Champions Chess Tour 2024 Explained

Duration:	26 January – 21 December 2024
Tournaments:	5
Categories:	Regular (4) Finals (1)
Previous:	2023
Most Tournament Titles:	Magnus Carlsen (2)
Prize Money Leader:	Magnus Carlsen ($93,000)
Points Leader:	Alireza Firouzja (340)

The Champions Chess Tour (CCT) 2024 is a fast chess tournament circuit organized in 2024 by Chess.com. The tour started on 26 January 2024 and will end on 21 December 2024. It involves four online chess tournaments and an over-the-board final round, featuring some of the world's top players who played for a prize money pool of .

Format

Regular tournament

Each Regular tournament is conducted in the following stages:

Stage	Format	Players entering this round	Players advancing from previous round
Qualifiers	Swiss-system 9 rounds	Titled players below Grandmaster
Play-In	Swiss-system 9 rounds	Grandmasters Top 3 from Qualifier of past 2024 Regular tournaments	Top 3 from Qualifier
Division Placement	Single-elimination 2 rounds R1: 2-games match R2: 4-games match	Bye to Round 2: 3rd-4th from Div. I of previous Regular tournament 2nd from Div. II of previous Regular tournament Winner from Div. III of previous Regular tournament	Bye to Round 2: Winner from Play-In Entering Round 1: 2nd-11th from Play-In
	Single-elimination 2 rounds R1: 2-games match R2: 4-games match		Bye to Round 2: 12th-17th from Play-In Entering Round 1: 18th-29th from Play-In
	Single match 4-games match		30th-69th from Play-In
Division Play	Double-elimination Upper: 4-games match Lower: 2-games match	Top 2 from Div. I of previous Regular tournament Winner from Div. II of previous Regular tournament	5 winners from Div. I Placement
	Double-elimination Upper: 4-games match Lower: 2-games match		10 losers from Div. I Placement 6 winners from Div. II Placement
	Double-elimination Upper: 4-games match Lower: 2-games match		12 losers from Div. II Placement 20 winners from Div. III Placement

Every game is played under the time control of 10+2.
In Division Placement and Division Play, if a match is tied, an armageddon game is played to decide the winner, using bidding system to determine playing time and color (base time of 10 minutes).
For Chessable Masters, the first event of 2024 edition, 2023 AI Cup was designated as its previous Regular tournament.

Finals

The CCT 2024 Finals is scheduled as an in-person event in Oslo, Norway. Eight players, Division I winners from each of the four Regular events and top players in the points leaderboard, are invited. The format for the event is similar to the previous year, which goes as follows:

Round-robin stage: Eight players play each other in two-game matches. If a match is tied, an armageddon game is played to decide the winner of the match. First and second place directly qualified to semifinals, third to sixth place advanced to the survival stage, while the last two places are eliminated.
Survival stage: The four players in this stage play a mini double-elimination tournament, with 3rd and 4th starting in upper bracket, and 5th-6th in lower bracket. Each match consist of two games, with armageddon tiebreak. Two players, winner of each of upper and lower bracket, advance to the semifinals.
Semifinals and final: Four players play a single-elimination tournament to determine the Tour winner. Each match consist of six games.

Tour points and prize money

Regular

The total prize pool for a Regular tournament is for each tournament, distributed as follows:^[1]

Points

Finish	Division I	Division II	Division III
1st	100	50	30
2nd	80	40	25
3rd	60	30	20
4th	50	25	15
5th (x2)	40	20	10
7th (x2)	30	15	7
9th (x4)	-	10	5
13th (x4)	-	5	3
17th (x8)	-	-	2
25th (x8)	-	-	1

Prize Money

Finish	Division I	Division II	Division III
1st	$30,000	$15,000	$7,500
2nd	$20,000	$10,000	$6,000
3rd	$15,000	$7,500	$5,000
4th	$12,500	$6,000	$4,000
5th (x2)	$10,000	$5,500	$3,500
7th (x2)	$7,500	$5,000	$3,000
9th (x4)	-	$4,500	$2,600
13th (x4)	-	$4,000	$2,200
17th (x8)	-	-	$1,850
25th (x8)	-	-	$1,500
Placement (x20)	-	-	$500
Total	$112,500	$93,500	$91,500

Finals

The Finals will have a $500,000 purse.

Placing	Prize
1st	$200,000
2nd	$100,000
3rd-4th (x2)	$50,000
5th	$25,000
6th	$20,000
7th	$15,000
8th	$12,000
Per Playoff match win	$1,000

Tournament schedule and results

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Winner	Prize	Second (or finalist)	Third	Fourth		Winner of Division II	Winner of Division III
Dates	Prize	Division I				Winner of Division II	Winner of Division III
Chessable Masters^[2]	January 31–February 7	$300,000	Magnus Carlsen	Alireza Firouzja	Denis Lazavik	Ian Nepomniachtchi	Vincent Keymer	Alexey Sarana
Chess.com Classic^[3]	May 10–16		Alireza Firouzja	Magnus Carlsen	Vincent Keymer	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Dmitry Andreikin
CrunchLabs Masters^[4]	July 17–24		Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Alireza Firouzja	Ian Nepomniachtchi	Magnus Carlsen	Alexander Grischuk	Arjun Erigaisi
Julius Baer Generation Cup^[5]	September 25–October 2		Magnus Carlsen	Alireza Firouzja	Levon Aronian	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Wesley So	Fabiano Caruana
Final	December 14–21	$500,000

Standings

Prize money is shown in US dollars. Bold number denotes a win in that division. L denotes losers of Division III Placement stage.

Pos	Name	Chessable Masters	Chess.com Classic	CrunchLabs Masters	Julius Baer Generation Cup	Total Points	Prize Money
1	Alireza Firouzja	80	100	80	80	340	$90,000
2	Magnus Carlsen	100	80	50	100	330	$93,000
3	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	30	50	100	50	230	$65,500
4	Ian Nepomniachtchi	50	40	60	30	180	$45,000
5	Wesley So	30	40	40	50	160	$42,500
6	Denis Lazavik	60	40	3	40	143	$37,200
7	Vincent Keymer	50	60		25	135	$36,000
8	Levon Aronian	40	25	10	60	135	$35,500
9	Alexander Grischuk	25		50	40	115	$31,000
10	Vladimir Fedoseev	40		25	40	105	$26,000
11	Jan-Krzysztof Duda		50	40	1	91	$24,000
12	Vidit Gujrathi	L	20	40	25	85	$22,000
13	José Martínez	40	10	L	30	80	$20,000
14	Fabiano Caruana		10	30	30	70	$19,500
15	Alexey Sarana	30	30		1	61	$16,500
16	Dmitry Andreikin		30	30		60	$15,000
16	Arjun Erigaisi			30	30	60	$15,000
18	Benjamin Bok	30	2	2	10	44	$15,700
19	Jules Moussard		2	20	20	42	$12,350
20	Olexandr Bortnyk	20		7	15	42	$13,000
21	Hikaru Nakamura	10		30		40	$12,000
22	Grigoriy Oparin		30	5	5	40	$15,500
23	Shant Sargsyan			20	20	40	$10,500
24	Karthikeyan Murali	5	20	15	L	40	$13,100
25	Velimir Ivić		30	3		33	$9,700

Pos	Name	Chessable Masters	Chess.com Classic	CrunchLabs Masters	Julius Baer Generation Cup	Total Points	Prize Money
26	Daniil Dubov	1	20	10		31	$10,500
27	Bardiya Daneshvar	10	5		15	30	$11,100
28	David Antón Guijarro	10	L	10	10	30	$13,000
29	Anish Giri	20	7			27	$8,500
29	Aleksandar Inđić	7			20	27	$8,500
31	Vasif Durarbayli		2	15	10	27	$11,350
32	Vladislav Artemiev	25				25	$6,000
33	Evgeny Alekseev	L		25		25	$6,500
33	Nils Grandelius		25			25	$6,000
35	Samuel Sevian	10	15		L	25	$10,000
36	Lê Tuấn Minh	L	15	10		25	$9,000
37	Jaime Santos Latasa	5		15	2	22	$8,450
38	Yu Yangyi	20				20	$5,500
38	Vladimir Kramnik			20		20	$5,500
40	Rauf Mamedov	15	5			20	$7,600
41	David Paravyan	10	5	5		20	$8,700
42	Aram Hakobyan	L	10	5	3	18	$9,800
43	Andrey Esipenko		15	L	2	17	$7,350
44	Javokhir Sindarov			7	10	17	$6,500
45	Bogdan-Daniel Deac	3	7	5	2	17	$11,050
46	Jeffery Xiong	15	L			15	$5,500
47	Eltaj Safarli	15			L	15	$4,500
47	Boris Gelfand				15	15	$4,000
49	Maxim Matlakov	5		10		15	$7,100
50	Frederik Svane			10	2	12	$6,350
51	Mikhail Antipov	7		5		12	$7,000
52	Samvel Ter-Sahakyan	10	L		L	10	$5,500
	Dmitrij Kollars		10	L	L	10	$5,500
	Mukhiddin Madaminov				10	10	$4,500
55	Ádám Kozák		10			10	$3,500
	Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn		10			10	$3,500
	Anton Korobov				10	10	$3,500
58	Christopher Yoo	3	L		7	10	$5,700
59	Hans Niemann		1		7	8	$4,500
60	Rudik Makarian			3	5	8	$4,800
61	Haik M. Martirosyan	5			2	7	$5,850
61	Aleksandr Rakhmanov	2	5			7	$5,850
63	Shamsiddin Vokhidov	5	1	1	L	7	$7,500
64	Matthias Blübaum	L	5	L		5	$5,000
	Alan Pichot		L	5		5	$4,500
	Nodirbek Yakubboev			L	5	5	$4,500
	Peter Svidler	5	L			5	$4,500
	Aleksandr Shimanov	5				5	$4,000
	Leinier Domínguez		5			5	$4,000
	Jorden van Foreest		5			5	$4,000
	Ray Robson				5	5	$4,000
72	David Navara		L		5	5	$3,100
	Amin Tabatabaei	5				5	$2,600
	Andrew Tang		5			5	$2,600
	Georg Meier			5		5	$2,600
	Abhimanyu Puranik			5		5	$2,600
	Bharath Subramaniyam				5	5	$2,600
	Nikolas Theodorou				5	5	$2,600
79	Kirill Alekseenko	2	L	L	3	5	$5,050
79	Yuriy Kuzubov	3		2	L	5	$4,550
81	Gata Kamsky		1	1	3	5	$5,200
82	Rasmus Svane	1	L	2	2	5	$5,700
83	Eduardo Iturrizaga		3	L		3	$2,700
	Sergei Lobanov		3	L		3	$2,700
	Igor Lysyj	3				3	$2,200
	Vugar Rasulov		3			3	$2,200
	Max Warmerdam		3			3	$2,200
	Maciej Klekowski			3		3	$2,200
	Marin Bosiočić				3	3	$2,200
90	Benjámin Gledura		2	1	L	3	$3,850
	Gabriel Sargissian	2			1	3	$3,350
	Alexey Dreev	1		2		3	$3,350
93	Cristobal Henriquez Villagra	2	L			2	$2,350
	Nikita Meshkovs	2		L		2	$2,350
	P. Iniyan			2	L	2	$2,350
	Thomas Beerdsen			2	L	2	$2,350
	Alexandr Predke	L			2	2	$2,350
	Abhimanyu Mishra	2				2	$1,850
	Kacper Piorun	2				2	$1,850
	Ruslan Ponomariov	2				2	$1,850
	Pouya Idani		2			2	$1,850
	Teimour Radjabov		2			2	$1,850
	Raunak Sadhwani		2			2	$1,850
	Sanan Sjugirov		2			2	$1,850
	Erwin l'Ami			2		2	$1,850
	Jakhongir Vakhidov			2		2	$1,850
	Bassem Amin				2	2	$1,850
108	Pranav V			1	1	2	$3,000
109	Gadir Guseinov	L		L	1	1	$2,500
	Vitaliy Bernadskiy	L	1			1	$2,000
	Vladislav Kovalev	L	1			1	$2,000
	Kamil Dragun	L		1		1	$2,000
	Felix Blohberger			1	L	1	$2,000
	Anton Demchenko	1				1	$1,500
	Laurent Fressinet	1				1	$1,500
	Vladimir Malakhov	1				1	$1,500
	S. P. Sethuraman	1				1	$1,500
	Kirill Shevchenko	1				1	$1,500
	Jonas Buhl Bjerre		1			1	$1,500
	Lê Quang Liêm		1			1	$1,500
	Alexander Moiseenko		1			1	$1,500
	Tamás Bánusz			1		1	$1,500
	Read Samadov			1		1	$1,500
	Mikhail Kobalia				1	1	$1,500
	Pavel Ponkratov				1	1	$1,500
	Mustafa Yılmaz				1	1	$1,500
–	Pavel Smirnov	L	L	L	L	0	$2,000
	Martyn Kravtsiv	L	L			0	$1,000
	Maksim Chigaev	L			L	0	$1,000
	Johan-Sebastian Christiansen	L				0	$500
	Andrew Hong	L				0	$500
	Constantin Lupulescu	L				0	$500
	Emin Ohanyan	L				0	$500
	Raja Rithvik R	L				0	$500
	Aditya Samant	L				0	$500
	Ivan Saric	L				0	$500
	Nodirbek Abdusattorov		L			0	$500
	Sankalp Gupta		L			0	$500
	Rinat Jumabayev		L			0	$500
	Toms Kantāns		L			0	$500
	Krikor Mekhitarian		L			0	$500
	Leon Luke Mendonca		L			0	$500
	Mahammad Muradli		L			0	$500
	Zbigniew Pakleza		L			0	$500
	Yago De Moura Santiago			L		0	$500
				L		0	$500
	Arman Mikaelyan			L		0	$500
	Grzegorz Nasuta			L		0	$500
	Péter Prohászka			L		0	$500
				L		0	$500
	Alexander Rustemov			L		0	$500
	Vaibhav Suri			L		0	$500
	Klementy Sychev			L		0	$500
	Sergey Drygalov				L	0	$500
	Eray Kılıç				L	0	$500
	Arseniy Nesterov				L	0	$500
	Levan Pantsulaia				L	0	$500
	Robert Piliposyan				L	0	$500
	Ihor Samunenkov				L	0	$500
	Andy Woodward				L	0	$500