Champions Chess Tour 2025
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 16 February – 23 May 2025 |
| Tournaments | 2 |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most titles | Magnus Carlsen (2) |
| Prize money leader | Magnus Carlsen ($50,000) |
| Points leader | Magnus Carlsen (200) |
← 2024 | |
The Champions Chess Tour (CCT) 2025 was a fast chess tournament circuit organized in 2025 by Chess.com. The tour started on 16 February 2025 and ended on 23 May 2025. It involved two online chess tournaments, featuring some of the world's top players who play for a prize money pool of US$300,000.
The top twelve players qualified for the Esports World Cup.[a]
Tour points and prize money
The total prize pool for each tournament was US$150,000 for each tournament, distributed as follows:[2]
| Finish | Points | Prize |
| 1st | 100 | $25,000 |
| 2nd | 80 | $20,000 |
| 3rd | 65 | $15,000 |
| 4th | 50 | $10,000 |
| 5th (x2) | 40 | $8,000 |
| 7th (x2) | 30 | $7,000 |
| 9th (x4) | 20 | $6,000 |
| 13th (x4) | 10 | $5,000 |
| Match Play | 5 | - |
| Play-In (16th - 30th) | 3 | - |
| Play-In (31th - 40th) | 2 | - |
| Play-In (41th - 50th) | 1 | - |
Tournament schedule and results
| Tournament | Dates | Prize | Winner | Second (or finalist) |
Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chessable Masters[3] | February 16–22 | $150,000 | Magnus Carlsen | Hikaru Nakamura | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
| Chess.com Classic[4] | May 18–23 | Magnus Carlsen | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Hikaru Nakamura | Nodirbek Abdusattorov |
Standings
Prize money is shown in US dollars. The top twelve players qualified for the Esports World Cup.
| Pos | Name | Chessable Masters | Chess.com Classic | Total Points | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen | 100 | 100 | 200 | $50,000 |
| 2 | Hikaru Nakamura | 80 | 65 | 145 | $35,000 |
| 3 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 65 | 40 | 105 | $23,000 |
| 4 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 5 | 80 | 85 | $20,000 |
| 5 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 50 | 10 | 60 | $15,000 |
| 6 | Arjun Erigaisi | 40 | 20 | 60 | $14,000 |
| 7 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 5 | 50 | 55 | $10,000 |
| 8 | Vladislav Artemiev | 20 | 30 | 50 | $13,000 |
| 9 | Alireza Firouzja | 40 | 3 | 43 | $8,000 |
| 10 | Vladimir Fedoseev | - | 40 | 40 | $8,000 |
| 11 | Fabiano Caruana | 20 | 20 | 40 | $12,000 |
| 12 | Wei Yi | 20 | 20 | 40 | $12,000 |
| 13 | Levon Aronian | 3 | 30 | 33 | $7,000 |
| 14 | Andrey Esipenko | 30 | 2 | 32 | $7,000 |
| 15 | Yu Yangyi | 30 | 1 | 31 | $7,000 |
| 16 | Ding Liren | - | 20 | 20 | $6,000 |
| Anish Giri | 20 | 0 | 20 | $6,000 | |
| 18 | Praggnanandhaa R | 10 | 10 | 20 | $10,000 |
| 19 | Denis Lazavik | 5 | 10 | 15 | $5,000 |
| 20 | Alexander Grischuk | 10 | 3 | 13 | $5,000 |
| 21 | Sam Sevian | 10 | 1 | 11 | $5,000 |
| 22 | Gukesh D | - | 10 | 10 | $5,000 |
| Wesley So | 10 | 0 | 10 | $5,000 | |
| 24 | Nihal Sarin | 3 | 5 | 8 | $0 |
Tournaments details
Chessable Masters
- Play-offs
Chess.com Classic
- Play-offs
Esports World Cup
In December 2024, Chess.com announced a partnership with the Esports World Cup Foundation to include chess in the 2025 Esports World Cup, with the Champions Chess Tour now serving as the main qualifier.[5]
Notes
References
- ^ "Chess at EWC25 - Rulebook". Esports World Cup Foundation. p. 7. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
The competitions part of the Chess Championship Tour 2025 will count with their own set of competitions and leaderboard that will feed 12 titled contestants into the EWC 2025.
- ^ a b "Chess.com Official 2025 Event Rulebook - Champions Chess Tour". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
The Champions Chess Tour ("CCT") consists of two online events . . . Based on event performance, players can qualify for the in-person "Esports World Cup" (EWC), owned and operated by the Esports World Cup Foundation ("Organizing Partner").
- ^ "Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters 2025 – Results". Retrieved 2025-05-21.
- ^ "Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic 2025 – Results". Retrieved 2025-05-21.
- ^ Team, Chess com (2024-12-17). "Chess Makes Historic Debut At Esports World Cup 2025 With $1.5 Million Prize Pool". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-08-01.