The Candidates Tournament 2024 and Women's Candidates Tournament 2024 will be held concurrently for the first time to determine the challengers for the World Chess Champion Ding Liren and Women's World Chess Champion Ju Wenjun.[1] The winner of the Candidates Tournament will play Ding in the World Chess Championship 2024, while Ju will defend her title in 2025.
The World Championship runner-up will no longer get an automatic Candidates spot in the 2024–2026 cycle. Instead, he will be awarded bonus points in the 2024 FIDE Circuit, the winner of which will qualify of the Candidates Tournament 2026.[2]
- ^ "FIDE publishes the regulations for 2024 World Candidates Tournaments". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "Changes to qualification paths for the Candidates Tournament". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
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