Tournament
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
Game 2 · 29 Sep
Game 1 · 28 Sep
Game 2 · 30 Sep
Game 1 · 30 Sep
Game 4 · 30 Sep
Game 3 · 30 Sep
Game 2 · 30 Sep
Game 1 · 30 Sep
4 players · average classical Elo 2764
| # | Player | Elo |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GMFabiano Caruana | 2789 |
| 2 | GMPraggnanandhaa R | 2785 |
| 3 | GMLevon Aronian | 2744 |
| 4 | GMMaxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2738 |
Times are local to São Paulo
Sun 28 Sept15:30Classical Game 1Finished
Tue 30 Sept15:05Rapid Game 1Finished
Tue 30 Sept18:05Blitz Game 1Finished
Mon 29 Sept15:30Classical Game 2Finished
Tue 30 Sept16:35Rapid Game 2Finished
Tue 30 Sept18:35Blitz Game 2Finished
Tue 30 Sept19:05Blitz Game 3Finished
Tue 30 Sept19:35Blitz Game 4Finished
TBCRound 5Upcoming
TBCRound 6Upcoming
TBCRound 7Upcoming
TBCRound 8Upcoming