On May 3, 2023, the Asian Continental Chess Championship kicked off in Almaty, Kazakhstan. With a prize fund of $100,000 in total, winners are expected to receive $3,000 each in blitz and $10,000, $8,000 and $7,000 for the top three places in classical chess for men. In the women’s category, these awards are $8,000, $6,000 and $4,000, respectively, according to Gulmira Dauletova, executive director of the Kazakhstan Chess Federation (KCF).
The press conference was opened by KCF President Timur Turlov, who is also CEO of Freedom Holding Corp.
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