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My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Gregory Joseph, Brett Kitson, Alojzije Jankovic, and everyone else who helped with this issue.

The Sinquefield Cup started last Tuesday and unfortunately it was hit with another very early withdrawal after Carlsen's last year. Jan-Krzysztof Duda withdrew after playing just one game due to ill-health. We have been given no more information than that, almost a year ago he withdrew just before the start of the Tata Steel tournament, this is not a good sign at all for a player who is only 25 years old. After a slow start the event seems to have gradually become more interesting and the result will count towards FIDE Candidates places via rating and maybe the Grand Prix (you're a better person than me if you understand the ins and outs of either qualification) and we should have a tense finish. .

Another nice surprise was the 9th Zagreb Tournament of Peace with a lovely mixed field of local and international players. Hans Moke Niemann has been quite brutal against the bottom end so far.

Friday sees the start of the returning London Chess Classic. Players: Michael Adams, Mateusz Bartel, Dommaraju Gukesh, Luke McShane, Jules Moussard, Hans Niemann, Shreyas Royal, Amin Tabatabaei, Nikita Vitiugov and Andrei Volokitin.

Also this week the field for the Tata Steel tournament in January was announced. Masters: Ding Liren, Alireza Firouzja, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, Parham Maghsoodloo, Wei Yi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, Jorden Van Foreest, Alexander Donchenko, Max Warmerdam and Wenjun Ju.

A lot to look forward to.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

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The 10th Sinquefield Cup takes place Tuesday 21st November to 3rd December 2023.

The 9th Zagreb Tournament of Peace takes place 22nd to 30th November 2023.

The 9th Iberoamericano Championship takes place 25th November to 2nd December 2023.

The Italian Championships take place Tuesday 28th November to Sunday 10th December. The women's and Junior events are shorter and start a little later.

The 36th Belgrade Trophy takes placew 25th November to 3rd December 2023. I had the 36th event in my calendar last year but it never happened, I believe there was some kind of crisis in Belgrade chess so this is a welcome return.

The SixDays Budapest November takes place 27th November to 2nd December 2023.

The 7th Tamil Nadu IM takes place 26th to 1st December 2023.

The 19th Ugra Governor's Cup took place 17th to 25th November 2023. Maksim Tsaruk won on tie-break from Daniil Linchevskiy, Roman Kezin and Aleksey Goganov after all scored 6.5/9. The event is followed by a three day rapid finishing on November 28th.

The ITT Torre Blanca takes place in Buenos Aires 25th November to 2nd December 2023.

The Is Bank Chess Cup took place 22nd to 27th November 2023. The event had 12 players and started with a group stage of two sections of five rounds and then a final KO stage. Winner Ediz Gurel had a fantastic run conceding just two draws in the 9 games he played. He is 14 or 15 years old, an IM and clearly a talent.

The Kosova Scheveningen takes place 24th November to December 1st 2023. Games should emerge at the end.

The Monsaraz Chess Festival takes place 21st to 28th November 2023. The Rapid on November 25th was won by Guha Mitrabha with 8.5/9.

The 3rd Belt and Road Open took place 19th to 24th November 2023. Renjie Huang won with 7/9.

The Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess took place 13th to 22nd November 2023. Hou Yifan beat Harika Dronavalli 15-11 in the final.

The World Youth took place 13th to 24th November 2023 in Montesilvano, Italy. U18, U16 and U14 Open and Girls Groups. Aleksey Grebnev of Russia won the U18 title playing under the FIDE flag, just ahead of Volodar Murzin playing under the same circumstances. Ayan Allahverdiyeva of Azerbaijan won the women's U18 title. Jakub Seemann of Poland won the U16 title just ahead of fellow Pole Jan Klimkowski, Chuqiao Wang of China won the Girls U16 title. Pawel Sowinski of Poland won the U14 title. Afruza Khamdamova of Uzbekistan won the Girls U14 title.

The 6th Almaty Chess Academy IM took place 19th to 26th November 2023. Evgeny Vorobiov won with 7/9.

The Copa Mercosur took place 13th to 21st November 2023. Diego Flores won with 6/9. The live coverage did not work for the final two rounds and these games are currently missing.

The Charlotte Fall Invitational took place 17th to 21st November 2023. Fidel Corrales Jimenez and Andy Woodward scored 6/9 in the GMA event. William Graif, was the only player to make a norm, an IM with 7/9 in winning the IMC event.

The Vezerkepzo November took place 16th to 24th November 2023. Valeriy Aveskulov won the GM event with 6.5/9.

The Zakovat Gambit Final took place 18th to 19th November 2023. Madaminov, Mukhiddin won with 10.5/14. Games from the second day are now available.

The 5th Tamil Nadu IM took place 12th to 17th November 2023. The untitled Arnav Maheshwari won on tie-break from IM Abdyzhapar Asylbek after both scored 7/9.

The 6th Tamil Nadu IM took place 19th to 24th November 2023. GM Alexei Fedorov won with 8/9.

The Caissa Hotel Erik Group took place 22nd to 26th November 2023.

The Heusenstamm Sparkassen Open took place 23rd to 26th November 2023. Petro Golubka edged out Leonid Milov on tie-break after both scored 6/7.

The Kilkenny Masters took place 24th to 26th November 2023. Sebastien Maze won with 4.5/6.

The North Carolina Open took place 24th to 26th November 2023. Thomas Fang took first place on tie-break from Ronald Burnett and Emmanuel Carter after all scored 5/6.

The US Chess Masters took place 22nd to 26th November 2023. Mikhail Antipov edged out Gleb Dudin, Just Wang and Bryce Tiglon (GM Norm) on tie-break after all scored 7/9.

The 1000GM Sunnyvale Thanksgiving took place 22nd to 26th November 2023. The final tables were not updated for the IM events, so I only have official Round 8 standigns but the games are avaialble. Joshua Sheng won the GM section with 7.5/9 after winning his final round when Neuris Delgado lost and Jacek Stopa drew. Augusto Campos won the IM1 section with 8.5/9 drawing only his first round. Arturo Fernandez also won with 8.5/9 this time taking a draw in the final round to secure first place.

The 21st Annual Turkey Bowl took place 10th to 12th November 2023. Facundo Pierrot and Raghav Venkat scored 4.5/5.

The 23rd Puhajarve Rapid took place 24th to 26th November. This event has time handicaps based on the ratings difference between opponents. Always has a huge round robin field. Alexei Shirov won with 30 points out of 33.

The 3rd Buturina Memorial took place 16th to 20th November 2023. Bogdan Polulkh won with 7/9. The live broadcast failed on the final day so rounds 7-9 were lost.

The Yorkshire Open Rapidplay Chess took place on Sunday November 26th. Gawain Jones and Jacob Connor Boswell scored 5/6. Boswell beat Jones in Round 4.

Titled Tuesday Blitz now has two sections called early and late. The 21st November events saw Magnus Carlsen win the early and Liem Le won the late on tie-break from Carlsen.

The Belgian Interclubs round 4 took place last weekend. Games now available.

The fourth round of the Dutch League took place this weekend. I will wait until all the games are available although 4 of the 5 matches already are.

The first half of the Austrian Team Championship took place 22nd to 26th November 2023. The event concludes with 5 rounds in April.

The Czech Zapad and Vychod League had round 3 this weekend. I missed round 2 a couple of weeks ago and there are games available from that round.

The Finnish League has reached Round 7. Games after round 4 not yet available.

The final of the Rapid Chess Superleague took place this weekend. Wasko Hetman GKS Katowice won the final against VOTUM SA Polonia Wroclaw.

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