The Festival Baku Open 2023 dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the National Leader Heydar Aliyev is consist of 3 tournaments (A, B and C). The 9-round Swiss open is taking place in the Crystal Place from May 3 to 13. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. Live broadcast of games with a 15-minute delay. The total prize fund is $55,000, with $12,000 for 1st place in Group A. In the 2023’s edition of the tournament willparticipate 150 players and the top five rated among them are Hans Moke Niemann, Alexandr Predke, Anton Korobov, Rauf Mamedov and S.P. Sethuraman.
Chessdom.com will follow live games.


Replay: Nepo – Ding game 1 / Ding – Nepo game 2 / Nepo – Ding game 3 / Nepo – Ding game 4 / Nepo – Ding game 5 / Nepo – Ding game 6 / Nepo – Ding game 7 / Nepo – Ding game 8 / Nepo – Ding game 9 / Nepo – Ding game 10 / Nepo – Ding game 11 / Nepo – Ding game 12 / Nepo – Ding game 13 / Nepo – Ding game 14 / Nepo – Ding tiebreaks

Full list of players :