The first leg of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour series opens tomorrow and will be held from 5-16 May in Bucharest, Romania.
The event is played as a 10-player round-robin tournament, with world top players in the field including the World Chess Champion Ding Liren and the Challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi. The total prize fund is $350.000 and the participants are: GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, GM Ding Liren, GM Richard Rapport, GM Alireza Firouzja, GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Anish Giri, GM Wesley So, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and GM Bogdan Daniel-Deac.
The Grand Chess Tour Romania 2023 will be the first of the two classical tournaments of the tour. The tour schedule:
Superbet Chess Classic Romania: May 4-16, 2023, Bucharest, Romania
Superbet Warsaw Rapid & Blitz: May 19-26, 2023, Warsaw, Poland
SuperUnited Rapid&Blitz Croatia: July 3-10, 2023, Zagreb, Croatia
Saint Louis Rapid&Blitz: November 12-19, 2023, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Sinquefield Cup: November 19-December 3, 2023, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Live coverage of the event can be followed through Saint Louis Chess Club YouTube channel.