FIDE Circuit 2024
FIDE Circuit 2024 is one of the paths to qualify for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026. One player who would achieve the highest results during 2024 in eligible tournaments gets the spot in the FIDE Candidates.
Each player has to play in a minimum of five eligible tournaments, including at least four with a standard time control.
The final score is calculated as the sum of the player’s up to seven highest scores.
Eligible tournaments are FIDE-rated individual tournaments which meet the following criteria:
– Finish between 1st January, 2024 and 15th December, 2024
– At least 8 players
– At least 7 rounds (at least 4 rounds for knockout events).
– The 8 highest-rated players have an average standard rating on the day of the first round (TAR)
– The Chief Arbiter is an International Arbiter
– Recommended Fair Play procedures are applied
– The FIDE World Championship Match 2024 is also recognised as an eligible tournament
– Players represent at least 3 different federations
– Not more than 50% of either the 20 highest-rated players, or not more than 50% of all players if there are fewer than 20 players, shall represent one federation
– For National Championships, the last two criteria are waived.
The following non-standard play tournaments are included:
FIDE-rated individual over-the-board standard-play tournaments
(hereinafter referred to as “Standard tournaments”)
* World Rapid Championship 2024
* World Blitz Championship 2024
* Continental Rapid and Blitz Championships 2024
* Other Rapid & Blitz tournaments 2024 that meet the above criteria and have an average standard rating of top 8 players 2700 or higher
[Updated on 07 December 2024]
The list includes past and future eligible tournaments. It is not final and is constantly updated. All future date tournaments are tentative, subject to meeting eligibility criteria upon receiving official tournament report.
- Caplin Hastings Masters (Hastings, United Kingdom, December 28, 2023 – January 05, 2024)
- Tata Steel Masters 2024 (Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, January 12 – 28, 2024)
- Tata Steel Challengers 2024 (Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, January 12 – 28, 2024)
- Djerba International Chess Festival 2024 (Masters) (Djerba, Tunisia, February 18 – 25, 2024)
- Prague International Chess Festival 2024 Masters (Prague, Czech Republic, February 27 – March 07, 2024)
- Prague International Chess Festival 2024 Challengers (Prague, Czech Republic, February 27 – March 07, 2024)
- Prague International Chess Festival 2024 – D (Prague, Czech Republic, February 27 – March 07, 2024)
- The 5th Shengzhen (Longgang) Chess Masters 2024 (Shengzhen, China, February 29 – March 07 2024)
- Cappelle la Grande 2024 – 40e Open International (Cappelle la Grande, France, March 02 – 08, 2024)
- Aeroflot Open 2024 (Moscow, Russia, March 03 – 07, 2024)
- Reykjavik Open 2024 (Reykjavik, Iceland, March 15 – 21, 2024)
- Fagernes Chess International (Fagernes, Norway, March 24 – 31, 2024)
- Grenke Chess Open 2024 (Karlsruhe, Germany, March 26 – April 01, 2024)
- 50 Torneo International de Ajedrez de La Roda 2024 (La Roda, Spain, March 27 – 31, 2024)
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VIII International Check Open Holy Week (Alicante, Spain, March 27 – April 01, 2024)
- III Open Internacional Chess Menorca (Menorca, Spain, April 02 – 07, 2024)
- FIDE Candidates Tournament (Toronto, Canada, April 03 – 23, 2024)
- Sunway Formentera International Chess Festival (Islas Baleares, Spain, April 09 – 19, 2024)
- 2024 Spring Chess Classic (Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, April 11 – 20, 2024)
- TePe Sideman & Co Chess Tournament (Malmo, Sweden, April 27 – May 03, 2024)
- Sardinia World Chess Festival – Open A (Sardinia, Italy, April 27 – May 04, 2024)
- Dubai Police Global Chess Challenge – Masters (Dubai, UAE, May 03 – 13, 2024)
- Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz (Warsaw, Poland, May 06 – 13, 2024)
- 2024 China Chess Championship – Men (Xinhua Jiangsu, China, May 06 – 16, 2024)
- 7th Sharjah Masters (Sharjah, UAE, May 13 – 23, 2024)
- Polish Chess Championship 2024 (Rzeszow, Poland, May 21 – 31, 2024)
- Budapesti Tavaszi Fesztivál 2024 A csoport (Budapest, Hungary, May 23 – 31, 2024)
- XVII Campeonato Continental Absolute de Ajedrez de las Americas 2024 Jorge Vega (Medellin, Colombia, May 24 – June 02, 2024)
- Dubai Open 2024 – Category A (Dubai, UAE, May 25 – June 02, 2024)
- Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial 2024 (Aktobe, Kazakhstan, May 25 – June 02, 2024)
- 2024 National Open (Las Vegas, USA, June 05 – 09, 2024)
- UzChess Cup Challengers 2024 (Tashkent, Uzbekistan, June 06 – 14, 2024)
- UzChess Cup Masters 2024 (Tashkent, Uzbekistan, June 6 – 14, 2024)
- Stepan Avagyan Memorial (Jermuk, Armenia, June 09 – 18, 2024)
- Teplice Open 2024 (Teplice, Czech Republic, June 15 – 23, 2024)
- Pojedinacno prvenstvo Srbije za 2024 (Senta, Serbia, June 17 – 25, 2024)
- Arona International Chess Festival 2024 (Spain, June 22 – 30, 2024)
- Superbet Romania Classic (Bucharest, Romania, June 24 – July 06, 2024)
- Baku Open 2024 (Baku, Azerbaijan, June 29 – July 07, 2024)
- Dutch Chess Championships (Utrecht, the Netherlands, July 06-13, 2024)
- SuperUnited Croatia Rapid & Blitz (Zagreb, Croatia, July 08 – 15, 2024)
- Biel International Chess Festival (Biel, Switzerland, July 13 – 26, 2024)
- DOLE Open/NEXTLANE Grand Prix (Aix-en-Provence, France, July 20 – 28, 2024)
- Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz (Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, August 10 – 17, 2024)
- 51. Internationale Dortmunder Schachtage (Dortmund, Germany, August 10 – 18, 2024)
- 60th Anniversary International Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival (Polanica-Zdroi, Poland, August 17 – 25, 2024)
- French Championship 2024 (Alpe d’Huez, France, August 17 – 25, 2024)
- 61st National Chess Championship 2024 (Gurugram, India, August 17 – 27, 2024)
- Sinquefield Cup (Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, August 17 – 31, 2024)
- Russian Championship 2024 (Barnaul, Russia, August 17 – 28, 2024)
- Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival 2024 (Masters) (Abu Dhabi, UAE, August 2024)
- X Campeonato Iberoamericano (Linares, Spain, USA, September 24 – October 02, 2024)
- Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2024 (Shush, Azerbaijan, September 25 – 30, 2024)
- 2024 US Championship (St.Louis, USA, October 11 – 23, 2024)
- Pavlodar Open 2024 – Masters (Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, October 12 – 22, 2024)
- WR Chess Masters Cup (London, UK, October 14 – 17, 2024)
- Chennai Grand Masters 2024 (Chennai, India, November 5 – 11, 2024)
- Chennai Grand Masters Challengers 2024 (Chennai, India, November 5 – 11, 2024)
- European Individual Chess Championship 2024 (Petrovac, Montenegro, November 7 – 20, 2024)
- Tata Steel Chess India 2024 (Kolkata, India, November 13 – 17, 2024)
- FIDE World Chess Championship Match 2024 (Singapore, November 20 – December 15, 2024)
- 3rd International President Cup (Tashkent, Uzbekistan, November 21 – 27, 2024)
- FIDE World Championship Match 2024 (Singapore, November 23 – December 14, 2024)
- 2024 US Masters (Charlotte, USA, November 27 – December 01, 2024)
- Singapore International Open 2024 – Group A (November 29, 2024 – December 05, 2024, Singapore)
- London Chess Classic 2024 (London, UK, November 29 – December 08, 2024)
- London Chess Classic 2024 – Open Section (London, UK, November 29 – December 08, 2024)
- 2024 Saint Louis Masters (Saint Louis, USA, December 02 – 08, 2024)
- Qatar Masters 2024 (Doha, Qatar, December 03 – 12, 2024)
- European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2024 (Skopje, North Macedonia, December 6 – 11, 2024)
- 48. Zurcher Weihnachtsopen* (Zurich, Switzerland, December 26 – 30, 2024)
- FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2024 (New York, USA, December 26 – 31, 2024)
- Tata Steel Chess 2025 – Masters (Wijk can Zee, The Netherlands, January 17 – February 02, 2025)
- Tata Steel Chess 2025 – Challengers (Wijk can Zee, The Netherlands, January 17 – February 02, 2025)
- Prague International Chess Festival 2025 Masters (Prague, The Czech Republic, February 25 – March 07, 2025)
- Prague International Chess Festival 2025 Challengers (Prague, The Czech Republic, February 25 – March 07, 2025)