17 Year old GM Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest player to win the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament after 14 rounds and over three weeks of play.

He will play GM Ding Liren for the world championship title later this year. 

In a tense, almost six-hour game, GM Fabiano Caruana was unable to finish off a winning position against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi to extend the tournament one more day with tiebreaks. With a draw in that game, Gukesh's draw against GM Hikaru Nakamura was enough to advance.

Former Women's World Champion Tan Zhongyi won the 2024 FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament by a 1.5-point margin after leading the tournament the entire way through.