Firouzja officially qualifies for the Candidates Tournament

Candidates Tournament participants

1. Ian NepomniachtchiRussia, World Championship finalist
2. Magnus CarlsenNorway, 2023 World Cup winner (*)
3. Praggnanandhaa RameshbabuIndia, 2023 World Cup finalist
4. Fabiano CaruanaUSA, World Cup 2023 bronze medallist
5. Vidit GujrathiIndia, Grand Swiss 2023 winner
6. Hikaru NakamuraUSA, 2nd in the Grand Swiss 2023
7. Dommaraju GukeshIndia, via FIDE Circuit 2023
8. Alireza FirouzjaFrance, via Elo ranking on January 1, 2024

(*) Carlsen hints that he won’t be taking part in the Candidates’ Tournament. If so, he will be replaced by Azeri Nijat Abasov4th in the 2023 World Cup.

Candidates Tournament participants

1. Lei TingjieChina, World Championship finalist
2. Kateryna LagnoRussia, Grand Prix 2022-23 winner
3. Aleksandra GoryachkinaRussia, runner-up in Grand Prix 2022-23
4. Nurgyul SalimovaBulgarian, 2023 World Cup finalist (*)
5. Anna MuzychukUkraine, 3rd in the 2023 World Cup
6. Vaishali RameshbabuIndia, winner of the Grand Swiss Ladies 2023
7. Tan ZhongyiChina, 3rd in the women’s Grand Swiss (**)
8. Humpy KoneruIndia, via Elo ranking on January 1, 2024

(*) World Cup winner Aleksandra Goryachkina qualifies via another route (GP).

(**) Anna Muzychuk, second in the Grand Swiss, has qualified by another means (World Cup).