Baku is hosting the prestigious World Cup 2023 Chess event starting tomorrow 30th of July !

The tournament under FIDE’s aegis  is the most important of the year granding qualification to the winners of both sections to the candidates  and big prizes ,1,9m $ to men and 700.00$ to women ! Elit players are participating, Carlsen Caruana Nakamura Grischuk  Ju Wenjun  Kosteniuk Muzuchuk , strong support from elit players led FIDE granting wild card to legendary V Ivanchuk  surpassing all the problems due to the war .

206 players at the open section and 103 women in total participating ,among them GM Mastrovasilis D,elit Greek national member  who has qualified for the third time in his rich career .

photo GM Bartel

We wish him good luck ! Many exciting games coming up soon !