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Revision as of 12:35, 29 December 2023

Candidates Tournament 2024
Tournament information
LocationToronto, Canada
Dates2–25 April 2024
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Double round-robin tournament
Participants8
← 2022

The 2024 Candidates Tournament will be an eight-player chess tournament, held to determine the challenger for the 2024 World Chess Championship match. It is scheduled to be held from 2 to 25 April 2024 in Toronto, Canada, alongside the Women's Candidates Tournament.[1][2]

As with every Candidates tournament since 2013, it will be a double round-robin tournament.[3] The winner of the tournament will earn the right to play the World Chess Championship 2024 against the current World Chess Champion Ding Liren.

Qualification

The eight players to qualify will be:[4][5][6]

Qualification method Player Age Rating World
ranking
(December 2023)
2023 World Championship runner-up FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi[a] 33 2771 5
The top three finishers in the Chess World Cup 2023[b] Norway Magnus Carlsen (winner, expected to withdraw) 33 2830 1
India Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (runner-up) 18 2740 13
United States Fabiano Caruana (third place) 31 2794 2
Azerbaijan Nijat Abasov (fourth place, expected replacement for Carlsen) 28 2641 98
The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 India Vidit Gujrathi (winner) 29 2737 15
United States Hikaru Nakamura (runner-up) 36 2788 3
The winner of the 2023 FIDE Circuit[c] TBD
Highest rating for January 2024[d] France Alireza Firouzja 20 2763 6

Participation of Magnus Carlsen

Former World Champion Magnus Carlsen has qualified for the Candidates Tournament by winning the 2023 FIDE World Cup. However, Carlsen had previously stated that he lacks motivation to play classical chess because of the large amount of preparation required for a game, and is not likely to participate in the Candidates Tournament as a result.[10] He reiterated this disinclination after reaching the semifinals of the World Cup, stating that "under the current format there is absolutely no chance" he will play the Candidates. If Carlsen does not play, Nijat Abasov, who finished fourth at the World Cup, will qualify to the Candidates Tournament 2024 as Carlsen's replacement.[11][12]

FIDE and Grand Chess Tour agreement

In April 2022, before announcing all the qualification methods, FIDE announced that the top two finishers in the 2023 Grand Chess Tour would qualify to the 2024 Candidates Tournament. FIDE promised that more details will follow, but later announced qualification paths excluding the Grand Chess Tour, without providing an explanation for the change.[13][14] However, the Grand Chess Tour tournaments will count toward the qualifying path of the FIDE Circuit.[5]

FIDE Rating qualifier

The highest rated player in the January 2024 rating list who has not yet qualified for the Candidates or World Championship, and has participated in four FIDE Circuit classical events, will qualify for the Candidates.[15][16][17] The leader in the live ratings among eligible players is GM Alireza Firouzja, and no other player can catch up to him before the end of December.

Ranking Player Rating Candidates FIDE Circuit Eligible for rating qualification
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2830 Qualified[18] 4+ No
2 United States Fabiano Caruana 2794 Qualified[18] 4+ No
3 United States Hikaru Nakamura 2788 Qualified[19] 4+ No
4 China Ding Liren 2780 World Champion[16] 2 No
5 FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi 2771 Qualified[16] 3 No
6 France Alireza Firouzja 2763 Qualified 4+ Yes
7 Netherlands Anish Giri 2754 4+ Yes
8 United States Wesley So 2752 - 4+ Yes
9 FIDE Sergey Karjakin 2750 - 0 No
10 India Viswanathan Anand 2748 - 0 No

Alireza Firouzja's Race to Candidates

After a poor showing in the 2023 Sinquefield Cup, rating spot front-runner Alireza Firouzja lost nearly thirteen rating points, putting him behind Wesley So in the live ratings. In an attempt to surpass So, the Chartres Chess Club organized three two-game matches between Firouzja and grandmasters Alexandre Dgebuadze (52 years old, rated 2439), Andrei Shchekachev (51 years old, rated 2506), and Sergey Fedorchuk (42 years old, rated 2546). These matches, held in Chartres, France, were collectively referred to as "Alireza Firouzja's Race to Candidates". Alireza Firouzja won all but one of these games, drawing Fedorchuk in the final game, resulting in him still falling short of So in the live ratings. Shortly thereafter, Firouzja withdrew from the Rapid and Blitz world championships.[20] The last-minute nature of the event as well as the hand-selecting of opponents drew criticism, including from So, who revealed he turned down similar opportunities because he disagreed with the morality of such events. Shortly after these matches were announced, FIDE affirmed that it has the right to not rate any specific event, and the United States Chess Federation called on FIDE to not rate Firouzja's games. FIDE's response drew criticism from many, including Ian Nepomniachtchi, who brought attention to FIDE's lack of response to Ding Liren's last-minute games to qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2022.[21][22]

On December 25, FIDE announced new rules, effective immediately, requiring events with at least one player rated over 2700 (or at least one woman player rated over 2500) to be registered at least one month in advance; however, the rule would not be applied retroactively for Alireza Firouzja's Race to Candidates' tournament. Such requirement could be waived with the approval of the FIDE president or QC Chairman. That same day, Alireza Firouzja's matches (as well as another match in Chartres in which Firouzja did not play), were removed from FIDE's website.[23][24]

Subsequently, Firouzja participated in the Open de Rouen tournament, winning 7 out of 7 games. This made him gain enough rating to surpass So on the rating leaderboard even if the Chartres event is not rated.[25]

Notes

  1. ^ 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.[7]
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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 will be awarded to the highest finisher of the FIDE Circuit who has not already qualified for the event.[8][9]
  4. ^ Provided the player has played at least 4 classical time control tournaments eligible for the 2023 FIDE Circuit.

References

  1. ^ "Toronto will host the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournaments".
  2. ^ "FIDE Candidates, Women's Candidates 2024 To Be Held In Toronto". Chess.com.
  3. ^ https://wcc.fide.com
  4. ^ "FIDE reforms qualifications paths to Candidates Tournament".
  5. ^ a b "FIDE Announces 2024 Candidates Tournament Qualification Paths". Chess.com.
  6. ^ "FIDE revamp Candidates qualification system". chess24.
  7. ^ FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, 28 February 2022
  8. ^ Tarjei Svensen (13 December 2023). "FIDE Clarification On Candidates Race Draws Reactions". Chess.com.
  9. ^ "FIDE Circuit 2023". FIDE.
  10. ^ "Carlsen On Lack Of Motivation, Classical Chess, New WC Formats & Family Life". chess.com. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Under the current format there is absolutely no chance. I think everybody should operate under the assumption that I will not play at the Candidates and that everybody else who's in the semifinals is qualified for the Candidates," says Magnus Carlsen., twitter.com, 16 August 2023
  12. ^ FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024: Qualification paths
  13. ^ "Grand Chess Tour becomes part of the World Championship Cycle". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  14. ^ "FIDE revamp Candidates qualification system". chess24.com. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  15. ^ "FIDE World Championship Cycle". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  16. ^ a b c "FIDE reforms the qualifications paths to the Candidates Tournament". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  17. ^ "FIDE World Championship Cycle". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  18. ^ a b "Magnus Carlsen secures first World Cup victory, Prag finishes second, Caruana third". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  19. ^ Jack Rodgers (6 November 2023). "Vidit Wins FIDE Grand Swiss, Nakamura Secures Candidates Spot". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023.
  20. ^ @FIDE_chess (December 23, 2023). "GM Alireza Firouzja has withdrawn from the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships due to personal reasons. #RapidBlitz" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  21. ^ McGourty, Colin (22 December 2023). "Firouzja Falls At Final Candidates Hurdle, Wins Only 5.5/6, Drops Below So". chess.com. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  22. ^ Mukherjee, Shreyan (23 December 2023). "Grandmaster Alireza Firouzja under fire for seeking quick ELO points, new chess controversy explained". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  23. ^ "FIDE Council approves changes in tournament registration procedure". FIDE. 25 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  24. ^ @MChoiz (December 25, 2023). "And Chartres vanished" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  25. ^ https://www.europe-echecs.com/art/alireza-firouzja-candidats-9153.html
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