FIDE Circuit is the new path to qualify for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024. One player who would achieve the highest results during 2023 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 five highest scores.

Eligible tournaments are FIDE-rated individual tournaments which meet the following criteria:

• Finish in the 2023 calendar year
• At least 8 players
• At least 7 rounds
• The 8 highest-rated players have an average standard rating of 2550 at the start of the tournament (TAR)
• The Chief Arbiter is an International Arbiter
• Recommended FPL Fair Play procedures are applied
• Players represent at least 3 national federations
• Not more than 50% of either the 20 highest-rated players or 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:

• World Rapid Championship
• World Blitz Championship
• Continental Rapid and Blitz Championships
• Other Rapid & Blitz tournaments that meet the above criteria and have an average standard rating of top 8 players 2700 or higher

[Updated on 31 May 2023]

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.

• MPL 59th Senior Indian National Chess Championship (Delhi, India, 22 December – 3 January)
• Rilton Cup (Stockholm, Sweden, 27 December – 5 January)
• Armenian Championship (Yerevan, Armenia,  13-21 January)
• Azerbaijan Championship (Baku, Azerbaijan, 13-26 January)
• Tata Steel Masters (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, 13-29 January)
• Tata Steel Challengers (Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, 13-29 January)
• IX Floripa Open (Florianopolis, Brazil, 23-29 January)

• WR Chess Masters (Dusseldorf, Germany, 15-26 February)
• Open International de Cappelle la Grande (Cappelle la Grande, France, 18-24 February)

• VII Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa (La Nucia, Spain, 5-10 April)
• The Spring Classic (Saint Louis, USA, 5-13 April)
• II Menorca International Chess Open Group A (Menorca, Spain, 11-16 April)
• Polish Chess Championship (Warsaw, Poland, 12-20 April)
• Sunway Formentera International Chess Festival (Formentera, Spain, 18-28 April)
• Kazakhstan Chess Cup (Astana, Kazakhstan, 23-30 April)
• Satty Zhuldyz Masters (Astana, Kazakhstan, 24-25 April)

• GCT: SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia (Zagreb, Croatia, 3-10 July)
• Romania Grand Prix Brasov (Brasov, Romania, 16-22 July)
• Biel Master Tournament (Biel, Switzerland, 17-27 July)
• FIDE World Cup (Baku, Azerbaijan, 25 July – 29 August)

• Open de Portugal (Guimarães, Portugal, 12-19 August)

• Torneio Internacional da Figueira da Foz – Sabir Ali (Figueira da Foz, Portugal, 5-12 November)
• Sinquefield Cup (Saint Louis, USA, 19 November – 3 December)
• El Llobregat Open (Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain, 30 November – 8 December)