FIDE Circuit 2026 - 2027

The FIDE Circuit is the circuit of top individual chess tournaments around the world unified according to the criteria described below. 

  • FIDE‐rated individual over‐the‐board standard‐play tournaments   
  • FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2026 and 2027, regardless of their dates
  • Continental over‐the‐board Rapid and Blitz Championships 2026 and 2027
  • Other over‐the‐board FIDE‐rated Rapid & Blitz tournaments
  • FIDE-rated tournaments with mixed time controls pre-approved by GSC

Please read full Regulations

FIDE  reserves the  right to obtain  additional information as needed. 
 
Please note that all responses will be used solely for the purposes of managing the FIDE Circuit initiative.

The current scores are provisional. Each player’s final score will be subject to fulfilling the requirements of Art. 4 of the regulations.

[Updated on 09 February 2026]
 
JANUARY
 
FEBRUARY
  • 3rd International “Al-Beruniy” tournament (Tashkent, Uzbekistan, February 12 – 22, 2026)
  • Prague Masters 2026 (Prague, the Czech Republic, February 24 – March 06, 2026)
  • Prague Challengers 2026 (Prague, the Czech Republic, February 24 – March 06, 2026)
  • 2026 Saint Louis Masters (Saint Louis, USA, February 25 – March 01, 2026)
  • Aeroflot Open 2026 (Moscow, Russia, February 27 – March 06, 2026)
 
MARCH
  • FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 (Paphos, Cyprus, March 28 – April 16, 2026)
 
APRIL
 

MAY

  • GrandPrix Pluscity – Blitz 2026* (Pasching, Austria, May 15, 2026)
 
JULY
  • 2026 Naroditsky Memorial – Rapid* (Charlotte, USA, July 03, 2026)
  • 2026 Naroditsky Memorial – Blitz* (Charlotte, USA, July 04 – 05, 2026)
  • 3rd DOLE OPEN (Aix-en-Provence, France, July 18 – 26, 2026)
 
AUGUST
  • ⁠International Dortmund Chess Days – Sparkassen Chess Trophy (Dortmund, Germany, August 01-09, 2026)

NOVEMBER

  • 2026 US Masters (Charlotte, USA, November 25 – 29, 2026) 

* – provisional