The Pafos Cyprus is taking place from 7–13 April 2023 in Pafos, Cyprus. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 15 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. The total prize fund is 4100 EUR with 1000 EUR guaranteed for the winner. It is a 9-round Swiss tournament with participation of Sergei Tiviakov, Alberto David, Andreas Kelires, Pier Luigi Basso, Athanasios Mastrovasilis, Novak Pezelj, Florian Kaczur,
Dimitris Alexakis, Eray Kilic, Dragos Ceres, etc.
Chessdom.com will follow live games .
Parallel today: Caruana – Nakamura from the Chessable Masters 2023 / Fagernes Chess 2023 / 20+ live events here
Full list of players :
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Tiviakov, Sergei | NED | 2550 |
| 2 | GM | David, Alberto | ITA | 2528 |
| 3 | GM | Kelires, Andreas | GRE | 2516 |
| 4 | GM | Basso, Pier Luigi | ITA | 2506 |
| 5 | GM | Mastrovasilis, Athanasios | GRE | 2497 |
| 6 | IM | Pezelj, Novak | SRB | 2489 |
| 7 | IM | Kaczur, Florian | HUN | 2475 |
| 8 | IM | Alexakis, Dimitris | GRE | 2436 |
| 9 | FM | Kilic, Eray | TUR | 2418 |
| 10 | IM | Ceres, Dragos | MDA | 2409 |
| 11 | Putrenko, Kirill | FID | 2373 | |
| 12 | FM | Giannoulakis, Lampros | GRE | 2352 |
| 13 | FM | Samani, Yamac | TUR | 2351 |
| 14 | IM | Sarkar, Justin | USA | 2341 |
| 15 | FM | Alexiadis, Hristos | GRE | 2335 |
| 16 | IM | Goluch, Piotr | POL | 2333 |
| 17 | FM | Kucza, Karol | POL | 2328 |
| 18 | FM | Cherkasov, Nikolai | FID | 2311 |
| 19 | IM | Pavlidis, Anastasios | GRE | 2310 |
| 20 | FM | Tsaknakis, Zisis | GRE | 2310 |
| 21 | FM | Colijn, Stefan | NED | 2293 |
| 22 | FM | Markidis, Konstantinos | GRE | 2288 |
| 23 | Rasti, Arvin | SWE | 2277 | |
| 24 | FM | Ochedzan, Tymon | POL | 2276 |
| 25 | GM | Ivanov, Mikhail M | SRB | 2275 |
| 26 | FM | Palozza, Christian | ITA | 2273 |
| 27 | FM | Terentiev, Sergei | LAT | 2264 |
| 28 | FM | Michaelides, Konstantinos | CYP | 2256 |
| 29 | Matejovic, Juraj | SVK | 2248 | |
| 30 | Rog, Bartlomiej | POL | 2205 | |
| 31 | Alexakis, Georgios | GRE | 2203 | |
| 32 | FM | Pulkkinen, Kari | FIN | 2198 |
| 33 | FM | Ergazakis, Ioannis | GRE | 2189 |
| 34 | CM | Stokstad, Petter G. | NOR | 2184 |
| 35 | FM | Kaganskiy, Gleb | FID | 2172 |
| 36 | FM | Viskelis, Darius | LTU | 2166 |
| 37 | Bonoev, Peter | FID | 2165 | |
| 38 | Isaakidis, Alexandros | CYP | 2162 | |
| 39 | FM | Mohannad, Farhan | JOR | 2153 |
| 40 | Prokhorov, Ivan | FID | 2136 | |
| 41 | FM | Lasinskas, Povilas | LTU | 2132 |
| 42 | Casagrande, Federico | ITA | 2129 | |
| 43 | Levi, Netanel | ISR | 2116 | |
| 44 | Leftheriotis, Alexandros | GRE | 2088 | |
| 45 | Voyiakis, Emmanuel | ENG | 2086 | |
| 46 | Kassinopoullos, Doros | CYP | 2081 | |
| 47 | Tolonen, Mikko | FIN | 2072 | |
| 48 | WFM | Cherkasova, Marina | CYP | 2071 |
| 49 | Samaridis, Konstantinos | GRE | 2053 | |
| 50 | Moretti, Filippo | ITA | 2014 | |
| 51 | Sertbay, Huseyin | TUR | 2010 | |
| 52 | Linik, Yaron | ISR | 2000 | |
| 53 | Shefer, Uri | ISR | 1986 | |
| 54 | Maselli, Daniel | ITA | 1966 | |
| 55 | Kubat, Pavel | CZE | 1926 | |
| 56 | Zhdanov, Petr | FID | 1924 | |
| 57 | Ochedzan, Filip | POL | 1914 | |
| 58 | Atasoy, Ata | TUR | 1911 | |
| 59 | Danada, Ondrej | SVK | 1905 | |
| 60 | WFM | Shivika, Rohilla | IND | 1893 |
| 61 | Antoniou, Rafail | CYP | 1886 | |
| 62 | Kudlak, Julia | POL | 1872 | |
| 63 | WCM | Kostecka, Marika | POL | 1864 |
| 64 | Mihailidou, Magdalini | GRE | 1852 | |
| 65 | Nailer, Ali | TUR | 1850 | |
| 66 | Yildirim, Kemal | TUR | 1846 | |
| 67 | Udovenko, Daniel | USA | 1811 | |
| 68 | Abatzidis, Stelios | CYP | 1797 | |
| 69 | Vasiliadis, Theodoros | GRE | 1795 | |
| 70 | Kyparissopoulos, Spyridon | GRE | 1781 | |
| 71 | Iasman, Inna | FRA | 1772 | |
| 72 | Savva, Marios | CYP | 1758 | |
| 73 | Constantinou, Samuel Johannes | CYP | 1757 | |
| 74 | AIM | Hadjinicolaou, Andreas | CYP | 1748 |
| 75 | Theocharous, Vasilis | CYP | 1710 | |
| 76 | Savva, Hristoforos | GRE | 1708 | |
| 77 | Kopelevitch, Eli | ISR | 1707 | |
| 78 | AIM | Aristotelous, Vassilis | CYP | 1703 |
| 79 | Kourouyiannis, Fivos | CYP | 1695 | |
| 80 | Sofokleous, Demetris | CYP | 1668 | |
| 81 | Jensen, Johnny | DEN | 1665 | |
| 82 | Kukushkin, Ivan | LAT | 1660 | |
| 83 | Pasa, Ahmet | TUR | 1657 | |
| 84 | Linik, Daniel | ISR | 1532 | |
| 85 | Christofi, Stathis | CYP | 1525 | |
| 86 | Bardak, Tugberk | TUR | 1516 | |
| 87 | Amvrosiades, Themistokles | CYP | 1499 | |
| 88 | Alsan, Ahmet | TUR | 1492 | |
| 89 | Lavrishchev, Matvei | CYP | 1491 | |
| 90 | Bilyk, Nikolay | ITA | 1474 | |
| 91 | Kole, Arda | TUR | 1473 | |
| 92 | Konstantinides, Savvas | CYP | 1447 | |
| 93 | Daniil, Christodoulos | CYP | 1430 | |
| 94 | Sazlik, Mucahit | TUR | 1430 | |
| 95 | Markides, Markellos | CYP | 1428 | |
| 96 | Chiras, Panagiotis | CYP | 1418 | |
| 97 | Christodoulides, Phedias | CYP | 1398 | |
| 98 | Tarman, Ufuk | TUR | 1395 | |
| 99 | Borodich, Miroslav | CYP | 1379 | |
| 100 | Kotsifis, Emmanouel | GRE | 1372 | |
| 101 | Soslaidi, Loubov | CYP | 1350 | |
| 102 | Karaolis, Andreas | CYP | 1344 | |
| 103 | Mamedov, David | UKR | 1343 | |
| 104 | Ioannou, Constantinos | CYP | 1322 | |
| 105 | Biskas, Georgios | CYP | 1312 | |
| 106 | Irfanoglu, Tamay | TUR | 1303 | |
| 107 | Midem, Ismail Eren | TUR | 1300 | |
| 108 | Trivella, Maria | GRE | 1281 | |
| 109 | Artemiou, Giorgos | CYP | 1269 | |
| 110 | Istillozlu, Tugra | TUR | 1267 | |
| 111 | Mishis, George | CYP | 1231 | |
| 112 | Skouroupathis, Kyriakos | CYP | 1227 | |
| 113 | Markowska, Kalina | POL | 1224 | |
| 114 | Saridis, Pantelis | CYP | 1218 | |
| 115 | Shefer, Alona | ISR | 1192 | |
| 116 | Kravels, Michail | CYP | 1175 | |
| 117 | Murali, Aurik | CYP | 1162 | |
| 118 | Komodromos, Renos | CYP | 1151 | |
| 119 | Lomadze, Alexandr | CYP | 1129 | |
| 120 | El Rahi, Pavlos | CYP | 1110 | |
| 121 | Anant, Aditi | CYP | 1097 | |
| 122 | Stavrou, Ifigeneia | CYP | 1041 | |
| 123 | Tsakalidis, Gkrek Marios | CYP | 1031 | |
| 124 | Sarkisian, Aikaterina | CYP | 1010 | |
| 125 | Bellizi, Craig | MLT | 0 | |
| 126 | Christodoulou, Giorgios | CYP | 0 | |
| 127 | Haiduk, Anastasia | CYP | 0 | |
| 128 | Kosmidis, Vladimiros | CYP | 0 | |
| 129 | Lomadze, Nikolai | CYP | 0 | |
| 130 | Muntyan, Nazar | CYP | 0 | |
| 131 | Neofytou, Nikolas | CYP | 0 | |
| 132 | Poursanidis, Ovod | CYP | 0 |
