Candidates Tournament 2024
Chess tournament in Toronto, Canada
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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 event was held alongside the Women's Candidates Tournament.
- 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.
- Qualification The qualifiers for the Candidates Tournament were: Withdrawal of Magnus Carlsen Despite qualifying for the Candidates Tournament by winning the 2023 FIDE World Cup, former World Champion Magnus Carlsen decided not to compete in Toronto.
- In January 2024, after official confirmation of the candidates list, Magnus Carlsen formally confirmed his decision to decline FIDE's invitation to play in the Candidates Tournament by stating "I would say the main reason is that I don't enjoy it.
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WikipediaThe 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 3–22 April 2024. The event was held alongside the Women's Candidates Tournament. As with every Candidates tournament since 2013, it was a double round-robin tournament.
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. He earned the right to play the World Chess Championship 2024 against the defending World Chess Champion Ding Liren; he went on to win and become the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion.
The qualifiers for the Candidates Tournament were:
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