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The 2023 FIDE Circuit was 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 Tournament via the Chess World Cup 2023, the second-place finisher in the Circuit, Gukesh Dommaraju, 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:

P=B×k×w

where:

  • P - Points obtained by player from the tournament
  • B - Basic points
  • k - Tournament strength factor, calculated as k=(TAR2500)/100
  • w - 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 Template:Flagicon New Delhi 22 December 2022Template:Snd 3 January 2023 National Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Karthik Venkataraman
Rilton Cup Template:Flagicon Stockholm 27 December 2022Template:Snd 5 January 2023 Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Pranesh M
Armenian Chess Championship Template:Flagicon Yerevan 13–21 January National 2574 Template:Flagicon Samvel Ter-Sahakyan
Azerbaijani Chess Championship Template:Flagicon Baku 13–26 January National Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Vasif Durarbayli
Tata Steel Masters Template:Flagicon Wijk aan Zee 13–29 January 2770 Template:Flagicon Anish Giri
Tata Steel Challengers Template:Flagicon Wijk aan Zee 13–29 January Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Alexander Donchenko
Floripa Open Template:Flagicon Florianópolis 23–29 January Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Alan Pichot
WR Chess Masters Template:Flagicon Düsseldorf 15–26 February Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Levon Aronian
Open International de Cappelle la Grande Template:Flagicon Cappelle-la-Grande 18–24 February Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon S. P. Sethuraman[9]
European Individual Chess Championship Template:Flagicon Vrnjačka Banja 3–13 March Continental
FIDE
Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Alexey SaranaTemplate:Efn
Delhi Open Template:Flagicon New Delhi 23–30 March Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Aravindh Chithambaram
Reykjavik Open Template:Flagicon Reykjavík 29 MarchTemplate:Snd 4 April Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Nils Grandelius
Fagernes Chess International Template:Flagicon Fagernes 2–9 April Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Vahap Şanal
International Mexican Open Chess Championship Template:Flagicon Mexico City 4–9 April Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara
Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa Template:Flagicon La Nucia 5–10 April Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Yuri Solodovnichenko
The Spring Classic Template:Flagicon St. Louis 5–13 April Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Benjamin Bok
Open Internacional Chess Menorca Template:Flagicon Menorca 11–16 April Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Gukesh Dommaraju
Polish Chess Championship Template:Flagicon Warsaw 12–20 April National Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Bartosz Soćko
Sunway Formentera International Chess Festival Template:Flagicon Formentera 18–28 April Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Vladimir Fedoseev
Kazakhstan Chess Cup Template:Flagicon Astana 23–30 April Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Aldiyar Ansat
Satty Zhuldyz Masters Template:Flagicon Astana 24–25 April Rapid & Blitz Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Levon Aronian
Stepan Avagyan Memorial Template:Flagicon Jermuk 2–12 May Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Samuel Sevian
Capablanca Memorial Template:Flagicon Havana 3–11 May Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Jonas Buhl Bjerre
TePe Sigeman & Co chess tournament Template:Flagicon Malmö 4–10 May Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Peter Svidler
Baku Open Template:Flagicon Baku 4–12 May Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Leon Luke Mendonca
GCT Superbet Chess Classic Romania Template:Flagicon Bucharest 4–16 May Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Fabiano Caruana
American Continental Chess Championship Template:Flagicon Juan Dolio 15–23 May Continental
FIDE
Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Georg Meier
Sharjah Masters Template:Flagicon Sharjah 16–26 May Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Arjun Erigaisi
GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland Template:Flagicon Warsaw 19–26 May Rapid & Blitz Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Magnus Carlsen
Cherry Blossom Classic Template:Flagicon Dulles, Virginia 24–29 May Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Vasif Durarbayli
Template:Flagicon Mikhail Antipov
Norway Chess Open Template:Flagicon Stavanger 27 MayTemplate:Snd 3 June Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Platon Galperin
Norway Chess Blitz Template:Flagicon Stavanger 27 MayTemplate:Snd 3 June Blitz Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Dubai Open Template:Flagicon Dubai 27 MayTemplate:Snd 4 June Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Aravindh Chithambaram
Norway Chess – Main Tournament Template:Flagicon Stavanger 27 MayTemplate:Snd 9 June Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Hikaru Nakamura[10]
Münchner Pfingst-Open Template:Flagicon Munich 31 MayTemplate:Snd 6 June Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Alexander MotylevTemplate:Efn
Asian Continental Men Blitz Chess Championship Template:Flagicon Almaty 3 June Blitz
Continental
FIDE
Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Arystan Isanzhulov
Asian Chess Championship Template:Flagicon Almaty 4–11 June Continental
FIDE
2618 Template:Flagicon Shamsiddin Vokhidov
Canadian Transnational Chess Championship Template:Flagicon Montreal 6–11 June Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Toms Kantans
Teplice Open Template:Flagicon Teplice 10–18 June Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Frederik Svane
The Las Vegas National Open Template:Flagicon Las Vegas 14–18 June Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Illia Nyzhnyk
Template:Flagicon Vasif Durarbayli
Template:Flagicon Yasser Quesada
Template:Flagicon Mikhail Antipov
Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial – Aktobe Open Classic Template:Flagicon Aktobe 20–27 June Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Bardiya Daneshvar
Prague Masters Template:Flagicon Prague 20–30 June Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Ray Robson
Prague Challengers Template:Flagicon Prague 20–30 June Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Mateusz Bartel
World Open Template:Flagicon Philadelphia 23 JuneTemplate:Snd 4 July Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Fidel Corrales Jimenez
Sparkassen Chess Trophy Template:Flagicon Dortmund 24 JuneTemplate:Snd 2 July Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Alexander Donchenko
Orillas de Mar Template:Flagicon Adeje 25 JuneTemplate:Snd 2 July 2580 Template:Flagicon Abhijeet Gupta
Norwegian Chess Championship Template:Flagicon Oslo 30 JuneTemplate:Snd 8 July National Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Simen Agdestein
Dutch Chess Championship Template:Flagicon Utrecht 2–9 July National Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Anish Giri
GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia Template:Flagicon Zagreb 3–10 July Rapid & Blitz Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Magnus Carlsen
International Open "Villa de Benasque" Template:Flagicon Benasque 5–14 July Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Bu Xiangzhi
International Chess Festival Astana Zhuldyzdary Template:Flagicon Astana 11–18 July Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Aditya Mittal
Geza Hetenyi Memorial Template:Flagicon Budapest 11–19 July Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon R Praggnanandhaa
Biel Master Tournament Template:Flagicon Biel/Bienne 17–27 July Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Bu Xiangzhi
Biel Grandmaster Triathlon (classical part) Template:Flagicon Biel/Bienne 18–26 July Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Lê Quang Liêm
Romania Grand Prix Brașov Template:Flagicon Brașov 18–26 July Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Luca Moroni
Paleochora International Chess Tournament Template:Flagicon Kantanos-Selino 19–26 July Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Bai Jinshi
Uralsk Open Template:Flagicon Oral 21–28 July Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Hans Niemann
FIDE World Cup Template:Flagicon Baku 30 JulyTemplate:Snd 24 August FIDE Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Magnus Carlsen
International Chess Cup of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI Template:Flagicon Rabat 14–19 August Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Paulius Pultinevičius
Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival Template:Flagicon Abu Dhabi 16–24 August Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Vladimir Fedoseev
French Chess Championship Template:Flagicon Alpe d'Huez 18–27 August National Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Yannick Gozzoli
Open Internacional de Sants-Ciutat de Barcelona Template:Flagicon Barcelona 18–27 August Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Elham Amar
Maia Chess Open Template:Flagicon Maia 25 AugustTemplate:Snd 2 September Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Victor Mikhalevski
Tata Steel Chess India Rapid Template:Flagicon Kolkata 5–7 September Rapid Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Tata Steel Chess India Blitz Template:Flagicon Kolkata 8–9 September Blitz Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Alexander GrischukTemplate:Efn
Tsaghkadzor Open Template:Flagicon Tsaghkadzor 19–28 September Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Abhimanyu Puranik
World Junior Championship Template:Flagicon Mexico City 21 September – 1 October FIDE Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Marc'Andria Maurizzi
Levitov Chess Week Template:Flagicon Amsterdam 22–26 September Rapid Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Ian NepomniachtchiTemplate:Efn
Asian Games Individual Template:Flagicon Hangzhou 23–27 September Rapid Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Wei Yi
Yerevan Open Template:Flagicon Yerevan 29 September – 7 October Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Karen H. Grigoryan
Russian Championship Template:Flagicon St Petersburg 1–12 October National 2650 Template:Flagicon Vladislav ArtemievTemplate:Efn
US Chess Championship Template:Flagicon St. Louis 5–15 October National Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Fabiano Caruana
Fagernes International Autumn Template:Flagicon Fagernes 8–15 October Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Mads Andersen
Spanish Championship Template:Flagicon Marbella 10–21 October National Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Eduardo Iturrizaga
Qatar Masters Template:Flagicon Doha 11–20 October Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Nodirbek Yakubboev
FIDE Grand Swiss Template:Flagicon Douglas, Isle of Man 23 OctoberTemplate:Snd 5 November FIDE Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Vidit Gujrathi
Bavarian Open Template:Flagicon Tegernsee 28 OctoberTemplate:Snd 5 November Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Jiří Štoček
Torneio Internacional da Figueira da Foz Template:Flagicon Figueira da Foz 5–12 November Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera
GCT St. Louis Rapid and Blitz Template:Flagicon St. Louis 12–19 November Rapid & Blitz 2751 Template:Flagicon Fabiano Caruana
Sinquefield Cup Template:Flagicon St. Louis 21–30 November Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Fabiano Caruana
U.S. Masters Template:Flagicon Charlotte 22–26 November Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Mikhail Antipov
Tournament of Peace Template:Flagicon Zagreb 22–30 November Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Hans Niemann
El Llobregat Open Template:Flagicon Sant Boi de Llobregat 30 NovemberTemplate:Snd 8 December 2658 Template:Flagicon S. L. Narayanan
London Chess Classic Template:Flagicon London 1–10 December Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Michael Adams
Gashimov Memorial Template:Flagicon Gabala 7–11 December Rapid & Blitz Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Vidit Gujrathi
Champions Chess Tour Finals Template:Flagicon Toronto 9–16 December Rapid Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Magnus Carlsen
Sunway Chess Festival Template:Flagicon Sitges 12–22 December 2646 Template:Flagicon Abhimanyu Puranik
European Rapid Championship Template:Flagicon Zagreb 14–15 December Rapid
Continental
FIDE
Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Alexey Sarana
Chennai Grand Masters Template:Flagicon Chennai 15–21 December Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Gukesh Dommaraju
European Blitz Championship Template:Flagicon Zagreb 16 December Blitz
Continental
FIDE
Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon David Navara
World Rapid Championship Template:Flagicon Samarkand 26–28 December Rapid
FIDE
Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Championship Template:Flagicon Samarkand 29–30 December Blitz
FIDE
Template:Fraction Template:Flagicon Magnus Carlsen

Final rankings

Final 2023 rankings[8]
No. Player Points 1 2 3 4 5
1 Template:Flagicon Fabiano CaruanaTemplate:Efn 118.61 Template:Flagicon GCT Romania
1st – 26.84
Template:Flagicon Stavanger (Main)
2nd – 21.75
Template:Flagicon World Cup
3rd – 21.41
Template:Flagicon US Championship
1st – 22.68
Template:Flagicon St Louis
1st – 25.93
2 Template:Flagicon Gukesh Dommaraju 87.36 Template:Flagicon Düsseldorf
T 2nd-3rd – 19.26
Template:Flagicon Sharjah
3rd – 13.13
Template:Flagicon Stavanger (Main)
3rd – 19.03
Template:Flagicon World Cup
QF – 15.86
Template:Flagicon Chennai
1st – 20.08
3 Template:Flagicon Anish Giri 84.31 Template:Flagicon Wijk aan Zee (Masters)
1st – 27.00
Template:Flagicon GCT Romania
T 2nd-5th – 17.44
Template:Flagicon Stavanger (Main)
4th – 16.31
Template:Flagicon Dutch Championship
1st – 13.09
Template:Flagicon Grand Swiss
7th – 10.47
4 Template:Flagicon Wesley So 83.40 Template:Flagicon Wijk aan Zee (Masters)
4th – 16.20
Template:Flagicon Düsseldorf
4th – 14.60
Template:Flagicon GCT Romania
T 2nd-5th – 17.44
Template:Flagicon US Championship
2nd – 17.01
Template:Flagicon St Louis
3rd – 18.15
5 Template:Flagicon Arjun Erigaisi 81.24 Template:Flagicon Sharjah
1st – 21.89
Template:Flagicon World Cup
QF – 15.86
Template:Flagicon Doha
T 3rd-8th – 11.13
Template:Flagicon Grand Swiss
4th – 14.39
Template:Flagicon Chennai
2nd – 17.97
-Template:Efn Template:Flagicon Magnus CarlsenTemplate:Efn 71.04 Template:Flagicon Wijk aan Zee (Masters)
T 2nd-3rd – 20.25
Template:Flagicon Stavanger (Main)
6th – 0.00
Template:Flagicon World Cup
1st – 29.73
Template:Flagicon Doha
T 9th-22th – 0.00
Template:Flagicon World Rapid
1st – 21.06
-Template:Efn Template:Flagicon Hikaru NakamuraTemplate:Efn 59.25 Template:Flagicon Stavanger (Main)
1st – 27.19
Template:Flagicon World Cup
R4 – 0.00
Template:Flagicon Doha
T 3rd-8th – 11.13
Template:Flagicon Grand Swiss
2nd – 20.93
6 Template:Flagicon Amin Tabatabaei 56.14 Template:Flagicon Wijk aan Zee (Challengers)
4th – 8.00
Template:Flagicon Jermuk
3rd – 10.55
Template:Flagicon Sharjah
7th – 8.76
Template:Flagicon Budapest
2nd – 14.86
Template:Flagicon London
2nd – 13.97
7 Template:Flagicon R PraggnanandhaaTemplate:Efn 54.79 Template:Flagicon Düsseldorf
T 5th-10th – 2.03
Template:Flagicon Budapest
1st – 19.18
Template:Flagicon World Cup
2nd – 24.18
Template:Flagicon Tata Steel India (Rapid)
3rd – 8.96
Template:Flagicon Grand Swiss
13th – 0.44 (T 8th-13th)
8 Template:Flagicon Nodirbek Abdusattorov 54.63 Template:Flagicon Wijk aan Zee (Masters)
T 2nd-3rd – 20.25
Template:Flagicon Düsseldorf
T 5th-10th – 2.03
Template:Flagicon Stavanger (Blitz)
1st – 10.88
Template:Flagicon Doha
2nd – 21.03
Template:Flagicon Grand Swiss
12th – 0.44 (T 8th-13th)
-Template:Efn Template:Flagicon Leinier Domínguez 52.47 Template:Flagicon World Cup
QF – 15.86
Template:Flagicon US Championship
3rd – 15.87
Template:Flagicon St Louis
2nd – 20.74
Template:Flagicon Sitges
209thTemplate:Efn – 0.00
-Template:Efn Template:Flagicon Vidit GujrathiTemplate:Efn 52.21 Template:Flagicon Sharjah
47th – 0.00
Template:Flagicon World Cup
QF – 15.86
Template:Flagicon Grand Swiss
1st – 26.16
Template:Flagicon Gabala
1st – 10.19
-Template:Efn Template:Flagicon Samuel Sevian 49.17 Template:Flagicon St. Louis (Spring)
2nd – 10.24
Template:Flagicon Jermuk
1st – 15.63
Template:Flagicon Sharjah
2nd – 14.23
Template:Flagicon US Championship
5th – 9.07
Template:Flagicon Grand Swiss
22nd – 0.00
9 Template:Flagicon Hans Niemann 46.85 Template:Flagicon Menorca
6th – 6.82
Template:Flagicon Sharjah
6th – 9.85
Template:Flagicon Uralsk
1st – 9.66
Template:Flagicon US Championship
6th – 7.94
Template:Flagicon Zagreb
1st – 12.58
10 Template:Flagicon Javokhir Sindarov 46.25 Template:Flagicon Wijk aan Zee (Challengers)
3rd – 9.33
Template:Flagicon Dubai
2nd – 14.29
Template:Flagicon Hangzhou
3rd – 8.45
Template:Flagicon Doha
T 3rd-8th – 11.13
Template:Flagicon Grand Swiss
8th – 3.05
-Template:Efn Template:Flagicon Vladimir Fedoseev 44.30 Template:Flagicon World Cup
R3 – 0.00
Template:Flagicon Abu Dhabi
1st – 16.39
Template:Flagicon Grand Swiss
26th – 0.00
Template:Flagicon Sant Boi de Llobregat
3rd – 11.06
Template:Flagicon World Rapid
2nd – 16.85
-Template:Efn Template:Flagicon Levon Aronian 41.90 Template:Flagicon Wijk aan Zee (Masters)
T 7th-8th – 4.05
Template:Flagicon Düsseldorf
1st – 22.30
Template:Flagicon Satty Zhuldyz
1st – 10.36
Template:Flagicon St Louis
6th – 5.19 (T 4th-6th)
Template:Flagicon Chennai
5th – 0.00
11 Template:Flagicon Vincent Keymer 40.88 Template:Flagicon Düsseldorf
T 5th-10th – 2.03
Template:Flagicon Satty Zhuldyz
6th – 4.40
Template:Flagicon Prague (Masters)
T 4th-7th – 5.44
Template:Flagicon Biel/Bienne
2nd – 15.93
Template:Flagicon Grand Swiss
5th – 13.08
-Template:Efn Template:Flagicon Ian NepomniachtchiTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn 38.59 Template:Flagicon Düsseldorf
T 2nd-3rd – 19.26
Template:Flagicon GCT Romania
9th – 0.00
Template:Flagicon World Cup
R5 – 0.00
Template:Flagicon Amsterdam
1st – 14.14
Template:Flagicon St Louis
4th – 5.19 (T 4th-6th)
12 Template:Flagicon Haik M. Martirosyan 38.44 Template:Flagicon Jermuk
4th – 9.77
Template:Flagicon Sharjah
5th – 10.94
Template:Flagicon Prague (Masters)
T 4th-7th – 5.44
Template:Flagicon Benasque
6th – 4.19
Template:Flagicon European Rapid
2nd – 8.10

Notes

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References

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See also