Champions Chess Tour er en online sjakkturnering som spilles gjennom 2025.
Champions Chess Tour 2025
Champions Chess Tour er en online sjakkturnering der store deler av verdenseliten deltar.
I 2025 spilles det to turneringer som er kvalifisering til Esport World Cup.
Begge turneringene sendes på TV2 Sport 2.
Program og resultater
Runde 1 – Chessable Masters
16. – 21. februar
Program og resultater
Runde 2 – Chess.com Classic
18. – 23. mai
Program og resultater
Runde 3 – Esports World Cup
31. juli – 3. august
Program og resultater
Turneringsformat
Qualifier
Non-grandmaster titled players compete in a Swiss, with the top three making it to the Play-In.
- Open to all non-grandmaster titled players
- Players contest a nine-round Swiss
- Time control: 10+0
- The top three players are eligible to compete in the Play-In
Play-In
Qualified players join grandmasters to compete in two phases, Swiss and Match Play. The winner of the Swiss goes straight to the Playoffs. Players ranked second through 15th go to Match Play, with the winners reaching the Playoffs.
- Open to all grandmasters and the top three players from the Qualifier
- Time control: 10+0
- Players compete in a nine-round Swiss
- The top player from the Swiss goes straight to the Playoffs
- Players ranked second through 15th advance to Match Play
- Players ranked second through eighth choose their opponents
- The 14 players who compete in the Match Play phase contest a two-game match
- The winner of each Match Play match moves on to the Playoffs
Playoffs
Eight invited players join the eight players who made it to the Playoffs to compete for top prize money and CCT Points, which may grant them a spot at the Esports World Cup.
- Eight invited players join the eight players who made it to the Playoffs
- Players contest a double-elimination bracket
- Winners Bracket matches consist of four games
- Losers Bracket matches consist of two games
- Grand Final match consists of four games
- Grand Final Reset, if necessary, consists of two games
- If the match ends in a tie, a bidding armageddon game with a base time of 10 minutes decides the winner
Om turneringen
The Champions Chess Tour consists of two online events. The top-12 players from the CCT qualify for this year’s Esports World Cup. This is the first time in history that chess makes it to the stage of this prestigious esports event.