Champions Chess Tour 2024

Champions Chess Tour 2024

Details
Duration	26 January – 21 December 2024
Tournaments	5
Categories	Regular (4) Finals (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Magnus Carlsen (2)
Prize money leader	Magnus Carlsen ($93,000)
Points leader	Alireza Firouzja (340)
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The Champions Chess Tour (CCT) 2024 was a fast chess tournament circuit organized in 2024 by Chess.com. The tour started on 26 January 2024 and ended on 21 December 2024. It involved four online chess tournaments and an over-the-board final round, featuring some of the world's top players who played for a prize money pool of US$ 1,700,000.

Format

Regular tournament

Each Regular tournament was conducted in the following stages:

Stage		Format	Players entering this round	Players advancing from previous round
Qualifiers		Swiss-system 9 rounds	Titled players below Grandmaster	—
Play-In		Swiss-system 9 rounds	Grandmasters Top 3 from Qualifier of past 2024 Regular tournaments	Top 3 from Qualifier
Division Placement	Div. I	Single-elimination 2 rounds R1: 2-games match R2: 4-games match	Bye to Round 2: 3rd-4th from Div. I of previous Regular tournament 2nd from Div. II of previous Regular tournament Winner from Div. III of previous Regular tournament	Bye to Round 2: Winner from Play-In Entering Round 1: 2nd-11th from Play-In
	Div. II	Single-elimination 2 rounds R1: 2-games match R2: 4-games match		Bye to Round 2: 12th-17th from Play-In Entering Round 1: 18th-29th from Play-In
	Div. III	Single match 4-games match		30th-69th from Play-In
Division Play	Div. I	Double-elimination Upper: 4-games match Lower: 2-games match	Top 2 from Div. I of previous Regular tournament Winner from Div. II of previous Regular tournament	5 winners from Div. I Placement
	Div. II	Double-elimination Upper: 4-games match Lower: 2-games match		10 losers from Div. I Placement 6 winners from Div. II Placement
	Div. III	Double-elimination Upper: 4-games match Lower: 2-games match		12 losers from Div. II Placement 20 winners from Div. III Placement

• Every game is played under the time control of 10+2.
• In Division Placement and Division Play, if a match is tied, an armageddon game is played to decide the winner, using bidding system to determine playing time and color (base time of 10 minutes).
• For Chessable Masters, the first event of 2024 edition, 2023 AI Cup was designated as its previous Regular tournament.

Finals

The CCT 2024 Finals is scheduled as an in-person event in Oslo, Norway. Eight players, Division I winners from each of the four Regular events and top players in the points leaderboard, are invited. The format for the event is similar to the previous year, which goes as follows:

• Round-robin stage: Eight players play each other in two-game matches. If a match is tied, an armageddon game is played to decide the winner of the match. First and second place directly qualified to semifinals, third to sixth place advanced to the survival stage, while the last two places are eliminated.
• Survival stage: The four players in this stage play a mini double-elimination tournament, with 3rd and 4th starting in upper bracket, and 5th-6th in lower bracket. Each match consist of two games, with armageddon tiebreak. Two players, winner of each of upper and lower bracket, advance to the semifinals.
• Semifinals and final: Four players play a single-elimination tournament to determine the Tour winner. Each match consist of six games.

Tour points and prize money

Regular

The total prize pool for a Regular tournament is US$ 300,000 for each tournament, distributed as follows: ^[1]

Points

Finish	Division I	Division II	Division III
1st	100	50	30
2nd	80	40	25
3rd	60	30	20
4th	50	25	15
5th (x2)	40	20	10
7th (x2)	30	15	7
9th (x4)	-	10	5
13th (x4)	-	5	3
17th (x8)	-	-	2
25th (x8)	-	-	1

Prize Money

Finish	Division I	Division II	Division III
1st	$30,000	$15,000	$7,500
2nd	$20,000	$10,000	$6,000
3rd	$15,000	$7,500	$5,000
4th	$12,500	$6,000	$4,000
5th (x2)	$10,000	$5,500	$3,500
7th (x2)	$7,500	$5,000	$3,000
9th (x4)	-	$4,500	$2,600
13th (x4)	-	$4,000	$2,200
17th (x8)	-	-	$1,850
25th (x8)	-	-	$1,500
Placement (x20)	-	-	$500
Total	$112,500	$93,500	$91,500

Finals

The Finals will have a $500,000 purse.

Placing	Prize
1st	$200,000
2nd	$100,000
3rd-4th (x2)	$50,000
5th	$25,000
6th	$20,000
7th	$15,000
8th	$12,000
Per Playoff match win	$1,000

Tournament schedule and results

Champions Chess Tour tournaments

Tournament	Dates	Prize	Division I				Winner of Division II	Winner of Division III
			Winner	Second (or finalist)	Third	Fourth
Chessable Masters [2]	January 31–February 7	$300,000	Magnus Carlsen	Alireza Firouzja	Denis Lazavik	Ian Nepomniachtchi	Vincent Keymer	Alexey Sarana
Chess.com Classic [3]	May 10–16		Alireza Firouzja	Magnus Carlsen	Vincent Keymer	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Dmitry Andreikin
CrunchLabs Masters [4]	July 17–24		Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Alireza Firouzja	Ian Nepomniachtchi	Magnus Carlsen	Alexander Grischuk	Arjun Erigaisi
Julius Baer Generation Cup [5]	September 25–October 2		Magnus Carlsen	Alireza Firouzja	Levon Aronian	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Wesley So	Fabiano Caruana
Final	December 14–21	$500,000

Standings

Prize money is shown in US dollars. Bold number denotes a win in that division. L denotes losers of Division III Placement stage.

Legend
	Did not qualify/participate		Division I		Division II		Division III

Pos	Name	Chessable Masters	Chess.com Classic	CrunchLabs Masters	Julius Baer Generation Cup	Total Points	Prize Money
1	Alireza Firouzja	80	100	80	80	340	$90,000
2	Magnus Carlsen	100	80	50	100	330	$93,000
3	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	30	50	100	50	230	$65,500
4	Ian Nepomniachtchi	50	40	60	30	180	$45,000
5	Wesley So	30	40	40	50	160	$42,500
6	Denis Lazavik	60	40	3	40	143	$37,200
7	Vincent Keymer	50	60		25	135	$36,000
8	Levon Aronian	40	25	10	60	135	$35,500
9	Alexander Grischuk	25		50	40	115	$31,000
10	Vladimir Fedoseev	40		25	40	105	$26,000
11	Jan-Krzysztof Duda		50	40	1	91	$24,000
12	Vidit Gujrathi	L	20	40	25	85	$22,000
13	José Martínez	40	10	L	30	80	$20,000
14	Fabiano Caruana		10	30	30	70	$19,500
15	Alexey Sarana	30	30		1	61	$16,500
16	Dmitry Andreikin		30	30		60	$15,000
	Arjun Erigaisi			30	30	60	$15,000
18	Benjamin Bok	30	2	2	10	44	$15,700
19	Jules Moussard		2	20	20	42	$12,350
20	Olexandr Bortnyk	20		7	15	42	$13,000
21	Hikaru Nakamura	10		30		40	$12,000
22	Grigoriy Oparin		30	5	5	40	$15,500
23	Shant Sargsyan			20	20	40	$10,500
24	Karthikeyan Murali	5	20	15	L	40	$13,100
25	Velimir Ivić		30	3		33	$9,700

Pos	Name	Chessable Masters	Chess.com Classic	CrunchLabs Masters	Julius Baer Generation Cup	Total Points	Prize Money
26	Daniil Dubov	1	20	10		31	$10,500
27	Bardiya Daneshvar	10	5		15	30	$11,100
28	David Antón Guijarro	10	L	10	10	30	$13,000
29	Anish Giri	20	7			27	$8,500
	Aleksandar Inđić	7			20	27	$8,500
31	Vasif Durarbayli		2	15	10	27	$11,350
32	Vladislav Artemiev	25				25	$6,000
33	Evgeny Alekseev	L		25		25	$6,500
	Nils Grandelius		25			25	$6,000
35	Samuel Sevian	10	15		L	25	$10,000
36	Lê Tuấn Minh	L	15	10		25	$9,000
37	Jaime Santos Latasa	5		15	2	22	$8,450
38	Yu Yangyi	20				20	$5,500
	Vladimir Kramnik			20		20	$5,500
40	Rauf Mamedov	15	5			20	$7,600
41	David Paravyan	10	5	5		20	$8,700
42	Aram Hakobyan	L	10	5	3	18	$9,800
43	Andrey Esipenko		15	L	2	17	$7,350
44	Javokhir Sindarov			7	10	17	$6,500
45	Bogdan-Daniel Deac	3	7	5	2	17	$11,050
46	Jeffery Xiong	15	L			15	$5,500
47	Eltaj Safarli	15			L	15	$4,500
	Boris Gelfand				15	15	$4,000
49	Maxim Matlakov	5		10		15	$7,100
50	Frederik Svane			10	2	12	$6,350
51	Mikhail Antipov	7		5		12	$7,000
52	Samvel Ter-Sahakyan	10	L		L	10	$5,500
	Dmitrij Kollars		10	L	L	10	$5,500
	Mukhiddin Madaminov				10	10	$4,500
55	Ádám Kozák		10			10	$3,500
	Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn		10			10	$3,500
	Anton Korobov				10	10	$3,500
58	Christopher Yoo	3	L		7	10	$5,700
59	Hans Niemann		1		7	8	$4,500
60	Rudik Makarian			3	5	8	$4,800
61	Haik M. Martirosyan	5			2	7	$5,850
	Aleksandr Rakhmanov	2	5			7	$5,850
63	Shamsiddin Vokhidov	5	1	1	L	7	$7,500
64	Matthias Blübaum	L	5	L		5	$5,000
	Alan Pichot		L	5		5	$4,500
	Nodirbek Yakubboev			L	5	5	$4,500
	Peter Svidler	5	L			5	$4,500
	Aleksandr Shimanov	5				5	$4,000
	Leinier Domínguez		5			5	$4,000
	Jorden van Foreest		5			5	$4,000
	Ray Robson				5	5	$4,000
72	David Navara		L		5	5	$3,100
	Amin Tabatabaei	5				5	$2,600
	Andrew Tang		5			5	$2,600
	Georg Meier			5		5	$2,600
	Abhimanyu Puranik			5		5	$2,600
	Bharath Subramaniyam				5	5	$2,600
	Nikolas Theodorou				5	5	$2,600
79	Kirill Alekseenko	2	L	L	3	5	$5,050
	Yuriy Kuzubov	3		2	L	5	$4,550
81	Gata Kamsky		1	1	3	5	$5,200
82	Rasmus Svane	1	L	2	2	5	$5,700
83	Eduardo Iturrizaga		3	L		3	$2,700
	Sergei Lobanov		3	L		3	$2,700
	Igor Lysyj	3				3	$2,200
	Vugar Rasulov		3			3	$2,200
	Max Warmerdam		3			3	$2,200
	Maciej Klekowski			3		3	$2,200
	Marin Bosiočić				3	3	$2,200
90	Benjámin Gledura		2	1	L	3	$3,850
	Gabriel Sargissian	2			1	3	$3,350
	Alexey Dreev	1		2		3	$3,350
93	Cristobal Henriquez Villagra	2	L			2	$2,350
	Nikita Meshkovs	2		L		2	$2,350
	P. Iniyan			2	L	2	$2,350
	Thomas Beerdsen			2	L	2	$2,350
	Alexandr Predke	L			2	2	$2,350
	Abhimanyu Mishra	2				2	$1,850
	Kacper Piorun	2				2	$1,850
	Ruslan Ponomariov	2				2	$1,850
	Pouya Idani		2			2	$1,850
	Teimour Radjabov		2			2	$1,850
	Raunak Sadhwani		2			2	$1,850
	Sanan Sjugirov		2			2	$1,850
	Erwin l'Ami			2		2	$1,850
	Jakhongir Vakhidov			2		2	$1,850
	Bassem Amin				2	2	$1,850
108	Pranav V			1	1	2	$3,000
109	Gadir Guseinov	L		L	1	1	$2,500
	Vitaliy Bernadskiy	L	1			1	$2,000
	Vladislav Kovalev	L	1			1	$2,000
	Kamil Dragun	L		1		1	$2,000
	Felix Blohberger			1	L	1	$2,000
	Anton Demchenko	1				1	$1,500
	Laurent Fressinet	1				1	$1,500
	Vladimir Malakhov	1				1	$1,500
	S. P. Sethuraman	1				1	$1,500
	Kirill Shevchenko	1				1	$1,500
	Jonas Buhl Bjerre		1			1	$1,500
	Lê Quang Liêm		1			1	$1,500
	Alexander Moiseenko		1			1	$1,500
	Tamás Bánusz			1		1	$1,500
	Read Samadov			1		1	$1,500
	Mikhail Kobalia				1	1	$1,500
	Pavel Ponkratov				1	1	$1,500
	Mustafa Yılmaz				1	1	$1,500
–	Pavel Smirnov	L	L	L	L	0	$2,000
	Martyn Kravtsiv	L	L			0	$1,000
	Maksim Chigaev	L			L	0	$1,000
	Johan-Sebastian Christiansen	L				0	$500
	Andrew Hong	L				0	$500
	Constantin Lupulescu	L				0	$500
	Emin Ohanyan	L				0	$500
	Raja Rithvik R	L				0	$500
	Aditya Samant	L				0	$500
	Ivan Saric	L				0	$500
	Nodirbek Abdusattorov		L			0	$500
	Sankalp Gupta		L			0	$500
	Rinat Jumabayev		L			0	$500
	Toms Kantāns		L			0	$500
	Krikor Mekhitarian		L			0	$500
	Leon Luke Mendonca		L			0	$500
	Mahammad Muradli		L			0	$500
	Zbigniew Pakleza		L			0	$500
	Yago De Moura Santiago			L		0	$500
	Dmitry Frolyanov  [ ru ]			L		0	$500
	Arman Mikaelyan			L		0	$500
	Grzegorz Nasuta			L		0	$500
	Péter Prohászka			L		0	$500
	Renato Quintiliano  [ pt ]			L		0	$500
	Alexander Rustemov			L		0	$500
	Vaibhav Suri			L		0	$500
	Klementy Sychev			L		0	$500
	Sergey Drygalov				L	0	$500
	Eray Kılıç				L	0	$500
	Arseniy Nesterov				L	0	$500
	Levan Pantsulaia				L	0	$500
	Robert Piliposyan				L	0	$500
	Ihor Samunenkov				L	0	$500
	Andy Woodward				L	0	$500

Tournaments details

Chessable Masters

Division I Play-off

Champion Round 1

Champion Round 2

Champion Final

Final

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

2

Denis Lazavik

3

Denis Lazavik

2½

José Martínez

½

Ian Nepomniachtchi

1

José Martínez

3

Denis Lazavik

1½

Magnus Carlsen

2½

Magnus Carlsen

2½

Wesley So

1½

Magnus Carlsen

2½ [a]

Vladimir Fedoseev

2½

Vladimir Fedoseev

2½

Alireza Firouzja

1½

Magnus Carlsen

1½

2

Alireza Firouzja

2½

0

Elimination Round 1

Elimination Round 2

Elimination Round 3

Elimination Final

Vladimir Fedoseev

1

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

1

Ian Nepomniachtchi

2

Denis Lazavik

½

Ian Nepomniachtchi

2

Ian Nepomniachtchi

1½

Alireza Firouzja

1½

Alireza Firouzja

1½ [a]

José Martínez

½

Wesley So

½

Alireza Firouzja

1½

Alireza Firouzja

1½

Division II Play-off

Upper round 1 Upper round 2 Upper round 3 Upper final Final Anish Giri 2 Jeffery Xiong 3 Jeffery Xiong 1 Vincent Keymer 3 Vincent Keymer 3 Peter Svidler 0 Vincent Keymer 3 Benjamin Bok 2 Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 2½ Aleksandr Shimanov 1½ Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 1 Benjamin Bok 3 Rauf Mamedov 1 Benjamin Bok 3 Vincent Keymer 2½ Levon Aronian ½ Vladislav Artemiev 2½ Haik M. Martirosyan ½ Vladislav Artemiev 3 Hikaru Nakamura 2 Hikaru Nakamura 3 Yu Yangyi 1 Vladislav Artemiev 1½ Levon Aronian 2½ Samuel Sevian 2½ Shamsiddin Vokhidov 1½ Samuel Sevian ½ Vincent Keymer 2 2 Levon Aronian 2½ Levon Aronian 3 0 David Antón Guijarro 1 Levon Aronian 3 Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower round 4 Lower round 5 Lower final Samuel Sevian 1 Benjamin Bok 2 Anish Giri 2 Anish Giri 2 Anish Giri 2 Anish Giri 1 Peter Svidler 1 Rauf Mamedov 0 Levon Aronian 1½ [a] Hikaru Nakamura 1 Benjamin Bok 2 Benjamin Bok 1½ Aleksandr Shimanov ½ Rauf Mamedov 2 Vladislav Artemiev 1 Rauf Mamedov 1½ Samvel Ter-Sahakyan ½ Vladislav Artemiev 1½ [a] Haik M. Martirosyan 1 Yu Yangyi 1½ Yu Yangyi 1½ Yu Yangyi 1½ Yu Yangyi 2 Jeffery Xiong ½ Jeffery Xiong 1½ Shamsiddin Vokhidov ½ David Antón Guijarro ½ David Antón Guijarro 1½

Division III Play-off

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Final David Paravyan 3 Anton Demchenko 2 David Paravyan 2½ [a] Bardiya Daneshvar 1½ Kirill Alekseenko 2½ Kirill Alekseenko 2½ David Paravyan 2½ S. P. Sethuraman 0 Karthikeyan Murali ½ Karthikeyan Murali 3 Karthikeyan Murali 2½ Yuriy Kuzubov 1½ Cristobal Henriquez Villagra ½ Cristobal Henriquez Villagra 2½ David Paravyan ½ Kacper Piorun 2½ Alexey Sarana 2½ Rasmus Svane ½ Kacper Piorun 0 Alexey Sarana 3 Alexey Sarana 3 Christopher Yoo 2 Alexey Sarana 3 Igor Lysyj 3 Maxim Matlakov 2 Alexey Dreev 2 Igor Lysyj 1½ Mikhail Antipov ½ Maxim Matlakov 2½ Maxim Matlakov 2½ Alexey Sarana 3 Aleksandar Inđić 2½ Alexander Grischuk 0 Gabriel Sargissian 1½ Aleksandar Inđić 2½ [a] Ruslan Ponomariov 2½ Ruslan Ponomariov 2½ Laurent Fressinet 1½ Aleksandar Inđić 1 Olexandr Bortnyk 0 Eltaj Safarli 3 Eltaj Safarli 3 Eltaj Safarli 2½ Vladimir Malakhov 2 Abhimanyu Mishra 1½ Abhimanyu Mishra 3 Eltaj Safarli 2½ Kirill Shevchenko ½ Alexander Grischuk 2½ [a] Jaime Santos Latasa 2½ Jaime Santos Latasa 2½ Nikita Meshkovs 2½ Nikita Meshkovs ½ Bogdan-Daniel Deac ½ Jaime Santos Latasa 0 Alexey Sarana 1 2 Alexander Grischuk 2½ [a] Alexander Grischuk 3 Alexander Grischuk 3 0 Daniil Dubov 2½ Alexander Grischuk 3 Aleksandr Rakhmanov 2½ Aleksandr Rakhmanov 2 Amin Tabatabaei 1½ Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower round 4 Lower round 5 Lower round 6 Lower round 7 Lower round 8 Anton Demchenko 1½ Aleksandr Rakhmanov ½ Maxim Matlakov 0 Bardiya Daneshvar 1½ [a] Bardiya Daneshvar 1½ Bardiya Daneshvar 1½ Bardiya Daneshvar 2 Eltaj Safarli 2 S. P. Sethuraman ½ Nikita Meshkovs 0 Yuriy Kuzubov ½ Bardiya Daneshvar 2 Bardiya Daneshvar 1 Yuriy Kuzubov 1½ Yuriy Kuzubov 2 Mikhail Antipov 1 Rasmus Svane 1 Abhimanyu Mishra ½ Karthikeyan Murali ½ Alexander Grischuk 1½ [a] Christopher Yoo 2 Christopher Yoo 1½ Christopher Yoo 0 Mikhail Antipov 1½ Eltaj Safarli 1 Olexandr Bortnyk 1½ Alexey Dreev ½ Ruslan Ponomariov ½ Mikhail Antipov 2 Olexandr Bortnyk 2 Mikhail Antipov 1½ Mikhail Antipov 1½ Gabriel Sargissian 2 Igor Lysyj 2 Jaime Santos Latasa 1 Laurent Fressinet 1 Gabriel Sargissian 0 Igor Lysyj ½ Olexandr Bortnyk 2 Eltaj Safarli ½ Olexandr Bortnyk 2 Kacper Piorun 0 Olexandr Bortnyk 1½ Olexandr Bortnyk 2 Olexandr Bortnyk 1½ Vladimir Malakhov 0 Olexandr Bortnyk 2 Aleksandar Inđić 1 Kirill Shevchenko 1 Cristobal Henriquez Villagra 0 Aleksandar Inđić 1½ [a] Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2 Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2 Bogdan-Daniel Deac 1½ Amin Tabatabaei 1½ Daniil Dubov ½ Kirill Alekseenko 0 Amin Tabatabaei 1½ [a] Amin Tabatabaei 1½ Amin Tabatabaei 2

Chess.com Classic

Division I Play-off

Champion Round 1

Champion Round 2

Champion Final

Final

Magnus Carlsen

2½

Velimir Ivić

½

Magnus Carlsen

2½

Denis Lazavik

1½

Denis Lazavik

2½

Ian Nepomniachtchi

1½

Magnus Carlsen

2½

Vincent Keymer

1½

Alireza Firouzja

2

Jan-Krzysztof Duda

3

Jan-Krzysztof Duda

½

Vincent Keymer

2½

Vincent Keymer

2½

Alexey Sarana

½

Magnus Carlsen

2

1

Alireza Firouzja

3

2

Elimination Round 1

Elimination Round 2

Elimination Round 3

Elimination Final

Jan-Krzysztof Duda

2

Velimir Ivić

0

Ian Nepomniachtchi

1

Vincent Keymer

0

Ian Nepomniachtchi

2

Jan-Krzysztof Duda

½

Alireza Firouzja

2

Alireza Firouzja

1½

Denis Lazavik

0

Alireza Firouzja

1½

Alireza Firouzja

2

Alexey Sarana

½

Division II Play-off

Upper round 1 Upper round 2 Upper round 3 Upper final Final Levon Aronian 2½ Vidit Gujrathi ½ Levon Aronian 2½ Dmitrij Kollars ½ Dmitrij Kollars 3 Leinier Domínguez 2 Levon Aronian 1½ Grigoriy Oparin 2½ Samuel Sevian 2 Grigoriy Oparin 3 Grigoriy Oparin 3 Andrey Esipenko 2 Andrey Esipenko 2½ Aleksandr Rakhmanov 1½ Grigoriy Oparin ½ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2½ Fabiano Caruana 1½ Aram Hakobyan 2½ Aram Hakobyan 1 Daniil Dubov 3 Matthias Blübaum ½ Daniil Dubov 2½ Daniil Dubov 2½ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2½ [a] Wesley So 1½ José Martínez 2½ José Martínez 1½ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2 2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2½ Wesley So 3 0 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 3 Jorden van Foreest 2 Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower round 4 Lower round 5 Lower final José Martínez 0 Levon Aronian 1½ Vidit Gujrathi 1½ Vidit Gujrathi 2 Vidit Gujrathi 1½ Vidit Gujrathi ½ Leinier Domínguez ½ Samuel Sevian ½ Grigoriy Oparin 0 Aram Hakobyan 0 Levon Aronian 1 Wesley So 2 Samuel Sevian 2 Samuel Sevian 2 Wesley So 2 Aleksandr Rakhmanov 0 Andrey Esipenko 2 Daniil Dubov 0 Fabiano Caruana 2 Fabiano Caruana 1 Andrey Esipenko ½ Wesley So 2 Matthias Blübaum 1 Wesley So 1½ Dmitrij Kollars 1½ Wesley So 1½ Wesley So 1½ [a] Jorden van Foreest ½

Division III Play-off

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Final Ádám Kozák 2½ Vitaliy Bernadskiy 1½ Ádám Kozák 2½ Raunak Sadhwani 2½ Raunak Sadhwani ½ Jules Moussard ½ Ádám Kozák 0 Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn 2½ Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn 3 Jonas Buhl Bjerre 1½ Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn 3 Benjámin Gledura 2½ Benjámin Gledura 2 Vasif Durarbayli ½ Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn 1½ Bardiya Daneshvar 2 Nils Grandelius 2½ Nils Grandelius 3 Nils Grandelius 3 Benjamin Bok 2½ Benjamin Bok 2 Lê Quang Liêm 1½ Nils Grandelius 3 Sanan Sjugirov 2 Andrew Tang 1 Andrew Tang 3 Andrew Tang 2½ Alexander Moiseenko 1½ Pouya Idani 1½ Pouya Idani 2½ Nils Grandelius ½ Max Warmerdam 3 Dmitry Andreikin 2½ Sergei Lobanov 0 Max Warmerdam 2 Karthikeyan Murali 3 Karthikeyan Murali 3 Hans Niemann 0 Karthikeyan Murali 0 Shamsiddin Vokhidov 1½ Dmitry Andreikin 3 Teimour Radjabov 2½ Teimour Radjabov 1 Dmitry Andreikin 2½ [a] Dmitry Andreikin 3 Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2½ Dmitry Andreikin 2½ Vugar Rasulov 1 Lê Tuấn Minh ½ David Paravyan 3 David Paravyan 3 Anish Giri 2½ Anish Giri 2 Gata Kamsky 1½ David Paravyan 2 Dmitry Andreikin 3 Lê Tuấn Minh 3 Lê Tuấn Minh 3 Nils Grandelius 2 Vladislav Kovalev 1 Lê Tuấn Minh 2½ Rauf Mamedov 2 Eduardo Iturrizaga 1½ Eduardo Iturrizaga 3 Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower round 4 Lower round 5 Lower round 6 Lower round 7 Lower round 8 Vitaliy Bernadskiy 0 Eduardo Iturrizaga 1½ Andrew Tang 0 Jules Moussard 2 Jules Moussard ½ Eduardo Iturrizaga 0 Anish Giri 2 Lê Tuấn Minh 1½ Jonas Buhl Bjerre ½ Anish Giri 1½ Anish Giri 2 Anish Giri ½ Ádám Kozák ½ Vasif Durarbayli 1½ Vasif Durarbayli ½ Ádám Kozák 1½ Bardiya Daneshvar 2 Teimour Radjabov 1 Ádám Kozák 1½ Nils Grandelius 1½ Lê Quang Liêm 0 Bardiya Daneshvar 2 Bardiya Daneshvar 2 Bardiya Daneshvar ½ Lê Tuấn Minh 0 Karthikeyan Murali ½ Sanan Sjugirov 1½ Max Warmerdam 2 Max Warmerdam 1 Karthikeyan Murali 2 Alexander Moiseenko ½ Sanan Sjugirov 0 Sergei Lobanov 1½ Pouya Idani ½ David Paravyan 1 Hans Niemann ½ Sergei Lobanov 1½ Sergei Lobanov ½ Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2 Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn 0 Shamsiddin Vokhidov 0 Benjamin Bok ½ Bogdan-Daniel Deac 1½ Bogdan-Daniel Deac ½ Karthikeyan Murali 2 Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2 Bogdan-Daniel Deac 1½ Karthikeyan Murali 1½ Vugar Rasulov 2 Benjámin Gledura ½ Karthikeyan Murali 1½ Gata Kamsky 1 Vugar Rasulov 1½ Vugar Rasulov 1 Rauf Mamedov ½ Vladislav Kovalev 1½ Raunak Sadhwani 1 Rauf Mamedov 2 Rauf Mamedov 1½ [a] Rauf Mamedov 2

CrunchLabs Masters

Division I Play-off

Champion Round 1

Champion Round 2

Champion Final

Final

Alireza Firouzja

3

Fabiano Caruana

2

Alireza Firouzja

2½

Jan-Krzysztof Duda

1½

Jan-Krzysztof Duda

2½

Wesley So

1½

Alireza Firouzja

½

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

2½

Magnus Carlsen

3

Ian Nepomniachtchi

0

Magnus Carlsen

2

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

3

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

2½

Dmitry Andreikin

1½

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

3

Alireza Firouzja

2

Elimination Round 1

Elimination Round 2

Elimination Round 3

Elimination Final

Magnus Carlsen

2

Fabiano Caruana

0

Wesley So

1

Alireza Firouzja

1½

Wesley So

2

Magnus Carlsen

1

Ian Nepomniachtchi

½

Ian Nepomniachtchi

2

Jan-Krzysztof Duda

½

Ian Nepomniachtchi

1½

Ian Nepomniachtchi

1½

Dmitry Andreikin

½

Division II Play-off

Upper round 1 Upper round 2 Upper round 3 Upper final Final Grigoriy Oparin ½ Karthikeyan Murali 2½ Karthikeyan Murali 0 Alexander Grischuk 3 Maxim Matlakov 2 Alexander Grischuk 3 Alexander Grischuk 2½ Jules Moussard 1½ Jules Moussard 2½ Alan Pichot 1½ Jules Moussard 3 Levon Aronian 2 Levon Aronian 2½ Vasif Durarbayli ½ Alexander Grischuk 2 Vidit Gujrathi 3 Mikhail Antipov ½ Vidit Gujrathi 2½ Vidit Gujrathi 2½ Frederik Svane ½ Frederik Svane 3 Vladimir Kramnik 2 Vidit Gujrathi 2½ [a] Vladimir Fedoseev 2½ Vladimir Fedoseev 2½ Lê Tuấn Minh 1½ Vladimir Fedoseev 2½ Vidit Gujrathi 2 0 Hikaru Nakamura 1½ Alexander Grischuk 3 2 Hikaru Nakamura 2½ Bogdan-Daniel Deac 1½ Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower round 4 Lower round 5 Lower final Hikaru Nakamura 1½ Jules Moussard 1 Grigoriy Oparin 1 Maxim Matlakov ½ Hikaru Nakamura 2 Hikaru Nakamura 2 Maxim Matlakov 2 Vasif Durarbayli 0 Alexander Grischuk 2 Frederik Svane 1½ Hikaru Nakamura 2 Hikaru Nakamura 1 Alan Pichot 1 Vasif Durarbayli 1½ [a] Vladimir Fedoseev 1 Vasif Durarbayli 2 Levon Aronian 1 Vladimir Fedoseev 2 Mikhail Antipov ½ Vladimir Kramnik 2 Vladimir Kramnik 1½ Vladimir Kramnik 0 Vladimir Kramnik 1½ Karthikeyan Murali ½ Karthikeyan Murali 1½ Lê Tuấn Minh 1½ Lê Tuấn Minh ½ Bogdan-Daniel Deac ½

Division III Play-off

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Final David Paravyan 3 Maciej Klekowski 1 David Paravyan 3 Tamás Bánusz 0 Jakhongir Vakhidov 2 Jakhongir Vakhidov 3 David Paravyan 1½ Benjamin Bok 2½ Arjun Erigaisi 2½ Georg Meier 1½ Benjamin Bok ½ Arjun Erigaisi 2½ Arjun Erigaisi 2½ Read Samadov ½ Arjun Erigaisi 2½ Olexandr Bortnyk 2½ Daniil Dubov 1½ Velimir Ivić ½ Olexandr Bortnyk 3 Gata Kamsky 1 P. Iniyan 1 P. Iniyan 3 Olexandr Bortnyk 1½ Erwin l'Ami 3 Daniil Dubov 2½ Alexey Dreev 0 Erwin l'Ami 1½ Kamil Dragun 1½ Daniil Dubov 2½ Daniil Dubov 2½ Arjun Erigaisi 2½ Shant Sargsyan 3 Evgeny Alekseev 1½ Javokhir Sindarov 2 Shant Sargsyan 2½ Felix Blohberger ½ Jaime Santos Latasa 1½ Jaime Santos Latasa 2½ Shant Sargsyan ½ Shamsiddin Vokhidov 0 David Antón Guijarro 2½ Rasmus Svane 3 Rasmus Svane 1½ David Antón Guijarro 2½ [a] David Antón Guijarro 2½ Rudik Makarian 2½ David Antón Guijarro 2 Denis Lazavik ½ Evgeny Alekseev 3 Yuriy Kuzubov 2½ Yuriy Kuzubov 2 Evgeny Alekseev 2½ Evgeny Alekseev 3 Benjámin Gledura 1½ Evgeny Alekseev 3 Arjun Erigaisi 2½ Abhimanyu Puranik 2½ Abhimanyu Puranik 0 Evgeny Alekseev ½ Aram Hakobyan 1½ Abhimanyu Puranik 3 Thomas Beerdsen 3 Thomas Beerdsen 0 Pranav V 0 Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower round 4 Lower round 5 Lower round 6 Lower round 7 Lower round 8 Maciej Klekowski 2 Thomas Beerdsen 0 Olexandr Bortnyk 2 Tamás Bánusz 0 Maciej Klekowski 2 Maciej Klekowski 0 Georg Meier 0 David Antón Guijarro 1 Georg Meier 2 Yuriy Kuzubov 1 Georg Meier 2 Olexandr Bortnyk ½ Jaime Santos Latasa 2 Read Samadov 0 Georg Meier 2 Jaime Santos Latasa 1½ Velimir Ivić 1½ Rasmus Svane 1 David Paravyan ½ Evgeny Alekseev 2 Gata Kamsky ½ Velimir Ivić 2 Velimir Ivić 1 Jaime Santos Latasa 1½ Jaime Santos Latasa ½ Shant Sargsyan 1 Alexey Dreev 2 Jaime Santos Latasa 2 Jaime Santos Latasa 2 Shant Sargsyan 1½ Kamil Dragun 1 Alexey Dreev 1 Javokhir Sindarov 2 Erwin l'Ami 0 Abhimanyu Puranik 0 Felix Blohberger 1 Javokhir Sindarov 2 Javokhir Sindarov 2 Javokhir Sindarov 2 Daniil Dubov 0 Shamsiddin Vokhidov ½ P. Iniyan 0 Rudik Makarian 1 Javokhir Sindarov 1 Shant Sargsyan 2 Rudik Makarian 1½ Rudik Makarian 2 Shant Sargsyan 2 Denis Lazavik 1½ Benjamin Bok 1 Shant Sargsyan 1½ Benjámin Gledura ½ Denis Lazavik 2 Denis Lazavik 1 Aram Hakobyan ½ Aram Hakobyan 2 Jakhongir Vakhidov ½ Aram Hakobyan 2 Pranav V 0 Aram Hakobyan 1½

Julius Baer Generation Cup

Division I Play-off

Champion Round 1

Champion Round 2

Champion Final

Final

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

1½

Levon Aronian

2½

Levon Aronian

1½

Magnus Carlsen

2½

Ian Nepomniachtchi

2

Magnus Carlsen

3

Magnus Carlsen

2½

Alireza Firouzja

1½

Alireza Firouzja

2½

Vladimir Fedoseev

1½

Alireza Firouzja

2½

Alexander Grischuk

½

Alexander Grischuk

2½

Arjun Erigaisi

1½

Magnus Carlsen

2½

Alireza Firouzja

1½

Elimination Round 1

Elimination Round 2

Elimination Round 3

Elimination Final

Alexander Grischuk

1

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

1½

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

2

Alireza Firouzja

2

Ian Nepomniachtchi

½

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

½

Levon Aronian

0

Levon Aronian

1½

Levon Aronian

2

Vladimir Fedoseev

1½

Vladimir Fedoseev

0

Arjun Erigaisi

½

Division II Play-off

Upper round 1 Upper round 2 Upper round 3 Upper final Final Vidit Gujrathi 2½ Ray Robson 1½ Vidit Gujrathi 2½ Vasif Durarbayli ½ David Antón Guijarro 2 Vasif Durarbayli 3 Vidit Gujrathi 2 José Martínez 3 José Martínez 2½ Aleksandar Inđić 1½ José Martínez 2½ Denis Lazavik 1½ Grigoriy Oparin ½ Denis Lazavik 2½ José Martínez 1½ Wesley So 2½ Wesley So 2½ Nodirbek Yakubboev 1½ Wesley So 2½ Mukhiddin Madaminov ½ Benjamin Bok 1½ Mukhiddin Madaminov 2½ Wesley So 2½ Shant Sargsyan ½ Lê Tuấn Minh 1½ Shant Sargsyan 2½ Shant Sargsyan 2½ Wesley So 3 Bardiya Daneshvar 1½ Denis Lazavik 2 Olexandr Bortnyk 1 Bardiya Daneshvar 3 Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower round 4 Lower round 5 Lower final Bardiya Daneshvar 1½ Vidit Gujrathi 2 Ray Robson 1 David Antón Guijarro ½ Bardiya Daneshvar 1 Aleksandar Inđić 0 David Antón Guijarro 2 Aleksandar Inđić 2 José Martínez ½ Mukhiddin Madaminov ½ Vidit Gujrathi 1 Denis Lazavik 1½ Aleksandar Inđić 2 Aleksandar Inđić 1½ Denis Lazavik 2 Grigoriy Oparin 0 Denis Lazavik 1½ Shant Sargsyan 0 Nodirbek Yakubboev 0 Benjamin Bok ½ Denis Lazavik 1½ Denis Lazavik 2 Benjamin Bok 2 Olexandr Bortnyk ½ Vasif Durarbayli 1 Lê Tuấn Minh 0 Olexandr Bortnyk 2 Olexandr Bortnyk 2

Division III Play-off

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Final Jaime Santos Latasa 2½ Gabriel Sargissian ½ Jaime Santos Latasa 1½ Vincent Keymer 3 Vincent Keymer 2½ Aram Hakobyan 0 Vincent Keymer 3 Nikolas Theodorou 3 Nikolas Theodorou 0 Frederik Svane 2 Nikolas Theodorou 2½ Rudik Makarian 2½ [a] Rudik Makarian 1½ Mustafa Yılmaz 2½ Vincent Keymer ½ Haik M. Martirosyan 1 Fabiano Caruana 2½ Fabiano Caruana 3 Fabiano Caruana 3 Kirill Alekseenko 2½ [a] Kirill Alekseenko 0 Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2½ Fabiano Caruana 2½ Gadir Guseinov 1 Bharath Subramaniyam ½ Bharath Subramaniyam 3 Bharath Subramaniyam 3 David Navara 2½ [a] David Navara 2 Bassem Amin 2½ Fabiano Caruana 2½ Boris Gelfand 2½ Jules Moussard ½ Alexandr Predke ½ Boris Gelfand 2½ Anton Korobov 2½ Anton Korobov 2½ [a] Pavel Ponkratov 1½ Anton Korobov 3 Gata Kamsky 3 Javokhir Sindarov 0 Andrey Esipenko 1 Gata Kamsky 1½ Mikhail Kobalia ½ Javokhir Sindarov 2½ Javokhir Sindarov 2½ Anton Korobov ½ Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2½ Jules Moussard 2½ Christopher Yoo 2½ [a] Christopher Yoo 3 Hans Niemann 2½ Hans Niemann 2 Alexey Sarana 1½ Christopher Yoo 1 Fabiano Caruana 2½ Pranav V 0 Jules Moussard 3 Vincent Keymer ½ Jules Moussard 3 Jules Moussard 3 Marin Bosiočić 1 Rasmus Svane 1 Rasmus Svane 3 Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower round 4 Lower round 5 Lower round 6 Lower round 7 Lower round 8 Gabriel Sargissian 1 Rasmus Svane 0 Bharath Subramaniyam 1 Aram Hakobyan 2 Aram Hakobyan 2 Aram Hakobyan ½ Hans Niemann 2 Anton Korobov ½ Frederik Svane 2 Hans Niemann 2 Hans Niemann 1½ Hans Niemann 1½ Boris Gelfand 1½ Mustafa Yılmaz 1 Frederik Svane 1 Boris Gelfand 1½ [a] Haik M. Martirosyan 2 Gata Kamsky 2 Nikolas Theodorou 0 Jules Moussard ½ Jan-Krzysztof Duda 0 Haik M. Martirosyan 1 Gata Kamsky 1 Boris Gelfand 2 Boris Gelfand 1 Vincent Keymer 1½ Gadir Guseinov ½ Boris Gelfand 1½ Boris Gelfand 2 Vincent Keymer 2 Bassem Amin 1½ Bassem Amin ½ Alexandr Predke 1½ David Navara 1½ Christopher Yoo 1½ Pavel Ponkratov ½ Alexandr Predke ½ David Navara 2 David Navara ½ Vincent Keymer 1½ Andrey Esipenko 1½ Kirill Alekseenko 2 Kirill Alekseenko 1 Christopher Yoo ½ Javokhir Sindarov ½ Mikhail Kobalia ½ Andrey Esipenko 0 Javokhir Sindarov 1½ Bogdan-Daniel Deac 1½ Rudik Makarian 1½ [a] Javokhir Sindarov 1½ Alexey Sarana ½ Bogdan-Daniel Deac 1½ Rudik Makarian 2 Rudik Makarian ½ Pranav V 0 Jaime Santos Latasa 0 Marin Bosiočić 1 Marin Bosiočić 2 Marin Bosiočić 2

Tour Finals

Round-robin stage

Champion Chess Tour Finals, round-robin stage, 10 – 13 December 2023, Toronto, Canada

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	MP	H2H
1	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2838	Does not appear	½ ½ ½	1 ½	1 ½	1 0 ½*	1 ½	1 ½	0 1 1	6
2	Alireza Firouzja  (France)	2756	½ ½ ½*	Does not appear	½ 1	1 0 ½	1 ½	½ 1	1 ½	0 0	5	1
3	Ian Nepomniachtchi  (FIDE)	2758	0 ½	½ 0	Does not appear	1 0 1	½ ½ 1	1 0 1	1 ½	1 ½	5	0
4	Denis Lazavik  (FIDE)	2553	0 ½	0 1 ½*	0 1 0	Does not appear	½ 1	½ ½ 1	1 0 0	1 ½	4
5	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (France)	2763	0 1 ½	0 ½	½ ½ 0	½ 0	Does not appear	1 ½	1 1	½ 0	2	2; 1
6	Vincent Keymer  (Germany)	2649	0 ½	½ 0	0 1 0	½ ½ 0	0 ½	Does not appear	½ 1	0 1 ½*	2	2; 0
7	Levon Aronian  (USA)	2757	0 ½	0 ½	0 ½	0 1 1	0 0	½ 0	Does not appear	1 1	2	1; 1
8	Wesley So  (USA)	2739	1 0 0	1 1	0 ½	0 ½	½ 1	1 0 ½	0 0	Does not appear	2	1; 0

* - Match win by drawing armageddon game with black

Survival stage

3rd-4th place match Player 1 2 3 Ian Nepomniachtchi ½ 1 4 Denis Lazavik ½ 0
5th-6th place match Player 1 2 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1 1 6 Vincent Keymer 0 0	4th-5th place match Player 1 2 4 Denis Lazavik ½ 0 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ 1

Semifinals and finals

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Magnus Carlsen	3½
	5	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	1½
						1	Magnus Carlsen	4
						3	Ian Nepomniachtchi	1
	2	Alireza Firouzja	½
	3	Ian Nepomniachtchi	3½

Semifinal 1

	Player	1	2	3	4	5
1	Magnus Carlsen	1	0	1	½	1
5	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	0	1	0	½	0

Semifinal 2

	Player	1	2	3	4
2	Alireza Firouzja	0	0	½	0
3	Ian Nepomniachtchi	1	1	½	1

Final

	Player	1	2	3	4	5
1	Magnus Carlsen	1	1	½	½	1
3	Ian Nepomniachtchi	0	0	½	½	0

Notes

1. Advanced further by drawing armageddon game with black

References

1. "Chess.com Official 2024 Event Rulebook - Champions Chess Tour". Chess.com. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
2. "Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters 2024 – Results" . Retrieved 2024-07-08.
3. "Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic 2024 – Results" . Retrieved 2024-07-08.
4. "Champions Chess Tour CrunchLabs Masters 2024 – Results" . Retrieved 2024-07-21.
5. "Champions Chess Tour Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024 – Results" . Retrieved 2024-09-19.