The Champions Chess Tour Final takes place in Toronto, Canada 9th to 16th. The mostly online tour will have it's final in Toronto. Magnus Carlsen, Denis Lazavik, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So. There will be a round robin stage of mini-matches. The top two make the knockout phase, 3rd-6th enter a survival stage double elimination stage to find two players. Then there will be a straight knockout to determine the winner ..read more

The 9th Zagreb Tournament of Peace took place Wed 22nd to Thu 30th Nov 2023. Hans Moke Niemann scored 8/9 conceding just two draws on the way to winning the event by three clear points. He now moves on to the London Chess Classic ..read more

The 13th London Classic takes place 1st to 10th December 2023. Play at 2pm each day. Rest day Wednesday December 6th. Players: Dommaruju Gukesh, Nikita Vitiugov, Amin Tabatabaei, Michael Adams, Andrei Volokitin, Hans Mike Niemann, Mateusz Bartel, Jules Moussard, Luke McShane and Shreyas Royal ..read more

The 86th Tata Steel chess tournament takes place Saturday 13th to Sun 28th Jan 2024 in Wijk aan Zee. Players: Masters: Ding Liren, Alireza Firouzja, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, Parham Maghsoodloo, Wei Yi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, Jorden Van Foreest, Alexander Donchenko, Max Warmerdam and Wenjun Ju. Challengers: Anton Korobov, Hans Moke Niemann, Mustafa Yilmaz, A.R. Saleh Salem, Jaime Santos Latasa, Erwin L'Ami, Leon Luke Mendonca, Daniel Dardha, Marc Andria Maurizzi, Liam Vrolijk, Harika Dronavalli, Stefan Beukema, Deshmukh Divya and Eline ..read more

The 10th Sinquefield Cup takes place Tuesday 21st Nov to Sun 3rd Dec 2023 in Saint Louis. Players: Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Richard Rapport, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Levon Aronian ..read more

The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz takes place Tue 14th to Sun 19th Nov 2023. Players: Nepomniachtchi, MVL, Caruana, Wesley So, Firouzja, Xiong, Giri, Le Quang Liem, Robson and Sevian. 9 rounds of rapid over 3 days followed by 18 rounds of blitz over 2 days. Play starts at 19:00 GMT ..read more

The 24th European Team Chess Championship takes place in Budva, Montenegro 11th to 21st November 2023. The biennial event has 38 teams, Azerbaijan, Romania, Germany, England and Armenia are the top seed. Leading players including Magnus Carlsen, Richard Rapport, Teimour Radjabov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Vincent Keymer, Nikita Vitiugov (now playing for England), Haik M. Martirosyan, Bogdan-Daniel Deac,, Jorden Van Foreest and David Navrara. 32 Nations headed by Georgia, Azerbaijan and Germany compete in the women's event alongside ..read more

The FIDE Grand Swiss takes place in Douglas, Isle of Man, Wed 25th Oct to Wed 8th Nov 2023. 11 rounds and 2 Candidates places at stake. There is an extremely strong field. This event should tell us where Classical chess is in 2023. 20 players rated over 2700, all but a few rated over 2600. Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri, D Gukesh, Richard Rapport, Levon Aronian, R Praggnanandhaa, MVL, Jan-Krzysztof Duda etc etc. There is a women's event alongside Aleksandra Goryachkina, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Mariya Muzychuk etc etc ..read more

The 31st World Senior Chess Championship takes place in Cittàa del Mare in Sicily. There are 3 sections, over 50, over 65 and women's. Michael Adams, Hannes Stefansson, Maxime Dlugy, John Nunn, Rafael Vaganian, Lubomir Ftacnik and Nona Gaprindashvili are the top seeds in these various sections ..read more

The Qatar Masters Open takes place 11th to 20th October 2023. Players: Carlsen, Nakamura, Giri, Gukesh, Abdusattorov, Erigaisi, Maghsoodloo, Jorden Van Foreest, Nihal Sarin etc ..read more