Champions Chess Tour 2025
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Duration16 February – 23 May 2025
Tournaments2
Most titles
Magnus Carlsen (2)
Magnus Carlsen (2)Prize money
leader Magnus Carlsen ($50,000)
leader
Magnus Carlsen ($50,000)| 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 competed for a prize pool of US$300,000.
The top twelve players qualified for the Esports World Cup.[a]
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
