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

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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

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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

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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

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See also

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References

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