The Grand Chess Tour Finals are back, and the stage is set for World Trade Center São Paulo in Brazil. The top four Tour scorers compete in a knockout format over six days. Each match is comprised of two classical, two rapid, and four blitz games. Today are the rapid and blitz games of the semifinals. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, & Maurice Ashley, IM Nazi Paikidze, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich for the move-by-move.
2025.09.30
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SEMIFINAL RAPID 1 (Worth 4 Points) | 25 Min. Incr. 10 Sec.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (6) vs. R Praggnanandhaa (6)
Levon Aronian (6) vs. Fabiano Caruana (6)
SEMIFINAL RAPID 2 (Worth 4 Points) | 25 Min. Incr. 10 Sec.
R Praggnanandhaa vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Fabiano Caruana vs. Levon Aronian
SEMIFINAL BLITZ 1 (Worth 2 Points) | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. R Praggnanandhaa
Levon Aronian vs. Fabiano Caruana
SEMIFINAL BLITZ 2 (Worth 2 Points) | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
R Praggnanandhaa vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Fabiano Caruana vs. Levon Aronian
SEMIFINAL BLITZ 3 (Worth 2 Points) | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. R Praggnanandhaa
Levon Aronian vs. Fabiano Caruana
SEMIFINAL BLITZ 4 (Worth 2 Points) | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
R Praggnanandhaa vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Fabiano Caruana vs. Levon Aronian
PLAYOFFS IF NECESSARY
Two-Game Match
at 8 Min. Incr. 3 Sec.
If this fails to produce a winner, the players will play an armageddon game (White shall have 5 minutes and Black shall have 4 minutes, with a 2 second increment from move 61.)