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Candidates Tournament participants
- Ian NepomniachtchiRussia, World Championship finalist
- Magnus CarlsenNorway, 2023 World Cup winner (*)
- Praggnanandhaa RameshbabuIndia, 2023 World Cup finalist
- Fabiano CaruanaUSA, World Cup 2023 bronze medallist
- Vidit GujrathiIndia, Grand Swiss 2023 winner
- Hikaru NakamuraUSA, 2nd in the Grand Swiss 2023
- Dommaraju GukeshIndia, via FIDE Circuit 2023
- Alireza FirouzjaFrance, via Elo ranking on January 1, 2024
(*) Carlsen hints that he won’t be taking part in the Candidates’ Tournament. If so, he will be replaced by Azeri Nijat Abasov4th in the 2023 World Cup.
Candidates Tournament participants
- Lei TingjieChina, World Championship finalist
- Kateryna LagnoRussia, Grand Prix 2022-23 winner
- Aleksandra GoryachkinaRussia, runner-up in Grand Prix 2022-23
- Nurgyul SalimovaBulgarian, 2023 World Cup finalist (*)
- Anna MuzychukUkraine, 3rd in the 2023 World Cup
- Vaishali RameshbabuIndia, winner of the Grand Swiss Ladies 2023
- Tan ZhongyiChina, 3rd in the women’s Grand Swiss (**)
- Humpy KoneruIndia, via Elo ranking on January 1, 2024
(*) World Cup winner Aleksandra Goryachkina qualifies via another route (GP).
(**) Anna Muzychuk, second in the Grand Swiss, has qualified by another means (World Cup).