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 June 2024. [2]
Tournament | Location | Date | Type | P# | TAR | Winner |
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Hastings Masters |
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28 December 2023 – 5 January 2024 | 105 | 2552 |
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Tata Steel Masters |
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12–28 January | 14 | 2752+3⁄4 |
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Tata Steel Challengers |
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12–28 January | 14 | 2637+3⁄4 |
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Djerba Masters |
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18–25 February | 8 | 2590+1⁄2 |
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Prague Masters |
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27 February – 7 March | 10 | 2727+1⁄4 |
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Prague Challengers |
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27 February – 7 March | 10 | 2575+3⁄4 |
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Prague Open |
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27 February – 7 March | 267 | 2567+3⁄4 |
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Shenzhen Masters |
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29 February – 7 March | 8 | 2698 |
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Cappelle-la-Grande Open |
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2–8 March | 382 | 2562+5⁄8 |
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Aeroflot Open |
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3–7 March | 142 | 2679+7⁄8 |
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Reykjavik Open |
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15–21 March | 363 | 2602+3⁄4 |
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Fagernes Chess International |
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24–31 March | 100 | 2568 |
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Torneo International de Ajedrez de Roda |
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27–31 March | 210 | 2603+7⁄8 |
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Grenke Open |
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March 26 – April 1 | 935 | 2689+1⁄4 |
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Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa |
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March 27 – April 1 | 417 | 2574+1⁄2 |
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Menorca Open |
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April 2–7 | 284 | 2676+5⁄8 |
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Candidates |
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April 3–22 | FIDE | 8 | 2744+7⁄8 |
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Sunway Formentera Chess Festival |
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April 9–19 | 51 | 2581+3⁄4 |
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Spring Chess Classic |
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April 11–20 | 10 | 2624+7⁄8 |
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TePe Sigeman & Co chess tournament |
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April 27 – May 3 | 8 | 2676+7⁄8 |
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Sardinia World Chess Festival |
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April 27 – May 4 | 168 | 2658+1⁄2 |
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Dubai Police Global Chess Challenge |
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May 3–13 | 135 | 2694+3⁄8 |
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GCT Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz |
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May 6–13 | Rapid & Blitz | 10 | 2762+3⁄8 |
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Chinese Chess Championship |
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May 6–16 | National | 12 | 2570+1⁄4 |
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Sharjah Masters |
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May 13–23 | 88 | 2720+5⁄8 |
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Polish Chess Championship |
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May 21–31 | National | 10 | 2586+1⁄2 |
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Budapesti Tavaszi Fesztivál |
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May 23–31 | 210 | 2597+5⁄8 |
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Americas Continental Championship |
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May 24 – June 2 | FIDE | 387 | 2582+1⁄8 |
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Dubai Open |
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May 25 – June 2 | 71 | 2608+1⁄2 |
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Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial |
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May 25 – June 2 | 90 | 2682+3⁄8 |
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National Open |
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June 5–9 | 136 | 2583+1⁄2 |
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UzChess Cup Masters |
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June 6–14 | 10 | 2726+7⁄8 |
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UzChess Cup Challengers |
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June 6–14 | 10 | 2625+5⁄8 |
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Stepan Avagyan Memorial |
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June 9–18 | 10 | 2679+7⁄8 |
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Teplice Open |
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June 15–23 | 240 | 2629 |
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Serbian Chess Championship |
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June 17–25 | National | 10 | 2556+1⁄8 |
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Arona International Chess Festival |
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June 22–30 | 161 | 2584+7⁄8 |
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GCT Romania |
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June 24 – July 6 | 10 | 2761+1⁄4 |
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Baku Open |
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June 29 – July 7 | 126 | 2625 |
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GCT Croatia |
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July 8–15 | Rapid & Blitz | 10 | 2753 |
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Biel Chess Festival |
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July 13–26 | ||||
DOLE Open/NEXTLANE Grand Prix |
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July 20–28 | ||||
GCT St. Louis Rapid and Blitz |
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August 10–17 | Rapid & Blitz | |||
Internationale Dortmunder Schachtage |
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August 10–18 | ||||
Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival |
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August 17–25 | ||||
Sinquefield Cup |
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August 17–31 | 10 | |||
Abu Dhabi Masters |
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Ibero-American Championships |
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September 24 – October 2 | ||||
WR Chess Masters Cup |
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October 14–17 | ||||
WR Chess Masters |
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October 31 – November 3 | ||||
WR Chess Masters Cup – DSK Open |
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November 22–29 | ||||
US Masters |
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November 27 – December 1 | ||||
London Chess Classic |
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November 29 – December 8 | ||||
London Chess Classic – Open Section |
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November 29 – December 8 | ||||
Zurcher Weihnachtsopen |
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December 26–30 |
At the end of 2024, the best player in the Circuit will qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2026, provided that they have played 5 eligible tournaments, including at least 4 in standard time controls. The current leader is marked in green. "(M)" denotes the Masters section of tournaments while "(Ch)" – Challenger section.
No. | Player | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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1 |
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77.39 |
![]() 3rd – 15.18 |
![]() T 6th-7th – 6.99 |
![]() 1st – 16.19 |
![]() T 2nd-3rd – 14.00 |
![]() 5th – 0.00 |
![]() 7th – 5.24 |
![]() 1st – 19.79 |
2 |
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74.71 |
![]() T 2nd-4th – 14.22 |
![]() 1st – 25.00 |
![]() 1st – 16.21 |
![]() 6th – 0.00 |
![]() 2nd – 19.28 |
![]() T 8th-9th – 0.00 | |
3 |
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55.86 |
![]() T 2nd-4th – 14.22 |
![]() T 5th-7th – 0.00 |
![]() 1st – 26.94 |
![]() 10th – 0.00 |
![]() T 2nd-4th – 14.70 |
![]() 7th – 0.00 | |
4 |
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51.07 |
![]() 4th – 15.92 |
![]() 1st – 21.23 |
![]() 1st – 13.92 | ||||
5 |
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45.67 |
![]() 1st – 19.79 |
![]() 6th – 7.64 |
![]() 5th – 7.45 |
![]() 3rd – 10.79 | |||
6 |
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38.30 |
![]() T 5th-7th – 0.00 |
![]() T 2nd-4th – 11.36 |
![]() 5th – 12.24 |
![]() 4th – 0.00 |
![]() T 2nd-4th – 14.70 | ||
7 |
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35.17 |
![]() T 7th-8th – 0.00 |
![]() 2nd – 7.69 |
![]() 1st – 20.82 |
![]() 7th – 6.66 |
![]() 15th – 0.00 | ||
8 |
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34.89 |
![]() T 2nd-3rd – 10.33 |
![]() 1st – 8.60 |
![]() 8th – 1.89 |
![]() 1st – 14.07 | |||
9 |
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34.10 |
![]() 3rd – 12.14 |
![]() 51st – 0.00 |
![]() 86th – 0.00 |
![]() 12th – 0.41 |
![]() 1st – 21.55 | ||
10 |
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33.35 |
![]() T 10th-13th – 0.00 |
![]() T 2nd-4th – 11.36 |
![]() T 9th-12th – 1.93 |
![]() 1st – 20.06 |
![]() 10th – 0.00 | ||
11 |
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32.22 |
![]() 2nd – 16.17 |
![]() 22nd – 0.00 |
![]() 8th – 4.14 |
![]() 3rd – 11.91 | |||
12 |
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31.04 |
![]() 1st – 20.54 |
![]() 2nd – 10.50 | |||||
13 |
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29.19 |
![]() 17th – 0.13 |
![]() 3rd – 11.69 |
![]() 58th – 0.00 |
![]() 2nd – 17.37 |
![]() 10th – 0.00 | ||
14 |
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28.99 |
![]() 34th – 0.00 |
![]() 4th – 15.17 |
![]() 1st – 13.82 | ||||
15 |
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28.89 |
![]() 1st – 15.15 |
![]() 1st – 13.74 |
![]() 28th – 0.00 |
![]() 23th – 0.00 | |||
16 |
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28.64 |
![]() 1st – 18.15 |
![]() 4th – 10.49 | |||||
17 |
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28.38 |
![]() T 5th-7th – 0.00 |
![]() 7th – 7.35 |
![]() T 2nd-4th – 14.70 |
![]() T 2nd-4th – 6.33 | |||
18 |
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26.17 |
![]() 1st – 9.52 |
![]() 16th – 0.13 |
![]() 2nd – 16.52 |
![]() 13th – 0.00 | |||
19 |
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25.78 |
![]() 17th – 0.00 |
![]() 6th – 6.34 |
![]() 3rd – 11.40 |
![]() 4th – 3.97 |
![]() 3rd – 4.07 | ||
20 |
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24.64 |
![]() 2nd – 14.59 |
![]() 2nd – 10.05 |