Chess Calendar 2024
Brace yourselves for an exciting year on the chessboard (and online). 2024 will be the year of the Chess Olympiad, Candidates and Women Candidates, and a new World Champion will be crowned, 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 EmilioCordova, 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 Chess960 tournament held in Berlin, Germany.
Featuring GMs Matthias Bluebaum, Erik Van den Doel and Dmitrij Kollars among others.
Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge | February 9th - 16th
8-player Round-Robin rapid & Knockout classical Chess960 tournament held in Wangels, Germany.
Featuring GMs Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren and Fabiano Caruana 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.
Mitropa Cup 2024 | February 15th - 23rd
10-team round-robin classical tournament held in Apolda, Germany.
Featuring GMs Matthias Bluebaum, Alexander Donchenko and Rasmus Svane among others.
Djerba Festival Masters 2024 | February 18th - 25th
8-player round-robin classical tournament held in Djerba, Tunisia.
Featuring GMs Hans Moke Niemann, Vasyl Ivanchuk and Aryan Tari 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.
Cannes FIJ | February 19th - 25th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Cannes, France.
Featuring GMs Abhimanyu Puranik, Zeng Chongsheng and Krishnan Sasikiran among others.
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2024 | February 20th - 28th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Melaka, Malaysia.
Featuring GMs S.P. Sethuraman, Tin Jingyao and L M S T De Silva among others.
Kragerø Resort Chess | February 21st - 25th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Kragerø, Norway.
Featuring GMs Karen H. Grigoryan, Maxime Lagarde and Lucas Van Foreest among others.
Prague Chess Festival | 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.
Shenzhen Longgang Chess Masters | February 29th - March 7th
8-player round-robin classical tournament held in Shenzhen, China.
Featuring GMs Anish Giri, Arjun Erigaisi and Yu Yangyi among others.
March
Cappelle la Grande Open | March 2nd - 8th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Cappelle-la-Grande, France.
Featuring GMs Abhimanyu Puranik, Krishnan Sasikiran and Emre Can among others.
13th All-African Games | March 9th - 11th
Multiple Rapid & Blitz tournaments held in Accra, Ghana.
Featuring GM Bassem Amin, IM David Silva and IM Adlane Arab among others.
African Individual Chess Championships | March 13th - 20th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Accra, Ghana.
Featuring GM Bassem Amin, GM Bilel Bellahcene and IM Mariano Ortega Amarelle among others.
Reykjavik Open | March 15th - 21st
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Featuring GMs Bogdan-Daniel Deac, Vasyl Ivanchuk and Xiangyu Xu among others.
Ciudad de Mar del Plata Open | March 23rd - 30th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Featuring GMs Johan-Sebastian Christiansen, Ruben Felgaer and Diego Flores among others.
Fagernes Chess International | March 24th - 31st
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Fagernes, Norway.
Featuring GMs Abhimanyu Puranik, Rinat Jumabayev and Elham Amar among others.
GRENKE Chess Classic | March 26th - April 1st
6-player double round-robin tournament held in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Featuring GMs Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 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 Kirill Alekseenko, Vasyl Ivanchuk and Daniil Yuffa among others.
April
Menorca Open | April 2nd - 7th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain.
Featuring GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Nihal Sarin and Hans Moke Niemann 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.
Isle of Wight Chess Congress | April 19th - 21st
5-round Swiss classical tournament held in Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, UK.
Featuring GM Keith C Arkell, IM Harry Grieve and FM Roland Bezuidenhout among others.
European Women's Chess Championship | April 19th - 29th
11-round Swiss classical tournament held in Rhodes, Greece.
Featuring GMs Bella Khotenashvili, Antoaneta Stefanova and Nino Batsiashvili among others.
World Cadet Rapid & Blitz Championships | April 26th - 28th
11-round Swiss rapid & blitz tournaments held in Durrës, Albania.
Featuring CM Matfey Yurasov, WFM Megan Althea Paragua and Nikolay Kleimenov among others.
Official Website | Broadcast (Rapid) | Broadcast (Blitz)
TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament | April 27th - May 3rd
8-player round-robin classical tournament held in Malmö, Sweden.
Featuring GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Arjun Erigaisi and Ju Wenjun among others.
May
European Senior Team Chess Championships | May 7th - 15th
9-round Swiss classical tournaments held in Brežice, Slovenia.
Featuring GMs John Nunn, Alexander Beliavsky and John Emms among others.
Official Website | Broadcast (S50) | Broadcast (S65)
Sharjah Masters | May 14th - 22nd
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Featuring GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Parham Maghsoodloo and Yu Yangyi among others.
Casablanca Chess | May 18th - 19th
4-player double round-robin variant tournament held in Casablanca, Morocco.
Featuring GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand and Bassem Amin.
Festival Salamanca | May 22nd - 25th
8-player round-robin rapid tournament held in Salamanca, Spain.
Featuring GMs Michael Adams, Ruslan Ponomariov and Mariya Muzychuk among others.
Continental Americas Championship | May 24th - June 2nd
11-round Swiss classical tournament held in Medellin, Colombia.
Featuring GMs Jeffery Xiong, Georg Meier and Cristóbal Henríquez among others.
Aktobe Open | May 25th - June 2nd
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Aktobe, Kazakhstan.
Featuring GMs Parham Maghsoodloo, Alexey Sarana and Maksim Chigaev among others.
Dubai Open | May 25th - June 2nd
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Featuring GMs Teimour Radjabov, Leon Luke Mendonca and Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş among others.
Norway Chess | May 27th - June 7th
6-player double round-robin classical tournament held in Stavanger, Norway.
Featuring GMs Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren and Hikaru Nakamura among others.
Norway Chess Women's | May 27th - June 7th
6-player double round-robin classical tournament held in Stavanger, Norway.
Featuring GMs Ju Wenjun, Lei Tingjie and Koneru Humpy among others.
June
World Junior U20 Championships | June 2nd - 13th
11-round Swiss classical tournaments held in Gandhinagar, India.
Featuring GMs Abhimanyu Mishra, Aleksey Grebnev and IM Divya Deshmukh among others.
Official Website | Broadcast (Open) | Broadcast (Girls)
UzChess Cup 2024 | June 6th - 14th
10-player round-robin classical tournaments held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Featuring GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Richárd Rapport and Vidit Santosh Gujrathi among others.
Official Website | Broadcast (Masters) | Broadcast (Challengers)
Madrid Chess Festival | June 10th - 15th
10-player round-robin classical tournaments held in Madrid, Spain.
Featuring GM José Fernando Cuenca Jiménez, IM Eric Rosen and FM Faustino Oro among others.
Official Website | Broadcast (Closed A) | Broadcast (Closed B)
Stepan Avagyan Memorial | June 10th - 18th
10-player round-robin classical tournament held in Jermuk, Armenia.
Featuring GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Amin Tabatabaei and Samuel Sevian among others.
Teplice Open | June 15th - 23rd
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Teplice, Czech Republic.
Featuring GMs Gabriel Sargissian, Max Warmerdam and Alexander Donchenko among others.
FISU World University Mind Sports Championships | June 25th - 30th
9-round Swiss tournaments held in Entebbe, Uganda.
Featuring GM Janik Igor, IM Szpar Milosz and IM Gatineau Yovann among others.
Official Website | Broadcast (Men) | Broadcast (Women)
Superbet Romania Chess Classic | June 26th - July 5th
10-player round-robin classical tournament held in Bucharest, Romania.
Featuring GMs Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Gukesh D among others.
July
FIDE World Senior Team Championships | July 2nd - 11th
9-round Swiss for teams classical tournaments held in Kraków, Poland.
Featuring GMs Michael Adams, John Nunn and Jaan Ehlvest among others.
Official Website | Broadcast (50+) | Broadcast (65+)
43rd Villa de Benasque Open | July 5th - 14th
10-round Swiss classical tournament held in Benasque, Spain.
Featuring GMs Kirill Alekseenko, Mateusz Bartel and Alan Pichot among others.
Biel Chess Festival Masters | July 13th - 26th
6-player triathlon format tournament held in Biel, Switzerland.
Featuring GMs R Praggnanandhaa, Vincent Keymer and Lê Quang Liêm among others.
Árpád Csaba Memorial | July 19th - 21st
13-round Swiss blitz & 11-round Swiss rapid tournaments held in Ajka, Hungary.
Featuring GMs Peter Svidler, Nikita Vitiugov and Volodymyr Onyshchuk among others.
August
Lewis Chess Legends | August 6th - 14th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Trondheim, Norway.
Featuring GMs Jon Ludvig Hammer, Sebastian Bogner and Pia Cramling among others.
51st International Dortmund Chess Days | August 10th - 18th
9-round Swiss classical tournament held in Dortmund, Germany.
Featuring GMs Anton Korobov, Frederik Svane and Christopher Woojin Yoo among others.
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
European Individual Chess Championship | November 7th - 20th
11-round Swiss tournament held in Petrovac, Montenegro.
FIDE World Championship Match | November 20th - December 15th
2-player classical match held in Singapore.
Featuring defending World Champion Ding Liren and challenger Gukesh D.
Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games | November 21st - 30th
TBD