2024 FIDE Circuit | |
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Duration | 28 December 2023 – 15 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 World Chess Championship 2024, the winner will get points calculated as 1st place basic points multipled 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 that could be included in player's results are as follows:
Eligible tournaments as of 26 March 2024.[2]
Tournament | Location | Date | Type | P# | TAR | Winner |
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Hastings Masters | ![]() |
28 December 2023 – 5 January 2024 | 105 | 2552 | ![]() | |
Tata Steel Masters | ![]() |
12–28 January | 14 | 2752+3⁄4 | ![]() | |
Tata Steel Challengers | ![]() |
12–28 January | 14 | 2637+3⁄4 | ![]() | |
Djerba Masters | ![]() |
18–25 February | 8 | 2590+1⁄2 | ![]() | |
Prague Masters | ![]() |
27 February – 7 March | 10 | 2727+1⁄4 | ![]() | |
Prague Challengers | ![]() |
27 February – 7 March | 10 | 2575+3⁄4 | ![]() | |
Prague Open | ![]() |
27 February – 7 March | 267 | 2567+3⁄4 | ![]() | |
Shenzhen Masters | ![]() |
29 February – 7 March | 8 | 2698 | ![]() | |
Aeroflot Open | ![]() |
3-7 March | 142 | 2679+7⁄8 | ![]() | |
Cappelle-la-Grande Open | ![]() |
2–8 March | 382 | 2562+5⁄8 | ![]() | |
Reykjavik Open | ![]() |
15–21 March | 363 | 2602+3⁄4 | ![]() | |
Fagernes Chess International | ![]() |
24–31 March | 100 | 2568 | ![]() | |
Torneo International de Ajedrez de Roda | ![]() |
27–31 March | 210 | 2603+7⁄8 | ![]() | |
Grenke Open | ![]() |
March 26 – April 1 | 935 | 2689+1⁄4 | ![]() | |
Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa | ![]() |
March 27 – April 1 | 417 | 2574+1⁄2 | ![]() | |
Menorca Open | ![]() |
April 2–7 | 284 | 2676+5⁄8 | ![]() | |
Candidates | ![]() |
April 3–22 | FIDE | 8 | 2744+7⁄8 | |
Sunway Formentera Chess Festival | ![]() |
April 9–19 | ||||
Spring Chess Classic | ![]() |
April 11–20 | ||||
TePe Sigeman | ![]() |
April 27 – May 3 | ||||
GCT Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz | ![]() |
May 6–13 | Rapid & Blitz | |||
Chess Grand Prix | ![]() |
May 9–12 | Rapid | |||
Cherry Blossom Classic | ![]() |
May 22–27 | ||||
Chess Festival Munich | ![]() |
May 19 – June 2 | ||||
Norway Chess | ![]() |
May 27 – June 7 | 6 | |||
Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial | ![]() |
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National Open | ![]() |
June 5–9 | ||||
Stepan Avagyan Memorial | ![]() |
June 9–18 | ||||
Teplice Open | ![]() |
June 15–23 | ||||
GCT Romania | ![]() |
June 24 – July 6 | 10 | |||
GCT Croatia | ![]() |
July 8–15 | Rapid & Blitz | |||
Biel Chess Festival | ![]() |
July 13–26 | ||||
GCT St. Louis Rapid and Blitz | ![]() |
August 10–17 | Rapid & Blitz | |||
Internationale Dortmunder Schachtage | ![]() |
August 10–18 | ||||
Sinquefield Cup | ![]() |
August 17–31 | 10 | |||
Abu Dhabi Masters | ![]() |
At the end of 2024, the best player in the Circuit will qualify for the 2026 Candidates Tournament, provided that he have played 5 eligible tournaments, including at least 4 in standard time controls.
No. | Player | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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1 | ![]() |
39.22 | ![]() T 2nd-4th – 14.22 |
![]() 1st – 25.00 | |||
2 | ![]() |
38.36 | ![]() 3rd – 15.18 |
![]() 6th – 6.99 |
![]() 1st – 16.19 | ||
3 | ![]() |
28.51 | ![]() 2nd – 7.69 |
![]() 1st – 20.82 | |||
4 | ![]() |
21.95 | ![]() 5th – 8.41 |
![]() 3rd – 13.54 | |||
5 | ![]() |
20.82 | ![]() T 2nd-3rd – 10.33 |
![]() 1st – 8.60 |
![]() 8th – 1.89 | ||
6 | ![]() |
20.54 | ![]() 1st – 20.54 | ||||
7 | ![]() |
19.79 | ![]() 1st – 19.79 | ||||
8 | ![]() |
19.57 | ![]() 3rd – 10.30 |
![]() 4th – 9.27 | |||
9 | ![]() |
18.15 | ![]() 1st – 18.15 | ||||
10 | ![]() |
16.17 | ![]() 2nd – 16.17 | ||||
11 | ![]() |
15.15 | ![]() 1st – 15.15 | ||||
12 | ![]() |
14.42 | ![]() 2nd – 14.42 | ||||
13 | ![]() |
14.22 | ![]() T 2nd-4th – 14.22 | ||||
13 | ![]() |
14.22 | ![]() T 2nd-4th – 14.22 | ||||
15 | ![]() |
13.50 | ![]() T 2nd-3rd – 10.33 |
![]() T 3rd-4th – 3.17 | |||
16 | ![]() |
13.04 | ![]() 2nd – 13.04 | ||||
17 | ![]() |
12.14 | ![]() 3rd – 12.14 | ||||
18 | ![]() |
11.73 | ![]() 1st – 5.95 |
![]() 2nd – 5.78 | |||
19 | ![]() |
11.36 | ![]() T 2nd-4th – 11.36 | ||||
19 | ![]() |
11.36 | ![]() T 2nd-4th – 11.36 | ||||
19 | ![]() |
11.36 | ![]() T 2nd-4th – 11.36 |