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The 2024 World Blitz Chess Championship was the 4th edition of the annual chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held the World Rapid and Blitz Championships at a joint tournament. The tournament was held in New York City, United States, from 30 to 31 ...
Ding's rating fell from 2788 (at the time of the World Chess Championship 2023) to 2728, while his world ranking fell from world number 3 to world number 23. His poor results led several chess grandmasters to express concern about Ding's overall ability to defend his world championship title, notably Fabiano Caruana , Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru ...
The FIDE World Cup is a major chess event organized by FIDE, the international governing body. Three different formats have been used: Three different formats have been used: In 2000 and 2002, it was a multi-stage tournament , with a group stage consisting of 24 players in four groups, followed by a knockout stage .
The World Rapid Chess Championship 2024 was the 2024 edition of the annual World Rapid Chess Championship held by FIDE to determine the world champions in chess played under rapid time controls. The tournament was held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City from 26 to 28 December 2024, using a Swiss system with 13 rounds for the open ...
World ranking (January 2025) The winner of the 2024 FIDE Circuit [a] Fabiano Caruana: 32 2803 2 The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025 [b] TBD TBD The top three finishers in the Chess World Cup 2025 [c] TBD TBD TBD The winner of the 2025 FIDE Circuit [d] TBD Highest rating averaged from August 2025 to January 2026 [e] TBD
The FIDE Grand Prix is a biennial series of chess tournaments, organized by FIDE and its commercial partner Agon. Each series consists of three to six chess tournaments, which used to form part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship or Women's World Chess Championship .
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]
Teams received 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 for a loss. The team with the highest number of team points became the rapid world champion. The FIDE World Blitz Team Championship was played with a time control of "3+2" (3 minutes per game with a 2-second increment per move starting from the first). It consisted of two phases.