Singapore | |||
20 November – 15 December 2024 | |||
Defending champion | Challenger | ||
Ding Liren | Gukesh D | ||
Born 24 October 1992 32 years old | Born 29 May 2006 18 years old | ||
Winner of the World Chess Championship 2023 | Winner of the Candidates Tournament 2024 | ||
The World Chess Championship 2024 will be a chess match between the reigning world champion Ding Liren and the challenger Gukesh D to determine the World Chess Champion. The match is provisionally scheduled between November 20 and December 15, 2024, with Singapore hosting the match. It will be played to a best of 14 games, with tiebreaks if required. [1]
Ding Liren became World Chess Champion in April 2023, after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2023 championship match. After acquiring the title, Ding did not appear in professional tournaments for months, an absence which was later revealed to be due to an unspecified illness. [2] Ding withdrew from tournaments including the 2023 Asian Games and did not enter the first four events of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour. He returned to classical chess in January 2024 at the 2024 Tata Steel Chess Tournament and announced that he still intended to defend his world title. [3]
The challenger, Gukesh D, qualified by winning the Candidates Tournament 2024 in Toronto, Canada, which was an eight-player double round-robin tournament. [4] [5] It took place from April 3 to April 22, 2024. [6] [7] Fabiano Caruana won the 2023 FIDE Circuit, albeit Caruana became ineligible to qualify via the FIDE Circuit, having already qualified for the Candidates through the Chess World Cup 2023. Hence, Gukesh qualified for the Candidates via the FIDE Circuit, after overtaking Anish Giri with a win at the Chennai Grand Masters tournament. [8]
The eight players who competed were: [9] [10] [11]
Qualification method | Player | Age | Rating | World ranking |
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(April 2024) | ||||
2023 World Championship runner-up | Ian Nepomniachtchi [lower-alpha 1] | 33 | 2758 | 7 |
The top three finishers in the Chess World Cup 2023 [lower-alpha 2] | | 33 | 2830 | 1 |
R Praggnanandhaa (runner-up) | 18 | 2747 | 14 | |
Fabiano Caruana (third place) | 31 | 2803 | 2 | |
Nijat Abasov (fourth place, replacement for Carlsen) | 28 | 2632 | 114 | |
The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 | Vidit Gujrathi (winner) | 29 | 2727 | 25 |
Hikaru Nakamura (runner-up) | 36 | 2789 | 3 | |
Highest place in the 2023 FIDE Circuit not already qualified [lower-alpha 3] | Gukesh D | 17 | 2743 | 16 |
Highest rating for January 2024 not already qualified [lower-alpha 4] | Alireza Firouzja | 20 | 2760 | 6 |
Rank | Player | Score | SB | Wins | Qualification | GD | HN | IN | FC | RP | VG | AF | NA | |||||||||
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1 | Gukesh D (IND) | 9 / 14 | 57 | 5 | Advance to title match | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
2 [lower-alpha 5] | Hikaru Nakamura (USA) | 8.5 / 14 | 56 | 5 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ||||
3 [lower-alpha 5] | Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) | 8.5 / 14 | 56 | 3 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ||||
4 [lower-alpha 6] | Fabiano Caruana (USA) | 8.5 / 14 | 54 | 4 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ||||
5 | R Praggnanandhaa (IND) | 7 / 14 | 42.5 | 3 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ||||
6 | Vidit Gujrathi (IND) | 6 / 14 | 40.25 | 3 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ||||
7 | Alireza Firouzja (FRA) | 5 / 14 | 32.75 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ||||
8 | Nijat Abasov (AZE) | 3.5 / 14 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 |
Tie-breakers for first place: (1) results in tie-break games for first place;
Tie-breakers for non-first place: (1) results in tie-break games for first place, if any; (2) Sonneborn–Berger score (SB); (3) total number of wins; (4) head-to-head score among tied players; (5) drawing of lots. [16]
Note: Numbers in the crosstable in a white background indicate the result playing the respective opponent with the white pieces (black pieces if on a black background). This does not give information which of the two games was played in the first half of the tournament, and which in the second.
The regulations and format of the world championship remains the same of that in the 2023 edition.
The time control for each game in the classical portion of the match is 120 minutes per side for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves, and 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment per move starting with move 61.
The match will be best of 14 games; a score of at least 7½ would win the world championship. If the score is equal after 14 games, tiebreak games with faster time controls will be played:
Players are not allowed to agree to a draw before Black's 40th move. A draw claim before then is only permitted if a threefold repetition or stalemate has occurred. [17]
Ding wins | Draw | Gukesh wins | Total | ||
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Classical | Ding (white) – Gukesh (black) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gukesh (white) – Ding (black) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Blitz / rapid / exhibition | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Bids were originally to be presented to FIDE no later than 31 May 2024. [19] Early interest was expressed in June 2023 by Argentina, India, and Singapore. [20]
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