2023 FIDE Circuit
2023 FIDE Circuit | |
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Duration | 22 December 2022 – 30 December 2023 |
Seasons | |
2024 → |
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 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]
- Finish in the 2023 calendar year.
- Has at least 8 players.
- Has at least 7 rounds (3 rounds for knockout events).
- 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).
- Players represent at least 3 national federations.
- 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 |
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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]
Tournament | Location | Date | Type | TAR | Winner |
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Indian Chess Championship | ![]() | 22 December 2022 – 3 January 2023 | National | 2564+1⁄4 | ![]() |
Rilton Cup | ![]() | 27 December 2022 – 5 January 2023 | 2567+5⁄8 | ![]() | |
Armenian Chess Championship | ![]() | 13–21 January | National | 2574 | ![]() |
Azerbaijani Chess Championship | ![]() | 13–26 January | National | 2568+1⁄4 | ![]() |
Tata Steel Masters | ![]() | 13–29 January | 2770 | ![]() | |
Tata Steel Challengers | ![]() | 13–29 January | 2633+1⁄4 | ![]() | |
Floripa Open | ![]() | 23–29 January | 2557+3⁄8 | ![]() | |
WR Chess Masters | ![]() | 15–26 February | 2743+1⁄4 | ![]() | |
Open International de Cappelle la Grande | ![]() | 18–24 February | 2564+1⁄4 | ![]() | |
European Individual Chess Championship | ![]() | 3–13 March | FIDE | 2685+5⁄8 | ![]() |
Delhi Open | ![]() | 23–30 March | 2579+7⁄8 | ![]() | |
Reykjavik Open | ![]() | 29 March – 4 April | 2630+1⁄4 | ![]() | |
Fagernes Chess International | ![]() | 2–9 April | 2575+1⁄2 | ![]() | |
International Mexican Open Chess Championship | ![]() | 4–9 April | 2568+5⁄8 | ![]() | |
Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa | ![]() | 5–10 April | 2585+3⁄8 | ![]() | |
The Spring Classic | ![]() | 5–13 April | 2634+3⁄4 | ![]() | |
Open Internacional Chess Menorca | ![]() | 11–16 April | 2660+1⁄2 | ![]() | |
Polish Chess Championship | ![]() | 12–20 April | National | 2604+7⁄8 | ![]() |
Sunway Formentera International Chess Festival | ![]() | 18–28 April | 2613+3⁄8 | ![]() | |
Kazakhstan Chess Cup | ![]() | 23–30 April | 2635+3⁄8 | ![]() | |
Satty Zhuldyz Masters | ![]() | 24–25 April | Rapid & Blitz | 2707+1⁄4 | ![]() |
Stepan Avagyan Memorial | ![]() | 2–12 May | 2656+1⁄4 | ![]() | |
Capablanca Memorial | ![]() | 3–11 May | 2593+7⁄8 | ![]() | |
TePe Sigeman & Co chess tournament | ![]() | 4–10 May | 2674+5⁄8 | ![]() | |
Baku Open | ![]() | 4–12 May | 2649+3⁄4 | ![]() | |
GCT Superbet Chess Classic Romania | ![]() | 4–16 May | 2768+3⁄8 | ![]() | |
American Continental Chess Championship | ![]() | 15–23 May | FIDE | 2602+1⁄2 | ![]() |
Sharjah Masters | ![]() | 16–26 May | 2718+7⁄8 | ![]() | |
GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland | ![]() | 19–26 May | Rapid & Blitz | 2754+5⁄8 | ![]() |
Cherry Blossom Classic | ![]() | 24–29 May | 2572+1⁄8 | ![]() ![]() | |
Norway Chess Open | ![]() | 27 May – 3 June | 2562+1⁄4 | ![]() | |
Norway Chess Blitz | ![]() | 27 May – 3 June | Blitz | 2771+7⁄8 | ![]() |
Dubai Open | ![]() | 27 May – 4 June | 2681+1⁄2 | ![]() | |
Norway Chess – Main Tournament | ![]() | 27 May – 9 June | 2771+7⁄8 | ![]() | |
Münchner Pfingst-Open | ![]() | 31 May – 6 June | 2567+1⁄4 | ![]() | |
Asian Chess Championship | ![]() | 4–11 June | FIDE | 2618 | ![]() |
Canadian Transnational Chess Championship | ![]() | 6–11 June | 2587+3⁄4 | ![]() | |
Teplice Open | ![]() | 10–18 June | 2613+7⁄8 | ![]() | |
The Las Vegas National Open | ![]() | 14–18 June | 2607+1⁄8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
Vladimir Dvorkovich Memorial – Aktobe Open Classic | ![]() | 20–27 June | 2597+1⁄4 | ![]() | |
Prague International Chess Festival – Masters | ![]() | 20–30 June | 2697+7⁄8 | ![]() | |
Prague International Chess Festival – Challengers | ![]() | 20–30 June | 2573+3⁄8 | ![]() | |
World Open | ![]() | 23 June – 4 July | 2608+1⁄2 | ![]() | |
Sparkassen Chess Trophy | ![]() | 24 June – 2 July | 2649+1⁄8 | ![]() | |
Orillas de Mar | ![]() | 25 June – 2 July | 2580 | ![]() | |
Norwegian Chess Championship | ![]() | 30 June – 8 July | National | 2557+1⁄4 | ![]() |
Dutch Chess Championship | ![]() | 2–9 July | National | 2630+7⁄8 | ![]() |
GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia | ![]() | 3–10 July | Rapid & Blitz | 2768+3⁄8 | ![]() |
International Open "Villa de Benasque" | ![]() | 5–14 July | 2628+7⁄8 | ![]() | |
International Chess Festival Astana Zhuldyzdary | ![]() | 11–18 July | 2620+1⁄2 | ![]() | |
Geza Hetenyi Memorial | ![]() | 11–19 July | 2691+3⁄4 | ![]() | |
Biel Master Tournament | ![]() | 17–27 July | 2603+3⁄4 | ![]() | |
Biel Grandmaster Triathlon (classical part) | ![]() | 18–26 July | 2699+1⁄8 | ![]() | |
Romania Grand Prix Brașov | ![]() | 18–26 July | 2564+5⁄8 | ![]() | |
Paleochora International Chess Tournament | ![]() | 19–26 July | 2555+1⁄4 | ![]() | |
Uralsk Open | ![]() | 21–28 July | 2596+5⁄8 | ![]() | |
FIDE World Cup | ![]() | 30 July – 24 August | FIDE | 2777+1⁄4 | ![]() |
International Chess Cup of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI | ![]() | 14–19 August | 2643+1⁄8 | ![]() | |
Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival | ![]() | 16–24 August | 2672+1⁄2 | ![]() | |
French Chess Championship | ![]() | 18–27 August | National | 2599+1⁄4 | ![]() |
Open Internacional de Sants-Ciutat de Barcelona | ![]() | 18–27 August | 2572+3⁄8 | ![]() | |
Maia Chess Open | ![]() | 25 August – 2 September | 2554+3⁄8 | ![]() | |
Tata Steel Chess India Rapid | ![]() | 5–7 September | Rapid | 2729+3⁄4 | ![]() |
Tata Steel Chess India Blitz | ![]() | 8–9 September | Blitz | 2729+3⁄4 | ![]() |
Tsaghkadzor Open | ![]() | 19–28 September | 2580+1⁄4 | ![]() | |
World Junior Championship | ![]() | 21 September – 1 October | FIDE | 2572+3⁄4 | ![]() |
Levitov Chess Week | ![]() | 22–26 September | Rapid | 2735+5⁄8 | ![]() |
Asian Games Individual | ![]() | 23–27 September | Rapid | 2701+1⁄4 | ![]() |
Yerevan Open | ![]() | 29 September – 7 October | 2555+7⁄8 | ![]() | |
Russian Championship | ![]() | 1–12 October | National | 2650 | ![]() |
US Chess Championship | ![]() | 5–15 October | National | 2726+3⁄4 | ![]() |
Fagernes International Autumn | ![]() | 8–15 October | 2567+1⁄2 | ![]() | |
Spanish Championship | ![]() | 10–21 October | National | 2563+1⁄2 | ![]() |
Qatar Masters | ![]() | 11–20 October | 2747+3⁄8 | ![]() | |
FIDE Grand Swiss | ![]() | 23 October – 5 November | FIDE | 2761+5⁄8 | ![]() |
Bavarian Open | ![]() | 28 October – 5 November | 2562+1⁄2 | ![]() | |
Torneio Internacional da Figueira da Foz | ![]() | 5–12 November | 2562+7⁄8 | ![]() | |
GCT St. Louis Rapid and Blitz | ![]() | 12–19 November | Rapid & Blitz | 2751 | ![]() |
Sinquefield Cup | ![]() | 21–30 November | 2759+1⁄4 | ![]() | |
US Masters | ![]() | 22–26 November | 2594+7⁄8 | ![]() | |
Tournament of Peace | ![]() | 22–30 November | 2625+3⁄4 | ![]() | |
El Llobregat Open | ![]() | 30 November – 8 December | 2658 | ![]() | |
London Chess Classic | ![]() | 1–10 December | 2674+5⁄8 | ![]() | |
Gashimov Memorial | ![]() | 7–11 December | Rapid & Blitz | 2703+7⁄8 | ![]() |
Champions Chess Tour Finals | ![]() | 9–16 December | Rapid | 2743+7⁄8 | ![]() |
Sunway Chess Festival | ![]() | 12–22 December | 2646 | ![]() | |
European Rapid Championship | ![]() | 14–15 December | Rapid FIDE | 2674+1⁄4 | ![]() |
Chennai Grand Masters | ![]() | 15–21 December | 2711+3⁄8 | ![]() | |
European Blitz Championship | ![]() | 16 December | Blitz FIDE | 2674+1⁄4 | ![]() |
World Rapid Championship | ![]() | 26–28 December | Rapid FIDE | 2763+1⁄4 | ![]() |
World Blitz Championship | ![]() | 29–30 December | Blitz FIDE | 2763+1⁄4 | ![]() |
Final rankings
No. | Player | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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1 | ![]() | 118.61 | ![]() 1st – 26.84 | ![]() 2nd – 21.75 | ![]() 3rd – 21.41 | ![]() 1st – 22.68 | ![]() 1st – 25.93 |
2 | ![]() | 87.36 | ![]() T 2nd-3rd – 19.26 | ![]() 3rd – 13.13 | ![]() 3rd – 19.03 | ![]() QF – 15.86 | ![]() 1st – 20.08 |
3 | ![]() | 84.31 | ![]() 1st – 27.00 | ![]() T 2nd-5th – 17.44 | ![]() 4th – 16.31 | ![]() 1st – 13.09 | ![]() 7th – 10.47 |
4 | ![]() | 83.40 | ![]() 4th – 16.20 | ![]() 4th – 14.60 | ![]() T 2nd-5th – 17.44 | ![]() 2nd – 17.01 | ![]() 3rd – 18.15 |
5 | ![]() | 81.24 | ![]() 1st – 21.89 | ![]() QF – 15.86 | ![]() T 3rd-8th – 11.13 | ![]() 4th – 14.39 | ![]() 2nd – 17.97 |
-[c] | ![]() | 71.04 | ![]() T 2nd-3rd – 20.25 | ![]() 6th – 0.00 | ![]() 1st – 29.73 | ![]() 16th – 0.00 | ![]() 1st – 21.06 |
-[c] | ![]() | 59.25 | ![]() 1st – 27.19 | ![]() R4 – 0.00 | ![]() T 3rd-8th – 11.13 | ![]() 2nd – 20.93 | |
6 | ![]() | 56.14 | ![]() 4th – 8.00 | ![]() 3rd – 10.55 | ![]() 7th – 8.76 | ![]() 2nd – 14.86 | ![]() 2nd – 13.97 |
7 | ![]() | 54.79 | ![]() T 5th-10th – 2.03 | ![]() 1st – 19.18 | ![]() 2nd – 24.18 | ![]() 3rd – 8.96 | ![]() 13th – 0.44 |
8 | ![]() | 54.63 | ![]() T 2nd-3rd – 20.25 | ![]() T 5th-10th – 2.03 | ![]() 1st – 10.88 | ![]() 2nd – 21.03 | ![]() 12th – 0.44 |
-[c] | ![]() | 52.47 | ![]() QF – 15.86 | ![]() 3rd – 15.87 | ![]() 2nd – 20.74 | ![]() 209th[g] – 0.00 | |
-[c] | ![]() | 52.21 | ![]() 47th – 0.00 | ![]() QF – 15.86 | ![]() 1st – 26.16 | ![]() 1st – 10.19 | |
-[c] | ![]() | 49.17 | ![]() 2nd – 10.24 | ![]() 1st – 15.63 | ![]() 2nd – 14.23 | ![]() 5th – 9.07 | ![]() 22nd – 0.00 |
9 | ![]() | 46.85 | ![]() 6th – 6.82 | ![]() 6th – 9.85 | ![]() 1st – 9.66 | ![]() 6th – 7.94 | ![]() 1st – 12.58 |
10 | ![]() | 46.25 | ![]() 3rd – 9.33 | ![]() 2nd – 14.29 | ![]() 3rd – 8.45 | ![]() T 3rd-8th – 11.13 | ![]() 8th – 3.05 |
-[c] | ![]() | 44.30 | ![]() R3 – 0.00 | ![]() 1st – 16.39 | ![]() 26th – 0.00 | ![]() 3rd – 11.06 | ![]() 2nd – 16.85 |
-[c] | ![]() | 41.90 | ![]() T 7th-8th – 4.05 | ![]() 1st – 22.30 | ![]() 1st – 10.36 | ![]() 8th – 0.00 | ![]() 6th – 5.19 |
11 | ![]() | 40.88 | ![]() T 5th-10th – 2.03 | ![]() 6th – 4.40 | ![]() T 4th-7th – 5.44 | ![]() 2nd – 15.93 | ![]() 5th – 13.08 |
-[c] | ![]() | 38.59 | ![]() T 2nd-3rd – 19.26 | ![]() 9th – 0.00 | ![]() R5 – 0.00 | ![]() 1st – 14.14 | ![]() 4th – 5.19 |
12 | ![]() | 38.44 | ![]() 4th – 9.77 | ![]() 5th – 10.94 | ![]() T 4th-7th – 5.44 | ![]() 6th – 4.19 | ![]() 2nd – 8.10 |
- : Player qualified for Candidates Tournament 2024 via another path.
- : Player qualified for Candidates Tournament 2024 via this path.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f 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]
- ^ Qualified for the Candidates Tournament by finishing third in the World Cup
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ineligible for ranking due to minimum events criteria
- ^ Qualified for the Candidates Tournament by winning the World Cup
- ^ Qualified for the Candidates Tournament by finishing second in the Grand Swiss
- ^ Qualified for the Candidates Tournament by finishing second in the World Cup
- ^ Dominguez withdrew halfway through the event
- ^ Qualified for the Candidates Tournament by winning the Grand Swiss
- ^ Qualified for the Candidates Tournament by finishing second in the 2023 World Championship
References
- ^ "FIDE revamp Candidates qualification system". chess24.com. 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ McGourty, Colin (1 March 2023). "March 2023 FIDE Ratings: Gukesh & Aronian rise, Karjakin out". chess24.com. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "FIDE reforms the qualifications paths to the Candidates Tournament". chessbase.com. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ Levin, Anthony (28 March 2023). "FIDE Candidates, Women's Candidates 2024 To Be Held In Toronto". chess.com. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "ACP Statement Concerning the FIDE Circuit and Changes to the World Championship Cycle". Association of Chess Professionals. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ Regulations for FIDE Circuit 2023
- ^ Shah, Sagar (14 August 2023). "Is an Indian confirmed to play at the FIDE Candidates 2024?". chessbase.in. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ a b "FIDE Circuit 2023". FIDE. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ "FIDE Circuit Leaderboard: Wesley So takes the lead". chessbase.com. 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Hikaru Nakamura wins Norway Chess 2023". FIDE. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter (2022-02-28). "FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus". Chess.com. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
See also
External links
- FIDE Circuit