The FIDE Circuit is a series of top individual chess tournaments managed and regulated by FIDE (the International Chess Federation).https://www.fide.com/fide-circuit-2026-2027/

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.https://www.fide.com/fide-introduces-updated-circuit-format-for-2026-2027/ 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.https://www.fide.com/fide-circuit-2025/

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

+Winners of FIDE CircuitYear PointsWinner Ref 2023 130.42 Fabiano Caruana 2024 118.61 Fabiano Caruana 2025 115.17 R Praggnanandhaa 2026–2027 TBA +Winners of FIDE Women's Circuit (or Events)YearPointsWinnerRef2024-2025 Events280.00 Koneru Humpy2026-2027TBA

Detailed Results The following results refer to the top 10 eligible point scorers in FIDE Circuits of the respective years

FIDE Circuits

2023

: Winner (Qualifier to Candidates Tournament 2024) : Candidates Qualifier (qualified for Candidates Tournament 2024 via another path)

+RankPlayerPointsEvents123451 Fabiano Caruana118.61 GCT Romania 1st – 26.84 Stavanger (Main) 2nd – 21.75 World Cup 3rd – 21.41 US Championship 1st – 22.68 St Louis 1st – 25.932 Gukesh Dommaraju87.36 Düsseldorf T 2nd-3rd – 19.26 Sharjah 3rd – 13.13 Stavanger (Main) 3rd – 19.03 World Cup QF – 15.86 Chennai 1st – 20.083 Anish Giri84.31 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 – 10.474 Wesley So83.40 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 – 18.155 Arjun Erigaisi81.24 Sharjah 1st – 21.89 World Cup QF – 15.86 Doha T 3rd-8th – 11.13 Grand Swiss 4th – 14.39 Chennai 2nd – 17.976 Amin Tabatabaei56.14 Tata Steel (Ch) 4th – 8.00 Jermuk 3rd – 10.55 Sharjah 7th – 8.76 Budapest 2nd – 14.86 London 2nd – 13.977 R Praggnanandhaa54.79 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 Abdusattorov54.63 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 Niemann46.85 Menorca 6th – 6.82 Sharjah 6th – 9.85 Uralsk 1st – 9.66 US Championship 6th – 7.94 Zagreb 1st – 12.5810 Javokhir Sindarov46.25 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 +RankPlayerPointsEvents12345671 Fabiano Caruana130.42 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 – 16.392 Arjun Erigaisi124.40 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 – 16.623 Nodirbek Abdusattorov108.49 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 – 15.554 Alireza Firouzja89.07 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 – 7.245 Gukesh Dommaraju84.13 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 – 28.276 R Praggnanandhaa66.76 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 – 0.007 Volodar Murzin63.50 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 – 6.008 Nodirbek Yakubboev57.40 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 Tabatabaei56.39 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 Vokhidov53.56 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

+RankPlayerPointsNo. of EventsEvents123456781 R Praggnanandhaa115.177 Tata Steel (M) 1st – 25.00 GCT Romania Classic 1st – 23.90 Avagyan Memorial 2nd – 15.19 UzChess (M) 1st – 22.19 Sinquefield Cup World Cup R4 – 0.00 London (Open) T 1st-3rd – 8.17Optional2 Nodirbek Abdusattorov84.957 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 – 13.34Optional3 Anish Giri82.436 Tata Steel (M) Prague (M) Sharjah 1st – 20.94 GCT Croatia R&B 7th – 0.00 Chennai 2nd – 14.19 Grand Swiss 1st – 28.41 World RapidOptional4 Fabiano Caruana76.394 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 – 10.84Optional5 Javokhir Sindarov68.405 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 – 0.00Optional6 Matthias Bluebaum63.946 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 – 0.00Optional7 Arjun Erigaisi60.265 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 BlitzOptional8 Nihal Sarin56.508 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 – 15.57Optional9 Vincent Keymer55.834 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 – 0.00Required10 Magnus Carlsen53.232 Stavanger 1st – 28.78 GCT Croatia R&B 1st – 15.18 World Rapid 1st – 24.45 World Blitz 1st – 18.34RequiredRequiredRequiredOptional

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