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Champions Chess Tour 2024

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Champions Chess Tour 2024
Magnus Carlsen, winner of the tour
Details
Duration26 January – 21 December 2024
Tournaments5
CategoriesRegular (4)
Finals (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most titlesNorway Magnus Carlsen (2)
Prize money
leader
Norway Magnus Carlsen ($93,000)
Points leaderFrance Alireza Firouzja (340)
2023
2025

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

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Regular tournament

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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

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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

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Regular

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

Points

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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

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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

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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

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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 Norway Magnus Carlsen France Alireza Firouzja Denis Lazavik Ian Nepomniachtchi Germany Vincent Keymer Serbia Alexey Sarana
Chess.com Classic[3] May 10–16 France Alireza Firouzja Norway Magnus Carlsen Germany Vincent Keymer Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FIDE Dmitry Andreikin
CrunchLabs Masters[4] July 17–24 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave France Alireza Firouzja Ian Nepomniachtchi Norway Magnus Carlsen Alexander Grischuk India Arjun Erigaisi
Julius Baer Generation Cup[5] September 25–October 2 Norway Magnus Carlsen France Alireza Firouzja United States Levon Aronian France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave United States Wesley So United States Fabiano Caruana
Final December 14–21 $500,000 Norway Magnus Carlsen Ian Nepomniachtchi

Standings

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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 France Alireza Firouzja 80 100 80 80 340 $90,000
2 Norway Magnus Carlsen 100 80 50 100 330 $93,000
3 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 30 50 100 50 230 $65,500
4 Ian Nepomniachtchi 50 40 60 30 180 $45,000
5 United States Wesley So 30 40 40 50 160 $42,500
6 Denis Lazavik 60 40 3 40 143 $37,200
7 Germany Vincent Keymer 50 60 25 135 $36,000
8 United States Levon Aronian 40 25 10 60 135 $35,500
9 Alexander Grischuk 25 50 40 115 $31,000
10 Slovenia Vladimir Fedoseev 40 25 40 105 $26,000
11 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 50 40 1 91 $24,000
12 India Vidit Gujrathi L 20 40 25 85 $22,000
13 Mexico José Martínez 40 10 L 30 80 $20,000
14 United States Fabiano Caruana 10 30 30 70 $19,500
15 Serbia Alexey Sarana 30 30 1 61 $16,500
16 FIDE Dmitry Andreikin 30 30 60 $15,000
India Arjun Erigaisi 30 30 60 $15,000
18 Netherlands Benjamin Bok 30 2 2 10 44 $15,700
19 France Jules Moussard 2 20 20 42 $12,350
20 Ukraine Olexandr Bortnyk 20 7 15 42 $13,000
21 United States Hikaru Nakamura 10 30 40 $12,000
22 United States Grigoriy Oparin 30 5 5 40 $15,500
23 Armenia Shant Sargsyan 20 20 40 $10,500
24 India Karthikeyan Murali 5 20 15 L 40 $13,100
25 Serbia Velimir Ivić 30 3 33 $9,700

Tournaments details

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Chessable Masters

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Division I Play-off
Champion Round 1Champion Round 2Champion FinalFinal
France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave2
Denis Lazavik3
Denis Lazavik
Mexico José Martínez½
Ian Nepomniachtchi1
Mexico José Martínez3
Denis Lazavik
Norway Magnus Carlsen
Norway Magnus Carlsen
United States Wesley So
Norway Magnus Carlsen[a]
Slovenia Vladimir Fedoseev
Slovenia Vladimir Fedoseev
France Alireza FirouzjaNorway Magnus Carlsen2
France Alireza Firouzja0
Elimination Round 1Elimination Round 2Elimination Round 3Elimination Final
Slovenia Vladimir Fedoseev1
France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave1 Ian Nepomniachtchi2 Denis Lazavik½
Ian Nepomniachtchi2 Ian NepomniachtchiFrance Alireza Firouzja
France Alireza Firouzja[a]
Mexico José Martínez½
United States Wesley So½France Alireza Firouzja
France Alireza Firouzja

Chess.com Classic

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Division I Play-off

CrunchLabs Masters

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Division I Play-off

Julius Baer Generation Cup

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Division I Play-off

Tour Finals

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Round-robin stage

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Champion Chess Tour Finals, round-robin stage, 17 – 19 December 2024, Oslo, Norway
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

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

Semifinals and finals

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Semifinals Final
      
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen
5 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 4
3 FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi 1
2 France Alireza Firouzja ½
3 FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi
Semifinal 1
Player 1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 1 0 1 ½ 1
5 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 0 1 0 ½ 0
Semifinal 2
Player 1 2 3 4
2 France Alireza Firouzja 0 0 ½ 0
3 FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi 1 1 ½ 1
Final
Player 1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 1 1 ½ ½ 1
3 FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi 0 0 ½ ½ 0

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Advanced further by drawing armageddon game with black

References

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  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.