FIDE Circuit 2025
REGULATIONS
ELIGIBLE TOURNAMENTS
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REGULATIONS
The FIDE Circuit is the circuit of top tournaments around the world unified according to the criteria described below.
- FIDE-rated individual over-the-board standard-play tournaments
- FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2025, regardless of their dates
- Continental over-the-board Rapid and Blitz Championships 2025
- Other over-the-board FIDE-rated Rapid & Blitz tournaments
ELIGIBLE TOURNAMENTS
[Updated on 20 January 2025]
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.
JANUARY
- 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)
FEBRUARY
- 2nd International Chess Tournament “Al-Beruniy” (Tashkent, Uzbekistan, February 2 – 12, 2025)
- Djerba International Chess Festival (Masters)* (Djerba, Tunisia, February 15 – 23, 2025)
- 41e Open International d’échecs de Cappelle la Grande* (Cappelle-la-Grande, France, February 15 – 21, 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)
- Aeroflot Open 2025 (Moscow, Russia, February 28 – March 07, 2025)
MARCH
- European Individual Chess Championship 2025* (Eforie-Nord, Romania, March 14 – 27, 2025)
APRIL
- Reykjavik Open 2025* (Reykjavik, Iceland, April 09 – 15, 2025)
- Fagernes Chess International* (Fagernes, Norway, April 13 – 20, 2025)
- 51 Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez de La Roda* (La Roda, Spain, April 15 – 20, 2025)
- IV OPEN CHESS MENORCA GRUPO A* (Menorca, Spain, April 22 – 27, 2025)
- Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland (Warsaw, Poland, April 24 – May 1)
- Sunway Formentera International Chess Festival* (Formentera, Spain, April 29 – May 09, 2025)
MAY
- Superbet Chess Classic Romania (Bucharest, Romania, May 5 – 17, 2025)
- Sharjah Masters 2025* (Sharjah, UAE, May 16 – 26, 2025)
- SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia (Zagreb, Croatia, June 30 – July 7, 2025)
- Campeonato Continental Absolute de Ajedrez de las Americas 2025 (Natal, Brasil, May 2025)
JULY
- Dole Open (Aix-en-Provence, France, July 10 – 27, 2025)
AUGUST
- Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz (Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, August 9 – 16, 2025)
- Sinquefield Cup (Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, August 16 – 29, 2025)
- Maia Chess Open* (Maia, Portugal, August 22 – 30, 2025)
- 1st FUJAIRAH Global Chess Championship* (Fujairah, UAE, August 24 – September 09, 2025)
* – provisional
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