2023 in chess

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2023 in sports

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

Women's tournaments

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

Rapid & Blitz tournaments

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

Deaths

See also


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