Gukesh D, the winner of the tournament, will advance to the World Chess Championship 2024 match.
Venue
The Great Hall
Location
Toronto, Canada
Dates
3–22 April 2024
Competitors
8 from 5 nations
Winning score
9 points of 14
Champion
Gukesh D
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The 2024 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess tournament, held to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2024. The tournament took place at The Great Hall in Toronto, Canada, from April 3–22, 2024.[1] The event was held alongside the Women's Candidates Tournament.[2][3] The event was won by Gukesh D, which made him the youngest ever winner of a Candidates Tournament, and the youngest ever World Chess Championship challenger.[4][5]
As with every Candidates tournament since 2013, it was a double round-robin tournament.[6][7] The winner of the tournament earned the right to play the World Chess Championship 2024 against the current World Chess Champion Ding Liren.[8]
^"FIDE publishes the regulations for 2024 Candidates Tournaments".
^"Toronto will host the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournaments".
^"Toronto to host the 2024 Open and Women's Candidates Tournaments". ChessBase.
^Anthony Levin (22 April 2024). "Gukesh Youngest Ever Candidates Winner, Tan Takes Women's By 1.5 Points". Chess.com.
^"Indian teenager Gukesh to challenge China's Ding for world chess title". Al Jazeera English. 22 April 2024.
^FIDE World Championship Cycle 2023-2024
^Regulations for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024, (PDF) FIDE
^Tarjei Svensen (5 November 2023). "Ding Reveals Reason For Absence, Expects Comeback In 2024". Chess.com.
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