Candidates Tournament 2024

Candidates Tournament 2024
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]