Tournament
FavouriteMaxime Vachier-Lagrave9%to win · Top 3 37% · 1.1 pts
Second favouriteYu Yangyi8%to win · Top 3 37% · 1.1 pts
Dark horse · seed 4Andrey Esipenko8%to win · Top 3 35% · 1.0 pts
CCT Chessable Masters 2025
CCT Chessable Masters 2025 · Play-in - Match Play
- Dates
- 17–21 Feb 2025
- Location
- chess.com
- Format
- Match Play
- Time control
- 10+0
About this event
Qualified players join grandmasters to compete in two phases, Swiss and Match Play. The winner of the Swiss goes straight to the Playoffs. Players ranked second through 15th go to Match Play, with the winners reaching the Playoffs.
- Open to all grandmasters and the top three players from the Qualifier
- Time control: 10+0
- Players compete in a nine-round Swiss
- The top player from the Swiss goes straight to the Playoffs and selects their bracket position
- Players ranked second through 15th advance to Match Play
- Players ranked second through eighth choose their opponents
- The 14 players who compete in the Match Play phase contest a two-game match
- The winner of each Match Play match moves on to the Playoffs
No games yet: the table fills in once the first round finishes.
| # | Player | Elo | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | GMMaxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2745 | 0/0 |
| – | GMJan-Krzysztof Duda | 2731 | 0/0 |
| – | GMYu Yangyi | 2700 | 0/0 |
| – | GMVladislav Artemiev | 2699 | 0/0 |
| – | GMAnish Giri | 2688 | 0/0 |
| – | GMAlexander Grischuk | 2688 | 0/0 |
| – | GMDmitry Andreikin | 2665 | 0/0 |
| – | GMAndrey Esipenko | 2651 | 0/0 |
| – | GMSamuel Sevian | 2641 | 0/0 |
| – | GMLu Shanglei | 2611 | 0/0 |
| – | GMRaunak Sadhwani | 2603 | 0/0 |
| – | GMDenis Lazavik | 2579 | 0/0 |
| – | GMChithambaram VR. Aravindh | 2550 | 0/0 |
| – | GMNodirbek Yakubboev | 2541 | 0/0 |
Crosstable
| # | Player | 1 | 2 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MVL | 0 | ||
| 2 | Duda | 0 | ||
| 3 | Yu | 0 | ||
| 4 | Artemiev | 0 | ||
| 5 | Giri | 0 | ||
| 6 | Grischuk | 0 | ||
| 7 | Andreikin | 0 | ||
| 8 | Esipenko | 0 | ||
| 9 | Sevian | 0 | ||
| 10 | Lu | 0 | ||
| 11 | Sadhwani | 0 | ||
| 12 | Lazavik | 0 | ||
| 13 | Aravindh | 0 | ||
| 14 | Yakubboev | 0 |
Match · 17 Feb
GMMVLvsGMS. Sevian½–½GMJ. DudavsGMC. Aravindh1–0GMR. SadhwanivsGMA. Grischuk1–0GMYu YangyivsGMN. Yakubboev1–0GMD. AndreikinvsGMA. Esipenko1–0GMLu ShangleivsGMA. Giri½–½GMD. LazavikvsGMV. Artemiev0–1GMN. YakubboevvsGMYu Yangyi½–½GMA. EsipenkovsGMD. Andreikin1–0GMC. AravindhvsGMJ. Duda0–1GMA. GrischukvsGMR. Sadhwani1–0GMV. ArtemievvsGMD. Lazavik0–1GMS. SevianvsGMMVL½–½GMA. GirivsGMLu Shanglei½–½
Armageddon · 17 Feb
Round 1Pairings to come
Round 2Pairings to come
Top 14 boards from each round.
Times are local to chess.com
Mon 17 Feb19:45MatchFinished
Mon 17 Feb20:44ArmageddonFinished
TBCRound 1Upcoming
TBCRound 2Upcoming
| # | Player | Luft | Win | Top 3 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GMMaxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2707 | 9% | 37% | 1.1 |
| 2 | GMYu Yangyi | 2716 | 8% | 37% | 1.1 |
| 3 | GMDenis Lazavik | 2720 | 8% | 37% | 1.1 |
| 4 | GMVladislav Artemiev | 2714 | 8% | 36% | 1.0 |
| 5 | GMAndrey Esipenko | 2708 | 8% | 35% | 1.0 |
| 6 | GMNodirbek Yakubboev | 2672 | 8% | 35% | 1.0 |
| 7 | GMSamuel Sevian | 2671 | 7% | 34% | 1.0 |
| 8 | GMAlexander Grischuk | 2691 | 7% | 32% | 1.0 |
| 9 | GMAnish Giri | 2648 | 7% | 32% | 1.0 |
| 10 | GMJan-Krzysztof Duda | 2634 | 7% | 31% | 1.0 |
| 11 | GMDmitry Andreikin | 2644 | 7% | 32% | 1.0 |
| 12 | GMLu Shanglei | 2616 | 7% | 29% | 1.0 |
| 13 | GMChithambaram VR. Aravindh | 2580 | 5% | 26% | 0.9 |
| 14 | GMRaunak Sadhwani | 2577 | 5% | 25% | 0.9 |
The whole event (2 rounds) played out 4,000 times on Luft ratings. A tie for first counts as shared.
