Fide Chess World Cup Starts today In Baku.

GM Magnus Carlsen is the Number 1 in the Womens  World Cup is the number 1 seed is the current Woman's World Champion. GM Ju Wenjun. Good Luck to England's GM Dave Howell who is also playing at the FIDE World cup more details at the link of the bracket at the website link.

The Chess World Cup 2023 is a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 30 July to 24 August 2023.It will be the 10th edition of the Chess World Cup. The top three finishers in the tournament will qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament.

The tournament will be held in parallel with the Women's Chess World Cup 2023.

Website: https://worldcup2023.fide.com/

Live Games:  https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-world-cup-2023/1/1/1

Live Games: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-womens-world-cup-2023/1/1/1

Live Commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr1wzwOensI GM Simon Williams and GM Daniel Naroditsky 

British Chess Championship 2023 starts this afternoon 2:30 pm GMT

GM Michael Adams is the Number 1 seed 

Live Games: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/british-championship-2023#live

Results and Pairings:   https://www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk/results-and-pairings/

Live Commentary GM Danny Gormally and IM Adam Hunt   https://www.twitch.tv/gingergm

Commentary will be provided   from the The Venue, DMU. The commentators will be joined by a number of players and guests in the commentary room over the course of the championships.

Commentary will be available from 2.30 onwards for each round of the main Championships from Saturday 22nd to Sunday 30th July. 

9 round Swiss Championship with rounds starting at 2.30pm each day, aside from round 9 which will start at 10.00am on the final Sunday.

First 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes added for remainder of game, with 30 second increments added from move 1.

The British Championship competition will include prizes/awards for the British Open and Women’s Champions.

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