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A FIDE-rated individual standard tournament is eligible for the Circuit if it meets the following criteria: [1] Finish between 1 January 2025 and for National Championships, zonal and continental tournaments as well as traditional open tournaments (with 50 or more players), 21 December 2025. For other tournaments, 15 December 2025.
A FIDE-rated individual standard tournament is eligible for the Circuit if it meets the following criteria: [1] Finish between 1 January 2024 and 15 December 2024. Has at least 8 players. Has at least 7 rounds (4 rounds for knockout events). The 8 highest-rated players have an average standard rating of at least 2550 at the start of tournament.
A FIDE-rated individual standard tournament is eligible for the Circuit if it meets the following criteria: [6] Finish in the 2023 calendar year. Has at least 8 players. Has at least 7 rounds (3 rounds for knockout events). The 8 highest-rated players have an average standard rating of at least 2550 at the start of tournament.
FIDE divides all its normal tournaments into categories by a narrower average rating of the players. Each category is 25 rating points wide. Category 1 is for an average rating of 2251 to 2275, category 2 is 2276 to 2300, etc. Women's tournaments currently commence 200 points lower, including its Category 1.
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 automatic Candidates spot in the 2024–2026 cycle. Instead, the World Championship match will be an eligible tournament for the 2025 FIDE ...
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 World Amateur Chess Championship is a tournament organised by FIDE and Amateur Chess Organisation (ACO). The world governing body intended to promote amateur chess play by holding championship tournaments linked to the Olympic Games, but only two events were held. Since 1996, it has been an annual FIDE event.
Magnus Carlsen vs. Levon Aronian at Linares 2007 Typical tournament crosstable, showing individual and total scores This article depicts many of the strongest chess tournaments in history. The following list is not intended to be an exhaustive or definitive record of tournament chess, but takes as its foundation the collective opinion of chess ...