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After 14 rounds and over three weeks of play, 17-year-old GM Gukesh Dommaraju won the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament and is the youngest player in history to qualify for the FIDE World Championship. He will play GM Ding Liren for the world title later this year.
In an almost six-hour game, GM Fabiano Caruana was unable to finish off a winning position against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi to make it to tiebreaks. With a draw in that game, Gukesh’s draw against GM Hikaru Nakamura was enough to advance.
GM Tan Zhongyi won the 2024 FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament by a 1.5-point margin after leading the tournament almost the entire way through. She had a winning position against GM Anna Muzychuk, but a draw was enough to secure the tournament. She will play GM Ju Wenjun in the next FIDE Women’s World Championship.
Standings – Candidates
Standings – Women’s Candidates
Candidates
GM Rafael Leitao‘s annotations will be added to this page soon.
Women’s Candidates:
You can watch video recaps of the Candidates in our playlist below (click here).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoseries
You can watch the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament on Chess24’s YouTube and Twitch, and the 2024 Women’s FIDE Candidates on Chess.com’s YouTube and Twitch. The games can also be followed from our Events Page.
The FIDE Candidates Tournaments are among the most important FIDE events of the year. Players compete for the right to play in the next FIDE World Championship match against current World Chess Champions GMs Ding Liren and Ju Wenjun.
Daily coverage:
- Round 13: Gukesh Leads Candidates Before Last Round, Tan Needs Only A Draw In Women’s
- Round 12: Nakamura Scores Hat Trick, Joins 3-Way Lead With Nepomniachtchi, Gukesh
- Round 11: Nepomniachtchi, Tan Regain Sole Lead, Nakamura Beats Praggnanandhaa
- Round 10: Nakamura, Caruana Bounce Back; Lei Joins Lead In Women’s
- Round 9: Vidit Beats Nakamura Again, Tan Jumps Back Into Sole Lead Of Women’s
- Round 8: Nakamura Leapfrogs Caruana, Gukesh Re-enters Shared Lead With Nepomniachtchi
- Round 7: Firouzja Knocks Gukesh Out Of Lead, Nepomniachtchi Heads Tournament Again
- Round 6: Tan Plays Attacking Gem In All-Decisive Day In Women’s; Vidit, Praggnanandhaa Recover
- Round 5: Gukesh Joins Lead, Nepomniachtchi Survives Praggnanandhaa’s Killer Preparation
- Round 4: Nepomniachtchi Defeats Vidit, Takes Sole Lead; Tan Survives Major Scare
- Round 3: Brother/Sister Comeback: Praggnanandhaa Defeats Vidit, Vaishali Finds Her Groove
- Round 2: Vidit Ends Nakamura’s 47-Game Unbeaten Streak On All-Decisive Day
- Round 1: Candidates Opens With Abundance of Fighting Spirit
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