Tournament
2025 Grand Chess Tour Finals
2025 Grand Chess Tour Finals · Finals
WinnerGMFabiano CaruanaBeat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the final
- Dates
- 28 Sep – 3 Oct 2025
- Location
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Format
- 4-player Knockout
About this event
Time Control
Classical: 90 min / 40 moves, 30 min / the rest of game, + 30 sec / move
Rapid: 25 min + 10 sec / move
Blitz: 5 min + 2 sec / move
Scoring
Classical: 6 / 3 / 0
Rapid: 4 / 2 / 0
Blitz: 2 / 1 / 0
Tiebreaks
2 Rapid games: 8 min + 3 sec / move
Armageddon: White 5 min, Black 4 min, + 2 sec / move from move 61
Semifinals
Finals
Game 2 · 2 Oct
Game 1 · 1 Oct
Game 2 · 3 Oct
Game 1 · 3 Oct
Game 4 · 3 Oct
Game 3 · 3 Oct
Game 2 · 3 Oct
Game 1 · 3 Oct
4 players · average classical Elo 2755
| # | Player | Elo |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GMFabiano Caruana | 2789 |
| 2 | GMPraggnanandhaa R | 2771 |
| 3 | GMMaxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2737 |
| 4 | GMLevon Aronian | 2722 |
Times are local to São Paulo
Wed 1 Oct15:30Classical Game 1Finished
Fri 3 Oct13:05Rapid Game 1Finished
Fri 3 Oct16:05Blitz Game 1Finished
Thu 2 Oct15:30Classical Game 2Finished
Fri 3 Oct14:35Rapid Game 2Finished
Fri 3 Oct16:35Blitz Game 2Finished
Fri 3 Oct17:05Blitz Game 3Finished
Fri 3 Oct17:35Blitz Game 4Finished
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