Qualification method | Player |
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2021 World Championship runner-up | Magnus Carlsen or Ian Nepomniachtchi |
Candidate nominated by FIDE | Teimour Radjabov[a] |
The top two finishers at the Chess World Cup 2021[b] | Jan-Krzysztof Duda (winner) |
Sergey Karjakin (runner-up) | |
The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 | Alireza Firouzja (winner) |
Fabiano Caruana (runner-up) | |
The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022[c] | TBD |
TBD |