2023 FIDE World School Chess Championship, a joint event of the Chess Club "KNIGHT OF RHODES" with the South Aegean Region and the Municipality of Rhodes through the Municipal Organization for Culture and Sports (DOPAR) under the auspices of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and Greek Chess federation began on Rodos. 

The opening ceremony was attended by the Regional Governor of the South Aegean, Giorgos Hatzimarkos, the Mayor of Rhodes, Antonis Kambourakis, the Deputy Regional Governor of the Dodecanese for Sports, Nikos Nikolis, the Secretary General of the European Chess Union Theodoros Tzorbatzoglou and the FIDE Technical Delegate Ozgur Solakoglou.

The competition brought together 530 entries from 53 countries, with a total of over 1500 participants. The representative group of Greece is in the lead with 105 entries, 60 of which are from the South Aegean region. 

Through the chess platform chess24.com, spectators can watch live the games of the first five boards of each category, while photo materials, as well as all news about the event, will be published daily on the official website wscc2023.ippotis.com and on the club's social networks, facebook.com/cc.ippotis, Instagram @rhodes_chess_events, Youtube @rhodes_chess_events as also the Chess in Greece Facebook page.

The daily results, pairing and standings are also available here: 
https://chess-results.com/tnr732421.aspx?lan=1 

In his welcome speech, Giorgos Hatzimarkos stressed that the region would continue to stand by the local club and its contributors, who, with their passion and love, have put Rhodes on the world map of chess.  Antonis Kambouraki stated that the local government invested in actions and initiatives such as chess events in order to promote creativity, competition and noble competition among children, while Theodoros Tzorbatzoglou, for his part, stressed that Rhodes had become a permanent host of important chess events thanks to its lavish hospitality and excellent hotel infrastructure.