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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | April 24–October 2 |
| Host(s) | Warsaw Bucharest Zagreb St. Louis São Paulo |
The Grand Chess Tour 2025 is a series of chess tournaments, which is the tenth edition of the Grand Chess Tour. It will consist of six tournaments with a total prize pool of US$1.6 million, including two tournaments with classical time control and three tournaments with faster time controls, as well as the GCT Finals in São Paulo.[1][2]
Format
[edit]The tour will consist of six tournaments. Rapid & Blitz tournaments consisted of two parts – rapid (2 points for win, 1 for draw) and blitz (1 point for win, 0.5 for draw). Combined result for both portions will count in overall standings. Top four after 5 tournaments will qualify to the tour finals in São Paulo.[3]
The tour points are to be awarded as follows:
Place Tour Points Classical
prize moneyRapid & Blitz
prize moneyGCT Finals
prize money1st 12/13* $100,000 $40,000 $150,000 2nd 10 $65,000 $30,000 $100,000 3rd 8 $48,000 $25,000 $60,000 4th 7 $32,000 $20,000 $40,000 5th 6 $26,000 $15,000 6th 5 $21,000 $11,000 7th 4 $18,500 $10,000 8th 3 $16,000 $9,000 9th 2 $13,000 $8,000 10th 1 $10,500 $7,000
- If a player wins 1st place outright (without the need for a playoff), they are awarded 13 points instead of 12.
- Tour points and prize money are shared equally between tied players.
Lineup
[edit]The lineup for the tour was announced on February 26, 2025. It consisted of nine players, including top-three finishers of previous edition. Remaining six players were selected, based on several factors, including URS, FIDE rating, "fighting spirit and sportsmanship".[2]
| Player | Country | FIDE Rating (February 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| Fabiano Caruana |  United States
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2803 |
| Gukesh Dommaraju |  India
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2777 |
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov |  Uzbekistan
|
2766 |
| Alireza Firouzja |  France
|
2760 |
| Wesley So | United States
|
2747 |
| Levon Aronian | United States
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2745 |
| R Praggnanandhaa | India
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2741 |
| Jan-Krzysztof Duda |  Poland
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2739 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France
|
2729 |
Results
[edit]Tournament results
[edit]| Dates | Tournament Name | Format | Host city | Winner | Runner-Up | Third Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 24–May 1, 2025 | Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland | Rapid & blitz | Warsaw | |||
| May 5–17, 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | Classical | Bucharest | |||
| June 30–July 7, 2025 | SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia | Rapid & blitz | Zagreb | |||
| August 9–16, 2025 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | Rapid & blitz | St. Louis | |||
| August 16–29, 2025 | Sinquefield Cup | Classical | ||||
| September 25–October 2, 2025 | Grand Chess Tour Grand Finals | Knockout | São Paulo |
Tour rankings
[edit]The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings.
| Player | POL | ROU | CRO | STL | SIN | Total points |
Finals | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fabiano Caruana (United States)
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| Gukesh Dommaraju (India)
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— | ||||||||
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan)
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— | ||||||||
| Alireza Firouzja (France)
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— | ||||||||
| Wesley So (United States)
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— | ||||||||
| Levon Aronian (United States)
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— | ||||||||
| R Praggnanandhaa (India)
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— | ||||||||
| Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)
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— | ||||||||
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)
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— | ||||||||
 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)
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— | — | — | — | |||||
 Vladimir Fedoseev (Slovenia)
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Aravindh Chithambaram (India)
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||
 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||
| David Gavrilescu (Romania)
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||
 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||
 Anish Giri (Netherlands)
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||
 Ivan Šarić (Croatia)
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— | — | — | — | — |
Tournaments
[edit]Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland
[edit]The first leg of the Grand Chess Tour will be held in Warsaw, Poland from April 26–30, 2025.
2025 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, April 26–30 Warsaw, Poland Player Rapid Blitz Total TB Tour Points Prize money 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2 Levon Aronian (USA)3 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)4 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)6 Aravindh Chithambaram (IND)7 Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO)8 Veselin Topalov (BUL)9 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU)10 David Gavrilescu (ROU)
2025 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Rapid, April 26–28 Warsaw, Poland Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2754 2 Levon Aronian (USA)2752 3 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)2684 4 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)2731 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2745 6 Aravindh Chithambaram (IND)2550 7 Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO)2739 8 Veselin Topalov (BUL)2632 9 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU)2630 10 David Gavrilescu (ROU)2506
2025 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Blitz, April 29–30 Warsaw, Poland Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2863 2 Levon Aronian (USA)2761 3 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)2717 4 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)2785 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2748 6 Aravindh Chithambaram (IND)2622 7 Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO)2675 8 Veselin Topalov (BUL)2657 9 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU)2629 10 David Gavrilescu (ROU)2506
Superbet Chess Classic Romania
[edit]The second leg of the 2025 Grand Chess Tour will be held in Bucharest, Romania.
2025 GCT Superbet Chess Classic, May 7–16 Bucharest, Romania Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB Tour Points Prize Money 1 Gukesh Dommaraju (IND)2 Fabiano Caruana (USA)3 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)4 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)5 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)6 Wesley So (USA)7 Levon Aronian (USA)8 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)9 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)10 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU)
SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia
[edit]Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
[edit]Sinquefield Cup
[edit]Grand Finals
[edit]In 2025, the GCT Finals will return in São Paulo, Brazil. The top 4 players will play 2 classical games, 2 rapid games and 4 blitz games per match. 6 points will be awarded for a win, 3 points for a draw and 0 points for a loss in classical play. In the rapid games, 4 points will be awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. In the blitz games, 2 points were awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 point for a loss.
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
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References
[edit]- ^ Machuca, Danny (December 6, 2024). "GRAND CHESS TOUR 2025 SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED". Grand Chess Tour. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
- ^ a b Machuca, Danny (February 26, 2025). "2025 Grand Chess Tour Celebrates its 10th Anniversary with Elite Field Battling for $1.6 Million in Prize Money with return of the GCT Finals". Grand Chess Tour. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
- ^ "2025 GCT Full Regulations" (PDF).
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