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The 2024 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess tournament, held to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2024. The tournament took place at The Great Hall in Toronto , Canada , from April 3–22, 2024. [ 1 ]
The winners, Gukesh and Tan Zhongyi, advanced to the World Chess Championship 2024 and Women's World Chess Championship 2025 respectively. The winner of the 2024 FIDE Circuit, which encompasses major tournaments held in 2024, will qualify for the 2026 Candidates Tournament. The World Championship runner-up, Ding Liren, will no longer get an ...
The 2024 FIDE Circuit is a system comprising the top chess tournaments in 2024, which serves as a qualification path for the Candidates Tournament 2026. Players receive points based on their performance and the strength of the tournament. A player's final Circuit score is the sum of their seven best results of the year. [1]
The FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2024 was an eight-player chess tournament held to determine the challenger for the Women's World Chess Championship 2025. It was held from 3 April to 22 April 2024 in Toronto, Canada, alongside the Candidates Tournament 2024. [1] [2] It was a double round-robin tournament. [3]
The World Chess Championship 2024 was a chess match between the reigning world champion Ding Liren and the challenger Gukesh Dommaraju to determine the World Chess Champion. The match took place between 25 November and 12 December 2024 in Singapore. It was played to a best of 14 games, with tiebreaks if required. [1]
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control.
2023–2024: Chess World Cup 2023 Baku. Jul-Aug 2023 206 players, 8 round, mini-match, knockout tournament Top three qualify [66] (Carlsen), Praggnanandhaa, Caruana, Abasov (4th) Nepomniachtchi [67] Firouzja (ratings) Candidates Tournament 2024 8 player double round-robin tournament Toronto, April 2024 [68] Gukesh Ding (2023 champion)
As the losing finalist of the World Chess Championship 2023, Nepomniachtchi was awarded direct entry into the 2024 Candidates Tournament. He led or tied for the lead for most of the tournament, but was overtaken by eventual winner Gukesh D in round 13. Nepomniachtchi was the only player not to lose a game in the tournament. [57]