Brace yourselves for an exciting year on the chessboard (and online).
2024 will be the year of the Chess Olympiad, Candidates and Women Candidates, amongst other top level events! Whom are you rooting for?
January
Roquetas Chess Festival | January 2nd – 7th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Roquetas de Mar, Spain.
Featuring GMs Karen H. Grigoryan, Li Min Peng and Vitaliy Bernadskiy among others.
European Women’s Blitz Championship 2023 | January 12th
13-round Swiss blitz tournament held in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Featuring GMs Alexandra Kosteniuk, Bella Khotenashvili and Antoaneta Stefanova among others.
European Women’s Rapid Championship 2023 | January 13th – 14th
11-round Swiss rapid tournament held in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Featuring GMs Pia Cramling, Alexandra Kosteniuk and Bella Khotenashvili among others.
Charlotte Open | January 13th – 15th
6-round Swiss classical tournament held in Charlotte, USA.
Featuring GMs Emilio Cordova, Jianchao Zhou and Julio Catalino Sadorra among others.
Tata Steel Masters | January 13th – 28th
14-player round-robin rapid tournament held in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.
Featuring GMs Ding Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Alireza Firouzja among others.
Tata Steel Challengers | January 13th – 28th
14-player round-robin rapid tournament held in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.
Featuring GMs Hans Moke Niemann, Mustafa Yilmaz and Anton Korobov among others.
Floripa Chess Festival | January 20th – 28th
10-round Swiss classical tournament held in Florianópolis, Brazil.
Featuring GMs Aryan Tari, Alexandr Fier and Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez among others.
Hit Open | January 26th – February 2nd
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Nova Gorica, Slovenia.
Featuring GMs Ferenc Berkes, Matej Sebenik and Pier Luigi Basso among others.
February
International Chess960 Festival | February 9th – 11th
9-round Swiss rapid tournament held in Berlin, Germany.
Featuring GMs Matthias Bluebaum, Erik Van den Doel and Dmitrij Kollars among others.
Portimão Chess Festival | February 11th – 18th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Portimão, Portugal.
Featuring GMs Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli, Ivan Ivanisevic and Kevin Spraggett among others.
Chess Open Graz | February 17th – 23rd
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Graz, Austria.
Featuring GMs Abhijeet Gupta, Jergus Pechac and Bartosz Socko among others.
Cambridge International Open | February 19th – 24th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Featuring GMs Michael Adams, Francesco Sonis and Sergei Tiviakov among others.
FIDE World Fischer Random Championship | February 19th – 25th
8-player Group & Knockout stages rapid tournament.
Cannes Festival International des Jeux | February 19th – 25th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Cannes, France.
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | February 24th – March 6th
TBD
Prague Chess Festival Masters | February 27th – March 7th
10-player round-robin classical tournament held in Prague, Czech Republic.
Featuring GMs Vincent Keymer, Praggnanandhaa R and Vidit Gujrathi among others.
Prague Chess Festival Challengers | February 27th – March 7th
10-player round-robin classical tournament held in Prague, Czech Republic.
Featuring GMs Abhijeet Gupta, Jergus Pechac and Bartosz Socko among others.
March
Cappelle la Grande Open | March 2nd – 8th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Cappelle-la-Grande, France.
Featuring GMs Maxime Lagarde, Krishnan Sasikiran and Emre Can among others.
Reykjavik Open | March 15th – 21st
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Featuring GMs Abhimanyu Puranik, Xiangyu Xu and Matthieu Cornette among others.
La Roda Open | March 27th – 31st
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in La Roda, Spain.
Featuring GMs Xiangyu Xu, Karthik Venkataraman and Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera among others.
Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig Open | March 27th – April 1st
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in San Vicente, Spain.
Featuring GMs Jules Moussard, Maksim Chigaev and Leon Luke Mendonca among others.
April
Menorca Open | April 2nd – 7th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain.
Featuring GMs Chithambaram Aravindh, Thai Dai Van Nguyen and Aryan Chopra among others.
Candidates Tournament | April 3rd – 25th
8-player double round-robin classical tournament held in Toronto, Canada.
Featuring GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura among others.
Women’s Candidates Tournament | April 3rd – 25th
8-player double round-robin classical tournament held in Toronto, Canada.
Featuring GMs Humpy Koneru, Aleksandra Goryachkina and Tingjie Lei among others.
European Women’s Chess Championship | April 19th – 29th
11-round Swiss classical tournament held in Rhodes, Greece.
World Cadet Rapid Championships | April 26th – 27th
11-round Swiss rapid tournaments held in Durrës, Albania.
World Cadet Blitz Championships | April 28th
11-round Swiss blitz tournaments held in Durrës, Albania.
May
European Senior Team Chess Championships | May 7th – 15th
9-round Swiss classical tournaments held in Brežice, Slovenia.
Norway Chess | May 26th – June 7th
10-player round-robin classical tournament held in Stavanger, Norway.
Featuring GM Magnus Carlsen among others.
June
World Junior U20 Championships | June 1st – 14th
TBD
Teplice Open | June 15th – 23rd
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Teplice, Czech Republic.
Featuring GMs Karthik Venkataraman, Evgeny Postny and Jiri Stocek among others.
FISU World University Championship Mind Sports | June 25th – 30th
9-round Swiss tournaments held in Entebbe, Uganda.
European Individual Chess Championship | June 30th – July 13th
TBD
July
Biel International Chess Festival | July 13th – 26th
TBD
August
Lewis Chess Legends | August 6th – 14th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Trondheim, Norway.
European Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship | August 15th – 20th
TBD
European Youth Chess Championship | August 21st
TBD
European Amateur Chess Championship | August 24th – September 1st
September
45th Chess Olympiad | September 10th – 23rd
TBD
October
World Youth Chess Championships | October 22nd – November 2nd
TBD
November
Amsterdam Chess Open | November 1st – 3rd
TBD
December
Shenzhen Longgang Chess Masters | December 4th – 10th
TBD
