The Kamatyas Invitational GM Tournament 2023 is scheduled to be held on December 9-17, 2023 at the Pande Amerikana, Concepcion Dos, Marikina, Metgro Manila, Philippines beside GM Torre Chess Museum.
International Masters Daniel Quizon and Michael Concio Jr. are the local GM title aspirants taking part in this FIDE weeklong standard tournament hosted by IM Roderick Nava and NM David Almirol Jr. of Kamatyas Chess Club in close cooperation with the National Chess Federation of the Philippines.
Concio clinched his first of three GM norms plus an outright IM title after winning the Eastern Asia Juniors Chess Championships held at the Lima Hotel in Tanauan, Batangas in 2019.
Other invited players are WIM Miaoyi Lu (2281 CHN), IM Joel Banawa (2414 USA), IM Paulo Bersamina (2428 PHI), IM Emmanuel Garcia (2403 PHI), GM Susanto Megaranto (2495 INA), GM Tran Tuan Minh (2484 VIE), GM Wei Ming Kevin Goh (2471 SGP) and GM Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr. (2386 PHI).