Resultater og annen informasjon fra Speed Chess Championship som spilles i 2025 og 2026.
Speed Chess Championship 2025-26
Dato
13. oktober 2025 – 8. februar 2026
På TV
DAZN sender fra turneringen, i tillegg streames partiene på Chess.com
Format
Rounds-of-16 and Quarterfinals
- Segment 1: 75 minutes of Games (5+1 time control)
- Segment 2: 50 minutes of Games (3+1 time control)
- Segment 3: 25 minutes of Games (1+1 time control)
Semifinals, Consolation, and Final
- Segment 1: 90 minutes of Games (5+1 time control)
- Segment 2: 60 minutes of Games (3+1 time control)
- Segment 3: 30 minutes of Games (1+1 time control)
The higher-seeded player will start with the white pieces in Game 1 of each match, with colors alternating thereafter. Players will earn 1 point for a win, ½ point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. Only games that have already started before the timer expires will count toward players’ scores. The player who has accumulated the most points by the end of the last segment is the winner of the Match. Players may not forfeit the Match except in the last 10 minutes of the 1+1 segment.
Sluttspill
Finale, 8. feb
Carlsen – Firouzja 11,5-8,5
Bronsefinale, 8. feb
Lazavik – Nakamura 13,5 – 12,5
Semifinaler, 7. feb 2026
Carlsen – Lazavik 17-9
Firouzja – Nakamura 15-13
Oppsett
Resultater og analyser av alle partier i Speed Chess Championship
Om Speed Chess Championship
The Speed Chess Championships are a family of annual blitz chess tournaments held and hosted by the online chess platform Chess.com.
The reigning Speed Chess Champion is Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, who has won the main event four times out of six appearances. American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, who has played in every single edition to date, won the event a record five times, consecutively from 2018 to 2022. He had also reached every final until 2024, when he was knocked out in the semifinals for the first time.
Premiepenger
The SCC features a $175,000 prize fund.
| Match | Total | Winner Gets | Rest split |
|---|---|---|---|
| Final | $50,000 | $25,000 | By win percentage |
| Consolation | $15,000 | $7,500 | By win percentage |
| Semifinals | $30,000 | $15,000 | By win percentage |
| Quarterfinals | $15,000 | $7,500 | By win percentage |
| Round-of-16 | $8,125 | $4,062.50 | By win percentage |
Tidligere vinnere
| No. | Year | Winner | Runner-up | Final score | Prize fund |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2016 |  Magnus Carlsen |
 Hikaru Nakamura |
14½-10½ | $40,000 |
| 2 | 2017 | Magnus Carlsen |
Hikaru Nakamura |
18-9 | $50,000 |
| 3 | 2018 | Hikaru Nakamura |
Wesley So |
15½-12½ | $55,000 |
| 4 | 2019 | Hikaru Nakamura |
Wesley So |
19½-14½ | $50,000 |
| 5 | 2020 | Hikaru Nakamura |
 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
18½-12½ | $100,000 |
| 6 | 2021 | Hikaru Nakamura |
Wesley So |
23-8 | $100,000 |
| 7 | 2022 | Hikaru Nakamura |
Magnus Carlsen |
14½-13½ | $100,000 |
| 8 | 2023 | Magnus Carlsen |
Hikaru Nakamura |
13½-12½ | $150,000 |
| 9 | 2024 | Magnus Carlsen |
Alireza Firouzja |
23½-7½ | $175,000 |
| 10 | 2025-2026 | $250,000 |