FIDE Publishes New Qualification Paths to Candidates Tournament 2024

Certain reforms were implemented.

The FIDE Council approved a major reform of the qualification paths to the Candidates Tournament 2024. The main innovation is creating a new qualification path through different FIDE-rated tournaments. Events that meet certain criteria, like being played under standard time control, supervised by International Arbiters, and where Fair Play measures are applied (among other criteria listed below in detail), will grant points towards the "FIDE Circuit". The second main change consists of increasing the number of qualification spots at the World Cup from 2 to 3.

FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 Qualification Paths:

A. 1 spot – FIDE World Championship Match 2023, Runner-up;

B. 3 spots – FIDE World Cup 2023;

C. 2 spots – FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023;

D. 1 spot - a player who would achieve the highest results during one year (2023) in the FIDE-rated tournaments satisfying the below criteria approved by FIDE (eligible events). The winner becomes a qualifier before determining a qualifier by rating as in (E).

E. 1 spot - next (after qualifiers according to A-D) highest-rated player by standard rating as of 01/01/2024, provided that the player has played at least 4 eligible tournaments according to the criteria as in (D).

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