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an ordinary chessplayer wrote on 04/04/24 at 15:13:58:


there is still a chess24 youtube channel i think with quite good coverage

chess24 became part of Play Magnus later chess.com and finally closed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess24

Hi.

I'll probably go for Lichess
https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--open/round-1/AjqSsU1w

Have a nice day.

Hello

any suggestions on where to watch this with comments?
tks

Hi.

The fact that I've never seen anything about this requirement (3.2) rulesets or heard anything about FIDE announcing it is earlier is a large part of what makes it weird to me. These are the "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 qualification paths rules" (retrieved 20231130). Notice what I've underlined and compare to the clarification announcement (3.)

"FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024: Qualification paths

Eight players shall qualify for FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 by the following criteria:
 
Path A. 1 spot – FIDE World Championship Match 2023, Runner‐up (Ian Nepomniachtchi or Ding Liren)*
 
Path B. 3 spots – FIDE World Cup 2023 (Baku 2023), three players who finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd. 

If any of these players already qualified for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 or the FIDE World 
Championship Match 2024 at the moment of the beginning of World Cup via another qualification path, the qualification spot(s) shall be be awarded, in order of priority: 
‐ the player who finished in 4th place in the World Cup;  
‐ according to rating as in (E).

Path C. 2 spots – FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 (Isle of Man 2023), two players who finish 1st and 
2nd.

If any of these players already qualified for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 or the FIDE World 
Championship Match 2024 at the moment of the beginning of Grand Swiss via another qualification 
path, the qualification spot(s) shall be awarded to the highest‐placed player(s) in the final standings who 
have not yet qualified to the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 at the moment of the beginning of 
Grand Swiss.

Path D. 1 spot – High‐Level International Tournaments (HIT), the player with the best results during one 
year (2023) in FIDE rated tournaments satisfying the below criteria who has not already qualified from 
Path A, B or C. The winner becomes a qualifier before determining a qualifier by rating as in (E).

Path E. 1 spot – The highest-rated player by standard rating in the January 2024 rating list provided that 
the player has played at least four standard eligible tournaments according to the criteria in Article 1.1
of the Regulations for the FIDE Circuit 2023 (see FIDE Handbook D.01.14), who has not already qualified 
from Path A, B, C or D.

Reserves 
If reserves are needed due to a withdrawal from the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024, their spot is 
allocated to a player who has not already qualified, in the following way: 
‐ In Paths B and C, the next highest‐finisher in the final tournament standings, but not beyond 4th place. 
If this fails to replace a player, then the spot(s) are allocated using the process in Path E. 
‐ In Paths A, D and E, using the process in Path E."

Hi.

As you may know the FIDE candidates tournament 2024 (+ a women's candidates tournament) will be played in Toronto, Canada.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidates_Tournament_2024
Eight players in double round-robin.

The last spots (circuit and rating) are soon to be determined.

I thought of making this thread specifically today as FIDE just published some "clarifications" on the rules:
https://www.fide.com/news/2771
I'm curious on if the last part was actually clarified or if 3.2 requirement was just added (!?).:

"3. Qualification for the Candidates 2024 by rating.
A player shall participate in at least four FIDE Circuit tournaments with a standard time control. These tournaments shall meet all the requirements of the FIDE Circuit Regulations, particularly both general (1.1) and country restrictions (3.2). clauses. Thus, out of the four above-mentioned tournaments, not more than two (one of which is a national championship) can be played in the same country. If this rule is not respected, the player is not eligible for qualification."

Have a nice day.