The 2024 Grand Chess Tour features a strong lineup of chess elite competing for an increased $1.5 million prize fund across five tournaments. Nine full-tour players were selected based on the following criteria:

• The top three finishers from the 2023 Grand Chess Tour
• Six players invited based on their URS rating, FIDE rating, fighting spirit, and sportsmanship

GM Fabiano Caruana, the 2023 GCT overall winner, leads the full-tour lineup, which also includes GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, GM Alireza GM Firouzja, GM Anish Giri, GM Wesley So, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, and GM Gukesh Dommaraju.

Event wildcards, featuring top players like World Champion Ding Liren and five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen, will join the full-tour participants in the rapid and blitz events and the Sinquefield Cup, adding to the excitement and competitiveness of the 2024 tour.