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- Fabiano Caruana is the 6/4 favourite to win this year's 2024 Chess Candidates Tournament
- Last year's World Championship runner-up Ian Nepomniachtchi is second favourite
- Eight players in total will go against each other in the 2024 Candidates Tournament
Fabiano Caruana is the 6/4 favourite to win this year's 2024 Chess Candidates Tournament
Bookies continue to offer odds on the 2024 Chess Candidates Tournament with the tournament kicking off on Wednesday 3 April with the opening ceremony.
We'll have a total of 14 days of Chess following that with 14 rounds set to be played for the total prize pool of €500,000 with the winner being crowned at the end of the event.
Fabiano Caruana remains the 6/4 favourite to win the event this year with the American Chess grandmaster one of the in-form players in the world currently.
Caruana was crowned US Chess Championship once again in 2023 and he will go into this event ultra-confident of being crowned Candidates Champion.
Unibet's latest odds keep him clear in the betting market to win the event with the odds suggesting there's a 40% chance that he wins.
| Candidates Tournament 2024 Winner | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Fabiano Caruana | 6/4 | 40.0% |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | 4/1 | 20.0% |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 4/1 | 20.0% |
| Alireza Firouzja | 5/1 | 16.7% |
| Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa | 8/1 | 11.1% |
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Last year's World Championship runner-up Ian Nepomniachtchi is second favourite
Ian Nepomniachtchi was the runner up in last year's World Championship after winning the 2022 Candidates Tournament and he comes back again to try and win once more.
Nepomniachtchi is 7th in the overall world ranking's as of March 2024 and qualifies for this event dude to him being the runner-up in last year's World Championship.
Former World Champion Magnus Carlsen qualified for this year's Candidates Tournament by winning the 2023 FIDE World Cup but has decided not to compete.
Carlsen stated that "I would say the main reason is that I don't enjoy it. It's as simple as that," as his reasoning for declining to play in the event this year.
Eight players in total will go against each other in the 2024 Candidates Tournament
Eight players will go against each other at this year's Candidates Tournament with qualification methods ranging across a variety of different paths to enter.
There are entrants through finishes at the Chess World Cup, FIDE Circuit, overall ratings and more and that means that the tournament is ultra competitive.
The eight players who will go against each other at the 2024 Candidates Tournament are:
- Fabiano Caruana
- Hikaru Nakamura
- Alireza Firouzja
- Ian Nepomniachtchi
- R Praggnanandhaa
- Vidit Gujrathi
- Gukesh D
- Nijat Abasov
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