# 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 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

* 7 February — Luc Winants
* 14 March — Nukhim Rashkovsky
* 1 April — Włodzimierz Schmidt
* 11 May — András Adorján
* 11 May — Sue Maroroa
* 5 June — Vadim Malakhatko
* 9 August — Aleksandar Matanović
* 17 December — Nikola Padevsky