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 24 November 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.
JANUARY
- MPL 59th Senior Indian National Chess Championship (Wijk aan Zee, , 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)
FEBRUARY
- WR Chess Masters (Dusseldorf, Germany, 15-26 February)
- Open International de Cappelle la Grande (Cappelle la Grande, France, 18-24 February)
MARCH
- European Individual Chess Championship (Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia, 3-13 March)
- 20th Delhi Open (New Delhi, India, 23-30 March)
- Reykjavik Open (Reykjavik, Iceland, 29 March – 4 April)
APRIL
- Fagernes Chess International (Fagernes, Norway, 2-9 April)
- LXVIII International Mexican Open Chess Championship (Mexico City, 4-9 April)
- 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)
MAY
- Stepan Avagyan Memorial (Jermuk, Armenia, 2-12May)
- LVI Internacional Capablanca in Memoriam Elite (Habana, Cuba, 3-11 May)
- TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament (Malmo, Sweden, 4-10 May)
- Baku Open (Baku, Azerbaijan, 4-12 May)
- Superbet Chess Classic Romania (Bucharest, Romania, 4-16 May)
- XVI Americas Continental Championship (Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic, 15-23 May)
- Sharjah Masters (Sharjah, UAE, 16-26 May)
- GCT: Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland (Warsaw, Poland, 19-26 May)
- 10th Cherry Blossom Classic (Dulles, Virginia (USA), 24-29 May)
- Dubai Open A (Dubai, UAE, 27 May – 4 June)
- Norway Chess Open (Stavanger, Norway, 27 May – 3 June)
- Norway Chess Blitz (Stavanger, Norway, 29 May)
- Norway Chess (Stavanger, Norway, 29 May – 9 June)
- Münchner Pfingst-Open A (Munich, Germany, 31 May – 6 June)
JUNE
- Asian Continental Men Blitz Chess Championship (Almaty, Kazakhstan, 03 June)
- Asian Continental Championship (Almaty, Kazakhstan, 4-11 June)
- Canadian Transnational Chess Championship, Crown section (Montreal, Canada, 6-11 June)
- Teplice Open (Teplice, Czech Republic, 10-18 June)
- The Las Vegas National Open (Las Vegas, USA, 14-18 June)
- Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial – Aktobe Open Classic 2023 (Aktobe, Kazakhstan, 20-27 June)
- Prague International Chess Festival – Masters (Prague, Czech Republic, 20-30 June)
- Prague International Chess Festival – Challengers (Prague, Czech Republic, 20-30 June)
- Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2023 (Dortmund, Germany, 24 June – 2 July)
- Orillas de Mar (Adeje, Tenerife, Spain, 25 June – 2 July)
- World Open (Philadelphia, USA, 23 June – 4 July)
- Norwegian Championship (Oslo, Norway, 30 June – 8 July)
JULY
- Dutch Championship (Utrecht, Netherlands, 2-9 July)
- GCT: SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia (Zagreb, Croatia, 3-10 July)
- XLII International Open “Villa de Benasque” (Benasque, Spain, 5-14 July)
- International Chess Festival Astana Zhuldyzdary tournament A (Astana, Kazakhstan, 11-18 July)
- V. Geza Hetenyi Memorial Super GM (Budapest, Hungary, 11-19 July)
- Biel Grandmaster (Classic) (Biel, Switzerland, 18-26 July)
- Romania Grand Prix Brasov (Brasov, Romania, 16-22 July)
- Biel Master Tournament (Biel, Switzerland, 17-27 July)
- 16th Paleochora International Chess Tournament (Kandanos-Selino, Greece, 19-26 July)
- Uralsk Open A (Uralsk, Kazakhstan, 21-28 July)
- FIDE World Cup (Baku, Azerbaijan, 25 July – 29 August)
AUGUST
- 4th International Chess Cup of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI – Crown Section (Rabat, Morocco, 14-19 August)
- 29th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival – Masters (Abu Dhabi, UAE, 16-24 August)
- 96th French Championship (L’Alpe d’Huez, France, 18-27 August)
- XXIV Open Internacional de Sants – Ciutat de Barcelona A (Barcelona, Spain, 18-27 August)
- Maia Chess Open 2023 (Maia, Portugal, 25 August – 2 September)
SEPTEMBER
- Tata Steel Chess India Rapid (5-7 September, Kolkata, India)
- Tata Steel Chess India Blitz (8-9 September, Kolkata, India)
- Tsaghkadzor Open 2023 – Tournament A (19 September – 28 September, Tsaghkadzor, Armenia)
- FIDE World Junior Championship U20 (21 September – 01 October, Mexico City, Mexico)
- Levitov Chess Week (22-26 September, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- The 19th Asian Games (23 September – 07 October, Hangzhou, China)
- 5th Yerevan Open Tournament A (29 September – 07 October, Yerevan, Armenia)
- The Superfinals of the 76th Russian Championship (30 September – 13 October, Saint Petersburg, Russia)
OCTOBER
- 2023 US Championships (Saint Louis, USA, 5-15 October)
- Fagesnes International Autumn (Fagernes, Norway, 8-15 October)
- Qatar Masters (Doha, Qatar, 11-20 October)
- CE Individual Absoluto 2023 (Marbella, Spain, 10 – 21 October)
- FIDE Grand Swiss (Isle of Man, 23 October – 5 November)
- 26. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft Tegernsee (Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany, 28 October – 05 November)
NOVEMBER
- Torneio Internacional da Figueira da Foz – Sabir Ali (Figueira da Foz, Portugal, 5-12 November)
- 2023 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz (Saint Louis, USA, 12-19 November)
- Sinquefield Cup (Saint Louis, USA, 19 November – 3 December)
- US Masters (Charlotte, NC, USA, 22-26 November)
- Turnir mira – Tournament of Peace 2023 (Zagreb, Croatia, 22-30 November)
- El Llobregat Open (Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain, 30 November – 8 December)
DECEMBER
- 2023 London Chess Classic (London, UK, 01-10 December)
- Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2023 (Gabala, Azerbaijan, 07-11 December)
- Champions Chess Tour Finals 2023 (Toronto, Canada, 09-16 December)
- Chessable Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival (Barselona, Spain, 12-22 December)
- European Rapid and Blitz Championships 2023 (Zagreb, Croatia, 14-16 December)
- Chennai Grand Masters 2023 (Chennai, India, 15-21 December)
- FIDE World Rapid Championship (Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 26-28 December)
- FIDE World Blitz Championship (Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 29-30 December)