Chennai Grand Masters 2023 — India’s strongest ever Classical Super Tournament

It’s the last month of the year but we are ending the chess calendar of events on Indian soil with a bang! From 15th to 21st of December the first ever super tournament of the country is going to be held in Chennai India. It is sponsored and supported by the Tamil Nadu Government and Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu and organized by MGD1, NODWIN Gaming and ChessBase India. It’s the strongest ever classical super tournament on Indian soil with a rating average of 2711. The main attraction of the event will be the two Indian youngsters Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi trying to take on some of the best in the world — Maghsoodloo, Aronian and others. WE tell you all about the event that is beginning from the 15th of December 2023.

The players of the Chennai Grandmaster

Parham Maghsoodloo (2742)

Arjun Erigaisi (2727)

Levon Aronian (2723)

D. Gukesh (2720)

Sanan Sjugirov (2703)

Pentala Harikrishna (2696)

Pavel Eljanov (2691)

Alexandr Predke (2689)

Rating average of the event: 2711 Elo

The tournament will be held from the 15th to the 21st of December 2023. Each day the round will begin at 3 p.m. IST with round 1 being on 15th of December and round 7 being on the 21st. The final round will begin slightly before the usual time.

Prize money:

Total fund: Rs.50 lakh (US$60,000)

1st place: Rs.15 lakh (US$18,000)

2nd place: Rs.10 lakh (US$12,000)

3rd place: Rs. 8 lakh (US$9,600)

4th place: Rs.5 lakh (US$6,000)

5th place: Rs. 4 lakh (US$4,800)

6th place: Rs.3.5 lakh (US$4,200)

7th place: Rs.2.5 lakh (US$3,000)

8th place: Rs.2 lakh (US$2,400)

Time format:

90 minutes for the entire game with 30 seconds increment per move for the entire game. There will be no second time control.

Venue of the tournament:

The venue of the event is the Leela Palace Hotel in Chennai. It is one of the finest hotels in the city. This is where all the players would be staying and this is also where the tournament will happen.

Commentators:

Sagar and Amruta will be the official commentators for the event and the event will be broadcast live on ChessBase India.

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Tata Steel Masters 2023

1. Magnus Carlsen NOR
2. Ding Liren CHN
3. Fabiano Caruana USA
4. Anish Giri NED
5. Wesley So USA
6. Richard Rapport ROU
7. Levon Aronian USA
8. Parham Maghsoodloo IRI
9. Dommaraju Gukesh IND
10. Arjun Erigaisi IND
11. Nodirbek Abdusattorov UZB
12. Vincent Keymer GER
13. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa IND
14. Jorden Van Foreest NED

85th Tata Steel Masters 2023

85th Tata Steel Challengers 2023

The 2023 edition

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is one of the most prestigious events in the international chess calendar. The “Wimbledon of Chess” attracts the very best chess grandmasters in the world, along with thousands of amateur players, live event visitors and online visitors from around the world. In 2023, the Tata Steel Chess Tournament celebrates its 85th year.

Tata Steel Chess 2023 | Round 1 | Commentary by Laurent Fressinet & Peter Svidler

Carlsen, Caruana, Ding, So + Chess’ ELITE Square Off In Tata Steel Chess Masters 2023! | RD 1

With both the number one and number two in the world (Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren), five top 10 players and a total of eight top 20 players, the Masters group of the jubilee edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament has a very strong field of participants. The 85th edition promises to be an exciting battleground, as a number of great talents are also present to compete with the world class players. The tournament will take place from 13 to 29 January 2023 in Dorpshuis de Moriaan, Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands.

Schedule and rate of play

The Grandmasters will play against each other in 13 rounds in a round-robin tournament, round one starting Saturday the 14th of January. All rounds start at 14:00 hours CET, except for the final round on Sunday 29 January. This round starts at 12:00 hours CET.

Rest days for the Masters group are scheduled on Wednesday 18 (Challengers will play round five this day), Monday 23 and Thursday 26 January.

On Thursday 19 January the fifth round of the Masters group will be played in another host city during Chess on Tour. More information about Chess on Tour will follow soon.

The rate of play is 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move.

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