| Candidates Tournament 2024 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Gukesh Dommaraju, winner of the tournament, advanced 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 Dommaraju | |
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 Dommaraju, 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. 29 March 2023.
- ^ 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.