For 2 weeks, the Palace of Culture was the host of the Municipal Classic Chess Championship "Open-2023" organized by the Cahul Chess Center and the Cahul City Hall. And on March 12, at the end of the event, the mayor of Cahul, Nicolae Dandiș, handed the winners their deserved diplomas.

During the championship, heated battles took place at the chess boards, in which 10 best chess players fought for the title of champion of the municipality of Cahul. These 10 chess players from small to large are: Mocanu Andrian, Movilă Marc, Doncev Alexandru, Munteanu Stanislav, Bondarev Veceaslav, Crasnopiorov Alexandru, Ciobanu Victor, Dermanchi Andrei, Doncev Andrei, Cornev Serghei.

After 9 rounds of play:

• 1st place - Crasnopiorov A
• Second place - Ciobanu V. 
• The third place was the fiercest battle between 3 people: Dermanchi A, Munteanu S. and Bondarev V. who accumulated 5 points each and it was necessary for all three to play in addition. And in the end, Dermanschi A ranked third.  
• Fourth place - Munteanu S.
• V place - Bondarev V.

Among the special prize winners of this championship was the youngest chess player Mocanu A. age 9 who competed with the most experienced and powerful chess players and took 6th place, and the oldest chess player Cornev S. age 69, a player who he regularly practices the game of chess. We also applaud the other participants: Doncev Andrei, Doncev Alex and Movilă Marc, who are newcomers to this championship and only lacked a little experience to show a stable and strong game, but they deserve to be in the list of the 10 best chess players in the world Cahul .

The Cahul Chess Center expresses sincere thanks to the Mayor Mr. Nicolae DANDIȘ and Mrs. Larisa NISTERENCO for the financial support in organizing this championship of the municipality of Cahul.