Candidates Tournament 2024
The Candidates Tournament 2024 was an eight-person chess tournament to decide who would advance to the World Championship to challenge Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship 2024. It was won by Gukesh Dommaraju, who went on to defeat Liren and become World Chess Champion.[1][2]
| Candidates Tournament 2024 | |
|---|---|
Gukesh Dommaraju, the winner of the tournament, moved on to the World Chess Championship 2024 match. | |
| Venue | The Great Hall |
| Location | Toronto, Canada |
| Dates | 3–22 April 2024 |
| Competitors | 8 from 5 nations |
| Winning score | 9 points of 14 |
| Champion | |
| Gukesh Dommaraju | |
Since 2013, the tournament operated as a round- robin tournament.[3]
Player Selection
The following players qualified and competed in the tournament:[4]
| Qualification method | Player | Age | Rating | World
ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (April 2024) | ||||
| 2023 World Championship runner-up | Ian Nepomniachtchi[a] | 33 | 2758 | 7 |
| The top three finishers in the Chess World Cup 2023[b] | |
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[c] | Gukesh Dommaraju | 17 | 2743 | 16 |
| Highest rating for January 2024 not already qualified[d] | Alireza Firouzja | 20 | 2760 | 6 |
Notes
- ↑ Russian players' flags are displayed as the FIDE flag, as Russian and Belarusian flags have been banned from FIDE-rated events in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]
- ↑ The regulations stated that it would be the top three finishers other than Ding and Nepomniachtchi. (And that if both finished in the top four of the World Cup, then the World Cup qualifiers would be the other two players in the top four; and two players with the highest rating in the January 2024 ranking list would qualify for the event instead of one). However neither of these players reached the World Cup semifinals: Ding elected not to play, and Nepomniachtchi lost in the fifth round.
- ↑ Fabiano Caruana finished first in the 2023 FIDE Circuit, but had already qualified for the Candidates through a third place finish at the Chess World Cup 2023. As a result, the qualifying spot was awarded to the highest finisher of the FIDE Circuit who had not already qualified for the event (Gukesh Dommaraju).[6][7]
- ↑ Provided the player has played at least 4 classical time control tournaments eligible for the 2023 FIDE Circuit.
References
- ↑ Levin (AnthonyLevin), Anthony (2024-04-21). "Gukesh Youngest Ever To Win Candidates Tournament, Tan Wins Women's By 1.5 Points". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
- ↑ "Indian teenager Gukesh to challenge China's Ding for world chess title". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
- ↑ Mori (Silent_Assassin), Luna (2024-04-04). "FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments 2024: All The Details". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
- ↑ "Players". candidates2024.fide.com. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
- ↑ FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, 28 February 2022
- ↑ Tarjei Svensen (13 December 2023). "FIDE Clarification On Candidates Race Draws Reactions". Chess.com.
- ↑ "FIDE Circuit 2023". FIDE. Archived from the original on 2023-08-24. Retrieved 2025-07-15.