Champions Chess Tour 2025
series of elite chess tournaments
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.
Tour points and prize money
The total prize pool for each tournament was US$150,000 for each tournament, distributed as follows:
Tournament schedule and results
Standings
Prize money is shown in US dollars. The top twelve players qualified for the Esports World Cup.
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.
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