Tournament

FIDE Candidates 2024

FIDE Candidates 2024 · Women

WinnerGMTan ZhongyiFinished first on 9/14
Dates
4–21 Apr 2024
Format
8-player double round-robin
Time control
Classical
About this event

The FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2024 takes place from the 4th to the 22nd of April in Toronto, Canada, deciding the challenger of Women World Champion Ju Wenjun in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024. The tournament is played as a double round-robin with 14 rounds.

Time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.

Players cannot draw by agreement before Black's 40th move. In the case of a tie for first place after 14 rounds, a playoff is played.

The total prize fund is €250,000.

Official Website | Players | Pairings | Results


Event Coverage: Twitch | YouTube


Recaps and Preview:
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7
Round 8 | Round 9 | Round 10 | Round 11 | Round 12 | Round 13 | Round 14


Crosstable and final standings after tiebreak criteria

Rank Player Score SB W TZ KH LT RV AG KL NS AM
1 Tan Zhongyi 9 / 14 60 ½ 5 - ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
2a Koneru Humpy 7.5 / 14 52 1⁄4 3 ½ ½ - 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½
3a Lei Tingjie 7.5 / 14 52 4 0 1 0 1 - 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
4a R Vaishali 7.5 / 14 47 ½ 6 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 - 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1
5 Aleksandra Goryachkina 7 / 14 47 2 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 - ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½
6 Kateryna Lagno 6.5 / 14 45 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½
7b Nurgyul Salimova 5.5 / 14 39 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½
8b Anna Muzychuk 5.5 / 14 38 3⁄4 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ -

a: Sonneborn-Berger scores (SB)
b: Sonneborn-Berger scores (SB)

8 players · average Elo 2517

#PlayerElo
1GMAleksandra Goryachkina2553
2GMLei Tingjie2550
3GMHumpy Koneru2546
4GMKateryna Lagno2542
5GMTan Zhongyi2521
6GMAnna Muzychuk2520
7IMRameshbabu Vaishali2475
8IMNurgyul Salimova2432