The FIDE Circuit is a series of top individual chess tournaments managed and regulated by FIDE (the International Chess Federation).[1]
History
Introduced in 2023, the circuit awards points to players based on their performances in eligible tournaments, with the top player qualifying for the Candidates Tournament.[2] The annual circuit was converted to last a biennium with FIDE Circuit 2026-2027. The system was designed to provide an additional qualification path to the Candidates Tournament, complementing other routes such as the Chess World Cup and Grand Swiss Tournament.[3]
Since 2024, FIDE announced a similar path for qualification in Women’s Candidates Tournament, starting FIDE Women’s Events 2024-2025, though it only included 8 FIDE organized events. It was replaced by a separate circuit for major women only chess tournaments, namely FIDE Women’s Circuit 2026-2027.
Winners
| Year | Points | Winner | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 130.42 |  Fabiano Caruana |
[4] |
| 2024 | 118.61 | Fabiano Caruana |
[5] |
| 2025 | 115.17 |  R Praggnanandhaa |
[6] |
| 2026–2027 | TBA | [1] | |
| Year | Points | Winner | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 Events | 280.00 | Koneru Humpy
|
[7] |
| 2026-2027 | TBA | [8] | |
Detailed Results
The following results refer to the top 10 eligible point scorers in FIDE Circuits of the respective years
FIDE Circuits
2023
- : Candidates Qualifier (Qualifier to Candidates Tournament 2024)
- : Winner (qualified for Candidates Tournament 2024 via another path)
| Rank | Player | Points | Events | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Fabiano Caruana[a]
|
118.61 |  GCT Romania
1st – 26.84 |
 Stavanger (Main)
2nd – 21.75 |
 World Cup
3rd – 21.41 |
US Championship
1st – 22.68 |
St Louis
1st – 25.93 |
| 2 | Gukesh Dommaraju
|
87.36 |  Düsseldorf
T 2nd-3rd – 19.26 |
 Sharjah
3rd – 13.13 |
Stavanger (Main)
3rd – 19.03 |
World Cup
QF – 15.86 |
Chennai
1st – 20.08 |
| 3 |  Anish Giri
|
84.31 | Tata Steel (M)
1st – 27.00 |
GCT Romania
T 2nd-5th – 17.44 |
Stavanger (Main)
4th – 16.31 |
Dutch Championship
1st – 13.09 |
Grand Swiss
7th – 10.47 |
| 4 | Wesley So
|
83.40 | Tata Steel (M)
4th – 16.20 |
Düsseldorf
4th – 14.60 |
GCT Romania
T 2nd-5th – 17.44 |
US Championship
2nd – 17.01 |
St Louis
3rd – 18.15 |
| 5 | Arjun Erigaisi
|
81.24 | Sharjah
1st – 21.89 |
World Cup
QF – 15.86 |
 Doha
T 3rd-8th – 11.13 |
Grand Swiss
4th – 14.39 |
Chennai
2nd – 17.97 |
| 6 |  Amin Tabatabaei
|
56.14 | Tata Steel (Ch)
4th – 8.00 |
 Jermuk
3rd – 10.55 |
Sharjah
7th – 8.76 |
 Budapest
2nd – 14.86 |
 London
2nd – 13.97 |
| 7 | R Praggnanandhaa[b]
|
54.79 | Düsseldorf
T 5th-10th – 2.03 |
Budapest
1st – 19.18 |
World Cup
2nd – 24.18 |
Tata Steel India (Rapid)
3rd – 8.96 |
Grand Swiss
13th – 0.44 (T 8th-13th) |
| 8 |  Nodirbek Abdusattorov
|
54.63 | Tata Steel (M)
T 2nd-3rd – 20.25 |
Düsseldorf
T 5th-10th – 2.03 |
Stavanger (Blitz)
1st – 10.88 |
Doha
2nd – 21.03 |
Grand Swiss
12th – 0.44 (T 8th-13th) |
| 9 | Hans Niemann
|
46.85 |  Menorca
6th – 6.82 |
Sharjah
6th – 9.85 |
 Uralsk
1st – 9.66 |
US Championship
6th – 7.94 |
 Zagreb
1st – 12.58 |
| 10 | Javokhir Sindarov
|
46.25 | Tata Steel (Ch)
3rd – 9.33 |
Dubai
2nd – 14.29 |
 Hangzhou
3rd – 8.45 |
Doha
T 3rd-8th – 11.13 |
Grand Swiss
8th – 3.05 |
2024
| Rank | Player | Points | Events | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 1 | Fabiano Caruana
|
130.42 | Candidates
4th – 15.92 |
GCT Romania
1st – 21.23 |
GCT Croatia
1st – 13.92 |
Sinquefield Cup
2nd – 20.85 |
US Championship
1st – 25.00 |
US Masters
1st – 17.11 |
St. Louis Masters
T 1st-2nd – 16.39 |
| 2 | Arjun Erigaisi
|
124.40 | Shenzhen
3rd – 15.18 |
Menorca
1st – 16.19 |
 Malmö
2nd – 14.00 (T 2nd-3rd) |
Avagyan Memorial
1st – 19.79 |
 WR Masters
1st – 25.40 |
Chennai
3rd – 17.22 |
Doha
2nd – 16.62 |
| 3 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov
|
108.49 | Tata Steel (M)
3rd – 14.22 (T 2nd-4th) |
 Prague (M)
1st – 25.00 |
Malmö
1st – 16.21 |
Tashkent (M)
2nd – 19.28 |
Sinquefield Cup
T 3rd-4th – 9.12 |
President Cup
5th – 9.11 |
Doha
3rd – 15.55 |
| 4 |  Alireza Firouzja
|
89.07 | Candidates
7th – 7.35 |
GCT Romania
T 2nd-4th – 14.70 |
GCT Croatia
T 2nd-4th – 6.33 |
GCT St. Louis
1st – 14.60 |
Sinquefield Cup
1st – 28.67 |
WR Masters
T 3rd-4th – 16.51 |
World Rapid
7th – 7.24 |
| 5 | Gukesh Dommaraju
|
84.13 | Tata Steel (M)
2nd – 14.22 (T 2nd-4th) |
Prague (M)
7th – 0.00 |
Candidates
1st – 26.94 |
GCT Romania
T 2nd-4th – 14.70 |
GCT Croatia
7th – 0.00 |
Sinquefield Cup
T 5th-7th – 0.00 |
World Champion
1st – 28.27 |
| 6 | R Praggnanandhaa
|
66.76 | Prague (M)
4th – 11.36 (T 2nd-4th) |
Candidates
5th – 12.24 |
 GCT Poland
4th – 0.00 |
GCT Romania
T 2nd-4th – 14.70 |
WR Masters
T 3rd-4th – 16.51 |
Kolkata Rapid
2nd – 11.95 |
Kolkata Blitz
4th – 0.00 |
| 7 | Volodar Murzin
|
63.50 | Menorca
17th – 0.13 (T 8th-21st) |
 Sardinia
3rd – 11.69 |
Sharjah
2nd – 17.37 |
Abu Dhabi
7th – 3.15 |
 Singapore
22nd – 0.00 |
World Rapid
1st – 25.16 |
World Blitz
T 5th-8th – 6.00 |
| 8 | Nodirbek Yakubboev
|
57.40 |  Moscow
3rd – 12.14 |
Dubai Police
51st – 0.00 |
Aktobe
12th – 0.41 (T 7th-17th) |
Tashkent (M)
1st – 21.55 |
Abu Dhabi
1st – 14.77 |
President Cup
6th – 8.15 |
Doha
18th – 0.38 (T 7th-20th) |
| 9 | Amin Tabatabaei
|
56.39 | Moscow
1st – 19.79 |
Dubai Police
6th – 7.64 |
Sharjah
5th – 7.45 |
Avagyan Memorial
3rd – 10.79 |
Abu Dhabi
5th – 10.34 |
President Cup
26th – 0.00 |
Doha
14th – 0.38 (T 7th-20th) |
| 10 | Shamsiddin Vokhidov
|
53.56 | Moscow
34th – 0.00 |
Sharjah
4th – 15.17 |
Tashkent (Ch)
1st – 13.82 |
Abu Dhabi
3rd – 12.11 |
President Cup
4th – 12.46 |
Doha
23rd – 0.00 |
World Blitz
36th – 0.00 |
2025
- : Winner (Qualifier to Candidates Tournament 2026
- : Player qualified for Candidates Tournament 2026 via another path
- : Player ineligible for Candidates Tournament 2026 qualification
| Rank | Player | Points | No. of Events | Events | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 1 | R Praggnanandhaa
|
115.17 | 7 | Tata Steel (M)
1st – 25.00 |
GCT Romania Classic
1st – 23.90 |
Avagyan Memorial
2nd – 15.19 |
UzChess (M)
1st – 22.19 |
Sinquefield Cup
T 2nd-3rd – 20.72 |
World Cup
R4 – 0.00 |
London (Open)
T 1st-3rd – 8.17 |
Optional |
| 2 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov
|
84.95 | 7 | Tata Steel (M)
3rd – 18.42 |
Sharjah
3rd – 13.80 |
UzChess (M)
3rd – 18.56 |
Grand Swiss
10th – 1.21 |
World Cup
R3 – 0.00 |
London
1st – 19.62 |
World Blitz
2nd – 13.34 |
Optional |
| 3 | Anish Giri
|
82.43 | 6 | Tata Steel (M)
T 5th-6th – 6.58 |
Prague (M)
T 2nd-4th – 11.06 |
Sharjah
1st – 20.94 |
GCT Croatia R&B
7th – 0.00 |
Chennai
2nd – 14.19 |
Grand Swiss
1st – 28.41 |
World Rapid
T 9th-13th – 1.25 |
Optional |
| 4 | Fabiano Caruana
|
76.39 | 4 | Tata Steel (M)
9th – 0.00 |
GCT Romania Classic
4th – 0.00 |
Stavanger
2nd – 20.93 |
GCT Croatia R&B
8th – 0.00 |
Sinquefield Cup
T 2nd-3rd – 20.72 |
U.S. Champ
1st – 23.90 |
World Blitz
T 3rd-4th – 10.84 |
Optional |
| 5 | Javokhir Sindarov
|
68.40 | 5 | Malmö
1st – 16.17 |
UzChess (M)
2nd – 19.77 |
Grand Swiss
24th – 0.00 |
World Cup
1st – 27.88 |
World Rapid
7th – 4.58 |
World Blitz
14th – 0.00 |
Optional | |
| 6 | Matthias Blübaum
|
63.94 | 6 | European Champ
1st – 15.73 |
German Champ
2nd – 10.93 |
Dortmund
1st – 6.89 |
Rubinstein Memorial
3rd – 11.02 |
Grand Swiss
2nd – 19.37 |
World Cup
R4 – 0.00 |
Optional | |
| 7 | Arjun Erigaisi
|
60.26 | 5 | Tata Steel (M)
10th – 0.00 |
Stavanger
5th – 0.00 |
Chennai
3rd – 13.10 |
Grand Swiss
6th – 6.37 |
World Cup
QF – 14.94 |
World Rapid
3rd – 15.01 |
World Blitz
T 3rd-4th – 10.84 |
Optional |
| 8 | Nihal Sarin
|
56.50 | 8 | Tashkent Open
1st – 15.80 |
Menorca
8th – 1.23 |
Asian Champ
2nd – 12.96 |
Dubai Open
6th – 3.49 |
Fujairah
T 9th-12th – 1.40 |
Grand Swiss
9th – 1.21 |
President Cup
1st – 15.57 |
Optional |
| 9 | Vincent Keymer
|
55.83 | 4 | Tata Steel (M)
8th – 0.00 |
Prague (M)
5th – 0.00 |
German Champ
1st – 15.03 |
Chennai
1st – 24.01 |
Grand Swiss
4th – 16.79 |
World Cup
R4 – 0.00 |
World Rapid
50th – 0.00 |
Required |
| 10 | Magnus Carlsen
|
53.23 | 2 | Stavanger
1st – 28.78 |
GCT Croatia R&B
1st – 15.18 |
World Rapid
1st – 24.45 |
World Blitz
1st – 18.34 |
Required | Required | Required | Optional |
References
- ^ a b https://www.fide.com/fide-circuit-2026-2027/
- ^ https://www.fide.com/fide-introduces-updated-circuit-format-for-2026-2027/
- ^ https://www.fide.com/fide-circuit-2025/
- ^ “FIDE Circuit 2023 – International Chess Federation”. Retrieved 2026-04-17.
- ^ “FIDE Circuit 2024 – International Chess Federation”. Retrieved 2026-04-17.
- ^ “FIDE Circuit 2025 – International Chess Federation”. Retrieved 2026-04-17.
- ^ “FIDE WOMEN’S EVENTS ’25-’26 – International Chess Federation”. Retrieved 2026-04-17.
- ^ “FIDE Women’s Circuit 2026-2027”. FIDE.
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