The Tournament is organized by FIDE and is going to be held at the Great Hall in Toronto, Canada for Open and Women's categories.
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The FIDE candidate tournament 2024 will be held from the 3rd to the 22nd of April 2024 at the Great Hall in Toronto, Canada. The tournament will be in two categories open and women having 16 players. The FIDE candidate tournament will decide the challenger of the current world champion GM Ding Liren in the open and GM Ju Wenjun in the women’s.
Qualifications of the players were based on achieving the highest results during 2023 in eligible tournaments, and the final score was calculated based on the player’s five highest-scoring games. The format will be an 8-player double round-robin (all-play-all twice).
The FIDE candidate tournament consists of 14 games, players scoring 7.5 or more points will be considered the winner. If the scores are equal after 14 games tiebreaker will decide the winner.
Format of the chess game in FIDE candidate tournament 2024 for Open and Women’s:
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FIDE has announced the Pairings and Schedule for the 2024 FIDE Candidate tournaments for Open and Women’s as follows:
| Date | Opens | Women’s |
| Round 1: April 4 | Fabiano Caruana vs. Hikaru Nakamura Nijat Abasov vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi Alireza Firouzja vs. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu Gukesh Dommaraju vs. Vidit Gujrathi | Aleksandra Goryachkina vs. Kateryna Lagno Anna Muzychuk vs. Nurgyul Salimova Lei Tingjie vs. Tan Zhongyi Vaishali Rameshbabu vs. Humpy Koneru |
| Round 2: April 5 | Hikaru Nakamura vs. Vidit Gujrathi Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu vs. Gukesh Dommaraju Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Alireza Firouzja Fabiano Caruana vs. Nijat Abasov | Kateryna Lagno vs. Humpy Koneru Tan Zhongyi vs. Vaishali Rameshbabu Nurgyul Salimova vs. Lei Tingjie Aleksandra Goryachkina vs. Anna Muzychuk |
| Round 3: April 6 | Nijat Abasov vs. Hikaru Nakamura Alireza Firouzja vs. Fabiano Caruana Gukesh Dommaraju vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi Vidit Gujrathi vs. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu | Anna Muzychuk vs. Kateryna Lagno Lei Tingjie vs. Aleksandra Goryachkina Vaishali Rameshbabu vs. Nurgyul Salimova Humpy Koneru vs. Tan Zhongyi |
| Round 4: April 7 | Hikaru Nakamura vs. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Vidit Gujrathi Fabiano Caruana vs. Gukesh Dommaraju Nijat Abasov vs. Alireza Firouzja | Kateryna Lagno vs. Tan Zhongyi Nurgyul Salimova vs. Humpy Koneru Aleksandra Goryachkina vs. Vaishali Rameshbabu Anna Muzychuk vs. Lei Tingjie |
| Round 5: April 9 | Alireza Firouzja vs. Hikaru Nakamura Gukesh Dommaraju vs. Nijat Abasov Vidit Gujrathi vs. Fabiano Caruana Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi | Lei Tingjie vs. Kateryna Lagno Vaishali Rameshbabu vs. Anna Muzychuk Humpy Koneru vs. Aleksandra Goryachkina Tan Zhongyi vs. Nurgyul Salimova |
| Round 6: April 10 | Gukesh Dommaraju vs. Hikaru Nakamura Vidit Gujrathi vs. Alireza Firouzja Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu vs. Nijat Abasov Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Fabiano Caruana | Vaishali Rameshbabu vs. Kateryna Lagno Humpy Koneru vs. Lei Tingjie Tan Zhongyi vs. Anna Muzychuk Nurgyul Salimova vs. Aleksandra Goryachkina |
| Round 7: April 11 | Hikaru Nakamura vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi Fabiano Caruana vs. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu Nijat Abasov vs. Vidit Gujrathi Alireza Firouzja vs. Gukesh Dommaraju | Kateryna Lagno vs. Nurgyul Salimova Aleksandra Goryachkina vs. Tan Zhongyi Anna Muzychuk vs. Humpy Koneru Lei Tingjie vs. Vaishali Rameshbabu |
| Round 8: April 13 | Hikaru Nakamura vs. Fabiano Caruana Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Nijat Abasov Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu vs. Alireza Firouzja Vidit Gujrathi vs. Gukesh Dommaraju | Kateryna Lagno vs. Aleksandra Goryachkina Nurgyul Salimova vs. Anna Muzychuk Tan Zhongyi vs. Lei Tingjie Humpy Koneru vs. Vaishali Rameshbabu |
| Round 9: April 14 | Vidit Gujrathi vs. Hikaru Nakamura Gukesh Dommaraju vs. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu Alireza Firouzja vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi Nijat Abasov vs. Fabiano Caruana | Humpy Koneru vs. Kateryna Lagno Vaishali Rameshbabu vs. Tan Zhongyi Lei Tingjie vs. Nurgyul Salimova Anna Muzychuk vs. Aleksandra Goryachkina |
| Round 10: April 15 | Hikaru Nakamura vs. Nijat Abasov Fabiano Caruana vs. Alireza Firouzja Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Gukesh Dommaraju Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu vs. Vidit Gujrathi | Kateryna Lagno vs. Anna Muzychuk Aleksandra Goryachkina vs. Lei Tingjie Nurgyul Salimova vs. Vaishali Rameshbabu Tan Zhongyi vs. Humpy Koneru |
| Round 11: April 17 | Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu vs. Hikaru Nakamura Vidit Gujrathi vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi Gukesh Dommaraju vs. Fabiano Caruana Alireza Firouzja vs. Nijat Abasov | Tan Zhongyi vs. Kateryna Lagno Humpy Koneru vs. Nurgyul Salimova Vaishali Rameshbabu vs. Aleksandra Goryachkina Lei Tingjie vs. Anna Muzychuk |
| Round 12: April 18 | Hikaru Nakamura vs. Alireza Firouzja Nijat Abasov vs. Gukesh Dommaraju Fabiano Caruana vs. Vidit Gujrathi Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu | Kateryna Lagno vs. Lei Tingjie Anna Muzychuk vs. Vaishali Rameshbabu Aleksandra Goryachkina vs. Humpy Koneru Nurgyul Salimova vs. Tan Zhongyi |
| Round 13: April 20 | Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Hikaru Nakamura Praggnanandha Rameshbabu vs. Fabiano Caruana Vidit Gujrathi vs. Nijat Abasov Gukesh Dommaraju vs. Alireza Firouzja | Nurgyul Salimova vs. Kateryna Lagno Tan Zhongyi vs. Aleksandra Goryachkina Humpy Koneru vs. Anna Muzychuk Vaishali Rameshbabu vs. Lei Tingjie |
| Round 14: April 21 | Hikaru Nakamura vs. Gukesh Dommaraju Alireza Firouzja vs. Vidit Gujrathi Nijat Abasov vs. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu Fabiano Caruana vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi | Kateryna Lagno vs. Vaishali Rameshbabu Lei Tingjie vs. Humpy Koneru Anna Muzychuk vs. Tan Zhongyi Aleksandra Goryachkina vs. Nurgyul Salimova |
| Tiebreaks: April 22 | Tiebreaker will be played only if it is required | Tiebreaker will be played only if it is required |
You can watch the FIDE candidate tournament 2024 at chess.com/TV and also at Chess24’s Twitch or YouTube channel.
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