The 10th Cherry Blossom Classic will take place from 24-29 May 2023 in Dulles, Virginia, USA. The tournament has prize fund of 12 000 USD – 4000 for the winner. The time control is 90 minutes for the entire game with a 30-second increment beginning from move 1. The tournament system is 9-round Swiss and top five rated players are Illya Nyzhnyk, Vasif Durarbayli, Mikhail Al. Antipov, John M Burke and Semen Khanin.
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Full list of players :
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | RtgN | |
| 1 | GM | Nyzhnyk, Illya | UKR | 2644 | 2722 |
| 2 | GM | Durarbayli, Vasif | AZE | 2627 | 2686 |
| 3 | GM | Antipov, Mikhail Al. | FID | 2588 | 2639 |
| 4 | GM | Burke, John M | USA | 2583 | 2655 |
| 5 | IM | Khanin, Semen | RUS | 2566 | 2656 |
| 6 | GM | Matviishen, Viktor | UKR | 2538 | 2616 |
| 7 | GM | Kantor, Gergely | HUN | 2532 | 2597 |
| 8 | IM | Druska, Juraj | SVK | 2496 | 2569 |
| 9 | IM | Bora, Safal | USA | 2462 | 2570 |
| 10 | IM | Hilby, Craig | USA | 2401 | 2467 |
| 11 | IM | Stearman, Josiah | USA | 2385 | 2466 |
| 12 | IM | Park, Evan | USA | 2380 | 2479 |
| 13 | IM | Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo | URU | 2376 | 0 |
| 14 | IM | Sargsyan, Anna M. | ARM | 2375 | 2439 |
| 15 | IM | Plotkin, Mark | CAN | 2341 | 2407 |
| 16 | WGM | Marjanovic, Annamaria | HUN | 2273 | 2329 |
| 17 | WGM | Ouellet, Maili-Jade | CAN | 2246 | 2283 |
| 18 | Sriniaiyer, Sudarshan | USA | 2211 | 2301 | |
| 19 | WIM | Michelle Catherina, P | IND | 2193 | 2329 |
| 20 | Girsh, Daniel | USA | 2123 | 2296 | |
| 21 | Brady, Tyson | USA | 2092 | 2245 | |
| 22 | IM | Adu, Oladapo | NGR | 2081 | 2219 |
| 23 | CM | Chabris, Christopher | USA | 2053 | 2191 |
| 24 | Su, Kevin | USA | 2038 | 2165 | |
| 25 | Hu, Merric | USA | 2022 | 2238 | |
| 26 | Slade, Theodore | ENG | 2021 | 2165 |
