The 2023 FIDE Circuit is a system comprising the top chess tournaments in 2023, which serves as a qualification path for the Candidates Tournament 2024. Players receive points based on their performance and the strength of the tournament. A player's final Circuit score is the sum of their five best results of the year. The winner of the Circuit qualifies for the Candidates Tournament 2024 in Toronto, Canada, the winner of which qualifies for the World Chess Championship 2024.[1][2][3][4][5]

Since the winner of the Circuit (Fabiano Caruana) had already qualified to the 2024 Candidates via the Chess World Cup 2023, the second-place finisher in the Circuit, Gukesh D, qualified to the 2024 Candidates.

Tournament eligibility

A FIDE-rated individual standard tournament is eligible for the Circuit if it meets the following criteria:[6]

  1. Finish in the 2023 calendar year.
  2. Has at least 8 players.
  3. Has at least 7 rounds (3 rounds for knockout events).
  4. The 8 highest-rated players have an average standard rating of at least 2550 at the start of tournament. This average is referred to as TAR (tournament average rating).
  5. Players represent at least 3 national federations.
  6. Not more than 50% of the 20 highest-rated players (or all players if fewer than 20) represent one federation.

The Circuit also includes the following tournaments:

  • National Championships that meet points 1 to 4 in above criteria.
  • World Rapid Championship.
  • World Blitz Championship.
  • Continental Rapid Championships.
  • Continental Blitz Championships.
  • Other Rapid and Blitz tournaments that meet the above criteria, except that the TAR must be at least 2700.

Points system

Event points

Circuit points obtained by a player from a tournament are calculated as follows:

where:

  • - Points obtained by player from the tournament
  • - Basic points
  • - Tournament strength factor, calculated as
  • - Tournament weighting
    • 1.0 - Standard classical tournaments
    • 0.8 - World Rapid Championships
    • 0.6 - World Blitz Championships and other Rapid tournaments
    • 0.5 - Mixed Rapid & Blitz tournaments
    • 0.4 - Blitz tournaments

Basic points

Basic points for a tournament are awarded if the players placed in (or tied for) the top 8, provided that the placing is within the top half of the tournament, or at least the third round for knockout tournaments.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

For tied positions, basic points are calculated as 50% of points for final ranking as determined by tournament's tie-break rules, plus 50% of the sum of basic points assigned for the tied places divided by the number of tied players. If no tie-break rule is applied, basic points are 100% shared equally among all tied players.

FIDE World Cup points

For FIDE World Cup 2023, points are given as above with the following modifications:

  • All losing quarterfinalists are given full 5 basic points.
  • Extra 2 points are added to final points of all top 8 finishers.

Player's total and ranking

A player's point total for the ranking is the sum of their best 5 tournaments,[7] of which at least 4 events must be played with standard time controls. Players without 5 such events (for example, Leinier Domínguez and Vidit Gujrathi) are not ranked. Tournaments that could be included in player's results are as follows:

  • Official FIDE tournaments.
  • National Championships.
  • Other eligible tournaments, limited to one event per host country.

Tournaments

Eligible tournaments as of 30 December 2023.[8]

2023 FIDE Circuit - Eligible Tournaments
Tournament Location Date Type TAR Winner
Indian Chess Championship India New Delhi 22 December 2022  3 January 2023 National 2564+14 India Karthik Venkataraman
Rilton Cup Sweden Stockholm 27 December 2022  5 January 2023 2567+58 India Pranesh M
Armenian Chess Championship Armenia Yerevan 13–21 January National 2574 Armenia Samvel Ter-Sahakyan
Azerbaijani Chess Championship Azerbaijan Baku 13–26 January National 2568+14 Azerbaijan Vasif Durarbayli
Tata Steel Masters Netherlands Wijk aan Zee 13–29 January 2770 Netherlands Anish Giri
Tata Steel Challengers Netherlands Wijk aan Zee 13–29 January 2633+14 Germany Alexander Donchenko
Floripa Open Brazil Florianópolis 23–29 January 2557+38 Argentina Alan Pichot
WR Chess Masters Germany Düsseldorf 15–26 February 2743+14 United States Levon Aronian
Open International de Cappelle la Grande France Cappelle-la-Grande 18–24 February 2564+14 India S. P. Sethuraman[9]
European Individual Chess Championship Serbia Vrnjačka Banja 3–13 March FIDE 2685+58 FIDE Alexey Sarana[lower-alpha 1]
Delhi Open India New Delhi 23–30 March 2579+78 India Aravindh Chithambaram
Reykjavik Open Iceland Reykjavík 29 March  4 April 2630+14 Sweden Nils Grandelius
Fagernes Chess International Norway Fagernes 2–9 April 2575+12 Turkey Vahap Şanal
International Mexican Open Chess Championship Mexico Mexico City 4–9 April 2568+58 Peru Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara
Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa Spain La Nucia 5–10 April 2585+38 Ukraine Yuri Solodovnichenko
The Spring Classic United States St. Louis 5–13 April 2634+34 Netherlands Benjamin Bok
Open Internacional Chess Menorca Spain Menorca 11–16 April 2660+12 India Gukesh D
Polish Chess Championship Poland Warsaw 12–20 April National 2604+78 Poland Bartosz Soćko
Sunway Formentera International Chess Festival Spain Formentera 18–28 April 2613+38 FIDE Vladimir Fedoseev
Kazakhstan Chess Cup Kazakhstan Astana 23–30 April 2635+38 Kazakhstan Aldiyar Ansat
Satty Zhuldyz Masters Kazakhstan Astana 24–25 April Rapid & Blitz 2707+14 United States Levon Aronian
Stepan Avagyan Memorial Armenia Jermuk 2–12 May 2656+14 United States Samuel Sevian
Capablanca Memorial Cuba Havana 3–11 May 2593+78 Denmark Jonas Buhl Bjerre
TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament Sweden Malmö 4–10 May 2674+58 FIDE Peter Svidler
Baku Open Azerbaijan Baku 4–12 May 2649+34 India Leon Luke Mendonca
GCT Superbet Chess Classic Romania Romania Bucharest 4–16 May 2768+38 United States Fabiano Caruana
American Continental Chess Championship Dominican Republic Juan Dolio 15–23 May FIDE 2602+12 Uruguay Georg Meier
Sharjah Masters United Arab Emirates Sharjah 16–26 May 2718+78 India Arjun Erigaisi
GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland Poland Warsaw 19–26 May Rapid & Blitz 2754+58 Norway Magnus Carlsen
Cherry Blossom Classic United States Dulles, Virginia 24–29 May 2572+18 Azerbaijan Vasif Durarbayli
FIDE Mikhail Antipov
Dubai Open United Arab Emirates Dubai 27 May  4 June 2681+12 India Aravindh Chithambaram
Norway Chess Open Norway Stavanger 27 May  3 June 2562+14 Sweden Platon Galperin
Norway Chess Blitz Norway Stavanger 27 May  3 June Blitz 2771+78 Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Norway Chess – Main Tournament Norway Stavanger 27 May  9 June 2771+78 United States Hikaru Nakamura[10]
Münchner Pfingst-Open Germany Munich 31 May  6 June 2567+14 FIDE Alexander Motylev[lower-alpha 1]
Asian Chess Championship Kazakhstan Almaty 4–11 June FIDE 2618 Uzbekistan Shamsiddin Vokhidov
Canadian Transnational Chess Championship Canada Montreal 6–11 June 2587+34 Latvia Toms Kantans
Teplice Open Czech Republic Teplice 10–18 June 2613+78 Germany Frederik Svane
The Las Vegas National Open United States Las Vegas 14–18 June 2607+18 Ukraine Illia Nyzhnyk
Azerbaijan Vasif Durarbayli
Cuba Yasser Quesada
FIDE Mikhail Antipov
Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial – Aktobe Open Classic Kazakhstan Aktobe 20–27 June 2597+14 Iran Bardiya Daneshvar
Prague International Chess Festival – Masters Czech Republic Prague 20–30 June 2697+78 United States Ray Robson
Prague International Chess Festival – Challengers Czech Republic Prague 20–30 June 2573+38 Poland Mateusz Bartel
Sparkassen Chess Trophy Germany Dortmund 24 June  2 July 2649+18 Germany Alexander Donchenko
Orillas de Mar Spain Adeje 25 June  2 July 2580 India Abhijeet Gupta
World Open United States Philadelphia 23 June  4 July 2608+12 United States Fidel Corrales Jimenez
Norwegian Chess Championship Norway Oslo 30 June  8 July National 2557+14 Norway Simen Agdestein
Dutch Chess Championship Netherlands Utrecht 2–9 July National 2630+78 Netherlands Anish Giri
GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia Croatia Zagreb 3–10 July Rapid & Blitz 2768+38 Norway Magnus Carlsen
International Open "Villa de Benasque" Spain Benasque 5–14 July 2628+78 China Bu Xiangzhi
International Chess Festival Astana Zhuldyzdary Kazakhstan Astana 11–18 July 2620+12 India Aditya Mittal
Geza Hetenyi Memorial Hungary Budapest 11–19 July 2691+34 India R Praggnanandhaa
Romania Grand Prix Brașov Romania Brașov 18–26 July 2564+58 Italy Luca Moroni, Jr.
Biel Grandmaster Triathlon (classical part) Switzerland Biel/Bienne 18–26 July 2699+18 Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm
Biel Master Tournament Switzerland Biel/Bienne 17–27 July 2603+34 China Bu Xiangzhi
Paleochora International Chess Tournament Greece Kantanos-Selino 19–26 July 2555+14 China Bai Jinshi
Uralsk Open Kazakhstan Oral 21–28 July 2596+58 United States Hans Niemann
International Chess Cup of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI Morocco Rabat 14–19 August 2643+18 Lithuania Paulius Pultinevičius
FIDE World Cup Azerbaijan Baku 30 July  24 August FIDE 2777+14 Norway Magnus Carlsen
Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 16–24 August 2672+12 Slovenia Vladimir Fedoseev
French Chess Championship France Alpe d'Huez 18–27 August National 2599+14 France Yannick Gozzoli
Open Internacional de Sants-Ciutat de Barcelona Spain Barcelona 18–27 August 2572+38 Norway Elham Amar
Maia Chess Open Portugal Maia 25 August  2 September 2554+38 Israel Victor Mikhalevski
Tata Steel Chess India Rapid India Kolkata 5–7 September Rapid 2729+34 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Tata Steel Chess India Blitz India Kolkata 8–9 September Blitz 2729+34 FIDE Alexander Grischuk[lower-alpha 1]
Levitov Chess Week Netherlands Amsterdam 22–26 September Rapid 2735+58 FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi[lower-alpha 1]
Asian Games Individual China Hangzhou 23–27 September Rapid 2701+14 China Wei Yi
Tsaghkadzor Open Armenia Tsaghkadzor 19–28 September 2580+14 India Abhimanyu Puranik
World Junior Championship Mexico Mexico City 21 September – 1 October FIDE 2572+34 France Marc'Andria Maurizzi
Yerevan Open Armenia Yerevan 29 September – 7 October 2555+78 Armenia Karen H. Grigoryan
Russian Championship Russia St Petersburg 1–12 October National 2650 FIDE Vladislav Artemiev[lower-alpha 1]
US Chess Championship United States St. Louis 5–15 October National 2726+34 United States Fabiano Caruana
Fagernes International Autumn Norway Fagernes 8–15 October 2567+12 Denmark Mads Andersen
Qatar Masters Qatar Doha 11–20 October 2747+38 Uzbekistan Nodirbek Yakubboev
Spanish Championship Spain Marbella 10–21 October National 2563+12 Spain Eduardo Iturrizaga
FIDE Grand Swiss Isle of Man Douglas, Isle of Man 23 October  5 November FIDE 2761+58 India Vidit Gujrathi
Bavarian Open Germany Tegernsee 28 October  5 November 2562+12 Czech Republic Jiří Štoček
Torneio Internacional da Figueira da Foz Portugal Figueira da Foz 5–12 November 2562+78 Cuba Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera
GCT St. Louis Rapid and Blitz United States St. Louis 12–19 November Rapid & Blitz 2751 United States Fabiano Caruana
Sinquefield Cup United States St. Louis 21–30 November 2759+14 United States Fabiano Caruana
US Masters United States Charlotte 22–26 November 2594+78 FIDE Mikhail Antipov
Tournament of Peace Croatia Zagreb 22–30 November 2625+34 United States Hans Niemann
El Llobregat Open Spain Sant Boi de Llobregat 30 November  8 December 2658 India S. L. Narayanan
London Chess Classic United Kingdom London 1–10 December 2674+58 England Michael Adams
Gashimov Memorial Azerbaijan Gabala 7–11 December Rapid & Blitz 2703+78 India Vidit Gujrathi
Champions Chess Tour Finals Canada Toronto 9–16 December Rapid 2743+78 Norway Magnus Carlsen
European Rapid Championship Croatia Zagreb 14–15 December Rapid
FIDE
2674+14 Serbia Alexey Sarana
European Blitz Championship Croatia Zagreb 16 December Blitz
FIDE
2674+14 Czech Republic David Navara
Sunway Chess Festival Spain Sitges 12–22 December 2646 India Abhimanyu Puranik
Chennai Grand Masters India Chennai 15–21 December 2711+38 India Gukesh D
World Rapid Championship Uzbekistan Samarkand 26–28 December Rapid
FIDE
2763+14 Norway Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Championship Uzbekistan Samarkand 29–30 December Blitz
FIDE
2763+14 Norway Magnus Carlsen

Rankings

At the end of 2023, the best player in the Circuit not yet qualified through other means (previous Championship, Chess World Cup, or Grand Swiss) will qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament, provided that they have played 5 eligible tournaments, including at least 4 in standard time controls.

Top 20 as of 30 December 2023[8]
No. Player Points 1 2 3 4 5
1 United States Fabiano Caruana[lower-alpha 2] 118.61 Romania GCT Romania
1st – 26.84
Norway Stavanger (Main)
2nd – 21.75
FIDE World Cup
3rd – 21.41
United States US Championship
1st – 22.68
United States St Louis
1st – 25.93
2 India Gukesh D 87.36 Germany Düsseldorf
T 2nd-3rd – 19.26
United Arab Emirates Sharjah
3rd – 13.13
Norway Stavanger (Main)
3rd – 19.03
FIDE World Cup
QF – 15.86
India Chennai
1st – 20.08
3 Netherlands Anish Giri 84.31 Netherlands Wijk aan Zee (Masters)
1st – 27.00
Romania GCT Romania
T 2nd-5th – 17.44
Norway Stavanger (Main)
4th – 16.31
Netherlands Dutch Nationals
1st – 13.09
FIDE Grand Swiss
7th – 10.47
4 United States Wesley So 83.40 Netherlands Wijk aan Zee (Masters)
4th – 16.20
Germany Düsseldorf
4th – 14.60
Romania GCT Romania
T 2nd-5th – 17.44
United States US Championship
2nd – 17.01
United States St Louis
3rd – 18.15
5 India Arjun Erigaisi 81.24 United Arab Emirates Sharjah
1st – 21.89
FIDE World Cup
QF – 15.86
Qatar Doha
T 3rd-8th – 11.13
FIDE Grand Swiss
4th – 14.39
India Chennai
2nd – 17.97
-[lower-alpha 3] Norway Magnus Carlsen[lower-alpha 4] 71.30 Netherlands Wijk aan Zee (Masters)
T 2nd-3rd – 20.25
Norway Stavanger (Main)
6th – 0.00
FIDE World Cup
1st – 29.73
Qatar Doha
16th – 0.00
FIDE World Rapid
1st – 21.06
-[lower-alpha 3] United States Hikaru Nakamura[lower-alpha 5] 59.25 Norway Stavanger (Main)
1st – 27.19
FIDE World Cup
R4 – 0.00
Qatar Doha
T 3rd-8th – 11.13
FIDE Grand Swiss
2nd – 20.93
6 Iran Amin Tabatabaei 56.14 Netherlands Wijk aan Zee (Challengers)
4th – 8.00
Armenia Jermuk
3rd – 10.55
United Arab Emirates Sharjah
7th – 8.76
Hungary Budapest
2nd – 14.86
United Kingdom London
2nd – 13.97
7 India R Praggnanandhaa[lower-alpha 6] 54.79 Germany Düsseldorf
T 5th-10th – 2.03
Hungary Budapest
1st – 19.18
FIDE World Cup
2nd – 24.18
India Tata Steel India (Rapid)
3rd – 8.96
FIDE Grand Swiss
T 9th-13th – 0.44
8 Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov 54.63 Netherlands Wijk aan Zee (Masters)
T 2nd-3rd – 20.25
Germany Düsseldorf
T 5th-10th – 2.03
Norway Stavanger (Blitz)
1st – 10.88
Qatar Doha
2nd – 21.03
FIDE Grand Swiss
T 9th-13th – 0.44
-[lower-alpha 3] United States Leinier Domínguez 52.47 FIDE World Cup
QF – 15.86
United States US Championship
3rd – 15.87
United States St Louis
2nd – 20.74
Spain Sitges
209th[lower-alpha 7] – 0.00
-[lower-alpha 3] India Vidit Gujrathi[lower-alpha 8] 52.21 United Arab Emirates Sharjah
47th – 0.00
FIDE World Cup
QF – 15.86
FIDE Grand Swiss
1st – 26.16
Azerbaijan Gabala
1st – 10.19
-[lower-alpha 3] United States Samuel Sevian 49.17 United States St. Louis (Spring)
2nd – 10.24
Armenia Jermuk
1st – 15.63
United Arab Emirates Sharjah
2nd – 14.23
United States US Championship
5th – 9.07
FIDE Grand Swiss
22nd – 0.00
9 United States Hans Niemann 46.85 Spain Menorca
6th – 6.82
United Arab Emirates Sharjah
6th – 9.85
Kazakhstan Uralsk
1st – 9.66
United States US Championship
6th – 7.94
Croatia Zagreb
1st – 12.58
10 Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov 46.25 Netherlands Wijk aan Zee (Challengers)
3rd – 9.33
United Arab Emirates Dubai
2nd – 14.29
China Hangzhou
3rd – 8.45
Qatar Doha
T 3rd-8th – 11.13
FIDE Grand Swiss
8th – 3.05
-[lower-alpha 3] Slovenia Vladimir Fedoseev 44.30 FIDE World Cup
R3 – 0.00
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
1st – 16.39
FIDE Grand Swiss
26th – 0.00
Spain Sant Boi de Llobregat
3rd – 11.06
FIDE World Rapid
2nd – 16.85
-[lower-alpha 3] United States Levon Aronian 41.90 Netherlands Wijk aan Zee (Masters)
T 7th-8th – 4.05
Germany Düsseldorf
1st – 22.30
Kazakhstan Satty Zhuldyz
1st – 10.36
United States US Championship
8th – 0.00
United States St Louis
6th – 5.19
11 Germany Vincent Keymer 40.88 Germany Düsseldorf
T 5th-10th – 2.03
Kazakhstan Satty Zhuldyz
6th – 4.40
Czech Republic Prague
T 4th-7th – 5.44
Switzerland Biel
2nd – 15.93
FIDE Grand Swiss
5th – 13.08
-[lower-alpha 3] FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 9] 38.59 Germany Düsseldorf
T 2nd-3rd – 19.26
Romania GCT Romania
9th – 0.00
FIDE World Cup
R5 – 0.00
Netherlands Amsterdam
1st – 14.14
United States St Louis
4th – 5.19
12 Armenia Haik M. Martirosyan 38.44 Armenia Jermuk
4th – 9.77
United Arab Emirates Sharjah
5th – 10.94
Czech Republic Prague (Masters)
T 4th-7th – 5.44
Spain Benasque
6th – 4.19
FIDE European Championship (Rapid)
2nd – 8.10
  •  : Player qualified for Candidates Tournament 2024 via another path.
  •  : Player qualified for Candidates Tournament 2024 via this path.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.[11]
  2. Qualified for the Candidates Tournament by finishing third in the World Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ineligible for ranking due to minimum events criteria
  4. Qualified for the Candidates Tournament by winning the World Cup
  5. Qualified for the Candidates Tournament by finishing second in the Grand Swiss
  6. Qualified for the Candidates Tournament by finishing second in the World Cup
  7. Dominguez withdrew halfway through the event
  8. Qualified for the Candidates Tournament by winning the Grand Swiss
  9. Qualified for the Candidates Tournament by finishing second in the 2023 World Championship

References

  1. "FIDE revamp Candidates qualification system". chess24.com. 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  2. McGourty, Colin (1 March 2023). "March 2023 FIDE Ratings: Gukesh & Aronian rise, Karjakin out". chess24.com. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  3. "FIDE reforms the qualifications paths to the Candidates Tournament". chessbase.com. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  4. Levin, Anthony (28 March 2023). "FIDE Candidates, Women's Candidates 2024 To Be Held In Toronto". chess.com. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  5. "ACP Statement Concerning the FIDE Circuit and Changes to the World Championship Cycle". Association of Chess Professionals. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  6. Regulations for FIDE Circuit 2023
  7. Shah, Sagar (14 August 2023). "Is an Indian confirmed to play at the FIDE Candidates 2024?". chessbase.in. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  8. 1 2 "FIDE Circuit". fide.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  9. "FIDE Circuit Leaderboard: Wesley So takes the lead". chessbase.com. 1 March 2023.
  10. "Hikaru Nakamura wins Norway Chess 2023". FIDE. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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