Forthcoming Events

The previous post, 2022-23 WGP Wrapup (September 2023), was the last of my updates for recent events. For this current post I updated my two main index pages by adding links to Wikipedia for forthcoming events:-

• World Chess Championship [WCC]
• World Chess Championship for Women

Also worth mentioning are two FIDE pages describing the next WCC cycles:-

• FIDE World Championship, Cycle 2023-2024
• Women’s World Championship Cycle, 2023-2025

At this time I'm not sure why there's a discrepancy between the years for the two cycles. The unrestricted championship says, '2024 DATES AND HOST CITY TO BE ANNOUNCED'. The women's championship says, 'DATES AND HOST CITY TO BE ANNOUNCED'. The FIDE Calendar currently lists four events for the two separate cycles:-

• FIDE Grand Swiss and Women’s Grand Swiss 2023 • Isle of Man • 23 Oct 2023 • 06 Nov 2023
• FIDE World Fischer Random Championship • • 19 Feb 2024 • 25 Feb 2024
• Women's Candidates Tournament • Toronto, Canada • 03 Apr 2024 • 25 Apr 2024
• Candidates Tournament • Toronto, Canada • 03 Apr 2024 • 25 Apr 2024

I include the 'FIDE World FRC [Chess960] Championship' for completeness. Perhaps one day it will be considered a World Championship of the same importance as the others, but I'm not holding my breath.

2022-23 WGP Wrapup

In the previous post (see the last link in the following list), I wrote,

The series of four Women's Grand Prix events needs a wrapup post to pull everything together.

The posts documenting the four events were:-

• 2022-10-05: 2022-23 WGP, Astana
• 2023-02-15: 2022-23 WGP, Munich
• 2023-04-05: 2022-23 WGP, New Delhi, Marred by Withdrawals
• 2023-09-06: 2022-23 WGP, New Delhi & Nicosia

Add a chart showing the cumulative Grand Prix points...

Standings - FIDE Grand Prix 2023
(womengrandprix.fide.com)

...and that's all I really need to do.

2022-23 WGP, New Delhi & Nicosia

In the previous post, 2023 World Cup, Baku (August 2023), I reminded myself about a couple of actions:-

Last week, in Back in the Saddle with PGN (August 2023), I ended saying, "Next stop: The 2023 World Cup is nearing its finish in Baku. Also to do is the final leg of the Women's Grand Prix, last seen in 2022-23 WGP, New Delhi (April 2023)."

I tackled the first action in that Baku post, while the second action referenced an earlier post, 2022-23 WGP, New Delhi, Marred by Withdrawals (April 2023). The second action would have more accurately described as documenting 'the final *two* legs'.

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2022-23 WGP, New Delhi

From Fide.com:-

• 2023-03-20: The home of chess welcomes Women's Grand Prix
• 2023-03-25: Letter of FIDE President regarding the Women’s Grand Prix in New Delhi, India
• 2023-04-05: Aleksandra Goryachkina wins in New Delhi on tiebreaks

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2022-23 WGP, Nicosia

From Fide.com:-

• 2023-03-30: Cyprus to host fourth stage of FIDE Women's Grand Prix
• 2023-05-15: FIDE Women's Grand Prix: Show-down in Cyprus
• 2023-05-16: FIDE WGP: Five-time World Champion Vishy Anand welcomes players to Cyprus
• 2023-05-27: FIDE WGP: Dinara Wagner reigns in Cyprus

The series of four Women's Grand Prix events needs a wrapup post to pull everything together.

2023 World Cup, Baku (Azerbaijan)

Last week, in Back in the Saddle with PGN (August 2023), I ended saying,

Next stop: The 2023 World Cup is nearing its finish in Baku. Also to do is the final leg of the Women's Grand Prix, last seen in 2022-23 WGP, New Delhi (April 2023).

A few weeks earlier, in Back in the Saddle (August 2023), I had decided,

From now on, I'll rely on links to Wikipedia to document future World Championship events.

There are usually five sections to one of my pages:-

• Crosstable
• Official site and logo
• Regulations in effect (optional)
• FIDE news items about the event
• PGN

The crosstable and PGN are no longer necessary. The regulations are still optional. The site, logo, and news might be useful for future reference.

FIDE World Chess Cup 2023 (fide.com)

From FIDE.com:-

• 2023-01-07: FIDE reforms qualifications paths to Candidates Tournament • '3 spots – FIDE World Cup 2023 (Baku 2023), three players who finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd'
• 2023-05-29: FIDE World Cup 2023: Preliminary lists of eligible players announced
• 2023-06-13: FIDE World Cup 2023: Information for players
• 2023-06-24: FIDE World Cup 2023: Official website is launched
• 2023-06-28: Carlsen, Nakamura and Ju Wenjun among the participants of FIDE World Cup
• 2023-07-04: The 2023 FIDE World Cup wild cards revealed
• 2023-07-04: 2023 FIDE World Cup: Players lists and pairings announced
• 2023-07-24: All eyes on Baku as the chess elite descends on Azerbaijan for the World Cup
• 2023-07-29: FIDE World Cup 2023: Opening ceremony and press conference
• 2023-08-24: Magnus Carlsen secures first World Cup victory

What about the rosters of players -- specifically the Index of Players and the Index of Women Players -- across all events? I find both of them to be useful. Maybe I should link them to the blog post documenting the finished event.

Back in the Saddle with PGN

Continuing with Back in the Saddle (August 2023), I added the PGN to the two women's events mentioned in that post. I also added the names of the two players in the title match to the Index of Women Players.

Next stop: The 2023 World Cup is nearing its finish in Baku. Also to do is the final leg of the Women's Grand Prix, last seen in 2022-23 WGP, New Delhi (April 2023).

Back in the Saddle with Crosstables

Following up last week's post, Back in the Saddle (August 2023), where I gave myself a few actions, I managed to accomplish one of them. I added the crosstables for two pages:-

• 2022-23 Candidates Tournament (m-w.com); 'Stage II'
• 2023 Ju Wenjun - Lei Tingjie Title Match (ditto)

These will likely be the last crosstables I create for the site. I created the first in 1997 and have kept their appearance the same since then.

Back in the Saddle

After a six week break -- the previous post on this blog was 2023 World Championship Side Events (June 2023) -- it's time to tackle some of the events that have taken place since the beginning of the year. In particular, I fell seriously behind in documenting women's events.

I created a new page for the recently concluded 2023 Ju Wenjun - Lei Tingjie Title Match (m-w.com), and added it to the index for the World Chess Championship for Women (ditto). The logo is shown below.

Source: FIDE Women’s World Championship Match

The new page needs a crosstable and PGN. The same goes for the previous event, the 2022-23 Women's Candidates Tournament (ditto; missing 'Stage II', played '27 March - 6 April 2023'). The title match should also be included on the Index of Women Players.

Last year I stopped adding new pages for the next cycle of the Women's World Championship. For this current post I did the same for the unrestricted championship (aka 'Open' according to current terminology), indexed on my site's main page, The World Chess Championship (ditto). From now on, I'll rely on links to Wikipedia to document future World Championship events.

There's more to do, but that's a good start. I'll fill in the blanks during the coming weeks.