The Grand Chess Tour 2025 was a series of chess tournaments, which was the tenth edition of the Grand Chess Tour. It consisted of six tournaments with a total prize pool of US$1.6 million, including two tournaments with classical time control and three tournaments with faster time controls, as well as the GCT Finals in São Paulo, which was held for the first time since 2019.
Format The tour consisted of six tournaments. Rapid & Blitz tournaments consist of two parts – rapid (2 points for win, 1 for draw) and blitz (1 point for win, 0.5 for draw). Combined result for both portions will count in overall standings. The top four after 5 tournaments will qualify to the tour finals in São Paulo.
In the finals, players will play matches consisting of 2 classical games, 2 rapid games and 4 blitz games. 6 points will be awarded for a win, 3 points for a draw and 0 points for a loss in classical play. In the rapid games, 4 points will be awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. In the blitz games, 2 points were awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 point for a loss.
The tour points were awarded as follows: {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Place !! Tour Points !! style="background-color:#ddeeff"| Classicalprize money !! style="background-color:#ffdddd"| Rapid & Blitzprize money !! style="background-color:gold"|GCT Finalsprize money |- | 1st || 12/13* || $100,000 || $40,000 || $150,000 |- | 2nd || 10 || $65,000 || $30,000 || $100,000 |- | 3rd || 8 || $48,000 || $25,000 || $60,000 |- | 4th || 7 || $32,000 || $20,000 || $40,000 |- | 5th || 6 || $26,000 || $15,000 |- | 6th || 5 || $21,000 || $11,000 |- | 7th || 4 || $18,500 || $10,000 |- | 8th || 3 || $16,000 || $9,000 |- | 9th || 2 || $13,000 || $8,000 |- | 10th || 1 || $10,500 || $7,000
If a player wins 1st place outright (without the need for a playoff), they are awarded 13 points instead of 12. Tour points and prize money are shared equally between tied players.
Lineup The lineup for the tour was announced on February 26, 2025. It consists of nine players, including the top-three finishers of the previous edition. The remaining six players were selected based on several factors, including URS rating, FIDE rating, "fighting spirit and sportsmanship".
PlayerCountryFIDE rating (February 2025)Fabiano Caruana2803Gukesh Dommaraju2777Nodirbek Abdusattorov2766Alireza Firouzja2760Wesley So2745Levon Aronian2745R Praggnanandhaa2741Jan-Krzysztof Duda2739Maxime Vachier-Lagrave2729
Results Tournament results
DatesTournament NameFormatHost cityWinnerRunner-upThird place April 26–30, 2025Superbet Rapid & Blitz PolandRapid & blitz Warsaw Vladimir Fedoseev (WC) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave R Praggnanandhaa May 7–16, 2025Superbet Chess Classic RomaniaClassical Bucharest R Praggnanandhaa Alireza Firouzja Maxime Vachier-Lagrave — July 2–6, 2025SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz CroatiaRapid & blitz Zagreb Magnus Carlsen (WC) Wesley So Gukesh Dommaraju August 11–15, 2025Saint Louis Rapid & BlitzRapid & blitz St. Louis Levon Aronian Fabiano Caruana Maxime Vachier-Lagrave August 18–28, 2025Sinquefield CupClassical Wesley So R Praggnanandhaa Fabiano Caruana —September 26–October 4, 2025GCT FinalsClassical, Rapid & BlitzSão Paulo Fabiano Caruana Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Levon Aronian
Tour rankings The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings. Player POLROUCROSTLSINTotalpointsFinalsPrizemoney 1 7 3.5 10 10 30.5 1st $289,167 2 10 10 8 5 33 2nd $244,500 3 7 3.5 13 7 30.5 3rd $169,125 4 8 10 2 10 30 4th $218,334 5 3.5 10 6 10 29.5 $139,792 6 6 10 6.5 2 24.5 $113,166 T-7 6 5 7 1 19 $67,500 T-7 3.5 8 4.5 3 19 $68,625 9 3.5 1 6.5 5 16 $59,333 Event wildcards Player POLROUCROSTLSINTotalpointsFinalsPrizemoney 13 13 $40,000 13 13 $40,000 5 3.5 8.5 $28,125 5 5 $21,833 4.5 4.5 $10,500 3.5 3.5 $9,500 3.5 3.5 $9,500 3 3 $9,000 2 2 $8,000 2 2 $8,000 1 1 $7,000 1 1 $7,000 1 1 $7,000
Tournaments Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland The first leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Warsaw, Poland from April 26–30. Vladimir Fedoseev won the tournament with three rounds to spare, while Vachier-Lagrave took the tour lead. Praggnanandhaa's third place finish saw him take the lead in the 2025 FIDE Circuit standings, surpassing Ding Liren. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+2025 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, April 26–30 Warsaw, Poland ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! !! Tour Points !! Prize money !! Circuit |-style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1 || align="left" ||| 11|| 15½|| 26½|| || WC (13)||$40,000 |13.26 |- | 2 || align="left" ||| 9|| 12½|| 21½|| || 10||$30,000 |9.64 |- | 3 || align="left" ||| 10|| 10½|| 20½|| || 8||$25,000 |8.44 |- | 4 || align="left" ||| 10|| 10|| 20|| || 7||$20,000
| 5 || align="left" ||| 11|| 7½|| 19½|| || 6||$15,000
| 6 || align="left" ||| 8|| 10|| 18|| || WC (5)||$11,000
| T-7 || align="left" ||| 8|| 9|| 17|| || 3.5||$9,500
| T-7 || align="left" ||| 11|| 6|| 17|| || WC (3.5)||$9,500
| 9 || align="left" ||| 7|| 4|| 11|| || WC (2)||$8,000
| 10 || align="left" ||| 5|| 5|| 10|| || WC (1)||$7,000
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2025 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Rapid, April 26–28 Warsaw, Poland ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points |- | 1 || align=left|||2739|| || 1|| 1|| 1|| 1|| 1|| 1|| 2|| 2|| 1||11 |- | 2 || align="left" ||| 2550|| 1|| || 2|| 0|| 2|| 0|| 1|| 2|| 1|| 2||11 |- | 3 || align="left" ||| 2754|| 1|| 0|| || 2|| 1|| 1|| 2|| 1|| 1|| 2||11 |- | 4 || align="left" ||| 2684|| 1|| 2|| 0|| || 1|| 2|| 0|| 2|| 2|| 0||10 |- | 5 || align="left" ||| 2752|| 1|| 0|| 1|| 1|| || 1|| 2|| 1|| 1|| 2||10 |- | 6 || align="left" ||| 2745|| 1|| 2|| 1|| 0|| 1|| || 1|| 1|| 2|| 0||9 |- | 7 || align="left" ||| 2630|| 1|| 1|| 0|| 2|| 0|| 1|| || 0|| 1|| 2||8 |- | 8 || align="left" ||| 2731|| 0|| 0|| 1|| 0|| 1|| 1|| 2|| || 1|| 2||8 |- | 9 ||align="left"||| 2506|| 0|| 1|| 1|| 0|| 1|| 0|| 1|| 1|| || 2||7 |- | 10 || align="left" ||| 2632|| 1|| 0|| 0|| 2|| 0|| 2|| 0|| 0|| 0|| ||5
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2025 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Blitz, April 29–30 Warsaw, Poland ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points |- | 1 || align=left|||2675|| || 1 1|| ½ 1|| 1 ½|| 1 1|| 1 0|| ½ 1|| 1 1|| 1 1|| 1 1||15½ |- | 2 || align="left" ||| 2748|| 0 0|| || 0 1|| 1 1|| 1 ½|| 0 1|| 1 ½|| ½ 1|| 1 1|| 1 1||12½ |- | 3 || align="left" ||| 2717|| ½ 0|| 1 0|| || 0 0|| 0 0|| 0 1|| 1 1|| 1 1|| 1 1|| 1 1||10½ |- | 4 || align="left" ||| 2629|| 0 ½|| 0 0|| 1 1|| || 1 ½|| 1 ½|| ½ 1|| 0 0|| 1 1|| ½ ½||10 |- | 5 || align="left" ||| 2761|| 0 0|| 0 ½|| 1 1|| 0 ½|| || 0 ½|| 1 0|| ½ 1|| 1 1|| 1 1||10 |- | 6 || align="left" ||| 2785|| 0 1|| 1 0|| 1 0|| 0 ½|| 1 ½|| || 1 0|| 0 1|| 0 0|| 1 1||9 |- | 7 ||align="left"||| 2857|| ½ 0|| 0 ½|| 0 0|| ½ 0|| 0 1|| 0 1|| || 1 1|| 0 1|| 1 0||7½ |- | 8 ||align="left"||| 2622|| 0 0|| ½ 0|| 0 0|| 1 1|| ½ 0|| 1 0|| 0 0|| || 0 1|| ½ ½||6 |- | 9 ||align="left"||| 2657|| 0 0|| 0 0|| 0 0|| 0 0|| 0 0|| 1 1|| 1 0|| 1 0|| || 0 1||5 |- | 10 || align="left" ||| 2506|| 0 0|| 0 0|| 0 0|| ½ ½|| 0 0|| 0 0|| 0 1|| ½ ½|| 1 0|| |4
Superbet Chess Classic Romania The second leg of the 2025 Grand Chess Tour was held in Bucharest, Romania from May 7–16. Praggnanandhaa won the tournament in playoffs, while Vachier-Lagrave continued to lead the tour standings. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+2025 GCT Superbet Chess Classic, May 7–16 Bucharest, Romania ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !!! Tour Points !! Prize money !! Circuit |-style="background:#ccffcc" | 1 || align="left" |||2758|| || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 5½ | 1½ || 10 || $77,666 || 23.90 |- | 2 || align="left" |||2757|| ½ || || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 5½ | 1 || 10 || $67,666 || 20.64 |- | 3 ||align="left"|||2723|| ½ || 0 || || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 5½ | ½ || 10 || $67,666 || 20.64 |- | 4 || align="left" |||2776|| ½ || 1 || ½ || || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 5 | || 7 || $32,000 || |- | 5 || align="left" |||2771|| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 4½ | || 6 || $26,000 || |- | 6 || align="left" |||2751|| 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || 4 | || 3.5 || $17,125 || |- | 7 ||align="left"|||2747|| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4 | || 3.5 || $17,125 || |- | 8 || align="left" |||2668|| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || || ½ || ½ || 4 | || WC (3.5) || $17,125 || |- | 9 || align=left|||2787|| ½ || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || || ½ || 4 | || 3.5 || $17,125 || |- | 10 ||align="left"|||2739|| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || || 3 | || 1 || $10,500 ||
{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|First place play-off ! !Player !Blitz rating ! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! Score |-style="background:#ccffcc" |1||align=left|||2717 | || ½ || 1 || 1½ |- |2||align=left|||2857 | ½ || || ½ || 1 |- |3||align=left|||2748 | 0 || ½ || || ½
SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia The third leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Zagreb, Croatia from July 2–6. Magnus Carlsen won the tournament with one round to spare, while Vachier-Lagrave maintained the tour lead. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+2025 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia, July 2–6 Zagreb, Croatia ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! !! Tour Points !! Prize money !Circuit |- style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1 || align="left" ||| 10 || 12½ || 22½ || || WC (13)|| $40,000 | 15.18 |- | 2 || align="left" ||| 8 || 12 || 20 || || 10 || $30,000 | 11.04 |- | 3 || align="left" ||| 14 || 5½ || 19½ || || 8 || $25,000 | 9.66 |- | T-4 || align="left" ||| 11 || 8 || 19 || || 6.5 || $17,500
| T-4 || align="left" ||| 8 || 11 || 19 || || 6.5 || $17,500
| 6 || align="left" ||| 6 || 12 || 18 || || 5 || $11,000
| T-7 || align="left" ||| 8 || 9 || 17 || || WC (3.5) || $9,500
| T-7 || align="left" ||| 9 || 8 || 17 || || 3.5 || $9,500
| 9 || align="left" ||| 9 || 6 || 15 || || 2 || $8,000
| 10 || align="left" ||| 7 || 6 || 13 || || WC (1) || $7,000
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+ class="nowrap" |2025 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Rapid, July 2–4 Zagreb, Croatia ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points |- | 1 || align="left" ||| 2654
| 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 |- | 2 || align="left" ||| 2718 | 2
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |- | 3 || align="left" | || 2819 | 0 | 1
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |- | 4 || align="left" ||| 2688 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |- | 5 || align="left" ||| 2756 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |- | 6 || align="left" ||| 2688 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |- | 7 || align="left" ||| 2753 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |- | 8 || align="left" ||| 2714 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0
| 1 | 1 | 8 |- | 9 || align="left" ||| 2597 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | 7 |- | 10 || align="left" ||| 2732 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 6
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+ class="nowrap" |2025 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Blitz, July 5–6 Zagreb, Croatia ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points |- | 1 || align="left" |||2883
| ½ ½ | 1 0 | 1 1 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | 1 ½ | 1 1 | 1 ½ | 12½ |- | 2 || align="left" ||| 2786 | ½ ½ | | 1 ½ | 1 ½ | 1 ½ | ½ 0 | 1 1 | 0 ½ | ½ 1 | 1 1 | 12 |- | 3 || align="left" ||| 2723 | 0 1 | 0 ½ | | 1 0 | ½ 1 | 1 ½ | 0 1 | ½ 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 12 |- | 4 || align="left" ||| 2814 | 0 0 | 0 ½ | 0 1 | | 1 1 | 1 1 | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | 1 0 | 1 1 | 11 |-