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The Judit Polgar Global Chess Festival 2023 (JPGCF) is a series of chess events and activities hosted by the legendary GM Judit Polgar. The festival runs across two days, October 14 and 15, with the first day happening live in Hungary and the second day happening online. The festival also features two online tournaments, one open to the public and one invitational.

You can watch the event's live broadcast on Chess.com/TV and on our Twitch and YouTube channels.

The festival is open for anyone to attend. Participating clubs held tournaments to decide who'd play in the #ChessConnectsUs tournament. They could sign up two players for the open and two for the scholastic section, one female and one male in each. The following google sheetlists the qualified players.

The chess Triathlon is the only invitational tournament, with confirmed participation of the following players:

The in-person activities of the JPGCF start on October 14 at 4 a.m. ET/10:00 CEST, while the online #ChessConnectsUs tournament happens on October 14 at 11 a.m.ET/17:00 CEST. The rest of the online portion of the festival starts on October 15 at 4 a.m. ET/10:00 CEST. Check out the full schedule below:

You can check the full schedule of the festival on its official website.

The festival features a series of in-person activities (click here for more details), an online Educational Chess Sumit, and two online tournaments. Below, you can learn more about the two online tournaments:

The Triathlon is an invitational event featuring three segments, each a round-robin. Players are divided into teams of two and earn points according to their results and are later ranked based on their total points.

Puzzle Battle

Tandem Chess

Bullet

Clubs ran tournaments to determine who would play in the #ChessConnectsUs Finals. Clubs could sign up one man and one woman to the Open Finals and one boy and one girl to the Scholastic Finals. The Finals consist of an 11-round Swiss tournament in the 3+2 time control. Standard Swiss tiebreakers apply.

The chess Triathlon counts with a $10,000 prize fund, distributed as follows:

Community members playing in the #ChessConnectsUs tournament can also enjoy the following prizes:

This year, the in-person portion of the JPGCF will happen in Polgar's hometown of Budapest, Hungary. People from all over the world will gather at the breathtaking Hungarian National Gallery to take part in the festival. The online tournaments will be played on Chess.com's servers.

This year's JPGCF is the festival's ninth edition. You can see the highlights of last year's festival in the video below:

Link:
Judit Polgar's Global Chess Festival 2023: All The Information - Chess.com