Tournaments

2025 Grand Chess Tour Finals

2025 Grand Chess Tour Finals · Semifinals

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 / rest of the 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

After the latest round

Semifinals

Semifinals
GMPraggnanandhaa R27853
GMMaxime Vachier-Lagrave27385

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won 5–3

Games
G1GMPragg.vsGMMVL½–½G2GMMVLvsGMPragg.½–½G3GMMVLvsGMPragg.1–0G4GMPragg.vsGMMVL½–½G5GMMVLvsGMPragg.½–½G6GMPragg.vsGMMVL1–0G7GMMVLvsGMPragg.1–0G8GMPragg.vsGMMVL0–1
Semifinals
GMFabiano Caruana27894½
GMLevon Aronian27443½

Fabiano Caruana won 4½–3½

Games
G1GMF. CaruanavsGML. Aronian½–½G2GML. AronianvsGMF. Caruana½–½G3GML. AronianvsGMF. Caruana½–½G4GMF. CaruanavsGML. Aronian½–½G5GML. AronianvsGMF. Caruana½–½G6GMF. CaruanavsGML. Aronian½–½G7GML. AronianvsGMF. Caruana0–1G8GMF. CaruanavsGML. Aronian½–½