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

4 players · average classical Elo 2755

#PlayerElo
1GMFabiano Caruana2789
2GMPraggnanandhaa R2771
3GMMaxime Vachier-Lagrave2737
4GMLevon Aronian2722