2024 FIDE Circuit | |
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Duration | 28 December 2023 – 31 December 2024 |
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. The winner of the Circuit qualifies for the Candidates Tournament 2026. [1]
A FIDE-rated individual standard tournament is eligible for the Circuit if it meets the following criteria: [1]
The Circuit also includes the following tournaments:
Circuit points obtained by a player from a tournament are calculated as follows:
where:
Basic points for a tournament are awarded depending on the tournament format:
Points are awarded as follows:
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
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11/10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
For the World Chess Championship 2024, the winner will get points calculated as 1st place basic points multiplied by the strength factor, but with its TAR value using winner's performance rating instead.
A player's point total for the ranking is the sum of their best 7 tournaments with the following criteria:
Tournaments | Standard events with under 50 players allowed | Rapid/Blitz allowed |
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1–5 | 4 | 1 |
6 | 4 | 2 |
7 | 5 | 2 |
Tournaments that could be included in player's results are as follows:
Eligible tournaments as of 15 November 2024. [2]
Tournament | Location | Date | Type | P# | TAR | Winner |
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Hastings | Hastings | Dec 28, 2023 – Jan 5, 2024 | 105 | 2552 | Abhijeet Gupta | |
Tata Steel Masters | Wijk aan Zee | Jan 12–28 | 14 | 2752+3⁄4 | Wei Yi | |
Tata Steel Challengers | Wijk aan Zee | Jan 12–28 | 14 | 2637+3⁄4 | Leon Luke Mendonca | |
Djerba Masters | Djerba | Feb 18–25 | 8 | 2590+1⁄2 | Daniel Dardha | |
Prague Masters | Prague | Feb 27 – Mar 7 | 10 | 2727+1⁄4 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | |
Prague Challengers | Prague | Feb 27 – Mar 7 | 10 | 2575+3⁄4 | Ediz Gürel | |
Prague Open | Prague | Feb 27 – Mar 7 | 267 | 2567+3⁄4 | Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis | |
Shenzhen Masters | Shenzhen | Feb 29 – Mar 7 | 8 | 2698 | Bu Xiangzhi | |
Cappelle-la-Grande Open | Cappelle-la-Grande | Mar 2–8 | 382 | 2562+5⁄8 | Abhimanyu Puranik | |
Aeroflot Open | Moscow | Mar 3–7 | 142 | 2679+7⁄8 | Amin Tabatabaei | |
Reykjavik Open | Reykjavík | Mar 15–21 | 363 | 2602+3⁄4 | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | |
Fagernes Chess International | Fagernes | Mar 24–31 | 100 | 2568 | Rinat Jumabayev | |
Torneo International de Ajedrez de Roda | La Roda | Mar 27–31 | 210 | 2603+7⁄8 | Aravindh Chithambaram | |
Grenke Open | Karlsruhe | Mar 26 – Apr 1 | 935 | 2689+1⁄4 | Hans Niemann | |
Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa | Alicante | Mar 27 – Apr 1 | 417 | 2574+1⁄2 | Kirill Alekseenko | |
Menorca Open | Menorca | Apr 2–7 | 284 | 2676+5⁄8 | Arjun Erigaisi | |
Candidates | Toronto | Apr 3–22 | FIDE | 8 | 2744+7⁄8 | Gukesh Dommaraju |
Sunway Formentera | Formentera | Apr 9–19 | 51 | 2581+3⁄4 | Alexander Donchenko | |
Spring Chess Classic - A | St. Louis | Apr 11–20 | 10 | 2624+7⁄8 | Leon Luke Mendonca | |
TePe Sigeman | Malmö | Apr 27 – May 3 | 8 | 2676+7⁄8 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | |
Sardinia World Chess Festival | Orosei, Sardinia | Apr 27 – May 4 | 168 | 2658+1⁄2 | Daniel Dardha | |
Dubai Police Global Chess Challenge | Dubai | May 3–13 | 135 | 2694+3⁄8 | Pranav V | |
GCT Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz | Warsaw | May 6–13 | Rapid & Blitz | 10 | 2762+3⁄8 | Magnus Carlsen |
Chinese Chess Championship | Xinghua | May 6–16 | National | 12 | 2570+1⁄4 | Wang Yue |
Sharjah Masters | Sharjah | May 13–23 | 88 | 2720+5⁄8 | Bardiya Daneshvar | |
Polish Chess Championship | Rzeszów | May 21–31 | National | 10 | 2586+1⁄2 | Radosław Wojtaszek |
Budapesti Tavaszi Fesztivál | Budapest | May 23–31 | 210 | 2597+5⁄8 | Yahli Sokolovsky | |
Americas Continental Championship | Medellin | May 24 – Jun 2 | Continental | 387 | 2582+1⁄8 | Roberto García Pantoja |
Dubai Open | Dubai | May 25 – Jun 2 | 71 | 2608+1⁄2 | Mahammad Muradli | |
Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial | Aktobe | May 25 – Jun 2 | 90 | 2682+3⁄8 | Parham Maghsoodloo | |
National Open | Las Vegas | Jun 5–9 | 136 | 2583+1⁄2 | Vasif Durarbayli | |
UzChess Cup Masters | Tashkent | Jun 6–14 | 10 | 2726+7⁄8 | Nodirbek Yakubboev | |
UzChess Cup Challengers | Tashkent | Jun 6–14 | 10 | 2625+5⁄8 | Shamsiddin Vokhidov | |
Stepan Avagyan Memorial | Jermuk | Jun 9–18 | 10 | 2679+7⁄8 | Arjun Erigaisi | |
Teplice Open | Teplice | Jun 15–23 | 240 | 2629 | Max Warmerdam | |
Serbian Chess Championship | Senta | Jun 17–25 | National | 10 | 2556+1⁄8 | Aleksandar Inđić |
Arona International Chess Festival | Arona, Tenerife | Jun 22–30 | 161 | 2584+7⁄8 | Xue Haowen | |
GCT Romania | Bucharest | Jun 24 – Jul 6 | 10 | 2761+1⁄4 | Fabiano Caruana | |
Baku Open | Baku | Jun 29 – Jul 7 | 126 | 2625 | Sina Movahed | |
Dutch Chess Championship | Utrecht | Jul 6–13 | National | 16 | 2586+3⁄8 | Max Warmerdam |
GCT Croatia Rapid & Blitz | Zagreb | Jul 8–15 | Rapid & Blitz | 10 | 2753 | Fabiano Caruana |
Biel Chess Festival | Biel/Bienne | Jul 13–26 | 128 | 2593+3⁄4 | Rinat Jumabayev | |
DOLE Open/NEXTLANE Grand Prix | Aix-en-Provence | Jul 20–28 | 177 | 2627+7⁄8 | Pranesh M | |
GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz | St. Louis | Aug 10–17 | Rapid & Blitz | 10 | 2765+3⁄8 | Alireza Firouzja |
Internationale Dortmunder Schachtage | Dortmund | Aug 10–18 | 193 | 2582+7⁄8 | Nico Zwirs | |
Abu Dhabi Masters | Abu Dhabi | Aug 15–24 | 217 | 2677+1⁄4 | Nodirbek Yakubboev | |
Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival | Polanica-Zdrój | Aug 17–25 | 10 | 2696+3⁄8 | Vincent Keymer | |
French Championship | Alpe d'Huez | Aug 17–25 | National | 16 | 2577+1⁄4 | Jules Moussard |
Indian Chess Championship | Gurgaon | Aug 17–27 | National | 341 | 2562+7⁄8 | Karthik Venkataraman |
Russian Championship | Barnaul | Aug 17–28 | National | 12 | 2668+3⁄4 | Vladislav Artemiev [a] |
Sinquefield Cup | St. Louis | Aug 19–29 | 10 | 2760+5⁄8 | Alireza Firouzja | |
Iberoamerican Championship | Linares | Sep 24 – Oct 2 | 118 | 2569+7⁄8 | Alan Pichot | |
Gashimov Memorial | Shusha | Sep 25–30 | Rapid & Blitz | 8 | 2704+5⁄8 | Ian Nepomniachtchi [a] |
US Championship | St. Louis | Oct 11–23 | National | 12 | 2727+1⁄4 | Fabiano Caruana |
Pavlodar Open Masters | Pavlodar | Oct 12–22 | 96 | 2585+7⁄8 | Aram Hakobyan | |
WR Chess Masters Cup | London | Oct 14–17 | 16 | 2754 | Arjun Erigaisi | |
Chennai Grandmasters | Chennai | Nov 5–11 | 8 | 2724+5⁄8 | Aravindh Chithambaram | |
European Chess Championship | Petrovac | Nov 7–20 | Continental | 388 | 2678+3⁄8 | Aleksandar Inđić |
Tata Steel Chess India Rapid | Kolkata | Nov 13–15 | Rapid | 10 | 2757 | Magnus Carlsen |
Tata Steel Chess India Blitz | Kolkata | Nov 16–17 | Blitz | 10 | 2757 | Magnus Carlsen |
International President Cup | Tashkent | Nov 21–27 | 120 | 2691+3⁄4 | ||
World Chess Championship | Singapore | Nov 25 – Dec 13 | FIDE | 2 | ||
U.S. Masters | Charlotte | Nov 27 – Dec 1 | ||||
London Chess Classic | London | Nov 29 – Dec 8 | ||||
London Chess Classic – Open | London | Nov 29 – Dec 8 | ||||
Elllobregat Open Chess | Sant Boi de Llobregat | Nov 29 – Dec 8 | ||||
Saint Louis Masters | St. Louis | Dec 2–8 | ||||
Qatar Masters | Doha | Dec 3–12 | ||||
European Rapid Championship | Skopje | Dec 6–8 | Rapid Continental | |||
European Blitz Championship | Skopje | Dec 9–11 | Blitz Continental | |||
World Rapid Championship | New York City | Dec 26–28 | Rapid FIDE | |||
Zurcher Weihnachtsopen | Zürich | Dec 26–30 | ||||
World Blitz Championship | New York City | Dec 30–31 | Blitz FIDE |
At the end of 2024, the best player in the Circuit will qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2026, provided that their final score consists of at least 5 tournaments (including at least 4 in standard time controls) and they played in at least 2 standard tournaments with participations of more than 50 players (if their final score consists of 6 or 7 tournaments) or at least 1 standard tournament with participations of more than 50 players (if their final score consists of 5 tournaments). The players who don't meet this criteria are marked in pink (as well as tournament results which can't be counted for qualification for the Candidates Tournament per 2024 FIDE Circuit regulations). The current leader is marked in green. "(M)" denotes the Masters section of tournaments while "(Ch)" – Challenger section.
No. | Player | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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1 | Arjun Erigaisi | 114.77 | Shenzhen 3rd – 15.18 | Grenke Open T 6th-7th – 6.99 | Menorca 1st – 16.19 | Malmö 2nd – 14.00 (T 2nd-3rd) | Jermuk 1st – 19.79 | WR Masters 1st – 25.40 | Chennai 3rd – 17.22 |
2 | Fabiano Caruana | 96.92 | Candidates 4th – 15.92 | GCT Romania 1st – 21.23 | GCT Croatia 1st – 13.92 | GCT St. Louis T 6th-7th – 0.00 | Sinquefield Cup 2nd – 20.85 | US Championship 1st – 25.00 | |
3 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 92.02 | Tata Steel (M) 3rd – 14.22 (T 2nd-4th) | Prague (M) 1st – 25.00 | Malmö 1st – 16.21 | Tashkent (M) 2nd – 19.28 | Sinquefield Cup T 3rd-4th – 9.12 | Shusha 2nd – 8.19 | Kolkata Rapid 4th – 0.00 |
4 | Alireza Firouzja | 88.16 | Tata Steel (M) 5th – 0.00 | Candidates 7th – 7.35 | GCT Romania T 2nd-4th – 14.70 | GCT Croatia T 2nd-4th – 6.33 | GCT St. Louis 1st – 14.60 | Sinquefield Cup 1st – 28.67 | WR Masters T 3rd-4th – 16.51 |
5 | R Praggnanandhaa | 66.76 | Prague (M) 4th – 11.36 (T 2nd-4th) | Candidates 5th – 12.24 | GCT Poland 4th – 0.00 | GCT Romania T 2nd-4th – 14.70 | WR Masters T 3rd-4th – 16.51 | Kolkata Rapid 2nd – 11.95 | Kolkata Blitz 4th – 0.00 |
6 | Amin Tabatabaei | 56.01 | Moscow 1st – 19.79 | Dubai Police 6th – 7.64 | Sharjah 5th – 7.45 | Jermuk 3rd – 10.79 | Abu Dhabi 5th – 10.34 | Chennai 4th – 0.00 | |
7 | Gukesh Dommaraju | 55.86 | Tata Steel (M) 2nd – 14.22 (T 2nd-4th) | Prague (M) 7th – 0.00 | Candidates 1st – 26.94 | GCT Poland 10th – 0.00 | GCT Romania T 2nd-4th – 14.70 | GCT Croatia 7th – 0.00 | Sinquefield Cup T 5th-7th – 0.00 |
8 | Daniel Dardha | 49.16 | Tata Steel (Ch) 2nd – 10.33 (T 2nd-3rd) | Djerba 1st – 8.60 | Menorca 8th – 1.89 | Sardinia 1st – 14.07 | European Champ. 2nd – 14.27 | ||
9 | Nodirbek Yakubboev | 48.87 | Moscow 3rd – 12.14 | Dubai Police 51st – 0.00 | Sharjah 86th – 0.00 | Aktobe 12th – 0.41 (T 7th-17th) | Tashkent (M) 1st – 21.55 | Abu Dhabi 1st – 14.77 | |
10 | Leon Luke Mendonca | 47.50 | Tata Steel (Ch) 1st – 15.15 | St. Louis (Spring) 1st – 13.74 | Sharjah 28th – 0.00 | Dubai Open 23rd – 0.00 | Biel/Bienne 2nd – 7.38 | Abu Dhabi 4th – 11.23 | |
11 | Aravindh Chithambaram | 47.25 | La Roda 1st – 9.52 | Menorca 16th – 0.13 (T 8th-21st) | Dubai Police 2nd – 16.52 | Sharjah 13th – 0.00 | Abu Dhabi 12th – 0.49 (T 7th-15th) | Shusha 6th – 0.00 | Chennai 1st – 20.59 |
12 | Shamsiddin Vokhidov | 41.10 | Moscow 34th – 0.00 | Sharjah 4th – 15.17 | Tashkent (Ch) 1st – 13.82 | Abu Dhabi 3rd – 12.11 | |||
13 | Hans Niemann | 38.01 | Tata Steel (Ch) 7th – 0.00 | Djerba 2nd – 7.69 | Grenke Open 1st – 20.82 | Dubai Police 7th – 6.66 | Sharjah 15th – 0.00 | US Championship 4th – 2.84 (T 2nd-7th) | |
14 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 35.77 | GCT Romania T 5th-7th – 0.00 | GCT Croatia T 2nd-4th – 6.33 | GCT St. Louis T 4th-5th – 0.00 | Sinquefield Cup T 3rd-4th – 9.12 | WR Masters 2nd – 20.32 | Chennai 5th – 0.00 | |
15 | Parham Maghsoodloo | 33.35 | Tata Steel (M) 13th – 0.00 | Prague (M) 3rd – 11.36 (T 2nd-4th) | Sharjah 9th – 1.93 (T 5th-12th) | Aktobe 1st – 20.06 | Tashkent (M) 10th – 0.00 | WR Masters R1 – 0.00 | Chennai 6th – 0.00 |
16 | Volodar Murzin | 32.34 | Menorca 17th – 0.13 (T 8th-21st) | Sardinia 3rd – 11.69 | Dubai Police 58th – 0.00 | Sharjah 2nd – 17.37 | Jermuk 10th – 0.00 | Abu Dhabi 7th – 3.15 | |
17 | Yu Yangyi | 32.22 | Shenzhen 2nd – 16.17 | Dubai Police 22nd – 0.00 | Sharjah 8th – 4.14 | Tashkent (M) 3rd – 11.91 | |||
18 | Wei Yi | 31.04 | Tata Steel (M) 1st – 20.54 | GCT Poland 2nd – 10.50 | |||||
19 | Abhimanyu Puranik | 30.61 | Cappelle-la-Grande 1st – 5.95 | Fagernes 2nd – 5.78 | Sharjah 14th – 0.00 | Aktobe 11th – 0.41 (T 7th-17th) | Baku 2nd – 9.84 | Aix-en-Provence 3rd – 8.63 | Abu Dhabi 22th – 0.00 |
20 | Bu Xiangzhi | 28.64 | Shenzhen 1st – 18.15 | Aktobe 4th – 10.49 |
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