2024 Candidates Tournament Qualifiers. Filipino american grandmaster wesley so is leading the international chess federation (fide) circuit for the newest qualification path to the 2024 candidates. Eight players shall qualify for fide candidates tournament 2024 by the following criteria:

The candidates tournament in chess is second only to the match for the title of world champion. Gikesh joined his compatriots praggnanandhaa r (a world cup finalist) and vidit santosh gujrathi (the winner of fide grand swiss), who qualified for the candidates 2024.