Champions Chess Tour 2025–2026
series of chess tournaments
The Champions Chess Tour (CCT) 2025–2026 was a fast chess tournament circuit organized in 2025–2026 by Chess.com. The tour started on 2 September 2025 and ended on 27 May 2026. It involved three online chess tournaments, which determined 12 qualifying players of the 2026 Esports World Cup and up to 64 of the Esports Nations Cup.
The top three finishers in the Speed Chess Championship, top three finishers in the Chess.com Open and top six players in the leaderboard not qualified from the prior two events, had qualified for the Esports World Cup, while the top player from each nation, up to 64 players, in the leaderboard had qualified for the Esports Nations Cup.
Tour points and prize money
The total prize pool for each tournament was US$250,000, except for the Titled Tuesday Grand Prix which had prize pool of US$3,000 for each Titled Tuesday and US$30,000 for each of the three splits, also Tour points were awarded for each Titled Tuesday result. It were distributed as follows:
Titled Tuesday Grand Prix (TTGP)
Points were based on placement within a given Titled Tuesday. Results beyond a player's top eight placements, within a split, were not counted.
Speed Chess Championship (SCC)
Prizes were awarded to participants of each Match based on the winner of the Match, and the win percentage of each player in the Match. For prizes split by win percentage, such win percentage was determined by a player's total points accumulated in the Match divided by the number of games played in the Match.
Chess.com Open (CCO)
Tournament schedule and results
Standings
Prize money is shown in US dollars.
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