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The Champions Chess Tour (CCT) 2024 is a fast chess tournament circuit organized in 2024 by Chess.com.The tour started on 26 January 2024 and will end on 21 December 2024. It involves four online chess tournaments and an over-the-board final round, featuring some of the world's top players who played for a prize money pool of US$1,700,00
Gukesh Dommaraju won the 2024 World Chess Championship, becoming the youngest undisputed world chess champion at the age of 18. [1]The Candidates Tournament and Women's Candidates Tournament were held concurrently for the first time to determine the challengers for the reigning world champions Ding Liren and Ju Wenjun. [2]
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.
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 Chess World Championship is an extraordinary, singular event. Its first edition was held 138 years ago but, in that time, just 17 players have become world champion.
The 2024 edition of the United States Chess Championship took place at the Saint Louis Chess Club in St. Louis, Missouri from 10 October to 24 October 2024. As with every United States Chess Championship tournament since 2014, it will be a round-robin tournament. [1] Twelve players were invited to compete. Besides the reigning US champion ...
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
The Grand Chess Tour 2024 was a series of chess tournaments, which was the ninth edition of the Grand Chess Tour.It consisted of five tournaments with a total prize pool of US$1.4 million, including two tournaments with classical time control and three tournaments with faster time controls.