FIDE June 2024 rating list published
The top 10 saw no significant changes this past month. It was a relatively quiet month the FIDE Candidates in Toronto. Biggest gains in Top 100 Open and Women Sliwicka, Alicja WIM POL 2375 (+46) Garifullina, Leya IM FID 2458 (+28) Fataliyeva, Ulviyya IM AZE 2399 (+22) Kulon, Klaudia IM POL 2380 (+22) Murzin, Volodar GM FID 2650 (+19) Buksa, Nataliya IM UKR 2402 (+19) Deshmukh, Divya IM IND 2456 (+16) Aravindh, Chithambaram GM IND 2684 (+14) Shankland, Sam GM USA 2683 (+12) Lu, Miaoyi WGM CHN 2449 (+12) Alicja Sliwicka (pictured below) became the greatest rating gainer in May, following her strong performance at the European Women’s Championship in Rhodes, which earned her 46 rating points. Photo: Tomasz Makowski The new European Women’s Champion, Ulviyya Fataliyeva, significantly improved her rating, coming very close to the 2400 mark. Klaudia Kulon and Nataliya Buksa also overperformed in Rhodes and picked up rating points. Divya Deshmukh (pictured below) and Leya Garifullina did an excellent job in the 7th Sharjah Challengers 2024, tying for first place and earning significant rating points in this competition. As a result, both are joining the top 25 Women for the first time. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy The 7th Sharjah Masters featured a strong field, with four players tied for first place. All four gained impressive rating points, with Sam Shankland and Volodar Murzin (pictured below) making it onto our list. Notably, Murzin debuted in the top 100 Open, climbing to the 83rd position. Aravindh Chithambaram collected only 3 points in this competition but put in a strong performance in the Dubai Police Global Challenge Masters that translates into 11 points and his debut in the top 50 Open. Photo: Maria Emelianova /Chess.com Lu Miaoyi shared first place in the Chinese Women’s Championship to gain 12 rating points.
FIDE World Championship Match 2024: Host city bids submitted
The FIDE World Chess Championship Match is the pinnacle of the FIDE World Championship Cycle. The 2024 edition will decide who will reign the chess world for the next two years – the reigning world champion, Ding Liren (China), or the youngest challenger in chess history, Gukesh D (India). The World Championship Match 2024 is provisionally scheduled between November 20 and December 15, 2024. After opening the bidding procedure to host the event, FIDE received three applications that met all the criteria. These bids came from New Delhi (India), Chennai (India) and Singapore, vying to host the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024. All three bids will be discussed at the upcoming FIDE Council meeting scheduled for the next week. The representatives of all three bids will be invited to the meeting to share more details and answer questions. The final decision to be made by FIDE Council later this month.