2023 in chess

The main events in the 2023 chess calendar are the World Chess Championship 2023 and Women's World Chess Championship 2023. 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.

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 SindarovWR Chess Masters DüsseldorfRound robin15–26 Feb10 (7) Levon Aronian Gukesh D Ian NepomniachtchiEuropean Individual Chess Championship Vrnjacka BanjaSwiss3–13 Mar484 (0) Alexey Sarana Kirill Shevchenko Daniel DardhaAmerican Cup St. LouisDouble-elimination17–26 Mar8 (7) Hikaru Nakamura Wesley So Levon AronianReykjavik Open ReykjavíkSwiss29 Mar – 4 Apr401 (0) Nils Grandelius Mustafa Yılmaz Abhijeet GuptaWorld Chess Championship 2023 AstanaMatch9–30 Apr2 (2) Ding Liren Ian Nepomniachtchi —Menorca Open MenorcaSwiss11–16 Apr200 (2) Gukesh D Pranav V Jorden van ForeestTePe Sigeman & Co MalmöRound robin4–10 May8 (3) Peter Svidler Gukesh D Abhimanyu MishraSuperbet Chess Classic BucharestRound robin6–15 May10 (10) Fabiano Caruana Alireza Firouzja Wesley SoSharjah Masters SharjahSwiss17–25 May78 (8) Arjun Erigaisi Samuel Sevian Gukesh DDubai Open DubaiSwiss27 May – 4 Jun86 (3) Aravindh Chithambaram Javokhir Sindarov Arjun ErigaisiNorway Chess StavangerRound robin30 May – 9 Jun10 (9) Hikaru Nakamura Fabiano Caruana Gukesh DPrague Chess Festival PragueRound robin21–30 Jun10 (3) Ray Robson Bogdan-Daniel Deac Pentala HarikrishnaNo Castling World Masters DortmundRound robin26 Jun – 2 Jul4 (2) Fabiano Caruana Vladimir Kramnik Dmitrij KollarsDutch Championship UtrechtSingle-elimination2–9 Jul13 (1) Anish Giri Jorden van Foreest Erwin l'Ami Max WarmerdamGeza Hetenyi Memorial BudapestRound robin11–19 Jul10 (4) R Praggnanandhaa Amin Tabatabaei Sanan SjugirovBiel Grandmaster Triathlon BielRound robin16–26 Jul8 (4) Le Quang Liem Vincent Keymer David NavaraChess World Cup BakuSingle-elimination30 Jul – 24 Aug206 (25) Magnus Carlsen R Praggnanandhaa Fabiano CaruanaRussian Superfinal Saint PetersburgRound robin1–12 Oct12 (1) Vladislav Artemiev Pavel Ponkratov Maxim MatlakovUS Chess Championship St. LouisRound robin5–17 Oct12 (4) Fabiano Caruana Wesley So Leinier DomínguezQatar Masters DohaSwiss11–20 Oct158 (9) Nodirbek Yakubboev Nodirbek Abdusattorov Hikaru NakamuraFIDE Grand Swiss DouglasSwiss25 Oct – 5 Nov114 (20) Vidit Santosh Gujrathi Hikaru Nakamura Andrey EsipenkoSinquefield Cup St. LouisRound robin21–30 Nov9 (9) Fabiano Caruana Leinier Domínguez Wesley SoLondon Chess Classic LondonRound robin1–10 Dec10 (2) Michael Adams Amin Tabatabaei Gukesh DChennai Grand Masters ChennaiRound robin15–21 Dec8 (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 DzagnidzeEuropean Women's Chess Championship PetrovacSwiss18–29 Mar136 (0) Meri Arabidze Oliwia Kiołbasa Aleksandra MaltsevskayaFIDE Women's Grand Prix New Delhi New DelhiRound robin24 Mar6 Apr10 (5) Aleksandra Goryachkina Bibisara Assaubayeva Zhu JinerWomen's Candidates Tournament Final ChongqingMatch27 Mar – 6 Apr2 (2) Lei Tingjie Tan Zhongyi—FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nicosia NicosiaRound robin15–28 May12 (6) Dinara Wagner Harika Dronavalli Polina ShuvalovaCairns Cup St. LouisRound robin3–13 Jun10 (4) Anna Zatonskih Alexandra Kosteniuk Bella KhotenashviliWomen's World Chess Championship 2023 Shanghai & ChongqingMatch5–24 Jul2 (2) Ju Wenjun Lei Tingjie—Women's Chess World Cup BakuSingle Elimination, Knockout30 Jul - 21 Aug103 (10) Aleksandra Goryachkina Nurgyul Salimova Anna MuzychukFIDE Women's Grand Swiss DouglasSwiss25 Oct - 5 Nov50 (7) Vaishali Rameshbabu Anna Muzychuk Tan Zhongyi

Rapid & Blitz tournaments Tournament City System Dates Players (2700+) Winner Runner-up ThirdArmageddon Asia & Oceania BerlinDouble-elimination3–9 Apr8 (7) Gukesh D Nodirbek Abdusattorov Vladimir KramnikSatty Zhuldyz Rapid & Blitz AstanaRound robin20–25 Apr12 (5) Levon Aronian Arjun Erigaisi Haik MartirosyanSalamanca Chess Festival SalamancaRound robin26–29 Apr8 (1) Kirill Alekseenko Jaime Santos Latasa Vasyl IvanchukBucharest Grand Prix Rapid BucharestSwiss29–30 Apr317 (2) Maksim Chigaev Bogdan-Daniel Deac Pentala HarikrishnaSuperbet Rapid & Blitz Poland WarsawRound robin17–24 May10 (8) Magnus Carlsen Jan-Krzysztof Duda Wesley SoNorway Chess Blitz StavangerRound robin29 May10 (9) Nodirbek Abdusattorov Alireza Firouzja Shakhriyar MamedyarovArmageddon Europe & Africa BerlinDouble-elimination12–18 Jun8 (4) Richárd Rapport Jan-Krzysztof Duda Maxime Vachier-LagraveSuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia ZagrebRound robin5–9 Jul10 (8) Magnus Carlsen Ian Nepomniachtchi Alireza FirouzjaTata Steel India Rapid KolkataRound robin5–7 Sep10 (10) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Teimour Radjabov R PraggnanandhaaTata Steel India Blitz KolkataRound robin8–9 Sep10 (10) Alexander Grischuk Nodirbek Abdusattorov R PraggnanandhaaArmageddon Grand Finale BerlinDouble-elimination14–20 Sep8 (5) Jan-Krzysztof Duda Wesley So Nodirbek AbdusattorovLevitov Chess Week AmsterdamRound robin22–26 Sep10 (8) Ian Nepomniachtchi Peter Svidler Levon Aronian —Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Saint LouisRound robin14–18 Nov10 (7) Fabiano Caruana Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Ian NepomniachtchiVugar Gashimov Memorial GabalaRound robin8–11 Dec10 (5) Vidit Santosh Gujrathi Arjun Erigaisi Richárd RapportWorld Rapid Chess Championship 2023 SamarkandSwiss26–28 Dec202 (14) Magnus Carlsen Vladimir Fedoseev Yu YangyiWorld Blitz Chess Championship 2023 SamarkandSwiss29–30 Dec206 (17) Magnus Carlsen Daniil Dubov Vladislav Artemiev

Deaths 7 February — Luc Winants 14 March — Nukhim Rashkovsky 1 April — Włodzimierz SchmidtNie żyje Włodzimierz Schmidt. Jako pierwszy Polak zdobył tytuł arcymistrza 11 May — András Adorján 11 May — Sue Maroroa 5 June — Vadim Malakhatko 9 August — Aleksandar Matanović 17 December — Nikola Padevsky

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