The 2023 Grand Chess Tour’s format is equivalent to the 2022 one, with two classical occasions and three speedy and blitz occasions. The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and the Sinquefield Cup will happen in November-December, seemingly because of the scheduling of the FIDE World Cup.

The 5 occasions of the brand new Grand Chess Tour have been introduced on Monday through a press launch:

• Superbet Chess Classic Romania: May 4-16, Bucharest, Romania
• Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland: May 19-26, Warsaw, Poland
• SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia: July 3-10, Zagreb, Croatia
• Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: November 12-19, St. Louis, U.S.
• Sinquefield Cup: November 19-December 3, St. Louis, U.S.

The 2023 season, the ninth version of the Grand Chess Tour, may have a whole prize fund of $1.4 million. The prize cash for every of the 2 classical tournaments shall be $350,000 and $175,000 per occasion for speedy and blitz. In addition, a bonus prize fund totalling $175,000 shall be awarded to the highest three total tour finishers. 

Participants within the tour have not been introduced but. There shall be eight full-tour gamers and extra wildcards shall be chosen for every match. The main sponsors are as soon as once more the Superbet Foundation, SuperUnited, and the Saint Louis Chess Club.

The press launch doesn’t say a phrase in regards to the shocking dates for the 2 occasions in St. Louis this 12 months: November 12-December 3, as an alternative of the standard August and September. The motive should be the dates for this 12 months’s FIDE World Cup, which takes place July 29-August 26 and may have a lot of the world’s high gamers. The Grand Swiss shall be held October 23-November 5.

The 5 Grand Chess Tour occasions are seemingly going to be half FIDE’s new qualification path for his or her Candidates Tournament. One spot goes to the participant with the perfect leads to 2023 in FIDE rated tournaments which have no less than eight gamers with a mean score of 2550 or greater and and a minimal of seven rounds, alongside different standards. Even the speedy and blitz occasions can depend, so long as the gamers have a mean commonplace score of no less than 2700.