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Candidates Tournament 2024
LocationCanada Toronto
Dates3 April - 25 April 2024
Competitors8
← 2020-21

The 2024 Candidates Tournament will be an eight-player chess tournament, with the winner qualifying for the 2024 World Chess Championship match. It is scheduled to be held from 3 April to 25 April 2024.[1]

The format has not been announced yet, but every Candidates tournament since 2013 has been a double round-robin tournament.

The eight players to qualify will be:[2][3]

  • The runner-up of the 2023 World Chess Championship match between Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi.
  • The top three finishers in the 2023 Chess World Cup.
  • The top two finishers in the 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament.
  • The winner of the 2023 FIDE Circuit.
  • The highest-rated player in the January 2024 FIDE rating list, provided the player has played at least 4 classical time control tournaments eligible for the 2023 FIDE Circuit.


Notes

References

  1. ^ "Toronto will host the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournaments".
  2. ^ "FIDE reforms qualifications paths to Candidates Tournament".
  3. ^ For more information on players qualifying by more than one path and replacements, see https://handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/FIDE_Candidates_Tournament_2024_Qualification_Paths.pdf

See also

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