2025 FIDE Circuit | |
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![]() R Praggnanandhaa, the current points leader of the 2025 FIDE Circuit | |
Duration | 1 January 2025 – 21 December 2025 [a] |
The 2025 FIDE Circuit is a system comprising the top chess tournaments in 2025, 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:
If multiple weighting coefficients apply these are multiplied together.
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 Championship 2024, runner-up Ding Liren received points in the 2025 Circuit equal to the basic points for 2nd place multiplied by the k-factor and multiplied by 2. The TPR for this event was calculated as the player's performance rating.
For the World Cup 2025, the event points will be equal to the normal number of event points plus the difference between the number of games won and lost (if positive, not more than 2). Anyone who is eliminated in the quarter finals of the event will be deemed to have finished in 5th points for basic points, and as such will all gain 5 basic points.
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:
"(M)" denotes the Masters section while "(Ch)" denotes the Challengers section.
"Open" refers to classical tournaments with 50 or more participants.
Tournament | Location | Date | Type | P# | TAR | Winner |
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World Championship | ![]() | Nov 25 – Dec 13, 2024 | FIDE | 2 | 2754 | ![]() |
Tata Steel (M) | ![]() | Jan 17 – Feb 2 | Round robin | 14 | 2763+1⁄8 | ![]() |
Tata Steel (Ch) | ![]() | Jan 17 – Feb 2 | Round robin | 14 | 2618+5⁄8 | ![]() |
Azerbaijan Championship | ![]() | Feb 1 –15 | National | 26 | 2641+3⁄4 | ![]() |
Al-Beruniy (M) | ![]() | Feb 2 –12 | Round robin | 10 | 2624+3⁄8 | ![]() |
Al-Beruniy (Ch) | ![]() | Feb 2 –12 | Round robin | 10 | 2557+5⁄8 | ![]() |
Djerba Masters | ![]() | Feb 15 –23 | Round robin | 10 | 2644+1⁄8 | ![]() |
World Junior Championship | ![]() | Feb 23 –Mar 7 | FIDE | 157 | 2560+1⁄2 | ![]() |
Prague (M) | ![]() | Feb 25 – Mar 7 | Round robin | 10 | 2721+1⁄4 | ![]() |
Prague (Ch) | ![]() | Feb 25 – Mar 7 | Round robin | 10 | 2584 | ![]() |
Aeroflot Open | ![]() | Feb 28 – Mar 7 | Open | 140 | 2704+5⁄8 | ![]() |
European Individual Championship | ![]() | Mar 14 – 27 | Continental | 375 | 2671+5⁄8 | ![]() |
Agzamov Memorial | ![]() | Mar 19 – 30 | Open | 158 | 2643+5⁄8 | ![]() |
Reykjavik Open | ![]() | Apr 9 – 15 | Open | 419 | 2612+3⁄4 | ![]() |
Open Internacional Alicante | ![]() | Apr 16 – 21 | Open | 557 | 2599+7⁄8 | ![]() |
Grenke Open | ![]() | Apr 16 – 21 | Open | 875 | 2638+3⁄8 | ![]() |
Spring Chess Classic | ![]() | Apr 21–30 | Round robin | 10 | 2585+1⁄4 | ![]() |
Menorca Open | ![]() | Apr 22 – 27 | Open | 326 | 2644 | ![]() |
GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland | ![]() | Apr 24 – May 1 | Rapid & Blitz | 10 | 2741 | ![]() |
Sardinia World Chess Festival | ![]() | Apr 26 – May 4 | Open | 107 | 2593+1⁄4 | ![]() |
Baku Open | ![]() | Apr 27 – May 6 | Open | 68 | 2591+5⁄8 | ![]() |
Ljubljana Chess Festival | ![]() | Apr 28 – May 4 | Open | 165 | 2559+3⁄8 | ![]() |
GCT Superbet Classic Romania | ![]() | May 6 – 17 | Round robin | 10 | 2760+3⁄4 | ![]() |
Asian Individual Championship | ![]() | May 7 – 15 | Continental | 157 | 2652+1⁄2 | ![]() |
German Championship | ![]() | May 15 – 23 | National | 10 | 2636+5⁄8 | ![]() |
Sharjah Masters | ![]() | May 17 – 25 | Open | 82 | 2690+3⁄8 | ![]() |
TePe Sigeman | ![]() | May 20 – 26 | Round robin | 8 | 2647 | ![]() |
American Continental Championship | ![]() | May 23 – 31 | Continental | 218 | 2606+1⁄8 | ![]() |
Norway Chess | ![]() | May 26 – Jun 6 | Double round robin | 6 | 2790+2⁄3 | ![]() |
Dubai Open | ![]() | May 27 – Jun 4 | Open | 82 | 2620+1⁄4 | ![]() |
Stepan Avagyan Memorial | ![]() | May 28 – Jun 6 | Round robin | 10 | 2678+3⁄4 | ![]() |
Delhi International Open | ![]() | Jun 7 – 14 | Open | 343 | 2550+1⁄2 | ![]() |
Münich Whitsun Open | ![]() | Jun 8 – 14 | Open | 152 | 2594+1⁄8 | ![]() |
UzChess Cup (M) | ![]() | Jun 18 – 27 | Round robin | 10 | 2742+1⁄8 | ![]() |
UzChess Cup (Ch) | ![]() | Jun 18 – 27 | Round robin | 10 | 2582+1⁄8 | ![]() |
Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial – Aktobe Open | ![]() | Jun 20 – Jul 1 | Open | 80 | 2652+5⁄8 | ![]() |
GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia | ![]() | Jul 2 – 7 | Rapid & Blitz | 10 | 2776 | ![]() |
Biel Masters Tournament Open | ![]() | Jul 12 – 24 | Open | 112 | 2564+1⁄2 | ![]() |
Karpov International Chess Tournament | ![]() | Jul 14 – 26 | Round Robin | 10 | 2655+3⁄4 | ![]() |
Dole Open | ![]() | Jul 19 – 27 | Open | 272 | 2646+3⁄4 | ![]() |
Oskemen Open | ![]() | Jul 20 – 30 | Open | 77 | 2603+1⁄8 | ![]() |
Czech Open | ![]() | Jul 25 – Aug 2 | Open | 202 | 2562+5⁄8 | ![]() |
British Chess Championship | ![]() | Aug 2 – 10 | National | 99 | 2561 | ![]() |
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Open | ![]() | Aug 2 – 10 | Open | 196 | 2582+5⁄8 | ![]() |
Chennai Grand Masters | ![]() | Aug 7 – 16 | Round robin | 10 | 2718+1⁄4 | ![]() |
Rubinstein Memorial | ![]() | Aug 15 – 24 | Round robin | 10 | 2657+3⁄8 | ![]() |
Abu Dhabi Masters | ![]() | Aug 15 – 24 | Open | 195 | 2594+3⁄4 | ![]() |
GCT Sinquefield Cup | ![]() | Aug 18 – 28 | Round robin | 10 | 2761+3⁄4 | ![]() |
Fujairah Global Championship | ![]() | Aug 25 – Sep 2 | Open | 44 | 2660 | |
FIDE Grand Swiss | ![]() | Sep 3 – 15 | FIDE | 116 | ||
Vila Marteli | ![]() | Oct 8 – 17 | Open | |||
U.S. Championship | ![]() | Oct 10 – 26 | National | 12 | ||
FIDE World Cup | ![]() | Oct 31 – Nov 27 | FIDE | 206 | ||
South American Championship | ![]() | Nov 3 – 8 | Continental | |||
U.S. Masters | ![]() | Nov 26 – 30 | Open | |||
London Chess Classic | ![]() | Nov 26 – Dec 2 | Round robin | |||
London Chess Classic – Open | ![]() | Nov 26 – Dec 5 | Open | |||
European Rapid Championship | ![]() | Nov 27 – Dec 1 | Rapid Continental | |||
European Blitz Championship | ![]() | Nov 27 – Dec 1 | Blitz Continental | |||
London Chess Classic – Rapid | ![]() | Dec 5 – 7 | Rapid | |||
World Rapid Championship | ![]() | Dec 25 – 31 | Rapid FIDE | |||
World Blitz Championship | ![]() | Dec 25 – 31 | Blitz FIDE |
At the end of 2025, the best player in the Circuit will qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2026, provided that they played in at least 5 tournaments (including at least 4 in standard time controls). Among these tournaments, there shall be at least 2 standard tournaments with participations of more than 50 players (if they played in 6 or 7 tournaments) or at least 1 standard tournament with participations of more than 50 players (if they played in 5 tournaments).
Tournament results which can't be counted for qualification for the Candidates Tournament 2026 are marked in pink. "(M)" denotes the Masters section of tournaments while "(Ch)" denotes the Challengers section.
No. | Player | Points | Events | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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1 | ![]() | 107.00 | 5 | ![]() 1st – 25.00 | ![]() T 2nd-4th – 11.06 | ![]() 3rd – 8.44 | ![]() 1st – 23.90 | ![]() 2nd – 15.19 | ![]() 1st – 22.19 | ![]() T 2nd-3rd – 20.72 |
2 | ![]() | 52.77 | 4 | ![]() T 5th-6th – 6.58 | ![]() T 2nd-4th – 11.06 | ![]() 1st – 20.94 | ![]() 7th – 0.00 | ![]() 2nd – 14.19 | Optional | |
3 | ![]() | 50.78 | 3 | ![]() 3rd – 18.42 | ![]() T 6th-9th – 0.00 | ![]() 3rd – 13.80 | ![]() 3rd – 18.56 | ![]() 6th – 0.00 | ![]() 10th – 0.00 | Optional |
4 | ![]() | 44.57 | 4 | ![]() 1st – 15.73 | ![]() 2nd – 10.93 | ![]() 1st – 6.89 | ![]() 3rd – 11.02 | Required | Optional | |
5 | 43.96 | 2 | ![]() 1st – 28.78 | ![]() 1st – 15.18 | Required | Optional | ||||
6 | 41.65 | 2 | ![]() 9th – 0.00 | ![]() 4th – 0.00 | ![]() 2nd – 20.93 | ![]() 8th – 0.00 | ![]() T 2nd-3rd – 20.72 | Optional | ||
7 | ![]() | 41.32 | 2 | ![]() 1st – 24.34 | ![]() 8th – 0.00 | ![]() 1st – 16.98 | ![]() 10th – 0.00 | ![]() 5th – 0.00 | Optional | |
8 | ![]() | 40.64 | 1 | ![]() 2nd – 40.64 | Required | Optional | ||||
9 | 39.04 | 2 | ![]() 8th – 0.00 | ![]() 5th – 0.00 | ![]() 1st – 15.03 | ![]() 1st – 24.01 | Required | Optional | ||
10 | ![]() | 35.94 | 2 | ![]() 1st – 16.17 | ![]() 2nd – 19.77 | Required | Optional | |||
11 | 35.03 | 2 | ![]() T 6th-9th – 0.00 | ![]() 2nd – 11.04 | ![]() 1st – 23.99 | Required | Optional | |||
12 | ![]() | 34.13 | 5 | ![]() 7th – 2.69 | ![]() 15th – 0.00 | ![]() 1st – 10.08 | ![]() 2nd – 14.75 | ![]() 5th – 6.61 | Optional | |
13 | ![]() | 33.48 | 4 | ![]() 1st – 15.80 | ![]() 8th – 1.23 | ![]() 2nd – 12.96 | ![]() 6th – 3.49 | ![]() 5th – 0.00 | Optional | |
14 | ![]() | 33.39 | 6 | ![]() 1st – 6.34 | ![]() 9th – 3.58 | ![]() 4th – 8.98 | ![]() 1st – 14.49 | ![]() 15th – 0.00 | ![]() 35th – 0.00 | Optional |
15 | ![]() | 32.03 | 2 | ![]() 2nd – 22.37 | ![]() T 6th-9th – 0.00 | ![]() 3rd – 0.00 | ![]() 3rd – 9.66 | ![]() 8th – 0.00 | Optional | |
16 | ![]() | 31.81 | 4 | ![]() T 4th-5th – 6.52 | ![]() 1st – 7.98 | ![]() 15th – 0.00 | ![]() 6th – 0.00 | ![]() 7th – 0.00 | ![]() 1st – 17.31 | Optional |
17 | 30.96 | 4 | ![]() 6th – 6.85 | ![]() 79th – 0.00 | ![]() 6th – 6.98 | ![]() 1st – 17.13 | Required | Optional | ||
18 | ![]() | 30.28 | 2 | ![]() 2nd – 9.64 | ![]() T 2nd-3rd – 20.64 | ![]() T 5th-7th – 0.00 | Required | Optional | ||
19 | 30.04 | 6 | ![]() 6th – 2.57 | ![]() 14th – 0.00 | ![]() 36th – 0.00 | ![]() 1st – 11.42 | ![]() 1st – 9.80 | ![]() 4th – 6.25 | Optional | |
20 | ![]() | 29.05 | 2 | ![]() 4th – 15.79 | ![]() 1st – 13.26 | Required | Optional | |||
21 | 28.22 | 5 | ![]() 2nd – 9.64 | ![]() 18th – 0.00 | ![]() 5th – 7.93 | ![]() 4th – 7.22 | ![]() 8th – 3.43 | ![]() 9th – 0.00 | Optional | |
22 | 25.83 | 5 | ![]() 9th – 0.00 | ![]() 42nd – 0.00 | ![]() 2nd – 5.83 | ![]() 3rd – 5.89 | ![]() 1st – 12.67 | ![]() 8th – 0.00 | ![]() 4th – 1.44 | |
23 | 23.19 | 7 | ![]() 3rd – 4.39 | ![]() 8th – 2.79 | ![]() 11th – 0.00 | ![]() 6th – 2.88 | ![]() 8th – 5.08 | ![]() 1st – 8.05 | ![]() 21st – 0.00 | |
24 | ![]() | 22.02 | 3 | ![]() 1st – 16.14 | ![]() 3rd – 5.88 | ![]() 220th – 0.00 | Required | Optional | ||
25 | ![]() | 20.91 | 4 | ![]() 3rd – 8.35 | ![]() 11th – 0.00 | ![]() 1st – 7.10 | ![]() 4th – 5.46 | Required | Optional | |