Caruana France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi
Vugar Gashimov Memorial Azerbaijan Gabala Round robin 8–11 Dec 10 (5) India Vidit Santosh Gujrathi India Arjun Erigaisi Romania Richárd Rapport
World Rapid Chess Championship 2023 Uzbekistan Samarkand Swiss 26–28 Dec 202 (14) Norway Magnus Carlsen Slovenia Vladimir Fedoseev China Yu Yangyi
World Blitz Chess Championship 2023 Uzbekistan Samarkand Swiss 29–30 Dec 206 (17) Norway Magnus Carlsen FIDE Daniil Dubov FIDE Vladislav Artemiev

Deaths

See also


References

  1. ^ "Astana to host the FIDE World Chess Championship match 2023". www.fide.com.
  2. ^ "Astana to host Nepomniachtchi-Ding Liren World Chess Championship match".
  3. ^ "China to host Women's Candidates Final and Women's World Championship Match". www.fide.com.
  4. ^ "FIDE Circuit 2023". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Luc Winants, grand maître champion de Belgique en 1986, nous a quittés". Europe Échecs (in French). 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. ^ Koval, Anton (14 March 2023). "Бывший главный тренер сборных РФ по шахматам Рашковский умер на 77-м году жизни" (in Russian). Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  7. ^ Nie żyje Włodzimierz Schmidt. Jako pierwszy Polak zdobył tytuł arcymistrza (in Polish)
  8. ^ "Meghalt Adorján András" (in Hungarian). jochapress.hu. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  9. ^ Team (CHESScom), Chess com (19 May 2023). "Sue Maroroa Jones (1991-2023)". Chess.com. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Ukrainian Grandmaster Vadim Malakhatko (1977-2023) dies at the age of 46". Chess News. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Preminuo Aleksandar Matanović, simbol zlatnog doba našeg šaha". Danas. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Труд - Новини, анализи и коментари". trud.bg (in Bulgarian). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

External links

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The main events in the 2023 chess calendar are the World Chess Championship 2023 [1] [2] and Women's World Chess Championship 2023. [3] The top three finishers from the Chess World Cup 2023, the winner and runner-up of the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 and the winner of the FIDE Circuit 2023 will qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2024. FIDE Circuit is the new path to qualify for the Candidates Tournament. One player who would achieve the highest results during 2023 in eligible tournaments gets the spot in the Candidates. The final score is calculated as the sum of the player's five highest scores. [4]

2023 tournaments

FIDE World Championship cycle events are highlighted in bold.

Tournament City System Dates Players (2700+) Winner Runner-up Third
Tata Steel Masters Netherlands Wijk aan Zee Round robin 13–29 Jan 14 (11) Netherlands Anish Giri Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov Norway Magnus Carlsen
Tata Steel Challengers Netherlands Wijk aan Zee Round robin 13–29 Jan 14 (0) Germany Alexander Donchenko Turkey Mustafa Yılmaz Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov
WR Chess Masters Germany Düsseldorf Round robin 15–26 Feb 10 (7) Levon Aronian India Gukesh D FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi
European Individual Chess Championship Serbia Vrnjacka Banja Swiss 3–13 Mar 484 (0) FIDE Alexey Sarana Romania Kirill Shevchenko Belgium Daniel Dardha
American Cup United States St. Louis Double-elimination 17–26 Mar 8 (7) United States Hikaru Nakamura United States Wesley So Levon Aronian
Reykjavik Open Iceland Reykjavík Swiss 29 Mar – 4 Apr 401 (0) Sweden Nils Grandelius Turkey Mustafa Yılmaz India Abhijeet Gupta
World Chess Championship 2023 Kazakhstan Astana Match 9–30 Apr 2 (2) China Ding Liren FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi
Menorca Open Spain Menorca Swiss 11–16 Apr 200 (2) India Gukesh D India Pranav V Netherlands Jorden van Foreest
TePe Sigeman & Co Sweden Malmö Round robin 4–10 May 8 (3) FIDE Peter Svidler India Gukesh D United States Abhimanyu Mishra
Superbet Chess Classic Romania Bucharest Round robin 6–15 May 10 (10) United States Fabiano Caruana France Alireza Firouzja United States Wesley So
Sharjah Masters United Arab Emirates Sharjah Swiss 17–25 May 78 (8) India Arjun Erigaisi United States Samuel Sevian India Gukesh D
Dubai Open United Arab Emirates Dubai Swiss 27 May – 4 Jun 86 (3) India Aravindh Chithambaram Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov India Arjun Erigaisi
Norway Chess Norway Stavanger Round robin 30 May – 9 Jun 10 (9) United States Hikaru Nakamura United States Fabiano Caruana India Gukesh D
Prague Chess Festival Czech Republic Prague Round robin 21–30 Jun 10 (3) United States Ray Robson Romania Bogdan-Daniel Deac India Pentala Harikrishna
No Castling World Masters Germany Dortmund Round robin 26 Jun – 2 Jul 4 (2) United States Fabiano Caruana FIDE Vladimir Kramnik Germany Dmitrij Kollars
Dutch Championship Netherlands Utrecht Single-elimination 2–9 Jul 13 (1) Netherlands Anish Giri Netherlands Jorden van Foreest Netherlands Erwin l'Ami
Netherlands Max Warmerdam
Geza Hetenyi Memorial Hungary Budapest Round robin 11–19 Jul 10 (4) India R Praggnanandhaa Iran Amin Tabatabaei FIDE Sanan Sjugirov
Biel Grandmaster Triathlon Switzerland Biel Round robin 16–26 Jul 8 (4) Vietnam Le Quang Liem Germany Vincent Keymer Czech Republic David Navara
Chess World Cup Azerbaijan Baku Single-elimination 30 Jul – 24 Aug 206 (25) Norway Magnus Carlsen India R Praggnanandhaa United States Fabiano Caruana
Russian Superfinal FIDE Saint Petersburg Round robin 1–12 Oct 12 (1) FIDE Vladislav Artemiev FIDE Pavel Ponkratov FIDE Maxim Matlakov
US Chess Championship United States St. Louis Round robin 5–17 Oct 12 (4) United States Fabiano Caruana United States Wesley So United States Leinier Domínguez
Qatar Masters Qatar Doha Swiss 11–20 Oct 158 (9) Uzbekistan Nodirbek Yakubboev Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov United States Hikaru Nakamura
FIDE Grand Swiss Isle of Man Douglas Swiss 25 Oct – 5 Nov 114 (20) India Vidit Santosh Gujrathi United States Hikaru Nakamura FIDE Andrey Esipenko
Sinquefield Cup United States St. Louis Round robin 21–30 Nov 9 (9) United States Fabiano Caruana United States Leinier Domínguez United States Wesley So
London Chess Classic England London Round robin 1–10 Dec 10 (2) England Michael Adams Iran Amin Tabatabaei India Gukesh D
Chennai Grand Masters India Chennai Round robin 15–21 Dec 8 (5) India Gukesh D India Arjun Erigaisi India Pentala Harikrishna

Women's tournaments

Tournament City System Dates Players (2500+) Winner Runner-up Third
FIDE Women's Grand Prix Munich Germany Munich Round robin 1–14 Feb 12 (7) Switzerland Alexandra Kosteniuk India Koneru Humpy Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze
European Women's Chess Championship Montenegro Petrovac Swiss 18–29 Mar 136 (0) Georgia (country) Meri Arabidze Poland Oliwia Kiołbasa Poland Aleksandra Maltsevskaya
FIDE Women's Grand Prix New Delhi India New Delhi Round robin 24 Mar – 6 Apr 10 (5) FIDE Aleksandra Goryachkina Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva China Zhu Jiner
Women's Candidates Tournament Final China Chongqing Match 27 Mar – 6 Apr 2 (2) China Lei Tingjie China Tan Zhongyi
FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nicosia Cyprus Nicosia Round robin 15–28 May 12 (6) Germany Dinara Wagner India Harika Dronavalli FIDE Polina Shuvalova
Cairns Cup United States St. Louis Round robin 3–13 Jun 10 (4) United States Anna Zatonskih Switzerland Alexandra Kosteniuk Georgia (country) Bella Khotenashvili
Women's World Chess Championship 2023 China Shanghai & Chongqing Match 5–24 Jul 2 (2) China Ju Wenjun China Lei Tingjie
Women's Chess World Cup Azerbaijan Baku Single Elimination, Knockout 30 Jul - 21 Aug 103 (10) FIDE Aleksandra Goryachkina Bulgaria Nurgyul Salimova Ukraine Anna Muzychuk
FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Isle of Man Douglas Swiss 25 Oct - 5 Nov 50 (7) India Vaishali Rameshbabu Ukraine Anna Muzychuk China Tan Zhongyi

Rapid & Blitz tournaments

Tournament City System Dates Players (2700+) Winner Runner-up Third
Armageddon Asia & Oceania Germany Berlin Double-elimination 3–9 Apr 8 (7) India Gukesh D Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov FIDE Vladimir Kramnik
Satty Zhuldyz Rapid & Blitz Kazakhstan Astana Round robin 20–25 Apr 12 (5) Levon Aronian India Arjun Erigaisi Armenia Haik Martirosyan
Salamanca Chess Festival Spain Salamanca Round robin 26–29 Apr 8 (1) FIDE Kirill Alekseenko Spain Jaime Santos Latasa Ukraine Vasyl Ivanchuk
Bucharest Grand Prix Rapid Romania Bucharest Swiss 29–30 Apr 317 (2) FIDE Maksim Chigaev Romania Bogdan-Daniel Deac India Pentala Harikrishna
Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland Poland Warsaw Round robin 17–24 May 10 (8) Norway Magnus Carlsen Jan-Krzysztof Duda United States Wesley So
Norway Chess Blitz Norway Stavanger Round robin 29 May 10 (9) Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov France Alireza Firouzja Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Armageddon Europe & Africa Germany Berlin Double-elimination 12–18 Jun 8 (4) Romania Richárd Rapport Jan-Krzysztof Duda France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia Croatia Zagreb Round robin 5–9 Jul 10 (8) Norway Magnus Carlsen FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi France Alireza Firouzja
Tata Steel India Rapid India Kolkata Round robin 5–7 Sep 10 (10) France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov India R Praggnanandhaa
Tata Steel India Blitz India Kolkata Round robin 8–9 Sep 10 (10) FIDE Alexander Grischuk Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov India R Praggnanandhaa
Armageddon Grand Finale Germany Berlin Double-elimination 14–20 Sep 8 (5) Jan-Krzysztof Duda United States Wesley So Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Levitov Chess Week Netherlands Amsterdam Round robin 22–26 Sep 10 (8) FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi FIDE Peter Svidler
United States Levon Aronian
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz United States Saint Louis Round robin 14–18 Nov 10 (7) United States Fabiano Caruana France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi
Vugar Gashimov Memorial Azerbaijan Gabala Round robin 8–11 Dec 10 (5) India Vidit Santosh Gujrathi India Arjun Erigaisi Romania Richárd Rapport
World Rapid Chess Championship 2023 Uzbekistan Samarkand Swiss 26–28 Dec 202 (14) Norway Magnus Carlsen Slovenia Vladimir Fedoseev China Yu Yangyi
World Blitz Chess Championship 2023 Uzbekistan Samarkand Swiss 29–30 Dec 206 (17) Norway Magnus Carlsen FIDE Daniil Dubov FIDE Vladislav Artemiev

Deaths

See also


References

  1. ^ "Astana to host the FIDE World Chess Championship match 2023". www.fide.com.
  2. ^ "Astana to host Nepomniachtchi-Ding Liren World Chess Championship match".
  3. ^ "China to host Women's Candidates Final and Women's World Championship Match". www.fide.com.
  4. ^ "FIDE Circuit 2023". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Luc Winants, grand maître champion de Belgique en 1986, nous a quittés". Europe Échecs (in French). 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. ^ Koval, Anton (14 March 2023). "Бывший главный тренер сборных РФ по шахматам Рашковский умер на 77-м году жизни" (in Russian). Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  7. ^ Nie żyje Włodzimierz Schmidt. Jako pierwszy Polak zdobył tytuł arcymistrza (in Polish)
  8. ^ "Meghalt Adorján András" (in Hungarian). jochapress.hu. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  9. ^ Team (CHESScom), Chess com (19 May 2023). "Sue Maroroa Jones (1991-2023)". Chess.com. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Ukrainian Grandmaster Vadim Malakhatko (1977-2023) dies at the age of 46". Chess News. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Preminuo Aleksandar Matanović, simbol zlatnog doba našeg šaha". Danas. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Труд - Новини, анализи и коментари". trud.bg (in Bulgarian). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

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